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Southwestern boys basketball coach Terry Leverett yesterday defended his actions in pulling his team off the court in a game at Randallstown last Saturday, and denied referees' charges that he followed them to the school's parking lot after the game and cursed at them.Leverett, who earned All-Metro Coach of the Year honors in The Sun after guiding the Sabers to a 27-0 record and state Class 4A championship last season, ordered his team off the floor with 2: 49 remaining at Randallstown -- shortly after receiving a technical foul for stepping out of the coaches' box while disputing a foul called on one of his players, according to an official's report.

The numbers - which will likely be recited often this week as baseball celebrates the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier - are troubling. Though 40.5 percent of major league baseball players on rosters last season were players of color, only 8.4 percent were African-Americans. That percentage has been steadily declining since 1975, when 28 percent of all major leaguers were African-American. But when you examine the reasons behind those numbers, it's even more troubling, according to those involved in the game at the grass-roots level in Baltimore.

Seventh-ranked Randallstown defended its tournament title last night, defeating No. 5 Southwestern, 65-60, in a game that ended late in the final quarter after Sabers coach Terry Leverett pulled his team off the court.With 2: 49 remaining, Southwestern guard Terrell Dantzler was called for a foul near the Sabers' bench. Leverett disputed the call, then was given a technical. Seconds later, Leverett motioned to his team to leave the court."The first half, we were getting called for touch fouls, which I can accept, but then, kids were getting undercut," said Leverett, whose Sabers were Class 4A state champs last season.

Carlton Leverette, the endlessly inventive ceramic artist whose sources encompass the arts of Asia, Africa and the Pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas, shows off his latest pieces in a charming exhibition at Galerie Francoise. The exquisitely glazed stoneware bowls, vessels and jars that have become Leverette's signature are again on view, but with a twist: The new work not only seems to incorporate such wildly diverse influences as calligraphy, Pre-Columbian art and graffiti but also (as if that weren't enough already)

Terry Leverett has been removed as Southwestern High's boys basketball coach pending an investigation of his behavior toward referees following his team's loss at Randallstown on Saturday, sources close to the investigation say.Leverett, who earned All-Metro Coach of the Year honors in The Sun last season after guiding the West Baltimore school to a 27-0, Class 4A state-title season, was replaced by assistant Michael Marks during Tuesday's victory over...

A 35-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday in Northeast Baltimore died shortly after he was forcibly restrained and handcuffed by city police officers.Baltimore police said Keith Leverett, a car dealer who lives in Laurel, passed out in the back of a police van and died later at Good Samaritan Hospital. A cause of death has not been determined.Homicide detectives are investigating the incident, which is routine when someone dies in police custody. Robert W. Weinhold Jr., a department spokesman, said a preliminary investigation shows "nothing that would indicate improper actions by the officers."

In her first public comments since firing the director of Baltimore County's Bureau of Substance Abuse, Dr. Michelle A. Leverett outlined plans yesterday to focus the bureau's efforts on treatment and prevention programs for youngsters who are most at risk for drug use. Leverett, the county health officer, did not specifically mention former Director Michael M. Gimbel, but she implied that his high-profile tenure did little to reduce the problem of...

No. 2 Southern-Balto. held off host and No. 12 Southwestern, 58-51, yesterday in a game that marked the return of Sabers coach Terry Leverett to the sideline following a five-week suspension.Leverett, last season's All-Metro Coach of the Year, had been removed as a coach while a referees' complaint that he followed them and cursed at them after a 65-60 loss at Randallstown Dec. pTC 13 was investigated.Southwestern principal Mildred Harris said yesterday she decided to allow Leverett to coach again after concluding that "some of the allegations, specifically the threats made against the referees, were not substantiated."

National and state policy-makers have talked about it for years: How do you cover the millions of Americans who have no health insurance? But there hasn't been much progress.So we welcome the Baltimore County Health Department's innovative effort to provide coverage for the estimated 105,000 uninsured adults living in the county.The program is the brainchild of Dr. Michelle Leverett, who has been thinking about the issue since 1995 when she became the county's top public health officer.By combining different programs, grants and health care organizations, Dr. Leverett has assembled the framework for a program that would offer comprehensive health coverage to uninsured adults.

Six months after firing the longtime director of its Bureau of Substance Abuse, Baltimore County has hired a new head for the agency as part of an effort to re-emphasize drug treatment. Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin, who has been program manager of the addiction recovery program at Sinai Hospital for six years, a job in which she oversaw administrative fiscal and clinical components of a 700-person outpatient program, has been hired, Dr. Michelle A. Leverett, the county's health officer, announced this week.

On July 12, 2004 MINNIE F. beloved mother of Sharon Wright, Valerie, Carlton, Edwin, John and Rogers Leverette. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and sister Willie Mae Mc Kenzie. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday after 8:30 a.m. where family will receive friends on Saturday 11:30 followed by funeral service 12 noon. Interment King Memorial Park. See www.marchfh.com.

Six months after firing the longtime director of its Bureau of Substance Abuse, Baltimore County has hired a new head for the agency as part of an effort to re-emphasize drug treatment. Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin, who has been program manager of the addiction recovery program at Sinai Hospital for six years, a job in which she oversaw administrative fiscal and clinical components of a 700-person outpatient program, has been hired, Dr. Michelle A. Leverett, the county's health officer, announced this week.

AS MIKE Gimbel drives through the streets of Baltimore County, he says he sees pretty good signs up ahead. He's working on a new drug program for private schools. He's talking to the Archdiocese of Baltimore about some ideas. He's still getting love letters and phone calls from people who can't believe the thing that happened to him. He says he's doing fine. Baltimore County should be doing so well. Barely a month after Gimbel's firing as director of the county's Bureau of Substance Abuse, a job he created and then held for 23 years, the traffic ahead of him is pretty clear.

In her first public comments since firing the director of Baltimore County's Bureau of Substance Abuse, Dr. Michelle A. Leverett outlined plans yesterday to focus the bureau's efforts on treatment and prevention programs for youngsters who are most at risk for drug use. Leverett, the county health officer, did not specifically mention former Director Michael M. Gimbel, but she implied that his high-profile tenure did little to reduce the problem of...

The distinction between art and craft has long been debated, and it is unlikely to be resolved as long as so-called "craftsmen" continue to create objects of surpassing beauty that transcend any utilitarian purpose. We have long since come to accept many functional objects, such as Chinese porcelain, Tiffany lamps, African masks, even Ferrari automobiles, as works of art in their own right, independent of the purpose for which they were created. A great deal of Asian art falls into this category, a reflection of both our appreciation for its exquisite workmanship and its philosophical relationship to traditional Eastern ideas about the value of simplicity, elegance and grace in even commonplace objects.

National and state policy-makers have talked about it for years: How do you cover the millions of Americans who have no health insurance? But there hasn't been much progress.So we welcome the Baltimore County Health Department's innovative effort to provide coverage for the estimated 105,000 uninsured adults living in the county.The program is the brainchild of Dr. Michelle Leverett, who has been thinking about the issue since 1995 when she became the county's top public health officer.By combining different programs, grants and health care organizations, Dr. Leverett has assembled the framework for a program that would offer comprehensive health coverage to uninsured adults.

Dr. Michelle A. Leverett projects the kind of image Baltimore County would like to reclaim: young, enthusiastic, energetic.The 32-year-old Johns Hopkins pediatrician is the choice of County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger III to become director of the county Health Department.The selection -- subject to approval by the state health department -- fulfills a promise Mr. Ruppersberger made in February to the Baltimore County West Ministerial Alliance, an association of black ministers, to seek a black department head.

A 35-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday in Northeast Baltimore died shortly after he was forcibly restrained and handcuffed by city police officers.Baltimore police said Keith Leverett, a car dealer who lives in Laurel, passed out in the back of a police van and died later at Good Samaritan Hospital. A cause of death has not been determined.Homicide detectives are investigating the incident, which is routine when someone dies in police custody. Robert W. Weinhold Jr., a department spokesman, said a preliminary investigation shows "nothing that would indicate improper actions by the officers."