Quinlan

For every Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers, for every martyr to the civil rights cause, there were thousands of other heroes who took similar risks, exhibited similar bravery and should be similarly celebrated. "Freedom Song," a tale of the civil rights movement set in the fictional town of Quinlan, Miss., in 1961, drives that point home with an emotional punch I suspect few will be able to resist. From the opening scenes, when a black father is forced to beat his own son by some white locals out for a few laughs, to the counter sit-ins and marches that eventually usher Quinlan into a time when equality just might be possible, it's a film that reminds us how truly depraved society once was. It also suggests that the greatest tragedy of the civil rights movement was that it forced everyday people to put their lives on the line to exercise such basic rights as voting and using public libraries.

THE names are familiar -- Quinlan, Brophy, Lawrance, Delio, Busalacchi, Rosebush, Cole, Wanglie, Mack, Amerman. These are the names of those Americans who pioneered a strange frontier, the boundaries of the right to die.I have been invoking these names for many years in classrooms, lecture halls and articles as a kind of abstract shorthand -- easy references to the key legal landmarks governing the right to say "No more" to medical technology. Those days are over.The University of Minnesota Center for Biomedical Ethics recently organized a conference to examine issues around the right to die. In addition to the usual experts, some of the families who had lived through the legal battles, the protests and the media hounding were invited to speak.

At the midway point in the season, the Glenelg Country boys basketball team is still getting settled into the demanding Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference after moving up from the B Conference. Coach Kevin Quinlan has continually preached a "one quarter at a time"  approach, and Tuesday it helped produce the program's biggest win to date when the Dragons (7-6) upset perennial league power and No. 6 St. Frances, 57-55. For Quinlan, who led the Dragons to the B Conference crown and a 28-3 mark in his first season last year, there was little time to celebrate - the team travels to Loyola on Friday.

Paula King of Pikesville was looking for a recipe she lost track of for a sherry cake that she made many years ago. Dottie Hill of Holiday Island, Ark., sent in a recipe that she says she has had for more than 30 years. The foundation of this delicious cake is a box of yellow cake mix. Eggs, oil, instant vanilla pudding and sherry are added to the basic mix and the finished cake tastes nothing like an ordinary cake from a mix. A glaze made from sherry and confectioners' sugar is poured over the cake when it is removed from the oven.

He is a young man, only 25, although there's no way of knowing this from his appearance. Fire has excavated almost to the bone both his face and body. Still, even in his blunted features, agony has found a way to express itself. The young man's suffering is captured in the flickering black-and-white images of a grainy tape filmed in a Texas hospital 25 years ago.Once, Donald Cowart was an Air Force pilot who flew jets in and out of Vietnam; a handsome, strong-willed man with a passion for driving fast in his Alfa Romeo.

Joseph T. Quinlan, 71, whose legal crusade to allow his daughter Karen Ann to "die with dignity" thrust him into the national spotlight, died of cancer Saturday in Wantage, N.J.His care had been supervised by the Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope, the Newton, N.J., hospice he and his wife, Julia, helped start with proceeds from a book and television movie about their daughter's case.Karen Ann Quinlan was 21 when she slipped into a coma at a party on April 15, 1975. Convinced that her condition would not improve, her parents requested that her respirator be turned off. Doctors refused.

Turf Valley Hotel makes staff changesTurf Valley Hotel and Country Club inEllicott City has announced three personnel changes.Jackie Neidhardt of Ellicott City has been hired as personnel administrative assistant. She graduated last year from the University of Maryland with a degree in business management.Angie Apostolou of Perry Hall has been hired as the catering sales manager.Kelly Quinlan of Baltimore will be the country club's first concierge. Ms. Quinlan grew up in Columbia and began working for Turf Valley in 1990 as a marketing assistant.

It's a fact Greg Maddux of the Braves is 134-4 since the 1991 All-Star break when he gets five or more runs of support. Milestone Robb Quinlan of the Angels became the 12th first base man to play a 9-inning game without making a putout. The number 31: Major league ballparks Barry Bonds has played in - and he's hit at least one home run in each.

On August 10, 2004 EDNA L., beloved wife of Carl Mannel; dear sister of Doris Quinlan and Howard Leazer. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may gather at MILLER-DIPPEL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 6415 Belair Road, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service will be held on Friday, 11 A.M. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

The Hills Have Eyes is Wolf Creek with Geiger counters instead of "G'days." The plot points are close enough that you'd think a lawyer would have taken note. Wes Craven made the original Hills, about lost suburbanites stalked by mutant victims of nuclear testing, back in 1977. The Hills Have Eyes (Fox Searchlight) Starring Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Rated R. Time 107 minutes.