NEWS
By DAVID P. GREISMAN and DAVID P. GREISMAN,SUN REPORTER | June 18, 2006
As Christopher Nusbaum reads Polar Bears Past Bedtime, his right hand moves from left to right on the page, his middle finger running over the Braille characters. For Christopher, 8, of Taneytown, who has been blind since birth, reading is a passion. He has finished four books in the past week and is a half-year ahead in reading level. Next weekend in Los Angeles, Christopher will get to demonstrate his skills in the competitive setting of the Braille Challenge, an academic contest that will test him and 11 other first- and second-graders on spelling, reading comprehension and proofreading.
NEWS
By MARY GAIL HARE and MARY GAIL HARE,SUN REPORTER | April 16, 2006
Eight-year-old Christopher A. Nusbaum is an accomplished piano player, at ease singing for a crowd and well-versed in radio speak. There is no note of shyness about Christopher, an engaging second-grader who has been blind from birth. He has taught himself piano, written a few musical compositions and is now testing his mettle on violin. He likes jamming with his guitar-playing cousin and acting as the DJ at a replica of a sound studio that occupies his "office" in Taneytown. "We used to call his office the dining room," said Wendy Nusbaum, Christopher's mother.
NEWS
January 23, 2006
On January 21, 2006 JUDITH "Judie" (nee Brothers) beloved wife of Gerald "Jerry" Cohen, loving mother of Lynn Fram, Mindi Leikin, Amy Nusbaum and Sherri Venick, devoted mother-in-law of Jeffrey Fram, Robert Leikin, Bruce Nusbaum and Jeffrey Venick, loving grandmother of Matthew, Lauren, Jesse, Coley, Sasha, Ethan, Zachary, Jennifer, Jill, Kori and Adam. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Sunday January 22 at 2 P.M. Interment Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Berrymans Lane.
NEWS
November 1, 2004
Nelson LeRoy Sims III, an automotive enthusiast, died Tuesday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center of injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident. The Westminster resident was 19. Mr. Sims was born in Baltimore and grew up in Carroll County. He graduated from Francis Scott Key High School last year and took courses at the Carroll County Career and Technology Center. He worked in Bethesda as a communications technician at Vision Technologies. At an early age, Mr. Sims displayed his lifelong love of wheels.
NEWS
June 20, 2004
On June 19, 2004, THELMA R. (nee Singer); beloved wife of the late Samuel R. Somers and Henry Nusbaum; beloved mother of Vivian Sue Goode (Curry Lee) and the late Steven Somers; step-mother of Robin Armacost; sister of Roy Singer. Also survived by four grandchildren, one step-grandson and two great-grandchildren. Services at the Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main St, Hampstead, on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment in Wesley Cemetery. Friends may call Monday, 7 to 9 P.M. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions to Wesley United Methodist Church, 3239 Carrollton Road, Hampstead, Md 21074.
NEWS
By Jennifer Lehman and Jennifer Lehman,Sun Staff | May 16, 2004
The seven Girl Scouts from Queen Anne's County and their chaperons trail Kirsten Schafer as she takes them into a gallery of Egyptian artifacts at the Walters Art Museum. Schafer, the museum's coordinator of children and family programs, gathers the scouts around a glass box with a human mummy preserved inside. Immediately they are fascinated, and even more so when Schafer leads them to a cat mummy. "I liked the Egyptian section, especially the mummies and hieroglyphics," says 10-year-old Megan McGill later in the tour.