March 16

On March 16, 2003; VERNISSA JOYNERWake will be 10:30 AM with Funeral Services following at 11 AM at Pennslyvania AME Zion, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue. Interment in King Memorial Park.

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Baltimore Street and Georgia Avenue, 3:30 p.m., March 24. Purse, cash and medicine stolen from car. Hammonds Ferry Road, 3200 block, between 11 p.m. March 20, and 7 a.m. March 21. Car batteries stolen after hole cut in fence.

On March 16, 2004, GERALDINE FLUTKA; sister of James, John and Joe. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Services private. Interment Holy Rosary Cemetery, Monday, March 22, 10 A.M. Arrangements by Mc Nabb Funeral Home.

Drones over Syria? Hold on! ("CIA eyes drone strikes in Syria," March 16). The whole business of drone strikes on nations with whom we are not at war gets murkier and more distasteful daily - and cries out for transparency from the Obama administration on drone practice and policy, especially abroad. U.S. military and CIA attacks by unmanned aircraft have been going on for well over a decade now with little fanfare or even awareness by most Americans. And that's just as Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have wanted it. Sure, the news is trumpeted when some al-Qaida or Taliban leader has been a "kill" by a targeted missile strike.

On March 16, 2003; STEPHEN C. YOUNG; age 56,; beloved son, brother, uncle and friend. Vietnam Veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart. No services will be held.

From The Sun March 10-16, 1846March 14: The ice in the Susquehanna River is rapidly disappearing.March 16: Our agent in Annapolis complains much of the delinquency of some of his subscribers.From The Sun March 10-16, 1896March 12: The City Council committee on education to which was referred the ordinance providing for the gradual elimination of white teachers from the colored schools, decided yesterday to report favorably on the ordinance as first introduced.March 16: Rev. Curtis Lee Laws preached at First Baptist Church last night on "How Far Are Women Responsible for the Sins of Men?"

On March 16, 2003, VICTOR A. SR. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Thursday, 2 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at Spread the Word Cathedral, 4100 Frankford Ave., on Friday at 10 A.M. Funeral at 10:30 A.M.

On March 16, 2003, JOHN C. SR. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Thursday, 4 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends in the chapel on Friday at 12:30 P.M. Funeral at 1 P.M.

On March 16, 2003, RONALD JOHNSON. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME, EAST, 1101 East North Avenue, on Sunday after 3 P.M., where funeral services will take place on Monday at 9 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

Do you think of cooking as an art or a necessity? Whatever your reason for pulling out the pans, we want to hear about it. Answer our third annual reader survey that appeared in the Taste section on March 16 or go online to www.baltimoresun. com/tastesurvey. Please respond by tomorrow. We will print the results later this spring.

March 15, 2002: Maryland's march to the NCAA men's basketball championship begins with an 85-70 victory over Siena in the East Regional. Juan Dixon (Calvert Hall), the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, scores 29 for the Terps (27-4). March 10, 1983: More than 6,000 fans at the Civic Center watch Dunbar rout Cardinal Gibbons, the Catholic League champion, 82-53 in the first Metro Basketball Classic. It's the 59th consecutive victory for coach Bob Wade's Poets, the mythical national champions, who get 37 points from All-American Reggie Williams, their Georgetown-bound forward.

Here's a look at what some other media outlets have to say about the Orioles. * SB Nation's Rob Meyers weighed in after Brian Matusz's second straight strong Grapefruit League outing , saying that it doesn't actually matter whether the left-hander makes the Orioles' major league rotation this season. "If Matusz continues to pitch well this month (we're told), he could win a spot in the Orioles' starting rotation. "That's almost entirely irrelevant. It doesn't really matter who's in the Orioles' rotation this season, because the Orioles will be lucky to finish in fourth place.

Blame politicians for the bonuses Let me see if I've got this right: I'm supposed to be OK with the 9,000-plus earmarks in the president's budget proposal because the total amount earmarked is such a small percentage of the total, even though the spending will be on such things as studying swine odor and the DNA of catfish. But I'm supposed to be outraged because AIG is spending less than 1 percent of the total bailout dollars it received to pay contractual bonus obligations, obligations that Sen. Christopher J. Dodd helped to exempt from regulation ("Tax on bonuses eyed," March 18)

On March 16, 2009, Helen; Friends may call at the GONCE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway, on Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Service on Monday at 10:00 A.M. Interment in Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville.

On March 16, 2009, JENNIE A. GRAVES. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Ave. on Friday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. The family will also receive friends on Saturday at the St. Philip and James R.C.C., 2801 N. Charles St. at 10:30 A.M. with Mass to follow at 11 A.M.

DAVID C. BERRIER, on Thursday, March 12, 2009. Beloved husband of Cindy (nee Woosley) Berrier. Beloved father of Byron Berrier and Kevin (Karen) Berrier. Beloved son of Howard Moore and the late Mary (nee Lowinski) Moore. Brother of Austin Berrier & Joanna Wajek. Also surviving are nephews Austin Berrier, Jr. & Kevin Wajek. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 44 Frederick Street, Taneytown, MD, Monday, March 16 at noon. Entombment at Lorraine Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

On March 16, 2006 MR. BROWNVisitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Sunday, 4-6 P.M. The family will receive friends in the chapel on Monday at 10 A.M. Funeral at 10:30 A.M.

Craig Swanson of Reisterstown noticed Baltimore's sunrise and sunset were not 12 hours apart on the March 20 equinox: "Is this because we are north of the equator?" Nope. Day and night were equal that day everywhere - if you marked sunrise and sunset when the center of the sun's disc touched the horizon. But we calculate sunrise and set times using the first (and last) light from the sun's rim, making "days" a few minutes longer. They are 12 hours apart here March 16 and Sept. 25.

On March 16, 2008 MS. BROOKS Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Monday, 3-8pm. The family will receive friends at St. James Free Baptist Church,3916 Old York Rd., on Tuesday at 10:30am. Funeral at 11am.