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OAKLAND MILLS High's freshman class will be well prepared for the opening of school if the students read the "Quill," the Parent Teacher Student Association newsletter. Lunch and bell schedules, class levels, extracurricular activities, sports eligibility and PTSA meetings are all explained in the publication sent to the family of each freshman.It is full of information, and one of its best pages is a map of the school. Have you ever been in an unfamiliar building and wondered, "Which way do I turn for odd numbered rooms?"

HOW WILL the stock market end 1998? If you think you know, enter our Dow Jones forecasting contest.Postcards -- letters will not be accepted -- must be postmarked by midnight Feb. 1.The closest crystal ball gazer for the final Dow Jones industrial average, on Dec. 31, wins dinner for two at his or her favorite area restaurant as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ticker. Second-closest wins lunch for two.The 10 next-closest will receive hardback books about money and investments, value about $25.Print your Dec. 31, 1998, Dow Jones forecast (no decimals)

"A Midwife Through the Dying Process," by Timothy E. Quill, Johns Hopkins University Press. 239 pages. $24.95It's hard to argue with one of the more memorable contentions of this book: No one should have to die with a plastic bag over his head. (The Hemlock Society recommends the bag as a suicide backup measure if an overdose of barbiturates doesn't do the job.) But by logical extension, in Dr. Timothy Quill's vaguely Orwellian version of compassionate medical care, terminally ill patient who wishes to hasten death should have sanitized, clinical protocols available - and physicians should have not only the freedom, but the responsibility, to administer them.

"The Violet Quill Reader: The Emergence of Gay Writing After Stonewall," by David Bergman, Ed. 410 pages. New York: St. Martin's Press. Paperback, $14.95David Bergman undertook a noble, ambitious task. He assembled selections of the best published and unpublished chapters, short stories, essays, personal letters and diary entries of America's most prominent gay contemporary writers. Moreover, he explained the literary, historical and social significance of their work. The result is a sophisticated tome that should appeal not only to academics or gay people interested in their cultural heritage, but to lovers of good writing as well.

A 17-year-old Philadelphia youth was released on his own recognizance Tuesday after being arrested on several charges, including nine counts of assault and battery, after Harford County sheriff's deputies said he forced his way into a party while the teen-age host's parents were away.The suspect also was charged with a handgun violation and breaking and entering in the incident that occurred at 4:45 a.m. July 22 in the 1600 block of Prindle Drive in Bel Air. He is tTC accused of threatening several occupants of the house, including the 16-year-old daughter of the homeowner.

A Harford County man will be celebrating his 29th birthday in jail today, accused of robbing a Joppa bank and leading state troopers on a brief chase before the getaway car collided with a police cruiser.The robbery occurred at 9:45 a.m. yesterday at the Harford National Bank on Riviera Drive, where a man implied he had a weapon, handed a note to a teller demanding money and got more than $4,500, police said.The suspect was seen fleeing in a blue Toyota Corolla later found to have stolen Maryland tags.

"Carry Me Like Water," by Benjamin Alire Saenz. 448 pages, Hyperion. $22.95Back in the days when George Minot and I ran fiction workshops out of Miss Bonnie's Elvis Bar, George would hold up a manuscript and ask: "Who's story is this?"It was not a question of authorship. George sought to excise and exhibit the heart of narrative: Who's story is being told?In poet Ben Senz's first novel "Carry Me Like Water" - a book about miracles that falls short of becoming a miraculous book - the story belongs to a small crowd of characters vexed by identity: their real ones, their assumed ones, and the one that results from carrying both around for too long.

Bucky Levin is the kind of Jewish man who knows more about the glory days of the Baltimore Colts than about the intricacies of his faith. For years, he traveled with the team, owned 107 pairs of season tickets at Memorial Stadium and counted the players as friends.But at 84, with the cheers for Alan Ameche long silent and most of his life behind him, Mr. Levin finds himself embracing the Judaism of his East Baltimore childhood the way he used to hug football stars after a big victory."I'm definitely a Jew, there's no question," said Mr. Levin, referring to his heart as much as his heritage.

State police said they confiscated 432 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 near Havre de Grace yesterday, the second largest amount they ever have seized.The marijuana was discovered during a routine commercial vehicle inspection by Cpl. Paul Quill, who became suspicious when rig driver Frederick A. Tavares, 48, of Miami, showed him a handwritten cargo invoice, said Michael McKelvin, a state police spokesman.Usually, invoices are typed on a form with a company's letterhead that also names a person or company to receive the shipment, Corporal Quill said.

Two New York men are being held without bail after state police reported stopping their car on Interstate 95 near Aberdeen and finding $300,000 worth of drugs.Tfc. Paul Quill said yesterday that the men told conflicting stories about their travels when he stopped them for speeding Wednesday, so he asked for their written consent to search the car.Trooper Quill said he noticed that the 1991 Mercury Cougar had only one stereo speaker, and he probed its grill."I could see something was inside, and it appeared to be drugs," the trooper said.

Angela Roberts Allegro. Class '73 Overlea High, and lived in Florida. Angela is survived by her husband Thomas Roberts, daughter Carly Roberts, sons Ensign Brent Tysinger USN and Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Tysinger USN, sisters Theresa Zerhusen, Mary Jakubowski and husband Gilbert, Jeanne Quill and husband Gary, along with nieces and nephews.

Helen H. Quill, a retired seamstress and neighborhood activist, died Friday of cancer at her Southwest Baltimore home. She was 81. Helen Hawkins was born in a Dolphin Street rowhouse and later moved with her family to a home on Tyson Street. From her Tyson Street home, she enjoyed watching the elegantly dressed crowd entering the then-segregated Lyric Theatre, said her son, Calvin B. Quill Jr., of Baltimore. "She loved the notion of making beautiful clothes for others to wear," he said.

On May 9, 2008 HELEN H. loving wife of the late Calvin Quill, Sr.; two sons Calvin Quill, Jr. and Rodney D. Quill; one brother Lloyd Hopkins; one sister Melvina Hawkins and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fred Hilton Pass on Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Family will receive friends at St. Joseph's Monastery, 251 S. Morley St. on Friday. Christian Wake 10:30 a.m., Mass of the Resurrection at 11 a.m. Interment New Cathedral Cemetery.

On February 13, 2006, ELIZABETH PHELPS QUILL; beloved wife of the late John Thomas Quill; loving mother of the late Charles and David M. Quill, Sr. and sons John "Tee" and Patrick and daughter Elizabeth L. Quill. Also survived by 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Friends may visit at the Fleck Funeral Home, 760 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel, MD on Thursday, February 16, from 3 to 8 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's of the Mills Roman Catholic Church, 114 Saint Mary's Place, Laurel, MD. Interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, 817 Main Street, Laurel, MD. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Laurel Historical Society, Inc. or the Pallottine Sisters, 404 8th Street, Laurel, MD 20707.

1964: COAT OF ARMS The Harford County coat of arms was designed by George Van Bibber and adopted by the County Commissioners on Sept. 28, 1964. The shield in the design is gold, which symbolizes the wealth of the county and the richness of its fields. Across the shield are waving bands of blue signifying three major Harford streams - Deer Creek, Bynum Run and Winters Run. The crest is a two-handed forearm with the right hand holding a white quill symbolizing the pen used by those who wrote and signed the Bush Declaration, which supported independence and was signed by Harford residents.

Hugh Leonard, who lives in Ireland, is a playwright and screenwriter whose work is quite well known in the United States, especially among Americans fond of Ireland. His plays have included the Tony Award-winning Da and A Life. His screenplays include Widow's Peak. He has written extensively for television, particularly adaptations of major novels. He has published two volumes of autobiography, Home Before Night and Out After Dark. Now he's written a novel -- A Wild People (St. Martin's, 276 pages, $23.95)

This is probably the busiest week of the year for Elizabeth Quill, who runs the mutuels department at Laurel and Pimlico race courses. Quill, a Laurel resident, will report to work on Preakness day around 3: 30 a.m. and call it quits around 9 p.m. Quill, whose uncle, Sunshine Calvert, trained champions In Reality and Unbridled, can't tell you what steed to bet on. But she can tell you what she'll wear for her long day: "Most likely, a pair of Ralph Lauren...

OAKLAND MILLS High's freshman class will be well prepared for the opening of school if the students read the "Quill," the Parent Teacher Student Association newsletter. Lunch and bell schedules, class levels, extracurricular activities, sports eligibility and PTSA meetings are all explained in the publication sent to the family of each freshman.It is full of information, and one of its best pages is a map of the school. Have you ever been in an unfamiliar building and wondered, "Which way do I turn for odd numbered rooms?"

HOW WILL the stock market end 1998? If you think you know, enter our Dow Jones forecasting contest.Postcards -- letters will not be accepted -- must be postmarked by midnight Feb. 1.The closest crystal ball gazer for the final Dow Jones industrial average, on Dec. 31, wins dinner for two at his or her favorite area restaurant as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ticker. Second-closest wins lunch for two.The 10 next-closest will receive hardback books about money and investments, value about $25.Print your Dec. 31, 1998, Dow Jones forecast (no decimals)

"A Midwife Through the Dying Process," by Timothy E. Quill, Johns Hopkins University Press. 239 pages. $24.95It's hard to argue with one of the more memorable contentions of this book: No one should have to die with a plastic bag over his head. (The Hemlock Society recommends the bag as a suicide backup measure if an overdose of barbiturates doesn't do the job.) But by logical extension, in Dr. Timothy Quill's vaguely Orwellian version of compassionate medical care, terminally ill patient who wishes to hasten death should have sanitized, clinical protocols available - and physicians should have not only the freedom, but the responsibility, to administer them.