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Sam Saunders had 265 yards into an 18th green protected by everything but angry alligators. So, naturally, he took out his driver rather than playing it safe. Saunders hit into a bunker, leading to a bogey-6 on Sunday at the Honda Classic. But here's guessing his coach didn't mind. That man's name is Arnold Palmer . Saunders is his grandson via Palmer's youngest daughter, Amy . Palmer became rich and famous with his go-for-broke mentality, and Saunders earned some attention - plus more than $68,000 - by tying for 17th at the Honda.

Her daughter disowned her as a devil-worshiping witch. Police didn't believe her allegations of brainwashing. And social services said they weren't equipped to deal with a cult. But Seeta Newton still would not let her grandson Javon go. Her dreams pushed her to hold on. In one, the infant boy clings to Newton's neck while his mother, Ria, floats toward them, her arms spread wide, gown sleeves hanging like angel wings. Javon whispers insistently in Newton's ear: I want to come live where you live.

Samuel L Thomsen, Jr.(November 25, 1920 - September 28, 2009), the husband of the late Mary Miller Thomsen, died peacefully in his Roland Park home. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WW II and retired from Black and Decker, Mfg. Inc. Survived by sons S. Locke Thomsen, III; Francis Jordan Thomsen, III and Laurence Thomsen, VI; eight grand children and a great grandson. Donations can be made to The Fire Museum of Maryland, 1301 York Road, Lutherville, Md. 21093

William Donald Schaefer's legs were failing him, but his stubbornness was reliable as ever. People were telling the former Baltimore mayor, Maryland governor and comptroller to get physical therapy. He brushed them off with an old story, about how he'd hated being pushed in the gym as a kid at City College. Gym teacher Philip Axman would order the young, height-fearing Schaefer up a rope. "I'd be halfway up and say, 'I've got to get out of here,'" Schaefer, 87, recalled recently. Axman would bark: "Get up there!

Daniel Arthur Baker Dan is survived by his sons Jonathan and Karl and his grandson Mark.

On June 6, 2009, KYLE BIANCHI; beloved son of Richard and Robbin Bianchi; loving brother of SKSN Shane Robert Powers, USN, and Joshua Logan Bianchi; cherished grandson of Mauro and Linda Bianchi, and great-grandson of the late Frank and Lucy Sciabarrasi; dear nephew of Gina Bianchi. Kyle will also be missed by numerous other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck Inc. Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale) on Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Dominic Catholic Church on Thursday, 10 A.M. Interment Moreland Memorial Park.

Leon Day would not have minded seeing his grandson with a baseball in his hand. A book in his hand, however, would have impressed him more. "He always told us: 'Pick up a book and read. Get an education; they can't take that away from you. Knowledge is power,' " recalled Sarah Newkirk Clark, the daughter of the Hall of Fame pitcher and Negro league legend. Clark's 15-year-old son, Leon Day Newkirk, seems to have absorbed the lesson. He frequently picks up and reads honor-roll certificates, academic awards, college scholarship offers, and, last month, an invitation to attend the annual National Young Leaders Conference this summer on Capitol Hill.

On September 10, 2008, ALICE; devoted mother of Delores H. Spence and Clarice V. Scott. She is also survived by one grandson Earl Spence; one granddaughter Felicia Rucker-Pearce; one great-grandson, Wardaron Tucker, III; one great-granddaughter, January Pearce, and a host of other family members and friends. Friends may call WYLIE FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street on Monday from 5-8 p.m. Family will receive friends on Tuesday 10:30 a.m. wake and 11 a.m. funeral service, Sweet Hope Free Will Baptist Church, 3925 Dolfield Avenue.

A 47-year-old Carney man was arrested and charged with kidnapping his 65-year-old girlfriend and assaulting her and her 10-year-old grandson, Baltimore County police said yesterday. Nathaniel "Sonny" Knox of the 9000 block of Waltham Woods Road was charged with kidnapping and two counts of second-degree assault after he forced Burnetta Mae Ajide out of the apartment they shared and into her car during a argument Tuesday, said Cpl. Michael Hill, a police spokesman. Ajide's grandson called 911 about 11 a.m. Tuesday Hill said.

Donald Hamilton "Pat" Patterson Jr., the son and grandson of publishers of The Sun who went on to become an executive with Landmark Communications in Norfolk, Va., died of melanoma Saturday at his Virginia Beach, Va., home. The former Homeland resident was 63. Mr. Patterson was born and raised in Annapolis, and graduated from the Gilman School in 1963. After earning a bachelor's degree from Washington & Lee University in 1967, he enlisted in the Navy. Mr. Patterson, who attained the rank of lieutenant, served in Vietnam, where he commanded a Swift boat.