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A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated for Arnold residentShirley Mae Armstrong at 10 a.m. June 26 at St. Andrew by the Bay Catholic Church in Cape St. Claire.Mrs. Armstrong, 57, died of cancer June 22 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.She was employed as an accounting clerk for Eastern Waste Industries in Annapolis for 15 years.Mrs. Armstrong was a member of St. Andrew by the Bay and enjoyed bowling, reading and cooking.She is survived by her son, Anthony Armstrong of Annapolis; two sisters, Mary Smith of Ferndale and Elizabeth Nitsch of Arnold; and onegrandchild.

Sarah Pursell joins firm as small business consultant Sarah Pursell has joined the PCA Group as small business consultant for the Columbia-based company. Pursell was formerly employed by the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service as an accounting clerk. She is enrolled in the nonprofit management certificate program at the Johns Hopkins University. The PCA Group is a regional accounting and consulting firm that provides tax, financial and insurance services to businesses, trade associations and nonprofit organizations.

Man admits stealing $800,000 in tax refundsA Hampstead man has admitted stealing more than $800,000 in tax refunds checks from a payroll services firm, prosecutors said.George Kibbe II, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to the interstate transportation of stolen property. Sentencing was set for July 11.Mr. Kibbe was employed by Ceridian Corp. as an accounting clerk at its Baltimore County office, which received the tax refund checks from the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities, according to a stipulation of facts contained in a plea bargain agreement.

Severna Park girl sweeps pageantsKaitlin Leigh Mason, 7, has been named Miss Princess Model, a Miss Photogenic finalist and third runner-up in the Miss Maryland Princess Pageant 1992 in Crystal City, Va.The pageant attracted 125 girls ages 4 to 7. Kaitlin is the daughter of Mary Ellen and Paul Mason of Severna Park. The Folger McKinsey Elementary School second-grader participates in gymnastics, ballet and tap classes and Green Hornets soccer.Giant Food names Manos as presidentPeter L. Manos of Annapolis has been elected president of Giant Food Inc.His duties include overseeing the grocery, deli, dairy, meat and seafood and manufacturing operations departments.

DOROTHY E. (Bickel) RAY, 81, of Hanover and formerly of Jefferson, entered into God's care Thursday, January 22, 2004 at the home of her daughter. She was the wife of the late Melvin L. Ray who died February 3, 2001. Born January 11, 1923 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Theodore George and Lillian May (Darney) Bickel. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Jefferson. Mrs. RAy was employed as an accounting clerk at Edgewood Arsenal in Edgewood, MD for 30 years retiring in 1977.

Virgil Elizabeth Lawson, a retired Social Security Administration writer and former Mount Airy resident, died of colon cancer April 10 at her home in Harrison, Tenn. She was 60. Miss Lawson was born and raised in Dryden, Va., and enlisted in the Navy in 1960 after her high school graduation. Upon completing active duty in 1967, she joined a Naval Reserve unit at Fort McHenry. She held the rank of yeoman at her 1980 retirement. Miss Lawson attended what is now Towson University before earning a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Indiana University.

Donald S. Jones, former president and chief executive officer of Commercial Credit Co., died June 16 of complications from a broken hip at his Delray Beach, Fla., home. The former Towson resident was 99. Mr. Jones was born and raised in Providence, R.I. After graduating from Bryant College in 1930, he began his career with Commercial Credit Co. as an accounting clerk in Providence. He held various positions in the Northwest until 1954, when he was named vice president in charge of finance and loan operations for the Midwest.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- In this small city rising out of the cornfields, two new attractions have opened on Main Street in the past year or so: a nightclub and a bookstore, both catering to lesbians and gay men.A decade ago, there was almost no visible gay presence in Bloomington, a city of about 55,000. But a meeting in November for homosexuals interested in starting an advocacy group drew more than 150 people.And a proposal to ban discrimination against homosexuals, accompanied by the familiar backlash, goes before the City Council for a vote tomorrow.

Evan and Heather of Rochester, N.Y., both 11 years old, have been friends throughout childhood. They are also fellow nudists and some of the youngest competitors in the second annual Nude Olym-picks.The mock-athletic event for nudists, or "naturists," as some prefer to be called, got under way in earnest today at a private campground near the tiny Harford County village of Darlington. Organizers of the four-day gathering of nudists from the mid-Atlantic region and elsewhere played host to dozens of journalists, and Evan and Heather were comfortable despite the attention.

Catonsville retiree Jim Daly considered it galling to have to shell out a combined $2,800 for six "personal seat licenses" for the right to buy Ravens season tickets before the team moved to its new stadium in 1998. "I thought it was a total rip-off," said the devout fan, whose truck is painted Ravens purple. But Daly shifted his position after he sold the seat licenses recently, turning his investment into $13,000 - a 464 percent profit. Daly joined many other fans who are making money on their initial football investments.