Tara

On August 20, 2007, TARA PARKS. On Friday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, from 4-8 P.M. On Saturday, Ms. Parks will lie in state at Vaughn C. Greene West Chapel, where the family will receive friends form 10:30-11 A.M., services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

Tara and Steve Sams of Bel Air announce the birth of their daughter, Whitney Ann Sams, on Jan. 27 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Grandparents are Doss and Marilyn Sams of Street and John and Linda Downing of West Chester, Pa.

On March 9, 2005, TARA; beloved daughter of Bernard and Alberta Bennett; devoted sister of Keith Bennett. She is also survived by two daughters and one son. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Monday after 8:30 A.M. Family will receive friends on Tuesday at Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, 8615 Church Lane from 10 to 10:30 A.M. Funeral Service will follow. See www.marchfh.com

Being a new vampire ain't easy. And Tara's learning the hard way. Escaping from Sookie's into the woods, Tara experiences vampire sensory overload - her vision is heightened, she can hear things very clearly. She can see the entire universe and stars above her, but can also see a creepy opossum in a tree. She can also see a stranded motorist looking for help. She bears her fangs and approaches.  "Listen ... I ... have no problem with vampires," the woman begs. Tara's not having it. She's hungry and pissed, so we grabs her neck and is about to sink her teeth in until she sees her reflection in the car window and backs away.  "I'm sorry," Tara says and backs off. Apparently, if you were a good person and had a soul before you turned vampire, that carries over into your new vampire conscience.  Or something.

On January 6, 2006, TARA E. HOWARD; beloved daughter of William H. Howard and Linda P. Howard; devoted sister of Philip R. Howard and his wife Delyza. Family will receive friends Tuesday and Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home, Inc., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday 11 A.M. at Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City. Interment St. John's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Tara's name to Church of the Resurrection.

On Monday, February 27, 2006, TARA OLEKSY BRENNAN, age 23, of Silver Spring, MD., formerly of South Baltimore, MD. Beloved daughter of John and Mary Frances Brennan; loving sister of Michael Shawn Headley and Cara Therese Brennan; granddaughter of Jeannette Lavigne of South Portland, ME. Relatives and Friends may call at COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, 500 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, MD., Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catherine Laboure Church, Veirs Mill & Claridge Roads, Wheaton, MD., on Saturday, March 4 at 10:30 A.M. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Tara Allison Gladden, 15, a sophomore at Atholton High School in Columbia, was found dead Tuesday in Columbia after she had been missing since July 22. A cause of death has not yet been determined, police said.Educated in Howard County public schools, Tara previously attended Wilde Lake High School.Tara was a native of Cockeysville and moved with her family to Columbia 13 years ago.Her interests included dance and soccer, which she played while attending Wilde Lake High School.William Ermatinger, an uncle of Tara's, said she was interested in pursuing a career that involved animals.

BOSTON -- I've just finished a book that you can't read. I'm not bragging about my literary prowess. The book wasn't "Finnegan's Wake" in the original Joyce or "The Odyssey" in ancient Greek. The problem isn't a language barrier but a legal barrier. A judge in Atlanta has stopped publication of Alice Randall's "The Wind Done Gone" on the grounds that it violates the copyright of the book that it mocks: "Gone With the Wind." Her new novel can't be sold in bookstores, it can't be sold on eBay; indeed, the publisher has actually been asked to round up advance reading copies like the one in my hands.

Sure, skating star and Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski is rich and famous. But what might surprise some people is that she's so much like many of you - only with more frequent flyer miles and a passport instead of a school ID. We recently yakked with Tara. We called her on her cell phone while she was driving around Houston with her mom and dad, trying to decide where to stop for dinner.Here's the 411 on Tara:* Sweet 16: Tara turned 16 on June 10. She celebrated at Disney World with a couple of her girlfriends.

As Tara Allison Gladden was laid to rest yesterday morning, medical officials and Howard County police were still unsure what caused her death.The 15-year-old whose family and friends in Columbia knew her as a "quiet and shy girl who liked to laugh," was buried at a Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium yesterday after Catholic funeral services in Columbia. Her coffin was topped with white and pink roses.Inside the Meeting House, an interfaith center in the Village of Oakland Mills, more than 400 friends and neighbors gathered.

Just how many subplots swirled about in tonight's season premiere? I think I lost count at 32. While it's always good to meet new characters (like Vampire Authority rep Nora, who gives off a distinct Rachel Weisz vibe) and see others get extended time (always good to see Pam!), the Bon Temps community is getting a bit crowded -- and a bit hard to follow. You're not sure what you're supposed to care about most: Sookie, who used to be the main character and is now often shifted to the background?

Tara Beth Downing of West Chester, Pa., and Stephen Sams of Bel Air, were united in marriage on March 3 at the Mendenhall Inn with the Rev. John V. Carlson officiating. The bride is the daughter of John and Linda Downing of West Chester. The bridegroom is the son of Doss and Marilyn Sams of Street. A reception hosted by the bride's parents was held at the Mendenhall Inn in Chadd's Ford, Pa. After a honeymoon trip to Costa Rica, the couple resides in Bel Air.

Marnie, er, Antonia is in full-on attack mode. High-yo, silver, away! "The sun" -- Jessica Call Bill what you will: A boorish politican, heartless-on-the-surface ruler, gold card member of Jos. A Bank. But he had a seemingly good plan to combat Marnie/Antonia's plot against all of vampire kind. And he did it fairly quickly. American Congress -- take note. MY ANTONIA: Basically, the whole Marnie as Antonia's rise to power and fast plan to wreak vengeance against vampires was the best part of this slow episode.

Lime Kiln Middle School seventh-grader Michelle Wong cannot talk with the animals, but she can imagine what they might say, and she figures few would have kind words about last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. She recently wrote a short play about a few sea creatures affected by the spill that was submitted in the Arena Stage 12th Annual Student 10-Minute Play Competition. With more than 800 entries submitted from area middle and high schools, Michelle didn't figure she had much of a chance at winning.

On December 2, 2009, TARA, who is survived by three sisters; two brothers; one sister-in-law; godmother; two aunts; nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Services, P.A., 1701 McCulloh Street on Wednesday 2 to 9 P.M. Family will receive friends Thursday 10:30 to 11 A.M., at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 2300 W. Lafayette Avenue at Wheeler Avenue, with services following. Interment Trinity Cemetery.

On April 26, 2009, FRANK MARTIN BERG; beloved son of Paul J., and Mary J. (nee Gross) Berg; loving brother of Tom Berg and his wife Connie, Steve Berg, Ken Berg and his wife Susan, Diane Hauserman and her husband John; devoted uncle of Laura, Elise, Jordan, Jackson, Leah and the late Tara. A memorial service will be held at Lassahn Funeral Home (Overlea), 7401 Belair Road on Saturday, October 10th at 11 A.M. Visiting Saturday 10 to 11 A.M. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 5210 York Road, Baltimore, MD, 21212.

On December 2, 2009, TARA, who is survived by three sisters; two brothers; one sister-in-law; godmother; two aunts; nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Services, P.A., 1701 McCulloh Street on Wednesday 2 to 9 P.M. Family will receive friends Thursday 10:30 to 11 A.M., at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 2300 W. Lafayette Avenue at Wheeler Avenue, with services following. Interment Trinity Cemetery.

The family comedy has undergone some transformations of late, thanks mostly to cable television and its restless search for buttons and/or envelopes to push. United States of Tara, a new Showtime series about a woman with four personalities (including her "own"), is solidly within this new tradition, alongside shows like Weeds, The Riches and Big Love - stories of families whose unusual lives or lifestyles set them apart from the supposedly normal world, which we are typically invited to see as grotesque.

The Baltimore state's attorney's office dropped prostitution charges Monday against two sisters believed to have been trafficked into the country from Mexico, prosecutors said, because city police failed to produce the evidence against them. Assistant State's Attorney Joakim Tan said that investigators supplied him with charging documents, the results of criminal background checks on the women and the warrant authorizing the Sept. 25 search of a two-story Butchers Hill rowhouse in the 200 block of S. Collington Ave. But when Tan asked for the evidence seized during the search - a ledger police had said showed that the suspects each had 19 customers on the day of their arrest along with money, business cards and 20 photographs - one of the detectives said there were "problems" locating it, Tan said.