Goucher College

THE PROBLEM: A tree has been leaning over power lines in Towson for years. THE BACKSTORY: Stan Kluckowski has been watching the trees grow with more and more trepidation each year. The Towson resident said he began calling about a leaning tree with branches that hang over the power lines on the utility pole in his backyard, which borders the Goucher College campus. He said he called Goucher and that staff there told him the tree lay within Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s utility right of way. He called BGE, and someone told him the pole belonged to Verizon.

Elizabeth W. Pierson, a homemaker who earlier in her life had been an educator, died Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at William Hill Manor in Easton. The former longtime Roland Park resident was 87. Elizabeth Ives Wilcox was born in Baltimore and raised on Southway in Guilford. She was a graduate of Girls' Latin School. After earning a bachelor's degree in the history of art from Goucher College in 1942, Mrs. Pierson taught school for several years at St. Leo Parochial School in Little Italy and at the Chimes School in Mount Washington.

Hopkins Fair Kick off the season with the Johns Hopkins Spring Fair this weekend on the university's Homewood campus. Thrill-seekers can try out carnival rides and inflatable games. Less adventurous souls can sample music and entertainment on multiple stages. Craft vendors will display and sell their works while campus and national organizations educate passers-by about their causes. A beer garden will cater to thirsty grown-ups, and kids can play in a children's section with a "reading corner" and hands-on activities.

The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra opened its 25th anniversary season Tuesday night with the kind of imaginative programming that music director Markand Thakar has made a specialty. In between familiar Beethoven pieces were two rarities by African-born composers and a movie theme by John Williams - a neat balancing act. Thakar's choices for this concert and the rest of the season were inspired by the ensemble's milestone. He looked back at 1984, when conductor Anne Harrigan and her intrepid colleagues launched the BCO, and took note of what was going on in the world.

Florence C. Smith, a retired math teacher and avid gardener, died Thursday of pneumonia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. She was 90. Born Florence Cover, she was raised in Elkton, Va.. She was a 1937 graduate of Goucher College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in science. She taught math at Garrison Forest School from 1952 to 1960, when she joined the faculty of the Bryn Mawr School. She retired in 1979. Mrs. Smith, a longtime Stevenson resident who moved to Blakehurst two years ago, enjoyed raising roses and daffodils.

Funeral plans are being made for Theophanis "Phanos" Dymiotis, a violinist, composer and adjunct music professor at McDaniel College who died in a Delaware car crash Saturday night. Mr. Dymiotis was returning from Wilmington after a performance with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra when he was killed, officials at the college in Westminster said yesterday. Police said the driver of a northbound car crossed the center line in attempting to pass a tractor-trailer and that the resulting collision killed Mr. Dymiotis and the two occupants of the other car. The 41-year-old Lutherville resident had taught violin at McDaniel since 2004 and was a faculty member in the college's Summer Orchestra Camp.

The Fallston Cougars were clearly the better team in their 2-0 win over Richard Montgomery in yesterday's Class 3A field hockey state semifinal at Goucher College.The No. 7 Cougars had an 18-3 edge in shots and a 12-3 advantage in penalty corners.But controversy came with the win that will send the Cougars (14-3) back to Goucher College at 11: 30 a.m. Saturday to defend their state crown against No. 8 Long Reach -- a 2-1 winner over Calvert in yesterday's other semifinal.At the end of the first half, just after the Cougars had taken a 1-0 lead on a penalty stroke by Stephanie Yancone with 1: 29 left, the Rockets (12-3-1)

David C. Hudson yesterday was named only the second president in the more than 50-year history of Baltimore architectural giant RTKL Associates Inc., and one of a handful of contenders to lead the firm into the 21st century."

A Goucher College sophomore reported missing over the weekend in the West African nation of Ghana turned up yesterday unharmed and oblivious that anyone was worried about her, a spokeswoman for the FBI said.Magda Donaldson, 19, a Chevy Chase resident, was reported missing early Friday morning, two days after arriving in the capital city of Accra to participate in a study abroad program. Her parents thought she had been kidnapped until they heard yesterday afternoon that she was fine."It's been a very, very long and very, very frightful period of time," her mother, Molla Donaldson, said yesterday.

Richard M. Foose Jr., a retired architect who designed several notable local buildings, died Wednesday of cancer at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 69 and lived in Timonium.An award-winning designer, he helped create the 1969 Loyola-Notre Dame college library, a 1973 addition to the Harford County Courthouse and the 1971 renovation of the University of Baltimore's academic center at Charles Street and Mount Royal Avenue.Before his retirement in 1993, he designed buildings for two Baltimore firms -- Fisher, Nes and Campbell, and Meyer Ayers Saint.

Linwood L. Roberts, former director of employment for city public schools who earlier had been an elementary school principal and teacher, died Aug. 27 of cancer at his Parkville home. He was 60. Mr. Roberts, the son of a Talbot County school bus driver and a homemaker, was born and raised in St. Michaels. After graduating from Robert Moton High School in Easton, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1972 in elementary school education from what is now Morgan State University. He earned a master's degree in educational administration and supervision in 1980, also from Morgan, and a certificate in school improvement leadership from Goucher College in 1999.

Body of missing man found floating in Dundalk cove The body of a man reported missing early Thursday was found hours later near a boat moored at a marina on Lynch Cove in Dundalk, Baltimore County police said. The man's name was not released. About 3 p.m., police received a 911 call that a man's body was floating in the water at Sheltered Harbor Marina off the 8000 block of Stansbury Road. The body was removed by county firefighters and taken to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy.

Emily Christine Huddleston and Jason Howard Seltzer, both of Severna Park, were married at 4:00 pm on July 11, 2009 at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Jay Sanderford officiated. A reception followed at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront. Given in marriage by her brother, Will Huddleston, Emily is the daughter of Ellen Huddleston and the late William R. Huddleston, Jr. Jason is the son of Dawn and Howard Seltzer. The bride graduated from the University of Delaware in 2005 with a degree in education and is currently pursuing a master's degree at Goucher College.

Nancy M. Wagner, who had been alumni director at several Maryland colleges, died of cancer July 19 at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 80. Nancy McNaughton, the daughter of an advertising executive and homemaker, was born in Detroit and raised in Bronxville, N.Y. After graduating from Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.) High School, she attended Goucher College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1951 in Spanish. The former longtime Towson resident, who moved to Rodgers Forge two years ago, was alumnae director at Oldfields School in Glencoe from 1966 to 1973.

On June 11, 2009, Frederic O. Musser, Jr. A Memorial Service will be held at the Church of the Holy Nativity, 4238 Pimlico Rd., Thursday, June 18TH, 3:00 PM. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his name to Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson, MD 21204.

Frederic O. Musser, a retired Goucher College modern languages professor who wrote the school's history, died Thursday of respiratory failure at Stella Maris Hospice. The Towson resident was 79. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Musser graduated from Haverford College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and earned a doctorate in French from Yale University. He then spent two years in the Army Signal Corps in Seoul, Korea. He returned to teach at Wesleyan University and then at Goucher, where he was hired as an associate professor in 1964.

W. Va. man sentenced in crash death A 23-year-old West Virginia man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in jail and five years of unsupervised probation for his role in a head-on crash in Woodbine that killed a Mount Airy man last summer. Joel Nathan Wareham, convicted of vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol, apologized to the family of Milton Bowens Sr. and said he accepted responsibility for the man's death Aug. 14. The accident occurred on a stretch of Route 144 when Wareham's car, which was clocked at between 85 mph and 90 mph, slammed into a van driven by Bowens, killing him and injuring two others.

Michael Kevin Quinn loved his horses. He co-owned a racer named First Sea Light and, over the years, kept a couple for countryside rides, one named Joker and the other - in honor of the land of his birth - Irish. When he got too old to ride, one of his sons said Sunday, he gave it up very reluctantly and always missed it. Formerly a doctor in general practice in the Lutherville-Timonium area, Dr. Quinn died Friday at Stella Maris Hospice at Mercy Medical Center after suffering for several years from Alzheimer's disease.

Elizabeth W. Pierson, a homemaker who earlier in her life had been an educator, died Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at William Hill Manor in Easton. The former longtime Roland Park resident was 87. Elizabeth Ives Wilcox was born in Baltimore and raised on Southway in Guilford. She was a graduate of Girls' Latin School. After earning a bachelor's degree in the history of art from Goucher College in 1942, Mrs. Pierson taught school for several years at St. Leo Parochial School in Little Italy and at the Chimes School in Mount Washington.

Two teens hurt as car hits tree A 19-year-old Columbia man and his passenger were seriously injured early Sunday when their Honda Accord went off Columbia Road near Hemlock Cone Way in Ellicott City and hit a tree. Howard County police said the driver, Benjamin Michael Fischer, 19, of the 10000 block of Tolling Clock Way in Columbia, was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. The passenger, Mushfiqur Ruhmun, 19, of the 5700 block of Yellowrose Court in Columbia, was listed in serious condition.