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Girls Sarah Cole Bryn Mawr, field hockey The senior forward scored three game-winning goals against ranked teams last week, as the defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference champions improved to 6-0. Cole scored winning goals against No. 15 Severn (1-0), No. 13 Century (2-0) and then-No. 7 Archbishop Spalding (2-1). She also had an assist at Century. For the season, she has four goals and one assist. A field hockey player since the seventh grade, Cole played in the U.S. Field Hockey Association's Olympic-development style Futures Program in her freshman and sophomore years.

Forest Park Ave. bridge reopens after 19 months The Forest Park Avenue bridge in West Baltimore reopened to motorists yesterday after having been closed for repairs for 19 months, the city's Department of Transportation said. Closing the road inconvenienced thousands of people who had to make long detours on Liberty Heights Avenue or Windsor Mill Road. "The road is a gateway that bridges a gap between Baltimore City and Baltimore County," said David Brown, a spokesman for the transportation department.

Unranked Parkville (12-10) scored a surprisingly easy 61-38 upset last night of visiting Catonsville, eliminating the No. 15-ranked Comets from the Class 3A North playoffs.Catonsville ended its season 18-3, but two of those losses came in the Comets' last three games.The Knights' Kareem Hayes led all scorers with 15 points, Earl Smith had 11 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocks, and Craig Jordan had 12 points and 11 assists.Parkville, which outscored Catonsville 27-13 in the fourth period, visits Milford Mill in a second-round game on Monday.

When Connie Bailey drove to the office of attorney Joel Katz, she had little hope he would be able to help her. She had already visited several attorneys, and they all had given her the same lawyer's verdict: Her case was hopeless, not something they'd take on.Bailey's liver had bloated from 3 1/2 pounds to about 65 pounds. Her waist had expanded from 27 inches to 63 inches. And she blamed it on birth control pills from the company G. D. Searle & Co.Katz took a look at Bailey and then took on the drug company.

IT'S a conversation that has come up throughout my life. It goes something like this: "Where are you from?""Baltimore.""I didn't know you were a Southerner.""I'm not.""Baltimore is a Southern city, isn't it?""It's both Northern and Southern, actually. In the Civil War, the city was divided. Even families sometimes split down the middle, brother against brother."I go through the whole thing. It gets dramatic: The war tore the city in half. But the reality is, it is never easy to explain Baltimore.

In Baltimore CityMan, 31, charged in 65 burglaries, mostly in Forest ParkA man has been charged with a six-month burglary spree in which an estimated $50,000 in property -- from jewelry to television sets -- was stolen from 65 homes in Northwest Baltimore, police said yesterday.Castle Guy Blair, 31, of the 3800 block of Fairview Ave. was charged this week with 65 counts of burglary and was ordered held without bail at the Baltimore City Detention Center, said Sgt. Jim Rood of the Northwestern District major-crimes unit.

Player of the YearMarcus Hatten, Mervo, Sr., G: Possibly the area's best senior, Hatten, a 6-foot-2 combination guard, was a consistent force for a young Mervo squad this season. A repeat All-City/County first-team selection, Hatten averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 assists and 9.1 rebounds for the Mustangs, who were knocked out of the Class 4A regional playoffs by Dulaney. Flashy at times, Hatten was relentless on the court -- driving to the basket, hitting long-range jumpers and grabbing rebounds, sometimes with little rest.

In Baltimore CityThree-day convention devoted to Africa gets under way todayMore than 1,000 politicians, academics and others will launch a three-day convention devoted to Africa at the Baltimore Convention Center today.Trade, security and human rights will dominate seminars and speeches of the meeting organized by the National Summit on Africa, a Washington-based institute."We are trying to mobilize and energize an activist pool to be more supportive of Africa," said Leonard H. Robinson, National Summit director.

Public schoolsCarver Bears1998 record: 11-1Coach: Paul BrittTop players: Reginald Durant, Sr., M; Kendall Goodridge, Sr., M; Dion White, Sr., D; Fitzroy Lewis, Sr., D-M; Dakarai Carter, Sr., D; John Drennon, Jr., A; Tavon Morgan, Sr., G-M.Outlook: With eight returning starters from the city's Division I champs, the Bears hope to prove they -- and not Patterson -- are the city's best team.City Knights1998 record: 8-4Coach: Angelo GeppiTop players: Marcus Martin, Sr., A-M; Brad Fairbanks, So., A; Michael Gray, So., M; Anthony Leonard, So., D; Lucas Lopez, Sr., D.Outlook: Geppi is working with decreased numbers and several underclassmen.

HILLSDALE HEIGHTS is a sliver of a city neighborhood of mostly 40-year-old custom homes overlooking the Forest Park golf course and Leakin Park. Some are straight out of House & Garden magazine, with large swimming pools and cabanas. Others are more modest. But at a time when other, similar communities are against further development, Hillsdale Height wants more houses built."We are doing this for our neighborhood -- to get the right people in," says Winfield Willis, the neighborhood association's housing chairman, who is heading efforts to build new houses on a forested hillside.

Lois E. Pannell, a longtime waitress and animal lover, died Monday of heart failure at Northwest Hospital Center. She was 71. Mrs. Pannell retired earlier this year from Sheraton Four Points at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where she had worked for the last 15 years. Earlier, she had worked at the now-defunct Black Pearl in Harborplace, and Westview Lounge & Supper Club in Catonsville. Lois Ellen Schwartz was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park.

George W. Barrett Jr., executive vice president of Rosedale Federal Savings and Loan, died Aug. 24 of cancer at his Rosedale home. He was 88. Mr. Barrett, the son of a Cloverland milkman and a homemaker, was born on his grandparents' Port Deposit farm and raised in Forest Park. After graduating from Forest Park High School in 1941, he took a job in the accounting department of Commercial Credit Corp. in downtown Baltimore. He enlisted in the Army in 1942, and served aboard the Liberty ship SS John Murray Forbes in the Atlantic as entertainment coordinator.

The first day of school is a little more than a week away for 11-year-old Molik Hylton, and he readily admits he has no desire to reopen the books. He will, however, be prepared to do so with a new notebook, a fresh haircut and one final day of fun, courtesy of a block party Saturday in his Northwest Baltimore neighborhood. "I don't want to go," said Molik, who will be a fifth-grader at Arlington Elementary/Middle School. "But this helps a little bit." The eight-hour party in the 4000 block of W. Belvedere Ave. was sponsored by eight local businesses that provided food, haircuts and school supplies to about 100 kids in attendance.

William Finglass, a civil engineer who established his own construction company, died Tuesday of cancer at Boca Raton Memorial Hospital in Boca Raton, Fla. The Pikesville resident was 97. Born in Eastport, near Annapolis, Mr. Finglass later moved to Forest Park Avenue with his family. He was a 1929 graduate of Forest Park High School and earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from what is now Carnegie Mellon University in 1933. He began his career in the 1930s working for the Baltimore construction firm of John McShain Builders.

Diane St. John Eckholdt, an accomplished artist and civil rights activist, was killed Feb. 9 in an automobile accident on Dulaney Valley Road. The Glen Arm resident was 69. Diane St. John Walz was born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Forest Park neighborhood. She was a 1957 graduate of Forest Park High School and attended the University of Maryland in College Park. While working at what is now the University of Maryland Medical Center as a phlebotomist, she met Dr. John W. Eckholdt, whom she married in 1964.

City police are seeking help in finding Forest Park woman Police are renewing calls for the public's help in the disappearance of a Forest Park mother of three who was last seen Oct. 28. Mia Lynn Nichols, 27, of the 3900 block of W. Forest Park Ave. has not been heard from since she left her job at the Volunteers for America in the 4600 block of E. Monument St. Her vehicle was found outside her home, where she lived with a boyfriend, and detectives could...

Missing Forest Park woman believed in danger City police continue to seek a missing Forest Park mother of three children who was last seen Oct. 28 in the company of her 28-year-old boyfriend, said a Police Department spokesman. The boyfriend's name was not released. Mia Lynn Nichols, 37, of the 3900 block of W. Forest Park Ave. was last seen in her boyfriend's green Acura with tags 6EB B10 and was reported missing the next day, said Agent Donny Moses, the spokesman. "We believe she may be in danger," Moses said.

Julius Leopold "Leo" Levy, a retired paper products salesman, died of heart failure Friday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Pikesville resident was 83. Born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park, he graduated from Forest Park High School at age 16 in 1941 and earned an engineering degree at Duke University in two years. During World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant. He was stationed in the Pacific. Mr. Levy was a vice president of the Monumental Paper Co. before retiring about 15 years ago. He had earlier worked in the family business, J. Leo Levy, which manufactured paper products.

Frances H. Meginniss, an active church member and volunteer, died of heart failure Oct. 19 at Glen Meadows retirement community in Glen Arm. She was 89. Frances Hoffman was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park. She was a 1937 graduate of Forest Park High School. After graduating in 1939 from Eaton & Burnett Business College, she worked as a secretary. In 1941, she married high school sweetheart Stephen Mason Meginniss II. During her husband's 20 years as a career Air Force officer, Mrs. Meginniss and her family moved 17 times.

The Mervo boys and Western girls scored easy victories in yesterday's Baltimore City cross country championships at Herring Run Park. Anthony Rogers of Mervo won the race in 17 minutes, 29 seconds. The Mustangs put three runners in the top 10 to finish with 39 points, rolling over Digital Harbor (85) and Forest Park (100). Western fared even better on the girls' side. The Doves placed four runners in the top 10, including winner Brinae Robinson. She captured first place in a time of 20:57.