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Mariners: Joey Cora's seventh-inning single gave him a hit in all 15 games this season.Twins: Shortstop Pat Meares returned to the lineup after missing Tuesday's game at Tampa Bay because of a strained left ankle. Meares went 2-for-4 and is hitting .500 over the past nine games. Mike Morgan has pitched between six and seven innings in his first three outings and allowed two runs in each without receiving a decision. Minnesota lost all three games by one run, two of them in extra innings.jTC Pub Date: 4/17/98

Maryland Del. Marilyn R. Goldwater, a Montgomery County Democrat, and Del. Barbara Frush, a Prince George's Democrat, JTC will talk about recent legislative developments pertaining to the prevention of osteoporosis, education about the disease and reimbursement of bone-density testing for the disease from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at a meeting of the Osteoporosis Awareness Group at Laurel Regional Hospital, 7300 Van Duesen Road, Laurel.The group meets quarterly. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served.

To: Warren Littlefield, president of NBC EntertainmentFrom: Arts & Society StaffRe: "Elaine!" the seriesDear Mr. Littlefield:A successor to "Seinfeld"? Let's face it, that David Spade show ** jTC doesn't cut it. Instead, think spinoff: Bring Elaine Benes home to Baltimore (OK, Towson officially) for "Elaine!"Imagine: You keep your "Seinfeld" devotees, "Ally McBeal" fans tune in to see Elaine out-neurotic her, and Baltimore stays in prime time after "Homicide" dies. Talk about win-win!The comic possibilities are endless.

BETHESDA -- Pat Tallent and Tim Vigotsky, a pair of Northern Virginia residents, combined on a 5-under-par 65 yesterday for a 36-hole total of 133 and a three-stroke lead in the annual Congressional CC Fourball tournament.In the companion Senior division, Mike Sanger of Green Spring and Jack Vardaman of Congressional shot 65 from the gold tees jTC (6,200 yards), and took a seven-stroke lead with 132 after two rounds.The championship leaders, playing the course at 6,600 yards, broke away from the field with five successive birdies to start the back nine and ended with 35-30 against a par of 35-35.

Lacie KoppelmanSchool: Oakland Mills HighAge: 17Home: ColumbiaAccomplishments: She is a member of the Maryland Senior All-State Choir and is a Maryland Distinguished Scholar Talent in the Arts. She played as an offensive forward on the school's field hockey team and has won a scholar-athlete award.She worked as an intern for state Del. Virginia M. Thomas for two years. She is captain of the speech team and sings in the school choir as well as the jazz ensemble, an a cappella group. She has had leading roles in school plays, including "A Chorus Line" and "Cabaret."

Imagine driving more than 2,000 people to a football game five hours away.For Tom Eyre it's been an annual ritual for 15 consecutive years.As co-owner of the Glenelg-based Eyre Bus Service, Mr. Eyre is used to transporting large groups of people hither and yon.But even Mr. Eyre (pronounced air) finds transporting about 2,400 Navy plebes and midshipmen to the Army-Navy football game a tad daunting. This year's contest begins just after noon at Giants Stadium in New Jersey."You have no idea what it takes to organize.

* CARDINALS: Paul Kilgus got his first major-league win in nearly four years in St. Louis' 9-2 victory over Cincinnati Thursday night. . . . Joe Magrane is 0-3 in his past four starts, giving up 19 earned runs in 27 1/3 innings.* CUBS: Candy Maldonado is 1-for-11 as a pinch hitter. . . . The Cubs have lost their past seven games in domed stadiums.* EXPOS: Pitcher Dennis Martinez was hit on the right side while warming up in the bullpen before Thursday's game against the Cubs but pitched a five-hitter in a 7-1 victory.

American Express countersuesAmerican Express filed a countersuit accusing rival MasterCard International of false advertising, a reflection of the JTC intense competition in the corporate credit card market.The suit, filed yesterday, came in response to a March 8 complaint MasterCard brought in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. MasterCard charged American Express with unfair competition and false advertising.

Maryland manufacturing activity apparently dropped during late March and early April, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va.Based on the responses of 19 Maryland manufacturers, the Fed said new and backlogged orders dropped in the state during the period, along with the number of factory workers. However, the level of product shipments -- which may have been ordered in the past -- increased, as did the number of hours worked per JTC week.

One man's critique of the new fall TV shows:"Hearts Afire" (CBS): Haven't seen this one yet -- a freak electrical storm knocked out the cable. When it came back, a commercial for the e.p.t. home pregnancy test was on. These are the commercials purporting to show real couples finding out their real test results in the privacy of their own homes -- with a 10-man camera crew and a national TV audience of 40 million looking on, of course.The commercial featured a woman of about 38, biological clock ticking loudly, sadly finding out she's not pregnant.

On Nov. 19, 1884, a large crowd of Democrats gathered for the "Barbecue at Belair," celebrating the presidential election of Grover Cleveland. The barbecue was threatened by persistent rains, but 400 to 500 people came to the fairgrounds. Everyone was well fed, and "many of them after polishing the bones carried them home as souvenirs of the first democratic barbecue. ... After the feasting was over the crowd was called to order in the main exhibition hall and addressed by Misters Thomas C. Weeks, Herman Stump and J.T.C.

BETHESDA -- Pat Tallent and Tim Vigotsky, a pair of Northern Virginia residents, combined on a 5-under-par 65 yesterday for a 36-hole total of 133 and a three-stroke lead in the annual Congressional CC Fourball tournament.In the companion Senior division, Mike Sanger of Green Spring and Jack Vardaman of Congressional shot 65 from the gold tees jTC (6,200 yards), and took a seven-stroke lead with 132 after two rounds.The championship leaders, playing the course at 6,600 yards, broke away from the field with five successive birdies to start the back nine and ended with 35-30 against a par of 35-35.

Maryland Del. Marilyn R. Goldwater, a Montgomery County Democrat, and Del. Barbara Frush, a Prince George's Democrat, JTC will talk about recent legislative developments pertaining to the prevention of osteoporosis, education about the disease and reimbursement of bone-density testing for the disease from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at a meeting of the Osteoporosis Awareness Group at Laurel Regional Hospital, 7300 Van Duesen Road, Laurel.The group meets quarterly. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served.

To: Warren Littlefield, president of NBC EntertainmentFrom: Arts & Society StaffRe: "Elaine!" the seriesDear Mr. Littlefield:A successor to "Seinfeld"? Let's face it, that David Spade show ** jTC doesn't cut it. Instead, think spinoff: Bring Elaine Benes home to Baltimore (OK, Towson officially) for "Elaine!"Imagine: You keep your "Seinfeld" devotees, "Ally McBeal" fans tune in to see Elaine out-neurotic her, and Baltimore stays in prime time after "Homicide" dies. Talk about win-win!The comic possibilities are endless.

Mariners: Joey Cora's seventh-inning single gave him a hit in all 15 games this season.Twins: Shortstop Pat Meares returned to the lineup after missing Tuesday's game at Tampa Bay because of a strained left ankle. Meares went 2-for-4 and is hitting .500 over the past nine games. Mike Morgan has pitched between six and seven innings in his first three outings and allowed two runs in each without receiving a decision. Minnesota lost all three games by one run, two of them in extra innings.jTC Pub Date: 4/17/98

Imagine driving more than 2,000 people to a football game five hours away.For Tom Eyre it's been an annual ritual for 15 consecutive years.As co-owner of the Glenelg-based Eyre Bus Service, Mr. Eyre is used to transporting large groups of people hither and yon.But even Mr. Eyre (pronounced air) finds transporting about 2,400 Navy plebes and midshipmen to the Army-Navy football game a tad daunting. This year's contest begins just after noon at Giants Stadium in New Jersey."You have no idea what it takes to organize.

* CARDINALS: Paul Kilgus got his first major-league win in nearly four years in St. Louis' 9-2 victory over Cincinnati Thursday night. . . . Joe Magrane is 0-3 in his past four starts, giving up 19 earned runs in 27 1/3 innings.* CUBS: Candy Maldonado is 1-for-11 as a pinch hitter. . . . The Cubs have lost their past seven games in domed stadiums.* EXPOS: Pitcher Dennis Martinez was hit on the right side while warming up in the bullpen before Thursday's game against the Cubs but pitched a five-hitter in a 7-1 victory.

Maryland manufacturing activity apparently dropped during late March and early April, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va.Based on the responses of 19 Maryland manufacturers, the Fed said new and backlogged orders dropped in the state during the period, along with the number of factory workers. However, the level of product shipments -- which may have been ordered in the past -- increased, as did the number of hours worked per JTC week.

American Express countersuesAmerican Express filed a countersuit accusing rival MasterCard International of false advertising, a reflection of the JTC intense competition in the corporate credit card market.The suit, filed yesterday, came in response to a March 8 complaint MasterCard brought in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. MasterCard charged American Express with unfair competition and false advertising.

Lacie KoppelmanSchool: Oakland Mills HighAge: 17Home: ColumbiaAccomplishments: She is a member of the Maryland Senior All-State Choir and is a Maryland Distinguished Scholar Talent in the Arts. She played as an offensive forward on the school's field hockey team and has won a scholar-athlete award.She worked as an intern for state Del. Virginia M. Thomas for two years. She is captain of the speech team and sings in the school choir as well as the jazz ensemble, an a cappella group. She has had leading roles in school plays, including "A Chorus Line" and "Cabaret."