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Lisa, who grew up in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., had starred in more than 30 shows with the Hudson Valley light opera company when she married Asher and came west with him to the Napa Valley.

“She gave that up to marry me,” Asher said.Lisa, 54, supported her husband’s work with the symphony.

She performed at the symphony’s River Concert, and helped him to create the fifth-grade concerts that the Napa Valley Symphony has traditonally presented each year.

She also began teaching voice, and participated in performances at the White Barn in St.

Helena, as the arts scene in the valley slowly evolved.

“She really cherished the education piece,” her husband said.“She was here for Asher,” said Anna Carminita, a long-time friend and fellow performer, who directed one of Lisa’s performances at the White Barn and then became one of her vocal students.

“She was also such a talented singer and actress.

She was such an inspiration,” Carminita said.

“We are all so saddened by the news that we’ve lost our dear friend.”It’s incredible how much she was able to contribute even when she wasn’t on stage,” said Lisa de Bruin, a founding member of the Napa Valley Repertory Theater.

“Her intelligence transferred over into her sense of humor.

There was no one else like her.

She was so dilligent and c...

He chained the doors on Norris Hall and brought along enough ammunition to kill 50.

Police also said he tried to shave the serial numbers off his new Walther P22 and 9-millimeter Glock, both heavy handguns.

And he carried no identification.In his final moments, shooting point-blank at students and professors, firing through doors at others who tried to barricade themselves from him, he seemed never to lose his nerve, often reloading.

He hit many people three or more times at close range."I'm sure the behavioral people will be looking into what it was that set this kid off," said a federal law enforcement official familiar with the investigation.

The first attack occurred at 7:15 a.m., when Emily Hilscher, a student, and Ryan Clark, a resident advisor, were shot to death at the West Ambler Johnston dorm.Hilscher's roommate, Heather Haugh, said her friend did not know Cho and she knew no reason he would first turn his violence upon her."I've never seen him," she said.

"I don't know his name.

Emily didn't know him, as far as I know." She said that speculation about a domestic dispute probably stemmed from the fact that she told police that Hilscher's boyfr...

He lost his brother to gang violence and still the 25-year-old defends the culture for what it has to offer - community, respect and protection.

And that's what should be foremost in people's minds as they debate the prevalence of gangs in Maryland: not that they are operating here - because they are - but why.

To expect law enforcement alone to solve this problem would be a colossal misread of the situation.

As The Sun's Gus G.

Sentementes and Annie Linskey recently reported, the presence of gangs in Baltimore and their involvement in crime are as much about a sense of dislocation among youth as they are about the profitability of the city's drug trade.

Schools and the juvenile justice system have to be on the front lines in this war, along with police, prosecutors and prison officials.

Introductions to gangs can begin in school or at a local block party, and schools and communities need to counter this outreach with positive alternatives.

Parents and grandparents should pay attention to their children's choice of clothes, colors, slang and tattoos - they may be signs of gang involvement.

Gang initiation can begin with a robbery of a cell phone or a beating.

Efforts should be made to identify gang suspects in minor crimes and divert them, when appropriate, to anti-gang programs, ...