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<>A4<>;;DB:B)As Virginia’s seafood industries built on the Chesapeake Bay struggle, the state’s most lucrative fishing industry — sea scallops — can likely look forward to a good year in 2009. Scallops bring in the most value of any species at Virginia seafood docks, about $53 million per year. ;^RP[ 7d]SaTSb6PcWTac^7^]^a3^VVTcc 32CaPST Parking lot magnate Doggett’s wife, Cherrie W. Dog- BRW^^[ gett, said in a eulogy that friends, helped the area’s law family, love and generosity formed enforcement families the tapestry of her husband’s life. D]eTX[TS “One of his greatest legacies was F0B78=6C>= | A new high school In grand fashion, Washington bade Heroes Inc., but he didn’t want to talk devoted to architecture and con- farewell Tuesday to Leonard B. about it,” she said. The families of fall- struction trades is opening in the “Bud” Doggett Jr., a humble Irish- en officers, she said, “were a part of District. man who became a parking lot his family, and he was connected by City officials cut the ribbon magnate and D.C. power broker the loving concern of each and every Monday on the $63 million Phelps whose generosity left an indelible one of his Heroes families.” Architecture, Construction and mark on the region’s law enforce- Doggett was president and chief Engineering High School. ment community. executive of Doggett Enterprises, The renovation of the former Hundreds of police officers and the parent corporation of Doggett’s vocational school aims to capital- firefighters from across the region Parking, which was founded by his ize on the city’s construction boom. joined captains of industry and parents in 1926. For decades, he D.C. officials say it will offer pro- Washington’s political elite in a was one of the city’s most power- grams for students interested in regal salute to Doggett, 87, who died ful businessmen. specific trades and for college- Aug. 13. During Tuesday morning’s Among the politicians in atten- bound students.
funeral service at downtown D.C.’s BIDDLE/TWPSUSAN dance were D.C. Mayor Adrian The renovated building is certi- St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Dog- Officers carry the casket of Leonard “Bud” Doggett Jr. out of St. Patrick’s Catholic M. Fenty and House Majority fied by the Green Building Council gett was remembered as a public Church Tuesday in Washington. Doggett founded the nonprofit Heroes Inc. Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md. and includes a geothermal energy steward who shunned publicity. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy system and a solar power compo- White-gloved officers stood at of law enforcement officers and fire- Prince George’s Police Cpl. Anthony L. Lanier and chiefs from neigh- nent. attention and celebrated Doggett’s lit- fighters killed in the line of duty. M. Walker, died in 2003. boring counties also paid their Officials say the design of the tle-known but lasting legacy: Heroes Karmen Walker, 49, in an inter- “Mr. Doggett was our angel here respects. “My police department school is also educational. For exam- Inc., a nonprofit organization he view after the service, said Dog- on Earth,” Walker said. “Now he’s belongs to Bud Doggett today, ple, ceiling pipes are exposed and founded in 1964 that has given mil- gett had made a lasting impact on our angel from above. He’ll always as it does every day,” Lanier said. color-coded so students can follow lions of dollars to support families her and her son after her husband, be here with us.” ?78;8?AD2:4AC74F0B78=6C>=?>BC their paths. 0?
EP]7^[[T]?dbWTbU^a;8B<3| Maryland Con- A drop-off in tax collections gressman Chris Van Hollen says he could lead to a supports another fiscal relief package $200 million bud- to help boost struggling state econo- get shortfall before mies like Maryland’s. the end of the fis- Have You Ever Experienced a Van Hollen says Maryland has cal year. been hit hard by the nation’s recent Van Hollen, a Traumatic Event? economic downturn. He’s citing a Democrat, says Have you: new report by the American Federa- Van Hollen he’s hoping for a • Been physically or sexually assaulted? tion of State, County and Municipal bipartisan effort Employees as evidence that Maryland to bring more economic aid to the • Had a serious accident? • Felt your life was in danger? needs an economic boost. nation’s families. 0? Have you experienced any of these symptoms since the traumatic event? • Difficulty getting rid of troubling images or thoughts of the trauma <0AH;0=3 The Lotteries • Flashbacks or nightmares • Avoiding people or places