Vice Principal

Alfred Dale Proffitt, a retired city educator who had been vice principal of Roland Park Middle School and whose career spanned more than three decades, died of pulmonary failure Saturday at York Hospital in York, Pa. The former longtime Northeast Baltimore resident was 76. Mr. Proffitt, the son of a Southern Railway carpenter, was born in Monroe, Va., the youngest of five brothers and a sister. "His father named him for Alf Landon but his mother didn't like that name and added the Dale," said his wife of 54 years, the former Theresa M. Wozniak, a retired educator.

Julia B. Woodland, who instilled her simple "Yes I Can" motto into thousands of students during a 40-year career as an educator in Baltimore city and county, died Feb. 18 of heart failure at Maryland General Hospital.Mrs. Woodland, 70, of Randallstown was perhaps most known for her tenure as vice principal and principal at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School in East Baltimore from 1971 until 1984.She instituted a no-nonsense approach to learning while nurturing the community to make the school community-oriented.

Lyda Eubanks Orgain, a retired Baltimore County elementary school vice principal and teacher, died Saturday of heart failure at her home in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. She was 89.A native of Chapel Hill, N.C., the former Lyda Eubanks married Holmes Orgain in 1938 and moved to Northeast Baltimore about 1950.She taught at Back River Elementary School in the early 1950s and retired in 1976 as vice principal of Glenmar Elementary. She moved to West Virginia last year.Services are scheduled for 1: 30 p.m. tomorrow at the Mays Chapel Cemetery, 11911 Jenifer Road in Timonium.

Johnnye Mae Stevenson was a no-nonsense teacher with a soft spot. In the classroom, she was a feared ruler and loving mother figure. She could quiet an unruly class with a glare and comfort a student taunted by classmates."

Howard County police have arrested a 20-year-old former Howard County student and an 18-year-old senior at Howard High School in connection with a wave of vandalism that has troubled county schools for the past month.Police said that the racist and obscene graffiti that were spray-painted on county schools on five occasions were personal attacks on a Howard High School vice principal who had suspended the former student five years ago.William Francis Holderman of the 600 block of Hallmark Drive in Glen Burnie was arrested at home Tuesday evening.

A 22-year-old man was charged yesterday in the abduction of a vice principal from a Christian day school in Woodlawn.Brandon Strong of the 1900 block of Richglen Drive in Woodlawn turned himself in at the Woodlawn Precinct on Friday night after he heard that police were looking for him, said Bill Toohey, a Baltimore County police spokesman.The victim, Hugo Silberberg, told police he was taking inventory in a supply room of the Gwynn Lake College Preparatory School in the 2100 block of Gwynn Oak Ave. about 4: 30 a.m. Sept.

The marketers of Education Alternatives, Inc. have spun a tale worthy of Pinocchio that all is bad in Baltimore public schools, and that parents' and children's only hope is to buy the company's product to turn things around.While Pinocchio's nose has been growing longer, hundreds of Baltimore's kids have benefited from innovative educational programs developed, shaped and implemented by Baltimore's own teachers and other school staff.Many Baltimore schools are now rich with positive, exciting programs that are motivating students to excel.

Edward C. HenrySoftware engineerEdward C. Henry, a software engineer, died Jan. 19 at his Columbia home of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. He was 29.He had been a software designer for Media Cybernetics in Silver Spring since moving to the Washington suburbs in 1988. He retired last year because of his illness.He was born in Akron, Ohio, and reared in Hershey, Pa.In 1987, he earned degrees in electrical engineering and computer science at Pennsylvania State University. He worked at the university in State College, Pa., for a year before moving to Maryland.

There they were yesterday, 250 South Shore Elementary School students booing wildly at their principal, Lib Kiefer.Mrs. Kiefer, dressed in her pig-patterned scarf, pink pig earrings and pink sweater, didn't seem to mind, though. What bothered her was bending down and getting nose-to-nose with Miss Piggy, a 65-pound black Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.She tried to get away with planting an enthusiastic kiss on a plush, toy porker someone held out from behind the school auditorium curtain. "It's a soft, fuzzy pig," she taunted.

It's not yet August, but it's time to think about back-to-school. Having now declared myself squarely in the parental camp (I never wanted summer to end when I was a kid), I'll point out that Hammond High School wishes to encourage all budding athletes, with tryouts, the official start for fall sports, beginning in mid-August.The 1994 tryouts for cross country and field hockey is Aug. 15 at 8:30 a.m.Varsity football starts the same day at 8 a.m.Junior varsity football begins Aug. 17 at 9 a.m.Boys soccer, girls soccer and volleyball all begin Aug. 22 at 3 p.m.For more information about the start times and tryouts, call Bob Maxey, Hammond High's athletic director at (410)

Alfred Dale Proffitt, a retired city educator who had been vice principal of Roland Park Middle School and whose career spanned more than three decades, died of pulmonary failure Saturday at York Hospital in York, Pa. The former longtime Northeast Baltimore resident was 76. Mr. Proffitt, the son of a Southern Railway carpenter, was born in Monroe, Va., the youngest of five brothers and a sister. "His father named him for Alf Landon but his mother didn't like that name and added the Dale," said his wife of 54 years, the former Theresa M. Wozniak, a retired educator.

Isadore Harry Goodwin Jr., a retired city public schools vice principal who enjoyed gardening, died of cancer Dec. 23 at his Glen Burnie home. He was 79. Born in Columbia, S.C., where he earned a bachelor's degree at Benedict College, he served in the Army during the Korean War. In 1954, he moved to Baltimore and taught science and industrial arts at the old Veterans Trade School, Pimlico Junior High School and Greenspring Middle School. He retired as a vice principal of West Baltimore Middle School.

Elizabeth M. Yoder, a retired Baltimore County educator whose career spanned five decades, died of heart failure Oct. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 93. Elizabeth Merle Yoder was born and raised on her family's farm in Long Green. She was a 1933 graduate of Towson High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the old State Normal School, now Towson University, in 1936. Miss Yoder taught for 16 years at Upper Falls, Carroll Manor and Loch Raven elementary schools before becoming the first vice principal of Villa Cresta Elementary School in Parkville, which opened in 1952.

Gary P. Warfield, a retired Harford County educator whose career spanned 25 years, died of respiratory failure Tuesday at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. He was 58. Mr. Warfield was born in Baltimore and raised in Bel Air. He graduated in 1967 from Bel Air High School, and in 1973 from what is now Towson University with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. He received a master's degree in 1978 in communicative disorders, and three years later received a master's degree in administrative supervision from Loyola College.

Ravens coach fired Coach Brian Billick is fired, just days after the team finished the season 5-11. Owner Steven Bisciotti said it was one of the toughest decisions of his life. Ohio crash kills five in family A Parkville woman and four children died in a collision south of Toledo, Ohio, when the driver of a truck drove the wrong way on an interstate. Public schools show changing face Over several years, the composition of the state's public schools has changed, with minorities now outnumbering white students.

John Franklin Wheeler Jr., a retired educator, lifelong athlete and World War II veteran, died of a blood disorder Tuesday at St. Joseph Medical Center. The longtime Kingsville resident, who recently resided at Oak Crest Village in Parkville, was 89. Mr. Wheeler played the piano for two hours every morning, golfed and rode a bike well into his 80s, and he inspired many with his zest for life. "He really could do anything and fix anything," said his wife of 49 years, the former Mary Christine Wagner.

Frances Lammert Mulheran, a vice principal of Bear Creek Elementary School in Dundalk for 30 years, died of heart failure March 14 in Haverford, Pa. The former Dundalk resident was 85. Frances Lammert attended Frostburg public schools and graduated from what is now Frostburg State University in 1942. She then began a 43-year career in Baltimore County public schools, at first teaching at Dundalk Elementary School. She maintained a stern and professional look but had a great, dry sense of humor, said Ann Ritchey, a veteran teacher at Bear Creek Elementary.

Margaret Amelia Riddle, a retired Baltimore County school teacher and vice principal who taught several generations of students during a career of more than four decades, died from stroke complications March 7 at Augsburg Lutheran Home and Village in Lochearn. The former Hebbville resident was 99. Miss Riddle was born in Woodlawn and raised in her parents' home on Rolling Road in Hebbville - where she spent the remainder of her life until moving to the retirement home in 2001. "She used to tell stories about riding to Hebbville Elementary School in a cart that was pulled by a pony named Brownie," said a niece, Anna Lee Riddle Hinson of Annapolis.

THERE IS a season for everything, Bruce Hart knows well. He draws his sentiments from Ecclesiastes. A time to tear, the ancient words tell us, and a time to mend. Hart is a high school vice principal. He teaches Bible classes, too, and has a master's degree in education. He's a deacon at his church. He's been a lacrosse coach, a business owner, a member of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce. All, for the last 21 years, from his wheelchair. For Hart, every season is a season in the sun. He's been a quadriplegic since that January 1984 afternoon when he drove out of the National Guard Armory at Glen Arm and was hit by a 21-year-old who'd lost control of his car at a bend in the road.

Dorothy W. Diehl, a retired Curtis Bay Elementary School vice principal and teacher, died of complications from a stroke Saturday at the Wesley Home, where she had lived since 2001. The longtime Sudbrook Park resident was 95. Born Dorothy Carroll Wilson in Baltimore and raised in Walbrook, she was a 1926 graduate of Western High School and earned a teacher's certificate from what is now Towson University. She also studied piano and dance at the Peabody Conservatory. At the 1926 Easter Parade on Charles Street, she met Harold W. Diehl Sr., and they married in 1933.