Baseball Cards

By KERRY LYNN FRALEY / Staff Writer photo: JOE CROCETTA / staff photographer MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Security was tight and eyes were teary in Berkeley County Circuit Court on Monday when a Martinsburg man went on trial on charges of kidnapping and murdering his 7-year-old niece. The child, Jessica Newell, was found dead after she disappeared from a Martinsburg bowling alley on Sept. 18, 1997. --cont. from front page -- Wearing a patterned sweater and tan slacks, Michael Newell, 40, remained expressionless during most of the first day of testimony before a jury of four men and eight women.

A few years down the road, maybe we'll see Hagerstown's Christian Binford pitching for the Kansas City Royals at Camden Yards against the Baltimore Orioles. The 18-year-old Binford signed a contract Friday with Kansas City and the ink on the pact officially dried Monday. Already, Binford is in Surprise, Ariz., with the Royals' Rookie League team and will stay there until the season is completed Aug. 28. He then will participate in the Fall Instructional League. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed, but it covers seven years and also includes a college tuition package.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- A 22-year-old man killed in a single-car crash Wednesday in St. Thomas Township was looking forward to the birth of his first child this summer, his father-in-law, state Sen. Terry Punt, said Thursday. Thriften Darcey Barlup, of 1614 Wenger Way in Chambersburg, Pa., was killed when the car he was driving ran off Hade Road, sheared a utility pole in half and crashed into a house, Pennsylvania State Police said. Speed and wet road conditions contributed to the accident, police said.

WAYNESBORO, PA. - A 22-year-old man killed in a single-car crash Wednesday in St. Thomas Township was looking forward to the birth of his first child this summer, his father-in-law, state Sen. Terry Punt, said Thursday. Thriften Darcey Barlup, of 1614 Wenger Way in Chambersburg, Pa., was killed when the car he was driving ran off Hade Road, sheared a utility pole in half and crashed into a house, Pennsylvania State Police said. Speed and wet road conditions contributed to the accident, police said.

megp@herald-mail.com Bill Bowen has enough baseball memorabilia to fill a museum in his house, but he never gets tired of looking at more. As an appraiser for Hospice of the Panhandle Inc.'s third annual antique appraisal fair this weekend, he also gets to tell visitors the value of their treasures. "Most of them are very anxious to find out what it's worth," said Bowen, who also volunteered to provide verbal appraisals of baseball memorabilia at the two previous fairs.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The body of 7-year-old Jessica Newell did not show signs of sexual intercourse, a forensic pathologist testified Wednesday during the trial of her uncle in Berkeley County Circuit Court. --cont. from news page -- But an autopsy revealed evidence the girl's clothes were off at some point in the attack and there were two small bruises in her genital area, State Medical Examiner James L. "Jack" Frost said. Michael Newell, 40, of 2105 Winchester Ave., is charged with kidnapping and murdering the Martinsburg girl, who disappeared Sept.

Club meetings Tri-State Singles WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Saturday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m., Parlor House Restaurant, Potomac Shopping Center, Potomac Street. For ages 55 and older. For information about the group, call Virginia, 301-739-8990; Sharon, 717-762-4524; or Dick, 301-824-5200. Shenandoah-Potomac District Garden Clubs SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -Monday, Sept. 25, registration begins at 9 a.m., Clarion Inn. This is the annual meeting of the 10 district garden clubs in Jefferson and Berkeley counties.

By LISA GRAYBEAL Staff Writer, Waynesboro WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- There are two things Tim Bolland liked to do most when he was growing up -- collect and trade baseball cards and play with money. Now barely an adult, Bolland, 19, of Boonsboro, Md. has combined his childhood pastimes and turned them into a business. With support from his parents, Fred and Pat Bolland, the teen opened Tim's Baseball Cards in September in a roomy store which fronts on Waynesboro's square at the corner of East Main Street and South Church Street.

andrews@herald-mail.com You probably won't mistake Jay Wolt for the true Hagerstown Suns. On their baseball cards, many players, in their 20s, are posed in batting stances or holding their mitts. On his card, Wolt, 46, is wearing an unbuttoned Suns' jersey, a Suns' cap and sunglasses. He's kneeling and holding his Pomeranian, Pierre. Nonetheless, on paper, Wolt is one of the gang. Winning an Internet auction earned him a spot on his own baseball card in the Suns' 2004 team set, which came out a few weeks ago. He paid $203.

WASHINGTON COUNTY Tucked in a corner, away from cases of Chinese ceramics, Battle of Antietam artifacts and Eastern European religious icons, the collection of signatures in a Boonsboro museum's visitors book bears witness to admirers near and far. "What a delightful surprise!" a Portland, Ore., visitor wrote in the Boonsborough Museum of History guest book Sunday. A steady stream of people visited the museum - which is stuffed to overflowing with Civil War memorabilia, historic letters, ancient bones and other curios from the personal collection of Doug Bast - on the second day of the third-annual Washington County Museum Ramble.