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Each week, Allview Liquors on Old Annapolis Road in Columbia's Dorsey's Search village sells about 1,000 Maryland lottery tickets.A winning ticket was sold Nov. 15 to a customer who plays the lotto on a regular basis: Tom Jarvis, one of the store's three owners.Jarvis won a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer worth about $25,000 with a "Hot Cars Cool Cash" scratch-off ticket.He said that he has won before but "nothing of this magnitude." He doesn't usually buy scratch-off tickets, he said.He and his daughter, Jessica, 17, will pick up the Blazer as soon as it arrives at a local dealership.

With the departure of last year's entire starting attack, Hood senior Joey O'Hara has a prime opportunity to insert himself as a starter. And he's trying to do it on one leg. O'Hara tore the anterior cruciate ligament in one knee last summer, and it's the same ligament that he strained as a sophomore. He returned last March and finished the season tied for third on the team in goals with 11. Coach Jeremy Mattoon said he would love to slow O'Hara's return and ease him back onto the field, but this is the last year of O'Hara's eligibility.

Q I still see people like Huey Lewis wearing the Don Johnson, "Miami Vice" look -- a T-shirt under a jacket. When the series was canceled, wasn't the style?A: While I would hesitate to advocate wearing a regular undershirt under a blazer for anyone over 20, still the T-shirt in its more polished form is a growing trend and can be a handsome look layered with a blazer. These days men are wearing jackets over T-shirts for weekend dressing and some even in the office on getaway Fridays."This is a street fashion that caught on," says Chip Tolbert, fashion director for the Men's Fashion Association.

Wednesday's entry is the second installment of a series taking a look at each of the eight Division III programs in this state according to their order of finish from last season. The Sun's lacrosse preview is slated to be published on Friday, Feb. 8. This is Hood's turn. Overview: After two years of gradual improvement, the Blazers fell back to earth in 2012, winning just four of 17 contests and missing a berth in the six-team Capital Athletic Conference tournament. But joining Stevenson in a move to the Middle Atlantic Conference has injected the program with a sense of excitement as the team begins to establish rivalries with new opponents.

When county paramedic Matthew Kelly arrived at an accident scene on a snow-covered road in Simpsonville in December 1989, he found a young woman slumped over in her car, unconscious and bleeding from her nose and left ear.The roof of the car, a Chevrolet Sprint, had caved in and the pillar supporting the roof appeared to have struck the driver in her head, Lieutenant Kelly said."

A passenger in a Chevrolet Blazer was critically injured yesterday when the vehicle, trailed by police, hit a pickup truck. Sgt. Scott Rowe, a police spokesman, said Officer Joseph Orem stopped a 1995 Blazer at North and Maryland avenues about 3 p.m. for running a red light. The Blazer then sped north on Howard Street. Rowe said the Blazer hit a Ford pickup truck heading west on West 29th Street. Antonio Booth, 35, of the 400 block of N. Rose St., and the passenger were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

A burglary suspect who allegedly fired gunshots at police during a 30-mile chase from Aberdeen to Perryville was arrested early yesterday after his truck crashed in a field, authorities said.Harry George Deaner III, 30, of the first block of Cypress Court, North East, was being held last night in lieu of $100,000 bond at the Cecil County Detention Center. He was charged with multiple counts of assault with intent to murder, assault and a handgun offense.According to the Harford County sheriff's office, deputies stopped a Blazer shortly after 4:30 a.m. near Mitchell Lane in Aberdeen to question its driver about a burglary attempt at a High's Store on U.S. 40 in Belcamp, but the driver suddenly sped away.

A sport utility vehicle collided head-on with a minivan early yesterday on Route 543 near Bel Air, sending a Bel Air man and a Connecticut family of five to area hospitals with serious injuries, state police said. The 8 a.m. accident occurred after a man, 26, fell asleep at the wheel of a northbound Chevrolet Blazer, police said. The Blazer skidded over the yellow line and struck a Ford Windstar carrying a Connecticut couple and their three boys, police said. A Nissan Sentra then rear-ended the Windstar, police said.

Soft and easily washed silks have become a staple in the weekend wardrobes of women, and now they're making their way into the closets of men. First came the shirts, then the blazers and now -- the new alternative to the blazer -- the revamped bomber jacket.

A North East man is accused of shooting at police during a two-county chase after an attempt to tow away a store's safe, authorities said.Harry George Deaner III, 29, of the first block of Cypress Drive, posted a $100,000 property bond on three counts of attempted murder and handgun charges and was released from the Cecil County Detention Center Wednesday, a jail spokeswoman said.Harford deputies promptly arrested Mr. Deaner on burglary, theft, destruction of property and handgun charges.

Mitt Romney's campaign got its shot at introducing Paul Ryan to America Saturday morning in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va. But the more important introduction in terms of mainstream America came Sunday night courtesy of '60 Minutes,' which scored the first sit-down TV interview with the Republican team. I'm glad Schieffer and '60 Minutes'  were the ones the Romney campaign chose to talk to. The veteran Washington journalist and the production team from the most successful news show in the history of the medium handled the conversation as well as it could be handled.

Will Barton has heard all about his perceived detractors: He's too skinny, too unorthodox and too undisciplined. But Thursday night, he was an NBA draft pick. It may have taken longer than he'd hoped, but Barton - a swingman out of Memphis - went at No. 40 to the Portland Trail Blazers. He will join All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge on a team that finished a disappointing 28-38 last season, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. Four picks later, guard Kim English, a Baltimore native who played at Randallstown and then Missouri, was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 44th overall pick in the second round.

When junior goalkeeper William Lane's career came to a swift end after suffering a concussion -- the fifth of his athletic career -- in the second game of the 2012 season, Hood employed three different freshmen before settling on Joseph McCulloh. The Westminster native and Winters Mill graduate registered a 10.56 goals-against average and a .596 save percentage in 14 contests, including 10 starts. Ordinarily, those numbers might be good enough to cement McCulloh as next year's starter, but John Martin, a redshirt junior who made seven starts in 2011, is slated to return to the team after sitting out last season due to academic issues.

Here is the second installment of a series that checks in with the eight Division III programs in the state to give a glimpse into the past and the future. Teams are scheduled to appear according to the chronological order in which their seasons ended. Wednesday's visit was with St. Mary's . Thursday's visit is with Hood. REVIEW The good: A 4-13 overall record and a 2-6 Capital Athletic Conference mark was cushioned slightly by contributions from all 10 freshmen on the roster.

No. 12 Mount de Sales' lacrosse team proved how dangerous it can be Wednesday. Carly Williams, who has committed to Old Dominion, scored a game-high five goals and the Sailors upset No. 5 Notre Dame Prep, 17-9. Mount de Sales improved to 6-3 overall and 2-3 in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference. The Blazers fell to 8-5, 5-1. The loss ended a three-game winning streak for Notre Dame Prep. No. 1 McDonogh 19, No. 13 Roland Park 4: The host Eagles (8-0)

Notre Dame Prep goalie Mary-Sean Wilcox spent extra time in practice this week making sure she could better spot the ball as the opposing attack set its offense. In Friday's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland showdown against No. 5 John Carroll, Wilcox was fully focused, making several acrobatic saves from point-blank range in the No. 4 Blazers' 13-5 victory in Towson. NDP and its experienced defense - with returning starters Elise Liberto, Danielle Lukish and Meghan Bennett - held John Carroll scoreless in the second half, and sophomore Molly Cobb led the offense with four goals and an assist.

Margaret Pendelton of Columbia hopes others will learn from her paralyzed daughter's tragedy.Her daughter, Stephanie Gianfagna, was left paralyzed and unable to speak after her car was struck by a Chevrolet Blazer with a jacked-up suspension three years ago in Simpsonsville.Yesterday, Ms. Gianfagna and her mother received $4.5 million in an out-of-court settlement reached with the four defendants they claim were responsible for the accident in a Howard Circuit Court civil suit.Mrs. Pendelton said she believes the accident -- and the lawsuit that followed -- have brought attention to the dangers of vehicles jacked up for little more than cosmetic reasons.

An 18-year-old Essex man is facing more than a dozen charges after being arrested in connection with an apparent road-rage incident Thursday night on the Baltimore Beltway, authorities said yesterday. David K. Emerson, of the 900 block of Arncliffe Road, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer about 10:30 p.m. near his home when he and his passenger became involved in a shouting match with the driver and four passengers in a 2000 Jeep Cherokee, Maryland State Police said. The Blazer followed the Jeep onto the outer loop of the Beltway near Route 702, and shots were fired from the Blazer at the Jeep, police said.

Other than a brief flurry by Maryvale in the second quarter, Notre Dame Prep began the defense of its Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference title in commanding fashion, routing the Lions, 56-29, in Towson on Tuesday evening. Senior Hannah Hartman led the way for the Blazers, scoring a game-high 13 points while classmate Mattie Milchling snared nine rebounds and junior point guard Sydney Tommins added seven assists in the quarterfinal victory. NDP jumped out to a 21-5 lead after successive three-pointers by Tommins and senior guard Becky Felmeister near the end of the opening period, although junior guard Caroline Federico answered for Maryvale with a swish from beyond the arc at the buzzer.

In addition to sweeping the regular-season series from Notre Dame Prep on Friday night, No. 13 John Carroll snapped the defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference champions' 11-game winning streak and handed them a home loss for the first time since December of 2009. Moreover, with their 44-35 victory on the Blazers' senior night, the Patriots maintained a 16-game unbeaten streak, thanks in large part to a lockdown defensive effort that frustrated last season's conference champions.