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- Frank J. Schmidt, a retired Fairchild Aviation Inc. executive who was a longtime active volunteer aboard the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown, died Tuesday at Tranquillity at Fredericktowne, a Frederick assisted-living facility, of heart failure. He was 87.
- The Baltimore City Council just promulgated a new motto for the city of Baltimore: "The Birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner." I would like to suggest another, perhaps one that may also be shared with the state of Maryland: "The Gateway to America."
- John L. Bell, a retired civil engineer who was a partner in the Baltimore engineering firm of Rummel, Klepper & Kahl LLP, died April 28 of pneumonia at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 92.
- John H. Tierney, former head of the Travelers Insurance Co.'s Baltimore engineering department and a World War II veteran, died Feb. 24 of complications from a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 90.
- The Annapolis Yacht Club was presented with the Captain Joe Prosser Award at the US Sailing Leadership Forum in February in San Diego.
- Goucher hasn't forgotten sting of last season's loss in Landmark Conference tournament
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- After they nearly perished in a storm off the coast of North Carolina, Pat Schoenberger and Jim Southward are thankful to be alive.
- Richard and Jan Kost, of Richmond, Va., formerly of Bel Air, have announced the engagement of their son, John "JP" Paul Kost, to Nicole Corrine Stevens, daughter of Roger and Diane Stevens, of Front Royal, Va.
- Thomas Talbott Bond, founder of the T. Talbott Bond Co., a Baltimore-Washington photocopier dealership, died Friday from complications of dementia and a broken hip at Keswick Multicare Center. He was 85.
- Thomas Talbott Bond, founder of the T. Talbott Bond Co., a Baltimore-Washington photocopier dealership, died Friday from complications of dementia and a broken hip at Keswick Multicare Center. He was 85.