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On June 11, 2004, WILLIAM L. GABLE, JR.; beloved husband of Sadie Gable; brother of Eugene and Raymond Gable; son-in-law of Phern Strong. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Services and interment private.

In the beginning, the Pasadena home purchased by Matt and Jenny Knoepfle was not so much a dream as it was a challenge. "This was a 1940s shore cottage [back when] people were building randomly and then adding on to their houses," said Jenny Knoepfle of the home she and her husband bought on Cockey Creek, which is off the Magothy River. "When we bought this house, our third floor was not here; there were steps to a loft. We knew we were going to rebuild for a family. " Most of the rooms in the bilevel brick structure were crammed on one floor, including a corner kitchen, a dining area, a small living area and an even smaller master bedroom and bath.

On May 25, 2003, GEORGE Y., beloved husband of the late Margaret W. (nee Withers); devoted father of Roberta Reed and Donald Gable; loving grandfather of Amanda and Michael Gable. A Memorial Service will be held at St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8 W. Overlea Ave., 21236, on Wednesday 2 P.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. James Lutheran Church or Glen Meadows Benevolent Fund, 11630 Glen Arm Rd, Glen Arm, MD 21057.

William Richard "Billy" Goodman, a Baltimore insurance executive, died Saturday of kidney disease at his Pikesville home. He was 81. Mr. Goodman was born in Staunton, Va., and moved with his family to a home on Linden Avenue in Reservoir Hill. After graduating from City College in 1948, Mr. Goodman earned a bachelor's degree in 1952 from the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1957, he earned his law degree from the University of Baltimore. While attending law school, Mr. Goodman went to work as a public insurance adjuster at the Goodman-Gable-Gould Co., a family-owned business.

On December 26, 2006, ANN ELLEN (nee Harrison), beloved wife of the late Dale Gable; devoted mother of Sarah E. Hess. Martha Ann Piteo, Catherine R. Eyre and Raymond D. Gable; daughter of the late Clarence M. and Sarah E. Harrison; sister of the late William P. Harrison. Also survived by six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at E.F. Lassahn Funeral Home, P.A., 11750 Belair Road (Kingsville) on Thursday at 10 A.M. Visiting Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Robert I. GableSalesman, veteranGraveside services for Robert I. Gable, a salesman for Bearings Inc. of Baltimore, will be at 2 p.m. todayat Mount Rose Cemetery in York, Pa.Mr. Gable, a resident of Dundalk for 10 years, died of lung cancer Thursday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 62.Before arriving at Bearings four years ago, Mr. Gable worked as a salesman for the Baltimore-based Slaysmen Company for six years. He previously worked for companies in Charlotte, N.C., and Philadelphia.

A 10-year search for a Maryland fugitive ended in Arizona after a Howard County sheriff's investigator checking computer databases noticed that the man had recently obtained a driver's license there. Gilbert Blackman, 57, was arrested by Phoenix police Thursday, bringing to a close the longest-running fugitive search being conducted by the Howard County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Charles Gable said yesterday. Blackman, formerly of the 6900 block of Knighthood Lane in Columbia, had been wanted in Maryland since 1996, when he disappeared after being charged with violating the terms of his probation.

On June 17, 2004 RENA B. SUGAR (nee Valinsky); beloved wife of the late Ralph Sugar; beloved mother of Anne (Cookie) Rosenberg and Allan Sugar both of Baltimore, MD.; devoted sister of the late Sylvia Leasure; loving grandmother of Eric Rosenberg and the late Stuart Rosenberg; loving great grandmother of Stephen Rosenberg. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mt. Wilson Lane on Sunday, June 20 at 10 A.M. Interment Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Ln. In lieu of flowers contributions may be directed to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 200 E. Joppa Rd., #300 (21204)

Although they hadn't met until yesterday, Officers Frederick Carter and Brendan Gable have a lot in common. Both are 29, and have been on the Baltimore County police force for about eight years.And, yesterday, the officers were named winners of The Baltimore Sun Police Officer of the Year awards at a luncheon ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel in Towson. They were chosen by a judging panel from among 56 nominated officers from 11 jurisdictions in Maryland.The public service winner, Officer Carter, community relations officer for the Towson precinct, sponsored numerous programs aimed at helping children, including a Christmas Toy program that raised $5,000 and a police trading card project designed to foster good will between police and young people.

We do not know whether O.J. Simpson is guilty of murder. But we do know, now, that he is guilty of beating his wife brutally. So all those people shouting ''Go, Juice'' were, in effect, cheering on the sidelines for each blow delivered to Nicole's face.Why would they do that? Why not? Male violence has been excused, when not glorified, in our culture.For just one example, take the movie ''Gone With the Wind.'' That film has often been criticized for its patronizing attitude toward blacks.

Milton H. Gable, a retired plumber who had worked at the National Security Agency, died Tuesday of colon cancer at Northwest Hospital Center. He was 85 and a longtime Lansdowne resident. Mr. Gable was born on his family's Gable Avenue farm in Southwest Baltimore. After the death of his mother when he was 8 years old, he and a sister were placed in the General German Orphan Home in Catonsville. "His father, who had been born in 1865, was elderly and could only care for the older children," said his son, Charles M. Gable of Ellicott City.

A posse full of soon-to-be-big-name movie stars comes out with guns a-blazing in John Sturges' 1960 The Magnificent Seven, airing at noon today on AMC. This tale of seven gunslingers (actually, six gun- and one knife-slinger) hired to protect a poor Mexican town from a band of nasty desperadoes is a classic for so many reasons: Elmer Bernstein's soaring score, Charles Lang's sparse cinematography, and a cast of then-unknowns, including Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson and James Coburn (who plays Britt, the guy with the knife)

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island - I am not the hand-clappin', knee-slappin', foot-tappin' sort but unexpectedly found myself engaging in those behaviors on Prince Edward Island, a destination that sings to the heart and soothes the soul. The peaceful little island, smallest of all Canada's provinces, is just north of the much better-known and more accessible Nova Scotia and is linked to New Brunswick by the Confederation Bridge. Only 140 miles long and from 4 to 40 miles wide, the island, known as PEI, might seem like an easy destination to cover in a week's time.

Prince Edward Island, Canada, is having a 100th birthday party this year for a freckled redhead with pigtails who first appeared in 1908. She's Anne of author Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved novel Anne of Green Gables. In honor of the book's 100th year, two signature events have been scheduled: the Aug. 17 Matthew & Marilla's Cuthbert Reunion in Summerside and the Nov. 30 celebration of the author's birthday. In addition, Lucy Maud Montgomery Festival Days, every weekday during August, will be observed at assorted venues with connections to the author and her book.

March roared in like a laughing lion at Bowie Playhouse with 2nd Star Productions' opening of Ken Ludwig's comedy Leading Ladies. I laughed so often and so loudly on Saturday that I nearly lost my critic's anonymity, along with my dignity. It was comic relief for everyone tired of grappling with tax forms and hearing political campaign rhetoric. Ludwig's 2004 show is in the farcical tradition of his earlier hits, Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, filled with colorful characters, coincidences, mistaken identities, an improbable plot and familiar one-liners to provide easy laughs appropriate to its nostalgic 1958 small-town setting.

A 10-year search for a Maryland fugitive ended in Arizona after a Howard County sheriff's investigator checking computer databases noticed that the man had recently obtained a driver's license there. Gilbert Blackman, 57, was arrested by Phoenix police Thursday, bringing to a close the longest-running fugitive search being conducted by the Howard County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Charles Gable said yesterday. Blackman, formerly of the 6900 block of Knighthood Lane in Columbia, had been wanted in Maryland since 1996, when he disappeared after being charged with violating the terms of his probation.

IF YOU DRIVE past the historic Benson-Hammond House you may not realize you are looking at a new sign at the entrance. On closer inspection, however, you will see that the wood sign has been replaced with an exact replica - but this one is made of a more durable material. The original sign was designed, built and installed in 1989 by Paul Gable, president of Gable Signs Inc. of Pasadena. The sign was wrapped like a large gift and ceremoniously unwrapped on the occasion of the county's 339th birthday.

Carnegie International Corp. has agreed to pay $5.25 million in cash and warrants to settle shareholders' lawsuits filed after the company's earnings reports were questioned by government regulators. Carnegie, a telecommunications holding company based in Hunt Valley, will pay $2.25 million to the shareholders and offered $3 million in warrants for Carnegie stock that can be exercised at $3. Shareholders will also receive a 3 percent stake in the company's $2.1 billion lawsuit against its former accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. Carnegie filled its lawsuit in Baltimore City Circuit Court in May, accusing Grant Thornton of making errors that led the company to restate its earnings in 1998.

On November 12, 2006, E. DAVID GABLE, JR., of Abingdon, MD beloved husband of Helen "Susie" B. Gable; loving son of Dorothy Brent Gable; devoted father of David Chris Gable and wife Tammy and Mark A. Gable and wife Dawn and stepson Ray Norman; loving brother of John A. Gable, Larry E. Gable, Steven G. Gable, Louis C. Gable, Donna M. Ruff, and Lois G. Bucher. Predeceased by his father Edward David Gable, Sr. and brother Michael W. Gable. Survived by grandchildren Ashlea N., Maria E., Tye A., Patience C., Nichole Gable, Nicolette and McKall Norman.