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GRASONVILLE -- Mike Versuk, from Chester River Yacht & Country Club, dipped 6-under par through a nine-hole stretch in the middle of his round, then settled for a 3-under score of 34-3569 to tie Woody FitzHugh, from Herndon, Va., for low pro in a Middle Atlantic PGA pro-am at Prospect Bay CC yesterday.Versuk, second here two years ago, eagled the par-5 first hole (driver, 2-iron to eight feet), and added four birdies, before slipping back with bogeys at the sixth and seventh holes on the 6,249-yard course.

MIAMI -- A mysterious cooling of waters in the northeast Gulf of Mexico is killing fish and chilling bathers along the beaches of the Florida Panhandle.Coastal water temperatures from near the Alabama line to as far east as Panama City plunged suddenly from the upper 80s last week to the low 70s -- the kind of surf temperatures you might expect off Cape Cod this time of year.What is most puzzling to scientists is that the clear, cold water is devoid of life. Fish are smothering in its extraordinarily low levels of dissolved oxygen.

Woody FitzHugh, one of the best Middle Atlantic PGA players during the 1980's, flashed some of his old form for the second straight day, as he built a four-stroke lead with rounds of 69-70139 in the 75th annual Maryland Open at Old South Country Club in Lothian yesterday.None of the first eight players in Monday's opening round, was able to improve, a factor which resulted in a seven-stroke gap. First-round leader Steve Madsen from Lakewood Country Club, slipped back with a 75 to stand at 143, followed by Craig Gunn, Danville, Va., 71-73144; low amateur Pat Tallent, Congressional CC, 72-73145; and 1993 champion Glen Barrett, Glenn Dale GC, 72-73145.

25 years agoAn unidentified flying object may have visited Westminster during Sunday night's thunderstorm. Workers from the National Investigating Committee for Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) plan to come here Saturday to find out for sure. Charles Paul Kenyon, New Windsor, reported the sighting of an egg-shaped air ship with bright colored lights on its underside that flew about the sky west of the city Sunday night and then disappeared beyond Fitzhugh Hill over Westminster. The 39-year-old backhoe operator notified the state police of the incident, but a search of the area netted no results.

The 75th Maryland Open came down to a pair of seven-foot birdie putts from below the cup on the 18th green at Old South Country Club in Lothian yesterday. Steve Madsen watched as Woody FitzHugh's bid slid by on the right side, then put his ball right in the heart of the cup.The birdie-four at the 533-yard closing hole gave Madsen a round of par 72, and a 54-hole championship total of 215. FitzHugh, who had carried a four-shot lead into the final round, ended with 77216.Of the critical putts, Madsen, head professional at Lakewood Country Club, said, "I thought Woody would make his, and then I thought I had left mine short."

If you ask Sewell W. Fitzhugh why he's opposed to the scientific study of the Indian bones in Maryland's archaeological collections, he turns the question around."

Richard SmelkinsonFood service executiveRichard Roy Smelkinson of Lutherville, a food service executive with the Chaimson Brokerage Co. in Columbia, died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center from complications of his cancer treatment. He was 62.A lifelong salesman who loved his work, Mr. Smelkinson also had worked in three family businesses: Chesapeake Creamery and Smelkinson Bros., both started by his grandfather and his uncle, and Food Sales Inc., founded by Mr. Smelkinson and his late brother, Alvin.

CAMBRIDGE -- In a first for Maryland, a seafood processor has been ordered to pay $5,000 for falsely labeling crab meat from Pakistan as fresh-picked from the Chesapeake Bay.William Fitzhugh, owner of Tideland Seafood Inc., a Dorchester County packing house, also drew an unusual form of community service: He was ordered to instruct local students on the importance of state health and food regulations.In District Court, Mr. Fitzhugh agreed to a plea arrangement in which he was found guilty of the two most serious of nine charges.

Woody FitzHugh and Justin Klein shared the honors in the Baltimore-area half of a split qualifying program for the Maryland Open and State Amateur championships at Chestnut Ridge Country Club yesterday.FitzHugh, head professional at his own driving range in Herndon, Va., had five front-nine birdies in shooting 31-3667 to lead the Open qualifiers. Klein, a Duke University freshman whose next event will be the NCAA championships in Lexington, Ky., in two weeks, topped the amateur field with 37-3572.

Woody FitzHugh and Justin Klein shared the honors in the Baltimore-area half of a split qualifying program for the Maryland Open and State Amateur championships at Chestnut Ridge Country Club yesterday.FitzHugh, head professional at his own driving range in Herndon, Va., had five front-nine birdies in shooting 31-3667 to lead the Open qualifiers, and Klein, a Duke University freshman whose next event will be the NCAA championships in Lexington, Ky., in two weeks, topped the amateur field with 37-3572.

BDC drafting city slots bill The Baltimore Development Corp. is drafting legislation that would allow slots to go forward in the city as it continues negotiations with the Baltimore City Entertainment Group, the sole bidder for gambling licenses in the city, according to a letter from the BDC. City Council President Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake had urged the Dixon administration to draft the needed zoning changes that would allow a gambling parlor to...

ELLIOTT'S ISLAND - The chief of the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indian People Inc. starts his days in pre-dawn darkness, stepping from his three-bedroom bungalow in this Eastern Shore village to putter through chores. This morning, Sewell "Winterhawk" Fitzhugh plants a handful of asparagus in his sandy garden and scatters feed for a dozen chickens. He checks the mesh across the wire pen, security against roving eagles that might wish to make snacks of their domesticated cousins. Then he walks into the space in the yard he has created for prayer, a circle perhaps 20 feet across, staked out by spindly cedar saplings decorated with colorful strips of fabric.

VIENNA -- For Mayor Russell Brinsfield and Chief Sewell Fitzhugh, the event yesterday was more than a celebration of the history of this little village along the Nanticoke River. If things go as the pair plans, the daylong commemoration of Capt. John Smith's 1,500-mile trek around the bay in 1608 could be a first step toward making Vienna a tourist stop along the National Park Service's first water trail. "We're looking for ways to make the town a destination," Brinsfield said. "We don't want our town turning into some huge tourist thing, but we're testing the waters to see what's possible in terms of some sort of historical and environmental center, something that would include a Native American heritage center.

Otho S. Lee was born near Bel Air on Dec. 6, 1840. He attended Bel Air Academy and studied law. A Southern sympathizer, he joined the Confederate cavalry in 1861 and, serving under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, participated in many important campaigns. For meritorious conduct, Lee was made a sergeant major of artillery. After the war, Lee returned to Bel Air to practice law. He was elected to the House of Delegates in 1874 and served on the staff of Maryland Governor Carroll in 1876, when he received the title of colonel.

If Tuesday's luncheon at the Sheppard Pratt Conference Center had been a boxing match, it would have been over in the first five minutes, because the speaker, Steve Fitzhugh, had his audience won over in about that much time. And this was no tomato-can opponent that Fitzhugh, a former Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns linebacker, was up against, but rather the toughest group a speaker can face, namely a roomful of teenagers and more to the point, a group of student-athletes from area private and religious schools.

On April 6, 2005, DAISY P. (nee Stevens) beloved wife of the late Clifton W. Fitzhugh Sr., devoted mother of CLifton E. Fitzhugh Jr., and devoted sister of Estelle Abbott and the late Ida Worrell and LLoyd E. Stevens, devoted grandmother of Beth Mc Gee and devoted great-grandmother of Rachel Mc Gee. Family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCully-POLYNIAK FUNERAL P.A., 130 E. Fort Ave., (South Baltimore) on Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where funeral services will be held on Monday at 11 A.M. Interment in Glen Haven Memorial Park.

Warren Wiggins, the Baltimore runner who pledged to raise money to fix up Mount Auburn Cemetery by running across the country, has temporarily cut his trip short. After three days of running east from Los Angeles, Wiggins said mechanical problems afflicted the motor home he needed to sleep and cook in. So he decided to come home. "We are not abandoning the effort. We are still trying to pull it through," Wiggins said. He hopes to sell the current motor home and buy a newer, used one. If all goes well, the 49-year-old former science teacher might be out on the road next month.

For more than 20 years, Warren Wiggins has pushed a lawn mower over his mother's grave at Mount Auburn Cemetery, carefully tending that patch of ground while all around the grass grew knee-deep and headstones stood crooked and broken. Over the years, others decried the deplorable condition of Mount Auburn, believed to be the oldest African-American cemetery in Baltimore and the resting place of many renowned blacks. But with the exception of some regular volunteer cleanups, nothing much has improved.

He is the oldest American player ever to make a U.S. Ryder Cup team on his own merit, and one of the more unlikely ever to play in the history of the event. Then again, how many professional golfers have ever followed the same script as Fred Funk? As part of a 12-man team that will try to regain the Cup from Europe when the biennial competition begins tomorrow at Oakland Hills outside Detroit, Funk, 48, has accomplished great feats despite starting late, hitting short and winning only a handful of times in a 16-year PGA Tour career.

On May 11, 2004, VICTOR FITZHUGH REYNOLDS JR., of Bel Air, MD. Beloved husband of Lisa Reynolds (nee Feathers). Devoted father of Brandon D. Reynolds, Amy C. Reynolds, and Kristy L. Reynolds. Loving son of Victor Fitzhugh Reynolds Sr. and the late Helen Missos Reynolds, brother of George G. Reynolds. Services will be held at the family owned Mc Comas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Saturday, May 15, 2004 at 2 P.M. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to a Scholarship Fund for Amy, Brandon, and Kristy Reynolds, APGFCU, P.O. Box 1176, Aberdeen, MD 21001.