Lakeland

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Gilbert Bates threw three touchdown passes, the biggest one in overtime, as Baltimore's Lakeland Vikings beat the Dale City (Va.) Cowboys, 18-12, for the national junior-midget title at the Pop Warner Super Bowl at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex. "My heart is jumping, just jumping," said Lakeland coach Kevin Roberson of his 10-12-year-old players, who completed a 14-0 season. "We fought hard all season. This is such a great win for us and for our kids." Bates' first touchdown came in the first quarter, a 42-yard strike to Turner Morris.

A 28-year-old man shot mid-day Monday in South Baltimore's Lakeland neighborhood later died of his injuries, city police said.  Ronald Dawson was found unresponsive at about 12:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of W. Patapsco Avenue, and taken to Maryland Shock Trauma center where he died about an hour later. Dawson was from the unit block of Cue Court in Owings Mills and may have stepped off a bus from Mondawmin Mall prior to the shooting. Police didn't give a motive for the crime, which happened near the county line that divides Baltimore from Lansdowne, and said it remains open.

Angie Adams, a sixth-grader at Lakeland Elementary-Middle School, has a six-page report on court procedures due tomorrow. She is interested, and has made time to write the paper. But without reliable library service close to her neighborhood, she is struggling to find the books she needs."I'm frustrated," says Angie, 12. "We could really use a branch around here. I'll probably have to wait for books until someone can give me a ride to the Pratt downtown."The concerns of Angie and other readers, young and old, have sparked a movement in the Southwest Baltimore neighborhood of Lakeland to build and operate what would be Baltimore's first independent, community-run library in memory.

Brett Jacobson was sitting in the home clubhouse of the Single-A Lakeland (Fla.) Flying Tigers on Aug. 17, playing cards with teammates and getting ready for batting practice before a game against the Clearwater Threshers, when he was approached by Glenn Ezell, the Detroit Tigers' director of player development. "I thought I was in trouble for something. He didn't look too happy," Jacobson said. Ezell told the 22-year-old right-hander he had been traded to the Orioles for first baseman Aubrey Huff.

Maryland State Police have obtained an arrest warrant against a Lakeland, Fla., man in the slaying of a Detroit woman whose body was found in the Chesapeake Bay off Cove Point in Calvert County in August 1993.John David O'Meara, 32, was arrested in Lakeland this week for violating an ex-parte order. A check of records showed he was wanted in the death of Nancy Lynn Manni, 23, who was at seamanship school in Piney Point.Extradition proceedings have begun, police said.Pub Date: 2/14/97

On December 19, 2003, META A. FREDERICK, 73, of Baltimore, MD; beloved wife of the late John C. Frederick; beloved mother of daughters Elizabeth Frederick and husband Steve Hjelm of Lakeland, FL, Dorothy Brown and husband Dennis of Monroe, GA, Mary Frederick and husband Rick Hilburn of Tallahassee, FL, and Laura Frederick and husband Jim Owens of Lakeland, FL; beloved grandmother of Lisa Norred of Orlando, FL, Casey and Amber Norred of Tallahassee, FL....

On Sunday, July 30, 2006 JOSEPH LEO "RENO" PALMERINO, SR. of Lakeland, FL, formerly of Baltimore, MD. He is survived by his wife Julia Palmerino, daughter Joyce Nye, sons Joseph, Jr., Jerry, Mark, Martin, Mitchell, and Michael Palmerino, brother Louis Feinberg, sister Betty Meadows, 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He was a retired police officer, city of Baltimore. Services will be announced at a later date. David Russell Funeral Home in Lakeland, FL is in charge of arrangements.

On Halloween, we asked you what ingredient the old hag left out in her monster recipe in Meaner Than Meanest. Our thanks go out to Nicholas West of Lakeland Elementary School for catching the missing item: eye of newt! Teachers: For stance questions related to this and other Just for Kids stories, check out www.nie-sun.com!

On August 29, 2005, NELLIE MAE, member of Lakeland Presbyterian Church and former employee of Koppers and Environmental Elements. Beloved daughter of the late Robert and Ruth Sherman; dear sister of Lena Zirk and the late Bob Sherman, Helen Shanholtz and Dorothy Sherman. Also blessed with many nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Gonce Funeral Service, P.A.

On August 18, 2003, MAE IRENE of Lakeland, FL, wife of the late Carl Edwin Clark, mother of Carl Oliver Clark. Also survived by two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Burial was held at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Observations, opinions and musings from last week in Major League Baseball. There have been plenty of big-name players getting injured this year, but last week set the standard. St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (calf strain) hit the disabled list, and so did Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano (broken hand) and Cleveland Indians catcher Victor Martinez (elbow surgery). Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman (shoulder tear) will be out for at least four more weeks, and Indians pitcher Jake Westbrook is done for the year after elbow-ligament surgery.

By the time the ball drops in Times Square tonight, 500 Baltimore senior citizens will already be reminiscing about their New Year's celebration Friday afternoon at Martin's West. Mary and John Scott, husband and wife for 54 years, partied with peers from across the city at the recreation and parks event. She and her husband had "a magnificent time," said Mary Scott, 71, taking to the dance floor to "shake it up." Tonight, though, she plans to be in church. Conspicuous New Year's Eve carousing might have its fans, but many revelers prefer to shun midnight madness for more intimate and low-key ways of welcoming 2008.

THE COUNT Homicides since Jan. 1: 189 THE VICTIMS An 18-year-old man was fatally shot early yesterday in South Baltimore's Lakeland neighborhood. He was the 187th slaying victim of the year, city police said. About 7:45 a.m., police said, a man was shot and killed in the 3700 block of Lyndale Ave., in Northeast Baltimore's Belair-Edison neighborhood. He was the 188th victim of the year. A man was shot late last night in East Baltimore's Barclay neighborhood and died a short time later.

On Sunday, July 30, 2006 JOSEPH LEO "RENO" PALMERINO, SR. of Lakeland, FL, formerly of Baltimore, MD. He is survived by his wife Julia Palmerino, daughter Joyce Nye, sons Joseph, Jr., Jerry, Mark, Martin, Mitchell, and Michael Palmerino, brother Louis Feinberg, sister Betty Meadows, 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He was a retired police officer, city of Baltimore. Services will be announced at a later date. David Russell Funeral Home in Lakeland, FL is in charge of arrangements.

Daniel McTyeire Sale, a retired Montgomery Ward manager, died of cancer-related respiratory failure Saturday at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The Pasadena resident was 80. Born in Lakeland, Fla., he skipped his high school graduation and lied about his age to join the Coast Guard during World War II. He escorted naval vessels in the English Channel during the Normandy invasion in 1944. After the war he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Florida Southern University and belonged to the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

On Wednesday, March 8, 2006, SEYMOUR L. WEINBERGER, loving husband of the late Sylvia Foland Weinberger (nee Fisher) and the late Beatrice Weinberger (nee Planner); beloved father of Wendy M. Berlinrood of Reisterstown, Md and Mitchell J. Weinberger of South Amboy, NJ; devoted stepfather of Jeffery and Carolyn Foland and Neil Foland; beloved father-in-law of Lois Weinberger. Adored grandfather of Debra, Brian, Sarah, Erica, Jessica, and their respected spouses and significant others. Loving great grandfather of Leah, Molly and two anticipated more.

Wilbur J. Seidel, a retired supervisor of the Naval Academy tailor shop, died Monday of pneumonia at Oakbridge Nursing Home in Lakeland, Fla. He was 96. Born and raised in South Baltimore, Mr. Seidel grew up working in his family's dry-cleaning store while earning his high school diploma in night school. He later moved to Brooklyn Park. After the family sold the business in 1951, Mr. Seidel worked as a tailor for Raleigh Clothes before moving on to the Naval Academy Midshipmen's Tailor Shop.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Too big. Too fast. Too strong. Too much. The Lakeland Vikings of Baltimore were all of that and more yesterday as they routed the Tucson (Ariz.) Dolphins, 26-0, in a semifinal in the junior midget division of the Pop Warner Super Bowl at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. The Vikings advance to the national championship game against the winner of the semifinal between Dale City, Va., and the Crosstown Cowboys of Dallas. "We played a very good game," said Vikings coach Kevin Roberson.

On August 29, 2005, NELLIE MAE, member of Lakeland Presbyterian Church and former employee of Koppers and Environmental Elements. Beloved daughter of the late Robert and Ruth Sherman; dear sister of Lena Zirk and the late Bob Sherman, Helen Shanholtz and Dorothy Sherman. Also blessed with many nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Gonce Funeral Service, P.A.

WALK INTO Claudia Robinson's sixth-grade math class at Lakeland Elementary/Middle School and you wonder if you've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone. There they were, about 20 to 25 pupils, hunched over their math books, working steadily, distracted minimally, if at all, by the conversation their teacher was having with the school's principal and a pesky columnist. "If this school had a gifted and talented math class," Robinson said, "this would be it." But wait a second: This isn't supposed to happen in Baltimore City classrooms.