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On November 27, 2004 LOUIS VASILAS, JR. beloved husband of Pearle Larue Vasilas; devoted father of Ronald, Douglas, Bruce, Valerie and Diane Vasilas; dear grandfather of Josie Vasilas and Jason Daly; dear brother of Ann Geiselman; loving owner of his dog Sarah. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday 1 p.m. at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L. Street NW, Washington, DC 20037.

The 1-year-old calico cat that belonged to John A. Giannetti Jr., a Democrat who won his race for state delegate in a district that encompasses Laurel and North Laurel, died Monday -- four days after it was shot in front of Giannetti's Laurel townhouse."

It's not as raucous as "The Odd Couple"; not as dark as "Lost in Yonkers." "Proposals," now playing a pre-Broadway run at Washington's Kennedy Center, is Neil Simon in a poignant vein.The poignancy is apparent from the opening strains of Stephen Flaherty's incidental music to the first sight of John Lee Beatty's wooded set, lighted by Brian MacDevitt to suggest dusky twilight in the Poconos.Most of all, this poignancy is revealed in the entrance of actress L. Scott Caldwell as the play's wise narrator, Clemma Diggins, who lets us know -- not unlike Tennessee Williams' alter ego in "The Glass Menagerie" -- that "Proposals" is a memory play.

It's hard to imagine Drew Barrymore's never been kissed.Get beyond that, however, and her performance in "Never Been Kissed" should work on you just fine. The film confirms its star's status as America's sweetheart; if there are people out there who don't find Barrymore utterly charming, it's only because they try real hard to feel that way.Too bad the film, about a budding journalist assigned to do an expose on the degradations of high school life, simply isn't worthy of her. The script displays little feel for either newspapers or high school, as though screenwriters Abby Kohn and Mark Silverstein only know what they've seen in movies.

On May 1, 2004, BETTYRUTH (nee Spresser); beloved wife of Charles J. Rhine, Sr.; devoted mother of Nancylee Greeson, and her husband William, Charles J. Rhine, Jr., and his wife Colleen; loving grandmother of Tina Sanford, Larry Tomasik, Jr., and Kenneth Livesay, Jr.; great-grandmother of Kinsey Ledoux; daughter-in-law of Mildred Rhine; and sister-in-law of Josie Spresser, Pat Buck, Rosemary Hinkel, James, Dickey, and Bill Rhine. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. She will be met by her son, Louis Rhine, her parents, Thelma and Elmer Spresser, and her brother, Wayne Spresser.

Laurel police have heightened security in the area around the home of John A. Giannetti Jr., a Democratic candidate for state delegate, after someone shot his cat early yesterday outside his townhouse."

On August 10, 2005, DENISE BERNARDINI GRACE FRANZ, beloved wife of Dr. Charles P. Franz; she is survived by children, sons Charles P. Franz Jr. and Alex Franz, daughter Sara Franz; parents Dennis and Josie Grace; four brothers, Dr. George Thomas Grace, F. Michael Grace, Patrick Grace and John Grace; three sisters, Theresa Riebling, Kelly Cromer and Colleen Middleton; and a host of many relatives and friends. Family will receive friends at Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville Inc., 1630 Edmondson Ave, on Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., with Christian Wake, Sunday, August 14th at 7:30 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial Monday, August 15th at 11 A.M. at St. Clement Catholic Church, corner of 2nd Ave and Washington Ave., Lansdowne, MD. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park.

It must have been a strange sight -- actress Cherry Jones' unusual method for memorizing her role in Center Stage's production of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten.""I was walking back from Eddie's market on Eager and Charles with five extraordinarily heavy shopping bags, trying to pump them to build up my muscles and shouting out this monologue, and the people who looked like I should have been afraid of them were shying from me," she recalled with a laugh before a recent rehearsal.