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Verna Horsey blew up a green balloon and helped Alex Sandmeier attach it to a tube on a toy race car. The 5-year-old put the car on the floor, hoping it would zip away in a flash. But the car lurched about two feet and sputtered to a stop. "Oh no," groaned Horsey, a fourth-grade teacher at Hickory Elementary School. "That one was a dud." The Bel Air kindergartner giggled while Horsey blew up another balloon. This time he let go of the car and it sped across the floor. "Wow! 110 inches!

THE WEDDING invitation asked guests to "celebrate" the marriage of prominent Baltimore builder Bill Struever, president of Struever Bros. Eccles and Rouse, and Anne Riggle, vice president and general manager of SAFT America. The invitation was designed by Struever's 7-year-old daughter, Lucy Struever, who was thrilled that her dad and new stepmother had chosen her painting, "Rainbow Mountain," for the wedding invitation.Last Saturday, family and close friends gathered in Struever's gorgeous Tindeco penthouse that overlooks the harbor and Fort McHenry, for a 4 p.m. ceremony.

Freshman Bobby Horsey scored two goals, including the game-winner 54 seconds into overtime, to give West Chester (Pa.) East an 8-7 victory over Centennial (3-1) and the championship of the sixth annual John Carroll Invitational Lacrosse Tournament.In the consolation game, host John Carroll (1-2) used two goals by Tony Coatsolonia to rally from a 1-0 halftime deficit and defeat 4-2 North Harford, 3-1.The Eagles, who trailed most of the game, finally pulled even as Brian Rowe bounced a shot over West Chester goalie Scott Garrett's head to tie the score at six with 4:08 left.

Two people were killed in separate highway accidents Friday night, including a 41-year-old motorcyclist who crashed into a dump truck in Washington County, police said.David Lynn Peters of Martinsburg, W.Va., was killed when he drove his motorcycle through a red light and ran into the dump truck at the intersection of Routes 66 and 64 in Smithsburg.The driver of the truck was not injured in the crash, which occurred at about 6:40 p.m., police said.Five hours later in Somerset County, the 44-year-old driver of a seafood truck loaded with canned clams was killed after he lost control of the vehicle and it overturned.

OCEAN CITY -- The trial of Ku Klux Klan member Hobert E. Cox, who was charged with battery during a July 4 recruitment rally here, was postponed yesterday because he was in a state prison in Baltimore.Before yesterday's scheduled court date, the 25-year-old Elkton man was imprisoned on charges that he violated terms of his parole, said Danny Mumford, an assistant Worcester County state's attorney.Cox was arrested by Ocean City police and charged with battery and hindering police after he allegedly chased a man he thought had stolen the hood of a Klan member's outfit.

The kind of fire the Rev. Willie Ray says he wants to set in Baltimore churches is one that will make congregants come out and join hands against the killing.Yesterday, the hundreds who did come out for the eighth annual Love Hands Across Baltimore Crusade were not enough to make an unbroken link from Hilton Street on the west side to Milton Avenue on the east side.The event was sponsored by more than three dozen community, governmental and business groups.Some day, Ray said, enough people will join hands to form a chain "from Hilton to Milton."

A Delaware company wants to mine sand and gravel on a parcel of farmland and forest along Marshyhope Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore - a proposal that is raising alarm among conservationists who fear the operation will destroy rare wetlands, harm endangered species and ruin bird habitat. The Horsey Family LLC is asking Dorchester County this week for a zoning exception so it can excavate soil, sand and gravel from the property and create an "open-water lake." Workers would then float a hydraulic dredge into the lake and extract the remaining mineral resources, according to an application filed with the county last month.

Annapolis is a lovely city at any time of year, but it is never more beautiful than at Christmas. Gov. William Donald Schaefer and Hilda Mae Snoops very nicely included me in one of their holiday parties held at the governor's mansion this past week.Youngsters sang carols as guests arrived, and few guests went inside until they had admired a marvelous wooden train that adorns the lawn. CXS, B&O and Conrail are among the decals on the different cars and I am told that an Amish man from the Dutch Market on the Eastern Shore made the train.

On December 11, 2004, ELIZABETH C. (nee Butterbaugh); beloved wife of Wilson B. Horsey; mother and mother-n-aw of Barbara and Jerry Mc Donald; sister or Meryl Baker, Ethel Darragh, Thomas and Frankin Butterbaugh; grandmother of Shawn and Ryan Mc Donald. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held 11 AM Wednesday, from MYERS-DURBORAW FUNERAL HOME, 91 Willis St. Westminster. Burial will follow in Meadow Branch Cemetery, Westminster. Friends may call Tuesday, 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 and again Wednesday, 1 hour prior to service.

On May 2, 2007, LANDONIA, beloved mother of Gertrude. She is also survived by one son-in-law, Charles Louden and a host of other family members and friends. Friends may call the WYLIE FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 638 N. Gilmore Street on Monday from 5 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Tuesday for the 10:30 A.M. Wake and 11 A.M. Funeral Service, at Village Baptist Church, 100 S. Hilton Street. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com.