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On Wednesday December 17, 2003, FLORENCE G. AMASS, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Silver Spring, MD; beloved wife of Jesse Amass; devoted mother of Elaine Amass, Janet Hines and the late Roberta Amass. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, December 21, 10 AM at Beth Shalom Cemetery. Taylorsville, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hadassah. Arrangements entrusted to Edward Sagel Funeral Direction, Inc., Rockville, MD 1-800-217-9403.

As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume to be all powerful, but like so many of his recent predecessors, the president knows better. He faces a political capital problem and a power trap. In the post-1960s American political system, presidents have found the exercise of effective leadership a difficult task.

WASHINGTON -- If they leave office at the end of their terms next year, 165 House members could pocket $41 million in leftover campaign money for personal use, says a study made public yesterday.But if they stay in office beyond 1992, federal law would prohibit them from using the money for anything but expenses related to their campaigns or public duties.The study, by the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit research group based in Washington, found that the House members amassed these "golden parachutes" because most had such weak opponents, if any at all, that they barely used their campaign treasuries to win re-election last year.

On the cusp of joining Phil Anthony (1999-2002) as the only players in Goucher's history to accrue 200 points in a career, Kyle Boncaro said he knew, but didn't know. Allow the senior attackman to explain. “I had a sense of it probably toward the end of last year,” he said Wednesday. “But this season, I was more focused on team play rather than individual records.” After racking up 10 points on seven goals and three assists in the Gophers' 27-7 shellacking of Southwestern on Saturday, Boncaro needed three more points to reach 200, and he did that on his second goal of a 30-2 thrashing of Dallas on Sunday.

I gave my company an eight-week notice. I had planned to use that time to look for another job. But after I gave notice, my manager informed me that he would let me know at the end of the week if the company still needed my services. If he lets me go right away, can I collect unemployment? He said I wouldn't be able to collect because I had resigned. He can huff all he wants. But if he dismisses you before your designated quit date, you may well be entitled to unemployment benefits to cover the weeks you expected to work.

A Westminster man shot his wife and then apparently shot and killed himself at his home Monday night, Maryland State Police said yesterday. Jenny Amass, 43, called 911 from her home in the 2600 block of Old Washington Road about 9:30 p.m. Monday, state police said. Police said they forced their way into the couple's locked home and found Amass and her husband, John Amass, 38, lying next to each other on the couple's bedroom floor. John Amass was pronounced dead at the scene. Jenny Amass was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she is in critical condition.

On Saturday, July 15, 2006, MIRIAM SETZER (nee Amass) beloved wife of the late Samuel Julius Setzer, loving mother of Minna Kapinos of Ormond Beach, FL, and Eileen Barber of Baltimore, MD, dear mother-in-law of Anthony Kapinos and Stephen Barber, devoted sister of Thomas Amass of Gooseneck, SC, and Walter Amass of Catonsville, MD. Also survived by 10 loving grandchildren, 13 loving great-grandchildren and three loving great-great-grandchildren Services and...

Tonight's banquet to launch the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame at Carroll Community College has been postponed until Jan. 27.Skip Amass, chairman of the Rotary Club of Westminster event, said yesterday the $40-per-person banquet was postponed because of icy conditions at the college."

Crashing cars and skidding cycles will roar into Westminster next month for a Motor Spectacular -- the brainchild of a mild-mannered local Rotarian and doctor of pharmacology.Seven of the country's leading stunt drivers will perform 15 feats during the two- to three-hour show of jumps, crashes and roll-overs, rounded out with patriotic music and fireworks."A spectacular, death-defying auto and motorcycle show," screams a flier for the May 24 event, complete with TicketMaster information."You've seen them in action-packed movies, TV shows, Disney World and at NASCAR Tracks.

The drive to raise money for a new amphitheater at Carroll Community College went from the one-quarter mark to the halfway point in one fell swoop, when the Westminster Rotary Club pledged to raise $75,000 over the next three years."

With his 10-yard run late in the second quarter of the Ravens' 24-16 eventual win against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday evening, running back Ricky Williams became the 26th player in NFL history to amass 10,000 rushing yards in a career. Williams, who carried the ball six times for 28 yards and has gained 10,009 yards in 11 years, is just one of three active players to have reached this achievement. (The New York Jets' LaDainian Tomlinson and the Kansas City Chiefs' Thomas Jones are the others.)

I read Eileen's Sunday column about how former Gov. William Donald Schaefer amassed millions with interest. It's clear that the former mayor, governor and comptroller enjoyed some perks --- eight years of free housing in the governor's mansion, for example --- that most public employees do not. And Schaefer received a pension for his public service, something many of the newest entrants into today's job market won't have. But Eileen shows that Schaefer also made choices that worked in his financial favor.

A Carroll County man pleaded guilty Monday to distributing child pornography after he attempted to provide more than 900,000 videos and images to an undercover federal officer, some of which documented toddlers being sexually abused by adults, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office announced Tuesday. Brian Furches, 37, of Manchester, entered the plea after he attempted to share the images with the officer on Nov. 27 last year, according to a release from the prosecutor's office. The undercover officer downloaded about 471 files of child pornography, a small fraction of the more than 2 million images and videos Furches had amassed since 1995, officials said.

Some of Maryland's most intense political contests of the year are unfolding in Baltimore County, where candidates are gathering cash to position themselves for county executive, the County Council and the state legislature. County Councilman Kevin B. Kamenetz has a $1.1 million balance in his campaign account, up about $300,000 since late October, according to finance reports filed this week. While the Democrat who represents Pikesville, Ruxton and surrounding areas hasn't formally announced he's running for the open county executive position, he's continuing to raise the money his campaign treasurer has estimated will be needed for a contested primary against fellow Democratic Councilman Joseph Bartenfelder.

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Am I boring you by dwelling on the obvious? Or am I failing to address your most pressing questions by reaching for the obscure? These are questions I ask when writing about fantasy sports, and never more so than during the run-up to football draft season. Fantasy football has become so popular and so widely covered that it's hard to decide what the audience wants. There are hundreds of thousands of casual players, who fall into office leagues and really do want to know whether to pick Steven Jackson or Larry Johnson No. 2 overall.

WESTMINSTER - In a move that might seem elementary in its simplicity, Carroll officials have combined state and federal early education programs this year. The result is pre-kindergarten classes that have filled up like seats at a New Kids on the Block concert."We have a long waiting list," said Patricia R. Amass, Carroll's coordinator of compensatory programs. "We have almost as many children on the waiting list as we have enrolled in the classes. People are already signing up for next year."

A new home-based program that will extend Head Start t 3-year-olds could start in January, said Patricia Amass, who coordinates federal and state grants for Carroll County schools.Ms. Amass said she had hoped the $60,000 federal grant would arrive in time for the program to be offered in September, but Head Start officials have indicated it will come later.Once she establishes a starting date, the schools will advertise the program to find 16 children in the Westminster area whose families have incomes low enough to qualify.

After Gen. John Logan recommended that people to honor fallen Civil War soldiers by laying flowers on their graves, Westminster resident Mary Shellman took it a step further. In 1867, Shellman and a group of youngsters marched about a half mile from Westminster Elementary School to the Westminster Cemetery, where they laid flowers on the graves of Civil War soldiers. Although Logan, as commander of the Army, didn't officially proclaim Memorial Day - first known as Decoration Day - as a day of observance until the next year, the parade was a hit in Westminster.