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Sara Garland Montague, a professional dancer turned Baltimore County schoolteacher, died Wednesday at Shenandoah Health Village Center in West Virginia of complications from a stroke. The longtime Pikesville resident was 82. Born Sara Garland in Gaffney, S.C., she was the daughter of the town pharmacist and optometrist. She trained as a chemist at the University of North Carolina and moved to Baltimore after graduation in 1944 to work at Calvert Distilleries, where she met her future husband, Wallace G. Montague.

Services for Charles S. Garland Jr., a managing director of Alex. Brown & Sons Inc., will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St.Mr. Garland, who was 63, died Saturday of cancer at his home on Devon Hill Road.A member of the board of directors and executive committee of the brokerage firm, he had headed the Fixed Income Division, which handles bonds, since 1972. He joined the firm in 1954 and became a general partner 10 years later.A member of the board of governors of the Securities Industry Association who chaired its mid-Atlantic group, he also served on the board of the Public Securities Association.

Mary Frances Garland, a South Baltimore community activist who fought for neighborhood recognition and raised her voice against highways and high-rises, died of a brain tumor Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice at Mercy Medical Center. She was 68 and lived on Webster Street. She battled in the 1960s and 1970s against a planned interstate highway that threatened to cut through parts of Federal Hill, South Baltimore and the Sharp-Leadenhall neighborhoods. She also criticized a suspension bridge that would have cut diagonally across the Inner Harbor, cutting it in half.

The Atlanta lawyer representing Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis made an unannounced visit to Baltimore yesterday and inspected the stretch limousine that carried Lewis to a Super Bowl party and then away from the scene of a stabbing that left two men dead. After examining the 40-foot vehicle, the lawyer, Edward T. M. Garland, said he found evidence in the black limo but declined to describe it, and he again proclaimed his client's innocence. "He is 100 percent, absolutely innocent," Garland said in an impromptu news conference last night.

Jon Garland might have signed a longer contract for more money next year. But that didn't matter to him. The Chicago White Sox pitcher agreed to a three-year, $29 million contract yesterday with the 2005 World Series champions and avoided salary arbitration. "I love the city," Garland, 26, said during a conference call with reporters. "It's where I wanted to play, where I wanted to be. And I'm happy to be there." The right-hander who was eligible to become a free agent after the 2006 season, will receive $7 million next year, $10 million in 2007 and $12 million in 2008, according to the White Sox. Chicago and its fans certainly do. He went 18-10 with a 3.50 ERA and led the American League with three shutouts last season with the White Sox. He threw three complete games and struck out 115 in 32 starts.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Chicago White Sox assured themselves of at least one more postseason home game. Whether it's in the American League Championship Series or World Series remains to be seen, but the White Sox regained much of their magical regular-season touch by beating the Los Angeles Angels, 5-2, last night in Game 3 of the ALCS before a crowd of 44,725 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Jon Garland's four-hit, complete-game victory and a three-run first-inning rally quieted a once-hostile crowd still fuming from Wednesday's controversy over a disputed third strike that enabled the White Sox to win. The White Sox took a 2-1 lead in this best-of-seven series.

Through three decades of economic ups and the downs on his stretch of Ingleside Avenue in the Catonsville area, Garland Williams has provided flowers, plants and personal advice to the region's gardeners. Now, the owner of Garland's Gardens is planning to take advantage of an upturn in the neighborhood. He plans to build a strip of shops around the garden center. "Our volume has peaked, and there is so much going on in the area that it seemed like a good time to do this," Williams said.

The Los Angeles Angels, one of the most aggressive suitors for Miguel Tejada in the past couple of years, still are looking for a bat, and now they have a vacancy at shortstop with yesterday's trade of Orlando Cabrera to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Jon Garland. An industry source said yesterday that the Orioles and Angels have not had any significant discussions recently about Tejada, who is expected to be traded this offseason. However, another league source said the Angels would be interested in Tejada to potentially play third base if the club can't make a trade for Florida Marlins slugger Miguel Cabrera.

Ray Lewis' Atlanta-based defense attorney is a well-regarded trial lawyer known for defending his clients' reputations through the media and winning over juries with a likable, low-key manner. Edward T.M. Garland, 58, is also a business partner of home run king Hank Aaron, who referred the Ravens to Garland, according to sources familiar with the case. Fellow attorneys say it was a good recommendation. "Ed has tremendous trial skills. He has a wonderful way of communicating with both judges and jurors," said Wilmer "Buddy" Parker III, a defense attorney who, when serving as a federal prosecutor, faced off against Garland.

If the name Edward T.M. Garland sounds vaguely familiar, think back four years to the murder trial of Ravens star Ray Lewis in Atlanta. Garland, the smooth and gentlemanly criminal defense lawyer known in that city for his high-profile cases and way of wooing juries, won Lewis his freedom with a misdemeanor plea. Now, Garland, 62, is defending another Ravens star: running back Jamal Lewis, who was indicted Wednesday in Atlanta on federal drug charges. With his tailored suits and pocket handkerchiefs, his youthful smile and polite demeanor, the sixth-generation lawyer has a reputation for charming jurors.