Mount Washington

Given the many handsome buildings that developer Sam Himmelrich has ready to recycle at the old Mount Washington Mill -- the dye house, forge building, power station and gray stone mill itself -- it seems a shame he had to start with the most nondescript.Then again, seeing the way he transformed a one-story metal shed into high-tech medical offices makes one all the more curious to find out what he'll do next.Over the past six months, the 38-year-old developer has pulled off a feat of urban alchemy worthy of a magician.

Francis A. Pommett Jr., who had been president and chief executive officer of Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, has been named senior vice president of the North Arundel Health System.Sheldon Stein is taking over management of Mount Washington, a 102-bed pediatric and rehabilitation facility, as its chief operating officer.The executive shifts follow the merger of Mount Washington into the North Arundel system, announced in June.In 14 years at Mount Washington, Pommett oversaw the construction of a $17 million facility.

A fire in Mount Washington claimed the life of one person last night, authorities said.Baltimore fire officials said a body was found in a home that burned in the 5700 block of Rockspring Road about 9 p.m. The body had not been identified last night.Police said the one-alarm fire was called in to the fire department after a police officer on patrol in the area saw the flames.

Elizabeth Mary Sullivan, an accomplished Mount Washington artist and former educator, died Monday of cancer at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. She was 88. Known as "Bess," she worked in a variety of media, including oils and watercolors as well as clay sculpture and collages. During the 1960s, Mrs. Sullivan taught art to elementary education majors at the old Mount St. Agnes College in Mount Washington. She also was a member for many years of the Chesapeake Potters. For some time, her pen-and-ink drawing of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Mount Washington served as the cover for its weekly service leaflet.

USF&G Corp. yesterday unveiled a plan to develop additional office and parking structures at its Mount Washington campus, its first action concerning future space needs since deciding in January to move its corporate headquarters out of downtown.Under the insurer's preliminary proposal, five new projects would be developed on the 72-acre campus to accommodate employees scheduled to relocate there by 1997, according to plans presented by USF&G at a public hearing at Mount Washington.The new developments include three multilevel parking garages, a retail and mixed-use building, and a new office building on the site of a surface parking lot. Two of the parking garages also would supplant existing surface parking.

Attending the annual meeting of the Mount Washington Improvement Association has become a tradition for Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke, who was greeted by more than 100 people at this year's gathering at the Wesley Home for senior citizens on West Rogers Avenue last night.As the first order of business, Schmoke announced that a concrete retaining wall on Sulgrave Avenue near Mount Washington Elementary School is scheduled to be repaired this summer.Another public works project in the area, the reconstruction of Pimlico Road, will begin on July 20, the mayor told the group.

For yesterday's United States Club Lacrosse Association championship game, Mount Washington Wolfpack players and coaches donned T-shirts that read "The Pack is Back."Before a crowd of 3,239 at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field, the Pack came back in dramatic fashion, edging Brine Lacrosse Club, 18-16, for its third United States Club Lacrosse Association championship in the past four years."This is where we belong, and we proved it," said Mount Washington coach Skip Lichtfuss. "We came out and did what we had to do and proved that this is the best lacrosse team around right now."

A one-alarm fire Wednesday night caused property damage estimated at $40,000 to the Mount Washington Food Market in the 1600 block of Kelly Ave.Capt. Calvin Johnson, city Fire Department spokesman, said the fire started in an electrical outlet behind an ice cream cooler on the first floor of the two-story brick building.The fire was confined to the first floor.No one was injured in the fire, which was reported at 10:22 p.m.

In the first quarter, it all seemed so easy for Mount Washington. The Wolfpack was well ahead and outplaying Victoria Royal Waxmen.And Paul Gait, the Victoria midfielder who is as much a legend as club lacrosse has to offer, was practically invisible.But it didn't last.Gait scored five goals, including go-ahead score in overtime, to lift the Canadian team to a 19-18, double-overtime victory last night at Homewood Field.With the win, Victoria Royal Waxmen drew even in the best-of-three Brogden Cup lacrosse tournament.