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Harley-Davidson has commemorated anniversaries before with special edition models, but I don't recall in recent history a specific model that celebrated its own anniversary. The Motor Company alters that history with the FLSTFI Fat Boy 15th Anniversary edition bike. Harley produced a limited number of Screamin' Eagle Fat Boys for the 2005 model year, but the 15th anniversary bike isn't a product of the Custom Vehicle Operation Screamin' Eagle lineup. Despite that fact, the 15th Anniversary Fat Boy is a limited edition bike that comes stock with a motor that's a full 100cc bigger - 1550cc to be exact.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs Pros Uses less energy than incandescent bulbs, reducing demand for electricity and amount of mercury emitted from power plants. An Energy Star-qualified CFL bulb will use 75 percent less energy than an incandescent bulb. An Energy Star-qualified CFL bulb will last about 10 times longer than an incandescent bulb. An Energy Star-qualified CFL bulb will pay for itself in about 6 months. Cons Disposal isn't convenient because bulbs contain mercury.

Entertainment during the summer months in Jefferson County won't be limited to the local racetrack or casino. The new kids on the block are the Charles Town Cannons, a member of the 12-team Valley Baseball League, which celebrates its 90th season this year. Don and Brett Fuller purchased the Luray (Va.) Wranglers last year with the intent of moving them to Charles Town and becoming the first West Virginia entry in the history of the league. “We are certainly looking forward to the opportunity to play here,” said Brett Fuller at a Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce mixer at Charles Town City Hall on Tuesday.

Sometimes, circumstances make putting your best foot forward extremely difficult. Very few people know that quite as well as Boonsboro senior Britton Beard. Before Beard became a football standout for the Warriors - helping lead them to a 10-2 record and their first playoff victory in a decade - he had to overcome being born with two severe clubfeet. “I remember the second surgery,” Beard said Tuesday at the 31st True Grit Awards at Fountain Head County Club in Hagerstown.

This is a great recipe for picnics and large gatherings. Everyone always asks for the recipe. It easily serves 25 people. Most of the ingredients can be prepared ahead of time and then, right before serving, add the dressing and chips. - Denise Miller, member of Women of Valor Ministries Inc., a Hagerstown organization offering educational, resource and support services to empower people to transform their lives. For more, go to http://www.wovministries.org . Taco salad 2 pounds ground beef 2 1.25-ounce packs of Taco Seasoning mix 1 head of iceburg lettuce 4 medium to large tomatoes 1 red onion 1 small can of black olives, chopped 2 15.5-ounce cans chickpeas or garbanzo beans 2 15-ounce cans kidney beans 1 24-ounce bottle of Catalina dressing 1 large bag of corn chips (see cook's note)

Two people were killed and eight others were injured early Saturday in a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near New Market, according to a news release from Maryland State Police in Frederick, Md. Selly Tle Sin Kai, 33, and Anis Mawi, 46, both of Frederick, died in the crash, troopers said. Sin Kai and Mawi were rear-seat passengers in a Toyota Corolla that was occupied by a total of five people. Neither Mawi nor Sin Kai were wearing their seat belts at the time of the crash, troopers said.

GERRARDSTOWN, W.Va. - A Gerrardstown man wanted in five states on bank robbery charges was rousted out of bed and arrested early Sunday after a short spot on "America's Most Wanted" led a tipster to call police. John Dennis Grubb, 55, charged in five bank robberies and suspected in 22 others, was in his underwear when he answered the door of his trailer off Loop Road and was greeted by police and a camera crew, said Mike Molnar, a spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based television show.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com INWOOD - On the other side of Cynthia Smailes-Rybak's back yard, cars, pickup trucks and tractor-trailers rumble by, visible and audible as they make their way up and down Interstate 81. It's the road Smailes-Rybak's daughter, Amanda Smailes, could have taken Nov. 24, 1996. But Smailes didn't like the high speed required on the interstate, and chose instead after ending her shift at Wal-Mart to drive home on U.S. 11, a two-lane road that parallels the interstate.

Police confirm murder-suicide By RICHARD F. BELISLE Staff Writer, Waynesboro WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police confirmed Tuesday that the shooting deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found Monday in a Quincy Township, Pa., home were a murder-suicide. Autopsies on Shannon Shockey, 20, of 8319 Mentzer Gap Road, and Jay Wilbur Stouffer Jr., 30, of 23506 Ringgold Pike, Smithsburg, showed that Stouffer shot Shockey twice then shot himself, police said.

Joann Kordas of Largo, Fla., is looking for the recipe for Red Lobster's coleslaw. Cindy Shea of Spring Hill, Fla., shares a Red Lobster-style coleslaw recipe she found on the Internet. Although I am not familiar with the restaurant version, I can say this is a good coleslaw. Eight cups of slaw mix is about a bag and a quarter, but I used almost half of the second bag. I made this early in the day and it was good by dinner and even better the next day. It would even be OK made just before a meal, but I found that the vinegar mellowed with time.

FEB. 16, 1935-NOV. 28, 2008 GREENCASTLE, Pa. - James Edward Collins, 73, of 1226 Webling Circle, and a resident of ManorCare Health Services of Chambersburg, Pa., died Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, at Chambersburg Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1935, in Alverton, Pa., he was the son of the late George W. and Lottie Mae Miller Collins. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of senior master sergeant, serving from 1953 to 1979. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, having received the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze service stars and the Air Force Longevity Service Award with five oak clusters.

On Saturday, Aug. 30, the Hancock High School Class of 1958 held its 50th class reunion, in the recreation room of the Hancock Fire Hall. Joining fellow classmates and their guests were four members of the faculty and their guests: Class adviser Ralph Wachter, Mary Ella Grove Weikle and guest, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee and Mr and Mrs. Irvin Easterday. Classmates Edwina Burke Miller and Don Hill presided over the opening ceremony, a remembrance candle lighting service to honor 11 deceased classmates.