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Arlington, Va.Each school day for the past 14 years, Camay Murphy has climbed into her ancient Mercedes and driven the 84-mile round trip between her home in Baltimore and a little elementary school called Ashlawn.Mrs. Murphy, an optimistic and steadfast woman, is the school's principal. She is also one of Baltimore's secret treasures, on loan, as it were, to Arlington County.Although folks in her family tend to wear well with time, at age 66, Mrs. Murphy is ready to hand the school over to a younger educator.

In the past 30 years, two items stolen from the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Sports Legends Museums were recovered. Officials at the Camden Yards museum are hoping for similar luck after a ring was taken last week from a display case, part of a collection honoring amateur coach and Orioles scout Walter Youse. "We've provided all the information the police have asked for, and we're hopeful that it will turn up something here. Ultimately, the most important thing is the recovery of the ring," said Michael Gibbons, the museum's executive director.

Swimming NDP's Meyers earns 4th gold at world meet Notre Dame Prep junior Becca Meyers finished off a stellar week at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in Coimbra, Portugal, on Saturday by winning her fourth gold medal and setting another meet record. Meyers, who was born deaf, swept all three individual events she entered in the third annual championships - the 200-meter, 400 and 800 freestyle races - and she twice lowered world championship records in both the 400 and the 800. In addition, she was part of the United States 800 freestyle team that set an overall deaf world record.

  SARASOTA, Fla. -- Roughly a dozen years after he fled the Orioles for the greener pastures of the rival New York Yankees, leaving behind a bitter fan base and a franchise that hasn't been competitive since, Mike Mussina will return to Baltimore this summer to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. The Orioles announced Wednesday that Mussina, who pitched 10 of his 18 big league seasons with the club, and former infielder Rich Dauer, whose entire 10-year career was spent in Baltimore, will be inducted into their Hall during an on-field ceremony Saturday, Aug. 25, at Camden Yards.

A new college-age summer baseball league has been formed by six of Maryland's top amateur teams and will be called the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League. The league reached an agreement with the Ripken Foundation to honor Cal Sr. for his dedication to the development of young players. Composed of players age 22 and under, the league will consist of the Bethesda Big Train, College Park Maryland Bombers, Maryland Redbirds (Towson), Rockville Express, Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts and Youse's Maryland Orioles of Baltimore.

Former Baltimore Orioles outfielder Barry Shetrone died of a heart attack yesterday, 12 days after his 63rd birthday. Shetrone, who pioneered the Anne Arundel County 50-and-over Senior Softball League and was inducted into the Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, had been recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, according to longtime friend Howie Becraft. "I just saw Barry on Sunday at a reunion and he didn't look well, had lost a lot of weight, but this is a shock," Becraft said.

When it comes to reaching the heights in amateur baseball, not many players have accomplished as much as Old Mill grad Mark Foster (OF-P)and Arundel High alumni Josh Bullock (P-OF), Tommy Taylor (OF) and Pat Kahl (C).Their hard work, coupled with extraordinary talent, has earned them positions on the nationally acclaimed Johnny's New andUsed Cars 20-and-Under Team of Baltimore and a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Holland for the World Port Tournament.Making personal sacrifices and giving up their summers to play baseball has been very rewarding to this foursome.

Betty M. Berry, a retired licensed practical nurse, died Monday of cancer at University Hospital. She was 64 and lived on Evergreen Drive in Dundalk.Services for Mrs. Berry were being held today at the Duda-Ruck funeral establishment, 7922 Wise Ave., Dundalk.She retired about three years ago after working for the Chesapeake Physicians Professional Association for more than 10 years.Earlier, she worked for more than 20 years at City Hospitals, now the Francis Scott Key Medical Center, where she went to nursing school.

Corrigan's Insurance, formerly Johnny's, will seek its 11th All-American Amateur Baseball Association championship in 14 years when the weeklong tournament begins tomorrow in Johnstown, Pa.General manager Walter Youse's team, which captured its 38th consecutive Baltimore City title, won the AAABA tournament last year for the 18th time. The double-elimination event features the 16 best 20-and-under teams east of the Mississippi.Corrigan's (48-10) is led by right-handed pitchers Alex Puglease (12-2)

The Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League's third all-star game was showcased on MASN for the first time and, with admission free, drew a crowd of 2,406 at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen last night. The West prevailed, 6-0, over the East on the strength of a four-run second inning. The summer league for college players 22 and under, which plans to expand from seven to eight teams in 2008, got a boost in exposure with the live telecast by Johnny Holliday and ex-Orioles pitcher Dave Johnson.