Sanford

On January 9, 2009, SANFORD (Sandy) KERSTEN, beloved husband of Carol; loving father of Cathie, Peggy and Wen-D; cherished grandfather of Kimberly, Kristina, Amanda and Emma; great grandfather of Zoe and Lukas. Family will receive friends on Sunday, January 11 from 2 to 6 at 2 Pomona West, Apt 6.

Sanford J. Ungar was an editor for The Atlantic, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, staff writer of The Washington Post, a host on National Public Radio and director of Voice of America. But of all his jobs, he likes his current one, being president of Goucher College, the best. The feeling seems to be mutual. The school has extended his contract to 2013, applications are up 70 percent since he took office and a $48 million library and student center are under construction. The school has gained national attention with the decision in 2005 to become the country's first liberal arts campus to require all students to study abroad.

Sanford Hershfield, a retired electrical engineer and systems analyst, died of heart and kidney failure Nov. 27 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Towson resident was 87. Mr. Hershfield, known as "Sandy," was born and raised in Jersey City, N.J., where he edited his high school yearbook. He studied engineering at Cooper Union in Manhattan, graduating in 1942. After receiving his master's degree, he was employed as an electrical engineer with Philco, a Philadelphia-based manufacturer of radios and televisions.

Robert Lewis Fowler, a retired Westinghouse electrical engineer, died of cancer Sunday at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, N.C. The former Ellicott City resident was 68. Born in Whittier, N.C., and raised in Bryson City, N.C., he earned an electrical engineering degree from North Carolina State University. Mr. Fowler met his future wife at her summer job at a drugstore lunch counter in Sanford. "One day at lunch, he came to the fountain area for a ham sandwich, and their eyes locked through the pie case," according to a family history.

Ready's Image, a Maryland-bred colt sired by More than Ready, took the Grade II Sanford Stakes at Saratoga yesterday to become the leading 2-year-old in the country. The victory was his third in four races. Bred by David and JoAnn Hayden in Upperco, Ready's Image was purchased for $410,000 in September for owner James Scatuorchio. "This colt is still learning," trainer Todd Pletcher said. "He has a ton of ability and the fact he is still improving is encouraging." Pletcher said the colt will next enter Saratoga's Grade I Hopeful Stakes on Sept.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Joined by thousands of firefighters from across the country, this grieving region bade farewell to "our dear heroes" yesterday and struggled to find meaning in the deaths of nine men who died battling a furniture store blaze this week. "Firefighters charge into dangerous places when the natural human instinct is to flee rapidly," marveled Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., whose city lost the most firefighters in a single incident in the nation since the terrorist attacks of Sept.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota's economic renaissance has gone largely unnoticed, eclipsed by things like the state's strong opposition to same-sex marriage, its raucous debates over abortion and the stroke suffered by one of its senators, Tim Johnson, that could tip control of the Senate back to the Republicans. But in the 1990s, its long-stagnant population began to grow, especially here and in Rapid City, and its economy began to diversify. Its lack of personal and corporate income taxes made it attractive to companies and their employees, and while other states tightened their usury laws, South Dakota relaxed them, attracting numerous credit card companies.

On November 20, 2006, DORIS SHIRLEY PATRICIA SANFORD devoted mother of Deborah Isner, Douglas and Mark Amoss, Daniel Knight, Dawn Frazier, Tammy Waldmann and Doris Scanlon, loving grandmother of Wesley, John, Damara, Nick, Joey, Jimmy, Shannon, Wayne, Heather, Matthew, Eric, Ceara and Emily, great-grandmother of Noah and Timothy, dear sister of Alice Lafferty, Janet Masilek, Georgia Durst, William Martin and Donald Martin, step sister of Robert, Larry...

SANFORD, Fla. -- speck in the center of the state known for its sunshine, Sanford is close to Orlando, Fla., and near Daytona but far away from both. Its downtown is a tangle of gas stations, fast-food joints and bait shops. It has a Main Street and a few prettily named thoroughfares such as Persimmon, Mulberry and Tangerine. Sanford also boasts an international airport, but it's better known for its trains -- well, one train in particular. It's here that you will find Amtrak's Auto Train station tucked into what appears to be a small neighborhood.

Ellen Ogden didn't want to look out her living-room windows at a bare stretch of lawn, so she designed the prettiest garden she could think of: a vegetable garden. Ogden is co-founder of The Cook's Garden (cooksgarden.com), a mail-order business specializing in salad greens. Her catalog and garden offer much more than just lettuce; she has strawberries, flowers and lots of fresh herbs. A neat garden, planted with straight rows of vegetables, is a thing of beauty, Ogden says, but for her own home in Manchester, Vt., she wanted something fancier.