Sherwood

On August 11, 2007 Madeline M. Potter A Memorial Service will be held at Sherwood Episcopal Church on Friday at 1:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Sherwood Episcopal Church 5 Sherwood Rd., Cockeysville, MD 21030 Arrangements by Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc.

Janet L. Gildea, a homemaker and volunteer, died Aug. 8 of a stroke at her Sherwood Forest home. She was 71. Born Janet Washington Lee in Washington, she was a direct descendant of John Augustine Washington, George Washington's brother, and Richard Henry Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Raised in Kenwood, Montgomery County, she was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1957. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was a volunteer at the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.

On July 3, 2007, SHERWOOD CABEAN. Friends may call at Howell Funeral Home, 4600 Liberty Heights Avenue on Sunday, July 8, 2007, from 1 to 5 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, in the Sanctuary of First Church of the Brethren, 4500 Liberty Heights Avenue. Family hour 12-12:30 PM. Service will follow. Interment Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

The family of a Talbot County waterman who was shot and killed by a Natural Resources Police officer last year has filed a federal lawsuit against both the department and the officer, seeking $80 million in damages. Officer 1st Class Hubert F. Brohawn shot waterman Thomas S. Sherwood Jr., 49, three times in the chest on a dock in Bellevue in August. Brohawn said Sherwood was advancing toward him and swung a bumper jack, and the officer said he felt threatened. Sherwood died at the scene.

John Payne arrived at 6:30 a.m. - half an hour early - to set up, only to gaze upon the "Sooners," who were already filling plastic bags, wagons and buckets with tulip bulbs. The early birds have become as much a tradition as the annual excavation in Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore. "A lot of these are repeat people," said Payne, a volunteer with the Guilford Association, which sponsors the dig. "They start coming at dawn." By 7 a.m.

Not everything is coming up tulips at Guilford's famed Sherwood Gardens. Sure, there are plenty of flower beds for visitors to enjoy - dazzling displays of pinks, reds, yellows, purples and blazing oranges. But something is different. Unlike any previous tulip season at this 6-plus-acre urban oasis, two beds lay bare and many more are sparsely blooming. Maybe 25 percent to 30 percent of the 70,000 tulips planted last fall didn't come up correctly, estimates Bruce Barnett, a Guilford Association board member who oversees Sherwood Gardens.

Deontay Twyman, who scored 26 points, and Joseph Holston, who had 15, led all scorers as Sherwood (23-4) earned its third state title and won a battle of Montgomery County Class 4A schools located five miles apart in Olney, with a 61-38 victory over Magruder (20-6) in College Park. It was Sherwood's third win in as many meetings this season. Class 1A girls Southern-Garrett 41, Pocomoke 34 -- The Rams (22-3) built a 10-point lead early in the fourth quarter at UMBC and held on thanks to 8-for-10 free-throw shooting from Sarah Stephens in the final five minutes.

College Park -- Fifth-ranked Glen Burnie struggled mightily shooting the ball and fell in the state semifinals for the third time in the past five years, losing to Sherwood, 58-44, last night at Comcast Center. The Warriors controlled the game from the beginning and never trailed, as the Gophers' comeback attempt ran out of steam in the fourth quarter. The 44 points were a season low for Glen Burnie. At the beginning of the final quarter, the Gophers trimmed the lead to six, which was the closest they had been since the first quarter.

Emmanuel Williams scored his third touchdown on a 4-yard run in overtime and Yanni Davis converted the extra-point kick in a come-from-behind, 39-38 overtime victory, as Suitland of Prince George's County captured the Class 4A state football title over Sherwood of Montgomery County last night at M&T Bank Stadium. On Sherwood's overtime series, Dominique Budd scored his third touchdown of the game on a 10-yard run. Then the Warriors (11-3) chose to go for the win with a two-point conversion attempt, but Budd's run failed, giving the Rams the title.

DISTRICT HEIGHTS -- Just when momentum looked like it would be on Broadneck's side to start the second half, it was snatched from the Bruins' hands on an electrifying 87-yard kickoff return touchdown by Suitland's Mikeem Chavious. The shock carried over to the second half as the Rams scored on their first possession on a 12-yard run by quarterback Carlos Fields to cap a 64-yard drive in five plays. Those back-to-back touchdowns were crucial in the Rams' 28-26 victory over No. 5 Broadneck (11-2)