Honorees

Gov. William Donald Schaefer presented the first Town of Aberdeen economic development awards Friday.The breakfast at the New Deal Diner recognized four Aberdeen businesses for their contribution to economic revitalization.Honorees included:* The 15 South Parke Professional Building for keeping alive a commercial site in the middle of Aberdeen's business section. Opened as an Acme grocery in 1952, the building was converted to a photographic processing plant and later to a cosmetology school.

U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium. Knutson-Cullen, 27, was a 2003 graduate of Liberty High School and a 2007 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, and had previously served at Fort Wainwright in Alaska.

A media mogul, a surfboard industry pioneer, a coach of disabled athletes and the first man to sail solo around the world are among the inaugural inductees to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, a Maryland institution working to build a permanent home on the Annapolis waterfront. Next weekend's induction ceremony, to be held at the San Diego Yacht Club in California, comes six years after the National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame was formed to promote sailing and recognize men and women who have made "outstanding contributions" to the sport.

Women's college lacrosse McDonogh trio among IWLCA 1st-team honorees Six players who attended Baltimore-area high schools earned Division I first-team All-America recognition from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association on Wednesday. Three of the six attended McDonogh: Duke junior defender Taylor Virden , Florida senior attacker Kitty Cullen and Maryland freshman midfielder Taylor Cummings . The other three were Maryland senior defender Iliana Sanza (St. Paul's)

WASHINGTON - Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat, will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences today at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Sarbanes will join more than 200 honorees from the United States and abroad and will be one of five featured speakers at the ceremony. "This is quite an honor," said Sarbanes, who will be recognized in the public affairs, business and administration discipline. "You're with some people that have made outstanding contributions in both the past and present."

It's often a motley crew that the trustees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts select as their annual Center Honors recipients. The newly announced list sends the mind reeling at the dinner party possibilities: Chuck Berry, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo, Angela Lansbury and Clint Eastwood. The five have been chosen as recipients of the 23rd annual Center Honors for the "unique and extremely valuable contributions they have made to the cultural life of our nation," Kennedy Center Chairman James A. Johnson said in a prepared statement.

Just when it seems, in this year of Paris Hilton and Average Joe, as if television and American popular culture might have reached a point of hopeless decline, along comes The 26th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts to say it ain't so - again and again and again and again and again for each of its five acclaimed honorees. This year's program honors country singer Loretta Lynn, rhythm and blues performer James Brown, director Mike Nichols, comedian Carol Burnett and violinist Itzhak Perlman.

I am off for a few days to deal with some minor medical stuff, and I did not intend to write any reviews, believe me. But I sat down last night to watch one segment of the preview DVD for  "Kennedy Center Honors," and I got up some two hours later feeling like I had been on a wild, joyous, pop culture rollercoaster ride. And I wanted to at least give readers of this a blog a heads-up to catch this brilliant production at 9 tonight on CBS (WJZ-Channel 13). As usually happens, and as I annually forget, the segments on the honorees that I don't care so much about are the ones that blow me away -- and make me want to run out and buy their DVD or get a Netflix of one of their greatest movies.

Every year around this time, television earns itself a little class by airing the Kennedy Center Honors, a tribute to the best performing arts talent this country has to offer. This year's edition, set for tonight on CBS, gets the class stuff right but, for the most part, lacks the poignancy and emotion needed to make the evening something special.In fact, the tributes to Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman and Edward Villella seem almost rushed, as though the show's producers have to get somewhere.

The seventh annual Sticks for Soldiers lacrosse tournament in Fairfield, Conn., has named U.S. Army Capt. Gregory Galeazzi, a 2007 graduate of Loyola's Army ROTC program, to be the second honoree for this year's support. The Thanksgiving weekend tournament raises funds and awareness for severely wounded military personnel. He joins U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. (ret.) Greg Caron of Ellington, Conn., as honorees this year. On May 26, 2011, Galeazzi, an Army Ranger, was seriously wounded while conducting a dismounted patrol in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

For those who believe Phelps Luck Elementary School paraeducator Donna Schulze is too outspoken or too uncompromising on issues relating to her profession, she's got a message for you: Too bad. "If I see something, I'm going to speak up," said Schulze, 59, who was named this month as the national Education Support Professional of the Year by the National Education Association. The NEA award comes with a challenge - Schulze will be called upon to advocate for its organization's 484,000 education support professional members, and will travel to state, regional and national conferences as an ambassador.

As the occasional snowflake fluttered through the air and landed on a makeshift football field, Jahvid Best once again stood on the sideline, watching others play the game he loves. This day, it was his choice. The Detroit Lions running back, who hasn't played a game since October 2011 because of multiple concussions, was one of 17 NFL players who visited St. Vincent's Villa in Timonium on Sunday morning. As Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt captained teams of children, Best laughed, cheered and tried to stay warm.

Two years ago, when Sade Miller was in fifth grade at Ridgely Elementary School in Denton, she decided to raise money for the hospice in Caroline County. Instead of holding a bake sale or asking the adults in her life for money, Sade (pronounced Sha-day) decided to teach the dance in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video to nearly 100 students in her school, who then performed it at several venues in town. "We didn't charge admission," said Sade, now 12 and in seventh grade at Lockerman Middle School.

The seventh annual Sticks for Soldiers lacrosse tournament in Fairfield, Conn., has named U.S. Army Capt. Gregory Galeazzi, a 2007 graduate of Loyola's Army ROTC program, to be the second honoree for this year's support. The Thanksgiving weekend tournament raises funds and awareness for severely wounded military personnel. He joins U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. (ret.) Greg Caron of Ellington, Conn., as honorees this year. On May 26, 2011, Galeazzi, an Army Ranger, was seriously wounded while conducting a dismounted patrol in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

It was the voice on the other end of the phone that kept Neysan Sturdivant calm on the night of Sept. 4 after his wife, sitting next to him, yelled, "Stop the car!" In a second, the Severn couple's minivan was on the side of Route 32 in the darkness. Sturdivant's wife, Gillian, was giving birth, minutes away from Howard County General Hospital. He ran to her side of the vehicle and opened the door to help — but didn't know what to do. He asked 911 for help. "I had the phone in my ear," Neysan Sturdivant recalled, saying that most of what immediately followed "is a blur.

I am off for a few days to deal with some minor medical stuff, and I did not intend to write any reviews, believe me. But I sat down last night to watch one segment of the preview DVD for  "Kennedy Center Honors," and I got up some two hours later feeling like I had been on a wild, joyous, pop culture rollercoaster ride. And I wanted to at least give readers of this a blog a heads-up to catch this brilliant production at 9 tonight on CBS (WJZ-Channel 13). As usually happens, and as I annually forget, the segments on the honorees that I don't care so much about are the ones that blow me away -- and make me want to run out and buy their DVD or get a Netflix of one of their greatest movies.

The VH1 Hip Hop Honors Tour, in its debut year, comes to Rams Head Live Sunday night. With a style that fuses rock with soul and hip hop, The Roots will headline the show. Rap legends MC Lyte and Big Daddy Kane, both former honorees, will also perform. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. Rams Head is at 20 Market Place. Tickets are $35 and $75. Call 410-244-1131 or go to ramsheadlive.com.

The McDaniel College Green Terrors will play host to the Dickinson Red Devils in the college's homecoming football game at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Scott S. Bair Stadium. Alumni Headquarters will offer children's games, starting at 9 a.m., on the upper practice field behind the scoreboard. Drive-in stadium parking is $5 per vehicle. The Green Terror Invitational Volleyball Tournament will begin at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Gill Center. Admission is free. The tournament will include teams from McDaniel College, Moravian College, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Gallaudet University, King's College, the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Eastern University, Salisbury University and the University of Scranton.

A media mogul, a surfboard industry pioneer, a coach of disabled athletes and the first man to sail solo around the world are among the inaugural inductees to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, a Maryland institution working to build a permanent home on the Annapolis waterfront. Next weekend's induction ceremony, to be held at the San Diego Yacht Club in California, comes six years after the National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame was formed to promote sailing and recognize men and women who have made "outstanding contributions" to the sport.

Jarret Johnson became the third Ravens player this season to win AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. On Tuesday, the outside linebacker earned the award for his performance in Sunday night's 34-17 victory over the New York Jets. Johnson scooped up a fumble caused when defensive tackle Haloti Ngata slammed into quarterback Mark Sanchez, and Johnson returned it 26 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. Johnson also finished with three tackles (one for a loss)