Lakeland

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 December 11, 2003, KAYE CULLISON (nee Verzie), beloved wife of Ralph Cullison, of 38 years. Surviving children are: son, Rick Doyle, of Florida; daughters and sons-in-law, Debra and Ron Gorsuch, of Florida; Donna and Herb Martin, Jr., of Hampstead, MD; and Kandy and Jerry Morfoot, of Wisconsin. Also surviving are brothers, Cal and Donnie Verzie, of Florida, and Bob Verzie, of Connecticut, along with eight grandchildren. She was employed at T.T.I., of Eldersburg, MD, for 22 years; retired and moved to Lakeland, FL four years ago; loved to collect baskets and butterflies, and play bingo.

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.

THE Hard Knocks TV crew shouldn't be in Dallas, but back in Baltimore with the defending Super Bowl champions. We're not talking about the New England Patriots or the Ravens, either. These are the Lakeland Vikings, who practice across the street from Lansdowne High. Last year, the Vikings won the 10-12 age division of the Pop Warner Little Scholars Super Bowl in Orlando, Fla. The game went two overtimes before the Vikings pulled out an 18-12 victory over the Dale City (Va.) Cowboys. And now the big word for Lakeland is "repeat."

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. - 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.

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.

The Carroll Planning Commission has worked out a compromise that will allow construction to begin on a long-proposed 57-home development off Route 32 near Gamber. The point of contention was a 4,300-foot road ending in a cul-de-sac that will serve as the main access to many of the homes in the Lakeland Heights development. Gamber Fire Department officials had said they might have trouble getting water to homes at the end of the road. The commission allayed those concerns by requiring the developer to build a 30,000-gallon water tank from which firefighters would be able to run lines to any property on the 203-acre site.

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!

A girl and a boy were stabbed yesterday in separate incidents - one in a city school and one in a private home in Baltimore, police reported. Shortly after noon at Lakeland Middle School in South Baltimore, a 13-year-old stabbed a 14-year-old classmate in the girls' bathroom with a 6-inch steak knife she had brought to school, police said. Less than an hour earlier, a 10-year-old boy was found at 11:45 a.m. with severe stab wounds to his chest in his East Baltimore home, police said. Both youngsters were taken to the pediatric unit of Johns Hopkins Hospital.