I Work

Salary: : $30/hour Age: : 49 Years on the job: : 31 How he got started: : Knowing he didn't want to go into the military or on to college, Tony Revels began working at the port of Baltimore as a longshoreman before he graduated from high school. His father also worked at the port as a longshoreman, and the two had a chance to work side by side until his father, Jesse, who has since passed away, retired in 1993. Revels calls that experience "awesome." The job is a union position, and Revels belongs to the International Longshoremen's Association Local 333. Typical day: : "Every day is different," Revels said about his job. He usually works 50 to 60 hours a week, but his days and hours vary and are determined by the number of vessels that come in and out of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal or Dundalk Marine Terminal.

The 19-year-old Harford County man with developmental disabilities who is accused of killing his 2-month-old niece was ordered Monday to continue being held without bail. Colin Christopher Wolf, of the 2000 block of Bay Meadows Court in Forest Hill, is facing first degree murder charges after he allegedly struck the child, who had been left in his care, in the face Thursday night and she later died, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. After an earlier bail review hearing Friday where Harford County District Court Judge Mimi Cooper questioned Wolf's competency, District Court Judge Victor Butanis ordered Wolf to continue being held without bail Monday and made no mention of any competency concerns.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas -- At the mere mention of a lineman named Cortez, Max Emfinger -- the self-described national prep football recruiting expert who publishes a newsletter ranking high school football players -- flies into a tizzy in the family kitchen."

BETHESDA -- Greg Norman is used to making headlines as the world's No. 1 ranked golfer, but after the last few days, can the supermarket tabloids be far behind? First there was the verbal confrontation Saturday with one of the starters at last week's Kemper Open. Then there was the obscene gesture Norman allegedly made toward a fan during Sunday's final round.And, oh yes, he took his family to the White House to visit President Clinton and purchased a jet plane for a reported $64 million.

AT AGE 88, Hilda Stephenson is more active than a lot of folks half her age. Her normal routine includes an aerobics class five days a week. After class, she walks from Harper's Choice Village Center to The Mall in Columbia to catch a bus home. "It's really nothing," Stephenson said. "To me it's a cinch. I think I was doing exercises when I was a baby. I was standing on my head until about four years ago." Born in North Carolina, Ste phenson spent most of her life in New York City, moving to Columbia in 1979.

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman moved Tuesday to ban the sale of high-sugar drinks such as soda in parks, libraries and other county properties and at county-sponsored events - hoping yet again to make the county a progressive model. "I believe Howard County government should lead by example," Ulman said. "That's why today I've signed an executive order to increase the availability of healthy beverage options in our county departments and programs. "The vending machines will look different, starting right away," Ulman said at an event in Ellicott City.

Love him or hate him, David S. Cordish, 71, is a man who gets things done. As the head of the Cordish Companies, he turned a languid patch of downtown into the open-air dining and night life destination Power Plant Live! and then brought the idea to other cities such as Louisville (4th Street Live!), Houston (Live! at Bayou Place) and Kansas City (Power & Light District). This month, he put the finishing touches on a $10 million upgrade to Power Plant Live!, and right now, he's building Maryland Live!

Their basements have flooded, their swimming pools are filled with sand and silt, and their back yards are ruined. And the folks who live on Baylor Road in Glen Burnie say it's all the fault of the construction work on Interstate 97 at Quarterfield Road."

Traditionally, the bride's parents are the hosts of the ceremony. They send out the invitations, pay for the reception and coordinate a long day of celebration. The groom's family takes care of the bride's ring, the marriage license and their honeymoon.  That sounds all fine, well, and good. But, neither Enrique's nor my parents work, and we've yet to find that elusive bride. Planning duties fall on us and we have to do everything within our already busy schedule.  Enrique works in northern Virginia and has weekend duties at a gym. I work in Baltimore and attend classes four nights a week.

As often as we criticize the State Highway Administration, Intrepid Commuter feels an obligation to praise the agency's good works.Here are some of our favorite things about the SHA:Many of the lines its workers paint on the pavement are straight.Its roads are fairly hard.Highways described as southbound generally are.Its bridges usually don't collapse when new.But wait, there's more. Consider two criticisms of a state-maintained highway recently brought to our attention by faithful reader Frank A. Cirincione of Parkton, who commutes daily along Interstate 83.First, Mr. Cirincione writes, "The construction of the Warren Road exit off I-83 in Cockeysville . . . seems to be proceeding extremely slowly.