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On December 21, 2006 DOUGLAS STUART REES, beloved father of Joshua Rees and his wife Heather and Seth Rees, son of the late Rev. David and Regina Rees, grandfather of Garrett Rees, brother of Rev. Dr. David Rees, Ann Holland, Dr. Thomas Rees and Linda Beam. He was preceded in death by Jennifer Rees, the mother Joshua and Seth Rees. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Contributions may be made in his memory to: The Salvation Army, Adult Rehabilitation Center, 2700 W. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21230-2702.

Flora M. Rees, former administrative assistant to the dean of what was then the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, died Sept. 25 of heart failure at Atrium Village in Owings Mills. She was 89. The daughter of a barber who owned Miller's Beauty Parlor and a homemaker, Flora Miller was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park. A graduate of Forest Park High School, Mrs. Rees worked for the U.S. Post Office during World War II. In 1944, she married Harold B. Rees, an executive for Commercial Credit Corp., which later became Control Data Corp.

When Charles Rees two years ago injected his healthy dose of skepticism into the proceedings of the body that oversees recreational facilities in Columbia, it was thought that he was ushering in an era of revolution. Now, one must wonder if that revolution has been lost, like any non-Columbian trying to navigate his way around the planned city.Mr. Rees is resigning from the council, along with its president, Evelyn Richardson. Meanwhile, candidates who might have played a Rees-like contrarian role in Columbia affairs lost in this weekend's elections.

Wedding days: October 13, 2012 and October 27, 2012 His story: Jahantab Sidiqui, 26, grew up in Pakistan and moved to Howard County when he was 14. He is the owner of J.S. Strategies - which is currently managing the campaign for Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger - and lives in Baltimore. His father, Dr. Akhtar Sidiqui is a retired general practitioner and senior vice president at SSSI Corporation. His mother, Parveen Nayab, is a manager at Bank of America. Her story: LaRee McCuan, 29, grew up in Howard County.

After leaving the Columbia Council next month, Charles A. Rees and Evelyn A. Richardson will continue moving in opposite directions.Mr. Rees will devote more time to a citizens group he helped found last spring that's pushing to incorporate Columbia as a city. Ms. Richardson hopes to join the citizens organization spawned last month to counter that movement.Though Columbia has no political parties, the two colleagues pitched their tents in different camps while on the council."Evelyn's basic bias was, things are pretty good.

Patricia S. Rees, a retired Howard County educator and volunteer, died Wednesday of breast and colon cancer at her Columbia home. She was 63. For more than 20 years, Mrs. Rees taught in Howard County middle schools until retiring from Patuxent Valley Middle School in 1994. She also had taught study skills classes at Howard Community College for several years. Born Patricia Stauffer in Long Beach, Calif., and raised in Santa Ana, Calif., she earned her bachelor's degree in education from San Jose State University.

On Friday, October 21, 2005, RUTH ANNA SHATTUCK, 79, passed away at her home in Laurel, DE; wife of the late Arthur E. Shattuck; daughter to the late Francis G. Zeckman and Ida M. Straub Zeckman; sister to the late Helen Chambers; she is survived by her son, Steven Mark Shattuck of Selbyville, DE; daughter Bonita Ann Shattuck Rees of Baldwin, MD; grandchildren Michael David Rees of Austin, TX, Keleigh Elizabeth Rees Wetherill of Fallston, MD, Paige Rees...

On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, HELEN J. ROMAN (NEE Jaffe); loving wife of the late Dr. Paul W. Roman; beloved mother of Sheila Rees, Ellen Rothschild and Arnold Roman; devoted mother-in-law of Tom Rees, Bruce Rothschild and Tanya Leah Roman; beloved sister of Reba Saval of Baltimore and the late Harry Jaffe; loving grandmother of Daniel Rees, Emily and Laura Rothschild. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS, INC, 8900 Reisterstown, Road at Mount Wilson Lane on Friday March 24 at 10 A.M. Interment Moses Montefiore-Woodmoor Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd.

When it comes to Mount Hebron High School basketball, Brad Rees has toiled in the shadows of success.Fifteen years ago, Brad was the smart, scrappy sixth man on the Vikings' varsity team, "a down-and-dirty, garbage-type player" as he recalls. His younger brother, Cliff, would come along seven years later to grab headlines by setting a career scoring record in 1984 (it was broken three years later by Barry Young), the same year he led Hebron to a state title.While Cliff was having his Hebron jersey retired and landing a basketball scholarship at Navy -- where he played with future NBA star center David Robinson -- Brad was keeping in touch with the game in quieter ways.

John Conrad HeckFormer dentistDr. John Conrad Heck, a retired dentist, former naval commander and avid tennis player, died Saturday of cancer at his home in Baltimore. He was 85.Dr. Heck operated a private practice on Greenmount Avenue that spanned 45 years.During World War II, he closed his practice, but he reopened it in 1949, taking patients for the next 34 years. He retired in 1983.He entered the Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific theater with the rank of commander. Later, he served in the naval reserves with the 4th Marines Engineer Battalion.

Sometime between parting with $80 for dubious pantry staples, discovering the scent of baking cat food to be something less than potpourri and nursing a blister earned trying to carve pounds of kibble into kitten-sized morsels, it sunk in: I'm a buyer, not a maker, of pet food. And that's not even counting the kitty's disparaging review of my labors on his behalf. Yet after a number of dogs and cats died last year from contaminated commercial pet food, more animal owners are consulting cookbooks, scouring the Internet for tips, investing in odd ingredients and devoting hours of free time, all to serve their furry companions homemade casseroles, soups and stews.

Sykesville and Carroll County officials are planning to hire a project manager to oversee the business redevelopment of the $11 million Warfield Complex, hoping to increase the industrial tax base in the region while preserving historic buildings on the former grounds of Springfield Hospital Center. The combined public-private Warfield Development Corp. will hire a developer or develop in chunks a business park at the 96-acre complex, which includes 12 historic buildings and five additional parcels that will be built, said Brad Rees, president of the nine-member Warfield Development Corp.

On December 21, 2006 DOUGLAS STUART REES, beloved father of Joshua Rees and his wife Heather and Seth Rees, son of the late Rev. David and Regina Rees, grandfather of Garrett Rees, brother of Rev. Dr. David Rees, Ann Holland, Dr. Thomas Rees and Linda Beam. He was preceded in death by Jennifer Rees, the mother Joshua and Seth Rees. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Contributions may be made in his memory to: The Salvation Army, Adult Rehabilitation Center, 2700 W. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21230-2702.

On December 18, 2006, KENNARD G. LANG, JR., of Eldersburg, beloved husband of Edith S. (nee Sheckells) Lang, father of Patricia L. Rees and her husband William and Kennard G. Lang, III and his wife Edith; grandfather of Emily, Tyler and Luke Rees and Elisabeth, Nathan and Karalynn Lang; brother of the late James Leslie Lang. Services from the ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Road (at Franklin Boulevard) on Thursday at 1:30 P.M. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those desiring may make contributions to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Philip Merrill Environmental Center, 6 Herdon Avenue, Annapolis, MD, 21403 or www.cbf.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, HELEN J. ROMAN (NEE Jaffe); loving wife of the late Dr. Paul W. Roman; beloved mother of Sheila Rees, Ellen Rothschild and Arnold Roman; devoted mother-in-law of Tom Rees, Bruce Rothschild and Tanya Leah Roman; beloved sister of Reba Saval of Baltimore and the late Harry Jaffe; loving grandmother of Daniel Rees, Emily and Laura Rothschild. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS, INC, 8900 Reisterstown, Road at Mount Wilson Lane on Friday March 24 at 10 A.M. Interment Moses Montefiore-Woodmoor Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd.

On Friday, October 21, 2005, RUTH ANNA SHATTUCK, 79, passed away at her home in Laurel, DE; wife of the late Arthur E. Shattuck; daughter to the late Francis G. Zeckman and Ida M. Straub Zeckman; sister to the late Helen Chambers; she is survived by her son, Steven Mark Shattuck of Selbyville, DE; daughter Bonita Ann Shattuck Rees of Baldwin, MD; grandchildren Michael David Rees of Austin, TX, Keleigh Elizabeth Rees Wetherill of Fallston, MD, Paige Rees...

Alternate Thursday nights find Chuck Rees in a corporate board room making what he considers "good faith" decisions on the best interests of the nonprofit Columbia Association. But weekends, the Columbia councilman is outside local libraries with a petition in hand, asking Columbia residents to join an effort to replace the private association that runs the unincorporated community with a city government.Columbia's Benedict Arnold? The mention of the infamous American Revolutionary general and traitor draws a guffaw from Mr. Rees.

On December 18, 2006, KENNARD G. LANG, JR., of Eldersburg, beloved husband of Edith S. (nee Sheckells) Lang, father of Patricia L. Rees and her husband William and Kennard G. Lang, III and his wife Edith; grandfather of Emily, Tyler and Luke Rees and Elisabeth, Nathan and Karalynn Lang; brother of the late James Leslie Lang. Services from the ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Road (at Franklin Boulevard) on Thursday at 1:30 P.M. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those desiring may make contributions to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Philip Merrill Environmental Center, 6 Herdon Avenue, Annapolis, MD, 21403 or www.cbf.

Moves Baseball ASTROS: Agreed to two-year, $16.9 million contract with P Roy Oswalt, avoiding salary arbitration. Signed former Orioles OF Trenidad Hubbard to minor league contract; invited him to major league camp. PHILLIES: Agreed to one-year, $825,000 contract with OF Jason Michaels. Basketball NBA: Fined Celtics C Kendrick Perkins $15,000 for flagrant foul against Bucks F-G Desmond Mason in game Tuesday. ... Suspended Kings C Brad Miller one game for throwing headband and wristbands and yelling at officials after they did not call goaltending on last-second shot Tuesday.

An embarrassed George Washington once asked a favorite dentist to keep his dental problems a secret. Good thing he didn't know what would happen 200 years later. Researchers were in Baltimore yesterday to scan a set of Washington's dentures at the National Museum of Dentistry with lasers. It's one of many steps being taken to get a fresh take on what he looked like at critical points in his life. Historians at Mount Vernon, Va., hope that new, expressive, life-like figures of plaster and wax will help show Americans aspects of his personality they say are underappreciated.