Lark

On April 29, 2007, Staff SSG. JAY EDWARD MARTIN; devoted son of Dwight Martin and step-mother Penny Martin and the late Robin Adams. He is also survived by grandfather, Harry Martin; four sisters, Lark, Dove, Raven and Shannon and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Thursday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends on Friday at the Epworth United Methodist Chapel, Liberty Road and St. Lukes Lane, at 11:30 A.M., followed by funeral services at 12 noon.

A 17-year-old high school student was sexually assaulted Friday morning on an Ellicott City bike path, where she was taking a walk during a school vacation day.The girl, who was walking alone, was attacked by a man who approached her at 11: 30 a.m. in the 4000 block of Lark Spring Row in Dorsey Hall, said Howard County police."

The adventure called family life presents many challenges -- not the least of which is making room for baby when space is tight. Baltimore architect Patrick Sutton of Kaplan Sutton & Associates and his wife, graphic designer Lark Psleegor, parents to Cooper, live in a 12-foot-wide city rowhouse with a single bedroom on the second floor. How could they hope to carve a niche for Cooper?But Mr. Sutton was only momentarily stumped. A corner of the bedroom that had been lined with bookcases was sacrificed to a nobler cause.

The Randallstown Cougar prowls the night! It stalks house pets and terrifies small children. Like the Buffalo Bills, it's ba-a-a-ck! A Baltimore County man found big footprints in the snow behind his house this week. He thought it might be the notorious Randallstown Cougar, often sighted in the area but never confirmed as real. Two fellows from the Department of Natural Resources came out, examined the prints, noted that the prints showed claws. (When they walk, cougars retract their claws; they only use their claws for killin'.

The porches of Lark Meadow Court are cluttered with children's bicycles, doormats are piled with small, muddy shoes, and yards are forested with basketball hoops. The houses at the end of this Baltimore County cul-de-sac aren't big. Nor are they new. They don't even have garages. But they retain a strong appeal - to couples who have raised families there, and to new buyers who have snatched up the handful of homes that have gone on the market during the past few years. "If we ever moved, I'd love to find a place like this again," said Lynda L. Gillis, a mother of six who moved there with her husband, Ron, when the homes were built 24 years ago. "It's really good for having children."

10,000 works of art for saleThere will be a wide selection of art to choose from at the Washington International Print Fair held in Arlington, Va., Saturday and March 27. Twenty-eight dealers from around the ** country will have 10,000 works of art for sale, including antique maps of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay, 17th-century Dutch prints, woodcuts of the early 20th-century arts and crafts movement, Audubon birds and animals, and works by famous artists...

Celebrating the arrival of spring will be the focus of a concert tomorrow by the Annapolis Chorale Chamber Chorus and Chamber Orchestra. The program will feature National Symphony Orchestra principal violinist and concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef, who will perform Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending and the "Summer" and "Winter" movements of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Annapolis. "The program features perennial audience favorites and some equally beautiful music that is not as well-known," said conductor J. Ernest Green.

Business Women's Network of Howard County - Holds monthly luncheon meetings to promote and support a network of professional women in their careers as executives, business owners and leaders. Third Wednesdays of the month, Historic Oakland, 5430 Vantage Point Road, Columbia. $45 per guest. 410-780-1801. Girl's Night Out - Presented by the Pinnacle Empowerment Center, Girls Night Out is a series of workshops aimed at helping women achieve their goals in life and business.

For as well as Navy's defense has played at times this season - the Midshipmen rank 34th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in total defense (299.67 yards per game) - there is one thing that has been bothering its players. In all three games, the defense has started the game on the field, and in all three games, it has given up a long touchdown drive on that opening possession. Navy has trailed 7-0 before its offense has touched the ball. "It's just frustrating for us as a defense; I don't think we've shut anyone down on the first series so far," senior linebacker Ross Pospisil said after Saturday's loss to Pittsburgh.

PBS yesterday announced a major shift in direction for "Mobil Masterpiece Theatre" that could transform public television's 27-year-old signature series from a showcase for British drama to one featuring American-made productions by the year 2002. "Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection" is a $40 million project that will include nine films based on classics of American literature airing over three years under the "Masterpiece Theatre" banner. The funding involves a $15 million grant, the largest ever from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as an estimated $10 million per year from Mobil, which is underwriting "Masterpiece Theatre" through 2002.