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In two articles last month about a Maryland law limiting mail solicitation by lawyers, quotes about a marketing letter and the new law were incorrectly attributed to attorney David Lutz. The comments were made by Lutz' law partner, David Fischer.The Sun regrets the errors.Craig Garfield's postage bill plummeted about $500 this month. And he's plenty angry about it.Garfield, a Baltimore lawyer who specializes in serious traffic cases, is one of about two dozen local attorneys who owe their thriving practices, in part, to an aggressive marketing strategy: direct mail.

Garfield Thompson says he had been pondering The Decision since wrestling season ended with the state tournament last March."Some coaches have said I can be the city's first state champ, but everyone knows me for track and running, and that's what I'm best at -- but I like wrestling," said Thompson.Thompson, Mervo's junior defending city and regional 119-pound champ, began participating in organized track in his native Jamaica at age 8.For the second straight winter, Thompson has decided to forgo indoor track for wrestling, "but he may go the other way next year," said Mervo wrestling coach Dwight Warren.

Helen K. Nearing, 91, an author who inspired thousands of urbanites to head to the country, build houses and grow food, was killed Sunday when the car she was driving hit a tree in Brooksville, Maine. She co-wrote two best-selling books, "Living the Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World," and "Continuing the Good Life," with her husband, Scott, who died in 1983 at 100.She was a vegetarian, and had never tasted a hamburger or used a credit card.In the 1930s, she and her husband abandoned New York City for a mountainside homestead in Vermont.

Leon "Lee" Garfield, whose nickname was synonymous in Baltimore with Oreeeo, Halvah, Reese's, Sir Fig Newton and Tequila Sunrise ice cream, died Tuesday of a heart attack at his Owings Mills residence. He was 67.Mr. Garfield worked for many years in the insurance industry, but ice cream was the great love of his life.He founded Lee's Ice Cream. in 1979, fulfilling a lifelong dream with the opening of his first store on York Road in Towson.Exotic flavors and a 17 percent butterfat content were keys to Lee's success.

Not having a winner since Garfield -- his presidency was cut short by assassination in 1881 -- and going through a long and distinguished line of handicappers, the continuing Preakness frustration of drawing nothing but blanks caused a bankrupt sportswriter to seek out the assistance of the Rev. Sister Faye, who is located within a furlong or two of Pimlico and, for no other reason than proximity, should have a good feel for the subject.Sister Faye, however, has never forecast a horse race.

San Jose, California. -- Dick Tracy's wife is suing for divorce. Yes, after 45 years of marriage (and 18 years of courtship), Tess is sick of the hatchet-nosed detective's long hours, and ready to start a new life.vTC What's next? Will Robin file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against his ''guardian,'' Batman, for sexual abuse, seduction, negligence? (And what about Rex Morgan's sexual orientation? He's been dating his nurse, June Gale, for at least 30 years, without so much as a good-night kiss.

Hoping to boost the display of its products -- and sales -- M&L Gourmet Ice Cream, the maker of Lee's Ice Cream, is introducing new flavors inspired by famous Maryland food companies and restaurants.The Baltimore-based company hopes that the campaign will persuade major grocery store chains to push over Ben & Jerry's and Edy's in their freezer cases and make room for the hometown team."There is room for local players," said Scott Garfield, vice president of the family-owned business. "Give us a chance to play."

Q: How rare and valuable is my 7 1/2 -inch-high ceramic jug marked underneath "Garfield Jug/Made By/J. Wedgwood & Son's/Etruria" along with several numbers? One side is decorated with a sepia portrait of President James A. Garfield, the other with an American eagle atop a red, white and blue shield flanked by American flags. Underneath its spout is another patriotic shield with crossed arrows surrounded by a wreath of red and blue flowers. I've checked several books on Wedgwood, but am unable to find anything similar.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: SEPT. 20In 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. Magellan was killed en route, but one of his ships eventually circumnavigated the world.In 1881, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding the assassinated James A. Garfield.In 1947, former New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia died.In 1963, in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President John F. Kennedy proposed a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition to the moon.

BJ's Wholesale Club to complete the circuitBJ's Wholesale Club has set June 27 as the date it will complete its encirclement of Baltimore.On that day, the division of Waban Inc. of Natick, Mass., will hold a grand opening at two warehouses in Columbia and Owings Mills, bringing to four the number of BJ's clubs in the metropolitan area. The others are in White Marsh and Glen Burnie.("Grand opening" doesn't necessarily mean that's the first day the clubs will open to customers. There will be a "soft" opening Saturday for commercial customers, current BJ's members and anyone willing to fork over $25 for a membership.