Tara

Hammond's Tara Zammichieli can't remember the last time a day went by that she didn't have to be somewhere. No complaints, of course. Three-sport standout high school athletes simply aren't made that way. But if you wanted to paint a picture of her average week, you couldn't pull it off without making it a collage. A collage teeming with penalty kicks, three-pointers, sacrifice bunts, drop kicks, free throws and stolen bases. "It seems like I'm doing sports every day," says Zammicheili, a three-year starter in goal for Hammond, as well as an all-county point guard and shortstop for the Golden Bears.

Hammond's Tara Zammichieli can't remember the last time a day went by that she didn't have to be somewhere. No complaints, of course. Three-sport standout high school athletes simply aren't made that way. But if you wanted to paint a picture of her average week, you couldn't pull it off without making it a collage. A collage teeming with penalty kicks, three-pointers, sacrifice bunts, drop kicks, free throws and stolen bases. "It seems like I'm doing sports every day," says Zammicheili, a three-year starter in goal for Hammond, as well as an all-county point guard and shortstop for the Golden Bears.

When North Harford's girls' soccer team trailed Aberdeen 1-0 two weeks ago, Danielle Konschak looked at her teammates and said, "We're going to win."No hesitation, no reservations.Her co-captain Tara Schlerf felt the same way. Schlerf quickly sparked the comeback, scoring on a direct kick to tie, then rallying the Hawks to a 2-1 win.After the Hawks suffered their first loss 2-0 to Bel Air Wednesday night, Schlerf said, "That just made me more determined not to lose any more games."No hesitation, no reservations.

What Secretary-General Kofi Annan cannot do cannot be done.IRA-Sinn Fein has trouble accepting the truism that killing people is impolitic.The officially most-favored clergymen are in hot water with the Merlin General Assembly again, for praying out loud in the State House what they really believe. That is always so very divisive.Tara, Tara, Tara!Pub Date: 2/23/98

The murder of a 15-year-old Columbia girl has led to a crusade by her family -- to answer the mystery of how she died and who killed her.Police acknowledged for the first time yesterday that they are treating Tara Allison Gladden's death as a homicide.And one day after burying Tara, her survivors announced the creation of a fund in her name, money they hope will be an attractive reward for anyone with information about her death or disappearance July 22."We desperately need all the help we can get at this point," said Shane Gladden, Tara's uncle.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK You can't be a party girl forever. -- Actress Tara Reid

Tara Howard served meals to Baltimore's homeless every third Sunday, founded a "social justice" club during her senior year at Mount de Sales Academy, and at the age of 8 or 9, asked Santa for "Peace in the World! PLEASE!!" in a letter to the North Pole. Yesterday afternoon, on the weekend of the first anniversary of her death at age 18, when a tractor-trailer struck a friend's car at a dark traffic light, her mother carried on that spirit of service. Linda Howard recruited her daughter's friends, who then enlisted other friends, to provide a hot meal to more than 250 needy people in the basement of Baltimore's St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church.

Tara ForanSt. Mary'sgirls basketballForan had a combined 66 points, 38 rebounds, 13 assists and five steals in three victories. The senior forward scored a game-high 27 points in a win over St. Frances (66-51).

On June 23, 2005, HELGE Z. MICHAEL (nee Zundt) devoted mother of Garth Michael, Tara Andrews, and her husband Dwayne, Chris Michael and his wife Debbie, and Stacey Michael and her husband Lenny Di Franza; dear grandmother of Tessa and Kalin Andrews, and Tara, Kerry, Jake and Rosie Michael. Service and Interment private. Contributions may be made in her memory to the Maryland Zoo of Baltimore or the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

John and Johanna Gladden lived every parent's nightmare.Their teen-age daughter carried on a secret sexual relationship with a man nearly twice her age. Despite their drastic steps to end the relationship once it was revealed, the girl was murdered at the man's hands.Now, two days after the 30-year-old Baltimore man was convicted of the girl's 1993 murder, the Columbia couple hope other parents can learn from their story."Nobody should ever have to go through this," Mrs. Gladden said.Yesterday, the Gladdens said they first blamed themselves for the death of their 15-year-old daughter, Tara Allison Gladden, thinking they should have been more aware or acted more quickly.