Kevin Miller

If there was any doubt the four-game Western road trip didn't go the way Washington Capitals coach Terry Murray wanted, it was put to rest last night when the Caps traded center Kevin Miller to the St. Louis Blues.In return, the Caps get defenseman Paul Cavallini, who has one goal and four assists in 11 games this season and leads the Blues in plus/minus with a plus-three."Things were not working out well with Kevin Miller and the Washington Capitals," said Caps general manager David Poile.

Genevieve B. "Gen" Miller, a retired sales associate and homemaker, died Wednesday of heart failure at St. Joseph's Nursing Home in Catonsville. She was 95. Genevieve Beatrice Scriba was born in Baltimore and raised on Hollins Street. She was a parochial school graduate, family members said. She was married in 1943 to Grant W. Miller Sr., a career Army officer, who died in 1988. Mrs. Miller, who lived briefly in France during her husband's Army days, spent most of her life in Catonsville.

On January 6, 2004, MELVIN L. MILLER of Baltimore, devoted husband of Violet Miller; loving father of Kim and Kevin Miller, Dawn Evans and Lynn Capizzi; cherished grandfather of five grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to call Loring Byers Funeral Directors Inc., 8728 Liberty Rd (2 miles W. of Beltway exit 18B) on Friday, January 9, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Service will be held at the Funeral Home on Saturday, January 10 at 11 A.M. Interment will be private.

On January 15, 2005 JOAN L. VALENTINE (nee Miller); beloved wife of Allen Valentine; devoted mother of Allison, Michael, Lindsay and Nathan Valentine; loving daughter of Robert A. and Mary Esther Miller; dear sister of Karen Conn, Kevin Miller, Kent Miller and Melanie Miller. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home Inc, 9705 Belair Road, (Perry Hall) on Tuesday, from 3 to 5 and 6 to 9 P.M. Further Visitation will be held on Wednesday, at Fallston United Methodist Church from 9 to 11 A.M., at which time Funeral Services will be held.

On December 16, 2004, ODA F. (nee Kriete), formerly of Sykesville; beloved wife of the late Dewey Carroll Asbury; devoted mother of Dale Asbury, Joyce Tierany, Lori Schott and Daryl Asbury; mother-in-law of Helen and Debbie Asbury, Ed Tierany and Don Schott; sister of Arlene Geppi, Rosalie Cerquettie, Beverly Griffith, Joan Latta, Dennis and Charles Kriete; grandmother of Christy and Wayne Miller, David Asbury, Mike Haines, Nickole Bange, Heather and...

Start enforcing traffic laws on U.S. 50 It was a Tuesday, but it could have been any day of my family's commute from Annapolis to work and day care on the Eastern Shore. A Jaguar tailgates us as we merge onto U.S. 50 from Rowe Boulevard, SUVs roar on by, and there is nary a turn signal in sight as traffic darts from lane to lane. As we pass through the Bay Bridge toll booth, a older model car rockets up the (closed for construction) right lane; heaven forbid he get trapped behind the Ryder truck with the rest of us. This all leads me to ask Governor Ehrlich, state, local and MTA police a simple question: How may people have to die before you get serious about enforcing traffic laws on Route 50?

On January 15, 2005 JOAN L. VALENTINE (nee Miller); beloved wife of Allen Valentine; devoted mother of Allison, Michael, Lindsay and Nathan Valentine; loving daughter of Robert A. and Mary Esther Miller; dear sister of Karen Conn, Kevin Miller, Kent Miller and Melanie Miller. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home Inc, 9705 Belair Road, (Perry Hall) on Tuesday, from 3 to 5 and 6 to 9 P.M. Further Visitation will be held on Wednesday, at Fallston United Methodist Church from 9 to 11 A.M., at which time Funeral Services will be held.

The first thing Terry Murray did when he arrived at practice yesterday was have a talk with veteran left wing Kelly Miller. It's the kind of priority a coach has when his team includes several sets of brothers.Sunday night, Washington Capitals management traded Kelly Miller's brother, Kevin, to the St. Louis Blues for defenseman Paul Cavallini."I was a little worried about Kelly," said Murray. "But he says he understands the situation and he's a true professional. He knows the game needs to move on. Kelly has a lot of character."

No sooner did the veterans of the Washington Capitals step on and off the scales and roll up their sleeves for a blood-pressure check, when word was passed that several might be battling for jobs this season.The word "battling" was used first by coach Terry Murray as he watched the vets arrive at the Piney Orchard Ice Arena yesterday after completing physical examinations. At the same time, he was keeping an eye on the farmhands hammering away at each other on the ice."There was a time when training camps were just to get in shape.

Genevieve B. "Gen" Miller, a retired sales associate and homemaker, died Wednesday of heart failure at St. Joseph's Nursing Home in Catonsville. She was 95. Genevieve Beatrice Scriba was born in Baltimore and raised on Hollins Street. She was a parochial school graduate, family members said. She was married in 1943 to Grant W. Miller Sr., a career Army officer, who died in 1988. Mrs. Miller, who lived briefly in France during her husband's Army days, spent most of her life in Catonsville.

On December 16, 2004, ODA F. (nee Kriete), formerly of Sykesville; beloved wife of the late Dewey Carroll Asbury; devoted mother of Dale Asbury, Joyce Tierany, Lori Schott and Daryl Asbury; mother-in-law of Helen and Debbie Asbury, Ed Tierany and Don Schott; sister of Arlene Geppi, Rosalie Cerquettie, Beverly Griffith, Joan Latta, Dennis and Charles Kriete; grandmother of Christy and Wayne Miller, David Asbury, Mike Haines, Nickole Bange, Heather and...

On January 6, 2004, MELVIN L. MILLER of Baltimore, devoted husband of Violet Miller; loving father of Kim and Kevin Miller, Dawn Evans and Lynn Capizzi; cherished grandfather of five grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to call Loring Byers Funeral Directors Inc., 8728 Liberty Rd (2 miles W. of Beltway exit 18B) on Friday, January 9, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Service will be held at the Funeral Home on Saturday, January 10 at 11 A.M. Interment will be private.

Start enforcing traffic laws on U.S. 50 It was a Tuesday, but it could have been any day of my family's commute from Annapolis to work and day care on the Eastern Shore. A Jaguar tailgates us as we merge onto U.S. 50 from Rowe Boulevard, SUVs roar on by, and there is nary a turn signal in sight as traffic darts from lane to lane. As we pass through the Bay Bridge toll booth, a older model car rockets up the (closed for construction) right lane; heaven forbid he get trapped behind the Ryder truck with the rest of us. This all leads me to ask Governor Ehrlich, state, local and MTA police a simple question: How may people have to die before you get serious about enforcing traffic laws on Route 50?

The first thing Terry Murray did when he arrived at practice yesterday was have a talk with veteran left wing Kelly Miller. It's the kind of priority a coach has when his team includes several sets of brothers.Sunday night, Washington Capitals management traded Kelly Miller's brother, Kevin, to the St. Louis Blues for defenseman Paul Cavallini."I was a little worried about Kelly," said Murray. "But he says he understands the situation and he's a true professional. He knows the game needs to move on. Kelly has a lot of character."

If there was any doubt the four-game Western road trip didn't go the way Washington Capitals coach Terry Murray wanted, it was put to rest last night when the Caps traded center Kevin Miller to the St. Louis Blues.In return, the Caps get defenseman Paul Cavallini, who has one goal and four assists in 11 games this season and leads the Blues in plus/minus with a plus-three."Things were not working out well with Kevin Miller and the Washington Capitals," said Caps general manager David Poile.

Washington Capitals coach Terry Murray needed only an instant to state the problem."We're not scoring," he said while waiting for the team's flight to Calgary, Alberta, for tonight's game against the Flames. "We're not finishing anywhere near the way we did last year. We've shown that loud and clear."The Capitals are in the middle of a four-game western road trip that Murray had hoped would relax his team, relieve some pressure and get his scorers going. So far, with a 6-2 loss in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday and a 4-3 loss in Vancouver on Wednesday, none of those hopes is being fulfilled.

LANDOVER -- All the Washington Capitals had to do was read the summaries before last night's game to know the Philadelphia Flyers were going to be trouble before the game ended.The Flyers love the third period. They live for the third periodYou can look it up.The Flyers had outscored the opposition, 7-0, in the third period.The Flyers had rallied from 3-1 after two periods to tie thPittsburgh Penguins, 3-3.The Flyers had rallied from a 4-3 deficit in New Jersey on Fridato beat the Devils, 6-4.Today, the summary says the Flyers have done it again, rallyinfrom a 2-1 deficit to beat the Caps, 4-2."

The Washington Capitals are having trouble scoring goals, with 26 in their first eight games.They're taking the problem on the road tonight, in a game in Winnipeg against the Jets.Capitals coach Terry Murray said this drought will end, and he's shaking up his lines to try to speed up the process."I do think we're going to snap out of this," said Murray, whose club is 3-5. "But it's not going to be like a light switch being flipped. We're going to have to get our emotional level higher, and we have to come at it with an even higher level of intensity than it's at right now."

The Washington Capitals are having trouble scoring goals, with 26 in their first eight games.They're taking the problem on the road tonight, in a game in Winnipeg against the Jets.Capitals coach Terry Murray said this drought will end, and he's shaking up his lines to try to speed up the process."I do think we're going to snap out of this," said Murray, whose club is 3-5. "But it's not going to be like a light switch being flipped. We're going to have to get our emotional level higher, and we have to come at it with an even higher level of intensity than it's at right now."

LANDOVER -- All the Washington Capitals had to do was read the summaries before last night's game to know the Philadelphia Flyers were going to be trouble before the game ended.The Flyers love the third period. They live for the third periodYou can look it up.The Flyers had outscored the opposition, 7-0, in the third period.The Flyers had rallied from 3-1 after two periods to tie thPittsburgh Penguins, 3-3.The Flyers had rallied from a 4-3 deficit in New Jersey on Fridato beat the Devils, 6-4.Today, the summary says the Flyers have done it again, rallyinfrom a 2-1 deficit to beat the Caps, 4-2."