sentence: todd washington , former nfl center for the tampa bay buccaneers and the houston texans george van driem , dutch linguist conny van dyke , actress johnnie wittig , pitcher in major league baseball arthur '' big boy '' crudup , bluesman in the 1940s and '50s d. page elmore , former member of the maryland house of delegates climate the climate in this area is characterized by hot , humid summers and generally mild to cool winters .