Gardenia

Question: My mom's thriving gardenia started wilting, though the leaves are still green. It sits on a window sill. I'm sure it's getting winter drafts. Would the floor be warmer? Answer: The floor may not be better since heat rises. Gardenias like bright, not direct, sunlight. Try placing the gardenia on a well-lit table away from the drafty window with a steady 62-63 degree temperature. Watering could also be an issue. Advise your mother to avoid over-watering the plant, especially now in the winter when it uses less.

Question: My mom's thriving gardenia started wilting, though the leaves are still green. It sits on a window sill. I'm sure it's getting winter drafts. Would the floor be warmer? Answer: The floor may not be better since heat rises. Gardenias like bright, not direct, sunlight. Try placing the gardenia on a well-lit table away from the drafty window with a steady 62-63 degree temperature. Watering could also be an issue. Advise your mother to avoid over-watering the plant, especially now in the winter when it uses less.

On February 23, 2003; GARDENIA B. ADDISON; beloved wife of Leroy Addison; devoted mother of Vanessa Wilson; loving sister of Carole Daniel. She is also survived by one grandson, Rodney Wilson, Jr., and a host of other relatives and friends. On Thursday friends may call at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service, 5151 Balto. Natl' Pike (Rt. 40) from 3 to 8 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Addison will lie instate at the St. John AME Church, 810 Carrollton Ave., where the family will receive friends from 11 to 11:30 A.M. with services to follow.

On February 23, 2003; GARDENIA B. ADDISON; beloved wife of Leroy Addison; devoted mother of Vanessa Wilson; loving sister of Carole Daniel. She is also survived by one grandson, Rodney Wilson, Jr., and a host of other relatives and friends. On Thursday friends may call at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service, 5151 Balto. Natl' Pike (Rt. 40) from 3 to 8 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Addison will lie instate at the St. John AME Church, 810 Carrollton Ave., where the family will receive friends from 11 to 11:30 A.M. with services to follow.

Film and stage actor Harry Guardino has replaced the late Vincent Gardenia in the touring production of "Breaking Legs." Mr. Gardenia, 71, died of a heart attack Dec. 9 after a Philadelphia performance of "Breaking Legs," just days after completing the show's run at the Morris Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore.In the play, Mr. Guardino picks up the role of an Italian-American restaurant owner who begins to take on godfather airs after he invests in a Broadway show. The 68-year-old Mr. Guardino is best known for portraying tough-guy characters in movies such as "Dirty Harry," "The Enforcer" and "The Hell With Heroes."

FireSykesville: Firefighters from Gamber and Liberty Road in Baltimore County assisted Sykesville at 6: 14 p.m. Sunday, responding to a chimney fire in the 1900 block of Gardenia Street.Pub Date: 1/28/97

Unlike the heavy Italian food -- pasta, veal and peppers, calamari -- that is served on stage in Tom Dulack's "Breaking Legs," this comedy, which opened last night at the Mechanic Theatre, is definitely light fare.As directed by John Tillinger, its chief delight comes from the obvious pleasure the cast takes in performing this slight, but tightly staged, script. Indeed, at times it's delicioso to see Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Mascolo and Vince Viverito throw their weight around as big-time operators in a small town.

FIRE* Eldersburg: Sykesville engines investigated a residential fire alarm sounding in a house in the 1900 block of Gardenia St. at 6:29 p.m. Wednesday.* Hoods Mill: Engines from Sykesville, Winfield and Lisbon of Howard County were dispatched to a shed fire in the 7100 block of Old Washington Road at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. Units were out 90 minutes.

FIRE* Eldersburg: Sykesville, Gamber, and Liberty Road and XTC Randallstown of Baltimore County responded to a house fire on Gardenia Street at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Units were out for 34 minutes.* Sykesville: Sykesville responded to a fire alarm on Main Street at 4:14 p.m. Tuesday. Units were out for 19 minutes.Sykesville firefighters responded for a call of a fire alarm sounding in a building on Stratford Drive at 11:21 a.m. Monday. They were out for five minutes.

FireSykesville: Sykesville investigated a report of smoke in the 1900 block of Gardenia St. at 1:05 p.m. Saturday. Units were out for 30 minutes.Sykesville: Sykesville and West Friendship responded to an alarm in the 7300 block of Springfield Avenue at 5:37 a.m. Sunday. Units were out for 17 minutes.Eldersburg: Sykesville and Gamber responded to a fire alarm in the 1000 block of Johnsville Road at 2 p.m. Sunday. Units were out for 18 minutes.

Terri Kee sang to a full house. The 32-year-old Baltimore resident, a Virginia native, captured first place in the 13th annual Mayor's Billie Holiday Vocal Competition yesterday before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 people. Another 50 or so watched on a TV screen in a waiting room near the packed Center Stage performance hall. Throughout the afternoon, hundreds more stopped by to watch parts of the four-hour contest that honors Holiday, the legendary blues and jazz singer born in Baltimore.

"World Elsewhere," by Peter Brooks. Simon & Schuster. 224 pages. $23.By the third time or so that Prince Charles of Nassau-Seigen, the protagonist of Peter Brooks' novel, "World Elsewhere," makes his way through the lush Tahitian vegetation to the spring where, dropping his pareu loincloth, he makes bowdlerized and euphemistic yet wholly passionate and Arcadian love with Ite, his beautiful, unashamed and golden-bodied island girlfriend, one starts to feel that familiar throat-clutching panic of being trapped with someone who will not stop talking about their recent Club Med fling.

The Sykesville Board of Zoning Appeals will allow the owner of a Mellor Avenue townhouse to raise honeybees in his back yard.Joe Padalino, whose hobby is beekeeping, will be limited to two hives, and he cannot turn the operation into a commercial venture.The board approved the application contingent on a 200-foot setback from neighbors' property lines and construction of a 4-foot-high fence.FireSykesville: Firefighters responded at 3: 33 p.m. Monday to a brush fire on Gardenia Street. Units were out 35 minutes.

For Jacques L. Kahn, a poor boy growing up in the Baltimore of the Great Depression, the joy of receiving a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music was something that lasted a lifetime.Out of gratitude, Mr. Kahn later endowed and awarded a scholarship to the venerable Mount Vernon Place institution. He once said that being given a scholarship "was the first nice thing that ever happened to me, and my giving an annual scholarship now is a chance for me to duplicate for some other kid what that meant to me."

FireSykesville: Firefighters from Gamber and Liberty Road in Baltimore County assisted Sykesville at 6: 14 p.m. Sunday, responding to a chimney fire in the 1900 block of Gardenia Street.Pub Date: 1/28/97

FireSykesville: Sykesville investigated a report of smoke in the 1900 block of Gardenia St. at 1:05 p.m. Saturday. Units were out for 30 minutes.Sykesville: Sykesville and West Friendship responded to an alarm in the 7300 block of Springfield Avenue at 5:37 a.m. Sunday. Units were out for 17 minutes.Eldersburg: Sykesville and Gamber responded to a fire alarm in the 1000 block of Johnsville Road at 2 p.m. Sunday. Units were out for 18 minutes.

The Sykesville Board of Zoning Appeals will allow the owner of a Mellor Avenue townhouse to raise honeybees in his back yard.Joe Padalino, whose hobby is beekeeping, will be limited to two hives, and he cannot turn the operation into a commercial venture.The board approved the application contingent on a 200-foot setback from neighbors' property lines and construction of a 4-foot-high fence.FireSykesville: Firefighters responded at 3: 33 p.m. Monday to a brush fire on Gardenia Street. Units were out 35 minutes.

Terri Kee sang to a full house. The 32-year-old Baltimore resident, a Virginia native, captured first place in the 13th annual Mayor's Billie Holiday Vocal Competition yesterday before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 people. Another 50 or so watched on a TV screen in a waiting room near the packed Center Stage performance hall. Throughout the afternoon, hundreds more stopped by to watch parts of the four-hour contest that honors Holiday, the legendary blues and jazz singer born in Baltimore.

FIRE* Eldersburg: Sykesville engines investigated a residential fire alarm sounding in a house in the 1900 block of Gardenia St. at 6:29 p.m. Wednesday.* Hoods Mill: Engines from Sykesville, Winfield and Lisbon of Howard County were dispatched to a shed fire in the 7100 block of Old Washington Road at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. Units were out 90 minutes.

Hampton's, Harbor Court Hotel, 550 Light St., (410) 234-0550. Open Tuesdays to Sundays for dinner, Sundays for brunch. Major credit cards. Appetizers: $9-$13; entrees: $20-$32. *** The life of a food critic isn't quite as glamorous as it may seem. For every four-star restaurant, there are 10 mediocre ones that have to be visited. But every once in a while fate smiles on us.For instance, the award-winning chef of one of Baltimore's best restaurants leaves and his sous-chef takes over the kitchen.