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Call it "discovery week" in county football, as we go searching for tell-tale pieces to the puzzle.It's a no-brainer that No. 2 North County (4-0) at No. 8 Arundel (3-1) at 7: 30 tonight will be the county Game of the Week -- `` maybe even the Game of the Year.Tomorrow, No. 5 St. Mary's should give us a clue to the season ahead of it in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference, and No. 14 Broadneck and No. 15 Severn hope to continue their upbeat seasons.Game of Year?

Dennis Edwards was nicknamed "Instant Offense" for his sixth-man role at Annapolis last season.The 6-foot-5 leaper averaged 11.6 points in 16 minutes per game, as the Panthers swept to their first state championship under coach John Brady.Edwards capped his junior season by entering the Class 4A final at the three-minute mark and scoring 14 first-half points (of 22 total) on a series of spectacular baseline drives.It was a major contribution to the 106-102 victory over favored defending champion High Point, but Edwards was not satisfied.

Impatience for spring is growing, but impatiens are not. The nation's top-selling annual flower - favored for its last-frost-to-first-frost profusion of colorful blooms - has been struck by a killer mildew that can be carried by the wind and lingers in the soil. "Impatiens have been a sure thing for years and years," said Cornell plant pathologist Margery Daughtrey. "Now they are risky. " Found in just about every state east of the Mississippi and with no cure, impatiens downy mildew, which hides on the underside of the plant's leaves, has put growers and retailers in a tough spot: Take the vulnerable plant and big-time seller off the shelves to protect the unsuspecting customer from a disappointing garden experience?

On November 17, 2009, PAMELA. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road, Monday 1 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at the above chapel Tuesday 11:00 A.M. Funeral service will begin 11:30 A.M. Interment Mount Zion Cemetery.

Saturday was a busy day. There was the book festival and Legacy Chase and Big in Japan and Height with Friends, and the list goes on and on . Where were you? Did you make it to the Deadmau5 show in Silver Spring earlier in the week? How did it compare to his set at Virgin FreeFest ? This week, the big acts are Chris Brown and a pair of iconic 90s indie musicians, Jeff Mangum and Stephen Malkmus. Elsewhere, there is: Gunky's Basement, Shellac, the Nintendo Challenge Level 3, Second City, the Baker Artist Awards and Deep Sugar.

Washington D.C. is getting its own Starscape. Called Fall Massive, the indoor electronic music festival, billed as DC's largest, is set for November 26 at RFK Stadium and boasts dozens of top DJs, including Moby, Diplo, Martin Solveig and Baltimore's own Scottie B. The one-day festival, which starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 2 a.m., is from Steez Promo and Ultraworld, the promoters behind Starscape, which just celebrated its 13th year....

* John J. Cascella, 45, a keyboardist for rock singer John Mellencamp, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was found dead in his car about 1 a.m. in Hamilton County, Ind. Authorities believe he suffered a heart attack while driving. Mr. Cascella, known for his work on accordion, joined the Mellencamp band 10 years ago and was an integral element of the group's folk-rock sound. He also owned Cascella Productions, which created music for commercials and movies in Indianapolis.* Teddy Riley, 68, a veteran jazz trumpet player who blew taps for Louis Armstrong, died Saturday of a respiratory illness.

Terry and Marta Mangum were desperate. The builder they hired to construct their new three-bedroom house in the sleepy Annapolis suburb of Edgewater had disappeared. And what Blair Gilbert of Axxent Building & Construction Inc. left behind was little more than a shack with roughed-in plumbing and electricity. The foundation was crumbling. The walls were out of plumb. Of the $162,600 construction loan made to the Mangums, which Gilbert had drawn upon, only $20,000 remained.

Two members of the No. 7 Glen Burnie girls basketball team have been suspended for violating team rules. Coach Dan Mangum Sr. declined last night to elaborate on what rules senior and starting center Alicia Carr and junior backup center Desiree Scardina broke, but said that they would be suspended indefinitely until school officials decided what to do.

Ruth Naomi Ingrassia, an adviser to international students for more than 30 years at the Community College of Baltimore County, died of ovarian cancer Wednesday at Harbor Hospital. The Glen Burnie resident was 68. The eldest of five children, Ruth Naomi Guy was born and raised in South Baltimore. She attended Southern High and met her future husband, Donald I. Mangum, at age 15. The couple married a year later and raised three children in Brooklyn Park before divorcing in 1974. In 1976, she married Frank Ingrassia and began her work at the Community College of Baltimore County that year.