Mackay

On August 5, 2004 SHIRLEY (nee Lanning) MACKAY; beloved wife of the late George P. Mackay, Jr.; loving mother of Deborah and Charles Clegg, Cathie and John Stewart, Michael and Patricia Mackay; devoted grandmother of Thomas and Geoffrey Clegg, Mark, Brian and Jason Stewart, Jake and Georgia Mackay; loving sister of the late Eugene Lanning and the late Kenneth Lanning; devoted sister-in-law of Lorraine Stewart, Nel Mae and Lillian Lanning and Ann Kershner....

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- A gold star in the window might mean a son's death in a war. A star on the American flag signifies a state. And a star stuck on a student's work celebrates a job well done. So what is the meaning of those five-point metal stars that hang on house exteriors, sometimes above the garage or up near the gable? Turns out that homeowners just like them, plain and simple. Take Theresa and Richard Gallo of Huntington, N.Y., who last year put a maroon star over their garage after seeing stars on homes in Massachusetts while visiting a cousin there.

Led by second-term Gov. Lawton Chiles and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay, twin proponents of reinvented government, Florida has launched the 50 states' most ambitious effort yet to expunge unneeded and intrusive regulations from the law books.Neal R. Peirce writes a column on state and urban affairs.

On August 5, 2004 SHIRLEY (nee Lanning) MACKAY; beloved wife of the late George P. Mackay, Jr.; loving mother of Deborah and Charles Clegg, Cathie and John Stewart, Michael and Patricia Mackay; devoted grandmother of Thomas and Geoffrey Clegg, Mark, Brian and Jason Stewart, Jake and Georgia Mackay; loving sister of the late Eugene Lanning and the late Kenneth Lanning; devoted sister-in-law of Lorraine Stewart, Nel Mae and Lillian Lanning and Ann Kershner....

A suspected former leader of a CIA-trained Honduran army unit that tortured and killed civilians will be charged today with the 1982 murder of a government lawyer, a Honduran prosecutor said yesterday.The indictment of Col. Alexander Hernandez would be the first murder charge brought against a high-ranking military officer in the 1980s wave of human rights abuses that took place as Battalion 316 waged a clandestine campaign against suspected leftists.Colonel Hernandez is to be charged in the killing of Nelson Mackay Chavarria, whose disappearance was detailed in June in a four-part series in The Sun.In another significant development, the chief of the Honduran armed forces testified behind closed doors yesterday before a judge investigating another Battalion 316 case -- the 1982 kidnapping and torture of six university students.

Transactions Baseball Brewers: Optioned P Ray King to Triple-A Indianapolis. Activated P John Snyder. Diamondbacks: Activated P Matt Mantei from DL. Optioned P Vicente Padilla to Triple-A Tucson. Marlins: Activated former Orioles P Ricky Bones from 15-day DL. Colleges New Paltz: Named Heather Mackay field hockey coach and women's lacrosse coach. St. Francis, Pa.: Named Jamie Bryant assistant football coach and Phil Benham NCAA faculty athletics representative.

The voice on the other end of the telephone often sounddistraught."My mother can't live by herself anymore, and I am working full time. Is there a place where she can live in dignity and comfort?"Such questions are among the calls that Ann M. MacKay, president of the Maryland Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging (MANPHA) receives during a normal day's work.The Ellicott City-based group was started informally in the 1970s by a group of nonprofit nursing homes in response to some "nursing home scandals," said Ms. MacKay.

Florida's Gov. Lawton Chiles and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay have no less an ambition than to transform the way state government does business.They talk of breaking up Florida's ''centralized bureaucracy.'' They want to delegate services to counties and regions and put community-based boards in control. They want to create a ''more consumer-responsive, performance-driven state government.''Messrs. Chiles and MacKay believe there's really no choice -- that without stem-to-stern change, their burgeoning state of newcomers and immigrants will go broke within a decade.

BTR Realty Inc., the Linthicum-based developer, has changed its senior management to better react to the downturn in the commercial real estate market.In the reorganization, President and Chief Operating Officer Vernon D. Kalkman has been replaced by F. Patrick Hughes, former senior vice president and chief financial officer. Kalkman now heads the company's real estate development division.The changes occurred in late November."Mr. Kalkman has provided BTR with professional leadership for many years," said Chairman Archibald E. MacKay, referring to Kalkman's 12 years as president.

An electronics manufacturer received state approval earlier this month to begin cleaning up toxic wastes at its Crownsville plant and dump the treated water into a South River tributary, downstream of Annapolis' drinking supply.John MacKay, facility manager at Alliant Tech Systems Inc., said the company plans to pump polluted water from an underground reservoir behind its chrome plating operation, purify it and return it to Broad Creek.The cleanup at Alliant -- formerly the Honeywell Signal Analysis Center -- could last more than 10 years, MacKay said.

Transactions Baseball Brewers: Optioned P Ray King to Triple-A Indianapolis. Activated P John Snyder. Diamondbacks: Activated P Matt Mantei from DL. Optioned P Vicente Padilla to Triple-A Tucson. Marlins: Activated former Orioles P Ricky Bones from 15-day DL. Colleges New Paltz: Named Heather Mackay field hockey coach and women's lacrosse coach. St. Francis, Pa.: Named Jamie Bryant assistant football coach and Phil Benham NCAA faculty athletics representative.

A suspected former leader of a CIA-trained Honduran army unit that tortured and killed civilians will be charged today with the 1982 murder of a government lawyer, a Honduran prosecutor said yesterday.The indictment of Col. Alexander Hernandez would be the first murder charge brought against a high-ranking military officer in the 1980s wave of human rights abuses that took place as Battalion 316 waged a clandestine campaign against suspected leftists.Colonel Hernandez is to be charged in the killing of Nelson Mackay Chavarria, whose disappearance was detailed in June in a four-part series in The Sun.In another significant development, the chief of the Honduran armed forces testified behind closed doors yesterday before a judge investigating another Battalion 316 case -- the 1982 kidnapping and torture of six university students.

Led by second-term Gov. Lawton Chiles and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay, twin proponents of reinvented government, Florida has launched the 50 states' most ambitious effort yet to expunge unneeded and intrusive regulations from the law books.Neal R. Peirce writes a column on state and urban affairs.

Una Barry says -- and I guess this could be considered understatement -- that the birth of her second child last week at Mercy Medical Center was "completely different" from the birth of her first child five years ago. Asked to elaborate, she started with the Jacuzzi.Una Barry's 8-pound, 9-ounce son was born in a Jacuzzi -- on purpose -- and everyone associated with the event seems to be quite excited about it. You should hear the labor-and-delivery nurse, Ellen Mackay (pronounced "Ma'kie")

The voice on the other end of the telephone often sounddistraught."My mother can't live by herself anymore, and I am working full time. Is there a place where she can live in dignity and comfort?"Such questions are among the calls that Ann M. MacKay, president of the Maryland Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging (MANPHA) receives during a normal day's work.The Ellicott City-based group was started informally in the 1970s by a group of nonprofit nursing homes in response to some "nursing home scandals," said Ms. MacKay.

An electronics manufacturer received state approval earlier this month to begin cleaning up toxic wastes at its Crownsville plant and dump the treated water into a South River tributary, downstream of Annapolis' drinking supply.John MacKay, facility manager at Alliant Tech Systems Inc., said the company plans to pump polluted water from an underground reservoir behind its chrome plating operation, purify it and return it to Broad Creek.The cleanup at Alliant -- formerly the Honeywell Signal Analysis Center -- could last more than 10 years, MacKay said.

Una Barry says -- and I guess this could be considered understatement -- that the birth of her second child last week at Mercy Medical Center was "completely different" from the birth of her first child five years ago. Asked to elaborate, she started with the Jacuzzi.Una Barry's 8-pound, 9-ounce son was born in a Jacuzzi -- on purpose -- and everyone associated with the event seems to be quite excited about it. You should hear the labor-and-delivery nurse, Ellen Mackay (pronounced "Ma'kie")

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- A gold star in the window might mean a son's death in a war. A star on the American flag signifies a state. And a star stuck on a student's work celebrates a job well done. So what is the meaning of those five-point metal stars that hang on house exteriors, sometimes above the garage or up near the gable? Turns out that homeowners just like them, plain and simple. Take Theresa and Richard Gallo of Huntington, N.Y., who last year put a maroon star over their garage after seeing stars on homes in Massachusetts while visiting a cousin there.

Florida's Gov. Lawton Chiles and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay have no less an ambition than to transform the way state government does business.They talk of breaking up Florida's ''centralized bureaucracy.'' They want to delegate services to counties and regions and put community-based boards in control. They want to create a ''more consumer-responsive, performance-driven state government.''Messrs. Chiles and MacKay believe there's really no choice -- that without stem-to-stern change, their burgeoning state of newcomers and immigrants will go broke within a decade.

BTR Realty Inc., the Linthicum-based developer, has changed its senior management to better react to the downturn in the commercial real estate market.In the reorganization, President and Chief Operating Officer Vernon D. Kalkman has been replaced by F. Patrick Hughes, former senior vice president and chief financial officer. Kalkman now heads the company's real estate development division.The changes occurred in late November."Mr. Kalkman has provided BTR with professional leadership for many years," said Chairman Archibald E. MacKay, referring to Kalkman's 12 years as president.