Fellowship

Daniel W. Prichard, 86, sales representativeDaniel W. Prichard, a retired Baltimore sales representative for Quaker Chemical Corp., died Friday from congestive heart failure at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. He was 86.Mr. Prichard, who was known as "Woody," was born and raised in Philadelphia. A chemistry major at Penn State University, he graduated in 1935 and married the former Elleanore Clark in 1939. The couple celebrated their 60th anniversary this year.He began working for Philadelphia-based Quaker Chemical Corp.

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel and Maryland have started a biotechnology fellowship to tap into each other's growing talent in the field.The privately funded program will pay for Israeli scientists to conduct research at one of Maryland's nonprofit scientific institutions.Besides the University of Maryland and the Johns Hopkins University, the state is home to a number of federal research facilities. The fellowship was announced in Tel Aviv yesterday during a visit by a state trade delegation.

It is there, sunk deep into fermenting emotions, memories and words, that poet Christine Stewart is happiest.It is another chance to encounter the "roaring of the mind's stream, a hot spring where stories darted like ghost fish."And it's an opportunity to gather fresh images that she can shape, refine and use to discover if what feels so good to her is of worth to anyone else.The Goucher College senior has just received one of the best responses she could hope for: a $15,000 grant from the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship, one of the largest such awards offered to aspiring writers in the United States.

Seven years ago, Myong Kim went driving around Baltimore in search of the city's worst-looking street. It didn't take long for the Korean businessman to find the 1800 block of N. Castle St., littered with shattered bottles and discarded needles.Kim's mission in East Baltimore had found a launching pad.Since then, Kim and other Koreans from his Jubilee Praise and Worship Ministries in Towson have visited mostly black neighborhoods to clean up, enjoy fellowship with residents, and foster better relations in a city often scarred by friction between the two groups.

I HATE TO BE the one to tell you this, but I don't see any boats out here,'' my sister said. "I don't see any judges, and I don't see any race. Can we go to Price Club now?"Ignoring her, I continued to sit on the pier, gazing out toward the water, waiting, waiting."OK, maybe you could have missed one of the races. A couple of guys rowing in the morning mist while you were answering the phone or something. But to have missed. " she paused, then read aloud from my column of the previous week, " 'hundreds of rowers from colleges and clubs'?

The Producers Club of Maryland recently announced the recipient of its second annual Producers Club of Maryland Fellowship.Rodrigo Garcia, a cinematographer who has photographed "Mi Vida Loca" and "Four Rooms," among others, received $10,000 to help bring his directorial debut script, "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her," to fruition.The Producers Club of Maryland, which was created by Jed Dietz in 1993 to help the Maryland Film Office promote the state as a filmmaking location, began awarding the fellowship two years ago in partnership with the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981.

AMAZING WHAT happens in spring in our community. We have so many chances to get together with our neighbors for fun and fellowship.We'll be able to get together from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, for example, at the May Fest, sponsored by the Patapsco Valley American Association of Retired Persons, Chapter 3850, at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church hall, Sweetser and Marydell Roads in Linthicum.Tables will be full of baked goods, plants, woodworks, Christmas items, crafts, jewelry and lemon sticks for sale, and Orioles tickets, a picnic and a gift certificate to Snyder's Restaurant to be raffled off.Eleanor Pieroschek, club president, said the men will prepare lunch.

CHRISTMAS programs, caroling, and last-minute shopping will be on everyone's list of things to do over the next five days.At 7: 30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, the adult choir of Lake Shore Baptist Church, 4613 Mountain Road, will perform the dramatic musical "The Majesty of Christmas."Janice Rukes, church spokeswoman, explained that the cantata, composed by David Clydesdale, is set in biblical times and the story is told with songs, narration and some dramatic movement.The church also invites the community to a candlelight service at p.m. Christmas Eve.The service Wednesday will reflect a return to tradition after a few years, Rukes said.

Laura Carey, who for more than 30 years opened the doors of her lower Charles Village home to the homeless, died Saturday at University of Maryland Medical Center from complications of a stroke. She was 77.In addition to providing shelter to people for periods as long as two months, Mrs. Carey offered free meals to those in need and took in countless stray animals as pets over the years."She was just so friendly and always willing to help anybody any way she could," said Rochelle Alexander, a neighbor.

ARCHBISHOP Keough Council, Knights of Columbus, will hold its monthly breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday in the Columbian Hall, 1381 Becknel Ave. Because the breakfast is the week before Mother's Day, all mothers will be honored.Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children ages 6 to 12.Mike and Mun Hanson have been designated Family of the Month for April.Church activitiesLocal churches are joining for a day of Christian fellowship, celebration and family fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Odenton Elementary School, 1290 Odenton Road.

On July 28, 2009, LUEVENIA ALICE JOHNSON. On Monday, friends, may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 4 to 8 P.M. On Tuesday, services for Mrs. Johnson will be held at New Fellowship Christian Community Church, 5202 Park Heights Avenue, where the family will receive friends 11 to 11:30 A.M

Singing "We've Come This Far by Faith," members of St. James' Episcopal Church on Sunday celebrated its 185th anniversary, honoring the West Baltimore church's historic past and looking forward to its bicentennial. "For 185 years, those who have gone before us, those who are present, and those who will come after us will feel the power of Jesus' saving grace in this place," said the rector, the Rev. Dr. Allen F. Robinson, in his sermon. "We haven't made it 185 years just because. We have made it 185 years because God has showered his favor upon us."

On June 7, 2009 MRS. RUFFIN. Visitation 2140 N. Fulton Avenue Friday 3-8 p.m. Family will receive friends Saturday 10:00 a.m. at New Fellowship Christian Community Church, 5200 Park Heights Avenue funeral to follow at 11 a.m.

On April 4, 2009, ODELL T. BROWN. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Wednesday after 1 P.M. The family will receive friends on Thursday 11:30 A.M at New Fellowship Christian Community Church, 5200 Park Heights Avenue. Funeral service 12 noon.

On January 3, 2009, ALICE WILLIAMS. Friends may visit the family-owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Thursday after 8:30 AM. The family will receive friends on Friday at New Fellowship C. C. Church, 5200 Park Heights Avenue at 10:30 AM followed by funeral service at 11 AM.

On September 26, 2008, ROBERT LEE FREEMAN, JR. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends Friday, 6 to 7:30 P.M., and Saturday, 10:30 A.M., at Majestic Fellowship Church, 109 Main Street, Reisterstown, MD, funeral service to follow at 11 A.M.

James B. "Jim" Noctor, A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 4414 Frankford Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21206. Interment will follow at Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Baltimore. Following the interment, the family invites everyone to return to St. Anthony of Padua Church Fellowship Hall for a time of Food & Fellowship. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his memory to a charity of your choice. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.

The Fellowship of Lights, a Baltimore nonprofit that has provided about 10,000 runaways and homeless youth a temporary place to stay over the past 38 years, will permanently close by the end of the week. "We are unable to sustain our operations based on the number of referrals we receive from juvenile services and child welfare," Ross Pologe, executive director for the past 31 years, said yesterday. The shelter's budget was based on being reimbursed by the state for temporarily housing homeless youths, primarily teenagers.

On February 13, 2008. On Tuesday, friends may call at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends from 3-8 P.M. On Wednesday, services will be held at Life Music Fellowship Church, 3407 Belair Road, where the family will receive friends form 19:30-11 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

On June 25, 2007 MAMIE E. STREET adopted mother of Gregory "Poochie" Page, beloved sister of Lillie Ervin. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at Bibleway Christian Fellowship Church, 4412 Maine Avenue on Saturday at 10 A.M. Funeral Services will follow at 10:30 A.M.