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For Peggy Ingles, a trip downstairs to the stable was like walking to the kitchen in the morning to start coffee. She could do it in her sleep, and practically did on some days. That was before the fall. Before the riding accident that left Ingles, a champion rider from northern Baltimore County, paralyzed, with only the slightest ability to move her arms. Before the operation, the weeks in the nursing home, the months of treatment with, at times, no great hope for success. Now a physical therapist pushes Ingles in her wheelchair across the gravel parking lot of a Cecil County ranch and toward the barn.

HAMPTONVILLE, N.C. -- Junior Johnson sits on his cherry red couch, his wife, Lisa, beside him and their two small children climbing all over him. Johnson, 66, wears a beatific smile.The stock cars and racetracks are behind him. These days, his job description is as follows: loving husband, doting father and master of a country chateau."This is when you should have children," Johnson says. "Most people work all their lives and can't spend as much time as they want with their kids. Then, when they're at the age to retire, the kids are grown and gone.

Two-way traffic on the westbound span of the Bay Bridge does not appear to have been a factor in causing the seven-vehicle crash that killed three Eastern Shore residents Thursday, a top police official said yesterday. Marcus L. Brown, chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, said at a news conference yesterday that it might take two months to complete the investigation of the devastating chain-reaction accident -- set off when a trailer came unhitched from the sport utility vehicle that was pulling it. Yesterday, police identified the those killed in the crash as Randall R. Orff, 47, and his son, Jonathan R. Orff, 19, both of Millington in Kent County, and James H. Ingle, 44, of Preston in Caroline County.

New positions Gourlay new vice president of trade center institute The World Trade Center Institute announced the appointment of Peter R. Gourlay as vice president for business development. He will provide WTCI client-members with insights into the risks and opportunities of doing business abroad. Gourlay was previously with CNA Financial Corp., where he assisted clients in the construction and design fields with overseas business. The Marine Corps veteran is a graduate of Frostburg State University.

On April 9, 2003, ETHEL M. (nee Eckels) beloved wife of the late Joseph F. Michalski, beloved mother of Raymond T. Raines, Jr., beloved mother-in-law of Elizabeth K. Raines, dear grandmother of Raymond, Mark, Ken and Jon Raines and Bonnie Moore. Sister of Norman L. Eckels and the late Alfred G., William B. and Kenneth C. Eckels and Evelyn E. Ingle. Also survived by a host of great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck Inc. Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale)

The last time Patapsco's Chris Mirabile faced No. 12 Overlea, he was suffering from recent bouts with bronchitis and pneumonia.Operating at half strength, the senior pitched admirably, keeping the No. 14 Patriots in the game before they suffered their only Baltimore County 2A-1A League loss of the season.Mirabile swore then that he'd beat the Falcons before the end of his high-school career.Yesterday, back at full strength, he reached that goal. After guaranteeing coach Dave Ingle a win, Mirabile struck out nine and allowed one hit through the first five innings en route to a 4-3 home win."

WASHINGTON -- In March 2005, the Consumer Product Safety Commission called together the nation's top safety experts to confront an alarming statistic: 44,000 children riding all-terrain vehicles were injured the previous year, nearly 150 of them fatally. National associations of pediatricians, consumer advocates and emergency room doctors were urging the commission to ban sales of adult-size ATVs for use by children under 16. But John Gibson Mullan, the agency's director of compliance and a former lawyer for the ATV industry, said the current system of voluntary safety standards was working, according to a recording.

His Patapsco squad had survived four close games to win last week's 2A North Region crown, and coach Dave Ingle wondered what it would do for an encore.He got his answer in last night's 2-1 overtime semifinal victory over Bethesda-Chevy Chase on a muddy Catonsville Community College field. Scoring both goals was sophomore Mike Brown, who entered with just two goals and an assist."I had been joking with a teammate before the game that I would score," said Brown, who scored the game-winner with 4:47 left in the first 10-minute overtime period.

The Wilde Lake Wildecats shaved their heads before yesterday's 2A state title game against Patapsco. And then they got scalped.The Patapsco Patriots won the state title, 3-0, and got a great game from goalkeeper Michael Griffith. The senior stopped 15 shots and never withered under a Wildecat attack."These kids have wanted this championship since the first day of practice," said coach Dave Ingle, fresh from an ice-water dousing from his players.The Patriots lost their first game of the season, but finished with ,, a 16-2-1 mark.

Patapsco defeated Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 1-0, last night at Thomas Johnson to advance to the state Class 2A finals against River Hill.Greg Hopper, the Patriots' leading scorer with 10 goals and seven assists, cut inside his defender after a quick restart, received a pass from Joe Pugh and scored from the left wing with 2: 19 left in the first half.Patapsco (12-4) outshot Bethesda (9-3-1), 23-14. "But I thought it was a very even game," Patriots coach Dave Ingle said.The unranked Patriots will play the fourth-ranked Hawks (18-1-0)