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City officials have shut down an illegal nightclub in the basement of the historic Belvedere Hotel in an effort to put an end to noise and other illegal activities that have bothered condominium residents of the building for several years. Officials revoked the occupancy permit for Sammy Hyun Paik, owner of the basement space, and his partner, Louis L. Wood, on Friday, said David Tillman, a spokesman for the city Department of Housing and Community Development. The city has filed criminal charges against Paik and civil charges against his company in connection with the illegal club.

The Belvedere in historic Mount Vernon boasts a 40-foot-long mahogany bar where the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, the Duke of Windsor and Clark Gable sidled up for a drink. The Suite Ultralounge Nightclub is in the basement of the Belvedere and boasts being "the only upscale venue in Baltimore where you can bring your own bottle of top shelf." Its Web site promo wants you to "swagger like us" and "come get your party on." One does not seem to go with the other. Early Saturday, loud music gave way to gunfire on East Chase Street in front of the Belvedere, leaving two people wounded by bullets, a third person stabbed and a bartender using a towel to try and stop the flow of blood.

Jennifer Thompson picked the best time for her only lead, rolling in a 15-foot putt on the 18th green for a 1-up victory over Theresa Paik in their semifinal match of the 80th Maryland State Women's Amateur Championship at the Elkridge Club yesterday. Thompson, who plays from Chestnut Ridge Country Club, will face 1997 champion Mallory Crosland, from the Chevy Chase Club, in this morning's 18-hole final. Crosland defeated Jessica Lewis, Columbia CC, 6 and 4. Paik, 15, from Indian Spring CC, and backed by 1 1/2 years at David Leadbetter's golf school in Florida, was solid in twice going 2-up, but Thompson squared the match by running off six straight pars leading to the last hole.

Kwanik Kenneth Paik, photojournalist, editor Kwanik Kenneth Paik, an award-winning photojournalist who later became an editor at The Sun and The Evening Sun, and a newspaper columnist, died of acute myelogenous leukemia Nov. 27 in Los Angeles. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Mr. Paik immigrated to the United States in 1963, received a graduate degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and embarked on a career that took him around the world. After working in the photo and graphic departments at newspapers in Kansas and Florida, he became photo director at the Sunpapers in 1983 and later became The Evening Sun's assistant managing editor for news.

In the same basement where Prohibition-era bootleggers once stored casks of whiskey, city officials say two young entrepreneurs opened an illegal nightclub that has residents of the historic Belvedere Hotel's condominiums complaining of thumping rap music and violence. In response to the complaints, city officials and vice police have staged a series of raids at the venerable Mount Vernon landmark, where they say liquor laws are once again being breached. During an early-morning raid this month, police seized alcoholic beverages, cash and a handgun.

A Linthicum man was pistol-whipped and his companion kicked in the face early yesterday when two men robbed them at a Linthicum motel, county police said.Sammy Hyun Paik, 21, of the 400 block of Grove Ridge Court and Carlos J. Garcia, 20, of New York had bought ice and soda about 3:30 a.m. from the lobby of the Motel 6 in the 5100 block of Raynor Ave. when two men grabbed them, police said.One of the men pointed a .22-caliber handgun at the victims and ordered them to empty their pockets.

Kwanik Kenneth Paik, photojournalist, editor Kwanik Kenneth Paik, an award-winning photojournalist who later became an editor at The Sun and The Evening Sun, and a newspaper columnist, died of acute myelogenous leukemia Nov. 27 in Los Angeles. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Mr. Paik immigrated to the United States in 1963, received a graduate degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and embarked on a career that took him around the world. After working in the photo and graphic departments at newspapers in Kansas and Florida, he became photo director at the Sunpapers in 1983 and later became The Evening Sun's assistant managing editor for news.

COLLEGE PARK -- Sir Isaac Newton, who wrote the book on physics, can rest easy.Using the most sensitive gravity-measuring device ever built, physicists at the University of Maryland have tested Newton's three-century old theory of gravity and found it remains an uncannily accurate description of the force, even on very small scales.Dr. Ho Jung Paik and seven other researchers conducted their experiment in the physics building's sub-basement over a span of 33 straight nights, measuring changes in the basement's gravitational field generated by a swinging, 3,296-pound ball of lead.

When the Los Angeles County Museum of Art acquired Video Flag Z in 1986, the piece by video artist Nam June Paik canonized a culture driven by technology. A 6-foot-high grid of 84 white Quasar monitors flashed a changing mosaic of images that together formed an American flag in pulsating red, white and blue. Today, the screens of Video Flag Z are dark, victims of the modernity to which they paid tribute. The artwork's parts, including the 84 defunct television sets, are packed in the museum's warehouse.

Head coach: Chuck Markiewicz (first season).1989-1990 record: First season for the school.Top wrestlers: Seniors, Sam Paik (103), Joe Ross (171), Jim Ray (Hvy); junior, Ji Kim (189); sophomore, David Thomas (125).Coach's outlook: "We had 35 kids come out originally, but now we're two or three short on the junior varsity. But we have a full varsity squad. In our wrestling room, we're wrestling inexperienced guys against each other and right now we're lacking people who can make the others on the team better.

City officials have shut down an illegal nightclub in the basement of the historic Belvedere Hotel in an effort to put an end to noise and other illegal activities that have bothered condominium residents of the building for several years. Officials revoked the occupancy permit for Sammy Hyun Paik, owner of the basement space, and his partner, Louis L. Wood, on Friday, said David Tillman, a spokesman for the city Department of Housing and Community Development. The city has filed criminal charges against Paik and civil charges against his company in connection with the illegal club.

In the same basement where Prohibition-era bootleggers once stored casks of whiskey, city officials say two young entrepreneurs opened an illegal nightclub that has residents of the historic Belvedere Hotel's condominiums complaining of thumping rap music and violence. In response to the complaints, city officials and vice police have staged a series of raids at the venerable Mount Vernon landmark, where they say liquor laws are once again being breached. During an early-morning raid this month, police seized alcoholic beverages, cash and a handgun.

When the Los Angeles County Museum of Art acquired Video Flag Z in 1986, the piece by video artist Nam June Paik canonized a culture driven by technology. A 6-foot-high grid of 84 white Quasar monitors flashed a changing mosaic of images that together formed an American flag in pulsating red, white and blue. Today, the screens of Video Flag Z are dark, victims of the modernity to which they paid tribute. The artwork's parts, including the 84 defunct television sets, are packed in the museum's warehouse.

Jennifer Thompson picked the best time for her only lead, rolling in a 15-foot putt on the 18th green for a 1-up victory over Theresa Paik in their semifinal match of the 80th Maryland State Women's Amateur Championship at the Elkridge Club yesterday. Thompson, who plays from Chestnut Ridge Country Club, will face 1997 champion Mallory Crosland, from the Chevy Chase Club, in this morning's 18-hole final. Crosland defeated Jessica Lewis, Columbia CC, 6 and 4. Paik, 15, from Indian Spring CC, and backed by 1 1/2 years at David Leadbetter's golf school in Florida, was solid in twice going 2-up, but Thompson squared the match by running off six straight pars leading to the last hole.

In the year of El Nino, a mudslide of brown-uniformed Hammond wrestlers swept over the senior-dominated Howard County Big 10 Wrestling Championships last night at Hammond.The Golden Bears broke their own county record by scoring 254 points, sent 10 wrestlers to the finals and won their third straight county title and fifth in six years. Hammond had six champions.But Kevin Sutton (26-3) of runner-up Oakland Mills won the most valuable wrestler award for dominating the tournament's most competitive weight class at 125 pounds.

A Linthicum man was pistol-whipped and his companion kicked in the face early yesterday when two men robbed them at a Linthicum motel, county police said.Sammy Hyun Paik, 21, of the 400 block of Grove Ridge Court and Carlos J. Garcia, 20, of New York had bought ice and soda about 3:30 a.m. from the lobby of the Motel 6 in the 5100 block of Raynor Ave. when two men grabbed them, police said.One of the men pointed a .22-caliber handgun at the victims and ordered them to empty their pockets.

The Belvedere in historic Mount Vernon boasts a 40-foot-long mahogany bar where the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, the Duke of Windsor and Clark Gable sidled up for a drink. The Suite Ultralounge Nightclub is in the basement of the Belvedere and boasts being "the only upscale venue in Baltimore where you can bring your own bottle of top shelf." Its Web site promo wants you to "swagger like us" and "come get your party on." One does not seem to go with the other. Early Saturday, loud music gave way to gunfire on East Chase Street in front of the Belvedere, leaving two people wounded by bullets, a third person stabbed and a bartender using a towel to try and stop the flow of blood.

In the year of El Nino, a mudslide of brown-uniformed Hammond wrestlers swept over the senior-dominated Howard County Big 10 Wrestling Championships last night at Hammond.The Golden Bears broke their own county record by scoring 254 points, sent 10 wrestlers to the finals and won their third straight county title and fifth in six years. Hammond had six champions.But Kevin Sutton (26-3) of runner-up Oakland Mills won the most valuable wrestler award for dominating the tournament's most competitive weight class at 125 pounds.

COLLEGE PARK -- Sir Isaac Newton, who wrote the book on physics, can rest easy.Using the most sensitive gravity-measuring device ever built, physicists at the University of Maryland have tested Newton's three-century old theory of gravity and found it remains an uncannily accurate description of the force, even on very small scales.Dr. Ho Jung Paik and seven other researchers conducted their experiment in the physics building's sub-basement over a span of 33 straight nights, measuring changes in the basement's gravitational field generated by a swinging, 3,296-pound ball of lead.

Head coach: Chuck Markiewicz (first season).1989-1990 record: First season for the school.Top wrestlers: Seniors, Sam Paik (103), Joe Ross (171), Jim Ray (Hvy); junior, Ji Kim (189); sophomore, David Thomas (125).Coach's outlook: "We had 35 kids come out originally, but now we're two or three short on the junior varsity. But we have a full varsity squad. In our wrestling room, we're wrestling inexperienced guys against each other and right now we're lacking people who can make the others on the team better.