Kenna

Kenna wasn't the only one baffled by the commercial failure of his debut, 2003's New Sacred Cow. The category-defying singer-songwriter released one of the most critically lauded pop albums of that year. Several reviews proclaimed his music - a kinetic synth-based fusion of hip-hop-friendly beats awash with nervy punk-rock textures and grand melodies recalling U2 - the future of pop. But apparently music buyers didn't get the hype. The CD only sold about 50,000 copies, and Columbia Records, Kenna's label, soon dropped him. Drained and frustrated, the alt-rock-pop artist, who was born in Ethiopia and raised in Virginia, took time off. He felt the need for spiritual rejuvenation and, to clear his head, Kenna attempted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in early 2004.

Terry McKenna scored four goals, including his team's first three, as Holy Cross defeated Navy, 7-5, in men's lacrosse at the inaugural Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic on Sunday at Citi Field in New York. The win was the first over a military academy for the Crusaders and ended their nine-game losing streak to the Midshipmen. The Mids (3-5, 1-2 Patriot League) cut their deficit to 6-5 with 11:51 remaining when Sam Jones (Severna Park) scored his seventh goal of the season. McKenna then sealed the win for Holy Cross (4-3, 1-1)

On October 11, 2005, HARRIET C. (nee Martin), beloved wife of Phil Phillips, devoted mother of Shirley Mc Kenna. Loving grandmother of Heather Dove and C.J. Mc Kenna. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment private. In lieu of flowers contributions to the charity of your choice.

Christopher McKenna, an aspiring young artist, packs talent into a creative window painting of the school mascot, a ram. The 13-year-old Edgewood Middle School student, originally from Alabama, moved to Edgewood when he was 9. He lives with his mother, Colleen McKenna, and three siblings who also attend Edgewood Middle and Edgewood High. Christopher is considering becoming an artist one day. He plans to paint a larger ram image on the front window of Edgewood Middle School for all visitors to see as they enter.

A prosecutor expressed disappointment over a Baltimore County Circuit Court jury's decision to convict Harvey Allen Teets of second-degree murder the death of Kimberly R. Kenna, a St. Timothy's School security guard."

A 28-year-old groundskeeper was arrested yesterday and charged with first-degree murder in the bludgeoning last month of a young woman he had worked with at St. Timothy's School in Stevenson.Police said Harvey Allen Teets Jr. of the 3000 block of Walnut Street, Manchester, was charged with murdering Kimberly R. Kenna, 23, who lived on the 234-acre Baltimore County campus of the exclusive girls' boarding school while she was working there as a part-time security guard.Mr. Teets was denied bail and taken to a lockup at the Cockeysville precinct, police said.

Baltimore County police today continued to investigate the slaying of a 23-year-old security guard at St. Timothy's School in Stevenson.The body of Kimberly R. Kenna was found about 7:13 p.m. Saturday floating in a pond about 20 feet from the guard shack at which she was stationed, police said.The body was found by a teacher at St. Timothy's who was walking a dog past the guard shack, saw the victim's white Chevrolet Beretta parked at the side of the road and the door to the shack open, police said.

Shocked by the murder of a 23-year-old part-time security guard at St. Timothy's School, about 130 parents, teachers and students gathered yesterday in an amphitheater at the exclusive girl's boarding school in Stevenson to discuss their fears with administrators and the police."

On the night she was beaten to death, part-time security guard Kimberly R. Kenna had been instructed to make sure a groundskeeper didn't sleep on campus in his car, the headmaster of St. Timothy's School for girls told a Baltimore County Circuit Court jury yesterday.Now the former groundskeeper, Harvey Allen Teets Jr., 28, of Manchester, is on trial for murder, accused of using a wooden club to beat his co-worker to death.Ms. Kenna, 23, was killed between about 11 p.m. Feb. 22 and 7 a.m. the next day, when a teacher found her body floating in a pond and a trail of blood leading from the guard shack, prosecutor Steve Bailey said in his opening statement.

You don't quite know what to make of Kenna. He's new on the scene -- a black man born in Ethiopia and raised in Virginia whose music is hard to peg. New wave sensibilities liven the mix; there's a smidgen of hip-hop energy, a drop of techno. And pop melodies abound on his debut, New Sacred Cow. He's not fond of photographs. Inside the CD booklet, there's a tack-sized shot of the guy covering his face. But you will miss it if you're just flipping through. He doesn't even appear in the video for "Hell Bent," the CD's first single.

For a little over a century, starting with the end of the Revolutionary War, Maryland craftsmen were producing some of the finest home furnishings anywhere. Inlaid bellflower furniture, painted furniture, repousse silver, case clocks and other goods made in Baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick and elsewhere during this period are still admired for their design, quality and craftsmanship. Today, furniture from all over the world is easy and often inexpensive to come by, but there remains a demand for quality furnishings made by hand.

Kenna wasn't the only one baffled by the commercial failure of his debut, 2003's New Sacred Cow. The category-defying singer-songwriter released one of the most critically lauded pop albums of that year. Several reviews proclaimed his music - a kinetic synth-based fusion of hip-hop-friendly beats awash with nervy punk-rock textures and grand melodies recalling U2 - the future of pop. But apparently music buyers didn't get the hype. The CD only sold about 50,000 copies, and Columbia Records, Kenna's label, soon dropped him. Drained and frustrated, the alt-rock-pop artist, who was born in Ethiopia and raised in Virginia, took time off. He felt the need for spiritual rejuvenation and, to clear his head, Kenna attempted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in early 2004.

Kathy Angel has a hard time controlling her sweet tooth, particularly at the office. There's the morale club's monthly cake celebration. The doughnut holes. The candy dishes. "I can sort of plan for it because I know it's coming," said Angel, 42, of Farmington, Mich., who will try to curb her intake as another cake day approaches at work. Angel represents 74 percent of workers who told researchers that cake, cookies and candy are served sometimes - if not always - to celebrate special occasions at the office.

On October 29, 2005 THOMAS S. MITCHELL, SR., of Lewes, DE, beloved husband of Catherine A. Mitchell, loving father of Thomas S. Mitchell Jr., and his wife Robin, and Bernard E. Cherry and his wife Janice, dear brother of William Mitchell, devoted grandfather of Linnzi, Megan, Mc Kenna Mitchell and Elizabeth and Jessica Cherry. Friends may call the family owned EVANS FUNERAL CHAPEL-BEL AIR (Corner of Rts. 23 & 24, Forest Hill, MD) from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. on Wednesday. A funeral service will be held during the evening visitation.

On October 11, 2005, HARRIET C. (nee Martin), beloved wife of Phil Phillips, devoted mother of Shirley Mc Kenna. Loving grandmother of Heather Dove and C.J. Mc Kenna. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment private. In lieu of flowers contributions to the charity of your choice.

On August 17, 2005, FRANCIS P. MCKENNA, JR., beloved husband of the late Hazel M. Mc Kenna (nee Eckert); also survived by his family and friends. A funeral service will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, on Monday at 11 A.M. Visiting hours on Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge handed down a maximum 30-year sentence yesterday to Harvey Allen Teets Jr., saying he wished the man's prison cell could be papered with photographs of the battered body of a St. Timothy's School security guard.Teets, a 29-year-old groundskeeper at the school, was found guilty Oct. 3 of the second-degree murder of Kimberly R. Kenna, 23.Ms. Kenna was killed while she was on duty in her guard shack at the private school on Greenspring Avenue in Stevenson last Feb. 22.Since the conviction, Assistant State's Attorney Stephen Bailey said Teets has told pre-sentence investigators that he had intended to sexually assault Ms. Kenna that night, when he surprised her and beat her to death with a wooden club, then dumped her half-clothed body in a nearby pond.

On July 4, 2004 JOSEPH H., beloved husband of Marvel (nee Wines-Lynch), devoted and loving father of Stephen, Timothy, Joseph and Valerie Mac Kenna. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, dear brother of Flora Flaherty, of FL. Relatives and friends will gather at the Bradley-Ashton-Matthews Funeral Home, 2134 Willow Spring Rd., on Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where a Memorial service will be held at 8:30 P.M. Interment private.

You don't quite know what to make of Kenna. He's new on the scene -- a black man born in Ethiopia and raised in Virginia whose music is hard to peg. New wave sensibilities liven the mix; there's a smidgen of hip-hop energy, a drop of techno. And pop melodies abound on his debut, New Sacred Cow. He's not fond of photographs. Inside the CD booklet, there's a tack-sized shot of the guy covering his face. But you will miss it if you're just flipping through. He doesn't even appear in the video for "Hell Bent," the CD's first single.