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It isn't by coincidence that Lee DiPietro will be running in Saturday's Baltimore Marathon. DiPietro, after all, was a runner and marathoner before she was a triathlete. "I started out doing marathons when I was 26," said the 44-year-old from Ruxton. "The first race I ever did was the New York Marathon. The longest run I had done was maybe 11 miles. I evolved into triathlons from running." A decade of competing in triathlons on the professional level, however, changed her perspective, and, by the age of 40, she found her priorities had changed, as well.

The bubble dome over the skating rink at Patterson Park collapsed during the 1996 snowstorm, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, and officials aren't taking any chances this time around. Anywhere from four to 20 employees have been working around the clock to keep snow from accumulating on the heavy vinyl bubble that covers the structure of the Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro Family Ice Skating Center, said Bob Wall of the city's Department of Recreation and Parks. The Baltimore Fire Department used a hose Tuesday night to spray the bubble, from the outside and from the inside, to break the snow and ice into smaller pieces so it would slide off easier, he said.

On Thursday, September 28, 2006, GLADYS DiPIETRO, 84, of Newport, formerly of Baltimore, MD, at Britthaven of Newport. She is survived by a son, A. Louis DiPietro of Sportsylvania, VA, three grandchildren, Debra Lynn Corwin of Lynchburg, VA, Tracy Ann Grondziowski of Pittsburgh, PA, and Cynthia Denise perez of Bollingbrook, IL, eight great-grandchildren, nieces, Dorothy Cox of Baltimore, MD, and Doris Doyle of Titusville, FL, nephews, Anthony DiPietro of...

J oe DiPietro's and Jimmy Roberts' "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," now playing at Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia, deals with universal questions about searching for and finding love, only to discover flaws in our ideal mate that we need to change fast. This light look at relationships, from first date to modern courtship to marriage and beyond, is told in a series of 18 unrelated vignettes. These largely independent segments are tied together by Roberts' music and DiPietro's lyrics.

On December 11, 2006, LAURA CULLENE DiPIETRO, beloved wife of the late Alfonzo C. DiPietro, Sr., devoted mother of Alfonzo C. DiPietro, Jr., and his wife Diane, Laura C. Maines and her husband Dale, George H. DiPietro and his wife Donna and the late James D. DiPietro; loving grandmother of Tonya, Alfonzo, III, Salina, Adrienne and James; great-grandmother of Jordyn, Lexie, Leona and Brendan. A funeral service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Friday at 11:30 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.

They don't make 'em like Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro anymore. As society and government evolved through New Deals and New Frontiers and Great Societies, the personal touch in urban politics was superseded by more structured systems for serving citizens. By and large the old-fashioned ward politician is an anachronism, sometimes replaced by bland imitations who practice old-style politics in buttoned-down shirts. The death Friday of the long-time former Baltimore city councilman symbolizes the passing of an era.Mimi DiPietro's rotund figure was a familiar one around City Hall long before he joined the council from East Baltimore.

The bubble dome over the skating rink at Patterson Park collapsed during the 1996 snowstorm, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, and officials aren't taking any chances this time around. Anywhere from four to 20 employees have been working around the clock to keep snow from accumulating on the heavy vinyl bubble that covers the structure of the Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro Family Ice Skating Center, said Bob Wall of the city's Department of Recreation and Parks. The Baltimore Fire Department used a hose Tuesday night to spray the bubble, from the outside and from the inside, to break the snow and ice into smaller pieces so it would slide off easier, he said.

Samuel "Sammy" DiPietro, whose numerous acts of kindness endeared him to Highlandtown neighbors for more than 70 years, died Sunday of intestinal bleeding at Johns Hopkins Bayview Geriatrics Center. He was 81.Until moving into the center several years ago, Mr. DiPietro spent most of his life in the Claremont Avenue rowhouse where he was born and raised. He resided there with his brother, the legendary Baltimore City Councilman Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro, and his sister-in-law, Frances DiPietro, both of whom died in 1994.

In a steady afternoon procession, residents of the city -- dignitaries and politicians, but mostly the regular folks of East Baltimore -- stopped by a Highlandtown funeral home yesterday to offer a farewell to former City Councilman Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro.The term "legend" was on the lips of many as they described the man who had represented them for a quarter-century, who died late Friday at the age of 89. No council member had served the city's 1st District better, his constituents said.

City Councilman Dominic Mimi DiPietro, the colorful 85-year-old politician from Highlandtown, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief over the one-week liquor license suspension the city Liquor Board handed his political club.The board imposed the suspension yesterday because about 240 juveniles participated in a drunken party at the club March 9.After checking his calendar, DiPietro, D-1st, figured out that the suspension, which starts Sept. 28 and ends Oct. 5, would not affect the club's next monthly meeting.

The woman whose townhouse was firebombed June 3 in retaliation for the homicide of a Crofton teenager said Thursday that the family has been so traumatized by the blaze that even after they moved, they feel uneasy and their younger child wakes up at night terrified of every sound. "They took from us the most important thing, our peace of mind," Slavica Mahmutagic told Anne Arundel County Juvenile Court Master John F. Gunning during a hearing Thursday in which the 16-year-old driver of the car involved - the only one in the vehicle who knew where in Odenton the family lived - was placed on probation for first-degree arson.

A 16-year-old boy admitted Wednesday that he took part in the firebombing of a Piney Orchard townhouse that was intended as retaliation for the recent homicide of a Crofton teenager. In the equivalent of a guilty plea, he admitted in Juvenile Court his involvement in conspiracy to commit arson. The deal requires him to testify against three others, two juveniles and 22-year-old Jonathan R. Myers, also accused in the June 3 crime that charred the front of the home but did not injure anyone.

All her life, Lee DiPietro has been running marathons. On Sunday, at age 50, she finally won one. By a landslide. "It has taken me 23 years," DiPietro, of Ruxton, said of her victory in the Marathon of the Palm Beaches (Fla.). "The first thing my husband said was, 'Did you have to wait so long to do it?' " Her response: "Trust me, it's not been for lack of trying." DiPietro's time (2 hours, 55 minutes, 41 seconds) was two minutes ahead of the pack. The win earned her $1,000 cash and a $2,500 wristwatch, and it quelled any thoughts she had of quitting the sport she took up in 1985, after the birth of her second child.

A 19-year-old Brooklyn Park man was sentenced to time served and probation yesterday for attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old girl in the basement of his grandmother's home. Paul Justin Krastas, of the 5300 block of 4th St., pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree sexual offense in a deal with prosecutors. He was originally charged with second-degree rape in the assault last year on the girl, now 14. The Sun does not name victims of sexual abuse. Anne Arundel Circuit Judge William C.

It's a coach's sworn duty to worry about all manner of things, and Dulaney High volleyball coach Cary Lyon is fulfilling his responsibilities to the hilt, short and long term. Before Wednesday's home match with Woodlawn, Lyon roamed all over the gym, from the storage area to the court, searching for the two game balls to be used that afternoon. With that mission accomplished, Lyon turned his attention to the bigger issue for the Lions - namely, coming up with a set lineup for the season.

An Annapolis teenager will have to serve at least five years and perhaps up to 25 under his plea yesterday to two fatal shootings, both avenging perceived offenses against people he barely knew. Rondell Anthony Medley, who was 16 at the time of the crimes, which happened a month apart in 2005, entered a plea yesterday to second-degree murder and a handgun violation in one killing and a plea to manslaughter in the other. He did not admit guilt but accepted that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him. "What I am asking for is the court to impose a 30-year sentence but for him to serve 25 of it" for the Feb. 2, 2005, killing of Terrod Wallace, plus a 10-year suspended sentence for the Jan. 7, 2005, killing of Eddie Jenkins, and five years on probation, said Kim DiPietro, an Anne Arundel County assistant state's attorney.

Frances Elizabeth Promutico DiPietro, who as the wife of one of the city's most colorful politicians preferred the solitude of her basement sewing room to the politics of East Baltimore, died of cancer Sunday at her home on Claremont Street. She was 69."My husband tells everyone I'm the boss. Yeah, I'm the boss. He's 85 percent, and I'm 15 percent," she was fond of saying of her husband, Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro, the former 1st District city councilman who died in August at 89.The Rev. Luigi "Lou" Esposito, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei Roman Catholic Church, said, "She really was the lady behind the scenes and was a very strong woman in every sense of the word.

They don't make them like Dominic "Mimi" DiPietro any more. At 86, when most of his contemporaries are safely in retirement, he is running for re-election for the City Council seat he first occupied in 1966. But years have taken their toll. After the spring's controversial addition of South Baltimore and the Belair and Harford Road corridors to the First District, there is no certainty about the outcome on election day. Can Mr. DiPietro, who finished third in 1987, again win nomination?This uncertainty is spawning an unusually tight contest in the Sept.

On February 14, 2007, LILLIAN M. FORNO (nee DiPietro); beloved wife of the late Joseph Forno; devoted mother of Thomas, Paul and Dr. Donald Forno; dear sister of Jean Infussi-Sober, Anna Robbins and the late James, Jack and Joseph DiPietro; loving grandmother of Marcus, Gina, Christopher, Ann, Lisa and Tony Forno. Also survived by six great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Clare Catholic Church, 714 Myrth Avenue, on Monday at 10 A.M. Visiting hours will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery.