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In Maryland Governor names four to Circuit Court bench ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has appointed new judges for the circuit courts of Frederick, Montgomery, Queen Anne's and Prince George's counties. Theresa M. Adams, 48, an assistant state's attorney for Washington County, was named to succeed Mary Ann Stepler, who retired, in Frederick County. Adams has also worked as a prosecutor in Carroll County. David A. Boynton, 46, a Montgomery County assistant state's attorney, was named to that county's Circuit Court to succeed Paul H. Weinstein, who retired.

On Sunday, May 9, 2004, MIRIAM BISHOP DEAN of Centreville, MD; beloved wife of the late Senator Robert P. Dean; loving mother of Bonnie D. Roschy of Centreville, MD; dear grandmother of R. Dean Roschy and C. Anne Eastman and also survived by two great-grandchildren. She was a devoted school teacher at Eastern High School. Funeral services will be held at the Hillsboro-Queen Anne's United Methodist Church, Hillsboro, MD on Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 11:00 AM. Friends may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newman Funeral Home, Centreville, MD on Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 PM. Burial will be at Greenmount Cemetery, Hillsboro, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Queen Anne's County Museum of Eastern Shore Life, P.O. Box 525, Centreville, MD 21617.

The Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage -- celebrating its 55th year -- has long been a favorite of daytrippers. It sponsors tours in seven counties and Baltimore City. The pilgrimage opened yesterday in Wicomico County. It will continue weekends through May 16.Today, houses will be open in Worcester County, which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. Houses range from a 1859 bed and breakfast plantation to a modern steel and glass structure built on a salt marsh. The first is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as one of the best examples of Italianate architecture on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore.

ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland's tailpipe exhaust inspection program may soon be expanded to include at least six rural counties and to force owners of failing automobiles to make far more costly repairs.Legislation expected to be offered Friday by Gov. William Donald Schaefer will extend indefinitely the 7-year-old program, currently set to expire at year's end.But to comply with the federal Clean Air Act passed by Congress and signed into law last November by President Bush, the state must significantly expand and toughen the program or risk losing millions of dollars in federal highway funds, administration officials said.

It was a deadly day on Maryland roads. The 24-hour period from noon Wednesday to noon yesterday brought six deaths in five collisions in the state. The victims, two male and four female, ranged in age from 17 to 65. All were Marylanders. Last year, Maryland had 651 traffic deaths - a rate of just fewer than two a day. If a toll of six a day were sustained during a year, the state would have 2,190 deaths annually. Three of the deaths occurred in three separate crashes in Anne Arundel County.

Selina SchoenfeldTaught for 30 yearsServices for Selina Schoenfeld, who taught in Baltimore public schools for over 30 years, will be held at 9 a.m. today at Sol Levinson & Bros. funeral establishment, 6010 Reisterstown Road.Mrs. Schoenfeld, a Park Heights Avenue resident, died Wednesday of cancer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 81.She retired in 1977 as a reading specialist at Cross Country Elementary School.The former Selina Rabinowitz was a native of Baltimore and a graduate of Eastern High School and the teachers' college that is now Towson State University.

QUEENSTOWN - A 54-year-old Queen Anne's County man was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday after being struck by a car while lying on a road, state police said. Investigators were awaiting an autopsy report in trying to determine why the victim, Thomas Branch of Queenstown, was lying on Friels Road about 1:40 a.m. when he was struck by a westbound 1994 Chevrolet Corsica driven by a Stevensville woman.

There will be no chain gangs on Queen Anne's County roadsides next month, the County Commission said yesterday. In a one-page statement, the county said it would not use restrained prisoners for work detail until the state attorney general advised commissioners on the legality of the practice.But that advice may not be forthcoming soon. A spokesman for the attorney general told The Sun yesterday that his office could not issue a ruling without more facts."I sent them a letter yesterday, saying we would not be able to do so until the county had decided on the exact details of the program," said Jack Schwartz, chief counsel for opinions.

Two people were killed and three others were flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center after a two-vehicle accident Sunday morning along Route 8 near Great Neck Road in Queen Anne's County. A spokesman for the Maryland State Police Department did not identify the victims in the accident, which occurred just after 8 a.m., or the circumstances involved. The shoulder of the road reopened for traffic after being closed because of the accident, the spokesman said.

Charles S. SheainOwned King CleanersCharles S. Sheain, the owner of a dry-cleaning establishment who in 1984 was named one of Baltimore's Best in recognition of his civic involvement, died Sunday of cancer at his Cedarcroft home. He was 64.He owned King Cleaners on Joppa Road near Loch Raven Boulevard in Baynesville for over 25 years. He was also executive director of the Maryland Council of Gypsum Drywall Contractors, and an advertising specialties salesman.Earlier, he had been a building materials salesman in the Baltimore-Washington area.