Jared

He had just returned home from getting a haircut and picking up his uniform for the dishwashing job he was to start tonight when 15-year-old Jared Sala and his best friend decided to duck into the woods nearby for a smoke. Two hours later Sala was dead.The Chesapeake High School sophomore died of a gunshot wound to the face Wednesday evening. Police are awaiting an autopsy report to help determine if the death was a homicide, a suicide or an accident, Anne Arundel County police said.Sala and Denny Staubs, also 15, went into the wooded ravine near their Pasadena homes mostly to help Staubs figure out how to tell his parents about the suspension he had gotten that day for talking back to teachers.

TO ACHIEVE THE RANK of Eagle Scout, a young man is required to perform a noteworthy service project and see the job through from inception to completion.Jared Praniewicz of Sykesville looked just beyond his back yard to Piney Run Park for his Eagle Scout project. A reconstructed trail now runs from the park's largest pavilion to the lake, thanks to the hard work of the South Carroll High senior.One of the goals of an Eagle Scout project is to teach the Scout how to plan, organize, secure materials and supervise the work on a large project.

He had just returned home from getting a haircut and picking up his uniform for the dishwashing job he was to start tonight when 15-year-old Jared Sala and his best friend decided to duck into the woods nearby for a smoke. Two hours later Sala was dead.The Chesapeake High School sophomore died of a gunshot wound to the face Wednesday evening. Police are awaiting an autopsy report to help determine if the death was a homicide, a suicide or an accident, Anne Arundel County police said.Sala and Denny Staubs, also 15, went into the wooded ravine near their Pasadena homes mostly to help Staubs figure out how to tell his parents about the suspension he'd gotten that day for talking back to teachers.

Denny Staubs had just returned home Thursday from taking a flower to his dead friend's mother. He wandered into the kitchen, fell to the floor and reportedly told his mother that he had fired the shot that killed Jared Sala in the woods near their Pasadena homes.Anne Arundel County police think the Chesapeake High School sophomore's death Wednesday was an accident, department spokesman Lt. Jeff Kelly said yesterday.Denny, 15, originally told police he had left Sala in a wooded ravine where they were trying to figure out how Staubs should tell his parents he had been suspended from school earlier that day for talking back to his teachers.

A fight between two teen-agers escalated into a shooting yesterday in a shady garden on the Boys' Latin School campus that was witnessed by a dozen youths -- and a video crew.The participants were young actors from Baltimore-area high schools, cast in a video with a message aimed at teen-agers across Maryland to solve everyday conflicts without resorting to guns."I really think this will help get the message out about guns," said Alex D. Scott, a Boys' Latin senior taking the role of Jared, who is paralyzed after being shot during an argument with a childhood friend.

Jared Clelan touched his first basketball while still in a crib. He made his first basket at 6 years old.During the summer, Jared methodically worked on his jumper and pushed himself furiously at Johns Hopkins' gym. It's also not coincidental that he is known as one of the most fundamentally skilled players at Loyola High.The typical coach's son -- with a twist.When Jared tossed up 400 shots a day this summer, it wasn't his father running down the rebounds. In fact, Jared's father starts to dread basketball midway through the season.

When senior guard Jason Sealing connected on a first-quarter buzzer-beating shot to give John Carroll a one-point lead, it would be hard to imagine the Patriots' staying in front against favored St. Paul's.Backed by 20 points from senior Jared Marmen, 17 points from Jeff Miles and some clutch foul shots from junior David Padrino, John Carroll (15-11) defeated St. Paul's (20-4) for the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference championship, 63-54, at Goucher College yesterday.

JARED AND JACOB RICE, 6, identical twin sons of Stanley W. Rice and grandsons of Stanley C. and Melva Rice of Smith Avenue in Westminster.School: Kindergartners at St. John School, Westminster.Honored for: Learning to speak in small and large groups. Jared and Jacob spoke to almost no one during their first two months of kindergarten. Now, they participate in class and separate to play with other children they have befriended."They were very shy and withdrawn," Mrs. Rice said of her grandsons.

Alcohol is accident factorJared Golden, 15, apparently was drinking March 28 when he was struck by a car and killed while riding his bicycle home.The state medical examiner told state police that Jared's blood-alcohol level at the time of his death was 0.07 percent -- 0.03 percent below Maryland's legal definition of intoxication.The liquor was purchased by Jared's cousin, John M. Moon, 22, of Frostburg in Allegany County, police said.Moon, police say, took three teen-agers to the Westminster Village shopping center with him that morning, bought the liquor and dropped it off at the barn shortly after noon.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- After surviving a dozen major operations during which surgeons put some of his organs back inside his body, a near-fatal bout of respiratory infection and a lifetime spent in the hospital, 2 1/2 -year-old Jared Matthews finally has gone home.Sort of.Because Jared must remain hooked to tubes and machines and needs around-the-clock medical care, he was driven yesterday to a medical foster home in Eden Prairie, Minn., rather than to his parents' home in Minneapolis.He will remain there until sometime next summer, when he will return to the hospital for one final major operation that will free him from his respirator and feeding tube and allow him to live a normal life with his brother and three sisters.

Before the Ravens play the Oakland Raiders today, Jonathan Ogden will be introduced to the sellout crowd, walking out of the M&T Bank Stadium tunnel for one of the last times. "If he comes out in full gear, you'll know he's playing left tackle," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said jokingly. Ogden will be inducted into the Ravens' Ring of Honor at halftime, just 10 months after playing his final game. Considered one of the greatest offensive tackles in NFL history, Ogden has no regrets retiring after 12 seasons and 11 Pro Bowl invitations.

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"It's time to realize Boise State's for real. It's time to put us on that preseason Top 25 every year." Jared Zabransky Broncos quarterback, after they beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl [ From wire and Web reports]

On June 20, 2006, MARY D.; devoted mother of six daughters, Helen Mitchell, Carllota Robinson, Janice Miller, Venessa Beads, Myra Hamilton and Valarie Walker; three sons, Jared Beads, Carl Beads and Don Beads. She is also survived by a host of grand and great-grandchildren and other relatives. Friends may call at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fred Hilton Pass, on Sunday from 12 noon until 7 P.M. Family will receive friends at Mt. Winans UMC, 2501 Hollins Ferry Road, Monday 10:30 A.M. to 11 A.M. Funeral services to follow.

On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, Sheldon H. Braiterman, after a long illness, bravely borne. Husband of Marilyn Braiterman (nee Silver); devoted father of Andrew and Zachary Braiterman both of New York, and Jared Braiterman of San Francisco, CA and their spouses Ronne Mandelker, Margaret Karalis and Shu Kuge; brother of Phyllis Cohen of Hadera, Isreal and the late Marvin Braiterman; son of the late Leona and William Braiterman; loving grandfather of...

Springfield, Ill. -- A former community leader whose series of bank robberies ended when his police officer son helped tip off authorities was sentenced to 40 years in prison yesterday. William Alfred Ginglen, whose descent from Jaycees president, auxiliary police officer and zoning chairman to a cocaine-using desperado attracted national attention, wept at his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Springfield. "He was so emotional that he was only able to say, `I want to apologize to everyone,'" Ginglen's attorney, Ronald Hamm, said after the hearing, at which Ginglen was also ordered to pay $56,382 in restitution.

When the Baltimore City Council took a position on the war in Iraq last week, I had deja vu all over again. In the good ol' days, the council constantly took positions on a wide array of issues beyond its authority, or grasp, and the debates were rich with rhetoric. One night in the early 1980s the topic was national defense, and then-Councilman John A. Schaefer, who thought it was a good idea, stood to say: "Preparedness is the best detergent against aggression." And who could argue? Wide of the network I called Comcast to order the NHL Center Ice package - that is, 40 live telecasts of National Hockey league games a week, through the Stanley Cup playoffs, at a cost of about $20 a month.

On August 10, 2005, ELIZABETH B. HULL (nee Burns) mother of Jared C. Hull and Dana K. Hull, sister of Patricia Mc Alvanah. Also survived by her longtime devoted friend Richard Rogers. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Eline Funeral Home, 410-833-1414www.elinefuneralhome.com

On Saturday April 9, 2005 SHIRLEY G. SHAVITZ (nee Guthoff) loving wife of William "Willie" Shavitz, beloved mother of Michael E. Shavitz of Owings Mills, MD and Lynne S. Levy of Reisterstown, MD , devoted mother-in-law of Debbie Shavitz and Dr. Joseph E. Levy, devoted sister of the late Alfred Guthoff, loving grandmother of Jared Shavitz, Brian Shavitz, Lauren Stern, Diane Levy and Rachel Levy. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Monday April 11, at 9 A.M. Interment Anshe Emunah-Aitz Chaim Congregation Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd.

On September 25, 2003 ABRAHAM MINTZ of Aventura, FL., formerly of Westbury, NY, beloved husband of Gloria, loving father of Carla and Ron Surdin, Sandra and Gene Sharkey, devoted grandfather to Jared, Matthew, Marisa, and Brooke. Services were held in Florida.