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Six Mount Airy firefighters were injured Monday night when their fire engine skidded on ice and crashed into an embankment while responding to a three-alarm warehouse blaze in Woodbine.The fire destroyed the cinder-block offices of A-Aarid Enterprise Corp., a shipping, moving and storage company at 7774 Woodbine Road. State fire marshals estimated $100,000 worth of damage to the structure and $30,000 to the contents.The cause of the blaze was a malfunction in an electric baseboard heater, said state Fire Marshal Rocco Gabriele.

A half-dozen chimney fires Saturday and Sunday in Carroll and Frederick counties might have been prevented with more regular cleaning, fire officials said.Chimney fires often occur when wood is burned in a wood stove or fireplace where a deposit of soot or creosote, a wood preservative, has built up inside the chimney or chimney liner, said Chief Dale Lowman of Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company."That deposit buildup catches fire, and, if there is a crack in the liner or chimney, or it burns hot enough, it can spread through the interior house walls and produce a full-blown house fire," said Lowman, whose company responded Sunday to one of six chimney fires reported within an 18-hour period.

Coach of the YearLinda Kilpatrick, Southern: A second straight trip to the state tournament didn't seem likely for the Bulldogs, who lost three regulars from last year's team -- including standout guard Lindsay Lowman. But Kilpatrick was able to put all the pieces in place, getting contributions from everyone on her roster to get the team to the final four for the 11th time in her 21 years. She has won five state titles, the last coming in 1985. "We lost three very significant team leaders from last year's team, including our leading scorer, Lindsay Lowman.

While the leaders in the Whitbread Round the World Race rounded infamous Cape Horn yesterday, Chessie Racing was finalizing plans to put in to shore near the southern tip of South America for repairs.The stopover inside Cape Horn probably will take Chessie out of contention for a good finish on Leg 5 of the race. Chessie was racing in seventh place, ahead of only Silk Cut (dismasted) and EF Education (severely damaged rig).According to officials with Chessie Racing, the Maryland entry in the Whitbread, the system that runs fresh water and moves water ballast on the 65-foot racer has failed for the second time in a week, and the crew cannot repair the problem with parts on board.

Lindsey Lowman scored 14 of her game-high 19 points in the second half to lead host Southern of Harwood to a 46-37 victory over South River in last night's 2A East region final.Lowman, who turned an ankle and went down, left the floor with about two minutes to go in the first half to get help from the team doctor. It was surprising to see the senior guard come out for the second half.Southern (13-10) had just finished a horrendous second period in which it hit only one (a three by Alicia Groveston)

Lindsey Lowman is another small-town, U.S.A. basketball story sure to capture the imagination of a lot of high school fans and many people in general.When Lowman takes the court today for 13-10 Southern-Harwood against No. 8 Wilde Lake (21-4) in the Class 2A state semifinals at UMBC, she will not only be the star player on the team. She also will be continuing a life-long association with Southern coach Linda Kilpatrick that has reached deep into the lives of the athlete and the coach.Lowman has grown up with and attended Southern with Kilpatrick's son, Brian, and the two 17-year-old seniors are going to the prom together this year.

Only some slightly spectacular one-on-one moves to the goal by Southern-Harwood scoring machine Lindsey Lowman last night could dent an impressive defensive wall thrown up by 11th-ranked Towson in the Class 1A-2A State girls lacrosse semifinals at UMBC.Lowman scored five goals but it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the Generals (16-1), who romped to a 12-7 victory and a berth in the 1A-2A championship game against Loch Raven Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at UMBC.Towson senior goalkeeper Melissa Coyne virtually broke the spirit of the Bulldogs (11-5)

Lindsey Lowman scored 21 points to lead visiting Southern-AA (9-8, 2-5) to a 56-47 upset of No. 8 Arundel (14-5, 5-2) in an Anne Arundel County South Division contest.The Wildcats, who have now lost two straight county games, had won 49 Anne Arundel County games in a row since 1993-94 season until they lost last Friday to Annapolis.Southern lost to Arundel by 20 points earlier this season.Pub Date: 2/12/97

Only some slightly spectacular one-on-one moves to the goal by Southern-Harwood scoring machine Lindsey Lowman last night could dent an impressive defensive wall thrown up by 11th-ranked Towson in the Class 1A-2A state semifinals at UMBC.Lowman scored five goals but it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the Generals (16-1), who romped to a 12-7 victory and a berth in the 1A-2A championship game against Loch Raven Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at UMBC.Towson senior goalkeeper Melissa Coyne virtually broke the spirit of the Bulldogs (11-5)

When Southern-Anne Arundel sophomore Alicia Groveston comes off the bench, she's not looking for the spotlight.Yesterday, however, it found her in a Class 2A state semifinal game at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.The 5-foot-8 guard scored a career-high 13 points, including a game-tying three-pointer late in regulation and a driving layup with 21 seconds left in overtime, to help the unranked Bulldogs to a 59-58 victory over eighth-ranked Wilde Lake.Southern (14-10) will meet Montgomery County's Wheaton, a 51-37 winner over Towson, at 1 p.m. today for the championship at UMBC.

On November 8, 2009, RUBY ELIZABETH (nee Harris) LOWMAN, cherished daughter of the late Elizabeth D. (nee Crickmore) and Robert Harris, Sr., devoted mother of Carroll E. Cooke, Jr., and Deborah Cooke, admired sister of Velda Andreone, Jeannie Hoffman, Robert Harris, Jr., and George Harris, also survived by six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM with Funeral Services being held at 8:00 PM in the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.

On August 12, 2009, BRUCE ALBERT LOWMAN of Arnold, MD, beloved husband of the late Grace V. Lowman, loving father of Michael Lowman, devoted grandfather of two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to BARRANCO AND SONS, P.A. SEVERNA PARK FUNERAL HOME, Ritchie Hwy at Robinson Rd on Friday 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. Funeral Services will be held at Asbury United Methodist Church, Arnold, MD, 12 P.M. Saturday. Interment at Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Trustees overseeing Baltimore's troubled $1.5 billion police and fire pension system should hire an attorney and other experts to determine whether their past decisions have breached fiduciary responsibilities to retirees, fire union officials cautioned Tuesday. Speaking to the board, Thomas Lowman, an actuary hired by unions to examine pension finances, said: "The plan is severely underfunded. You have to believe that someone is going to ask how we got here." Trustees were "drawing a big bull's-eye" on themselves, Lowman said, by failing to ask the city to pay the full cost of pension obligations amid concern that the price was unaffordable.

On June 23, 2008 MARGARET C. McCLAIN (nee Spaniol), beloved mother of Louis McClain and the late Jessie Ann Lowman, devoted grandmother of Carol O'Malley, Louis and Michael McClain, and Richard and David Lowman, and great-grandmother of 16, dear aunt of Joseph G. Abey. Friends may call at Gonce Funeral Service, P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway, on Wednesday from 3-5 and 7-9 P.M. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment will be Holy Cross Cemetery.

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On January 3, 2008, WILLIE B. LOWMAN. On Tuesday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, where family will receive friends from 3-8 P.M. On Wednesday, services will be held at New Pilgrim Baptist Church, 629 N. Washington Street, where the family will receive friends form 10-10:30 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

Charles J. Lowman Jr., a retired Army colonel who was later an engineer in the defense industry, died of a heart attack Feb. 22 at his Highland home. He was 77. Born and raised in Baltimore, he was a 1947 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and worked for Westinghouse Corp. in Linthicum while taking electrical engineering classes at the Johns Hopkins University. He was a 1953 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mr. Lowman spent 26 years in the Army, including a period from 1968 to 1969 as a battalion commander and combat surveillance officer in Vietnam where he worked on a system to assist helicopters in night combat.

Melville Warren Lowman, a longtime resident of South Baltimore's Brooklyn neighborhood and a World War II veteran who wrote an unpublished memoir of his wartime experiences, died of kidney failure Monday at FutureCare Chesapeake in Arnold. He was 81. Mr. Lowman lived in the Pontiac Avenue house in Brooklyn where he was born and raised, until moving to Ferndale in Anne Arundel County in 1996. For the last two years, he had been a resident of the Arnold nursing facility. After the death of his father, a master mechanic who was killed in an industrial accident at a Baltimore foundry, Mr. Lowman dropped out of Benjamin Franklin Junior High School and went to work to help support his family.