Booster Club

Tickets for the Harlem Globetrotters Saturday performance at Hagerstown Junior College have sold out, but due to demand more seating has been added. The 8 p.m. performance at the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center is sponsored by the Hagerstown Junior College Hawk Booster Club. Paul Swartz, coordinator of the booster club, said 2,500 tickets for the show have been sold. The booster club is renting bleachers from the Alsatia Club, and up to 700 tickets will be available at the door Saturday night on a first-come, first-served basis, he said.

The Town of Williamsport and the Hagerstown Community College Track and Tennis Teams will co-host a 5K run through the streets of Williamsport on the Fourth of July, starting at 8:30 a.m. in Byron Memorial Park. The start and finish will be at the Springfield Farm. The organizers are looking for sponsors. A minimum donation of $100 made payable to HCC/Booster Club will get your business/company on the race T-shirt for this event. They also will accept other donations (gift certificates, your company's product, passes, memberships, etc.)

By GREG SIMMONS / Staff Writer photo: RIC DUGAN / staff photographer WILLIAMSPORT - The CAM Corp. could have paid for food, transportation and lodging for the 700 cyclists it brought to Williamsport Wednesday. Instead it gave Teri Leiter a check for $8,000 to take care of the cyclists' needs, and promised her a second check for the same amount once the bicyclists left town after a two-night stay. Leiter, owner of Leiter's Fine Catering in Williamsport, said that after expenses, she expects to raise $10,000 for the Williamsport High School Blue Band through CAM's Carrollton Bank Cycle Across Maryland Tour.

The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are coming again to Hagerstown Community College. The touring basketball team will play at the college's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center at 7 p.m. March 2. They performed at the college in March 1998 and agreed to come back, said HCC Hawk Boosters President Todd McDowell. As was the case in 1998, the booster club is sponsoring the Globetrotters game. The event is a fund-raiser for the school's athletic scholarships. "It was a very fun evening," McDowell said of the 1998 event, which he said drew a sellout crowd of about 2,700 people.

bobp@herald-mail.com Nobody really said it, but it might take three people to replace Jim Brown at Hagerstown Community College. Brown retired on Tuesday as basketball coach, athletic director and director of HCC's athletic complex, all positions he has held for at least 14 years. Because the demand of each job is increasingly demanding, HCC dean of students Carl Galligan said there is a chance of separating the positions. But out of the three, finding a new basketball coach tops the priorities.

When Shana Brown was a little girl, going to the circus was something the family did every year. But she never enjoyed a day under the big top more than she did in May 1988 when, as the winner of a Herald-Mail coloring contest, she got a chance to wear clown make-up and actually show off for the audience at that year's performance of the Clyde-Beatty Cole Brothers Circus at the Hagerstown Fairgrounds. She was just 7 then, and never thought that the circus would be anything but a nice outing with her family.

Hancock calendar of events HANCOCK EVENTS Oct. 16: Substance Abuse Treatment at Hancock Community Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m., 301-791-2495. Oct. 16: PTA magic show and Character Counts! orientation at Hancock Elementary School, 7 p.m. Oct. 16: Bingo at VFW Post 10502, 7 p.m. Oct. 17: Hancock Rotary Club meeting at the Park-n-Dine, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 18: Outreach Staff at Hancock Community Center, 8 a.m. to noon, 301-678-5402. Oct. 18: Third-graders at Hancock Elementary visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 18: Booster Club meeting at Hancock Middle-Senior High School, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19: Grades 2-5 at Hancock Elementary participate in cross country events at Hancock Middle-Senior High School, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 20: Association Day, schools closed.

alician@herald-mail.com Have you ever paid money for something then sat fervently hoping a cow would wander by and poop on it? If not, then you haven't participated in cow-pie bingo. Boonsboro Athletic Boosters Inc. sold more than 1,400 cow-pie bingo tickets at $10 each for a chance to win $5,000 at its fund-raiser Saturday, Oct. 9. Each ticket was randomly assigned one of 5,000 gridded squares on the football field at Boonsboro High School stadium. Then more than 400 people watched a cow mark the lucky spot.

andrews@herald-mail.com The answer was right there in the book of Genesis. "Eureka!" Jim Brown said, and he went off to build the ARCC. The crowd assembled to salute Brown laughed at Richard W. Phoebus' clever comparison of Brown's ARCC - the Athletic, Recreation and Convocation Center at Hagerstown Community College - and Noah's ark. "Let me tell you - this dwarfs Noah's job," Phoebus said. Brown, who served many years as the men's basketball coach, athletic director and head athletic complex administrator at HCC, retired last year.

By KAREN MASTERSON Staff Writer WILLIAMSPORT - Luxurious weekend weather brings success to the 20th annual C&O Canal Days at W.D. Byron Memorial Park. A plethora of vendors - 104 to be exact - sold the standard and popular crafts of handmade rag dolls, hobbyhorses, yard art, small cabinetwork, quilted pillows and much, much more. "It's a yearly celebration for people of the town and fund-raiser for nonprofit organizations of the town," said Elissa Slayman, the C&O Canal Days organizer.

The North Hagerstown High School Band Boosters will hold its annual mulch sale at the school Saturday, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The brown shredded hardwood mulch costs $4.50 per bag. There will be free delivery for 15 bags or more. For more information, call 301-988-8657. AAUW Used Book Sale has new location The 44th annual AAUW Used Book Sale will be April 14, 15, 16. This year the event takes place at a new location at the ARC of Washington County building, 1000 Florida Ave., Hagerstown.

The North Hagerstown High School Hub Band Boosters Club will hold a money bonanza Saturday, April 30, at the Elks Lodge on Robinwood Drive. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and a buffet dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Drawings will begin at 8 p.m., followed by dancing. Every 10th ticket wins $40 and the jackpot will be $1,000. For more information, call Susan at 240-217-4524.

The Hagerstown Community College Hawk Booster Club will host the second annual Irv Easterday Golf and HCC Hall of Fame Tournament Monday, June 28, 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, complimentary range balls, gift bag, prizes, banquet dinner, Hawk Boosters Club membership for the 2010-11 year, use of ARCC facilities, and admission to all regular season athletic games and Hawk Booster Club socials.

The Hagerstown Community College Boosters Club is planning a trip to the Pittsburgh and Ohio areas Aug. 20 and 21. It is being billed as the "Three Rivers, NFL Hall of Fame Celebration. " The trip is a fundraiser for the HCC men's basketball program. The trip will include a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets at PNC Park on Friday, Aug. 20. That day will also include a cruise and other events in the Pittsburgh area. On Saturday, Aug. 21, the group will travel to the NFL Hall of Fame museum in Canton, Ohio.

The Town of Williamsport and the Hagerstown Community College Track and Tennis Teams will co-host a 5K run through the streets of Williamsport on the Fourth of July, starting at 8:30 a.m. in Byron Memorial Park. The start and finish will be at the Springfield Farm. The organizers are looking for sponsors. A minimum donation of $100 made payable to HCC/Booster Club will get your business/company on the race T-shirt for this event. They also will accept other donations (gift certificates, your company's product, passes, memberships, etc.)

bobp@herald-mail.com To Mark Mosely, it's all about the roar. To Gary Clark, it's all about opportunity. But each of the former star Washington Redskins was sure of one thing: The effort North Hagerstown is making to build Mike Callas Stadium is all about the kids and the community in which they live. Mosely and Clark were part of a 122-player field competing in the first North Hagerstown Boosters Golf Tournament Monday at Black Rock Golf Course. And though neither the former kicker nor wide receiver have no ties to this area, helping the cause was far too important to pass up. "I want to thank you for caring about your community," said Mosely, who played 16 seasons, including 13 with the Redskins.

alician@herald-mail.com Have you ever paid money for something then sat fervently hoping a cow would wander by and poop on it? If not, then you haven't participated in cow-pie bingo. Boonsboro Athletic Boosters Inc. sold more than 1,400 cow-pie bingo tickets at $10 each for a chance to win $5,000 at its fund-raiser Saturday, Oct. 9. Each ticket was randomly assigned one of 5,000 gridded squares on the football field at Boonsboro High School stadium. Then more than 400 people watched a cow mark the lucky spot.

andrews@herald-mail.com The answer was right there in the book of Genesis. "Eureka!" Jim Brown said, and he went off to build the ARCC. The crowd assembled to salute Brown laughed at Richard W. Phoebus' clever comparison of Brown's ARCC - the Athletic, Recreation and Convocation Center at Hagerstown Community College - and Noah's ark. "Let me tell you - this dwarfs Noah's job," Phoebus said. Brown, who served many years as the men's basketball coach, athletic director and head athletic complex administrator at HCC, retired last year.

bobp@herald-mail.com Nobody really said it, but it might take three people to replace Jim Brown at Hagerstown Community College. Brown retired on Tuesday as basketball coach, athletic director and director of HCC's athletic complex, all positions he has held for at least 14 years. Because the demand of each job is increasingly demanding, HCC dean of students Carl Galligan said there is a chance of separating the positions. But out of the three, finding a new basketball coach tops the priorities.