What happened on August 21, 2009

NEWS

• Man who received double transplant to compete in Australia By ANDREW MASON

• Freedom ride 

• Thumbs up, thumbs down 

• Fair hosting Farmers Market 

• Religion: Special services 

• Linda K. Butts, 55 

• Religion: Music 

• Religion: Vacation Bible School 

• DisAbility Awareness Day in Berkeley Springs 

• Weekend Calendar 

• Ron White show sold out 

• Sheriff eyes safety concerns with growing festival By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Washington Co. Dems seek Central Committee member 

• Urgent care center decision expected within a month By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• 'Quilts and the Underground Railroad' to be discussed 

• Home resales surged by 7.2 percent in July 

• Washington County library events 

• 'Phony destructive device' shut down North High 

• Top stories for Thursday, Aug. 20 

• Free event in Knoxville to celebrate hostelling 

• Letters to the Editor 

• School talk might require different approaches By LISA TEDRICK PREJEAN

• Wireless Internet expands at Shepherd 

• Go, Do, Learn 

• Elizabeth Thelma (Higgs) Nicholson, 91 

• Del. Cardin apologizes for marriage proposal stunt 

• Religion: Speakers 

• Joseph Anthony Taylor, 46 

• Pet Watch - Chihuahua found in Hancock 

• Fulton youths: Showing animals can be fairly complicated By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Retracing old trails brings new faces into history By ALLAN POWELL

• Franklin County community briefs 

• County swears in first female judge By HEATHER KEELS

• Letters to the Editor 

• Robert Kenneth Rhodes, 66 

• Three teens charged as adults in burglary 

• Henry Bascum Neal, 94 

• Robert G. "Bob" Foster Sr., 78 

• 19-year-old from Keedysville killed in crash 

• Berkeley County couple faces more child abuse charges By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Delores L. Sowers, 77 

• Meetings, fundraisers 

• Police briefs 

• Visually impaired senior citizens treated to picnic By DAN DEARTH

• Limited dog chaining ordinance requested By TRISH RUDDER

• Ruth Ann Thiess, 79 

• Go fishing for books By CATHERINE HALL

• The Villas at Cortland Park 

• Day care dilemma By JULIE GREENE

• Diabetic emergency causes Prime Outlets crash 

• Climbing vines secrete cement to allow them to stick to the wall By JEFF RUGG / Creators Syndicate