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Albert C. Isella Sr., a retired Little Italy maitre d' who invented the legendary Bookmaker's Salad named after his gambling friends, died of congestive heart failure Thursday at Franklin Square Hospital Center. The Rosedale resident was 94. "He lived a life the way he wanted to," said his sister, Molly Casserly of Eastpoint. "He was basically a very kind man. If he had a buck in his pocket and someone asked him for it, he'd give it away." Born in Girardville, Pa., he was the son of coal miner who headed a miners' union.

A District Court judge in Carroll County has increased the bail of a Baltimore County man charged with assault with intent to murder a bystander during an alleged license tag theft in Cranberry Mall.Judge Lenora Gelfman of Howard County, who was sitting in Carroll District Court on Thursday, raised the bail of John Miner, 23, of the first block of Sacred Heart Lane in Glyndon, from $150,000 to $350,000.Mr. Miner was charged Wednesday with two counts of assault with intent to murder, two counts of conspiracy to assault with intent to murder, two counts of theft and one of battery.

A 23-year-old Baltimore County man was arrested yesterday and held on $150,000 bond yesterday on assault with intent to murder and other charges tied to the June 8 theft of a license tag from a car parked at Cranberry Mall.John Miner, of the first block of Sacred Heart Lane in Glyndon, was charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder, two counts of conspiring to assault with intent to murder, two theft counts and one battery count.Cpl. Rick May, a Westminster police spokesman, said Mr. Miner had lived in Taneytown but could not be located when police went to his home there to arrest him this summer.

A 37-year-old Glen Burnie man was ordered released from jail yesterday after serving nearly four months for burning a cross in September in a park near Marley Junior High School.Darrell James Miner of the 200 block of Poplar Avenue had faced up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty May 29 to burning the cross.At Miner's sentencing hearing yesterday, county Circuit Judge Lawrence H. Rushworth handed down an 18-month suspended sentence, gave credit for Miner's time served since his arrest March 16 and placed him on three years' supervised probation.

JEANNE (Jeannette) PEARSON-BULLIS (75) of Chester, MD on Thursday, September 2, 2004, at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. In addition to her loving husband William P. Bullis, she is survived by five children, Johnnie L. Pearson, Eric P. Pearson, Jeanette A. Pearson Bair, Carolyn J. Pearson Bublitz and Curtis H. Pearson; three stepchildren, Aimee B. Leach, David A. Bullis and William Bullis; two brothers, Albert Miner and Gary Miner; two...

COLLEGE PARK -- It starts with the jersey, No. 23. Then there are the state-of-the-art baggy shorts. And, of course, the wagging tongue.Michael Jordan isn't coming to Cole Field House tonight. Harold Miner is.Miner -- one of college basketball's top shooting guards, and certainly one of its most unknown stars -- will lead Southern Cal (1-0) against Maryland (1-0) tonight at 7:30."I think it'll come," Miner said of his recognition, which so far has been limited mostly to the West Coast. "I'm not worried about the publicity.

A 37-year-old Glen Burnie man pleaded guilty yesterday to burning a cross last September in a park near Marley Junior High School.Darrell James Miner, of the 200 block of Poplar Avenue, faces up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine, said Assistant State's Attorney Eugene M. Whissel II. Sentencing is set for July 19.The prosecutor said Miner was one of four men who burned an 8-foot wooden cross wrapped in cloth in a park near the school on Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard.Whissel...

On September 27, 2003, DAVID CHESTER RENKIEWICZ, of Colorado Springs, CO., beloved son of Henry F. and Emily Renkiewicz, loving brother of Robin Miner. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church in Black Forest. Burial to follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

On May 5, 2005, CHARLES "RICHARD" ZIEGLER of Ocean Pines, beloved husband of Sharon (nee Bernadyn) Ziegler, devoted father of Donald Ziegler, Rick Ziegler, Stephanie Rossi, Lisa Miner and Renee Kirby, loving son of Betty (nee Payne) Ziegler, dear father-in-law of Kristie Ziegler, Mark Rossi, Bob Miner and David Kirby, loving brother of Craig Ziegler and his wife Dot. Also survived by 11 grandchildren. Funeral liturgy will be held on Monday at 10 A.M. from Church of The Resurrection, Paulskirk Dr. at Chatham Rd., Ellicott City.

COLLEGE PARK - David Miner had last been sighted locally in the fall of 2003, quarterbacking South Hagerstown's football team to a 40-point state quarterfinal blowout of Dunbar at Poly. But last night at the University of Maryland's Comcast Center, the Eastern Shore star failed to thwart another Baltimore-area program. John Jarboe limited Miner (15 points) to only two points in the second half, Gene Brown and Mike Carter (each with 11 points) stood tall from the perimeter, and 6-foot-5 Barry Cornish (18 points, eight rebounds)