Hagen

On October 16, 2003, SUSIE BELLE HAGEN (nee Jones) loving wife of Leonard Hagen, beloved sister of Mary Schaffeld (nee Jones), caring aunt of Patricia Brager and her husband Richard Brager and great-aunt to their son Jon-Louis Brager, aunt of Mark Schaffeld. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive visitors at the Singleton Funeral Home, P.A., 1 Second Avenue, S.W., (at Crain Highway) Glen Burnie from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M on Sunday. A Funeral Ceremony will be held on Monday at 11 A. M in the funeral home chapel.

On September 27, 2003 ALBERT LEE HAGEN; beloved husband of Hattie M. Hagen; loving father of Gladys Julia Lambert and the late Calvin D. Hagen; dear brother of Violet Eckert. Also survived by eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home P.A., 1407 Old Eastern Ave, Essex at Rte 702 (beltway exit 36) on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services on Wednesday 11 A.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

Edward A. Hagens Sr., who worked 40 years at the now-defunct Armco Steel Corp. in East Baltimore, died Friday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Perring Parkway Center. He was 88. Born on Exeter Street in Baltimore's Oldtown section, he attended Mount St. Joseph High School, where he played varsity baseball and basketball. Mr. Hagens was drafted into the Army near the end of World War II. He served on Okinawa, where he located unexploded mines and destroyed them. For 40 years, he worked at the Armco plant on Edison Highway near Monument Street.

On August 22, 2003, EDWARD A. HAGENS, beloved husband of the late Frances Hagens (nee Mugowski), devoted father of Fran Smither and the late Edward Hagens, Jr., loving brother-in-law of Helen Jolley and Sister Mary Catherine, dear grandfather of Dawn Abell and Eddie Hagens and great-grandfather of Amanda and Jacob Abell, loving uncle of Daniel Jolley. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home, Inc., 3331 Brehms Lane, (at Mannasota and Erdman Avenues), on Sunday and Monday from 2 til 4 and 7 til 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday at the Shrine of the Little Flower at 10 A.M. Interment Holy Rosary Cemetery.

On June 24, 2003, GILBERT S. BITTINGS, of Havre de Grace; beloved husband of D. Jeannette Bittings (nee Townsend); devoted father of Dr. David Bittings and his wife Randon Bittings and Dawn Tuerke (nee Bittings) and her husband Thomas Tuerke; also loving father to an extended family Harry Hagen, Richard Hagen, Terry Hagen, Debbie Hagen, Michael Hagen and Tony Hagan. Also survived by many extended grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Friends may call at the Tarring Cargo Funeral Home, P.A., 333 S. Parke Street, Aberdeen, MD on Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

After my first attempt at boeuf bourguignon in high school, I complained to my French teacher that something was missing. His advice was concise: "Add thyme." I tried again, this time, simmering the stew with a liberal dose of dried French thyme. What a difference! But it wasn't until I grew my own thyme that I learned how much that single herb enhances soups, stews, pates, vegetables and more. "Thyme is a good universal herb," says Rolfe Hagen, owner of the Thyme Garden Herb Co. in Alsea, Ore., which grew out of Hagen's gourmet restaurant there.

The student: Alex Von Hagen-Jamar, 18. School: Howard High School. Special achievement: One of 18 Howard County high school students named a finalist in the 2001 National Merit Scholarship competition. Activities: He participates in the choir, Madrigals, drama and soccer. Most enjoyable to him is singing. "I plan on continuing to sing in college, mostly for fun," he says. Goals: He plans to study engineering, theater or history in college, and has narrowed his search to Brown, Amherst and Princeton.

BaseballAthletics: Agreed to minor-league contract with IF Domingo ++ Cedeno; invited him to major-league camp.Dodgers: Named Scott Sharp and James Merriweather to scouting staff.Giants: Signed P Trevor Wilson to one-year contract. P John Johnstone avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to $692,500, one-year contract.Padres: Agreed to terms with 2B Carlos Garcia, 1B Graham Koonce, IF-OF Eric Owens, OF Darren Bush, P Jeff Darwin, C Charles Frank and C Kevin Lidle on minor-league contracts.

WASHINGTON -- In the hands of Margaret Hagen, an anecdote can be a deadly weapon. Here is an example from her new book, ''Whores of the Court'':''David Willard Phipps Jr., a Gulf War veteran, was convicted of first-degree murder . . . for killing his wife's lover, Michael Presson. Phipps did not deny killing Presson. . . . He claimed that he was unable to formulate the mens rea [intent] for first-degree murder because he was suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.''Judge Julian Guinn of Tennessee apparently thought this claim did not hold water and instructed the jury, 'I charge you that post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression are not defenses to a criminal charge.

As the title character in Nicholas Wright's "Mrs. Klein," the famed Uta Hagen is, in a sense, portraying two women.As Melanie Klein, the pioneering Viennese-born child psychoanalyst, Hagen speaks in authoritarian tones, gestures forcefully and sits ramrod straight. In contrast, as Melanie Klein, a mother about to attend her son's funeral, she frequently lapses into sniveling tears and slumps in a chair as if fighting a losing battle against both gravity and her emotions.Granted, both sides of Klein's egotistical personality are present in Nicholas Wright's disturbing psychological drama, at Washington's Kennedy Center as part of a limited, post-New York tour.