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On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, HELEN J. ROMAN (NEE Jaffe); loving wife of the late Dr. Paul W. Roman; beloved mother of Sheila Rees, Ellen Rothschild and Arnold Roman; devoted mother-in-law of Tom Rees, Bruce Rothschild and Tanya Leah Roman; beloved sister of Reba Saval of Baltimore and the late Harry Jaffe; loving grandmother of Daniel Rees, Emily and Laura Rothschild. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS, INC, 8900 Reisterstown, Road at Mount Wilson Lane on Friday March 24 at 10 A.M. Interment Moses Montefiore-Woodmoor Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd.

When Neil Saval and his wife closed on a single-family home in Federal Hill, his first purchase wasn't a piece of contemporary art or a plush sofa - it was a Panasonic 60-inch flat-screen television. "The day I settled on the house, the installers were delivering the new TV," the 29-year-old system engineer said. "My wife jokes with me that before we had any furniture, we had to get the TV. " As the NFL playoffs, Super Bowl and Hollywood awards shows - not to mention "Downton Abbey" - draw millions of viewers, big-screen televisions are getting bigger and better and more in demand.

Savannah Jones named acting deanSavannah C. Jones of Ellicott City has been named acting dean of planning and development at Essex Community College.Ms. Jones had been director of records and registration at ECC since 1986.Naomi Elms appointed fashion consultantNaomi Elms of Clarksville was recently appointed as a fashion consultant for Doncaster, a direct sales organization that specializes in women's fashion.Ms. Elms will assist clients in choosing a personalized and appropriate career and casual wardrobe.

Wrestler of the Year: Sam Lewnes, Mount St. Joseph Coach of the Year: Guy Pritzker, Owings Mills First team Weight Name School Class 103 Bruce Dulski Mount St. Joseph Sophomore 112 Trent Dixon Eastern Tech Senior 112 Shawn Sims Lansdowne Senior 119 Mark Frey Archbishop Curley Junior 125 Chet Naylor McDonogh Senior 130 Aaron Herwig Mount St. Joseph Senior 130 Matt Schuster Franklin Senior 135 Clayton Arnold Owings Mills Senior 140 Zak Johns McDonogh...

GROWING UP IN an Irish-American home, I ate a fair amount of corned beef. It was another form of brisket, one of our favorite Sunday dinners.I am not sure how my family became a clan of brisket eaters, instead of salmon lovers. My maternal grandmother, who was born in Ireland and lived with my family when I was a boy, seemed to prefer fresh fish as the entree of choice when "company" -- distant relatives or acquaintances from Ireland -- would visit our house for dinner.Once I tagged along with my grandmother when she went to the local fish market.

Stanley Oppenheim, a retired food products salesman, died of diabetic complications Nov. 11 at his Lutherville home. He was 74. Born in Baltimore and raised on East Baltimore Street and on Towanda Avenue, he was a 1956 graduate of Forest Park High School. Family members said he earned 11 varsity letters, including football, basketball and baseball. He was named to the Maryland Scholastic Association's first team. In his senior year, he led an MSA scoring record in both football and basketball.

It was Chris Clark's day to shine. The former lightweight who was eliminated in the first round of last year's state tournament found redemption yesterday, upsetting a state champion in the finals of Perry Hall's Big 20 Invitational. In doing so, Eastern Tech's Clark put the finishing touches on his team's tournament title and was crowned the invitational's outstanding upperweight. The Mavericks took home three champions, scored 189.5 points, and beat Curley (181.5), Kenwood (168.5) and No. 5 Boys' Latin (162)

Fashion is certainly the passion with Baltimore's social set these days. Fashion-themed fundraisers have been popping up all over. Among the latest, the first-ever VIP shindig last weekend prior to Maryland Institute College of Art's annual Student Fashion Show. No sooner had MICA board chair Fredye Gross, and fellow fashionistas Suzi Cordish, Wendy Jachman and Terry Morgenthaler, organized the get-together, than all 100 tickets sold out. Guests got to enjoy a buffet as well as take part in a silent auction that offered new and barely used wearable treasures (size 81/2 Jimmy Choos, anyone?

Just add a thing or two and voila! soup's upOld Bay, the seasoning that is pretty much synonymous with Maryland, is the star ingredient in two new soup mixes. You just add crab, water and tomatoes to the mix for the Maryland crab soup, and you add crab and milk for the cream of crab soup.The mixes can also be used as the base for other dishes, including dips. They're available at Safeway and Metro supermarkets and retail for about $2 a package. Saval Foods of Baltimore is offering a new line of kosher deli meats, including salami, bologna, hot dogs, knackwurst and liverwurst.