Youngblood

Sitting back in the cushions, one leg draped over the arm of the chair, Nathan Purdee strikes a Superfly pose -- cool, casual and confident.Best known for the role of Nathan Hastings in CBS's "The Young and the Restless," the 40-year-old actor is taking time out to promote his first film, "The Return of Superfly," which opens nationally on Friday. He was in town yesterday to tape a segment for the "Tim and Daphne" talk show, which will air at 11 a.m. Nov. 13 on Channel 2.Mr. Purdee, who lives in North Hollywood, stars in the role of Youngblood Priest, a former dope dealer who has gone straight and now has compassion for the victims of drug dealing.

Do you love figure skating but are sick of the Tonya-Nancy soap opera? Depressed that we don't stand a chance in hockey? Are 35 skiing events still not enough for you?Have no fear. Thanks to the wonders of the VCR, you can watch winter Olympics or winter sports any time you want. Just wander into your neighborhood video store and check out these films.* "The Cutting Edge" covers both his-and-hers Olympic skating. D. B. Sweeney is an injured hockey star who teams up with a difficult figure skater (Moira Kelly)

Property records show that an Abingdon home that was the site of a fatal fire Saturday belonged to a man named John Youngblood. Officials have not released the identity of the victim or the cause of the fire. Neighbors told WBAL-TV that Youngblood had been found inside. Firefighters responded at about 5 p.m. to the two-story home on the 700 block of Lombard Court off Long Bar Harbor Road. They found the body in a rear second-floor bedroom, authorities said. Alison.knezevich@baltsun.com

On February 21, 2005, WILBERT EUGENE, beloved father of Robin Youngblood; dear brother of Margaret Rogers, Leonard and Wayne Angel, Peggy Angel Jackson and the late Phillip, Richard, James and Douglas Angel. Also blessed with grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a faithful friend, Gloria Branham. Friends may call at GONCE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway, on Thursday, from 10 to 11 A.M, at which time service will be held. Interment in Crestlawn Memorial Gardens.

Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood jokes that he can't remember how many concussions he's had. Then he gets serious, recalling the damage he's absorbed since he first started playing football when he was 12. "What have I done?" Youngblood said. "I have to ask that question. You just don't know. We haven't defined it completely yet. That's one of the issues we're talking about here today." Youngblood spoke during a break from the first meeting of the Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Fla. The committee was formed by the NFL Players Association and includes professional athletes, past and current NFL players, doctors and researchers.

On April 4, 2006, KATHRYN E. (nee Hitchcock) GLADDING, beloved wife of Charles E. Gladding, loving mother of Kathryn Schultz, Elizabeth Huntington, Margaret Youngblood, Charles F. Gladding and Mary Lynn Gladding. Also survived by nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends Thursday and Friday 7 to 9 P.M. at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday 10 A.M. at St. Paul Catholic Church, Ellicott City.

PATRICIA ANN COLLURAFICI, age 63, died at home sur rounded by family and friends. She is survived by her beloved husband, William C. Collurafici, daughters and son-in-laws, Barbara and Curt Cunningham, Patsy and Gene Hoffman, Lena and Glenn Youngblood, grandchildren, Amanda, Jared, Jocelyn, Curty, Brittany, Billy, Devon and Lyle. A Memorial Service will be held 1:30 PM, Saturday, July 12, 2003 at Crouch Funeral Home, 127 South Main Street, North East, Cecil County, Maryland. Family and friends may call from 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM at the funeral home.

ARE HOME PRICES irrationally exuberant? If you own a house in any of the three dozen metropolitan areas where appreciation rates exceeded 20 percent in the past 12 months, you might think so. Ditto if you live in one of the 14 major markets where the average home more than doubled in price in the past 60 months. That's exuberant by all historical standards. But are any of these hyperinflationary areas - primarily located in California, Nevada, Florida, New England and the Mid-Atlantic states - heading for significant corrections in values this year?

Old Mill junior Ron Vaughters , who won a state title last year in the 135-pound class, is wrestling at 145 this season and reached the career 100-match win mark last weekend. The accomplishment is rare among public school wrestlers, whose competition is limited, and even rarer for a junior. "Kids who get 100 wins in the public schools are usually barely over 100 at the end of their senior years," Old Mill coach Dan Youngblood said. "He's still got 20 matches left to go this year and could have 125 by the time he's through."

Abandon hope, all ye who enter Apocalypto. As Mel Gibson tells us in the portentous TV ads, the title means "a new beginning," but the movie returns to the beginnings of movie melodrama. Although it's told in a Mayan dialect, with English subtitles, the movie is just an arthouse film for jocks. Only the surface is exotic: the Mayan empire in its late-decadent phase. Otherwise, it's as if Gibson feels the audience has never seen a film before. The life-or-death jeopardy is so basic, he might as well be filming a good guy trying to stop a train before it hits the damsel tied by the bad guys to the railroad tracks.