Tommy

Thomas Jefferson Baker, the former Maryland Jockey Club's racing secretary at Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park who earlier in his professional life had been a jockey and a trainer, died May 12 of a heart attack at Laurel Regional Hospital. He was 82. Mr. Baker was born and raised in West Chester, Pa., where he attended public schools. "Some run away to the circus, and he ran away to horse racing when he was a teenager," said his son, Timothy J. Baker, who lives in Ellicott City.

The injury that St. Louis Cardinals star pitcher Adam Wainwright suffered in the bullpen during spring training isn't just a big league problem. As baseball season approaches, Little Leaguers and other school-age players should be aware that they can damage their elbows. Dr. Anand M. Murthi, attending orthopedic surgeon and chief of shoulder and elbow surgery at Union Memorial Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, explains the surgery that is sometimes necessary for repairs. It's called ulnar collateral ligament (UCL)

Ravens safety Tom Zbikowski, a football player by trade and a boxer at heart, is taking advantage of the looming NFL lockout by getting back into the boxing ring. Zbikowski will fight on the undercard of a pro boxing event at the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas next Saturday. Under normal circumstances, this sort of thing wouldn't fly with the Ravens. But Zbikowski hasn't signed his restricted tender, so there is no contract for him to violate. And hey, if the NFL won't let him play football, then why shouldn't he be allowed to compete and make some extra dough in boxing in the event of a lockout?

Movie-goers off to see the new Mel Gibson movie "Edge of Darkness," a compressed two-hour version of the six-hour 1985 British TV miniseries, are likely to be doing so because their man Mel is back on the edge, on the boil and on the trigger after nearly eight years off as a top-line screen actor. ("Signs" was his most recent starring role.) But other factors work in this conflicted, still entertaining thriller's favor. Among them: Ray Winstone as assassin/fixer/philosopher of mysterious employ, who quietly becomes the most intriguing character, and co-writer William Monahan's fabulous way with vaguely threatening doublespeak.

Unexpectedly on September 18, 2009, CHARLES T. KLINE, II, better known to his friends as "Tommy". Survived by his father Charles T. "Butch" Kline. Loving father to Zackary A., Jessica A., and Joshua T. Beloved brother of Jennifer A. Henderson and Julie A. Arkins. Loving uncle to Julia Ann, Bailey, and Brandon. Friends may call at the family-owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus on Tuesday and Wednesday from 3-5 and 7-9pm, where a funeral service will be held Thursday 10am.

"What? They're closing?!" Jenny Bumblis hadn't heard the news that Ledo Restaurant in Adelphi, the place where she got "the best pizza in the world," where she often took her children for dinner, was shutting its doors. Actually, it's shutting its doors and reopening them several miles away. Ledo, a Washington-area landmark that has served its legendary square pizzas for almost 55 years, is moving next year from its original spot in a University Boulevard shopping center, just west of the University of Maryland, to College Park.

On August 17, 2009, Thomas Carter Goffaux Services and Interment for Tommy and Ashley will take place Sunday Aug. 23rd at 12 noon graveside, at the Columbia Memorial Park 12005 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, MD 21029. Please direct inquiries to the Slack Funeral Home, P.A. 410-465-4400

On May 31, 2009, HARVEY PACK. Born August 19, 1964. Survived by his wife Sue Pack; mother Ida Pack; brothers Mike and Pat; step sons, Frank, Jerry and Tommy; grandchildren Helen and Frank. Memorial service will be held at the Church of the Redemption, 1401 Towson Street, Locust Point on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 4 P.M.

On March 28, 2009, GIL E. COOPER; beloved father of Gil E. Cooper, Jr.; dear son of Jane and Gilbert E. Cooper Jr.; brother of Dawn Shrum and Tammy Philbrick; grandson of Lorraine Cooper; uncle of Tommy, Faith and Nicholas. Friends may call at the Gonce Funeral Service, P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway, on Tuesday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Services on Wednesday at 12 Noon. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon describes a mythical village in which 18th-century folks wake up for only one day after sleeping 100 years. Reckoning in performing arts time, one might say nine years between performances in Annapolis equals a "Brigadoon" century. In February 2000, Annapolis Chorale music director J. Ernest Green brought Brigadoon to Maryland Hall's stage in what he recalls as "only the second musical in our 'Broadway in Annapolis' series." When Brigadoon debuted on Broadway in 1947, it marked musical team Lerner and Loewe's first success and was followed by blockbusters My Fair Lady in 1956 and Camelot in 1960.