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On July 21, 2006, MILDRED (nee Talbert) MEDLEY; beloved wife of the late Charles Franklin Medley; devoted mother of the late Charles Frederick and Ronald James Medley; loving grandmother of Shawn and his wife Barbara, Laura Britt and her husband John, of Baltimore, MD, Kristen, John and Austin, of Bandera, TX; long time friend of Frank Borowicz. Also survived by four great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Monday 6 to 9 P.M. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday 7 P.M. Interment private.

Someday, people will tell their grandchildren about this. How, under the swooping roof of the Aquatics Centre, on the final day of his final Olympics, they saw Michael Phelps race for the final time. They'll remember how they saw him, one more time, take a deficit and transform it into a lead. And they saw him win gold. “I did it,” Phelps said simply after an emotional day in which the 27-year-old Baltimore swimmer bade farewell to the sport he transformed. “Through the ups and down of my career, I've been able to do everything I've wanted to accomplish.

Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps of Baltimore finished third in the 100-meter medley at a World Cup short-course meet in Stockholm, Sweden, after missing out on two other finals Tuesday. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, swam the medley final in 52.14 seconds. South Africa's Gerhard Zandberg won in 51.77. Earlier Tuesday, Phelps, 24, failed to qualify for the finals of the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, in which he was disqualified for swimming too long under water.

The morning after he became the most decorated Olympian ever, after answering congratulatory tweets from President Obama and fellow Baltimorean Josh Charles among others, Michael Phelps was back in the pool Wednesday morning, swimming fast enough to qualify as the fourth seed in tonight's 200-meter individual medley. His American rival Ryan Lochte is seeded second to preliminary heats' winner Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. Lochte earlier in the morning qualified for the 200-meter backstroke semifinals tonight, placing second to teammate Tyler Clary's first.

On December 13, 2004, MARION ANN MEDLEY. On Friday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. On Saturday, Ms. Medley will lie in state at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

On September 24, 2008, MELANIE YVETTE; loving mother of Mekhi Ferguson; dear daughter of Robert Medley. She is also survived by her cousin Saran Watson and devoted friend James Fountain. Friends may visit the family owned March Funeral Home West, Inc., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Wednesday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends on Thursday at St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church, 406 E. 23rd Street, at 10:30 A.M., followed by funeral service at 11 A.M.

Carolyn Ann Medley-Armwood, a Social Security Administration disability claims examiner and longtime Woodlawn resident, died of lung cancer Friday at Sinai Hospital. She was 50. She was born Carolyn Ann Medley in Baltimore and raised on Rayner Avenue. After graduating in 1970 from Douglass High School, she went to work for the Internal Revenue Service. She later was employed by the U.S. Postal Service before joining SSA in 1993. A religious woman, Mrs. Medley-Armwood was a member of New Metropolitan Baptist Church and New Psalmist Baptist Church.

SYDNEY, Australia - Michael Phelps was the only American to win at the Qantas Skins, but his training partner had the closest call among the rest of the visitors. Kevin Clements finished second in the Mystery Medley, just 0.33 of a second behind Australian Olympian Justin Norris in a race designed to feature an ebb and flow. The customary order of an individual medley is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Norris drew an order of fly, breast, back and free. Clements opened with the breast - slowest of the four strokes - surged through the free and fly, and finished with the back, in which he couldn't hold off Norris.

A Cumberland County (Maine) District Court judge yesterday approved an agreement that will dismiss disorderly conduct charges against Maryland basketball player Nik Caner-Medley if the junior forward meets certain conditions, said assistant district attorney Tracy Bardwell. Caner-Medley, 21, who was arrested on July 23 after an altercation in the bar district of his hometown of Portland, Maine, agreed to pay court costs of $200 and perform two 11-day sessions of community service at a camp for disabled children and adults.

Mark Gregory Medley, a 37-year-old Severn man who claimed he was psychotic when he used a steel rod to beat his frail, elderly parents todeath in June 1989, was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder.A Circuit Court jury deliberated only an hour before finding Medley guilty of murder -- and criminally responsible for his actions. County State's Attorney Frank R. Weathersbee, who prosecuted the case, has said he will seek a sentence of life with no chance for parole forMedley. Sentencing is set for April 29.In an interview after the verdict was announced, one juror said the panel spent almost no time considering the defense claim that Medley's schizophrenia rendered him unable to form the intent necessary to be convicted of premeditated murder.

Who was that swimmer in the far lane, finishing fourth and failing to medal? A sluggish-looking Michael Phelps launched his final Olympics Saturday night in uncharacteristic fashion, leaving the pool without a stop at the medal platform after a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter individual medley. It's the first time he has exited a Summer Games event empty-handed since his first Olympics in 2000. Instead, his rival Ryan Lochte was the one who swam dominantly, taking the lead in the first 100 meters to win the first gold medal awarded in the eight-day swimming competition.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Michael Phelps powered back Friday morning after a rather desultory performance the night before, winning his heat in the 400-meter individual medley preliminaries at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. His time of 4:2131, second-best in the field, had his coach Bob Bowman in better spirits. Bowman was steamed Wednesday night after Phelps glided to his finish in the 100-meter butterfly, winning the race but at a slower time than he would have had he put in one more stroke.

After suffering their first loss of the season on Friday night, the Havre de Grace Warriors rebounded during Tuesday's tri-meet at Magnolia Middle School for victories over the North Harford Hawks and Harford Tech Cobras. The Warriors came out on top of their matchup with North Harford, 113-75, and topped Harford Tech, 131-57. North Harford also beat Harford Tech, 102-86. Havre de Grace began the meet with a victory, with Hunter Infeld, Robbie Orzewicz, Renz Amato and Daniel Schoeberlein teaming up to win the boys 200-yard medley relay.

Loyola Blakefield coach Keith Schertle disliked his team's performance when the Dons swam against Mount St. Joseph last year. "I wrote on my practice pad, 'waste of time'," Schertle said of what he showed team a day after the meet. "We just didn't swim well. " Schertle had no problems this time, though, after Loyola thumped visiting Mount St. Joseph, 98-67, in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference opener for both schools Thursday. After all, the Dons — winners of 18 straight league championships — finished first in all but one out of a combined 11 individual and relay events.

Loyola and Notre Dame Prep won the team titles at the National Catholic High School Swimming Championships over the weekend at Villanova and La Salle universities in Philadelphia. Loyola's Oliver Bennett (100-yard butterfly) and NDP's Kendall Krumenacker (100 freestyle) and Erin Dunseith (100 backstroke) won gold medals. Bennett also swam on two winning relays, the 200 medley with Kendrick McDonald, JP Clancy and Aaron Jones and the 400 freestyle with Alex Porter, Connor McGarvey and Cameron James.

BIG ISLAND, HAWAII — The natives here have a charming custom that captures the bewildering geographic diversity on the Big Island, a 4,028-acre hunk of cooled lava in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. During the winters, residents make an excursion to the summit of Mauna Kea, which is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level. They fill a cooler with snow, and then drive about 90 minutes to the white sand beaches of the Kohala Coast, where the sun shines 357 days of the year and the average temperature is 78 degrees.

Satisfaction remained an elusive concept for Michael Phelps . Disappointment? Exhaustion? Yes, those were in reach. But maybe it was a mixture of both after Phelps, who lives in Fells Point, won the 200-meter butterfly Wednesday night at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 1 minute, 54.11 seconds. This was, after all, a far cry from his most recent experience in the event, a win at the nationals here earlier this month. It was a race he called probably his "worst" 200 fly ever.

Ah, the good old days… Turning our lonely eyes to Aussie legends Thorpey and Klimey and remembering how American Gary Hall Jr. once set off a firestorm when he spoke about smashing the Australians like guitars. You might say with Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim and Hall now retired that the vaunted Aussie-U.S. swim rivalry has landed in the remainder bin. Not exactly. How about relocated? It all has, in a sense, gone more global, a fact expected to be fully on display with competitors from 21 countries on hand at the Pan Pacific Championships.