Richard Klein

SOME 20 springs ago, a young, self-taught biologist named Richard Klein led one of those rare field trips that, in a few hours, inspires and informs for the rest of one's life. By a forest brook in Baltimore County, he demonstrated how rainfall, filtered and percolated through the leafy canopy and the deep duff of the forest floor, mostly soaked into the water table -- rather than blasting erosively downstream. In contrast, a hundred times as much of the same rainfall gushed off the paved watershed of our next stop, an urban stream.

Ever wonder why your neighborhood streams and rivers look so muddy after a heavy rain? A recent survey of construction sites in the Baltimore area found less than a quarter of the exposed soil being worked had been properly protected from erosion. The survey, involving staff and volunteers from 22 different environmental and community groups, found widely varying but generally poor controls on mud pollution being used at building sites in Baltimore City and the five surrounding counties.

Charles Adam Klein Sr., the owner of a family heating, plumbing and air-conditioning business that employed all eight of his children, died Thursday of heart failure and diabetes at Baltimore County General Hospital. He was 67.A Mass of Christian burial for Mr. Klein will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, 9531 Liberty Road in Randallstown.Born in Baltimore and raised in Pikesville, Mr. Klein graduated from Franklin Senior High School in Reisterstown before serving in the Army Air Force during World War II.For 35 years, he worked for his father's contracting business before setting out on his own in 1975 with Charles A. Klein & Sons Inc. of Sykesville.

SOME 20 springs ago, a young, self-taught biologist named Richard Klein led one of those rare field trips that, in a few hours, inspires and informs for the rest of one's life. By a forest brook in Baltimore County, he demonstrated how rainfall, filtered and percolated through the leafy canopy and the deep duff of the forest floor, mostly soaked into the water table -- rather than blasting erosively downstream. In contrast, a hundred times as much of the same rainfall gushed off the paved watershed of our next stop, an urban stream.

It was a textbook slumber party -- pizza and videos, tortilla chips and loud music, doughnuts and laughter.For 47.Well, maybe only 42 or 43 showed up, but the original guest list for Sunday's sleepover at the home of Susan and Richard Klein numbered 47 -- their daughter Lauren and her 46 chums in Garrison Forest School's Class of '96.In graduation ceremonies tomorrow, the young women will cross the courtyard at the Owings Mills girls' school on their way...

Ever wonder why your neighborhood streams and rivers look so muddy after a heavy rain? A recent survey of construction sites in the Baltimore area found less than a quarter of the exposed soil being worked had been properly protected from erosion. The survey, involving staff and volunteers from 22 different environmental and community groups, found widely varying but generally poor controls on mud pollution being used at building sites in Baltimore City and the five surrounding counties.

On April 28, 2006, MARIAN "MAHSEE" KLEIN (nee Hochberg) died at home in Lake Worth, FL.; beloved wife of Ted; sister of Rheba Sher; devoted mother of the late Judith Miller, Richard Klein and Dr. Joel Klein; mother in-law of Steve Miller, Jeannie Klein and the late Barbara Klein; loving grandmother of Jennifer (Ben) Miller Hersey, Melissa (Ryan) Lenet, Alison (Mike) Kelly, Kamala (Jack) Cunningham, Caleb Klein and Jordan Klein; great-grandmother of Jacob Lenet. She is also survived by nieces and nephews.

E. AURELIA SCHOTT, 82, of Williamsport, MD, formerly of Baltimore, died Sunday, March 30, daughter of the late William H. and Adeline B. Schott; cousin of Richard W. Klein, Shepherdstown, WV, Charles H. Klein, Seattle, WA, and Cheryl J. Aiken, Bel Air, MD. Graveside service Monday, April 7, 11:00 a.m., Lorraine Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

On Friday, April 14, 2006, JUDITH K. MILLER (nee Klein) beloved wife of Steve Miller, loving mother of Melissa Lenet of Baltimore, MD, and Jennifer Miller Hersey of New York, devoted mother-in-law of Ryan Lenet and Ben Hersey, beloved sister of Richard Klein of Annapolis, MD, and Dr. Joel Klein of Colorado Springs, CO, devoted daughter of Theodore and Mahsee Klein of FL, loving daughter-in-law of Eva and the late Henry Miller, beloved grandmother of...

On Monday, May 12, 2003, loving wife of the late Richard W. Klein Sr., loving mother of Richard W. Jr., Alexandria, VA. and Gregory L. Klein of Lovettsville, VA., grandmother of Stephen, Karen, Stacy, Rachel, Richie and Scott Klein. The family will receive friends at DEMAINE ALEXANDRIA CHAPEL, 520 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA., on Saturday, May 17, from 9:30 until 10:30 A.M. with Funeral Services to follow. Interment Ivy Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of ones choice.

It was a textbook slumber party -- pizza and videos, tortilla chips and loud music, doughnuts and laughter.For 47.Well, maybe only 42 or 43 showed up, but the original guest list for Sunday's sleepover at the home of Susan and Richard Klein numbered 47 -- their daughter Lauren and her 46 chums in Garrison Forest School's Class of '96.In graduation ceremonies tomorrow, the young women will cross the courtyard at the Owings Mills girls' school on their way...

Charles Adam Klein Sr., the owner of a family heating, plumbing and air-conditioning business that employed all eight of his children, died Thursday of heart failure and diabetes at Baltimore County General Hospital. He was 67.A Mass of Christian burial for Mr. Klein will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, 9531 Liberty Road in Randallstown.Born in Baltimore and raised in Pikesville, Mr. Klein graduated from Franklin Senior High School in Reisterstown before serving in the Army Air Force during World War II.For 35 years, he worked for his father's contracting business before setting out on his own in 1975 with Charles A. Klein & Sons Inc. of Sykesville.

On July 9, 2005 RUTH MILDRED HORRIGAN (nee Roush); beloved wife of the late James W. Horrigan, Sr.; devoted mother of Mary Klein and her husband Joseph F., Sr. and James W. Horrigan, Jr. and his wife Edith E.; loving grandmother of Joseph F. Klein, Jr., Christopher F. Horrigan and Richard P. Klein; loving great grandmother of Samantha E. and Danielle L. Klein. The family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Rd (at Beltway exit 26A) on Saturday from 4 to 7 P.M. Interment private.

If you create ponds and rain gardens to capture polluted runoff, will they work - and keep working?  A recent survey of storm-water control facilities put in along the Severn River in Anne Arundel County found that a third of them were in good condition, but more - 43 percent - were either in poor shape or couldn't be found at all. That's what 26 volunteers for the Severn River Association found earlier this month when they fanned out...