Eager Street

On July 29, 2004, THOMAS C. MARTIN. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at United Baptist Church, 1615 E. Eager Street on Saturday at 11 A.M. Services will follow at 11.30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

On February 1, 2004, MRS. EVELYN BROWN. On Friday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Road, from 3 to 8 P.M. On Saturday, Mrs. Brown will lie in state at New Friendship Baptist Church, 1515 E. Eager Street, where the family will receive friends from 9 to 9:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.#25

On December 11, 2003, IRVINGMARSHALL LEE, JR. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Tuesday, after 8:30 A.M. Family will receive friends on Wednesday, at United Baptist Church, 1615 E. Eager Street, at 10:30, followed by funeral services at 11 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

On April 30, 2003, MS. ALMANUS D. HALL. On Tuesday friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE Funeral Services EAST, 4905 York Road, from 3 to 8 P.M. On Wednesday, Ms Hall will lie instate at New Friendship Baptist Church, 1515 E. Eager Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

A banner at the Eager Street Academy read "Steele making history," but Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele told the students yesterday that history sat in front of him. Steele spoke to 97 students of the academy, located at the Baltimore City Detention Center, as part of a Black History Month observance. Steele, the state's first black lieutenant governor, encouraged the students to value education. Pointing to the banner, Steele told the 14- to 17-year-old students clad in emerald green jumpsuits: "You, too, can make history.

It is true that the school is inside the Baltimore city jail. And the students taking biology, math, and learning French and sign language are the same ones charged with crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder. The steel bars are still there. Armed guards remain vigilant. However, something has changed at the former Baltimore City Detention Center, School No. 370. An oft-used PR tactic has transformed inmates into students, prisoners into dreamers. "At the Eager Street Academy," said city school board Chairwoman Patricia L. Welch, using the school's new name, "there are some young men and some young women who still dream, and who still think they have somewhere to go, regardless of where they have already been."

The entrance ramp to the southbound lanes of Interstate 83, the Jones Falls Expressway, will be closed at North Avenue for about 18 months beginning Monday. Signs will direct drivers to the nearest southbound entrance at Eager Street. The detour will be east on North Avenue, south on St. Paul Street, then east on Eager Street to the entrance. Some of the expressway's lanes may be temporarily closed throughout the work, which is expected to be completed by July 2004. Also, some lanes may be closed Sundays through Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. until January.