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Charlotte Shervington, 87, city mathematics teacherCharlotte Watson Shervington, who taught at two Baltimore junior high schools during a 29-year career as a math teacher, died Tuesday at Union Memorial Hospital of multiple ailments. She was 87.Mrs. Shervington taught at Garrison and Clifton Park junior high schools before illness forced her to retire in 1958. She also led classes offered in city elementary schools for adults on how to be parents.Born in Catonsville in 1908, Mrs. Shervington moved with her family to Boston at an early age. She returned after a few years, eventually graduating from what is now Morgan State University in 1929.

Well, this certainly gives support to the fool-for-a-client adage. The cover story of the current Washington Monthly tells one of those tales that would be unbelievable, except that it's set in Baltimore - which is where all strange ideas eventually seem to come, not to die but to blossom and flourish against all reason. The story, by Kevin Carey, an analyst at a Washington think tank, is about how a group of Baltimore men facing federal charges of murder, drug dealing and racketeering is using a bizarre legal argument in their defense.

Preferred Health Network Inc., a health maintenance organization, announced yesterday that it has returned to its roots by selling a majority stake in itself to a group of Baltimore and Washington area hospitals.The deal, which raised about $8 million for the Baltimore-based company that was founded by a group of hospitals, has allowed it to repay the debt owed to its former parent company. It also expands the network of hospitals available to its 44,500 members."We know, as we've talked to regional employers, that it's very important to be able to offer a plan that can cover employees wherever they live," said L. David Taylor, PHN's president and chief executive officer.

Duffel bags stuffed with clothing lay strewn about the wooden gym floor at an East Baltimore church yesterday -- the baggage of 30 young people ready for the trip of their lives. Members of the Maryland State Boychoir, ages 11 to 18, were gathering at the Cathedral Church of St. Matthew for a flight to Europe and a singing tour of the continent. "It's an experience that I probably never would have had, and I just thank the choir for giving it to me," said Darius Pugh, 12, a three-year choir member from Northeast Baltimore, as the activity unfolded around him. "Controlled mayhem, we like to call it," said Boychoir founder and artistic director Frank T. Cimino.

150 years ago in The SunDec. 15: We learn that a man, named Benjamin Van Horn, was found dead in his bed, on Saturday morning, at Chestertown. It is supposed that his death was caused by hard drinking.Dec. 16: THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD -- Mr. Whitney, the projector of a plan for the construction of a continuous railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, is now in this city, on business connected with the project. Dec. 20: We noticed a few days since that the second Lutheran Church of Baltimore had been the first to take action in reference to raising a fund in Baltimore for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland.

March 29, 1984: The Colts leave Baltimore for Indianapolis.1987: St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill comes to Baltimore but decides instead to move his team to Phoenix.March 1992: Baltimore is one of five finalist cities for two expansion teams along with Charlotte, N.C., Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis.Oct. 21, 1992: The NFL decides to postpone expansion for at least a year.Oct. 26, 1993: The NFL awards an expansion franchise to Charlotte but delays choosing a second city until Nov. 30.Nov.

Well, this certainly gives support to the fool-for-a-client adage. The cover story of the current Washington Monthly tells one of those tales that would be unbelievable, except that it's set in Baltimore - which is where all strange ideas eventually seem to come, not to die but to blossom and flourish against all reason. The story, by Kevin Carey, an analyst at a Washington think tank, is about how a group of Baltimore men facing federal charges of murder, drug dealing and racketeering is using a bizarre legal argument in their defense.

NOTEworthy Day:There's a chance Pat Sajak, the "Wheel of Fortune" host whose wife lives in the Annapolis area, will be the newest show biz name to join the Peter Angelos group in its quest to buy the Baltimore Orioles. He's considering the invitation.In Locust Grove, Va., west of Fredericksburg, there's a new public golf course called Meadow Farms that has one of the longest holes anywhere -- an 841-yard, par 6. . . . Baltimore's playing host to the All-Star Game brought a personal reminder of 1958 when the publisher told us to escort the late William Randolph Hearst Jr., editor in chief, to Memorial Stadium and spend the day with him, a frightening thought for a peon sportswriter, but the man never let his authority get in the way of being considerate to others -- the mark of a gentleman.

A group of Baltimore investors has filed a bid to buy the New England Patriots, a troubled National League Football franchise that the league has vowed to try to keep in the Boston area.The investment group, one of at least three known to have filed bids for the team by the end-of-the-year deadline, is sworn to secrecy by confidentiality agreements and can't discuss the effort, said Robert B. Schulman, a Baltimore attorney working on behalf of the group."I can confirm that a Baltimore-based group submitted a bid for the New England Patriots," Mr. Schulman said.

A businessman who is part of a group competing for a Baltimore development parcel was misidentified in an article in yesterday's Business section. He is Kenneth Wilson, a former senior vice president of the Afro-American newspapers and current president of the Inner Harbor Marina and the Dorchester Group of Baltimore.The Sun regrets the error.Baltimore redevelopment officials are meeting with 17 construction teams to select one to compete for the right to build a new headquarters for the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration.

The Reeves Agency Inc., a Baltimore-based advertising and public relations business that was started in 1978, has declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reporting more than $700,000 owed to more than 120 creditors and assets of less than $230,000. A trustee will sort through the company's finances. Neither Rebecca Reeves, president of the Reeves Agency, nor her attorney, Irving E. Walker, returned telephone calls yesterday. In a recent interview, Walker said, "For this corporation it would be a permanent closure.

150 years ago in The SunDec. 15: We learn that a man, named Benjamin Van Horn, was found dead in his bed, on Saturday morning, at Chestertown. It is supposed that his death was caused by hard drinking.Dec. 16: THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD -- Mr. Whitney, the projector of a plan for the construction of a continuous railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, is now in this city, on business connected with the project. Dec. 20: We noticed a few days since that the second Lutheran Church of Baltimore had been the first to take action in reference to raising a fund in Baltimore for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland.

As the show begins, 9-year-old Amanda Bory's small hands are folded in prayer. Suddenly, hymnlike piano and voice give way to rockin' R&B, and those hands are sweeping and circling and jabbing.Her hands are singing. Her hands are signing.She's part of Children Around the World, a group of Baltimore-area children who perform to recorded music, signing the lyrics with hand signals that speak to the deaf.Their act has played on Broadway and at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., to the hearing and to the hearing-impaired.

Charlotte Shervington, 87, city mathematics teacherCharlotte Watson Shervington, who taught at two Baltimore junior high schools during a 29-year career as a math teacher, died Tuesday at Union Memorial Hospital of multiple ailments. She was 87.Mrs. Shervington taught at Garrison and Clifton Park junior high schools before illness forced her to retire in 1958. She also led classes offered in city elementary schools for adults on how to be parents.Born in Catonsville in 1908, Mrs. Shervington moved with her family to Boston at an early age. She returned after a few years, eventually graduating from what is now Morgan State University in 1929.

March 29, 1984: The Colts leave Baltimore for Indianapolis.1987: St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill comes to Baltimore but decides instead to move his team to Phoenix.March 1992: Baltimore is one of five finalist cities for two expansion teams along with Charlotte, N.C., Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis.Oct. 21, 1992: The NFL decides to postpone expansion for at least a year.Oct. 26, 1993: The NFL awards an expansion franchise to Charlotte but delays choosing a second city until Nov. 30.Nov.

Preferred Health Network Inc., a health maintenance organization, announced yesterday that it has returned to its roots by selling a majority stake in itself to a group of Baltimore and Washington area hospitals.The deal, which raised about $8 million for the Baltimore-based company that was founded by a group of hospitals, has allowed it to repay the debt owed to its former parent company. It also expands the network of hospitals available to its 44,500 members."We know, as we've talked to regional employers, that it's very important to be able to offer a plan that can cover employees wherever they live," said L. David Taylor, PHN's president and chief executive officer.

At the time he was born on the outskirts of Baltimore, the view from Doug Carroll's bedroom window had not changed appreciably from his grandmother's day. The big sunlit rooms looked over lawns and huge old trees that verged onto a landscape textured delightfully by streams and pasture and fields. This in turn gave way to forest-cloaked slopes on both east and west that walled the long sweep of the valley floor. It was, he recalls, at once both ''beautiful and ordinary -- most of the country around here looked that way.''By 1950, when Mr. Carroll was a boy of 10, unprecedented changes were altering much of the Maryland landscape, especially the Baltimore region.

Third in a three-part series. There's no denying that soft-shell crabs are a little weird. They're slimy and slippery when raw. Cooked in a sandwich, their spindly legs and grabby claws poke out from the slices of bread and make some people wonder, "Do you seriously think I'm going to eat that?" And although even some lifelong crab-loving Marylanders believe soft-shell crabs to be a different species than the well-known blue crab, they are in fact the same creature. Soft crabs are simply blue crabs that have recently molted, shedding their hard shells to reveal a paper-thin exoskeleton that hardens within hours.

A group of Baltimore investors has filed a bid to buy the New England Patriots, a troubled National League Football franchise that the league has vowed to try to keep in the Boston area.The investment group, one of at least three known to have filed bids for the team by the end-of-the-year deadline, is sworn to secrecy by confidentiality agreements and can't discuss the effort, said Robert B. Schulman, a Baltimore attorney working on behalf of the group."I can confirm that a Baltimore-based group submitted a bid for the New England Patriots," Mr. Schulman said.

NOTEworthy Day:There's a chance Pat Sajak, the "Wheel of Fortune" host whose wife lives in the Annapolis area, will be the newest show biz name to join the Peter Angelos group in its quest to buy the Baltimore Orioles. He's considering the invitation.In Locust Grove, Va., west of Fredericksburg, there's a new public golf course called Meadow Farms that has one of the longest holes anywhere -- an 841-yard, par 6. . . . Baltimore's playing host to the All-Star Game brought a personal reminder of 1958 when the publisher told us to escort the late William Randolph Hearst Jr., editor in chief, to Memorial Stadium and spend the day with him, a frightening thought for a peon sportswriter, but the man never let his authority get in the way of being considerate to others -- the mark of a gentleman.