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Paulette Rebich of Owings Mills, MD, M-BM- and Mel Tansill of Catonsville, MD, M-BM- were united in marriage on September 29th in a ceremony at Martin's West, Baltimore County. M-BM- The bride, daughter of Ann Rebich and the late Miller M-bM-^@M-BuJakeM-bM-^@M-Au Rebich, was born and raised in Cokeburg, PA. She is the Director of Human Resources for Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD, and is a graduate of West Virginia University. The groom, son of Melvin Tansill, Sr. and the late Jacqueline Tansill, was born and raised in Baltimore City.

Erickson Retirement Communities, a struggling developer that has built retirement communities in 11 states, is working to separate its building and management entities, restructure debt and bring in an equity investor. The Catonsville-based company's real estate arm, which acquires land for campuses and builds projects, has been burdened by heavy debt amid the recession, Mel Tansill, a spokesman, said Monday. "The real estate side ... has been greatly impacted by the national recession, causing debt that we will work to eliminate through the business separation of the two entities," Tansill said in an e-mail.

On October 23, 2005, JACQUELINE JOAN TANSILL (nee Byron), beloved wife of Melvin E. Tansill, Sr. for 52 years, loving mother of Charlotte L. Tansill and Mel Tansill, devoted daughter of the late William Russell Byron and Grace E. Byron (nee Myers). The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 130 E. Fort Ave. (South Baltimore), on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where services will be held on Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.

Paulette Rebich of Owings Mills, MD, M-BM- and Mel Tansill of Catonsville, MD, M-BM- were united in marriage on September 29th in a ceremony at Martin's West, Baltimore County. M-BM- The bride, daughter of Ann Rebich and the late Miller M-bM-^@M-BuJakeM-bM-^@M-Au Rebich, was born and raised in Cokeburg, PA. She is the Director of Human Resources for Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD, and is a graduate of West Virginia University. The groom, son of Melvin Tansill, Sr. and the late Jacqueline Tansill, was born and raised in Baltimore City.

Jacqueline J. Tansill, a homemaker and sports fan, died of complications from cancer Sunday at the Genesis ElderCare Hammonds Lane Center. The South Baltimore resident was 71. Born Jacqueline Joan Byron in South Baltimore, she was a 1951 Southern High School graduate. As a teen, she held the post of honored queen in Job's Daughters International, a youth service group associated with Masonic orders. She was later a Bethel's Guardian in the same organization. During the early 1970s, she was a teacher's aide at Oliver H. Perry Elementary School, No. 92 in South Baltimore.

Catonsville man honored for volunteer efforts Community Health Charities of Maryland presented Mel Tansill with its most prestigious volunteer prize, the Joseph Forni Award, last month. The Catonsvllle resident is the senior director of public affairs for Erickson Retirement Communities and has been a CHC volunteer for six years. Tansill also works with other Maryland nonprofits, including the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, the Baltimore Museum of Industry and the Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society.

Suddenly, on June 5, 2003, LYDIA ANN "FLIP", of South Baltimore; beloved wife of Gilbert W. Skipper; loving daughter of Lydia A. Tansill (nee Cochran) and the late Norman E. Tansill, Sr.; devoted mother of Stacey Sherman and her husband Kenneth, Timothy and Kevin Skipper; loving grandmother of Kevin Michael Skipper, Jr.; dearest sister of Norman E. Tansill, Jr. and Denise Gottleib. The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 130 E. Fort Avenue (South Baltimore)

Erickson Retirement Communities, a struggling developer that has built retirement communities in 11 states, is working to separate its building and management entities, restructure debt and bring in an equity investor. The Catonsville-based company's real estate arm, which acquires land for campuses and builds projects, has been burdened by heavy debt amid the recession, Mel Tansill, a spokesman, said Monday. "The real estate side ... has been greatly impacted by the national recession, causing debt that we will work to eliminate through the business separation of the two entities," Tansill said in an e-mail.

Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass, the chairman of Merry-Go-Round Enterprises Inc. who has been in the news for his attempts to buy the Orioles and obtain a new football franchise for Baltimore, has made a $25,000 contribution to the United Way of Central Maryland's 1991 campaign.Yesterday, United Way spokesman Mel Tansill announced the gift, which was made in the names of Weinglass and his wife, Pepper.The money will be used to help support more than 300 health and human services in Baltimore and the five surrounding counties, Tansill said.

Senior Campus Living Inc. of Catonsville said yesterday that it has obtained approval from zoning boards in two Maryland counties to develop a $250 million, 120-acre apartment community in Silver Spring.Senior Campus Living purchased the former Great Oaks Center land, which straddles the Prince George's-Montgomery County line, from the state for $9.1 million in October 1996. The state closed Great Oaks, a facility for the developmentally disabled that was opened in 1970, in June 1996 in preparation for the sale.

Appointments Warren R. DeVries, former National Science Founda tion official and depart ment chairman of mechani cal engineering at Iowa State University, has been named dean of engineering and information technol ogy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Coun ty. DeVries, a leader in nation al efforts to improve engi neering education, also specializes in research in manufacturing processes and systems. Since 2002, he has served as division di rector for the NSF's divi sion of design and manu facturing innovation, where he led a staff of 15 and managed an annual budget of $65 million.

Time will tell if Kimmie Meissner is the next Michelle Kwan. But she's already the next Jared Fogle. Remember the Indiana University student who dropped 245 pounds on the two-Subway-sandwiches-a-day diet? If Subway can help you get skinny, maybe it can help you skate. After all, Meissner stops by a Bel Air Subway every day, on her way to practice in Delaware. Her standing order: turkey sub with mustard and carrots, plus cookies. Now Meissner has landed something besides a triple axel: a TV ad for Subway.

Jacqueline J. Tansill, a homemaker and sports fan, died of complications from cancer Sunday at the Genesis ElderCare Hammonds Lane Center. The South Baltimore resident was 71. Born Jacqueline Joan Byron in South Baltimore, she was a 1951 Southern High School graduate. As a teen, she held the post of honored queen in Job's Daughters International, a youth service group associated with Masonic orders. She was later a Bethel's Guardian in the same organization. During the early 1970s, she was a teacher's aide at Oliver H. Perry Elementary School, No. 92 in South Baltimore.

On October 23, 2005, JACQUELINE JOAN TANSILL (nee Byron), beloved wife of Melvin E. Tansill, Sr. for 52 years, loving mother of Charlotte L. Tansill and Mel Tansill, devoted daughter of the late William Russell Byron and Grace E. Byron (nee Myers). The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 130 E. Fort Ave. (South Baltimore), on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where services will be held on Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.

On June 24, 2003, MARY ELIZABETH (nee Henning); wife of the late Lawrence J. Crone, Sr.; mother of Mary E. Tansill, Dr. Lawrence J. Crone, Jr., Anthony T., Thomas J., and Paul M. Crone; mother-in-law of Charles Ray Tansill, Lynne Radimacher and Janice Steiner. Also survived by seven grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:30 P.M., Saturday, June 28, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 2815 Jessup Road, Jessup. Burial will follow in Church Cemetery.

Suddenly, on June 5, 2003, LYDIA ANN "FLIP", of South Baltimore; beloved wife of Gilbert W. Skipper; loving daughter of Lydia A. Tansill (nee Cochran) and the late Norman E. Tansill, Sr.; devoted mother of Stacey Sherman and her husband Kenneth, Timothy and Kevin Skipper; loving grandmother of Kevin Michael Skipper, Jr.; dearest sister of Norman E. Tansill, Jr. and Denise Gottleib. The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 130 E. Fort Avenue (South Baltimore)

With less than a month to go in the Central Maryland United Way campaign, workers are hoping they can match last year's contributions of $31.9 million.As of yesterday, the campaign had raised $26.8 million and the projection was that the non-profit agency could raise at least $31.5 million by Jan. 31, spokesman Mel Tansill said."If that holds up, that would be a tremendous response from the community in hard times," Tansill said."If we can match last year's fund-raising total, we would consider this campaign to be a success, especially in light of the recession."

The board of the United Way of Central Maryland was meeting today to decide whether it should withhold dues to its national trade group, the United Way of America, which has been hit by allegations of financial abuses.The local board already has withheld payment of about $80,000 in first-quarter dues to the national organization. Today's meeting was the first time the local board has met to discuss how to respond to the allegations and stem distrust of the organization.Withholding dues "is a tough call for the board of directors to make," said Mel Tansill, spokesman for the local group, which paid $346,000 to the national organization last year.

Catonsville man honored for volunteer efforts Community Health Charities of Maryland presented Mel Tansill with its most prestigious volunteer prize, the Joseph Forni Award, last month. The Catonsvllle resident is the senior director of public affairs for Erickson Retirement Communities and has been a CHC volunteer for six years. Tansill also works with other Maryland nonprofits, including the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, the Baltimore Museum of Industry and the Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society.

There is no evidence that God ever set foot on the maple wood lanes of the historic, soon-to-be-closed Southway Bowling Center in Federal Hill. But faith transcended doubt yesterday morning at SS. Stephen and James' Evangelical Lutheran Church, where impassioned testimonials of his pin-side presence were taken as gospel in a service that paid homage to the 61-year-old duckpin landmark. "We know in our heart and in our memories that God's grace was present with us each time we bowled," church member Mel Tansill told the crowd of about 100 worshipers.