Roland Park

The No. 6 Westminster Owls (3-0) had never been to the Sally E. Nyborg Field Hockey Invitational at Roland Park before Saturday but had no trouble making themselves at home. The Owls warmed up with a 2-1 victory over host Roland Park and then, with goalie Emily Cauliflower making 14 saves, beat No. 10 Fallston, 3-1. Westminster senior midfielder Lindsay Nichols scored both winning goals. "I took my time and set up for the play [against Fallston]," Nichols said. "I was aiming for a corner, but it went between the goalie's legs.

For five hours of a perfect autumn morning, half of Roland Avenue went to the dogs. To the bikes. To the runners and the walkers and the stand-around-and-schmoozers. And the skateboards, baby carriages, wagons, skates, at least one unicycle and a three-wheeled, scooter-like contraption called a Trikke. Anything but motor vehicles. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, the city closed the southbound lanes of Roland Park's main drag to motor vehicles - turning the busy traffic artery into a mile-long, paved park.

Century senior Katie Schwarzmann looked forward to playing three solid opponents from outside Carroll County over the Easter weekend, but when Saturday's rain washed out two of those games at Dulaney's Baltimore Showcase, she said, it didn't hurt for her No. 13 girls lacrosse team to have a midseason rest. It sure didn't. Monday morning, the Knights rolled past Roland Park, 16-6, at the 13th Maryland High School Lacrosse Showdown at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field. Schwarzmann had seven goals, and Claire Brady added five.

Elizabeth W. Pierson, a homemaker who earlier in her life had been an educator, died Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at William Hill Manor in Easton. The former longtime Roland Park resident was 87. Elizabeth Ives Wilcox was born in Baltimore and raised on Southway in Guilford. She was a graduate of Girls' Latin School. After earning a bachelor's degree in the history of art from Goucher College in 1942, Mrs. Pierson taught school for several years at St. Leo Parochial School in Little Italy and at the Chimes School in Mount Washington.

Seeking a compromise in Roland Park dispute At every bargaining table, each party must start by understanding what's non-negotiable for its opposition. So in the ongoing deadlock between Baltimore Country Club, Roland Park, the Keswick Multi-Care Center and now the city, it's useful to review the non-negotiables ("Roland Park proposal imperils zoning code," letters, Jan. 5). The Baltimore Country Club needs cash - at least fair market value for the 17 acres of land it has on the auction block to pay for capital improvements for its historic clubhouse.

Alfred Dale Proffitt, a retired city educator who had been vice principal of Roland Park Middle School and whose career spanned more than three decades, died of pulmonary failure Saturday at York Hospital in York, Pa. The former longtime Northeast Baltimore resident was 76. Mr. Proffitt, the son of a Southern Railway carpenter, was born in Monroe, Va., the youngest of five brothers and a sister. "His father named him for Alf Landon but his mother didn't like that name and added the Dale," said his wife of 54 years, the former Theresa M. Wozniak, a retired educator.

Founded as a neighborhood for city commuters in the 1850s, Mount Washington offers a slower-paced suburban lifestyle in proximity to downtown Baltimore. "We're one of the first suburbs ever created, and we're still as convenient to downtown ... as when they first envisioned this community 150 years ago," said Mac Nachlas, president of the Mount Washington Improvement Association. Although Mount Washington straddles the Baltimore City and Baltimore County line and includes more than one ZIP code, a large portion of it is tucked nicely between the Pimlico Racetrack and Interstate 83, in an architecturally diverse area.

Those who look at the construction in the 5100 block of Roland Ave. often stop, stare and ask the same question of the building's workers. When is the library going to reopen? "The curiosity level has been very high," said Carla D. Hayden, executive director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system. "It's like a Christmas present being unfolded." At noon today, the Roland Park branch will reopen after an 18-month, $5.3 million renovation, marking an end to a major overhaul of the library system for this year.

Franklin G. Allen Jr., a retired lawyer and World War II veteran who participated in the historic Remagen Bridge crossing over the Rhine River in 1945, died Monday of myeloma at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. The former Roland Park resident was 90. Mr. Allen was born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park. He was a 1934 graduate of Gilman School and earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1938. After graduating from Yale University Law School in 1941, Mr. Allen clerked for Judge Morris A. Soper of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for six months.

THE ARCHITECTS -- Charles Alexander, principal in charge, and Eric Lewis, project architect, of Alexander Design Studio; and Laurie McLain of McLain Associates. Southway Builders is the general contractor. An award-winning architect, Alexander, 42, lives in historic Ellicott City with his wife, Nora Finn, and 2-year-old son, Finn. THE PROJECT --To expand the Roland Park library, one of the busiest in the Enoch Pratt Free Library system. The project was a reaction of sorts to library closings in other neighborhoods in the 1990s; this branch was too small and antiquated to meet the Pratt's guidelines.

Raymond S. Tompkins Jr., a retired Verizon executive and former longtime Roland Park resident, died Oct. 15 of Parkinson's disease at Cadbury at Lewes, a continuing care facility in Lewes, Del. He was 84. Mr. Tompkins was born in Baltimore and raised on Falls Road Terrace. He was a 1942 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, where he had been a lacrosse player. He attended Duke University for a year before joining the Navy. He served in the Pacific for three years aboard a landing ship tank.

For five hours of a perfect autumn morning, half of Roland Avenue went to the dogs. To the bikes. To the runners and the walkers and the stand-around-and-schmoozers. And the skateboards, baby carriages, wagons, skates, at least one unicycle and a three-wheeled, scooter-like contraption called a Trikke. Anything but motor vehicles. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, the city closed the southbound lanes of Roland Park's main drag to motor vehicles - turning the busy traffic artery into a mile-long, paved park.

McDonogh had a perfect regular season, and the Eagles didn't miss a beat in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland tennis tournament Thursday, taking all five B Conference championships. The host Eagles went 11-0 in the regular season and then won both singles titles and all three doubles championship matches. "They had their goal of getting to the championships and winning," coach Rachel Sifri said. "Sweeping was the goal for everyone." In singles, McDonogh's Kristina Centenari beat Katie Cole of St. Paul's, 6-2, 6-2, to take the No. 1 title.

Lois Ruby Kershaw, a homemaker active in her church as a nursing home volunteer, died of cancer Oct. 11 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Ruxton resident was 90. Born Lois Mae Ruby in Baltimore, she was a 1937 Western High School graduate. She also studied classical concert piano at the Peabody Conservatory of Music for six years. She met her future husband, Harvey Barnsley Kershaw Jr., while both were members at Roland Avenue Methodist Church. They married in 1943. "With her devoted support and encouragement, Mr. Kershaw went on to be president and chairman of the Provident Bank of Maryland," said her son, Judge Robert Barnsley Kershaw of Baltimore, who serves on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

The phone rang the other day, and it was Jenny Lawrence calling from her home in New York City. "Walter would have been 92 this week," she said. The Walter she was referring to was Walter Lord, more formally John Walter Lord Jr., the author born and raised in Baltimore who sparked the Titanic craze with the publication in 1955 of his book, "A Night to Remember." Lawrence, an author and editor, recently published "The Way It Was: Walter Lord on His Life and Books," a memoir she assembled from unpublished autobiographical material he had left behind after his death in 2002, and tape-recorded sessions she had made and transcribed in the mid-1980s.

Joe Glos had two goals and an assist as visiting No. 8 Perry Hall upset No. 4 Calvert Hall, 5-2, in boys soccer Monday. The Gators (6-3) held a 3-1 lead at the half. Glos scored the opening goal. Pete Caringi had a goal and an assist for the Cardinals (6-3), whose winning streak ended at four. Nial Krach had 12 saves for Calvert Hall, two more than Perry Hall's Zach Miller. Field hockey No. 2 Garrison Forest 3, Roland Park 1: : Cody Magness scored twice to power the host Grizzlies (10-1-2)

What happened to the Spivaks happens all too often. When they were out house-hunting, they equivocated over a particular home that struck their fancy. That was until someone else showed serious interest. Then the property became a "must-have." Jerry Spivak, a hematologist, had been immediately hooked at the front door of this Roland Park home when he took in the length of a wide center hall with grand staircase, the first landing ablaze in western sunlight streaming through leaded-glass doors opening onto a Juliet balcony.

The Rev. Hugh A. Kennedy, a Jesuit priest who in his 45 years in the administration of the his religious order was known as its Maryland "corporate memory," died of pneumonia Sept. 6 at Manresa Hall in suburban Philadelphia. The longtime Roland Park resident was 90. Born in Braddock, Pa., he was a graduate of St. Vincent's College Prep School in Latrobe, Pa. Friends said he developed a lifelong affection for Gregorian chants and church music while being taught by the school's Benedictine priests.

The No. 6 Westminster Owls (3-0) had never been to the Sally E. Nyborg Field Hockey Invitational at Roland Park before Saturday but had no trouble making themselves at home. The Owls warmed up with a 2-1 victory over host Roland Park and then, with goalie Emily Cauliflower making 14 saves, beat No. 10 Fallston, 3-1. Westminster senior midfielder Lindsay Nichols scored both winning goals. "I took my time and set up for the play [against Fallston]," Nichols said. "I was aiming for a corner, but it went between the goalie's legs.

One of the most anticipated showdowns of the early football season won't have an impact on a league championship, but the outcome could end up assigning bragging rights in the Baltimore-Washington area. No. 2 Gilman hosts DeMatha at 7 Friday night at Cardinal Gibbons in what has become a hot rivalry over the past 10 years. DeMatha, a perennial powerhouse from Hyattsville, is ranked No. 1 by The Washington Post and in the MdVarsity Media State Poll. The Greyhounds (2-0) are No. 4 in the MdVarsity poll.