Lazarus

Opponent: St. Louis SwarmSite: Charles Family Arena, St. LouisTime: 8Outlook: The BayRunners (4-9) will again be without Rodney Elliott (ankle), who practiced with the team for the first time yesterday and is expected to play in the next home game on Saturday; game time has been changed to 3 p.m. Lloyd Daniels is still suspended for missing practice. Rookie G Danny Johnson, out of the College of Charleston, leads the Swarm (8-4) in scoring. Johnson and G Lazarus Sims form one of the league's best backcourts.

"The Lazarus Rumba," by Ernesto Mestre. Picador. 486 pages. $27.50.Ernesto Mestre's first novel, "The Lazarus Rumba," is a challenging -- no, exhausting -- book that nearly drove me mad with the demands it made, but once I understood that it wasn't a book I could read in 10- or 15-minute blocks, and once I understood that it wasn't a book to feed my bottomless appetite for bemused riffs on contemporary U.S. pop culture, and once I understood that it wasn't a book structured in generic deference to the narrative default of movies and TV shows, I found myself reading with the kind of deliberation and concentration I hadn't needed since I read Proust's "In Search of Lost Time."

"Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court," by Edward Lazarus. Random House-Times Books. 518 pages. $27.50.Edward Lazarus has written a long, sometimes lively, sometimes tedious book based primarily upon a single, utterly preposterous premise: Faced with heavy legal controversy, no justice of the modern Supreme Court could or can be counted upon to act out of principle or high-minded motive.To believe that, one has to assume a venality in the temple of justice so complete that redemption would be impossible.

INEXORABLY over the past two decades, the nation's oldest art college has changed, so incrementally that no one could say when the change occurred.Maryland Institute, College of Art used to be a regional art school primarily for talented Maryland students, struggling in an era when takeover by a larger institution seemed a prerequisite for survival. Now it has half again as many students, who have met higher standards and are drawn mostly from outside Maryland. One of 34 independent art colleges in the country, it has joined a handful of the most eminent in terms of students' careers, faculty honors or other commonly used comparisons.

For most people, the word garden conjures only summertime images of lawns edged by azaleas and dotted with Monet-like splashes of color. A two- or three-season spectacle. At summer's end, spent brown annuals are sheered off like the scraggly remains of a bad dye job. Garden's over -- for some. But for others, a garden is a continuum, a thing of constant beauty."I call a garden a veiled lady," says Kurt Bluemel of Kurt Bluemel Inc. in Baldwin. "The really successful garden is when you can take [yet]

They are used to running together, dodging and cutting and sprinting free into open green fields to the cheering of crowds.Yesterday, they walked.Six members of the Loyola College and Broadneck High School lacrosse teams shuffled toward the altar of St. Andrew By The Bay Catholic Church in Annapolis, carrying the casket of lacrosse star Gerry F. Case Jr., who had so often carried them.Hundreds of classmates watched. But there was only stony silence as the lacrosse players marched past Case's mother, Effie, 43, who sobbed on the shoulder of her husband, Gerard Case Sr., 45, in the front of the church.

Leon "Doc" Julius Lazarus, a longtime Essex pharmacist and community volunteer, died Monday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center of complications from a fall in his Essex home. He was 79.A fixture at an old-fashioned neighborhood pharmacy for more ++ than 30 years, Doc Lazarus, as locals called him, is remembered as an extraordinarily generous man who helped organize several community efforts, but was reluctant to accept credit for his work."I'll never forget his kindness, his generosity," said Richard N. Banz, who recalled Mr. Lazarus coming to the drugstore at 3 a.m. one day to fill a prescription for Mr. Banz' 4-year-old son. "That was 25 years ago, before we had 24-hour pharmacies," said Mr. Banz, who retired in 1992 as assistant principal of Kenwood High School in Baltimore County.

An article Nov. 29 about the Lazarus Foundation, which said that the group charges for old computers that it receives free from donors, omitted that the charity has given away more than 200 computers this year. Lazarus leaders also say that they intend to change the group's literature to make clear that they often charge for the recycled computers to recover the cost of upgrading them.Pub Date: 12/21/96

Edmund Mirassou,78, patriarch of one of the country's largest family-owned winemaking operations, died Wednesday in San Jose, Calif.He took over the Mirassou vineyard in 1937 -- a few years after Prohibition ended -- and ran it for 30 years with his brother, Norbert, who died in 1992. Their great-grandfather, Pierre Pellier, started the business in the 1850s after bringing vine cuttings from France.Edmund and Norbert Mirassou pioneered several techniques, including an overhead sprinkling system that made it possible to grow vines in arid Monterey County.

Lazarus Union Church will celebrate the rededication of its Moller organ at 7 p.m. Sunday.The Moller organ was purchased in 1947 and dedicated on March 9, 1947 and has been used regularly over the past 46 years. During the summer, the organ was refurbished and restored, and 49 pipes were added to enhance the sound.David Jeffers of Dallastown, Pa., acted as consultant for the organ committee.During the rededication service, an organ recital will be offered by Mr. Jeffers, who is a member of the Organ Historical Society, the American Theatre Organ Society and the Guild of American Organists.

When it comes to singing the praises of someone, there was a full symphony in honor of Fred Lazarus, courtesy of some 200 friends and supporters. They had gathered at the Tide Point offices of Ayers/Saint/Gross to surprise Lazarus and celebrate his 30 years as president of Maryland Institute College of Art. "First of all, he's a genius. And second of all, he re-invents himself every five years. He's brought all these great innovative ideas into how art is taught," explained MICA board chair Fredye Gross, who was co-host for the party with husband Adam Gross.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds -- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Anti) A funny thing happened to Nick Cave on the way to Goth Heaven. He remembered his past, fronting Australia's Birthday Party, the most intense bunch of post-punks who committed mayhem to vinyl. Last year's Grinderman project, a glorious blast of deranged garage blues, lifted the headstone on a history almost buried by sedate latter-day Cave outings. This CD is even more entertainingly disturbing. Cave's tight wire between sacred and profane is taut as ever; witness his modern recasting of Lazarus as an unwilling resurrectee on the title track, and "Albert Goes West" sounds like the payoff on the twisted Americana Cave has been crafting his whole career.

On November 13, 2007, ROSENA (nee Rossmark) of Manchester, MD; beloved wife of the late John Gilbert Fornaro; devoted mother of sons and daughters-in-laws, John and Dianna Fornaro of Hanover, PA, Joseph and Kimberly Fornaro of Manchester, Ross and Tara Fornaro of Hanover, PA and daughter and son-in-law Janice and Gary Pohlner of Perry Hall; devoted grandmother of Ashley Dillon, Michael Sophia, Maya and Ryan. Services at Lazarus United Church of Christ, 5101 S. Church St., Manchester, MD, Friday, November 16, at 11 a.m. Friends may call at 10:15 until time of Service.

Ephraim Lazarus, a former Empire Paper and Chemical Co. salesman who, after retirement, spent thousands of hours volunteering for a hospital, died of respiratory failure July 23 at Manor Care Towson. He was 98 and had lived in Towson. Before coming to Baltimore during World War II to work for the Office of Price Administration, Mr. Lazarus was a high school English and math teacher for 10 years in Belington, W.Va. His daughter said he kept in touch with students and was recently invited to a high school reunion - even though he hadn't taught there since 1941.

On Sunday, July 23, 2006, EPHRAIM LAZARUS beloved husband of Victoria Lazarus (nee Rugalla) loving father of Carolyn L. Buck of Baltimore, MD, devoted father-in-law of Thomas B. Buck, beloved brother of Goldie Levin and the late Isaac, Louis, Maurice and Jacob Lazarus and Lena Trush, loving grandfather of Laura and Andrew Buck. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Wednesday, July 26 at 2 P.M. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery-Park Heights Avenue and Old Court Road.

The name of the Towers Beauty Salon - the sign says Towers East, the answering machine says Towers West - matters little to the seniors who come in weekly to get their locks trimmed, curled and hair-sprayed into homespun perfection. Customers come in to share local gossip and consume free coffee and cookies while under giant domed hairdryers. They tell stories about being real beauties years ago, though many possess a beauty few can hope to have in their 80s. They also share photos with their stylist, who seems to know exactly what to do for each customer.

Don't expect Mary Sanford Williams at the Baltimore City Community College commencement exercises today. She might be the college's oldest graduate, but the 80-year-old has things to do. There are summer school classes, reading she needs to do and cleaning in her three-floor Baltimore home. Besides, she doesn't have the energy for an all-day affair. "Well, you know, I'm 80 years old," says the West Baltimore resident. "When you get to be 80, there's only so much you can do. Besides, I'm in summer school already, so I'm busy."

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Tears ran down Lionel Tate's cheeks when the 14-year-old left a Broward County courtroom in handcuffs as the youngest American ever sentenced to life in prison. Five years later, after two squandered chances at freedom, Tate calmly walked out of the same courtroom after being sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for violating his probation for the murder of first-grader Tiffany Eunick. The 19-year-old briefly covered his face as his sentence was handed down, but there were no tears this time after listening to a judge's strong words.

Aleine "Abbey" Lazarus, former public relations director for the Baltimore chapter of the March of Dimes who helped make its annual Walk-A-Thon one the most financially successful in the nation, died of multiple organ failure Feb. 7 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 83. Mrs. Lazarus began her career with the March of Dimes in 1969 when she took a part-time job as public relations director for the charity. A month later, she convinced her superiors that it was a full-time position, and by 1974 she was publicity coordinator for Maryland, Delaware, Washington and New Jersey.

On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, ALEINE "Abbey" LAZARUS (nee Blaustein); beloved wife of the late Sam P. Lazarus; beloved mother of Terry Lazarus of Dallastown, PA, Susan Kangelidis of Baltimore, MD and the late Rebecca J. Burgess; mother-in-law of Rona Lazarus and Pavlos Kangelidis; beloved sister of the late Myra, Jerry and Irvin Blaustein; adored grandmother of Scott, Katie and Joshua Lazarus, Stacey Altamirano, Timothy Kangelidis and Rachel Beasley; loving...