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On February 2, 2005, EVELYN V. VAIN; beloved wife of the late Charles G. Vain; loving mother of Charles J. Vain and his wife Kathleen; cherished grandmother of 7 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; dear sister of Rose Kehl and Gertrude Riter. Family and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where a service will be held on Tuesday at the funeral hour of 11 A.M. Interment to immediately follow at Lakeview Memorial Park.

On January 26, 2010 beloved husband of the late Lorraine Vain, beloved father of Richard Vain and Russell Misterka, loving grandfather of Richard Vain Jr, Amanda Vain, Melissa Leicht, Heather Ridgely, and loving great-grandfather of Noah Leicht, Brandon, Jessica and Tiffany Ridgely. Memorial Service at St. Rita's Church, 2903 Dunleer Road, 21222 on Saturday February 6, 2010 at 11 A.M. Those desiring please make contributions to Our Daily Bread, 725 Fallsway, Baltimore, Md. 21202 or Animal Rescue Inc, PO Box 35, Maryland Line,

On March 30, 2008, GRACE MARIE "Amazing Grace" (nee Tully), age, 97, Born February 14, 1911. Beloved wife of the late William Daniel Vain Sr., devoted and cherished mother of Delores Stamathis, Grace Marie Scheihing, Joyce Ann Kelly, Lisa Rager, William Vain Jr., John, Thomas, James, Patrick, Joseph, Henry, and the late Bruce Vain. Dear friend of Jesse, Evelyn and Stella. Also survived by 18 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF DUNDALK, P.A., 7110 Sollers Point Road, on Tuesday and Wednesday 3-5 and 7-9pm.

A leaf-removal program has been discontinued after 25 years, saving Prince George's County $2 million. Some county residents say they raked their leaves to the curb as they had for years and expected they would be vacuumed up by the county. But they were surprised to learn the leaf-removal program had been cut. Susan Hubbard of the county's Department of Public Works and Transportation says a notice about the program being discontinued went out to community representatives over the summer.

Saying he's "just taking a year off," Calvin Vain has resigned as girls basketball coach at Northeast High School.Vain, who just completed his eighth season, said he wanted to spend more time with his daughter, Carrie, who will be a senior at Broadneck, and to do "some other things.""I'll come back into coaching. I just haven't decided what," he said.Vain took the Eagles to the playoffs six times, including a berth inthe state tournament in 1990.He previously served as head girls basketball coach for two years at Annapolis -- leading the Panthers to the state tournament in 1982 -- and one at Broadneck, and as head women's coach for two seasons at Anne Arundel Community College.

On September 10, 2005 THERESA A. (nee Krolicka) who was a lifetime member of the I.L.G.W.U., beloved wife of the late Henry G. Vain; devoted mother of Dorothy T. Beil, Robert H. Vain and Louise A. Sharp; loving daughter of the late Joseph and Suzanna Krolicka. Also survived by nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at the grave site at Gardens of Faith Cemetery, 5598 Trumps Mill Road, off of Lillian Holt Drive, on Friday, October 21, 2005 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the name of Theresa to the Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc., 12300 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778.

IN THE middle of a great national conflagration 138 years ago, Abraham Lincoln said: "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ..." Looking down on the soldiers buried at Gettysburg, he vowed that their deaths would bear fruit in "a new birth of freedom" and that our democratic government would perdure. In 1863, we were still a new nation, and the survival of democracy was at stake in a country divided against itself. As we, today, look through the billowing smoke and contemplate the lives lost in this terrorist conflagration, perhaps we also should "highly resolve."

March may have come in like a lamb, but not those "Q's and A's." They roar in each and every week like a lion; well, maybe sometimes likea lamb.Questions without answers are from you, the sports fan, who gets on the phone and calls my 24-Hour Sportsline, 647-2499. The 24-Hour hotline is your forum to raise questions and respond to the county's sports issues.So, please, don't hesitate to call with your comments on today's "Q's" and notes or to dish out something new.* Will Annapolis boys basketball coach John Brady and Northeast girls hoop coach Calvin Vain really retire?

SALISBURY, Mass. -- The Marine Corps has just announced that it is calling back several thousand Marines from inactive reserve units. After Sept. 11, all our president asked of most Americans was to go shopping, travel and maintain the economy. But our service members are asked to make sacrifices most Americans wouldn't dream of. Many Americans are saying that our troops are sacrificing in vain. They are wrong. So are those who claim that if you want to support the troops, you have to support the president.

His beloved NBA Lakers are wheezing, but Jack Nicholson is thriving. In basketball terms, the 65-year-old actor is in the fourth quarter of his career. Yet he seems to be handling it with the savvy of a veteran point guard: all the right moves to compensate for a lost step. Nicholson wisely resurrected his humility in his latest movie, About Schmidt, which opened Friday. It wasn't easy. Warren Schmidt, the title character, doesn't date beautiful women nearly four decades his junior. He doesn't flash self-conscious smirks.

No mother should ever have to bury a child. No child should ever die of a toothache. That tragic and unnecessary fate befell 12-year-old Deamonte Driver and his family in Prince George's County. His death last year, when an untreated tooth infection spread to his brain, prompted an effort by Maryland to ensure that poor and indigent residents receive the type of preventive and restorative dental services that would have saved the boy's life. Today, the state is finally infusing much-needed funds into the Medicaid system, to ensure care for children from disadvantaged families.

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon yesterday said she regretted asking a top aide to temporarily spring a convicted felon so that he could attend his son's funeral - arguing, in part, that she had not been properly briefed on his lengthy criminal background. Dixon's chief of staff, Otis Rolley III, made several phone calls late last week in an effort to allow Charles Murel, 20, to attend his 3-year-old son's funeral. Murel is being held in Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Facility on firearms charges and was convicted two years ago of carjacking.

SALISBURY, Mass. -- The Marine Corps has just announced that it is calling back several thousand Marines from inactive reserve units. After Sept. 11, all our president asked of most Americans was to go shopping, travel and maintain the economy. But our service members are asked to make sacrifices most Americans wouldn't dream of. Many Americans are saying that our troops are sacrificing in vain. They are wrong. So are those who claim that if you want to support the troops, you have to support the president.

Standing on the porch outside his Gwynn Oak residence, Marion Flint Sr. speaks softly and slowly about his only son, his namesake, who was killed in a roadside explosion while serving in Iraq. But inside, Flint is angry. That his 29-year-old son, Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., on his second tour of duty for the Army, had to go to Iraq again for a war that he says seems so futile infuriates him. "It's not just my child; it's everybody's child," said Mr. Flint, 49, clasping hands with his wife, B.J. Flint, 50. "What's the purpose of this war?"

On September 10, 2005 THERESA A. (nee Krolicka) who was a lifetime member of the I.L.G.W.U., beloved wife of the late Henry G. Vain; devoted mother of Dorothy T. Beil, Robert H. Vain and Louise A. Sharp; loving daughter of the late Joseph and Suzanna Krolicka. Also survived by nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at the grave site at Gardens of Faith Cemetery, 5598 Trumps Mill Road, off of Lillian Holt Drive, on Friday, October 21, 2005 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the name of Theresa to the Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc., 12300 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778.

Lightning and thunder roiled the skies and rain threatened to extinguish their candles, but relatives and friends of two inmates recently killed in Baltimore's jail facilities did not budge from their vigil last night in front of the Central Booking and Intake Center. More than 80 strong, they wore T-shirts bearing photos of the deceased men and huddled under umbrellas, reciting prayers and poems and offering tributes. And, at times, they blasted city and state officials involved in the jails' operation with a depth of anger and sorrow that sent trembles of emotion through the crowd.

Dr. Pamela Peeke calls herself an "edutainer." An expert on fitness, stress management and nutrition, she has a credential-heavy traditional resume: assistant clinical professor at the University of Maryland Medical School, first senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine, member of the Maryland Governor's Council on Fitness and more. Peeke, 50, also regularly flexes her media muscles on Today, Larry King Live, NBC Dateline and Oprah. She's a team physician for the Washington Wizards, runs a private practice (the Peeke Performance Center in Bethesda)