Dame Of Maryland

A thoughtful exhibition at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland - Visions of Conflict: Rendering Dissent - shrewdly questions America's use of military power to resolve international disputes, but some artists more than others take full advantage of the fertile topic's charged relevance. The show's centerpiece is a huge, oil-on-canvas triptych by painter Leslie Smith III that mockingly rebukes President Bush, his father, former President George H.W. Bush, former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell for their roles in embroiling America in the Iraq debacle.

Ethel Baer Novey, a teacher, arts patron and lifelong learner, died May 13 of heart failure at her home in Roland Park Place. She was 95. A few years ago, she had completed a two-year international program on Jewish religious perspectives, history and issues. That came after she had mastered Hebrew in classes at Chizuk Amuno Congregation in Pikesville. "With her wit, charm and intelligence, she has left all of us lessons to learn from," said cantor Emanuel C. Perlman. Born Ethel Baer in Pacolet, S.C., she spoke with a gentle Southern drawl the rest of her life and corresponded with one of her teachers for nearly seven decades.

Sister Marie Augustine Dowling, a retired member of the mathematics department of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, died of cancer Wednesday at her order's motherhouse in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 82. Born Helen Marie Dowling in Baltimore, she was a 1942 graduate of Trinity Preparatory School in Ilchester and earned a mathematics degree from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and a master's degree from the Catholic University of America. She entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1944 and received the name Marie Augustine.

Group formed to urge change in growth laws and policies Community activists, homebuilders and municipal officials have joined forces to push for reforms in Maryland's growth laws and policies. Organizers announced yesterday that they had formed the Partnership for Land Use Success to study, propose and lobby for changes in state and local growth-management efforts. The groups joining together are the Home Builders Association of Maryland, 1000 Friends of Maryland, the Citizens Planning and Housing Association, the Greater Baltimore Urban League and the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Anne Arundel County schools superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell yesterday tapped a "co-principal" at Annapolis High School as it undergoes a staff overhaul and tries to prevent a state takeover. Joan Valentine, who retired in January as Meade High School principal and previously worked at Annapolis High, will serve under Principal Donald R. Lilley as he fills 144 teaching positions for next school year and puts together a reform plan to turn around the struggling school. Her job takes effect Monday.

ELIZABETH K. HAMILTON (BETTY) wife of Frederick J. Hamilton (Ted) died February 18, 2007 in Danbury, CT with her family by her side. Betty was born in Baltimore, MD on July 2, 1929 as the youngest of five children born to James and Adelle Kennedy. In addition to her husband, Betty is survived by six children and their families: Bob and Susan Hamilton of Orinda, CA, Joe and Loryn Hamilton of Rutland, VT, Mary Ann and her husband Jeffrey Haines of Bethesda, MD, Meg and Jim Barlow of Fairfield, Beth and Rick Davis of Newtown, CT, Patty and Mark Robinson of Roseville, CA; 16 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Thomas and Kathleen Armstrong and Joseph and Mary Louise Burruss are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Melissa Mary Burruss to Sean Allen Meadows, son of Cheryl Gordon, and Richard and Julie Meadows. The sunset wedding and reception took place on October 14, 2006 and was held at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club in Annapolis, Maryland. Guests included friends and family from 17 states. It was a "marvelous night for a moondance". The bride and groom met at Virginia Tech, the bride graduating with a B.F.A.

The art of landscape is by definition poetic and symbolical. We respond to pictures of field and forest, mountain and sea because the varied moods of nature somehow seem to echo our innermost thoughts and feelings. Landscape as metaphor is a recurring motif in Terra Incognito/Terra Cognito, an exhibition of recent works by painter Ruth Pettus and photographer Michela Caudill at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Pettus' atmospheric ink drawings and Caudill's spare, black-and-white photographs are mounted on opposing walls, where they activate a subtle visual dialog between the two media.

Polakoff board names 2 members The Polakoff Foundation, a Forest Hill-based nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting glaucoma, has appointed Theodore Dixon and Paul Perry as board members. Dixon is employed by TBB Global Logistics Inc. as its vice president of transportation. Perry is logistics and customer relations manager for Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties LLC. $25,000 given to Arc Project The Greater Bel Air Community Foundation recently presented $25,000 to the Arc Project.

On January 23, 2006, HENRY JOHN MARIKLE, beloved husband of the late Wanda Mildred Marikle (nee Shellow), dear father of Mary Ann Soltys of Juneau, AK and Helen Marikle Passano. Loving grandfather of Mary Louise Soltys-Gray, Catherine Passano Mc Donnell, Tamara Ann Passano and Sarah Rebecca Passano. Adored great-grandfather of Alain Thomas Soltys-Gray, Emma Nelson Mc Donnell and Abigail Alden Mc Donnell A Memorial Mass will be offered Friday 10:30 A.M. at the Marikle Chapel of the Annunication of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.