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JAMES GRAHAM BARRETT, 64, of Berlin, passed away on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at his home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he spent his early childhood in Richmond, Ranoke and Baltimore. He came with his family to Berlin in 1951 when his father purchased the Chevrolet dealership in town, now Barrett, Chevrolet. He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy White; four children, Russell Barrett and his wife Karen, Ellen Barrett Abbott and her husband Riley, John Barrett and his wife Barbie and Stephen Barrett and his wife Dawn; as well as seven grandchildren; brother and his wife, Jack and Virginia Barrett; sisters and their husbands, Eileen and Leo Vilkas, Betsy and Dick Ludlam, and Jeanne and Clark Hamilton.

Moves Baseball BRAVES: Sent C Eli Marrero on injury rehabilitation assignment to Triple-A Richmond. DIAMONDBACKS: Placed 1B Richie Sexson on 15-day disabled list with left shoulder injury. Recalled OF Doug Devore from Triple-A Tucson. Auto racing IRL Indy 500 lineup At Indianapolis (Car numbers in parentheses; r-rookie) Row 1 1. (15) Buddy Rice, G Force-Honda, 222.024 mph. 2. (26) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 221.524. 3. (27) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 221.471. Row 2 4. (36)

A 29-year-old city man was charged yesterday with strangling a Dundalk man last month and then trying to make it appear as though the victim had died in a house fire, Baltimore County police said. Melvin Lee Lam of the 600 block of S. Macon St. was being held without bail at the county detention center on a first-degree murder charge last night, accused in the slaying Jan. 16 of Michael Riston, 27, police said. Riston, who lived with his aunt in the 7300 block of Manchester Road and worked at a nearby McDonald's, was found dead by firefighters called to put out a bedroom fire in the house.

Kevin Harvick left an indelible impression on NASCAR fans last season. It's just that he looked more like a prizefighter than a race driver. Last September at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, Harvick stood on the window frame of his No. 29 Chevrolet, his eyes burning, his 5-foot-10, 175-pound body taut, ready to charge, and unprintable words flying from his mouth. He was a vision of fury. The target of his outrage was fellow driver Ricky Rudd, who had bumped him into the wall while Harvick was running second and cost him any chance of winning the race.

In Baltimore County $800,000 worth of cocaine found during traffic stop WHITE MARSH - A New York City man was arrested yesterday after Maryland Transportation Authority Police discovered eight kilos of cocaine - worth about $800,000 on the street - in his trunk. Ralph C.J. Hoffman, 32, of New York, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute a large amount of cocaine and importation of five to 45 kilograms of cocaine, according to spokesman Cpl. Gregory Prioleau.

Moves Baseball CARDINALS: Announced that P Lance Painter will be activated from 15-day DL tomorrow. ORIOLES: Added Scott McGregor to coaching staff. REDS: Recalled P Matt Belisle from Triple-A Louisville. TWINS: Activated P Rick Reed from 15-day DL. College OHIO NORTHERN: Named former NFL DB Stacey Hairston interim football coach. Football BILLS: Announced that radio play-by-play man Van Miller will retire after this season, his 37th with team. LIONS: Placed CB Chris Watson on IR. TEXANS: Signed LS Bryan Pittman from practice squad.

Louis P. Schaefer Jr., a retired auto body shop manager, died of complications from diabetes and Parkinson's disease Thursday at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Cockeysville resident was 80. Born and raised in Baltimore, he was a 1940 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, where he played on the baseball team. He joined the Navy, became a radio operator and was stationed in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II. Film showing him as a sailor asleep on a ship's deck appeared in an episode of the 1950s television series Victory at Sea. Family members said he followed his father and became the body shop manager at the old Zell Packard Motor Car Co. on East Mount Royal Avenue.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Tonight's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway amounts to an unfinished NASCAR tag-team match from February's Daytona 500. Michael Waltrip won it, and is also defending champion of last July's 400. So he'll go for three straight, trying to tie Cale Yarborough's 35-year-old record for consecutive major wins at Daytona. Restrictor-plate racing requires drafting teamwork, and Waltrip and DEI Chevrolet teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. have been the masters of it in recent years.