Marketing Director

I received an open letter from Krys Renzi, the former marketing director of the Norbel School, and she asked that I share the news that will so adversely affect the learning disabled students that will not return to these halls of hope, and also with a heavy heart for those who will never know what could have been. As some of you may have heard, Norbel School has shuttered their doors after nearly 30 years of existence, 11 of those years in Elkridge at the former home of the old Elkridge Elementary School on Old Washington Road.

It will soon be hard to miss the Hollywood Casino Perryville when driving along Interstate 95. The Cecil County casino Friday erected a massive 175-foot sign on its property that will be visible from the highway. The casino's marketing director Marc DeLeo said the sign will make the facility more visible and attract more customers. Some 82,000 cars drive pass the casino's exit off the interstate, DeLeo said. The Perryville commissioners approved the sign late last year after some debate about its aesthetics and other issues.

TANEYTOWN - Taneytown Bank and Trust has appointed Barbara Harrington as its new marketing director to coordinate advertising, events and public relations for the company.Harrington is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and has a degree in marketing. She comes to Taneytown Bank and Trust from Wheaton Plaza Regional Shopping Center, where she served as the events coordinator.

I received an open letter from Krys Renzi, the former marketing director of the Norbel School, and she asked that I share the news that will so adversely affect the learning disabled students that will not return to these halls of hope, and also with a heavy heart for those who will never know what could have been. As some of you may have heard, Norbel School has shuttered their doors after nearly 30 years of existence, 11 of those years in Elkridge at the former home of the old Elkridge Elementary School on Old Washington Road.

Ann D. Dandridge, marketing director for National Historic Seaport of Baltimore, died of lung cancer Monday at her Roland Park home. She was 60. Born Ann Davis Dandridge in Baltimore and raised in Stevenson, she was a 1962 graduate of Garrison Forest School. She earned an associate's degree in communications from Centenary College for Women in Hackettstown, N.J., in 1964. She also studied at the University of Maryland, College Park and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Ms. Dandridge began her public relations career with the Maryland Constitutional Convention that was held in Annapolis in 1967.

Mike March, a former Baltimore AM-radio disc jockey and marketing director for a beer distributor, died of a heart attack Monday at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del. The Lutherville resident was 70. A fixture on stations WCBM and WFBR during the 1960s and 1970s, he had been marketing director for Bond Distributing Co. for 28 years until retiring in January. Born George Christopher Hagelios in Pittsburgh, he was raised in Allentown, Pa., where his Greek immigrant parents operated a restaurant.

Roy A. Schleicher, a 43-year-old Baltimore native with extensive maritime experience, has been named director of marketing for the Maryland Port Administration.The appointment was announced yesterday by Tay Yoshitani, executive director of the MPA, which oversees the state's five public marine terminals. It was Mr. Yoshitani's first major appointment since he assumed the port's top job in August.Mr. Schleicher, a vice president of NSCSA (America) Inc., the general agent for the National Shipping Company of Saudi Aradia, will take over the job in early December.

It will soon be hard to miss the Hollywood Casino Perryville when driving along Interstate 95. The Cecil County casino Friday erected a massive 175-foot sign on its property that will be visible from the highway. The casino's marketing director Marc DeLeo said the sign will make the facility more visible and attract more customers. Some 82,000 cars drive pass the casino's exit off the interstate, DeLeo said. The Perryville commissioners approved the sign late last year after some debate about its aesthetics and other issues.

Joan Meekins, marketing director for Carroll County Department of Economic Development, said yesterday that she will leave next month to take a health care job.Ms. Meekins, who also had been the county's tourism director, will work in marketing for Homecall Inc., a home health agency with offices statewide. Her last day with the county will be Aug. 18.She will work with Homecall offices in Carroll, Howard, Harford and Baltimore counties and Baltimore City and will be based in Westminster, she said.

New positions Amey, Trumpower advance at Signs Now Signs Now of Linthicum promoted Joe Amey to vice president of sales and marketing, and named Brian Trumpower operations manager. Amey, a Crofton resident, is responsible for large account servicing, marketing and the formation of strategic alliances for the sign and banner maker franchise. A graduate of Anne Arundel Community College, he joined the firm in 1995 as a graphic designer. Trumpower, a graduate of Western Maryland College, formerly was production/facility manager at Big Image Graphics in Richmond, Va. The Taneytown resident directs production flow and customer contact.

Terry Hasseltine, the director of the Maryland Office of Sports Marketing, said that the Preakness is the "unofficial launch of the summer season" of high profile sports, including next weekend's NCAA men's and women's lacrosse championships as well as the season-ending first-time Grand Prix racing event on the streets of downtown Baltimore.  "It's huge," Hasseltine said of the Preakness. "It's a way to put the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore on the map, it connects us with the equine industry and the racing industry.

The annual benefit and auction for the Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation has always had a celebratory air to it. But this year, there was just a little bit more to celebrate. "This is the 25th anniversary of our respite housing program. And we're just about to open our eighth facility in Asheville, North Carolina," said founder/executive director Brian Morrison, referring to the program which offers vacation getaways for critically ill children and their families. Morrison also pointed out one more reason for celebration: one of the biggest donations ever, from John Talbott , Prudential Carruthers Realtor, and his wife, Karen Talbott, community volunteer.

Susan Dale Arniel Dunham, a single mother of two teenage daughters, died of complications from breast cancer Wednesday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Lutherville resident was 48. First diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, Ms. Dunham lived years beyond what her doctors predicted. On May 31, she realized her dream of watching her older daughter, Carolyn Dunham, 18, graduate from Dulaney High School. Kristen Dunham, 16, will be a senior at Dulaney this year. Ms. Dunham worked until last month as the circulation and marketing director for the Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing and advocacy firm.

Robert M. Johnston, former director of marketing for the Stieff Co. and benefactor of a Connecticut silver museum, died of cancer Monday in the health care center at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 80. Mr. Johnston was born in Waterbury, Conn., and was raised in Bristol, Conn. He was a 1944 graduate of Worcester Academy in Worcester, Mass. He served in the merchant marine near the end of World War II and earned a bachelor's degree in 1948 in philosophy from Yale University.

Adair Sutton, former director of marketing for Harborplace and the Gallery, died of cancer Nov. 1 at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Butler resident was 52. Born Anne Adair Fogarty in Baltimore and raised in Butler, she was a graduate of the old Hannah More Academy and in 1975 earned her bachelor's degree in communications from what is now Towson University. "She was masterful in her coordination of people and ideas," said Cathy Case, former director of retail marketing for the old Rouse Co. "She was a wonderful ambassador and so proud of Baltimore.

Mike March, a former Baltimore AM-radio disc jockey and marketing director for a beer distributor, died of a heart attack Monday at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del. The Lutherville resident was 70. A fixture on stations WCBM and WFBR during the 1960s and 1970s, he had been marketing director for Bond Distributing Co. for 28 years until retiring in January. Born George Christopher Hagelios in Pittsburgh, he was raised in Allentown, Pa., where his Greek immigrant parents operated a restaurant.

Farmers & Mechanics appoints Marsalek a vice president Mary Ellen Marsalek has been named vice president and small-business relationship manager for Howard County by Farmers & Mechanics Bank. She will focus on servicing the financial needs of the county's small businesses. Marsalek, a county resident, is an executive board member of the Howard County YMCA, director of Marketing for the Business Women's Network of Howard County and a member and committee volunteer for the Howard County Chamber of Commerce.

RetailShopco Management Corp. has promoted Robyn Clark to general manager of Eastpoint Mall, overseeing the $30 million renovation of the mall. She previously served as marketing director for the mall, which is 35 years old this year. Meanwhile, Dawn M. Bunyon has been appointed marketing director of Eastpoint Mall and will plan and coordinate all marketing activities. Bunyon was previously marketing director of the Mall at Assembly Square in Somerville, Mass.Jennifer Berk has been named marketing coordinator for the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, a downtown management organization that works with businesses to create a cleaner, more prosperous city center.

As American appetites for Asian-made DVD players, cars, clothes and other goods grow in coming years, trans-oceanic traffic is expected to boom -- possibly doubling the amount of cargo through U.S. ports by 2020. With all this new and hotly contested business up for grabs, largely in 20-foot metal containers from China, the port of Baltimore does not appear to have geography on its side. It's on the East Coast and a half-day's trip up the Chesapeake Bay. But with thousands of port-related jobs and a hefty piece of the local economy on the line, port administrators, including a new marketing director, say they must persuade the world to see the map differently.

Ann D. Dandridge, marketing director for National Historic Seaport of Baltimore, died of lung cancer Monday at her Roland Park home. She was 60. Born Ann Davis Dandridge in Baltimore and raised in Stevenson, she was a 1962 graduate of Garrison Forest School. She earned an associate's degree in communications from Centenary College for Women in Hackettstown, N.J., in 1964. She also studied at the University of Maryland, College Park and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Ms. Dandridge began her public relations career with the Maryland Constitutional Convention that was held in Annapolis in 1967.