Keswick

The Baltimore Development Corp. has received three proposals for the redevelopment of the 101-year-old Northern District Police Station at 3355 Keswick Road in Hampden. A joint venture of Keyser Development Corp. and W.L. Blair Development, called "Heritage Village Centre," would provide a home for Heritage Savings Bank, in addition to other office space, and a European-style restaurant. A BDC news release said the developers plan "old-fashioned streetlights, a sculpture garden and lush landscaping."

Rachel A. Miller, a former licensed practical nurse who worked at several area hospitals during a career of more than 40 years, died of renal failure Tuesday at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 95. She was born and raised Rachel Anna Yingling on Dellwood Avenue in Hampden. She attended Western High School and earned her licensed practical nursing degree in 1928 from what was then the Keswick Home for Incurables. Mrs. Miller worked as a private-duty nurse at Keswick; the old Baltimore Eye, Ear and Nose Hospital; and Children's Hospital.

Elizabeth Nolley Brocklander, a longtime Bolton Hill resident who worked at Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland for 35 years, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 86. Elizabeth Nolley grew up with five brothers in Bolton Hill, graduating from Seton High School in 1934. She took a job that year as an operator with C&P Telephone and was supervising other operators by the time she retired in 1969. In 1941, she married John J. Brocklander, chief engineer at Goetze's Candy Co. Inc. The couple bought several homes in the Bolton Hill area in the 1950s and 1960s and spent countless hours after work renovating them, said a nephew, Edmond B. Nolley Jr. of Homeland.

Series ignores success in effort to rebuild Iraq The Baltimore Sun's recent coverage of the Iraq war borders on treasonous ("Sun special report: Exodus from Iraq," Dec. 28-Dec. 30). In three related articles, reporter Matthew Hay Brown chronicles what he determines to be a "humanitarian crisis." Unfortunately for Mr. Brown, the definition of the term "crisis" requires the situation to be in the direst of straights, when in fact the situation in Iraq is improving daily. In his highly questionable understanding of the region, Mr. Brown neglects the countless humanitarian relief efforts and reconstruction projects that are helping to improve the lives of ordinary Iraqis every day. Most notably, while constantly assailing the U.S. war effort and the subsequent rebuilding operations by focusing on negative information and ignoring the unprecedented amount of positive news coming out of Iraq on a daily basis, Mr. Brown neglects to include any interviews with U.S. service members and commanders on the ground.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- John Roethlisberger never looks up when he competes.But just once yesterday, he looked up. And he couldn't believe what he saw."I didn't see anybody else all day," said the NCAA all-around gymnastics champion from Minnesota. So focused, he competes in a fog of concentration."But I was putting stuff in my bag. I looked up and I saw Scott Keswick fall."I knew the door was open for me, and all I to do was hit."And that's all he did, winning the U.S. Gymnastics Championships all-around title and a pass to Baltimore for the Olympic gymnastics trials June 6-13.

The MTA has scheduled the following changes in bus routes for this week. For more information, call 539-5000; TTY for the hearing-impaired, 539-3497.Route changesNos. 15 and 23 -- Because of Christmas festivities, buses arrerouted today between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Eastbound buses will travel via regular route on Lexington and St. Paul streets, then south on St. Paul, east on Baltimore Street, north on Gay Street to Lexington, then via regular route. No change westbound.No. 27 -- Because of the Mayor's Christmas Parade today, the following rerouting will be in effect between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. For Rogers Avenue Station/Mount Washington service, when northbound, via regular route on 33rd Street to Keswick Road, then north on Keswick, west on 37th Street, north on Roland Avenue, west on Cold Spring Lane, north on Falls Road, then via regular route.

ANGELO'S CARRYOUT, 3600 Keswick Road. Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to midnight, Saturday noon to midnight and Sunday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Phone: 235-2595It has been said of wines made in the Burgundy district of France that their special taste often comes not from the grapes, but from the various unknown stuff that has found its way into the barrels used for fermentation; in some cases, wines have fermented in them for hundreds...

John S. AntalRan barbershopJohn S. Antal, who operated a barbershop in Middle River in the 1950s and 1960s and later was employed by Bethlehem Steel Corp. shipyard at Sparrows Point, died Sunday of cancer at his home on Woodlynn Road in Essex. He was 79.Mr. Antal retired in 1980 from the Sparrows Point shipyard. He had worked during World War II at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Middle River.Born in Belle Vernon, Pa., he moved to Baltimore in 1940 after his marriage to the former Elizabeth Chaboy.

Patricia Ellen Bearman Wanner, an office manager and longtime church volunteer, died Tuesday at Keswick Multi-Care Center in North Baltimore of complications from cancer. She was 74 and formerly lived in Mays Chapel. The Indiana native moved to Baltimore after graduating from high school. She was employed at Prudential Insurance Co.'s Padonia Road office for 44 years, working her way up from a secretary to office manager before retiring in 1993, said her stepdaughter, Charlotte J. Wanner of Rodgers Forge.

A piece of Baltimore Country Club history was demolished last week: the tennis clubhouse that served four grass courts that were built in 1903. Over the years, it was home to local tennis champions and even hosted the occasional star, including Pancho Gonzalez and Billie Jean King. Phil Spevak heard about the demolition hours after it occurred Tuesday, though he had met that morning with club leaders. It's not surprising. Mr. Spevak is the president of the Roland Park Civic League, which has masterfully rallied the neighborhood against the club's sale of 17 acres for a proposed continuing care retirement community.