Rambo

On July 2, 2005 JEAN K. (nee Kelly); beloved wife of the late James Rambo. Funeral arrangements by the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Rocky Balboa, Hollywood's favorite heavyweight, will be all over AMC today. The franchise started in 1976 with Rocky (3 p.m., repeats 2:30 a.m.), a little film starring a beefy grade-B actor no one had heard of that became a giant, Oscar-winning hit. Sylvester Stallone, whose previous resume included playing a street tough in The Lords of Flatbush (and a stud in the soft-core porn The Party at Kitty and Stud's), almost through force of will alone got this film made. It seemed destined to fail from the start; who wants to watch an unknown actor in a film about a third-rate boxer getting an unexpected shot at the heavyweight title?

ON JULY 8, 2005, CATHERINE M., beloved wife of the late James J. Rambo Sr, loving mother of James J. Rambo, Jr., of Littleton, OH, Dennis S. Rambo, of Windemere, FL, and Gerald M. Rambo, of Westminster, MD, grandmother of 6 and great-grandmother of 1. Services will be held at the convenience of the family . Interment in St. Cecelia Cemetery, Coatesville, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN...

There's something oddly touching about Sylvester Stallone's march down memory lane, dusting off one of his most iconic characters for another outing after years in mothballs. As with 2006's Rocky Balboa and now Rambo, the 60-year-old star dons the persona like a comfy old suit, a little worse for wear but eminently recognizable. Since drawing First Blood in 1982, John Rambo, a taciturn, nihilistic Vietnam vet who favors a bow and arrow and knife over modern weaponry (but can pretty much wipe out an entire regiment single-handedly with anything in reach)

You can rest easy. The producers of that much-delayed "Christopher Columbus" opus, scripted by Mario Puzo, have finally announced their director.They plan to set sail with George P. Cosmatos at the helm. He's the man behind such sensitive historical re-enactments as "Rambo: First Blood Part II" and "Cobra."

He can run only once a month now, and his racing career is nearing the end after 52 starts and 28 finishes in the money.But Rambo Phil, owned by the H & Bee Stable of Haymarket, Va., is among the rarest of horses -- those who continue to compete at the track and are being bred simultaneously.The 7-year-old hasn't won since November at Laurel but is consistently on the board. Saturday, he sired his second foal of the spring."He's the nicest horse to work around," trainer Greg Wilson said yesterday after Rambo Phil started sluggishly, then finished fourth in a $12,000 claiming race.

An 18-year-old man charged with murder told police he was playing "Rambo" when he accidentally shot the man who bailed him out of jail.After the brother of a fellow inmate picked up MacArthur Rayman of Gambrills at the County Detention Center Wednesday, the two went to the friend's home and played Rambo with a .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle, Rayman said.At a bail review Friday in District Court, Rayman's bail was set at $125,000 -- $100,000 for the murder charge and $25,000 for an unrelated arson charge.

KOSTAJNICA, Croatia -- Trails of smoke wisped into the air above burned-out buildings. A bloodstained doorway marked the place where one person died. The bullet-pocked homes were abandoned.This scene of devastation was the latest handiwork of the man they call the "Rambo from Knin," although he prefers to be called "Captain Dragan." Lean, iron-eyed, 36 years old and prematurely gray, he has a scarred face. It is the face of a historic conflict.A boastful soldier of fortune, thought to have belonged to the French Foreign Legion, he has trained the 12,000-strong rebel Serb army inside Croatia that devastated the republic's defenses as it captured towns and villages in a wide area southeast of Zagreb, the Croatian capital.

Hereford's Hollis Botti may not be at full speed, but she can still score. The second-team All-Metro striker netted the only goal, a 25-yard drive in the 13th minute yesterday as the Bulls slipped past Parkville, 1-0, in a key Baltimore County Division II match. Wearing a bulky knee brace after surgery last winter to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Botti now runs at about 80 percent. Instead of surging by defenders, the senior has to rely even more on her ability to read openings in the defense.

Frostburg State advanced to the regional semifinals of the NCAA Division III women's soccer championship for the first time with a 3-2 victory over visiting Westminster (Pa.) yesterday. The Bobcats (16-4) move on to play regional No. 1 seed Scranton (20-0-1) at 5 p.m. Saturday at Muhlenburg College in Allentown, Pa. Westminster finished its season at 16-7. Frostburg's first two goals came from Karen Kotofski (Northeast). Fellow junior Becky Rambo (Hereford) netted the decisive score with 2:05 remaining, extending the Bobcats' winning streak to 12. Rambo beat diving goalkeeper Laura Vollmer for the goal.

On March 12, 2007, MARY ELIZABETH (nee Babyok), beloved wife of Raymond P. Reitz; devoted mother of David Harris and Christy Baumgartel; dear grandmother of Logan, Michael and Gina; daughter of Georgette Babyok (Ayer, Mass.); sister of Jerry Babyok, Tim Babyok (Holyoak, Mass.) and Howard Babyok, Jr.; niece of S. Irvin and Agnes M. Rambo (FL); aunt of Christopher and Leonard. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road (Overlea) on Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Christian Wake Service will be held on Thursday, due notice of time will be given.

On July 26, 2006, JOHN D. RAMBO, age 80. Born in Macon, GA and grew up in Talbotton and Columbus, GA. Auburn University Electrical Engineering graduate and Sigma Chi Fraternity member. World War II Veteran and regional salesman for many years in Baltimore for Bussman of St. Louis, MO and owner of Rambo Associates, Inc. An Elder at Moorings Presbyterian Church and member of Royal Poinciana Country Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and BArons of the Magna Carta. He loved golfing, fishing and hunting.

A 27-year-old Lansdowne man has been charged with rape in an attack last month of a woman on a path leading to a footbridge over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, police said yesterday. Michael Roland Hitchens of the 800 block of Rambo Court was arrested Thursday at the Baltimore County Detention Center, where he was being held on an unrelated charge, police said. He is charged with first-degree rape, armed robbery and false imprisonment in the Nov. 2 attack of a woman who was grabbed while approaching the footbridge near the 300 block of Freeway in Lansdowne, forced into a wooded area and raped, police said.

ON JULY 8, 2005, CATHERINE M., beloved wife of the late James J. Rambo Sr, loving mother of James J. Rambo, Jr., of Littleton, OH, Dennis S. Rambo, of Windemere, FL, and Gerald M. Rambo, of Westminster, MD, grandmother of 6 and great-grandmother of 1. Services will be held at the convenience of the family . Interment in St. Cecelia Cemetery, Coatesville, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN...

In the Region Development group wins lease to run Inner Harbor Marina A development group that includes Harbor Bank executive Joseph Haskins Jr. has received a lease to operate the Inner Harbor Marina off Key Highway in South Baltimore. Under a deal approved by the Board of Estimates yesterday, Marine Associates LLC will pay the city $199,992 annually to rent the 158-slip marina. The lease has a three-year renewal option and is about $160,000 a year more than the lease with the previous operator, said Andrew B. Frank, executive vice president of the Baltimore Development Corp.

They say time flies when you're having fun. And even when you're not, time does have a way of moving way too fast. That reality is driven home to us every year when we are deluged by hype surrounding the 25th anniversary of this or the 10th anniversary of that. So to give you a heads-up on what we'll be facing this year, here's a clip-and-save guide of all the notable pop culture anniversaries we'll be "celebrating" in 2005. 50 Years (1955) July 9 - "Rock Around the Clock": Bill Haley and His Comets' hit (used as the theme for the film Blackboard Jungle)

On February 9, 2003; BLANCHE BRENDLE CORN of Benson, MD; devoted mother of Page W. Higgins, Jr. and Brenda C. Eckstein. Also survived by four grandchildren Page W. Higgins, III, Bren D. Higgins, Andrea B. Belli, and Tiffany Eckstein Collins, and four great-grandchildren Alexandra Marie Rambo, Brendle Caroline Rambo, and Ryan Garrett and Jared Thomas Higgins and her nephew Thomas M. Brendle and James E. Massey. A Service will be held in Walker Chapel at Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, MD on Thursday, February 13 at 12 noon.

HARRISBURG - Franklin C. Brown, a former Rite Aid Corp. chief counsel convicted of accounting fraud, was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday by a judge who rejected his arguments that the term would be a death sentence because he is 76 and ill. Brown was convicted last October of conspiring to inflate earnings at Rite Aid, the No. 3 U.S. drugstore chain, witness tampering and obstructing justice. Before the trial, he signed a plea agreement that would have brought him a much lighter sentence, but changed his mind and gambled on an acquittal at trial.