Southampton

It's lunchtime at Southampton Middle School, and the roar from hundreds of adolescents spills out of the cafeteria and into the halls.Tracy Hollenshade and Laura Wienholt shout to make themselves heard. Tracy taps Gina Panza on the shoulder to get her attention. "Hello, Gina, how are you?" she asks.Gina claps her hands, her brown braid bobbing through the white plastic helmet she wears because of her cerebral palsy.L Laura and Tracy, both 12 and in seventh grade, are ecstatic."Oh Gina, that's really good," Laura says, clapping back.

For one student, it took learning to strategize to make it through. Another became noticeably more responsible in all aspects of life. Yet another learned that time management and goal-setting lead to success. Each of them, along with 24 of their peers, used these new skills to cross the finish line in this year's Marathon of Achievement. The Marathon of Achievement, or MOA, is a way for the students to excel outside of their regular studies. Created more than a decade ago by Southampton Team 7D teachers, the goal is to challenge students with academic, cultural and character building exercises that offer each of them a chance to be a winner.

Today in waters off Southampton, England, 10 boats begin a journey of 31,600 nautical miles - the Whitbread Round the World Race - a test of courage and skill for the globe's best sailors. They will battle the elements and each other in a chase that runs through the tropics and skirts Antarctica. And by late May, after a stop in Baltimore, a new champion will be crowned back in Southampton.Pub Date: 9/21/97

A report of smoke coming from the roof forced a brief evacuation of Southampton Middle School in Bel Air Tuesday. Around 2:30 p.m., the Harford County 911 Center dispatched fire equipment to the school in the 1200 block of Moores Mill Road to investigate a report of smoke coming from the roof. The Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company responded; however, the first emergency responder to the scene reported no fire or smoke evident upon arrival, according to monitored broadcasts. Meanwhile, students and staff were evacuated and stood outside in the warm afternoon sunshine, while a fire crew climbed around on the roof but found nothing.

LONDON -- The English Football Association has charged former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar with accepting bribes to fix matches.FA chief executive Graham Kelly said Grobbelaar could continue playing for Southampton pending a hearing.A London paper, The Sun, reported last week that the Zimbabwean, who has 14 days to prove his innocence, took bribes from a Far East gambling syndicate to fix games with Liverpool and Southampton.* The U.S. Under-17 National Soccer Team clinched a spot in the 1995 FIFA Under-17 World Championship by finishing second in a qualifying tournament that ended Sunday in El Salvador.

Almanac-- April 10--1912: The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage to New York. 1925: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published. 1972: The United States, Soviet Union and some 70 nations signed an agreement banning biological warfare.

JAMES GIBBONS LONG, of Fredericksburg Va, formerly of Baltimore, Md, West Haven, Ct and Southampton, Pa, at home surrounded by his family on November 3, 2007, after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Son of James G. Long (Barbara) and the late Kathleen M. Long; father of Mary E. Kwenda(Maxwell N.) and Kathleen Long; brother of Kathleen L. Messing (Robert J.), Mary Elizabeth L. Ganucheau (Edmond F.), William P Long (Paula) and the late Teresa; grandfather of Madiro K. and Maita S. Kwenda.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Peter Pan, the fairy tale character who flies through the sky and battles with pirates, has been grounded by a new foe: the 1990s debate over multiculturalism.A middle school in Southampton canceled last month its production of "Peter Pan," scheduled to open last weekend, because administrators found that its portrayal of Indians was offensive to members of the Shinnecock tribe, whose reservation is on the town's border and whose children make up about 9 percent of the district's student body.

Police arrested three people on drug charges Friday evening after raiding a Glen Burnie apartment and seizing money and cocaine.Part of the Northern District's tactical narcotics team, along with special operation officers, had conducted a two-week investigation into suspected crack cocaine dealing at the apartment in the 7800 block of Southampton Drive, Glen Burnie.Police said they seized a small amount of crack cocaine, with a street value of about $800, and $200 in cash.The investigation is continuing, police said, and more charges are expected.

Southampton, EnglandPopulation: 796,864Official language: EnglishGovernment: Constitutional monarchyWeather: Marine West Coast, average temperature range 30 to 60 degreesHistory: Southampton has been England's gateway to the world for centuries, an embarkment point for armies from the Middle Ages to D-Day.Tidbit: The Mayflower began its voyage to the New World from Southampton.Cape Town, South AfricaPopulation: 1,911,521Government: Constitutional democracyWeather: Mediterranean, average temperature range 55 to 75Official language: English, AfrikaansHistory: Capetown is the oldest city in South Africa, established in 1652, and the nation's parliamentary capital.

After months of planning and a summer of painting and decorating, the Southampton Middle School Ben Carson Reading Room officially opened Sept. 28. Music filled the air courtesy of Elizabeth Fetters and the SMS Bassoon Ensemble as students, parents, administrators and special guests gathered in the school library for the opening day festivities. Principal Glenn Jensen began the program by welcoming everyone and recognizing some of the special guest in attendance, including room benefactors Louis and Phyllis Friedman of Stack & Store Mini Storage.

JAMES GIBBONS LONG, of Fredericksburg Va, formerly of Baltimore, Md, West Haven, Ct and Southampton, Pa, at home surrounded by his family on November 3, 2007, after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Son of James G. Long (Barbara) and the late Kathleen M. Long; father of Mary E. Kwenda(Maxwell N.) and Kathleen Long; brother of Kathleen L. Messing (Robert J.), Mary Elizabeth L. Ganucheau (Edmond F.), William P Long (Paula) and the late Teresa; grandfather of Madiro K. and Maita S. Kwenda.

Almanac-- April 10--1912: The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage to New York. 1925: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published. 1972: The United States, Soviet Union and some 70 nations signed an agreement banning biological warfare.

When I read shelter magazines such as Elle Decor or House Beautiful -- as I have, avidly, for years -- I always experience a warm glow of appreciation for the domestic creativity of my fellow human beings. How happy it makes me to see the splendid way some folks live. Ha! Believe that, and perhaps you'll come visit my maisonette on Mars. No, indeed. I'm ashamed to admit that gliding my eyes across photographs of faultlessly appointed rooms sometimes fills me with a toxic mixture of envy and self-recrimination.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - This time, Retief Goosen didn't need to make a 2-foot putt to win the U.S. Open. Nor did he need to go through a sleepless night before an 18-hole playoff or consult with a sports psychologist in his hotel room. For Goosen, Shinnecock Hills didn't turn into Southern Hills revisited. Goosen made a bunch of pressure putts down the stretch in yesterday's final round of the 104th Open and took advantage of one huge blunder by the competition - in this case a three-putt double bogey by Phil Mickelson on the par-3 17th hole - to win by two strokes.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- The transformation began early in yesterday's second round of the 104th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh climbed up the leader board. Other lesser-name players, including first-round leader Angel Cabrera of Argentina, started to see their names and scores drop. Later it was perennial major championship contender Jeff Maggert and former U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen of South Africa changing places with perennial major contender Jay Haas and reigning British Open champion Ben Curtis.

SOUTHAMPTON , N.Y. -- Middle-class year-rounders in the Hamptons come to accept the miles of millionaires inching Porsches through summertime traffic to the next tent party. But they did not expect this influx from the other extreme. The newest Long Island East Enders are homeless, 329 of them, crammed into Southampton motels for months on end as Suffolk County scrounges for space for a homeless population that has more than doubled since 1999. Suddenly year-round residents are wedged between the entitled rich and the entitlement programs of the poor.

Ellynore Seybold-Smith keeps copies of the book recalling her life at sea with her husband and two children in a baby carriage in the living room of her house in High Point because "the book was more labor than having babies," she said.She and her husband, Delano Smith, started the book 12 years ago, but it wasn't published until January, two years after Mr. VTC Smith died. Books Unlimited, a small Baltimore company, issued its first printing."We talked about every conceivable story about the boat," Ms. Seybold-Smith said.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- The 104th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club was supposed to be a confluence of the world's best players finding their way to one of the world's toughest courses at a time when, with one notable exception, all seemed to be at the top of their games. While a few of the sport's elite are certain to contend and still seem poised to win, the opening round yesterday was about players who had rarely been in that position before and one -- Jay Haas -- who continues to confound and compete despite recently becoming eligible for the Champions Tour.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Sergio Garcia was heading to the practice range yesterday morning at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, walking briskly past the fans who were standing behind a fence and clamoring for his autograph. Garcia quietly declined and kept moving. After he disappeared from sight, one fan muttered that the young Spaniard was big-timing him. "He wins one [last week's Buick Classic] and he won't talk to you," the man said. One thing you can count on at the 104th U.S. Open, which begins here today, is that the fans will talk - or worse - even if they're not being spoken to. Recent history says as much.