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Patrons of Rep Stage's production of "Sleuth" will find two Feiningers listed in the program, Kathy (the director) and Conrad (one of the play's two actors). And, yes, they're married. They met 17 years ago in Minneapolis while working on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's "The Royal Family" -- a play, as luck would have it, about life in the theater. "She was stage-managing it," Conrad Feininger recalls, "and I came in to audition. I always said if I ever found a good stage manager, I'd marry her."

Kathy Griffin's desperate efforts to get some shock buzz New Year's Eve on CNN were so obvious that I vowed I wouldn't write about her -- wouldn't write about her kissing Anderson Cooper's crotch and trying to make sure every viewer knew what she was doing. You can see the video above. (And don't write to me about using the video from the right-wing Newsbusters website. It's the best edited of the lot, and most of the YouTube cuts have such bad video you don't know what's being said unless you're a lip-reader.)

She would give up her leg. Kathy Bowie knew this even before the specialists at Mercy Medical Center outlined the options. They could fuse her arthritic ankle into place, vastly limiting her ability to ride horses, or amputate below the knee. If she kept the leg, she'd lose so much more: the view from Kennedy's Peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where she and her Appaloosa mare could gaze down on the winding Shenandoah and look eagles right in the eye. She'd lose the thrill of seeing cougars flash across the bridle path, and of out-galloping swarms of angry ground bees.

Kathy Brown wasn't always much of a chef - but she was an educator. When Brown, the former head of Grace Christian School, was diagnosed with amyloidosis of the heart in April 2008, she began experimenting with recipes to suit her new low-fat, low-salt, low-sugar diet. Compelled to share what she'd learned, Brown started compiling a heart-friendly cookbook for other patients. While Brown later received a successful heart transplant, the 62-year-old died in December 2010 before she could finish the book.

Kathy Wheatley has some important advice for anyone thinking of doing remodeling work. "Hire a contractor you really, really like," she said. Then with a big, glowing smile, she added, "I liked my contractor a lot." Well, she should like him. The man who gave Kathy Wheatley her dream kitchen in her Monkton home is her husband and business partner, Gary Wheatley. Together, the couple own and operate Wheatley Contracting. "We've been married 21 years and have been in business 21 years," she said.

Even in South Florida, where years of mayhem and madness had many residents believing they could no longer be shocked, the Willets sex scandal trial is off the charts.Kathy and Jeff are no ordinary couple.On the one hand, if they are convicted, there may be nothing unusual about a hard-working hooker and her protective pimp trying to make a few bucks off the local citizenry. So they got caught. Another day, another routine arrest, from a region where the summer blockbuster criminal news is about a Kennedy family member accused of rape and a former Panamanian dictator awaiting trial in a cushy jail.

Sandra Grant waited nearly three years, hoping someone would be charged with beating her 15-year-old daughter to death and leaving the girl's nude body in the woods off an Anne Arundel County back road.Yesterday, police told Mrs. Grant and her husband they had charged Mark John Loetz, 32, of the 900 block of Burnett Ave. in Arnold, with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Kathleen Grant.In the morning, a District Court Commissioner in Glen Burnie ordered Mr. Loetz held without bond in the Anne Arundel County Detention Center.

On a winter evening, Chrissy Grant watched her twin, Kathy, disappear into the shadows down Furnace Branch Road on her way to a friend's house a few miles away.Her parting advice to her sister was brief: "Be careful and accept no rides."That was Jan. 9, 1989, and Kathy, 15, never arrived at her friend's apartment on Americana Circle near Marley Station Mall.Twenty days later, she was found bludgeoned to death in a wooded area off West Pasadena Road. Investigators believe Kathy, who had been sexually assaulted, knew her killers.

Kathy Mattea With millions of album sales and two Grammys under her belt, Kathy Mattea will perform at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts tonight at 7. Mattea's career took off in 1986 with her third and breakthrough album, Walk the Way the Wind Blows. Since then, she's recorded 12 full-lengths, including her newest compilation, Right Out of Nowhere, released in September. Maryland Hall is at 801 Chase St. in Annapolis. Tickets cost $38; $35 for members. For more information, call 410-263-5544 or go to marylandhall.

Glenn and Kathy Helme, a retired West Baltimore couple, recently returned from a year spent emptying bed pans and giving sponge baths to strangers in the end stages of AIDS and cancer. These deeds took place at a Roman Catholic hospice called Comfort House in McAllen, Texas. Of the 30 residents who entered the hospice while the Helmes were there, 29 died.They volunteered for the mission through the Church of the Brethren's volunteer service, based in Elgin, Ill.The Helmes, who have been married for 35 years, are quick to say that there's nothing extraordinary about them or their volunteer effort.

Kathy Renee Averella, a legal secretary, died of cancer Dec. 4 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 55 and lived in Baltimore. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Claudia and Lou Averella and grew up in Highlandtown. She attended Patterson High School and Strayer Business College before becoming a legal secretary. She worked in downtown Baltimore for attorneys P. Paul Cocoros and Goodman Meagher & Enoch. Family members said she enjoyed trips to Florida and Disney World.

A few Baltimore area restaurants have showed up recently, or will soon, in national media. Woodberry Kitchen owners Amy and Spike Gjerde are scheduled for the fourth hour of Tuesday's Today show. They will be showing Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb how to cook Maryland stuffed ham and winter vegetables. Bowie native Gifford always seems to love it when Maryland chefs show up in the Today Kitchen. UPDATE: Here is the recipe for the Maryland stuffed ham with kale mixture and roasted winter vegebales dishes that Spike and Amy made in Today's kitchen.

It had to come out sometime. I love Kathie Lee Gifford. As in, I think she's really, really funny. Gifford, who grew up in Bowie, Md. and graduated from Bowie High School, is a noted fan of Chesapeake seafoood, steamed crabs and Costas Inn. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, Costas' owners, Nick and Pete Triantafilos made their annaul "surprise" visit to the Today show for Kathie Lee's birthday. Here's a link to the video on the Costas homepage. And here's a link to the Today show website . Kathie Lee shares her crabfeast memories, which inlcude National beer -- it's not clear whether her father was a Premium or a Bohemian man, though.

We need a Kathy Hochul in Maryland's 1st District. She is the Democratic winner in the 26th District special election in New York, a traditionally Republican seat in Congress. She defeated Jane Corwin on an important issue: saving Medicare. We are stuck with Rep. Andy Harris in the 1st District until 2012. I believe there must be a candidate in this huge district that covers some of Baltimore, Cecil, Harford counties and part of the Eastern Shore that could duplicate what Kathy Hochul accomplished.

Trainer Kathy Ritvo, all 5 feet of her, stands on her toes in the Preakness barn at Pimlico Race Course and reaches up to the massive horse known as Mucho Macho Man. "You need a hug," she says, stretching her arms to encircle his face. Mucho Macho Man puts his ears back and gives her a look. Ritvo, dressed in jeans and Kentucky Derby jacket, shakes her long blond hair and laughs. "I say, 'You need a hug.' And he says, 'Scram,'" she said. "But isn't he a handsome horse?"

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trainer Graham Motion can't seem to catch a break at the Kentucky Derby this week, unless it's a bad break. Motion came to Kentucky with a legitimate Derby contender in Toby's Corner, but had to scratch him on Tuesday after the horse injured his left hind leg while training in Maryland. Motion still has another Derby entry in Animal Kingdom, but on Wednesday Animal Kingdom's jockey, Robby Albarado , was thrown from his mount in a maiden claiming race and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance.

You'll notice that our masthead is missing two writers this week, Will Englund and Kathy Lally. I point this out with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they've been a great addition to the magazine staff and we'll miss them badly; on the other, they've embarked on what seems to me a fabulous adventure. They and their two little girls and three years' supply of everything from toilet paper to kids' birthday presents will be headed for the Soviet Union this summer, where Kathy and Will will work as The Sun's correspondents in the Moscow Bureau.

As an education reporter for The Sun's metro staff, Kath Lally had heard of the Magic Me program for a long time without ever getting around to looking into it. Then last summer Magic Me's executive director, Alfred de la Cuesta, asked if she would come by to see the kids in action. Kathy watched as middle-schoolers interacted with nursing home residents and thought there must be a story there: In spite of the fact that the youngsters were sometimes embarrassed dealing with the elderly, there was some real bonding going on.She decided to follow the whole process -- how the youngsters are recruited, how they're trained, how the program works.

On January 17, 2010 KATHY MARIE BRITTON-BRACEY, Attorney for Baltimore County was born in Plainfield NJ but currently resided in Reisterstown, MD. Mrs. Britton -Bracey was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and Jack and Jill of America. She is survived by her mother Carolyn P. Britton of NJ., husband Leonard Bracey and children Mark Leonard and Leah Elizabeth Bracey. She is also survived by brother Scott Peter Britton (Tracy) of GA, devoted uncle and aunt Courtney L. Britton and Eleanor Attaway both of NJ., Mrs. Britton-Bracey was predeceased by her father Dr. Peter N. Britton Jr. Family will receive friends at the family owned WYLIE FUNERAL HOME P.A. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road, Randallstown, MD 21133 Friday January 22nd from 6 to 8 P.M. Services Saturday January 23rd at New Antioch Baptist Church of Randallstown, 5609 Old Court Road, Randallstown, MD 21133 10:00 wake 11:00 A.M. funeral.