NEWS
August 26, 2004
On August 25, 2004, DONALD LEESANTOS, 62, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC, of Chester, MD. In addition to his loving wife, Priscilla, he is survived by his devoted daughter, Penelope "Penny" Santos; two brothers, David and Robert Santos and two sisters, Joyce Laredo and Darlene Hildreth. Funeral Services will be held at 10:45 A.M. on September 14, 2004, at the Ft. Myer Chapel, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, with interment to follow. Friends and family may call from 7 to 9 P.M. on September 13, 2004, at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Chester, MD. See www.fhnfuneralhome.
SPORTS
By Ross Peddicord and Ross Peddicord,Sun Staff Writer | September 24, 1994
The Maryland Million drew its second big-name jockey yesterday when trainer Mark Hennig said that Jose Santos will be aboard his Grade I winner, Prenup, in the Maryland Million Sprint next Saturday at Laurel Race Course.Santos, who is 10th in the national standings, will join No. 1-ranked Mike Smith among Maryland Million jockeys.In addition to Prenup, Santos will ride the Hennig-trained Icy Warning in the Maryland Million Ladies turf stakes.Prenup was ridden by Jerry Bailey in his last start, when the horse won the Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park, but Bailey chose to ride Pimlico-based Concern next Saturday in the $750,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
SPORTS
By Doug Brown and Doug Brown,Staff Writer | April 28, 1992
Midway through his career at the University of California-Berkeley, Roque Santos searched for something, anything, that would inject new life into his swimming.He found it 3,000 miles away, in Maryland, where Jozsef Nagy, a Hungarian, was training Potomac's Mike Barrowman, who during that summer of 1989 would break the world record for the 200-meter breaststroke."I wanted to try something different," Santos said. "It was a lot different -- a lot of breaststroke training and a lot of racing one-on-one against Mike.
SPORTS
By Sandra McKee | February 15, 1991
U.S. National team defender Desmond Armstrong, who yesterday signed a one-year contract with the Maryland Bays of the Professional American Soccer League, last night agreed to terms with Santos of Brazil. He leaves today for four months with the internationally respected team."Santos had offered me a full year contract with an option to buy me at the end of the year earlier," said Armstrong, who will begin playing with the Bays in June. "It is one thing to go there to play for four months and another to go for a year.
SPORTS
By Bill Finley and Bill Finley,New York Daily News | August 12, 1993
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Star of Cozzene went after Furiously in the stretch run of the Bernard Baruch Handicap. Jose Santos only wanted to go after Julie Krone.There were winners, losers and angry jockeys yesterday at Saratoga.Furiously, undefeated in three starts on the turf, upset Star of Cozzene by a length in the nine-furlong Baruch to earn revenge for stablemate Lure, who has lost two straight to his rival.In doing so, he may have had an assist from the Krone-ridden Royal Mountain Inn, who had Star of Cozzene and Santos in tight quarters through much of the stretch run and appeared to bump with him several times.
NEWS
By Laura Cadiz and Laura Cadiz,SUN STAFF | January 14, 2003
Longtime community activist Mary Kay Sigaty has been appointed to the Wilde Lake Village Board to help fill a vacancy left by a board member who stepped down to work for the Howard County councilman Sigaty unsuccessfully challenged in the last election. Wilde Lake resident William Santos was also appointed to the board last week. Sigaty and Santos help fill the spot that Jessica Feldmark vacated in November. Feldmark resigned to avoid any conflicts of interest that could come up after she was hired as Howard County Councilman Ken Ulman's special assistant.