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Jason Douglas Vaughan, a welder and ornamental ironworker, died of blood poisoning Monday at University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 24. Since 1994, the White Marsh resident had worked as a welder for Dundalk Ornamental Iron Works Inc. Mr. Vaughan had worked on a variety of steel fabrication projects for the Dundalk company, including Canton Crossing, the planned office and retail complex. "He was a hard worker and got along with everyone," said Vincent Del Pizzo, president and owner of Dundalk Ornamental Iron Works Inc. Mr. Vaughan, who was born in Baltimore and raised in Perry Hall, was a 1995 graduate of Perry Hall High School.

In the sometimes laid-back world of girls lacrosse, Liberty High is a rarity.Coach Courtney Vaughan keeps driving the unbeaten Lions to the finish line, practicing day after day no matter how spectacular the team plays.Vaughan has given her players only one day off in a 7-0 season that has included such scoring shows as a 28-5 romp over Wilde Lake, a 21-7 beating of Atholton and a 19-9 thumping of county rival North Carroll.Through the first six games of the season, Liberty had outscored its opponents, 117-40.

Mary E. Vaughan, a well-known actress and storyteller who founded the children's acting troupe Upper Nodd Players in Harford County, died of cancer Friday at her White Hall home. She was 74. Born and raised in Illinois, the former Mary Elizabeth Rittenhouse earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts and theater from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1954. She was married that year to Charles H. Vaughan, an electrical engineer, and taught briefly in Illinois before they settled in White Hall in 1956.

Rare is the player who exhibits the all-out desire that belongs to Dulaney's Aimee Vaughan.In an early-season 2-1 loss to Hammond, last season's 2A-1A state champion, Vaughan played the entire game despite a nagging, plum-size bruise on her foot. Despite being heavily marked, she assisted on the game-tying goal in the overtime loss.And in last weekend's 4A-3A state championship loss to Centennial, 3-2, in overtime, Vaughan battled dizziness, which occurred as a result of an injury during practice -- in addition to heavy marking by the Eagles' Allison Bielski -- yet still managed an assist on the game-tying goal by Khrissy Jackson.

ANNAPOLIS -- Why does Loyola dominate the Marylan Scholastic Association in lacrosse? A cold, wet crowd at Weems Whalen Field watched the top-ranked Dons show exactly why yesterday.Trailing fired-up St. Mary's by three goals with 9 minutes left, Loyola stormed back to catch the Saints in regulation and then win, 11-10, on midfielder Mike Vaughan's goal 58 seconds into overtime.Vaughan, whose faceoffs keyed the rally from 9-6 down, dodged Todd Harrison and David Jones on the wing and skipped a low shot to the right of goalie Chris Brown.

Aimee Vaughan's remarkable goal-scoring prowess is well known throughout Baltimore County.Perhaps too well known.Lately, the Dulaney High School senior has been the subject of a lot of harassment by defenders.But for The Baltimore Sun's 1992 Girls Soccer Player of the Year, fighting off gimmick defenses has become almost an everyday occurrence."If I'm wide open, I probably won't get very far," said Vaughan. "I just try to go out and play each game the way I normally do. If I see I'm double-teamed, I'll just try to find the open person and get rid of the ball as soon as possible."

Former Howard County housing director Leonard S. Vaughan fired back at the Ulman administration this week, contending that an audit critical of the county Housing Commission's accounting practices outlined problems that occurred after he was fired. Vaughan, who headed the commission for 16 years, disputed allegations of "lax administration" made by County Executive Ken Ulman when he released the audit results last week. Vaughan blamed problems on current housing director Stacy L. Spann, whom Ulman appointed a little more than a year ago. Vaughan and his deputy, Neil Gaffney, were fired by Ulman in December 2006.

She just completed her junior soccer season, but Dulaney striker Aimee Vaughan has more career assists than most players have goals when they graduate.But scoring isn't all Vaughan, 16, is capable of.She has refined her defensive and overall skills in the state's Olympic Developmental Program for the past three years, reaching the regional camp this past summer."It really helps, because I had to play some defense in tough games, like against Towson, when they put pressure on everybody," said Vaughan, The Baltimore Sun's 1992 All-Baltimore County/City girls Player of the Year.

Bringing out the best in Dulaney soccer player Aimee Vaughan was just a matter of surrounding her with the area's best players on an everyday basis.Vaughan, a junior forward for the No. 4 Lions (10-1, 9-0), is one of the metro area's leading scorers with 23 goals and eight assists.She has been playing soccer year-round for almost three years and said her success is because of her constant play."[In high school] you really can't get the experience of playing against other whole teams," Vaughan said.

Maryland District Court Chief Judge James N. Vaughan was in his element - standing in a crowded courtroom with a mass of teen-agers at rapt attention. No matter that this wasn't a court trial but a judicial show-and-tell for Anne Arundel County high school students. Vaughan had a captive audience for his message: A person caught with a high blood-alcohol content is likely an alcoholic. Alcohol is the single greatest cause of death for young people. "If you know there's alcoholism in your family, don't ever take a drink," he said, pacing in front of the students wedged onto the Arundel courtroom's benches.