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A good "Fiddler on the Roof" is always a treat, and the folks at 2nd Star Productions have given us one.Fine singing is at the core of this "Fiddler," which will run weekends at the Bowie Playhouse in Whitemarsh Park through Dec. 4.Baritone Tom Zielinski was the first-class Figaro in the Annapolis Opera's "Marriage of Figaro" a couple of years ago. This time around, he cuts quite a swath through the role of Tevye the dairyman, the earthy, devout Ukrainian Jew...

Randallstown's Leslie Harvey defeated Jennifer Hellier of Broadneck in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to win her first girls singles title yesterday at the state tennis championships at Essex Community College. Harvey won the title as the third seed. Hellier placed third last year.Stephen Decatur's top-seeded Chris Zielinski took the boys singles with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Wootton's Nitin Deodhar. It was the second straight title for Zielinski, who was a part of the winning mixed doubles team a year ago.The unseeded team of Brian Wu and Don Nguyen of Wootton won the boys doubles title by outlasting Walt Whitman's, Mike Sobeck and Alex Abnell, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0. The girls doubles championship went to Blair's Charitha Gowda and Jodi Min, who defeated Donyell DeLancey and Camila Rassmussen of Broadneck, 6-4, 6-4.Stephen Decator earned a second title in mixed doubles as top-seeded Katie Gibbons and Gregg Zielinski won 6-1, 6-3 over Donyell Piacente and Vinu Potti of Richard Montgomery.

An audience of about 400 came Saturday to Quiet Waters Park and remained, despite mid-90-degree heat, for the entire Annapolis Opera program of "Operetta in the Park."All three singers were in fine voice and had stage presence, charm and more than enough stamina to qualify as dedicated troupers.Tenor Douglas Bowles sang in a pseudo-military uniform, including a high-collared shirt plus jacket, and still managed a romantic gaze at soprano Mary Gresock. Baritone Thomas Zielinski also seemed to enjoy performing in the heat.

In Sunday's editions, an article about the state high school tennis championships incorrectly listed the school for players Howie Edelstein and Matt Hanna. They are from South River.The Sun regrets the error.When the time came for Broadneck's doubles team of Howie Edelstein and Matt Hanna to seize their destiny at yesterday's state tennis championships, they did so with the strong play and intensity that have carried them throughout this season.Feeling unfulfilled after three previous trips to the state tournament, which resulted in one second- and two third-place finishes, Edelstein and Hanna combined for three strong service games and some dominating net play to defeat Don Ho and Danny McBride of Blair, 6-2, 6-1, for their first state doubles title at Essex Community College.

The owner of the leaking hazardous waste landfill on Solley Road has dropped plans to reseal it with vinyl in favor of a clay cap.The two trash heaps were covered with clay when the landfill was ordered closed by the state in 1982. But what was a state-of-the-art protective barrier failed: water is seeping in and at least one slope has collapsed.Browning-Ferris Industries initially proposed to reseal the 65-acre landfill with two feet of clay, which would then be topped with 9 inches of chipped tires for drainage, fabric and finally an 18-inch layer of sludge, fly ash and dirt.

Fourteen members of The Baltimore Sun's 1991 All-Metro football team head the list of 90 scholar-athletes from Baltimore-area high school football teams who will be honored tonight by the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame at the 29th annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner at Martin's West.Running back Hari Lymon of City, Offensive Player of the Year, and lineman Troy Thinglestad of St. Paul's, were both first-team selections last fall.Other All-Metro players who will be on hand tonight are James Guyton (Gilman)

Marine Cpl. Willie C. P. Kendrick III, son of Willie Kendrick of Laurel, recently returned from service in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Sea Angel, a relief effort aimed at helping Bangladesh recoverfrom a cyclone. The 1987 graduate of Laurel High School joined the Marine Corps in October 1987.Marine Cpl. John W. Zielinski, son ofJoanne and John Zielinski Jr. of Sykesville, also returned from deployment in the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Storm. Zielinski joined the Marine Corps in January 1987.

Army investigators looking into the explosion that killed two workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground on March 15 may not issue a report on the incident for at least six months, an Army spokesman said last week.Investigators from APG and the U.S. Army Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., are expected to be at the scene of the explosion throughout this week to determine a cause, said Lt. Col. Brian McWilliams, spokesman for the safety center.Norman L. Barcase, 40, of Abingdon, and John Zielinski, 41, of Aberdeen, were killed in the explosion at APG's East Ammunition Assembly Plant.

ABERDEEN -- One was a settled, happily married family man who could bake a mean apple pie. The other was a handsome, single gent -- a bit of a rogue -- who nonetheless possessed a generous soul.John Zielinski, 41, and Norman L. Barcase, 40, were co-workers and friends who died Friday at Aberdeen Proving Ground when an explosion ripped through a munitions processing bay. Yesterday, their families struggled with the knowledge that they were gone forever."Nintendo!" Mr. Zielinski's entire family shouted when asked what it was he enjoyed doing when he wasn't working as a munitions handler.

Mark Markham would like audiences to reconsider their approach to opera. This Sunday evening at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Markham, along with a quartet of singers, will present a concert of operatic excerpts designed to focus attention on the music."