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By BRENDAN KIRBY Staff Writer HANCOCK - The Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association Thursday approved a resolution to change the name of the emergency services coordinator when the position is filled. Jerry Reed, who formerly held the job, earlier this month announced he was leaving the position. Association President Jay Grimes said the organization wanted an administrative assistant, not a "coordinator. " "We need somebody to do paperwork," he said.

Hagerstown Community College graduate Holly Bonenberger was awarded a $15,000 Community College Merit Scholarship July 8 from University of Maryland University College. Bonenberger, who recently earned her associate of science degree in administration of justice at HCC, will pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UMUC starting in the fall. The scholarship will cover tuition and fees for two years, officials said. She was selected by a committee to receive the scholarship, based on merit, need and a compelling essay.

Sheena Marie Bricker and Jared Nelson Showe were married June 28, 2008, at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Hagerstown. The bride is the daughter of Abe and Julie Bricker of Hagerstown. She is a 2000 graduate of South Hagerstown High School and a 2004 graduate of Shepherd University. She is employed as an administrative assistant with Manitowoc Crane Group in Shady Grove, Pa. The bridegroom is the son of Richard and Kendra Showe of Hagerstown. He is a 2002 graduate of South Hagerstown High School and is employed with Lehigh-Phoenix in Hagerstown.

St. Mary Catholic School held its annual readathon on Nov. 9. Each student read for 100 minutes.   The eighth-graders read to the kindergarten students, while the first-graders read to the prekindergarten students, with all other students reading to themselves. Guest readers included Principal Patricia McDermott, school nurse Paula Radley, administrative assistant Cheryl Hammond and library assistant Sister Corda Mullinex. Students acquired pledges to raise money for The Salvation Army Angel Project.

Engagement Announcements for 7/22 Babb-Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Babb of Warrenton, Va., wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen Ann Babb, to Scott Charles Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson of Shepherdstown, W.Va. Ms. Babb is a 1996 graduate of Shepherd College. She is employed as an administrative assistant with Loudoun County Department of Financial Services. Mr. Anderson received bachelor's and master's degrees from Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa., in 1992 and 1995.

Christie Phillips has been named 2008 Administrative Professional of the Year by the Hager Chapter of International Association of Administrative Professionals. Phillips is the administrative assistant to Mary Towe, vice president and chief nursing officer at Washington County Hospital, and has worked for the hospital for seven years. Phillips is active on many committees and has taken on the job of designing most of the fliers for the chapter. Susan Hart and Denise Dickerson, past administrative professionals of the year, presented Phillips with the award Monday.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com MERCERSBURG, Pa. - The first two of six applicants for the job of borough manager were interviewed Monday night and the next four are scheduled to meet with the search committee today, Mercersburg Borough Council member Roger Defibaugh said Tuesday. Twelve people answered ads the council ran in area newspapers seeking applicants. The field was narrowed to six applicants for interviews, said Steven Mellott, acting borough secretary. Mellott said he is among the 12 applicants for the position.

Debbie Keyser, hired a month ago as Jefferson County's first human resource manager, was appointed interim county administrator by the Jefferson County Commission on Friday. Her duties will include both positions until a permeant administrator is hired. Her temporary salary will be in the $95,000-a-year range, said Commissioners President Patsy Noland. “We'll discuss that on Thursday,” Noland said, referring to Thursday's county commission meeting. Keyser replaces Sandy Slusher McDonald, who has held the interim position since Jan. 13, when Tim Boyde resigned as county administrator.

scottb@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - A program at Hagerstown Community College has made attending and affording classes easier for Cassaundra Plummer, 23, a single parent raising two children. Plummer, of Hagerstown, who has a 3-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son, has been enrolled in the administrative assistant program in the college's Job Training Institute since August 2003. "They are very friendly people who do all they can to help you out," Plummer said Sunday.

Washington County plans to list two economic development jobs Monday, including a new part-time position coordinating the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission's to-be-decided top five goals for the future. The Strategic Economic Development Plan Coordinator will be a nonpermanent contracted position, paying $25,000 over a 26-week period, according to a Tuesday discussion of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. The employee would work fewer than 30 hours per week and would not receive health care benefits, the commissioners decided.

Linda L. Divelbiss, 66, of Chambersburg, Pa., was called to her heavenly home by her Savior on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at Chambersburg Hospital following a six-month illness.  Born Jan. 9, 1947, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Helen Keefer Divelbiss.  After graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 1964, she began a career with the U.S. Government's Department of Transportation and retired from...

Debbie Keyser, hired a month ago as Jefferson County's first human resource manager, was appointed interim county administrator by the Jefferson County Commission on Friday. Her duties will include both positions until a permeant administrator is hired. Her temporary salary will be in the $95,000-a-year range, said Commissioners President Patsy Noland. “We'll discuss that on Thursday,” Noland said, referring to Thursday's county commission meeting. Keyser replaces Sandy Slusher McDonald, who has held the interim position since Jan. 13, when Tim Boyde resigned as county administrator.

St. Mary Catholic School held its annual readathon on Nov. 9. Each student read for 100 minutes.   The eighth-graders read to the kindergarten students, while the first-graders read to the prekindergarten students, with all other students reading to themselves. Guest readers included Principal Patricia McDermott, school nurse Paula Radley, administrative assistant Cheryl Hammond and library assistant Sister Corda Mullinex. Students acquired pledges to raise money for The Salvation Army Angel Project.

AFSCME needs to respond to uniformed employee needs To the editor: It would seem that AFSCME of Maryland believes that it has to present a presence to justify its existence. Who the Department of Corrections hires for what position should not be the focus of a state employee association unless a complaint is filed.   Patrick Moran (director of AFSCME of Maryland) should direct his association's focus on the issues that directly affect the workers of the state.

A union official is questioning the appointment of Roxbury Correctional Institution's new assistant warden, but state officials say Denise Morgan is qualified. Until recently, Morgan was an administrative assistant for Jon Galley, the assistant commissioner for the West Region, according to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Morgan has worked for the department since Sept. 20, 2002, and was an Administrative Officer III until she recently was named assistant warden at RCI, according to details the department provided The Herald-Mail through a Maryland Public Information Act request.

Ashley Durboraw has been named the new gallery manager-administrative assistant by the Washington County Arts Council, 14 W. Washington St., downtown Hagerstown. Durboraw is a 2010 graduate of Kaplan University where she earned an Associate of Applied Science in graphic design.  Durboraw brings experience in design, display, retail and customer service to the arts council. Call WCAC at 301-791-3132.

Hagerstown Community College graduate Holly Bonenberger was awarded a $15,000 Community College Merit Scholarship July 8 from University of Maryland University College. Bonenberger, who recently earned her associate of science degree in administration of justice at HCC, will pursue a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UMUC starting in the fall. The scholarship will cover tuition and fees for two years, officials said. She was selected by a committee to receive the scholarship, based on merit, need and a compelling essay.

The Herald-Mail Co. Caitlin Kelch has been named a part-time graphic artist in the Digital Department of The Herald-Mail Co. Kelch joined the company last year as a part-time Newspaper in Education coordinator in the Marketing Department, and also has been involved in various digital initiatives at The Herald-Mail, including work with HMTV, Facebook and others. A graduate of St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown and The School of Visual Arts in New York City, she previously worked as both a director and senior producer for Bloomberg L.P. in New York.

Joe Sacchet is trying to give Goodwill and The Salvation Army a little competition. If anyone has a good piece of used furniture they don't need, he'll take it. Sacchet, executive director of the soon-to-open Community Corrections Day Reporting Center in Martinsburg, is busy converting a county-owned, two-story frame house at 406 S. Raleigh St. into a place where nonviolent offenders -- those not considered to be a threat to society -- from Berkeley...