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Linda Kennedy, a staff attorney for the Homeless Persons Representation Project who previously worked as an advocate for children with disabilities, died of breast cancer Thursday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Hampden resident was 43. Born in White Plains, N.Y., and raised there and in Scottsdale, Ariz., Ms. Kennedy moved to Rodgers Forge in 1973 with her mother, Lenna Davis Kennedy. Her father, Stanton R. Kennedy, died in 1971. Ms. Kennedy's concern for others began early.

He has used a chain saw to carve intricate wooden sculptures for years, but when Mark Acton won a commission to hew two big new statues by the reservoir in Druid Hill Park, he wasn't sure he could pull it off. His material would be two tree stumps, each more than 12 feet tall and 20 feet around. Both were red oaks, which have especially tough wood. And when he first inspected them, he saw that each had lots of termite damage - the reason the city had cut them down. "'I thought, 'What in the world have I gotten myself into?

On December 23, 2003, KATHLEEN FRANCES BATHON (nee Acton); loving mother of Gail, Kathy and Kim. Also survived by sons-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and many relatives and friends. Services and Interment private. Donations may be sent in her name to Carroll County Hospice.

On June 10, 2003, ROXANNA STARR RENNIE, beloved daughter of RobertRennie and Elizabeth Rennie, lovingmother of Thomas Lee Goswellen, dear sister of April and Stacey Ward; stepsister of Kenneth McCallum. Also survived by her soulmate Bobby Acton. All services private. Arrangements by the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME INC.

Upper Chesapeake Health System, a medical-management group affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Health System, has purchased 25 acres at Route 24 and West MacPhail Road as a potential site for a medical office building or hospital."

On February 3, 2005, W. SNOWDEN CARTER, he was the beloved husband of Margaret Carter and the late Araminta Carter, devoted father of three children Bruce R. Carter, George R. Carter and Lucy Acton. He was a devoted grandfather of 10 grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, February 14 at 11 A.M. at St. Stephens Traditional Episcopal Church on Mays Chapel Rd. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Stephens Traditional Espicopal Church.

Suddenly on February 22, 2006, ANTHONY FRANK FERTITTA; loving son of Frank Paul and the late Emma Elizabeth Fertitta; beloved brother of Rose Acton and Ruthie Ray. Visitation will be held at the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC, 4107 Wilkens Avenue, on Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1 P.M. Interment to follow at Meadowridge Memorial Park.

A San Francisco-based communications company announced Friday that it is purchasing the North Arundel Cable Television franchise for $76 million.zTC The sale should not affect the name, staff or operation of North Arundel CATV or its 44,000 customers, said Alan Mutter ofIntermedia Partners III L.P.If the sale, by Acton Corp. of Raleigh, N.C., is completed, Intermedia would become the 20th-largest cable system in the United States, Mr. Mutter said. The sale would bring its total number of subscribers to 610,000.

A brazen con artist received the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison yesterday for the 2006 murder of her boyfriend, after adding another bizarre chapter to a life of crime with a court appearance that included a last-ditch attempt to take back her guilty plea. Cynthia J. McKay, a 52-year-old mother of six, said a prison "epiphany" had convinced her to try to fight the charges - even though her son's release from jail was tied to her following through with her plea. When the judge turned down the request for a trial, McKay then said that she had stabbed her boyfriend during a fight.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Karns, a retired Baltimore obstetrician and gynecologist, died Friday of a stroke at her home in Salem, N.J. She was 93. Elizabeth Acton, the daughter of an insurance executive and a homemaker, was born and raised in Salem, N.J. After graduating in 1935 from Centenary Collegiate Institute in Hackettstown, N.J., she earned her bachelor's from American University in Washington in 1939. Dr. Karns earned her medical degree in 1943 from the University of Maryland Medical School, where she completed an internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology.