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Elroy Nights, by Frederick Barthelme. Counterpoint Press, 224 pages. $24. Much has been made of the fragility of human relationships. But what is really astonishing about affection is how strong it is -- and this is the territory Frederick Barthelme maps in Elroy Nights. Elroy Nights is a college art professor in his 50s. He has a pretty good life: a relatively undemanding job at Dry River University in D'Iberville, Miss., a steady wife named Clare, a stepdaughter who has crossed the shoals of adolescence, a big brick house on the water.

Et cetera Zach McElroy receives Thomas Everett Wesley Award Zach McElroy , a Gilman alumnus from Lutherville who pitched at Davis & Elkins and graduated last year, has received the Thomas Everett Wesley Award from Baltimore Sandlots for athletic achievement and sportsmanship. Wesley was a college coach who played in the Cincinnati Reds farm system and is in the Stillman College Hall of Fame. Minor league basketball: The Bay Area Shuckers (5-3) maintained their Colonial Division lead in the American Professional Basketball League with a 122-118 win over the Nova Hawks (2-7)

On December 22, 2006 ADELE V. HOLDEN; beloved sister of Elroy S. Holden and Elizabeth Holden. Due notice will be given of a Memorial Service.

Whether they look for a franchise quarterback at the top of the draft or a third-day gem in the weeds, the Ravens will start with the tape and let it direct them. Expectations are that the Ravens will take a late-round flier on a quarterback in next week's NFL draft. If they do, it'll be for a player who has passed all their reference points — just as with any other position. What does Eric DeCosta, the team's director of player personnel, want in a third-day quarterback?

On November 28, 2004, of Westminster, MD, she was the devoted wife of the late Thomas M. Mc Elroy, loving mother of Thomas G. Mc Elroy, Nancy E. Reed, Bruce H. Mc Elroy, Dorothy I. Gawel and Thomas M. Mc Elroy. She is the cherished grandmother of seven grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to call Loring Byers Funeral Directors Inc., 8728 Liberty Road (2 miles west of beltway exit 18B) on Tuesday, November 30, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at 10 A.M. Interment to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.

On December 26, 2004, JEROME W. DOBBYN; beloved husband of Angela M. Dobbyn (nee Warns); devoted father of Kathleen M. Mc Elroy and Gregory W. Dobbyn; dear brother of Jean M. Ernst, Ronald C. Dobbyn and Dorothy A. Dobbyn; loving grandfather of Kathleen, James and Margaret Mc Elroy. A Funeral Mass will be offered Thursday, 10 A.M. at St. Alphonsus Church, 114 W. Saratoga Street at Park Avenue. Interment New Cathedral Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Alphonsus Restoration Fund, 114 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

On March 8, 2005, BEACHES ELROY. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Friday 2 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends in the chapel on Saturday at 12:30 P.M. Funeral at 1 P.M.

On August 10, 2008 RICHARD ELROY. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, EAST, 4210 Belair Road Friday 1-8 p.m. The family will receive friends at the above chapel Saturday 10 a.m. Funeral Services will begin 10:30 a.m. Interment Trinity Cemetery. Inquiries to 410-488-5947.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2005, ELEANOR M. GROTHE, 71. Eleanor was preceded in death by one son, Donald Mc Elroy. Survived by her husband, Elisha Grothe of Keyser, WV; four daughters, Linda Chaney, Nancy Whitten, Brenda Warren, and Janice Zuk; and one son, Duke Mc Elroy, also eight grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be conducted at the Loudon Park Cemetery Chapel of the Roses, 3700 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21229 on Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 10:00 A.M. by Father Jeff Dauses.

On December 12, 2006 CATHERINE L. MAKLE beloved mother of Louis Makle, Joseph Makle, James Makle, Elroy Makle, Mary Makle and Shirley Dorsey. On Sunday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Monday, the family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama quarterback's agile brain can sop up tradition the way the biscuits do the red-eye gravy down at The Waysider, the Tuscaloosa eatery where Bear Bryant regularly mumbled through breakfast. Greg McElroy knows the names, dates, facts, figures and all-time lineups for his favorite franchise. Cut a vein and watch him bleed Crimson? Actually, Think Blue. "I can tell you the Dodgers' lineup right now, top to bottom," McElroy boasted and did just that, finishing with right fielder Andre Ethier and adding, "He's my favorite."

On August 10, 2008 RICHARD ELROY. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, EAST, 4210 Belair Road Friday 1-8 p.m. The family will receive friends at the above chapel Saturday 10 a.m. Funeral Services will begin 10:30 a.m. Interment Trinity Cemetery. Inquiries to 410-488-5947.

David Boone McElroy, a graphic designer and former art director of the old Sun Magazine, died of multiple sclerosis June 28 at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Parkville resident was 54. Mr. McElroy was born in Baltimore and raised in Northwood and Parkville. He was a 1972 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School and studied graphic design at what is now Towson University and the Professional Institute of Commercial Art in Reisterstown. He began his career in the early 1970s, at Towson University as assistant to graphic designer Mike Dunne.

on December 22, 2006, ADELE V. HOLDEN, cherished sister of Elroy S. Holden, Sr., and Elizabeth Marie Holden. The family will greet friends on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2110 Madison Avenue, from 11:30 A.M. until 12 Noon, when a MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held.

On December 12, 2006 CATHERINE L. MAKLE beloved mother of Louis Makle, Joseph Makle, James Makle, Elroy Makle, Mary Makle and Shirley Dorsey. On Sunday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Monday, the family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

On July 8, 2006 MR. LONG. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Wednesday, 4-8pm. The family will receive friends at Shiloh C.C. Church, 2500 W. Lombard St. on Thursday at 10:30am. Funeral at 11am.