Ratcliffe

On March 19, 2007 MILDRED RATCLIFFE of Bel Air, MD. Devoted mother of Raye M. Alford. Loving sister of Henry Debelius, Jr. and Frieda Hopkins. Also survived by four grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Bel Air, MD on Friday, March 23, 2007 at 12 P.M. Interment will be in Darlington Cemetery, Darlington, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bel Air on Thursday, March 22, 2007 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. and again on Friday, March 23, 2007 from 10 to 12 P.M. prior to the service.

Et cetera Sports Legends Museum to honor ex-Oriole Murray In celebration of Saturday's statue unveiling of former Oriole Eddie Murray , Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards is showcasing a memorabilia display from Friday to Sept. 3. Items on display include Murray's road jersey from 1996, the year he hit his 500th home run in a home game at Oriole Park; a game-used bat; Murray's 1996 American League Championship Series locker nameplate; and a cachet issued for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Johns Hopkins junior midfielder Paul Rabil does not rank high among the nation's Division I scoring leaders, but where would the sixth-ranked Blue Jays be without the reigning first-team All-American? Rabil has scored game-winning goals against three top 10 teams. He became the first player in school history to produce two overtime goals in the same season. Those goals beat Princeton on March 3 and Maryland on April 14. Then, Saturday against visiting Navy, Rabil again was the difference.

On January 8, 2010, DOLORES (nee Sheppard); beloved wife of Frankie Ratcliffe; devoted mother of Gerard, Paul, Brian, Colum Ratcliffe and his wife Leah and Elizabeth Hagedorn and her husband Bob; loving sister of Joe and Bobby Sheppard. Also survived by ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Clare Catholic Church Tuesday 10:30 A.M. Interment private.

Donald Burns Ratcliffe, a prolific architect who designed Mays Chapel Village, as well as homes and academic structures in Baltimore, died Friday from complications of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Ruxton resident was 83. Born in Baltimore and raised on Mount Royal Avenue, he was a 1944 Calvert Hall College High School graduate and attended Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg. He enlisted in the Naval Air Corps in 1944 and served until 1946. He then earned a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

EMMITSBURG -- Growing up playing the fast-paced sport of Canadian box lacrosse, UMBC's Jeff Ratcliffe is no stranger to scoring goals in bunches. Recently, however, the sophomore has begun to make a habit of it.Entering yesterday's game against host Mount St. Mary's ranked second in the nation in goals per game, Ratcliffe scored a career-high seven, all in the first 42 minutes, in leading the Retrievers to a 14-8 win over the Mountaineers.For the Coquitlam, British Columbia native, who has now scored at least three goals in seven of his team's nine games, this season has seemed just like old times.

Kathleen Ratcliffe, who has led the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association's far-flung convention marketing efforts for 6 1/2 years, is resigning to become president of the Jacksonville, Fla., convention bureau.Ratcliffe, the Baltimore agency's vice president since her failed bid to become its president 15 months ago, will leave June 30 to take the helm at the Jacksonville and the Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau.Working with a budget far below that of competitors for most of her tenure in the effort to lure conventions to Baltimore, Ratcliffe nonetheless won accolades here and throughout the convention industry for a work ethic and a knack for selling and for delivering on what she promised from the city.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - It isn't a mainstream life but it's the right life, the compassionate life. Animals are worth going to prison for, worth risking death for. A life for a life. All lives are equal, Dawn Ratcliffe says.A roach on the kitchen counter? Go, be free. Huge spider in the bathroom? Live long and prosper. Even a gnat feels pain. Oysters, clams, they can't scream, but that doesn't mean they can't feel. Who knows whether clams feel pain? You'd have to be a clam.Ratcliffe sighs. She is a young woman, 24. When she's not working in the recycling center at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, she travels all over to demonstrate for animal rights.

Jeff Ratcliffe's 3,000-mile trip from British Columbia to UMBC two years ago was a journey that will go down as one of the most productive recruiting ventures in the history of the university's lacrosse program.Once Ratcliffe arrived on campus from the small island of Coquitlam, near Vancouver, a quick connection took place between the 20-year-old box lacrosse specialist and Retrievers coach Don Zimmerman."Five minutes was all it took for me to know I wanted this guy to play for me," Zimmerman said.

North Laurel resident Michael Ratcliffe has been short-changed on his 15 minutes of fame.Howard County is $75,486 richer because of his efforts, yet he was not mentioned Friday at a news conference celebrating the event.A news release noting that the county will be receiving revenue "erroneously credited to other counties," refers to Mr. Ratcliffe only as"a Howard County citizen," and not by name.For the record, Mr. Ratcliffe discovered a coding error on his state income tax return -- an error that led to his having a higher tax bill.

Donald Burns Ratcliffe, a prolific architect who designed Mays Chapel Village, as well as homes and academic structures in Baltimore, died Friday from complications of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Ruxton resident was 83. Born in Baltimore and raised on Mount Royal Avenue, he was a 1944 Calvert Hall College High School graduate and attended Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg. He enlisted in the Naval Air Corps in 1944 and served until 1946. He then earned a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

COLLEGE PARK -- UMBC coach Don Zimmerman was an assistant coach at North Carolina and P.J. Kimener, his 27-year-old midfielder by way of the U.S. Navy, was an infant the last time the Retrievers won a game in the NCAA tournament. Zimmerman, Kimener and everyone associated with UMBC and its men's lacrosse team enjoyed a victory for the ages last night at Byrd Stadium, where the Retrievers handled seventh-seeded Maryland, 13-9. It was UMBC's first NCAA win since 1980, when it took the Division II title for coach Dick Watts.

Last Sunday, UMBC seniors Andy Gallagher and Drew Westervelt were hoping, and praying, that the lords of lacrosse would allow them to play at least one more game together in the NCAA Division I tournament. "It was not a good time, not a good time at all," said Gallagher, still shaking his head in disbelief. "I was just hoping that the committee saw we were playing well, 6-1 in the last seven games. We took Albany, a very good team, to a one-goal game. I was hoping they knew we were playing very good lacrosse, and we could continue to play that way in the tournament."

Senior Drew Westervelt scored five goals and freshman Cayle Ratcliffe added four as second-seeded UMBC beat third-seeded Binghamton, 11-7, in Albany, N.Y., yesterday in an America East tournament semifinal. The Retrievers (10-4) won for the sixth straight time to register their second consecutive 10-plus-win season. They advanced to take on top seed and host Albany in the championship game tomorrow at 1 p.m. Albany (13-2) routed fourth-seeded Stony Brook, 17-5, as Merrick Thomson scored a season-high seven goals and had two assists.

Johns Hopkins junior midfielder Paul Rabil does not rank high among the nation's Division I scoring leaders, but where would the sixth-ranked Blue Jays be without the reigning first-team All-American? Rabil has scored game-winning goals against three top 10 teams. He became the first player in school history to produce two overtime goals in the same season. Those goals beat Princeton on March 3 and Maryland on April 14. Then, Saturday against visiting Navy, Rabil again was the difference.

UMBC goalie Jeremy Blevins needs no motivation when he plays Towson University. His twin brother, Phil, is a reserve midfielder for the Tigers. "I definitely circled this one," Blevins said. "It's always good to go against your brother and come out on top." Blevins, all 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds of him, came up huge in the Retrievers' 11-9 victory last night at UMBC Stadium. The Tigers pumped out five goals in the first 20 minutes, but scored just two over the next 30 and got their only scores in the final 10 when Blevins was working a man down.

Michael Ratcliffe never thought his career as a geographer would help him with his tax returns.But when he got a letter in May notifying him that his state income tax refund was being reduced from $294.12 to $59.72, he was fairly certain there had been a geographical mistake.Mr. Ratcliffe, a geographer with the Census Bureau in Suitland, lives in the Howard County portion of Laurel, known unofficially as North Laurel.But in the eyes of the state comptroller's office, he's a Prince George's County resident because of his Laurel mailing address.

Senior Drew Westervelt scored five goals and freshman Cayle Ratcliffe added four as second-seeded UMBC beat third-seeded Binghamton, 11-7, in Albany, N.Y., yesterday in an America East tournament semifinal. The Retrievers (10-4) won for the sixth straight time to register their second consecutive 10-plus-win season. They advanced to take on top seed and host Albany in the championship game tomorrow at 1 p.m. Albany (13-2) routed fourth-seeded Stony Brook, 17-5, as Merrick Thomson scored a season-high seven goals and had two assists.