Dawn

On December 15, 2007, after fighting a long battle with her illness, SANDY had passed away. She is survived by her parents, Gail and Steve Phillips, her loving children, David and Christopher Ott, her sister, Dawn Phillips and her boyfriend Chris Quasky, her brother, Steve Phillips and his wife Michelle. Also survived by her loving niece and nephews, Gregory and Stephen Saghy, Christopher Quasky, Jr., Coraleigh Phillips, Timothy King and Jordyn Saghy. Family members and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road on Wednesday from 4 to 6 P.M., where a service will be held at the funeral hour of 6 P.M. Interment private.

Skies should clear enough tonight for a view of the Orionid meteor shower. It returns each autumn as the Earth sweeps through debris left behind by Halley's Comet. The shower peaked this morning but remains at high levels for several days. You could see as many as 23 per hour far from urban lighting. They're fast, often bright, and half of them leave persistent trains. Look east after 10 p.m., but better between midnight and dawn, as the moon sets and the constellation Orion rises high overhead.

NASA scientists hope to celebrate Independence Day a few days late this year, with a spectacular launch of the Dawn mission Saturday -- the world's first flight to the mysterious dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroid Vesta. It is an ambitious enterprise -- the first from Earth to orbit two celestial bodies in succession. The journey is possible only because of Dawn's exotic ion-propulsion engine. Its astonishing efficiency will carry it 3 billion miles on less than 72 gallons of fuel. That has led some to dub the spacecraft "the Prius of space."

The screen on Capt. John Motovidlak's chart plotter looked like a 2-year-old's Etch-a-Sketch, a scribble of circles, ovals and squiggly black lines overlaid on the bottom contours of Eastern Bay off Rich Neck.After a windy, wet morning of rockfishing last week, Motovidlak had returned most of his party to the docks in Tilghman and headed his charter boat back out through the narrows to search for black drum, a secretive species with the size and disposition of Bluto and the table manners of Olive Oyl."

Last month, Dawn Feick and her family planned a funeral for her 72-year-old mother. Friday, they planned two more funerals, choosing caskets for 10-year-old Charles and 5-year-old Joshua, her sons.The two, half of the boys Dawn and her husband, Charles, were raising, died Thursday in a fire touched off by a candle in their Gambrills home."They lost everything -- the house, two boys," said Frank Tilley, a relative of the family. "I can't imagine the grief that they're going through. It hasn't been an easy summer."

Organizers in Middletown, Va., are putting the final touches on preparations for the 135th anniversary of the Civil War battle of Cedar Creek. The event, to be held Oct. 15-17, is expected to attract up to 6,000 re-enactors.Admission to the re-enactment is $20 for all three days; $15 for a weekend pass; and $10 daily. Children 12 years old and under are admitted free. Parking is free.To obtain tickets, contact the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation at P.O. Box 229, Middletown, Va. 22645, or call 540-869-2064.

Seven years after the Toronto Star dubbed her "Anthem Annie," Donna Greenwald is finally on the home stretch, three games away from having sung "The Star-Spangled Banner" in every major-league ballpark.The Columbia homemaker left this past Tuesday for Texas Stadium in a new Dodge Caravan. Her travels had put 151,000 miles on her old van; this time, she left with power windows.Baseball has been very, very good to Anthem Annie.Traveling from sea to shining sea, Greenwald has gathered a collection of autographed balls, bats and photographs from some of the sport's most famous players, including the late Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.

THE SCENT of soap still pervades some of the buildings at the former Procter & Gamble plant in Locust Point, even though the soap-making operation ceased five years ago.Those industrial-strength fragrances apparently have gone to the heads of the new owners, who are converting the landmark to Baltimore's newest waterfront office center.They've renamed the five major buildings in honor of products once made there. Office tenants will be able to lease space in the Tide Building, the Ivory Building, the Dawn Building, the Cascade Building or the Joy Building.

YOU CAN call Jack Clegg "a man for all seasons," as long as that description includes "accomplished athlete" and "shrewd poker player."At 72, the Severna Park resident plays golf and tennis, and three days a week -- at the crack of dawn -- he's in the gym at Anne Arundel Community College, wrestling with the weight machines and practicing the ancient Asian art of tai chi.But he prefers to spend his time at the tenpin bowling lanes, and for good reason....

"Tis the dawn of the O'Malley Era, which is not the same as the new millennium, but close.What's a deputy mayor and why do we need five?The period when the Washington press corps tells people what they think is nearly over. Soon primary voters will be making up their own minds.Henceforth no one may run for the General Assemby before demonstrating and ability to spell MSPAP.

On May 5, 2009, TERRY BURKETT, loving father of Megan (and her husband Patrick) McAlexander; grandfather of Tyler, Abigail, and Benjamin McAlexander; beloved son of William and Elizabeth Austin; cherished brother of Richard (and his wife Karen) Burkett, Denise (and her husband Scotty) Carroll, Gerry (and her husband John) Martin, and Dawn (and her husband Patrick) Garvey; dear uncle of Danielle Carroll, John (and his wife Megan), and Melanie Martin, Joseph and Justin Burkett, Patrick and Caitlin Garvey; great uncle of Riley Martin.

On January 4, 2009, NORMA E., beloved wife of Russell J. Hammel, Sr., dear mother of Russell J. Hammel, Jr. and his wife Dawn, grandmother of Michael, Derrick, Jenna and the late Eric Hammel. Friends may call at the Gonce Funeral Service, P.A., 4001 Ritchie Hwy on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services on Friday at 12:30 P.M. Interment in Maryland State Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville.

Dawn C. Noonan, a homemaker and avid tennis player, died Saturday of breast cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Columbia resident was 78. Dawn C. Eyman was born and raised in Canton, Ohio. After graduation from McKinley High School in 1948, she worked as a switchboard operator for Ohio Bell Telephone Co. and in clothing sales. Mrs. Noonan lived in South Carolina and Atlanta before moving to Columbia in 1969. Her jobs included delivering the Columbia Flier and working as a Casual Corner sales associate.

Dawn Shipley and her boyfriend waited until midnight Friday and then left their West Baltimore house. The couple was eager, her family said, to withdraw money from an ATM because Shipley's boyfriend's welfare check had just cleared. He took out the money, and she went to a bar and bought some cigarettes and maybe some beer, according to family members. About an hour later, about 1 a.m. Saturday, somebody shot and killed Shipley. She fell to the ground, bleeding on the sidewalk of the 500 block of Brunswick St. It is just blocks away from her home.

I don't go to school to talk to God. I'm in school to learn." - DAWN SHERMAN, a freshman at Buffalo Grove High School near Chicago, on an Illinois law requiring public schools to provide a moment of silence each day for "reflection and student prayer"; she and her father, Rob, an atheist and local civic activist, have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law

On December 15, 2007, after fighting a long battle with her illness, SANDY had passed away. She is survived by her parents, Gail and Steve Phillips, her loving children, David and Christopher Ott, her sister, Dawn Phillips and her boyfriend Chris Quasky, her brother, Steve Phillips and his wife Michelle. Also survived by her loving niece and nephews, Gregory and Stephen Saghy, Christopher Quasky, Jr., Coraleigh Phillips, Timothy King and Jordyn Saghy. Family members and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road on Wednesday from 4 to 6 P.M., where a service will be held at the funeral hour of 6 P.M. Interment private.

On Friday, December 14, 2007, VINCENT THOMAS of Manchester, MD; beloved husband of Carol Jean (nee Carter) Kemp; loving son of Phyllis (nee Bankert) Kemp and the late Rev. Ward Thomas Kemp; devoted father of Thomas Neal Kemp, Dawn (nee Kemp) Flanary Jacob Earl Selby and Randy A. Gross. Friends may call on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main St., Hampstead, MD. Interment will be in Parkwood Cemetery, Baltimore. Memorial contributions to: The American Diabetes Association, Maryland Office, 800 Wyman Park Drive, Balto, MD 21211.

Dennis & Jennifer Senft, Sr. are proud to announce the marriage of their daughter Stacey Dawn to Mr. Paul Robert Feehley. Stacey & Paul Feehley were married on June 9, 2007 at Central Baptist Church. The bride & groom are graduates of Eastern Tech HS. Stacey will graduate from Towson University in January 2008 with a BS Degree in Psychology and Paul graduated from CCBC in 2005 earning his Electricians Certificate. The couple honeymooned in Riveria Maya, Mexico. Mr. & Mrs. Feehley now reside in Middle River.

Skies should clear enough tonight for a view of the Orionid meteor shower. It returns each autumn as the Earth sweeps through debris left behind by Halley's Comet. The shower peaked this morning but remains at high levels for several days. You could see as many as 23 per hour far from urban lighting. They're fast, often bright, and half of them leave persistent trains. Look east after 10 p.m., but better between midnight and dawn, as the moon sets and the constellation Orion rises high overhead.

The weather in Florida looked promising today for a sunrise launch of NASA's Dawn mission to explore the mysterious dwarf planet Ceres and the giant asteroid Vesta. Liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was expected as early as 7:20 a.m., just seven minutes after sunrise. The Delta II rocket and its nine strap-on boosters are to carry the unmanned spacecraft to a 100-mile-high Earth orbit in just nine minutes. About an hour later, Dawn's third stage is to ignite to push the 1,600-pound spacecraft on its way toward the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.