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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Westminster council votes to name softball field after Ridgell - baltimoresun.com

Westminster council votes to name softball field after Ridgell - baltimoresun.com:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ridgell-memorial-20130924,0,1916684.story

"By Blair Ames, bames@tribune.com
12:41 p.m. EDT, September 24, 2013

The City of Westminster Common Council voted unanimously Monday to support naming a softball field at Jaycee Park in honor of Mike Ridgell.

Ridgell, 52, was one of the dozen people killed at the Navy Yard shooting Sept. 16. A former Maryland State Trooper, Ridgell was a coach with the Westminster Jaycees girls softball team."

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