Oglesby

The new St. Paul's signs and T-shirts will read, "Finished."The No. 3 Gators rode two years worth of determination to their first Association of Independent Schools A Division field hockey title winning yesterday's tournament final, 2-0, over No. 5 Roland Park."

OGLESBY, Ill. -- Janitor John Swartz looks at the painting high on the wall of the post office lobby here and he sees "the buttocks and uncircumcised male genitalia" of a prostrate Potawatomi.His art foe, Aloysius Piecha, sees "a coupla butts, no big deal."And so goes the postal-porn war in Oglesby, about 130 miles southwest of Chicago, where the custodian's cries of obscenity have resulted in the cover-up of a 51-year-old post office mural.The cover-up, in turn, has stirred righteous indignation among local art lovers and others in this La Salle County town of 3,500.

Isador Oglesby, 82, teacher and tenorIsador Oglesby, a retired city schoolteacher and tenor soloist whose rich voice on Negro spirituals thrilled Baltimore area audiences for nearly four decades, died Thursday of cancer in his St. Paul Street apartment. He was 82.Mr. Oglesby studied under many nationally and internationally known musical scholars -- including Igor Chichagov, the conductor and vocal coach for Metropolitan Opera Company star Rosa Ponselle -- and recorded three albums detailing "the Negro experience," his daughter, Jerilyn Manning, said.

Services for Russell W. Underwood, a retired longshoreman,will be held at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Fountain Baptist Church, 1215 E. Monument St., where he was a member for 60 years.Mr. Underwood died Sunday of liver failure at Bon Secours Hospital. He was 74.He grew up on Eager Street in East Baltimore and attended local schools. For a time, he worked as a paperhanger for his late father, Orville Underwood.From 1940 to 1980, he was a longshoreman. After his retirement, he and his wife enjoyed travel to family reunions and other trips.

COLLEGE PARK -Hang around Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams long enough, and you begin to understand something: He doesn't mind being in the eye of a storm. In fact, he prides himself on his ability to find calm in the center of chaos. There is no question that this season has been somewhat chaotic for the Terrapins (16-8, 5-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), who face another must-win game on the road tonight against No. 13 Clemson (20-4, 6-4). But if you look beyond the recent turmoil, which includes a star player squabbling with fans and the coach publicly feuding with the athletic department, Maryland has won three of its past four games.

Boys' Latin senior Michael Smith didn't want to play his final high school soccer game yesterday on the Lakers' A.M. LeBrun Field.Like the rest of his teammates in the Class of '95, Smith preferred to play his career finale on the road at UMBC Stadium. So he went out and did something about it.Smith assisted on the only goal of the first half and then scored the lone second-half goal to help the Lakers to a 2-0 win over Severn (9-5-2) in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference semifinals.

Player of the YearSarah Oglesby, St. Paul's, senior, midfield: Oglesby enjoyed the kind of season most seniors can only dream of. Returning from an All-Metro junior year, she led the No. 3 Gators (11-0-5) to an unbeaten season and the Association of Independent Schools A Division tournament championship. A veteran of the Olympic-development style Futures Program, Oglesby excelled at all the basics and led her team in scoring with nine goals and two assists. But her contribution can't be measured just in skills and stats.

On April 7, 2005, HARRY. Visition at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Wednesday 2 to 8 pm. The family will receive friends at Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church, 819 Cherry Hill Rd, on Thursday at 10 am. Funeral at 11 am.

On January 12, 2010 JOSEPH CLIFFORD OGLESBY, SR. Friends may call at the CHATMAN HARRIS FUNERAL HOME EAST, 4210 Belair Road Friday 2-8 p.m. The family will receive friends at the above chapel Saturday 1 p.m. Funeral Service will begin 1:30 p.m. Interment Thursday, January 21 10 a.m. Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery. Inquiries to 410-488-5947.