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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Los Angeles Angels set up an award in memory of pitcher Nick Adenhart, the Williamsport High School graduate who died on April 9 after he was killed in a traffic collision by a suspected drunken driver. Named the Nick Adenhart "Pitcher of the Year" award, the accolade will be given to the Angels' pitcher whose performance is selected by his teammates as the most outstanding through the season. Adenhart, 22, died in surgery hours after he made his season debut by pitching six scoreless innings in a loss to the Oakland Athletics in Anaheim.

Near the end of Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons," the beautiful scientist Vittoria Vetra clashes with a Vatican official who insists that the day researchers prove how God acted in creation is "the day people stop needing faith. " "You mean the day they stop needing the church," she shouts, weaving together the novel's main themes. "But the church is not the only enlightened soul on the planet! We all seek God in different ways. ... "God is not some omnipotent authority looking down from above, threatening to throw us into a pit of fire if we disobey.

o Nick Adenhart's obituary o Nick Adenhart tribute page SEATTLE (AP) -- To honor pitcher Nick Adenhart, a 2004 Williamsport High School graduate, Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno will lead a contingent of eight team members to a private funeral service in Maryland this week between West Coast night games. Angels general manager Tony Reagins said Tuesday that Moreno has arranged a jet to fly the owner, the GM, manager Mike Scioscia, team executive Tim Mead, pitching coach Mike Butcher, plus pitchers Dustin Moseley, Jered Weaver and John Lackey from Seattle after tonight's game.

-APRIL 13, 2009 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Angel De Jesus Reyes, infant, died shortly after birth Monday, April 13, 2009, at Chambersburg Hospital. He was the son of Pamela M. Schultz Reyes and Leonardo Reyes-Ramirez, both of Waynesboro, Pa. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Victor A. Reyes of Waynesboro; paternal grandparents, Rosa Ramirez and Antonio Reyes, both of Mexico; maternal grandparents, Lee and Mary Schultz of Waynesboro, and Angela and Harry Keller of Frederick, Md.; and maternal great-grandmother, Eunice Young of Frederick; and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Torii Hunter and John Lackey stood on the pitcher's mound at Angel Stadium, each holding Nick Adenhart's jersey, their caps off and heads bowed. The rest of the Los Angeles Angels took their places along the third-base line, while the Boston Red Sox lined up on the first-base side. The pregame music went quiet and a hush fell over the red-clad crowd. The Angels paid tribute Friday night with a moment of silence for Adenhart, a 2004 Williamsport High School graduate, and two of his friends who were killed about 36 hours earlier in a car crash after being broadsided by a suspected drunk driver.

A press release issued Thursday afternoon on the Los Angeles Angels' Web site: ANAHEIM, CA: Angels Baseball this morning announced the passing of right-hander Nick Adenhart, the victim of a fatal automobile accident in Fullerton, CA. Two other individuals were also killed in the incident. Adenhart, 22, was a passenger in a silver Mitsubishi along with three others. Fullerton Police reported the Mitsubishi proceeded through an intersection, when a van ran a red light and broadsided the vehicle.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The Mental Health Association hosted a meeting Monday to announce the end of its affiliation with Angel Food Ministries, a Georgia-based food distribution program embattled in a lawsuit claiming founders enriched themselves by $2.7 million or more. Instead, the Mental Health Association will partner with a program that supports Pennsylvania farmers. Packages from the SHARE (Self-Help and Resource Exchange) program will be distributed to the 150 to 200 people who received Angel Food packages monthly.

With not enough toys to fill the great need this Christmas, The Salvation Army in Hagerstown has extended the deadline for "angel tags" until Dec. 19. "We have received requests from 1,142 families this year for toys and food," Maj. Karen Lyle said. "That is 178 more than last year. " Also surging this year is the number of children needing Christmas presents. That total is 2,278, or 337 more children than last year, Lyle said. With Christmas Day less than two weeks away, the decision was made to add more angel tags to the trees at Wal-Mart and Valley Mall.

HAGERSTOWN The parishioners at St. Ann Catholic Church in Hagerstown had been waiting for Friday night for more than a year. After all, it isn't often that an act as world-renowned as the Vienna Boys Choir comes to town. Marie Nowakowski, a member of the church's Vienna Boys Choir Committee, said the group went to great lengths to pull off the event, which lasted about an hour and 45 minutes before a crowd of more than 680 Tri-State residents. Nowakowski said some of the things that the committee did to prepare included renting a grand piano "at a considerable expense" and pulling together donations from local sponsors to keep the $30 ticket price affordable.

With not enough toys to fill the great need this Christmas, The Salvation Army in Hagerstown has extended the deadline for "angel tags" until Dec. 19. "We have received requests from 1,142 families this year for toys and food," Maj. Karen Lyle said. "That is 178 more than last year. " Also surging this year is the number of children needing Christmas presents. That total is 2,278, or 337 more children than last year, Lyle said. With Christmas Day less than two weeks away, the decision was made to add more angel tags to the trees at Wal-Mart and Valley Mall.