Worthington

On January 3, 2005 WORTHINGTON LIPSCOMB; husband of Ethel Lipscomb. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue, on Friday after 8 A.M. The family will receive friends at Nazarene Temple, 2312 Harford Road, on Saturday at 10 A.M. Services will follow at 10:30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com LURZ, beloved mother of Andrew M. Stout, loving daughter of Loretta A. Lurz and the late Joseph F. Lurz. Loving sister of Sandra K. Lurz, Beth Smith, J. Michael Lurz, Joanne Sellers, James F. Lurz, Jeffrey P. Lurz, J. Robert Lurz, J. Timothy Lurz, Patricia M. Carberry, Joel P. Lurz and J. Martin Lurz and the late J. Dennis Lurz.

William C. Ensor Jr., a retired estate manager and decorated World War II veteran, died Feb. 13 of heart failure at Lorien Mays Chapel. He was 91. The son of farmers, William Clark Ensor Jr. was born in Monkton and later moved with his family to Ruxton, where his father farmed in what is now the Four Winds neighborhood. Mr. Ensor attended Towson High School and enlisted in the Army in 1943, where he served with the 78th Infantry "Lightning" Division in the European theater. Mr. Ensor took part in the Battle of the Bulge and in the capture, intact, of the strategically important Schwammenauel Dam that spanned the Roer River.

On March 2, 2004, VIRGINIA M. WORTHINGTON (nee Moore), beloved wife of the late Samuel Madison Worthington, Jr.; devoted mother of Samuel M. Worthington, III, and Faris L. Worthington; dear grandmother of Michela Lee Worthington, and Samuel M. Worthington, IV. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Road (Beltway exit 26A), on Sunday, March 14, 2004, from 12:30 to 1 P.M., at which time a memorial service will be held. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The League of Women Voters, AAUW, Meals on Wheels, or the charity of your choice.

On a fall day, the landscape in northern Baltimore County looks pretty marvelous. Even the old-fashioned rural roads seem unobtrusive. It's hard not to think: Why hasn't all this gorgeous landscape been ruined, as close as it is to downtown Baltimore? It's taken me a while to realize why the areas such as the Worthington and Greenspring valleys remain so unspoiled. This week, at a little Victorian house on Pennsylvania Avenue in Towson, I held a 50-year-old report whose precepts have cast a long shadow.

The San Diego Padres put third baseman Craig Worthington, who lost his shot at a starting job when Gary Sheffield was obtained from the Milwaukee Brewers last week, on unconditional release waivers yesterday.Worthington, obtained in an off-season trade with the Orioles for pitcher Jim Lewis and outfielder Steve Martin, was signed for $235,000. San Diego will instead give him $58,104 in termination pay, if he is not claimed by Friday.Since the acquisition of Sheffield, general manager Joe McIlvaine had tried to trade Worthington.

Third baseman Craig Worthington, recovered from a right hamstring injury, will report to the Rochester Red Wings today to begin a rehabilitation assignment."

Immediately after the San Diego Padres acquired third baseman Gary Sheffield from the Milwaukee Brewers, former Oriole Craig Worthington marched into general manager Joe McIlvaine's office and demanded a trade. The Padres told him they would try to accommodate him."Now that they have another third baseman, I'm no use to them," said Worthington, who hit his first home run of the spring earlier Friday. "I've got to play every day."I just don't know why they did this. At the very least, give me a good month into the season to see what I can do. They have no idea what I could do."

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Baltimore Orioles third baseman Craig Worthington agreed to terms on a one-year contract yesterday, accepting the same salary for 1991 that he earned last year.Worthington, who batted .226 with eight home runs and 44 RBI in 1990, will make $207,500. He had more than doubled his salary the year before with a rookie season that featured 15 homers and 70 RBI, but reported to camp late last year and struggled from start to finish.His bargaining position was diminished further by the presence of third-base prospect Leo Gomez, who was the most dangerous hitter in the International League last year and added to his credentials with a solid performance in the Dominican Winter League.

On a fall day, the landscape in northern Baltimore County looks pretty marvelous. Even the old-fashioned rural roads seem unobtrusive. It's hard not to think: Why hasn't all this gorgeous landscape been ruined, as close as it is to downtown Baltimore? It's taken me a while to realize why the areas such as the Worthington and Greenspring valleys remain so unspoiled. This week, at a little Victorian house on Pennsylvania Avenue in Towson, I held a 50-year-old report whose precepts have cast a long shadow.

The Texas Rangers yesterday activated outfielder-designated hitter Juan Gonzalez from the 15-day disabled list and acquired third baseman Craig Worthington from the Cincinnati Reds.Gonzalez, a two-time AL home run champion, had been on the disabled list since July 27 with a bone spur in the back of his neck.Texas placed third baseman Mike Pagliarulo, like Worthington a former Oriole, on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring.Worthington, 30, was hitting .318 with 41 RBIs in 81 games for Triple-A Indianapolis.

Services are set for Tuesday, Feb. 28, for Randall P. Worthington Sr., a prominent Harford County businessman and a member of the Harford County Liquor Control Board, who was killed in an accidental shooting Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church at 224 N. Main St. in Bel Air. Interment, which will be private, will be at Darlington Cemetery. There won't be any visitation. Around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Harford County Sheriff's Office received a call for an unattended death.

Worthington Elementary School in Ellicott City will soon receive nearly 90 percent of its electrical power from the sun. Howard County Board of Education officials say they've partnered with the county's Department of Public Works to place about 2,000 solar panels on a landfill next to Worthington Elementary that will supply the school with solar energy year-round. The project, which will be discussed at Worthington's Media Center on Tuesday night, is a boost to a school that already employs environmentally conscious practices such as Waste-Free Wednesdays, when students are encouraged to pack meals in reusable containers and use cloth napkins.

Henry Miller "Hank" Worthington, a retired hardware executive and music lover who enjoyed waterfowl hunting, died Monday of complications from dementia at his Garrison home. He was 80. Mr. Worthington, the son of a hardware executive and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park and Garrison. He was a 1948 graduate of Gilman School and attended Princeton University, where he played ice hockey and was captain of the skeet shooting team. "He was an expert marksman, a skill inherited from his father, a 13-time Maryland state skeet and trap champion," said a son, Edward H. "Ned" Worthington of Garrison.

Barbara R. Worthington, a retired credit union administrative assistant and weaver, died June 29 of lung cancer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Mount Washington resident was 70. Barbara Reeves, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Hills and Riverdale, N.Y. She was a 1957 graduate of Riverdale Country School and earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1961 from William Smith College, now Hobart William Smith.

Carol Helme Brewster, a former Philadelphia socialite and renowned equestrian who during her marriage to former Maryland Sen. Daniel Baugh Brewster owned Worthington Farms, where the couple hosted the annual Maryland Hunt Cup and feted celebrities from the worlds of politics, film and business, died Thursday of complications from a stroke at the Brightwood retirement community in Lutherville. She was 92. Carol Helme Leiper, the daughter of a wealthy and socially prominent lawyer and businessman, and a homemaker, was born in Philadelphia and raised in Chestnut Hill, Pa. Mrs. Brewster's father, James Gerhard "Gerry" Leiper Jr., was a talented equestrian, a master of foxhounds and co-founder of Andrew's Bridge Hunt in Pennsylvania.

Forget the flying dragons and giant blue aliens: Sam Worthington is in search of human life amid all that extraterrestrial spectacle in "Avatar." Director James Cameron's sci-fi epic arrives Dec. 18 amid intense discussion of its state-of-the-art performance capture and 3-D innovations, but for Worthington, the 33-year-old Australian star of the film, none of that is as important as locating the human heart in the story. "I don't believe there's a certain way to act in an action blockbuster, and I think it's a mistake to approach it that way," Worthington said.