Roland Park

William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88. Born in Baltimore and raised on Lombardy Place, he spent his summers at Ocean City 's Plimhimmon Hotel, a landmark founded in 1894 by his great-grandmother, Rosalie Tilghman Shreve, on Second Street at the Boardwalk. Family members said that as a teenager he ran the hotel's switchboard and began a lifelong interest in communications.

Living in Baltimore City can feel like an uphill effort. The noise, trash, potholes, property taxes and looming deficit are depressing. We live near Roland Avenue and Cold Spring Lane, a major east-west thoroughfare that has turned into a pulsating, trash-filled highway. People open car windows to throw out trash. Students at the bus stop drop wrappers and drink cans. They walk up the street and throw more into the bushes. The wind sweeps wrappers uphill from Falls Road. A few weeks ago, in a regular ritual, my husband spent three hours picking up trash on the median and sides of Cold Spring Lane.

At times this season, Archbishop Spalding's girls basketball team has gone away from its inside strength, but the No. 1 Cavaliers used their physical advantage with 5-foot-11 Camille Calhoun and 6-foot Jade Scaife to earn their fourth straight trip to the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship. Calhoun scored eight of her 14 points in the first quarter and had 15 rebounds in the game, while Scaife finished with 17 points and five rebounds as the host Cavaliers won their semifinal Thursday, 61-52, over No. 5 Roland Park in a game that was much closer than the final score.

The quarterfinal game between No. 5 Roland Park and No. 12 Seton Keough in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference girls basketball playoffs was not short of heroics. Keough's Kari Zeps made a 3-pointer to tie the score at 50 with 32 seconds left. The host Reds answered when Lindsey Edwards made a baseline runner with seven seconds left to lift Roland Park to a 52-50 victory Tuesday night. Edwards finished with a game-high 15 points and Zeps had 14 for Seton Keough (11-15, 6-8)

R. Lucille Eliasberg, a former executive assistant at the Roland Park Country School who was known equally for her charm and toughness, will be remembered Saturday at the school where her daughter and granddaughter followed her. Ms. Eliasberg died of age-related issues Wednesday at Presbyterian Home of Maryland in Towson. She was 93. "She was a woman to admire for her courage, spunk and character, but the message in her eye and her bearing was unmistakable: offend at your peril," said her oldest son, Richard R. Jones, 62, president of PCA, a graphics company in Timonium.

Andree W. Williams, a former Roland Park Country School educator and a gardener, died Jan. 30 of heart failure at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. She was 89. Andree Louise Wood was born and raised in Fort Thomas, Ky., where she graduated from high school. She attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. In 1944, she married Samuel C. Williams Sr., an educator, who moved in 1957 to St. Paul's School. The couple lived on the school's Brooklandville campus until moving to Ruxton in the mid-1960s.

Henry S. Baker Jr., a retired banker and community leader, died Saturday from complications of a tumor at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The longtime Monkton resident was 86. The son of Henry S. Baker Sr., treasurer of the Johns Hopkins University, and Frances Innes Robinson, a registered nurse who worked for Dr. Howard A. Kelly, a founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Henry Scott Baker Jr. was born in Baltimore and raised on St. Georges Road in Roland...

No. 7 Roland Park's game plan to upset No. 2 McDonogh in girls basketball on Tuesday was all about defense. No. 7 Roland Park's game plan to upset No. 2 McDonogh in girls basketball on Tuesday was all about defense. And the Reds executed their plan, limiting the Eagles to three field goals in the second half, while Jaia Alexander made two free throws with seven seconds left as the Reds won, 43-40. McDonogh's top scorer, Danielle Edwards, was held to eight points. Alexander had eight rebounds and nine points, including going 5-for-6 from the line.

After losing two games in a row, the No. 8 Roland Park girls basketball team has started to turn things around. The visiting Reds (10-9, 3-7 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) rode a 13-point halftime lead and went on to beat Mercy, 52-27, on Saturday. The win is the second straight for Roland Park. The Reds' longest winning streak, seven games, was halted by a 57-46 loss to No. 1 Archbishop Spalding on Jan. 11. Jaia Alexander had a game-high 13 points for Roland Park.

No. 8 St. Vincent Pallotti and No. 6 Seton Keough combined to shoot 27 percent from the field Friday, but the visiting Panthers won a defensive struggle, 39-32, because of relentless pressure and the shot-blocking of Beverly Ogunrinde. The junior altered several shots and had six blocks, including one with 1:02 remaining to preserve a 35-30 lead, and 14 rebounds. Nine players scored for Pallotti (9-7, 3-3 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland), led by sophomore Lea Whitehead (eight points)