Ulysses

On March 10, 2004 ULYSSES WILLIAMS. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Tuesday after 8 A.M. where the family will receive friends on Wednesday at 11:30 A.M., services will follow at 12 noon. See www.marchfh.com.

In using his public office for private gain, Sen. Ulysses Currie disgraced the Maryland Senate. Today, in rendering its final judgment on that offense, the Senate has disgraced itself. The upper chamber of the Maryland General Assembly voted unanimously to censure Senator Currie for failing to disclose his paid work on behalf of Shoppers Food Warehouse. He loses any possibility of ever regaining his committee chairmanship or climbing the ranks of the Democratic leadership, but those sanctions are meaningless.

On April 28, 2006, ULYSSES MURPHY. Friends may call MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Ave. on Wednesday after 8:30 a.m. Family will receive friends at Christian Memorial Church, 2001 W. North Ave. on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Services will follow at 11

Why are we wasting taxpayer money on a show trial prosecution of state Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, when we all know he will get little more than a slap on the wrist, if that? Of course, if Mr. Currie were a Republican he would already be in jail, with the key thrown away. Gail Householder, Marriottsville

On February 1, 2009, ULYSSES SCOTT JENKINS. On Wednesday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 5 to 8 P.M. On Thursday, the family will receive friends at the Vaughn C. Greene Chapel-Randallstown from 9 to 9:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

On October 24, 2005, ULYSSES GAMBLE, loving brother of Early Young, Mary Frances Gamble, Clyde Gamble and Fred Gamble. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Wednesday after 9 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Thursday at 11:30, followed by funeral service at 12. Interment King Memorial Park. See www.marchfh.com

James Joyce's "Ulysses" is celebrated by scholars and lay readers the world over -- and Washington is no exception. For the past 13 years, a handful of dedicated actors and savants have gathered for a marathon dramatic reading of the novel, which tells the story of two turn-of-the-century Irishmen, whose journeys one June day strangely parallel those of Odysseus and his son Telemachus in Homer's "Odyssey." This year, the Joyceans are back with four readings to be held at Kelly's Irish Times.

On July 5, 2006, ULYSSES RICHMOND, III; son of Ulander Richmond, father of Ulysses Richmond, IV; brother of Diana and Tara Richmond. Friends may call at the JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222 W. North Avenue, on Friday from 4-6 P.M. Wake on Saturday at Wilson Park CC Church, York Road from 10 - 10:30 A.M. when funeral service will begin. Interment King Memorial Park.

NASA hopes to end a frustrating five-month drought in shuttle flights tomorrow morning with the scheduled launch aboard Discovery of the Ulysses nuclear-powered satellite, seven years overdue to begin a 2-billion-mile journey to the sun.Barring bad weather or hydrogen fuel leaks like those that have grounded its two sister shuttles since spring, Discovery is set to lift off on the joint NASA/European Space Agency mission at 7:35 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center...

Nov. 5 1872 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to vote for President Ulysses S. Grant.

A federal judge in Baltimore has denied efforts by state Sen. Ulysses Currie and two former executives of Shoppers Food Warehouse to throw out bribery and extortion charges, leaving the prosecutor's case intact. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett ruled Friday that the government had correctly charged a case that alleges Currie was paid $245,000 in bribes over a five-year period for legislative favors and influence beneficial to the supermarket chain. Currie, a Democrat, is accused of using his influence as the chairman of a powerful Senate committee to do favors for Shoppers, a company headquartered in his Prince George's County district.

The state prosecutor has been asked to investigate whether a powerful Maryland lawmaker improperly used his campaign account for personal purchases and other expenses unrelated to his candidacy. The Maryland Board of Elections requested an investigation of Sen. Ulysses Currie, a Prince George's County Democrat who chairs the Budget and Taxation Committee. The elections board is not satisfied with the campaign's explanation for $53,772 in expenditures, including $41,555.27 for legal fees first reported by The Baltimore Sun. Other expenditures that raised questions include: $118 for an eye examination, $133.94 to a company that sells toy guns and remote-control tanks, $31 for auto body repair, $29.99 for online games, $21.59 for a cell phone accessory and $12 for a golf course membership fee. The payments piqued the board's interest because, by law, campaign funds can be used only to promote the "success or defeat of a candidate," according to Jared DeMarinis, director of the elections board.

On March 31, 2009, CHARLEY FRIERSON, loving father of Annie Carr and Ulysses Frierson. He is also survived by three grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Monday after 9. Family will receive friends on Tuesday at the New St. Mark's Church, 3905 Springdale Ave. at 10:30 A.M. followed by funeral service at 11.

On February 1, 2009, ULYSSES SCOTT JENKINS. On Wednesday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 5 to 8 P.M. On Thursday, the family will receive friends at the Vaughn C. Greene Chapel-Randallstown from 9 to 9:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

Nov. 26 1933 A judge in New York ruled the James Joyce book Ulysses was not obscene and could therefore be published in the United States.

Claudio Monteverdi wrote that "the modern composer builds his music on the basis of truth," a sentiment still valid 400 years after he expressed it. Never mind that his operas, which are among the first extant masterpieces in the genre, deal with myth or ancient history. Monteverdi, and his Venetian audience, could recognize the relevance - and the truth - in the oldest of tales, the most remote of events. A case in point is one of Monteverdi's finest works, The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria)