Dunkirk

A Dunkirk man has won the annual $10,000 raffle conducted by the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society. Jim Scheidel's ticket was drawn at the West River Heritage Day Oyster Festival Sunday at the Capt. Salem Avery House Museum in Shady Side. Scheidel retired from the Air Force in 1977, then worked for defense contractors at Patuxent River military base until 2001. He has lived in Dunkirk for 21 years. He and his wife collect antique and classic cars, some of which have been shown at the museum.

County police arrested a Dunkirk man early Sunday on charges of stealing four cars, credit cards and almost $800. One of the cars was damaged, police said.William Russell Green Jr., of the 11000 block of Oakwood Drive was charged with two counts of felony theft and first- and third-degree burglary. Green is being held on $15,000 bond.Police were called to the 1100 block of Cumberstone Road in Harwood about 1: 30 a.m., where owners James and Donna Olfson reported their 1992 Mercedes Benz sedan, cash and credit cards stolen.

A Dunkirk man was seriously injured early yesterday when he was ejected through the sunroof of his car in an accident in Wayson's Corner, county police said.Justin Matthew Spicknall, 20, of the 2400 block of Shields Drive suffered head injuries, punctured lungs, broken ribs and a broken hip. He underwent surgery about 5 a.m. yesterday and was in critical condition last night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.Police said Spicknall was southbound on Southern Maryland Boulevard, south of Plummer Lane, about 1: 30 a.m. when his 1984 BMW 318i drifted off the side of the road and struck a light pole.

Anne Arundel County police are looking for an Eastern Shore man wanted in connection with at least a dozen home burglaries in the Lothian area over the past several months.Robert Joseph Benton Jr., 37, with addresses in the 700 block of New Lane in St. Michaels and Second Street in Denton, is wanted on a warrant for first-degree burglary in connection with a Nov. 22 burglary in the 700 block of Mount Zion Marlboro Road, according to Officer Vaughn Dykes, police spokesman. He is a suspect in about 12 burglaries in that area, Dykes said.

An Odenton man was arrested on drug charges Thursday after marijuana was found in his car and in his pockets, police said.An officer on patrol saw the car on Stepney's Lane shortly after 3:30 a.m. As the officer approached, the car pulled into a clearing and stopped beside another car, police said.Officers approached the first car and talked to the driver, who said the other driver was looking for a quiet place to talk, police said.While the second driver was being questioned, an officer saw a )

A pair of bank robberies, one involving an intensive search through quiet, residential Rodgers Forge, and a teen-ager speeding through Towson's busiest intersection in a stolen car kept Baltimore County police hopping yesterday.The Rodgers Forge search did not yield any suspects but three men were arrested several hours later in Baltimore.The three incidents in the York Road corridor occurred within three hours, starting with two bank robberies a few minutes apart.About 10 a.m., two men wearing pullover knit masks and surgical gloves and armed with semiautomatic Tech-9 handguns entered the Maryland National Bank branch at 6700 York Road, police said.

DUNKIRK -- A four-alarm fire that destroyed several buildings and caused a half-million dollars in damage to a Calvert County sawmill Saturday was blamed yesterday on an electrical malfunction.More than 100 firefighters from 19 fire companies in Calvert, Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties struggled with high temperatures and a severe shortage of water that officials said hampered their efforts to save the buildings."If they had water, the firefighters would have had a much better chance of extinguishing the fire quickly," said Bob Thomas, a spokesman for the state fire marshal's office.

Several named to college 'Who's Who'Several local residents and St. Mary's College of Maryland students have been named to the 1993 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges."The students are Antoinette H. Schaffer of Dunkirk and David M. Cipriani, Jennifer L. Keisman and Marcella R. Matos of Annapolis.

The Salvation Army of Annapolis will kick off its 1993 Christmas Campaign at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Food Court at Annapolis Mall.Shoppers can select tags with the names of needy children from the Angel Tree, then buy gifts and place them under the tree.Left turn prohibited: Bestgate onto RoweThe county Department of Public Works is temporarily prohibiting motorists on new Bestgate Road from making left turns onto Rowe Boulevard.Normal traffic patterns will resume Dec. 10, after workers install a traffic signal.

IN December 1980, as the Reagan team geared up, David Stockman wrote a now famous memo titled "Avoiding a GOP Economic Dunkirk." Mr. Stockman worried that the economy, reeling from high unemployment, inflation, and the Federal Reserve's tight-money cure, would worsen on Ronald Reagan's watch.The GOP did take losses in the 1982 mid-term elections. But by 1984 the Fed had lightened up, the tax cut of 1981 was stimulating a (short-lived) boom, and Ronald Reagan would be re-elected handily.Like the original Dunkirk evacuation of the British fleet in 1940, the Reagan crew salvaged enough to fight another day. The Gipper would be in happy retirement by the time reality fell in on George Bush.

ELMONT, N.Y. - -Kent Desormeaux and Calvin Borel not only took different paths around the track in Saturday's 141st running of the Belmont Stakes, with Borel going outside and Desormeaux hugging the inside, but the two jockeys also used different pre-race tactics. Desormeaux rode in a handful of early races on the card, winning three straight at one point, while Borel didn't ride until the Belmont. While Borel might have been better rested, Desormeaux said he felt as if the extra confidence he picked up from those victories helped him. He also got a good feel for the track, something Borel might not have had, considering he had not ridden in the Belmont Stakes before Saturday.

BELMONT, N.Y. -- Perhaps more than any horse in the field of the Belmont Stakes, it's almost impossible to predict what Dunkirk is going to do Saturday. When he was purchased for $3.7 million at auction, plenty of people expected big things from Dunkirk, including his trainer, Todd Pletcher. But it has been something of a roller-coaster ride since. The horse almost didn't make the Kentucky Derby field through graded earnings, then did get in and went off as the second choice at 5-1. The horse stumbled out of the gate and then got pinched between Pioneerof the Nile and Papa Clem at the halfway point and finished 19 lengths behind eventual winner Mine That Bird.

A Dunkirk man has won the annual $10,000 raffle conducted by the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society. Jim Scheidel's ticket was drawn at the West River Heritage Day Oyster Festival Sunday at the Capt. Salem Avery House Museum in Shady Side. Scheidel retired from the Air Force in 1977, then worked for defense contractors at Patuxent River military base until 2001. He has lived in Dunkirk for 21 years. He and his wife collect antique and classic cars, some of which have been shown at the museum.

A Dunkirk woman was killed when her minivan was struck head-on in southern Anne Arundel County, police said yesterday. Barbara Jackson Ash, 48, was declared dead at the scene of the crash on Route 2 at Polling House Road in Harwood about 5 p.m. Saturday, after her 2000 Honda Odyssey was hit. Justin M. Sellman, 20, of the 3000 block of Beards Point Road in Davidsonville, was driving a 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis north when it crossed the centerline into...

A collision between a sport utility vehicle and a tow truck yesterday afternoon on a road near Dunkirk in southern Anne Arundel County claimed the life of one man and injured another, a county Police Department spokesman said. Their names were not released. Shortly before 5 p.m., the driver of a 1988 Jeep Cherokee was eastbound on Chesapeake Beach Road when he crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a westbound 37-foot roll-back tow truck, said Sgt. Dave Ennis, the spokesman. Ennis said the driver of the Jeep, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown onto the roadway and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Anne Arundel Department of Public Works held a skills competition and fleet inspection at Sandy Point State Park on Tuesday. Above, the southern district team - Mark Taylor (left) of Annapolis, Derrick Gross of Shadyside, Chris Richardson of Annapolis, William Hunter of Glen Burnie, Mike Branson of Dunkirk and Henry Porter of Pasadena - participates in the truck pull contest. At right, Brian Galloway of the northern district competes in the chainsaw competition.

On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, REBECCA FABER ROSNOW, loving wife of the late Irvin Rosnow, beloved mother of Ralph L. Rosnow of Radnor, PA. and Nancy Pearl Rosnow of Dunkirk, MD., devoted mother-in-law of Mimi Rosnow and Richard Baldwin, beloved sister of the late Sigmund Faber and Bertha Williams. Beloved aunt of Norman Faber, Rosalie, Natalie and Allen Williams, devoted great-aunt of George Faber Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Thursday, July 1 at 11 A.M. Interment Beth Jacob Congregation Cemetery, Finksburg, MD. Please omit flowers.

Suddenly, on Saturday, May 29, 2004, ROBERT LOUIS EVANS, III, devoted son of Detective Robert Evans, Jr. and Mrs. Laura Jean Evans; beloved father of Andreah Evans; fiance' of Christina Straley; brother of De Shawn and Christopher Evans; dear grandson of Robert Evans, Sr. and Mrs. Maybelle Evans and Mrs. Louise Franklin. Also survived many uncles, aunts, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Dunkirk Baptist Church, Route 4, Dunkirk, MD (Calvert County)

On May 29, 2004, Robert Louis Evans III, 24, of Pasadena/ Lothian, Maryland He is survived by his parents Robert Jr. and Laurie Evans, two brothers De'Shawn and Christopher Evans, Daughter Andreah and Fiancee' Christina Straley. Grand parents Ella Franklin, Robert and Maybelle Evans. Aunts Sandy Chambliss, Mary Teixeira and Barbara Evans. Uncles William Savage, Howard Savage, Kenneth Savage, Edward Savage, James Franklin Jr. and Richard Franklin. Special friends Tyron Easton and Aaron Locke.

Rose McNelly, a homemaker and longtime Anne Arundel County resident, died of pneumonia Dec. 3 at Skyway Manor assisted living in Cape St. Claire. The Severna Park resident was 89. Of Portuguese descent, she was born Rose Gonsalves in Hilo, Hawaii, and raised in Wahiawa on the island of Oahu. Married to a U.S. Army officer in Hawaii, she was evacuated shortly after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor while her husband remained on duty. She sailed to the West Coast in a convoy with her two daughters, and then rode across the nation to Maine by rail - seeing snow for the first time.