Pitts

On September 5, 2007, JOSEPHINE PITTS. On Tuesday, September 11, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore national Pike from 4-8 P.M. On Wednesday, Mrs. Pitts will lie in state at City temple Baptist Church, 317 Dolphin Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:30-11 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

Nathan A. Pitts, a former professor and department head at Coppin State College and member of a U.S. delegation that helped to train teachers in Iran, died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital from complications after surgery.Dr. Pitts, 84, of Northwest Baltimore was always interested in education and took an active role at Ashburton Elementary/Middle School."He spent much of his life encouraging people to get an education or get involved in education," said his daughter, Mitra Pitts Rogers of Bethesda.

WASHINGTON -- Last Dec. 28, a retired Russian diplomat sat surrounded by law books in Room 228 of the New York Public Library, waiting to meet an FBI agent.The retired diplomat was secretly working for the FBI. The FBI says its agent had been secretly working for Moscow.The agent, Earl Edwin Pitts, wandered around the library for 30 minutes, the FBI says, looking without success for the diplomat, hoping for a Christmas bonus from the Russian spy service.Pitts' memory had failed him, the bureau says.

Three men kidnapped the clerk at a Ferndale convenience store yesterday, slashed his throat and left him on the side of the Beltway after a robbery in which they kicked the clerk and five customers in the head and face, Anne Arundel County police said.The robbery is similar to one Tuesday at a store of the same chain in Baltimore County, authorities said.Phillip Wade Pitts, 18, the clerk at the Royal Farm store in the 7100 block of Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., was treated at Harbor Hospital Center and released.

Frances Elspeth PittsHorseback riderFrances Elspeth Pitts, 15, an avid sports lover and horseback rider, died Sunday when the van she was traveling in collided with a car near Georgetown, Ky. The Monkton resident was on her way to the U.S. Pony Club Festival at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington when the accident occurred.She was to have competed yesterday, but organizers canceled the event and scheduled a candlelight ceremony instead.She was a graduate of the Calvert School and would have entered the 10th grade at Roland Park Country School this fall.

David A. Pitts Sr., a retired city government employee, died Monday evening at Johns Hopkins Hospital of injuries he suffered when his car skidded on slush and crashed into a light pole in the 3400 block of Hillen Road. He was 80.Mr. Pitts, foreman of a bridge maintenance crew, retired in 1976 after working for the city for many years. Earlier, he was a janitor at Western Electric Co. and a correctional officer at what was then the Baltimore City Jail.He often held two or three jobs at a time so that his wife could stay home and care for their 12 children.

Diana Pitts owns 12 track records at Coppin State. She was the first track All-America in school history.Now the senior runner who single-handedly brought Coppin State track some national recognition has only two more races left in her collegiate career. Pitts will compete in the 400- and 800-meter runs today at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Boise, Idaho.On Saturday at the ECAC championships at George Mason University, Pitts ran the nation's second-fastest collegiate time in the 800 this year (2:02.

The education of Diana Pitts continues this week in New Orleans.Pitts, a Coppin State junior, qualified for the NCAA track and field championships for the second straight year. When she went to the 1992 meet in Austin, Texas, it was with fewer than a half-dozen tries at her new-found specialty, the 800 meters. She's healthier and more familiar with the distance this year, but still learning."Diana had the fastest time going into the ECAC championships," Eagles coach Don Webster said. "But she drew a bad lane [nine]

Staff writer Frank D. Roylance was invited to take a spin in a stunt plane in advance of this weekend's Chesapeake Air Show. This is his account We were screaming down Martin State Airport's main runway at about 20 feet and 190 mph yesterday, John Greenwood and I.I'm sitting there in the front seat, figuring I'll snap a little picture at the end of the pass, kind of over my shoulder. I want to catch John in the back, with the little biplane's smoke trail streaming out behind him and the runway falling away in the background.

Next Sunday, Clinton Pitts Jr. probably will preside as a steward for the last time at a Maryland track.He leaves the next day for two weeks of intensive study at the Jockey Club headquarters in Lexington, Ky., to learn the inner workings of the sport's most prestigious governing body.The following week, at the end of the Belmont Park meet, he will work under Dr. Manuel Gilman, who is retiring as the Jockey Club steward at the New York tracks.When Saratoga opens July 29, Pitts assumes Gilman's position, which is considered the ultimate job for a racing official.

Tough tactics help stop attacks I imagine liberal Democrats and terrorists are sleeping more easily now that the new commander in chief has banned the use of waterboarding during interrogation of captured terrorists. Never mind that some at the CIA have said using "enhanced techniques" of interrogation, including waterboarding, on al-Qaida leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed led to his revealing information that helped thwart a planned 9/11-style attack on Los Angeles. But according to President Barack Obama's way of thinking, it's more important to reach out to our Islamic enemies than to protect our own citizens.

Portia B. Pitts, a homemaker who raised her dozen children in public housing and still found time to volunteer at her East Baltimore church, died Saturday of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Last month, Mrs. Pitts celebrated her 90th birthday. Portia B. Jackson was born in Baltimore and spent her early years on East Monument Street. After the death of her mother when she was 14, she moved to Edmondson Avenue. She graduated from Douglass High School in 1938, then worked for several years before marrying David Augustus Pitts, an $18-a-week dishwasher, in 1940.

On April 11, 2009, PORTIA PITTS. On Thursday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4:30 to 8 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Pitts will lie in state at Trinity A.M.E. Church, 2140 E. Hoffman Street, where family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M with Homegoing Celebration to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

Pitts ignores context of Limbaugh's words In his column "Childish game of ravaging diminishes our nation" (Commentary, Feb. 2), Leonard Pitts Jr. continued his assault on Rush Limbaugh and defended his very misleading earlier claim that Mr. Limbaugh said of Barack Obama's presidency, " I hope he fails" ("What Limbaugh's comment says about Limbaugh," Commentary, Jan. 26). Mr. Pitts several times quoted Mr. Limbaugh as saying, "I hope he fails." But those were four words taken out of context from a monologue that contained hundreds and hundreds of words - most of which put the lie to Mr. Pitts' twisted presentation of what Mr. Limbaugh said.

Fitje Lavinia "Binnie" Pitts, who served in the Red Cross in Europe during World War II and was later decorated for her service, died of respiratory failure related to Alzheimer's disease Friday at the Keswick Multi-Care Center. The Roland Park resident was 91. Born in Providence, R.I., she earned a degree in sociology at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. She then moved to New York City, took courses at the Catherine Gibbs School and worked at the IBM Pavilion during the 1939 World's Fair.

On August 6, 2008, DOROTHY MAE PITTS; beloved wife of Jeff Pitts; loving mother of five children (one) preceded her in death. On Tuesday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike from 3 to 8 P.M. On Wednesday, Mrs. Pitts will lie in state at Whitestone Baptist Church, 3001 Baker Street, where the family will receive friends from 11 A.M to 12 P.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)233-2400.

On September 5, 2007, JOSEPHINE PITTS. On Tuesday, September 11, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore national Pike from 4-8 P.M. On Wednesday, Mrs. Pitts will lie in state at City temple Baptist Church, 317 Dolphin Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:30-11 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

Jack Welch, a chief executive officer who knew how to win, spent much of his time developing talent when he was leading General Electric. "We build great people who then build great products and services," he writes in his book, Jack - Straight From the Gut. For any organization, identifying high potential talent is critical. Generally, there are two groups of talent in a company, says Tom Pitts, a consultant for Right Management's Florida and Caribbean division. There are high-performing experts who are knowledgeable about a particular area.

On June 16, 2007 VEDA ALLONA PITTS. On Wednesday, Mrs. Pitts will lie in state at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service, 8728 Liberty Road where the family will receive friends from 7:00-7:30 p.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-655-0015.

On January 31, 2007, MR. PITTS. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Wednesday 2 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends in the chapel on Thursday at 10 A.M. Funeral at 10:30 A.M.