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Five months before a student at the Bowling Brook Preparatory School collapsed and died while being restrained by staff, the school's nurse told the Department of Juvenile Services that she was concerned about the safety of youths held there, according to documents obtained by The Sun. Janis Miller complained in August to the state about the staff's handling of several youths - including one who was badly bruised and scraped while being restrained....

Sheriff's deputies and state police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old East Baltimore youth who collapsed Tuesday evening while being restrained by staff at a privately run residential program for juvenile offenders. Isaiah Simmons III was pronounced dead at Carroll Hospital Center after paramedics found him in cardiac arrest at the Bowling Brook Preparatory School near Westminster, officials said. Staff at the school attempted to subdue the youth after an outburst in which he allegedly threatened to harm other students and school personnel, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office.

On Sunday, August 26, 2007, MARY D. TYSON peacefully slipped away. Devoted mother of Carla Tyson; dear grandmother of Milini Hamlett; loving daughter of Charles and Mary Tyson; beloved sister of Ernestine Boyd, Diane James, Charlene Danielsand Geraldine Ezigbo. A memorial service will be celebrated at Simmons Memorial Church, 601 Cumberland Street at 10 A.M. on Saturday September 1. In lieu of flowers contributions will be accepted by the family for a donation to the American Kidney Foundation.

On April 15, 2007, ROY LINDBERGH SIMMONS of Reisterstown, beloved husband of Grace Evelyn (nee Mason) Simmons, father of Roy Lawrence "Larry" Simmons and his wife Georgia of La Plata, MD, Richard Lee Simmons and his wife Carol of Bel Alton, MD, and Kathi L. Gittere and her husband Bill of Reisterstown, grandfather of Ryan and Rick Simmons, Renee Phillips and Robin Scherer, great-grandfather of Bobby, Madeline, Duncan, Christopher and Garrett. Services from the ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Rd (at Franklin Blvd)

Aberdeen police have charged two city residents with second-degree assault in an attempted attack on Mayor S. Fred Simmons, authorities said yesterday. Dravine I. Henderson, 18, threatened Simmons with a baseball bat and used abusive language, police said. A 17-year-old boy, who was egging on Henderson during the incident on East Bel Air Avenue at noon Wednesday, was also arrested, authorities said. "They approached the mayor aggressively with Henderson holding a bat," said Sgt. Fred Budnick, police spokesman.

Hilda Mary Askew, a retired aircraft mechanic and hospital volunteer, died of an arterial disease April 25 at FutureCare Irvington. She was 93 and a former longtime resident of Ivanhoe Avenue in the city's Liberty Heights area. Born Hilda Mary Sheffey in Baltimore and raised on Carrollton Avenue, she was a 1932 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School and received airplane assembly training certificates from Carver Vocational-Technical High School. She became an aircraft mechanic at the old Glenn L. Martin Co. from 1942 to 1972 and received a Zero Defects Pin Award in recognition of her work.

Neill Andrew Langston, son of Drs. Susanne and Henry Dragun of Severna Park, and Mr. Bill Langston of Sterling, VA and Erin Jennifer Simmons, daughter of Mrs. Carol Simmons and the late Capt. Carlton Simmons, USN, of San Diego, CA., were married on October 6, 2007. The Rev. Richleigh Powers officiated the wedding ceremony at the Admiral Baker Country Club in San Diego, CA where a reception followed. The bride was attended by her sister, Stacey Simmons, and Krista Mitzel as maids of honor.

Mayor S. Fred Simmons' habit of carrying a gun around Aberdeen has received criticism from residents in recent weeks. Last week, it got him an award. An organization Simmons says he had never heard of announced it has bestowed upon him the Responsible Democracy Award - because he carries a gun and isn't afraid to say so. Maryland Shall Issue Inc., a gun-rights group based in Libertytown in Frederick County, proclaimed that it was "impressed by Mayor Simmons' declaration that he carries a gun because it is his right to do so, and because he may frequent high crime areas."

The outlines of a possible deal between Cal Ripken Jr. and his hometown of Aberdeen on the sale of Ripken Stadium began to emerge yesterday, one in which the retired ballplayer's company could take possession of the stadium but avoid paying annual property taxes. The city owns the 6,000-seat minor league baseball stadium and rents it to Ripken for his Aberdeen IronBirds games. If Ripken purchases the stadium and the land it occupies, he would also acquire tens of thousands of dollars in annual property taxes on top of the millions still owed on the stadium debt.

David P. Daggett OCCUPATION Chief deputy state's attorney, Carroll County in the news After the state medical examiner ruled the death of 17-year-old Isaiah Simmons at Bowling Brook Preparatory School a homicide, the case fell to Daggett to handle. He says he will present evidence to a county grand jury next month and will ask it to determine whether it supports any criminal indictments. He has said it seems that clear no one intended to kill Simmons, who died after being restrained by the school's staff for three hours.

On August 25, 2009, MINNIE C. HALEY (nee Darr); beloved wife of the late James Edward Haley and devoted mother of Patricia Simmons and her husband Greg, Caroline Dobbs and her husband Leo and Cindy Haley; loving sister of Helen Trainor and Marie Finch. Also survived by grandchildren, Nicole and Collin Dobbs, Kristina Simmons, Jimmy and the late Josuha Haley. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned MARZULLO FUNERAL CHAPEL, P.A., 6009 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD, 21214 on Sunday, August 30, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 31, at 11 A.M from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7001 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD, 21234.

On August 1, 2009, PHYLLIS C. SIMMONS. On Saturday, a Memorial Service will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 1 to 1:30 PM with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

On July 15, 2009, MARY LOU SMITH-SIMMONS. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 18 at the VAUGHN C. GREENE WEST CHAPEL, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, where the family will receive friends from 11:30 A.M to 12 P.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

On July 8, 2009, HUBERT V. SIMMONS; beloved husband of Audrey Simmons. Friends may visit the family owned March Funeral Home West, Inc., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Tuesday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends from 5 P.M. to 7P.M. The family will also receive friends on Wednesday at the Lochearn Presbyterian Church, 3800 Patterson Avenue at 10:00 A.M., followed by funeral services at 10:30 A.M.

Hubert Van Wyke "Bert" Simmons, who pitched and played outfield for the old Negro Leagues' Elite Giants and later became a Baltimore public school educator and mentor, died Wednesday after cancer surgery at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Woodlawn resident was 85. "I believe that Bert was the last surviving Elite Giant living in Maryland, and that was because he played in the team's later years," said Shawn M. Herne, chief curator of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum and the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards.

When soccer clubs Chelsea and AC Milan come to Baltimore this month as part of the World Football Challenge, they'll be playing soccer inside M&T Bank Stadium on the best pitch that money can buy. The Ravens just have to ship the natural grass in from Virginia and install it before the two teams arrive. Even though the synthetic turf inside M&T Bank Stadium is considered to be among the best in the NFL, soccer at the highest level is almost always played on natural grass. So as part of the agreement to host the game, the Ravens have arranged to install temporary sod on top of their own turf for the July 24 game.

Peacefully on April 9, 2009, CARLEEN P. SIMMONS; beloved daughter of the late Carroll (Smiley) and Rosemary Simmons; devoted sister of Nancy M. Corcoran, Susan C. Whitmore, the late Cheryl (Sherri) M. Smith, and her longtime friend Rhylander (Rhynnie) G. Holmes. Survived also by loving nieces and nephews. A Memorial Celebration will be held on Sunday, May 3rd at 3 P.M. at St. Stephen Catholic Church, 8030 Bradshaw Road, Kingsville, MD 21087. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to Burton Manor, 601 Cornell Street, Aberdeen, MD 21001.

From her seat on the floor of the House of Delegates, a freshman lawmaker from Baltimore rose yesterday to address her colleagues, not as one of them but as a domestic violence victim opposing a measure that would have erased public records of some protective orders. Del. Cheryl D. Glenn, a 57-year-old Democrat, told lawmakers that her husband had horrifically beaten her years ago. She said abuse victims have plenty of reasons not to go to court. In her case, she said, her husband threatened to kill her children.

Vaughan Pippen Simmons, Services are private and interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Drood By Dan Simmons Little, Brown and Co. / 784 pages / $26.99 Everything seems skimpy these days. Things look pinched, narrow, watered down, washed out, choked off. So much seems to be shrinking: hope, energy, dollars, jobs. Even the horizon looks as if it were left in the dryer too long. We're trimming our sails, hedging our bets. Scrimping. Saving. Hunkering down. Then along comes Dan Simmons and his new novel, Drood, a big, hairy, smelly, loud, messy behemoth of a book, and suddenly, all that smallness, all that caution, looks silly.