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In need of getting into the holiday spirit? Baltimore singer-songwriters Victoria Vox and ellen cherry will play the Creative Alliance on Friday on a bill dubbed the "Not All Holiday Holiday Show!" The title may read more confusingly than it actually is: Vox and cherry will perform renditions of traditional holiday songs while also working in original material. It's not entirely clear whether the two will do separate sets, collaborate on stage or both, but the Creative Alliance's website alludes to special guests joining the fun, so things will get interesting either way. Last week, there were too many shows to squeeze in, and now, seven days later, the weekend's options are much more niche/nostalgia-based.

When it comes to higher gas taxes, most Maryland businesses agree on one thing: They want a guarantee that the money designated for highway revenues will go to roads and bridges. But when the rubber met the road in the Maryland House of Delegates, some major business organizations gave away the key to the lockbox. The Maryland business community has been deeply divided on a gas tax increase. Paving contractors, concrete and asphalt companies, engineering firms and other businesses that depend on highway construction have been starving for lack of state transportation funds.

On July 4, 2005, ELLEN. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Friday, after 8 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Saturday, 9 A.M. Funeral Services will follow at 9:30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

Dr. Ellen G. McDaniel, whose distinguished career in psychiatry spanned more than 40 years and influenced patients, medical students and even juries, died of lung cancer Thursday at her home in Highland. She was 71. The former Ellen Garb was raised in Cleveland and went off to college with thoughts of becoming a nurse. But her father encouraged her to train as a doctor, and she did — graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School as one of only seven women in the class of 1966, said her husband, John P. McDaniel.

ELLEN ELIAS of Roslyn, New York, died on October 11, 2005; daughter of the late Samuel and Bertie Orman; beloved wife of Dr. Marvin Elias, mother of David Elias of Alexandria, Virginia, and Carol Ehrlich of Clarksville, Maryland; mother-in-law of Martin Ehrlich and grandmother of Scott Ehrlich; sister of Leonard Orman and sister-in-law of Barbara Orman. Ellen was laid to rest at a private graveside service on October 12, 2005. Please make contributions to the Juvenile Diabetes Association.

On June 15, 2004, ELLEN devoted mother of Janet Mc Hugh, beloved grandmother of Ellen and Gus Meny, loving sister of Flo and Carroll Monaghan. Friends may gather at the JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 8521 Loch Raven Boulevard (exit 29B) on Wednesday, June 23, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass on Thursday at 9:30 A.m in the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Hospice of Baltimore/Gilchrist Center, 6601 N. Charles Street, Towson, MD, 21204.

On October 31, 2003, ELLEN CLUSTER (nee Powell); beloved wife of the late Norman Cluster; devoted mother of Noah Cluster of Hanover, PA; devoted sister of Jack Powell of New Jersey; loving grandmother of Benjamin and Alexander Cluster. Services and Interment will be held at Petach Tikvah Congregation Rosedale on Sunday, November 2, at 10:30 A.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her name to The American Lung Association of Maryland, 1840 York Road, Timonium, MD (21093) Family at home 2503 Blackhawk Circle (21209)

On Thursday, August 5, 2004, our beloved and devoted mother ELLEN DURNELL, left us. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend. Beloved mother Charon Johnson and Sallee Fitzsimmons, grandmother of Melissa Tyler, Steve Jones and Kellee Fitzsimmons. Also survived by Joseph Fitzsimmons, son-in-law, Jen Jones, Tristan Cook and Michael Tyler. The family will receive visitors at the Singleton Funeral Home, P.A., 1 Second Avenue S.W. (at Crain Hwy), Glen Burnie, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. on Sunday.

Ellen Reich's business - run out of her Butcher's Hill rowhouse - has international reach. She's the proprietress (she loves that word) of Three Stone Steps, which sells metal art, recycled jewelry and other intriguing items made by artisans in Haiti, the Philippines and other countries. Founded in 2007, the company specializes in "ethically sourced imports," which combines Reich's love of travel with her social-justice background in the labor movement. What prompted you to start the company?

Baltimore's famous streaker Mark Harvey received a surprise shout-out from Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday when she shared the Severn resident's antics with her audience. This isn't the first time DeGeneres has mentioned Harvey on her show. In April, after he streaked at Camden Yards on the Orioles' Opening Day, DeGeneres sent him a cape and underwear. "I thought that was the last I'd ever hear of him," DeGeneres told her audience. Then she showed a clip of Harvey running on the field at the Ravens game Sunday night donning the ensemble.

Katie Couric's visit last week to Baltimore's WMAR proved at least one thing: She is serious about making her new daytime talk show, “Katie,” a winner. She did not do such intense promotion in the summer of 2006 even when she was about to debut as anchor of the “CBS Evening News," one of the most prestigious -- or at least historic -- jobs in television. And that kind of commitment from her means the competition in one of the most hotly contested time periods in local TV is going to be even fiercer this fall when her syndicated show debuts.

With her perky, upbeat attitude, Maryland's Karri Ellen Johnson has always been a glass-half-full person. Right now, however, her glass is just about running over. After repercussions from a concussion wiped out the last 12 games of her junior season, including Maryland's run to the NCAA women's lacrosse final, she is relishing every minute on the field as the No. 3 Terrapins prepare to host No. 6 Loyola in Saturday's noon NCAA quarterfinal. "It's so exciting to put an emphasis on the tournament," Johnson said.

The choice was not between Batman and Superman. It wasn't even between the Caped Crusader and an X-person. No, it wasn't a superhero-superhero fight. Bruce Wayne's alterego just barely beat out a daytime TV talkshow host. It was either Batman undies or Ellen Degeneres-themed briefs, said Mark Harvey, the truck driver who ran out onto the field during the Orioles' opening home game. The 26-year-old Severn man originally planned to wear "ellen" undershorts for the diamond dash, Harvey said Thursday afternoon.

In 2009, Baltimore singer/songwriter ellen cherry was temporarily sidelined with a nasty throat infection. Unable to sing, she sat down at her upright piano and began writing the songs which would later become her new album, "Please Don't Sell the Piano. " It's about as bare-bones as you can get; while there are a few string arrangements, most of the album is just the piano and cherry's intimate, heartwarming voice. Produced by Baltimore Americana singer/songwriter Caleb Stine, "Please Don't Sell the Piano" is cherry's most personal album.

When she was growing up, Ellen Potter was an avid reader, and nothing thrilled her more than settling down with her well-worn copy of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic 1911 children's novel, "The Secret Garden. " The book's heroine, 10-year-old Mary Lennox, loses her parents to a cholera outbreak and must start her life anew at a remote manor in rural England. There she meets an array of often-spooky characters, happens on an abandoned garden and brings it back to life. "At the start of that story, Mary's so sour and unlikable.

In need of getting into the holiday spirit? Baltimore singer-songwriters Victoria Vox and ellen cherry will play the Creative Alliance on Friday on a bill dubbed the "Not All Holiday Holiday Show!" The title may read more confusingly than it actually is: Vox and cherry will perform renditions of traditional holiday songs while also working in original material. It's not entirely clear whether the two will do separate sets, collaborate on stage or both, but the Creative Alliance's website alludes to special guests joining the fun, so things will get interesting either way. Last week, there were too many shows to squeeze in, and now, seven days later, the weekend's options are much more niche/nostalgia-based.