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INWOOD, W.Va. -- Casey Densmore capitalized from an encounter he had with a grizzly bear in Alaska last year to win the trip of a lifetime. Casey, 12, of Inwood, said he was on vacation at Denali National Park and Preserve with his mother and grandparents when they saw a grizzly bear devouring a caribou carcass in the wild. As they observed the bear in its natural habitat, Casey said, a lone wolf gingerly moved in to share the feast. Keeping its distance, the wolf howled and was answered by other wolves in the forest, Casey said.

West Virginia Republican Party state Chairman Conrad Lucas said Tuesday he is “completely confident” the GOP will hold Shelley Moore Capito's seat in Congress when she runs for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Since Capito announced her campaign to replace Jay Rockefeller, only former state Del. Larry V. Faircloth, R-Berkeley, has publicly announced a campaign to run for the 2nd District House seat. But Lucas said Tuesday that he expects more candidates to enter the race after the regular session of the state Legislature ends in April.

Kenneth Albert Wright Jr., 76, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Winchester (Va.) Medical Center. Born Nov. 11, 1934, in Union Springs, N.Y., he was the son of the late Kenneth Albert Wright Sr. and Clara Jeanette Nosworthy Wright. He was a member of Berkeley Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was a member of Alderton-Dawson American Legion Post 60, American Red Cross Disaster Volunteer and treasurer of the Tower Acres Homeowners Association. Kenneth was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Korean War. He obtained his bachelor's degree in business from Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Md. He managed two credit unions before becoming the business administrator for the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

People these days have plenty of definitions for the word "emo," but here to help you out is "Everybody Hurts: The Essential Guide to Emo Culture" by Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley, a funny, tongue-in-cheek key to all things emo. From vegan-friendly eateries around the country to "How to Emo-fy Your Blog Post," the witty book cites dozens of emo artists and even points out emo hotspots within an hour of Hagerstown, such as the Black Cat club...

'Juno' With an Oscar-winning original screenplay by Diablo Cody, this witty comedy stars Ellen Page as teenager Juno MacGuff, whose unexpected pregnancy leads her to make an intensive search for the right parents to adopt her baby. The single-disc edition includes a commentary by director Jason Reitman and Cody, 11 deleted scenes, screen tests, a gag reel and more. The 2-disc DVD adds four short features: "Way Beyond 'Our' Maturity Level: Juno -- Leah -- Bleeker," "Diablo Cody Is Totally Boss," "Jason Reitman For Shizz" and "Honest to Blog!

Dance to the beat of your own drummer Feel the beat at a community drum circle, with interfaith dancing Sunday that promotes peace. Drumming starts at 6:30 p.m., dancing is at 7:30. Shake it like a Polaroid picture Photographer Deborah Winram uses the instant film to document the closing of a Frederick, Md., hardware store in exhibit "nexttoknowing," which opens Saturday at The Artists' Gallery. Wizards v. Celtics Can the Wizards beat the Celtics in Boston?

Members of the Western Maryland Homeschool Association, the Western Maryland Homeschool HEARTS Group and the Western Maryland Chapter of the Homeschooler Helping Hands recently collected and purchased food, money and gift certificates for two local needy families for the holidays. One family is a homeschooling family, the parents in which have had medical problems and couldn't work. The other family is not a homeschooling family but was dealing with unemployment due to illness.

Tuesday turned out to be a confusing day for local weather observers. The morning brought snow and other icy precipitation, and by late afternoon, a thunderstorm moved through the Hagerstown area. Such things can happen in winter, said Heather Sheffield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va. The thunderstorm was the result of a line of showers ahead of a cold front, and the contrasting systems created instability in the atmosphere, Sheffield said.

The Mont Alto Film Project is seeking actors for "Ghosting," a full-length independent feature film. Auditions are from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 23 and March 16, at Penn State Mont Alto, General Studies Building, One Campus Drive, Mont Alto.  This is a non-union production of the Mont Alto Film Project in conjunction with Third Child Productions under the auspices of Penn State Mont Alto. Auditions are open to all actors. Check-in is in Room 110 on the first floor of the General Studies Building; Auditions will be held in the building's auditorium.

A weather system that was expected to produce up to an inch of snow and a few hundredths of an inch of ice Friday morning missed the Hagerstown area. No measurable precipitation had fallen in Hagerstown as of 10 a.m., according to local weather observer Greg Keefer's website, i4weather.net . Tri-State area schools opened on time, with the execption of Heritage Academy west of Hagerstown, and Jefferson County (W.Va.) schools, which were on two-hour delay. A winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service was no longer in effect in Washington County by 9:40 a.m. Friday.