Kauffman

Have baby hook, will travel -- and score points in bunches. That is Monica Johnson's motto at Lebanon Valley College this season as the former Randallstown standout attempts to speed up the team's rebuilding process. "My favorite shot is a left-handed baby hook," said Johnson, who can score with either hand. "I like power. Just take the ball in for a powerful layup. I like to show my presence from the beginning of the game." The 5-foot-10 junior power forward is 10th in the nation in Division III women's basketball scoring with a 21.5 average as well as ranking 38th in rebounding at 10.7.

As a teenager, Michael Kauffman voraciously read books about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, becoming a budding authority on the topic at an early age. As new books came out, however, Kauffman was dismayed by the paucity of fresh information, particularly on John Wilkes Booth. A central question that became the focus of Kauffman's intense curiosity - why Booth plotted to kill Lincoln - went perpetually unanswered. Thus Kauffman embarked on an investigation that would span 30 years and require countless hours at the National Archives, interviews of relatives of the accused, weekly visits to the Booth family's Harford County home, and the retracing of Booth's steps before and after the crime.

On May 15, 2005 JOHN GEORGE; beloved husband of Jacquline G. (nee Roberts); devoted father of Pamela Melton and John V. Willard; dear grandfather of Katie Lighty, Amanda Kauffman, Jennifer, Jacob and Emily Willard; great grandfather of Tatiana Kauffman; brother of Virginia Pearce, Florence Klein, Raymond and Charles Willard, Sandy Day and the late Harry Willard. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road, (Overlea) on Wednesday and Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Michael the Arc Angel Church, Friday 10 A.M..

Anne Arundel Community College's Moonlight Troupers have embarked on their final week of rehearsal in preparation for next weekend's opening of Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor at the Pascal Center for Performing Arts. Ludwig's farce, filled with mistaken identities and assorted tenor groupies, opened on Broadway in March 1989. It ran there for more than a year, winning many awards including two Tonys, then ran in London, where it was nominated for the Olivier Award as comedy of the year. The show has been seen in 200-plus productions in more than 25 countries.

It was a surreal moment. Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman stood nervously on stage Sunday, surrounded by the glitter of Hollywood, as their documentary about India's most destitute children, Born Into Brothels, was proclaimed the winner of an Academy Award. Worlds away, the subject of that documentary - a group of children from the notorious red-light district in Calcutta - clamored around a television, watching their Auntie Zana and Uncle Kauffman grasp Hollywood's greatest honor. "They were screaming," said former Sun photographer Briski, 38. "They're just really happy.

On November 21, 2004, HARRYKAUFFMAN of Baltimore, devoted husband of the late Mary Alta Kauffman, loving father of H. Roger Kauffman and his wife Mary Ann Kauffman and Gordon C. Kauffman and his wife Ana Elizabeth Kauffman. He was the brother of Mary Watkins, Alan Kauffman, Jay Kauffman and Anna Hardesty. He was the cherished grandfather of Caroline Kauffman, Christopher Kauffman, Colin Kauffman, Daniel Kauffman, Jacob Kauffman, Jason Kauffman, Kevin Kauffman, Sarah Kauffman Relatives and friends are invited to call Loring Byers Funeral Directors, Inc., 8728 Liberty Rd., (2 miles west of Bltwy exit 18-B)

American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Michael W. Kauffman. Random House. 509 pages. $29.95. No one, it is fair to say, has been decided upon as the most glorious person in Maryland history. But the most despised, the most loathed? That award still goes to John Wilkes Booth, of Harford County, Ford's Theater in Washington and Green Mount Cemetery. Booth, professional actor and Abraham Lincoln's assassin, is the subject of this definitive biography. Michael Kauffman, of Owings, is a historian who has devoted 30-plus years to his subject, and even leads tours of Booth's escape route.

On July 16, 2004, H. RICHARD, devoted husband of Doris (nee Schradin), devoted father of Jerry, Steven and James, daughters-in-law Monica and Caroline Kauffman; cherished brother of Marguerite Hall and the late Fiance' Shanley and Forrest Kauffman; loving grandfather of Christy Kauffman, Stacy Freeman, Michelle Kauffman, Brandon Kauffman, and Aaron Kauffman; great-grandfather of Kira Dunaway and Jordan Kauffman, Dr. Kauffman wished to be a body donor to...

On May 29, 2004 GLORIA E. SCUTT (nee Kauffman) of Pikesville, formerly of Philadephia, PA. Loving mother of Janet Pressler, Jeffery Scutt, and James Scutt; beloved grandmother of Amy, Daniel, Julia, Andrew, Lauren, Anna and Kate. A Memorial service will be held in her memory on Saturday, June 5 at 11 A.M. at the Trinity Memorial Church, 2207 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. In lieu of flower contributions may be made in Ms. Scutt's name to the Community Outreach Partnership, 2212 Spruce Street, Philadephia, PA 19103.

On November 17, 2003 HELEN JESTER KAUFFMAN beloved wife of the late Edward Clifton Kauffman; devoted mother of Douglas Edward Kauffman; dear daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Harry B. Jester, dear sister of Kathryn J. Meredith of New Oxford, PA and Virginia J. DeMoss and her husband Harry both of Oak Crest Village. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Road (at Overbrook) on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at which time a Funeral Service will begin.