Quarterly Newsletter

Charles T. Dubin, a retired attorney and auditor, died Friday at the Deaton Specialty Hospital and Home of injuries suffered after being hit by a car while crossing Harford Road on March 2. He was 88 and lived in Parkville. Mr. Dubin retired about 25 years ago from the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn, where he was an attorney and auditor. Born in Baltimore and raised on Aisquith Street, he was a 1932 graduate of City College. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland, College Park and received his law degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1943.

Judith B. Rosenfeld, a former librarian at Park School and book collector, died of heart failure Thursday at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. She was 69 and lived in Reisterstown. Judith Bram was born and raised in New York City. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1973, and a master's degree in library science in 1975 from Drexel University in Philadelphia. In 1950, she married Paul George Rosenfeld, a social worker. Mr. Rosenfeld died in 1997.

Q: I want to learn more about fishing-related collectibles, including lures, rods, reels, fish decoys used for ice fishing and other such items made for the sport or that advertise such items. I have some old lures and tackle but have no idea of their worth. Who can tell me?A: Write to dealer Dan Basore, enclosing a photo or description of the fishing-related items you wish to sell or have appraised, at Historical Fishing Display, 3S375 Herrick Road, Warrenville, Ill. 60555; phone (708) 393-3474.

Q: How can I find out more about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans items and their value? I have a Roy Rogers and Trigger savings bank I saved from my childhood days.A: The Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Collectors Association (Box 1166, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662) offers an annual membership for $15 that includes a quarterly newsletter and a photograph of the couple. Or phone (614) 353-2146 for information on the ninth annual Roy Rogers Festival to be held Wednesday through Saturday in Portsmouth. A metal and plastic Roy Rogers and Trigger horseshoe bank is valued at $85 in "Warman's Americana & Collectibles Price Guide," edited by Harry L. Rinker ($17.

Thinking about where to vacation this summer? Ask for suggestions from Laurence Williams, a hotel consultant in Chatham, Mass., and he'll show you his nearly 600 pieces of vintage souvenir china instead of glossy travel brochures. Mr. Williams and a growing caravan of treasure hunters covet as hot and affordable collectibles what some folks dismiss as tacky relics of long-forgotten journeys.One souvenir-china collector reports paying as little as 10 cents at a flea market for a piece of nostalgia; others say their costliest keepsakes are worth $100 to $200 each.

If you're happy and you know it keep it to yourself, thanks. Happiness, it sometimes seems, has gone the way of Tab cola and Milli Vanilli, fading into oblivion. It's hip to be hopeless, stylish to be stressed and popular to be a pitiable sap spreading gloom and bad juju. Even Ann Landers seems to be toeing the "No one wants to hear about your good fortune" line. Maybe it's the Jerry Springer effect. Whatever it is, Pam Johnson is tired of it; she's not mad, mind you, because that would be a waste of mental energy.

Hospital, The Sun to aid anti-drug group targeting teen-agers HC DrugFree, a community-based volunteer organization dedicated to reducing substance abuse among teen-agers in Howard County, has formed a partnership with Howard County General Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and The Sun. The partnership was arranged by Paula Blake, specialist for the Career Connection program at Howard County public schools. The program builds partnerships between businesses and schools. HC DrugFree holds bimonthly meetings in which members share information and concerns about risk-taking behavior among teen-agers.

Two adjunct educators at Carroll Community College became full-time faculty members this semester:* Linda A. Gilmore of Hampstead hastaught reading and English skills at CCC since 1988 as an adjunct instructor. For her Reading 091 and 101 classes, she devised instructional techniques to increase the critical reading and thinking skills of students.She also taught reading and English modules of the Clerical Training Program for the college's Office of Continuing Education/Community Services; English Grammar Review; SAT Preparation; Contemporary Issues; and The Twentieth Century.

Flipping through a fund company's quarterly newsletter, my eyes came to a screeching halt when I read this savings tips for young investors: "Strive to save at least 10 percent to 15 percent of your income for retirement, with any additional savings earmarked for short-term goals such as a car, vacation or house." The newsletter elaborated, saying you should "save at least 15 percent of your salary each year for retirement as soon as you start working" and stay at that level throughout your career to ensure a comfortable retirement.

CHICAGO -- There is no greater joy to a collector than having the opportunity to join an organization of collectors who share a common interest. By banding together, group members take great pleasure in learning from each other and showing off their acquisitions, especially if rare, weird, unique or "the find of a lifetime" picked up for a pittance at a garage sale or flea market and worth a hundred times the price paid.If you're among those hooked on collecting a particular item (or group of related items)