Banquet

Graduates of the former Lemasters High School met Oct. 15 for the annual alumni banquet at the Lemasters Community Center. The Peters Township high school began in 1907 and continued until 1954, when students joined James Buchanan High School. Entertainment for the afternoon was provided by the Kitchen Band from Waynesboro, Pa. Pauline Cordell Harrison of Fort Loudon, Pa., from the class of 1933, and the Rev. Garnet L. Zimmerman of Harrisburg, Pa., from the class of 1934, were recognized for being the oldest alumni present.

The Hagerstown Community College Hawk Booster Club will host the third annual Irv Easterday Golf and HCC Hall of Fame Tournament on Monday, June 27, at Beaver Creek Country Club in Hagerstown. The tournament is open to the public and will feature a four-person scramble or “Captain’s Choice” format. Cost is $100 per player. Fee includes golf and cart, range balls, gift bag, prizes and banquet dinner. The tournament begins at 1 p.m. and the banquet dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Following the banquet, an induction ceremony will be held for the 2011 HCC Hall of Fame inductees.

Area long-distance runner Susan Graham-Gray will be the guest speaker for the annual True Grit Banquet. The event will be Tuesday, May 10, at Fountain Head Country Club, starting at 6 p.m. The True Grit award honors athletes who might not be the stars of their team, but have overcome obstacles to remain a member of the team. Students are honored from the public and private high schools in the county and Hagerstown Community College. Graham-Gray, 42, who is legally blind, finished second among females in the 2008 JFK 50 Mile run. She is the only legally blind athlete (male or female)

The Washington County Holstein Association held its annual banquet and awards meeting on March 1. David Lease, president of the Maryland Holstein Association, and Brenda Leggett, retiring state director from Washington County, presented All-Maryland awards to Kaitlyn Corbett for Junior All-Maryland Spring Yearling, Reich-Dale Laramie Belay; Ryan Shank for All-Maryland Sr. 2-Year-Old Cow, Palmyra Pontiac Gemmi; Scott DeBaugh for Junior All-Maryland Sr....

Four Hagerstown Fire Department members were honored at a banquet Saturday night for rescuing two people from two separate blazes in the city last year and this year. Charles Mundey, Joseph Chojnacki, Daniel Myers, and Allen Carpenter were honored during the banquet at the Fraternal Order of Eagles club at 18 N. Locust St., officials said. Hosted by the Hagerstown Professional Fire Fighters IAFF Local 1605, the banquets are held periodically when a group of firefighters are retiring, city fire department spokesman Scott Baire said.

 The Tuscarora District of the Mason-Dixon Council, Boy Scouts of America, held its annual banquet Jan. 29 at the Shady Grove Community Center. Nearly 80 Scouts and Scouters were in attendance for a home-cooked meal prepared by the Tuscarora kitchen crew. While there was ice instead of a red carpet, the stars did come out and many Cub Scout packs, Boy Scouts troops, and Venture crews were presented with Unit awards for meeting goals as set forth by Boy Scouts. A number of adult leader awards were presented: Dee Rider, Crew 99, Greencastle, Pa., and Bill Yoder, Tuscarora District Commissioner, were presented with the District Award of Merit, the highest honor that is given on a district level.

As chairman for the Funkstown Volunteer Fire Co.’s annual awards banquet, Nick Keller spent Feb. 5 at Next Dimensions restaurant setting up a video and photos featuring company members and emergencies the company responded to during the past year. It wasn’t until the banquet was under way that Keller found out he was receiving the big award of the night — firefighter of the year. “I was excited,” said Keller, 26, who has been a volunteer firefighter for three years and an emergency medical technician for two years.

The Hunting Heritage Super Fund banquet, hosted by the Washington County Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, will be Saturday, Aug. 14, at Dimensions Dining and Catering, at 132 Old National Pike in Hagerstown. Doors open at 5 p.m. A social hour will be held before dinner. The banquet raises funds for wild turkey conservation while combining a meal with a chance to swap stories with other sportsmen and women. Sporting art, hunting firearms, knives, wildlife calls and outdoor equipment will go at auction.

If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength. Proverbs 24:10 "When I look at difficult situations, that's the Scripture I think of," Baltimore Orioles slugger Luke Scott said in an interview Monday evening during the Hagerstown Area Church Softball League's annual banquet at Tri-State Fellowship. For the third straight year, Scott, who's in his third season with Baltimore, traveled to Hagerstown to speak at the banquet on one of his team's rare nights off. Times could hardly be more trying than they are right now for the Orioles, who have the worst record in baseball at 16-41.

Here are some of the things happening this week in Washington County Public Schools: Monday, May 24 Bester Elementary - Community clinic, 9 to 10 a.m. Boonsboro Middle - New grade-seven WEB leader activity, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Williamsport High - Athletic banquet, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25 Bester Elementary - PTA talent show, 5:30 p.m. Boonsboro Middle - Chorus concert for grade six, 7 p.m. ...