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Ann Claire Young, of New York, NY, was married to John Wesley Frisbie, of Queens, NY on December 13, 2003. The bride is the daughter of Neil and Nancy Young, of Lutherville, MD. She is a 1995 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College in PA and earned a Master's degree at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. The bridegroom is the son of Ms. Barbara Frisbie, of Houston, TX. He graduated in 1991 from the University of Texas in Austin, TX. The couple honeymooned...

Orioles first-round draft choice Beau Hale and the club have agreed in principle to a contract that will give the University of Texas right-handed pitcher the largest signing bonus in franchise history, a club source confirmed last night. Pending Hale passing a team physical, the Orioles are expected to announce his signing at the B&O warehouse before tonight's game against the Kansas City Royals. The Orioles took Hale, 21, with the 14th overall pick of the draft. All players selected before him have signed.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County gained a share yesterday of its fourth title in five years at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship in Milwaukee. UMBC finished tied with the University of Texas at Dallas. In the critical face-off against the Texas school, UMBC's captain and International Master Eugene Perelshteyn lost to Grand Master Yuri Shulman, but UMBC's William "The Exterminator" Morrison defeated Andre Zaremba. The other two head-to-head matches ended in draws, leaving the schools tied atop the standings.

On April 16, 2006 J. PALMER, Beloved husband of Mary Kuriga Saunders (Nee Womeldorph) and the late Margaret Seibert Saunders. Devoted father of Margaret Saunders, Adam and the late George Palmer Saunders, II. Loving grandfather of Stephens Palmer Adam, Jack Stewart Adam and Susan Elizabeth Saunders, M.D. Step-father of Michael Kuriga and Douglas Kuriga. A Memorial Service will be held in Galveston, Texas on Friday, May 19th, 2006. Interment in Dayton, Ohio. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Mary and J. Palmer Saunders Professorship for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Texas Medical Branch Graduate School of Biomedical Science, 301 University Blvd.

Irving L. Garfinkle, a retired advertising salesman for The Sun who earlier had owned a dry-goods store, died of cancer Friday at his Pikesville home. He was 81. Mr. Garfinkle was born in Houston and raised in San Antonio, where his father owned and operated a dry-goods store. He interrupted college studies at the University of Texas to enlist in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was a bombardier in Europe and later flew relief missions. After the war, he returned to the University of Texas and earned a bachelor's degree in 1947 in journalism.

WBAL-TV (Channel 11) has hired a new anchorwoman and shuffled its first-string lineup in a way that makes her almost as visible at the 11 o'clock anchor desk as Rod Daniels and Pat Minarcin. Carolyn McEnrue, 30, joined Channel 11 in September and is now anchoring the station's top newscast three nights a week -- Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (She also serves as a reporter on her non-anchor work days.)The Friday broadcast makes her more than a new weekend anchor. The pairing of her and Daniels on an expanded Sunday newscast is a dramatic change from the way local television news has traditionally been presented in Baltimore.

WASHINGTON -- A University of Texas law professor has come under heavy fire from black and Latino legislators for making statements that give aid and comfort to racists. Unfortunately, his critics are making statements that risk doing the same thing.Professor Lino Graglia's remarks came in a news conference for an organization that supports the 1996 federal court decision that stopped Texas colleges from considering race in student admissions.Since then, black and Hispanic enrollment at the University of Texas Law School has plummeted from the highest in the nation to one of the lowest.

YOU COULD CALL Lino Graglia a loose cannon. Or you could call him a man dedicated to saying what he believes to be the truth. But if his critics get their way, you'll be calling him fired.For those of you who haven't heard of Graglia, some background is in order. He is a University of Texas Law School professor who had the effrontery to say that blacks and Mexican-Americans couldn't compete with whites in higher education. Pulling no punches, Graglia went on to say that blacks and Mexican-Americans "have a culture that seems not to encourage achievement."

Black & Decker Corp. faces a patent-infringement suit over the batteries used in its new 36-volt line of DeWalt-brand power tools. In the lawsuit, the University of Texas and its board of regents claim the lithium ion technology that powers Black & Decker's new cordless line of hammerdrills, circular saws and rotary hammers infringes on two patents held by the school. The suit, filed Sept. 11 at the federal District Court in Dallas, asks the court to prevent Black & Decker from selling its 36-volt line with the batteries in question.