Kidwell

Looking back, Shiela Juchs can see that she and her husband Jim overbought when they purchased their Bowleys Quarters home four years ago, though they were both still working. When they had their daughter last year and Shiela decided to stay home, things came to the breaking point."We had to really adjust and go down to nothing to afford [our home]," she said. "We adjusted so much. We've gotten rid of cable, we can't call our family long-distance. We've cut corners in every way."After they made their $1,200 monthly mortgage payment, they had almost nothing left.

Pat and Bill Kidwell couldn't believe their eyes.In the midst of a statewide drought that forced the governor to place major restrictions on the use of water, the Howard County couple observed a shiny red truck Tuesday pumping hundreds of gallons of water to top off the home swimming pool of Clarksville Volunteer Fire Chief Patrick Marlatt.Bill Kidwell grabbed his video camcorder and rushed to the chief's home on Triadelphia Mill Road to gather evidence while his wife stayed behind to contact authorities and television stations.

Merchants at the beleaguered Avenue Market in West Baltimore are paying reduced rents under an agreement signed recently with the market's management.The pact settles a lawsuit filed by the merchants in June, claiming the market's nonprofit owner and private management intentionally misrepresented the market's prospects in an effort to get businesses to open there."The merchants are happy we don't have those high rents over our heads right now, and we're looking forward to seeing more advertisements to let people know we're here," Stephanie Kidwell, president of the market's merchants association, said yesterday.

It's the middle of July and top athletic performers from the United States and Canada are gathering in the same city to see just who is the best of the best.Baseball's All-Star Game? Guess again. Almost 300 of North America's top youth bowlers, including three from the Baltimore area, are in Columbus, Ohio, for the Coca-Cola Youth Bowling Championships that begin today.Jenn Kidwell, 12, of Dundalk began the 10-hour drive with her parents and younger sister at 3 a.m. Wednesday. The General John Stricker Middle School eighth-grader qualified for the national tournament after winning the state tenpins title in the girls handicap division in April.

Roy Kidwell won't have to keep an eye on a sirloin steak sizzling on his barbecue grill this Independence Day.Instead, the Chartwell resident will be watching a kitchen wall clock installed in a 1934 Dodge rumble seat coupe and helping to keep his race team on time.Mr. Kidwell and five other Maryland residents will be participating in the Interstate Batteries Great North American Race, a road-rally-style contest for pre-World War II automobiles.This year the course runs from Toronto to Mexico City.

A brief in yesterday's Business section incorrectly reported that Irving L. Kidwell had been elected chairman of the Bank of Bowie. In fact, Mr. Kidwell, who has been chairman since 1989, announced the election of Jay Baldwin to the board.The Sun regrets the error.

A brief in yesterday's Business section incorrectly reported that Irving L. Kidwell had been elected chairman of the Bank of Bowie. In fact, Mr. Kidwell, who has been chairman since 1989, announced the election of Jay Baldwin to the board.The Sun regrets the error.* French Bray, Glen Burnie-based commercial printers, has donated 25,000 informational brochures to the Baltimore Office of Promotions and Tourism. The full-color publication features a map of the city's "tourist area" and highlights attractions and historical sites.

It was a classic Class 4A championship field hockey game, and when it was over, Severna Park reigned as the new state champion.The top-seeded Falcons were outplayed often in the game but came out on top, 1-0, against the defending 4A champion Westminster Owls.It was a rematch of last year's title game, which Westminster won, 1-0, and the game exceeded all expectations.Both teams -- No. 1 Severna Park and No. 3 Westminster -- showed their best weapons and dueled for 60 minutes.It was Westminster's explosive offense, led by Tinah Houck (18 goals this season)

WASHINGTON -- Labor union members who object to some of the political causes and candidates their leaders support lost out yesterday in a plea to the Supreme Court for the right to hold back part of their dues.The court, without comment, turned aside the appeal of a Marylander, Kathryn A. Kidwell of Greenbelt, seeking to gain for union members the same option that non-union workers have to protest use of their dues for causes they do not favor.Ms. Kidwell, 46, is a secretary in the sales and marketing department of Amtrak at Union Station here.

A 35-year-old Bladensburg liquor store owner who was arrested by Prince George's County police and federal agents in Washington-area burglary operation that dealt in guns and jewelry was released from jail yesterday after posting a $50,000 bond.Susan Marie Kidwell, of the 4200 block of Edmonston Road in Bladensburg, was released at about 10 a.m. from the Prince George's County Detention Center, where she had been held since her arrest Friday morning, officials said.Ms. Kidwell was charged with two felony counts of possession of stolen goods, and police said they expected to bring other charges against her stemming from the investigation.

Jack Kidwell watches his six-man crew lay the strips of sod that will cover the field for M&T Bank Stadium's first soccer game next week with the peaceful air of a farmer who knows his land has been well-tilled. "I've been doing this for 50 years," says Kidwell, 76, a native of tiny Boydton, Va., in a drawl as gentle as a Tidewater breeze. "You learn a few things in that time. One of them is it takes time to do this and do it right." Kidwell is founder, president and co-owner of Duraturf Service Corp.

On July 29, 2008, JAMES J., SR.; beloved husband of Alice Dodson Kidwell; loving father of five children and their spouses. Also survived by 16 loving grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road, on Friday at 11 A.M. The family will receive friends on Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Arnolia United Methodist Church, 1776 Joppa Road or the Salvation Army.

Thank you to all who attended the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary lunch with the Easter Bunny on March 24. Thanks also are extended to the businesses that supported: Mars Supermarket, Sam's Club in Annapolis, Sam's Club in Maryland City, Safeway, Shopper's Food Warehouse, Piney Orchard Ice Arena, Crofton Bowling Center, Playwise Kids, Pizza Hut, Skate Zone, Bowie BaySox, Odenton Ace Hardware, McDonald's of Odenton and Herr's Potato Chips....

Dylan Elie, a 12-year-old seventh-grader at Dunloggin Middle School, is not crazy about doing yard work at home. But he jumps at the chance to yank tangled, overgrown plants, pick up garbage and beautify the area surrounding a stream in the back of his school. "This is much more fun," the Ellicott City resident said Friday morning, shortly after clearing several types of overgrown vegetation near the stream bank. "My friends are here to help." Since October, 50 seventh-grade science pupils at Dunloggin have gone out once a week and worked to make a half-mile strip of stream that leads to the Chesapeake Bay more environmentally sound.

On March 17, 2006, LYDIA F. KELMER (nee Kidwell) beloved wife of the late Milton Kelmer; sister of the late Lillie Mae Reaney; loving aunt of Loretta M. Jones, Harvey "Ed" Reaney and Thelma "Sue" Mc Culloh; also survived by numerous great nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd., Arbutus, on Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a wake service will be held Tuesday at 8 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday at 10 A.M. at the St. Agnes Church, in Catonsville.

The body of a man who had died of a head injury was found yesterday morning near a liquor store on West Street in Annapolis in a wooded area that locals have known for years as a trouble spot. Patrons of Lighthouse Wine and Spirits noticed a man, covered by a rug, lying face-down on a walking path used as a shortcut between the liquor store and Admiral Drive. The man had identification on him, but police would not release his name last night because they had not notified his family. They said he is a 55-year-old area resident.

As a Baltimore bankruptcy lawyer, Mark Scurti ought to be all dollars and cents. But for several hours each week, he forgets about the bottom line and helps needy clients for free. "I believe in pro bono so much," said Scurti, 39, who also volunteers as president of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, which recruits lawyers for unpaid work. "It's so necessary." Lawyers throughout the state are being encouraged to follow Scurti's example, under rules that for the first time set a specific target for pro bono work: 50 hours a year.

A Baltimore jury has awarded $2.5 million to the parents of a 22-year-old college student who died in December 1990 after overdosing on an antidepressant drug prescribed by a Johns Hopkins Hospital doctor. Christine M. Stewart died of sudden heart failure three days before Christmas after taking a lethal dose of the drug desipramine, according to court papers. Stewart's parents, who will receive only $350,000 because of Maryland's ceiling on noneconomic damages, sued the hospital and staff physician Francis J. McMahon, arguing that their daughter was given an improper prescription and was not warned about the drug's possible side effects.

Pat and Bill Kidwell couldn't believe their eyes.In the midst of a statewide drought that forced the governor to place major restrictions on the use of water, the Howard County couple observed a shiny red truck Tuesday pumping hundreds of gallons of water to top off the home swimming pool of Clarksville Volunteer Fire Chief Patrick Marlatt.Bill Kidwell grabbed his video camcorder and rushed to the chief's home on Triadelphia Mill Road to gather evidence while his wife stayed behind to contact authorities and television stations.

Looking back, Shiela Juchs can see that she and her husband Jim overbought when they purchased their Bowleys Quarters home four years ago, though they were both still working. When they had their daughter last year and Shiela decided to stay home, things came to the breaking point."We had to really adjust and go down to nothing to afford [our home]," she said. "We adjusted so much. We've gotten rid of cable, we can't call our family long-distance. We've cut corners in every way."After they made their $1,200 monthly mortgage payment, they had almost nothing left.