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POLICE LOG* Owen Brown: 7000 block of Deepage Drive: Thieves broke a lock from an exterior door and stole stereo equipment at the Columbia Supreme Sports Club on Friday or Saturday.* Oakland Mills: 7100 block of Oakland Mills Road: A rear door of a business was pried open on Friday or Saturday, but nothing was reported taken, police said.* Long Reach: 8600 block of Stonecutter Road: A would-be thief attempted to take a 1987 Yamaha Friday night. The suspect -- a 6-foot tall man wearing a flannel shirt -- was seen in the open garage attempting to steal the dirt bike, police said.

Police logAnnapolis Junction: 8600 block of Dorsey Run Road: At Driggs Corp., between Friday and Tuesday, the door to an office trailer was pried open, the trailer was ransacked, and tools and office and computer equipment were stolen, police said.Scaggsville: 10900 block of Scaggsville Road: On Tuesday morning, after keys were left in the vehicle, a 1993, brown, four-door Buick Regal with Virginia tags ZNX-9448 was stolen, police said.Savage: 9000 block of Stebbing Way: Saturday or Sunday, a 1993, dark blue Yamaha FZR600 motorcycle with Pennsylvania tags 2MM6W was stolen, police said.

The Atholton High School Raiders will take part in the United States Scholastic Band Association's Yamaha Cup at M&T Bank Stadium at 7 p.m. tomorrow. It is the band's fourth competition under the Youth Education in the Arts program this season. It has played in Herndon, Va. (at the Northern Virginia Regional Championship), Hershey, Pa., and in Westminster, taking first place each time in its category. In the photo at right, Director Lee Stevens leads a rehearsal on the school's parking lot. In the photos above and at left, Greg Varner (left)

POLICE LOGNorth Laurel:9100 block of Bourbon Street: Someone stole a $1,559 white Yamaha from a parking area between 3 p.m. Thursday and 2:20 p.m. Friday.8700 block of Teresa Lane: Someone stole two skis valued at $400, a $200 water-knee ski board, $200 worth of fishing equipment and two ski ropes valued at $80 from a boat parked in a driveway between 3 p.m. May 8 and 3 p.m. May 29.

POLICE LOG* Elkridge: First block of Baja Way: Two all-terrain vehicles were stolen from an unlocked shed Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. One vehicle is a 1994 Yamaha "Blaster" with a dark purple key in the ignition. The other is a 1993 Honda CR125 with a neon red front fender, neon yellow rear fender and white gas tank.6700 block of Waterloo Road: A 1986 red and black Suzuki motorcycle with Pennsylvania tags 4KN4R was stolen Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

Police logScaggsville: 8400 block of Murphy Road: A burglar removed plywood from a broken basement window and took a CD player from inside a home Wednesday.Savage: 8200 block of Patuxent Range Road: A white 1994 Strick trailer with Tennessee license plates U40586 was stolen Monday.Savage: First block of Baltimore St.: A blue 1996 Yamaha all-terrain vehicle without license plates was stolen Tuesday or Wednesday.North Laurel: 9600 block of Barrel House Road: A black 1992 Toyota Paseo with Florida license plates was stolen Wednesday or yesterday.

WASHINGTON -- In a major ruling on recreational boating, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that families of people who are killed in on-water accidents may seek wide-ranging money damages in state courts.Ruling in a case involving a 12-year-old girl killed in a personal-ski accident in Puerto Rico, the court wiped out the possibility that fatal recreational-boating accidents could be pursued only under federal law, limited to reimbursement for funeral expenses.The justices rejected a claim by Yamaha Motor Corp.

A 30-year-old Baltimore man died yesterday after losing control of his motorcycle and striking a wooden utility pole, city police said.Joseph Earnest Lewis Jr. of the 700 block of Mount Holly Street was traveling east about 8 p.m. in the 3500 block of West Caton Avenue when he lost control of his 1982 Yamaha motorcycle and struck a light pole, police said. He was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:38 p.m.

A Pennsylvania motorcyclist apparently suffered a heart attack Wednesday evening before an accident on Littlestown Pike north of Westminster, state police said.Lenny Duane Doan, 37, of Abbottstown in York County was taken to Carroll County General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon after the accident, which occurred at 5: 30 p.m., police said.According to a police report, the motorcyclist was traveling north near Bachmans Valley Road when he put his head down on the handlebars of his Yamaha Special 400 and began to lose control of the motorcycle.