Cash

Five people were arrested and about an ounce of crack cocaine was seized after police conducted a search Saturday at 118 Centre St., according to the Martinsburg Police Department. More than $1,300 in cash also was seized when members of the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, city police and West Virginia State Police searched the home off East Burke Street, according to a news release from Sgt. J.E. Darby. According to Darby, those arrested were Shasta C. Myers, 21, of 35 Perry Drive, Falling Waters, W.Va.; Luis M. Delgado, 21, of 3551 East Tremont, Bronx, N.Y.; Eric Junior Donaldson, 19, of 35 Perry Drive, Falling Waters; Bobby T. Hoyt, 40, of 118 Centre St.; and Eusebio D. Booth, 33, of 118 Centre St. All five were charged with possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine/conspiracy.

It's the kind of telephone call no grandparent wants to receive. There's been an accident. Or an arrest. Or an injury that has resulted in a trip to the emergency room. The grandchild desperately pleads for money. Could you wire it now to post bail or pay for medical treatment? And, by the way, don't tell Mom or Dad. It will only worry them. The rub? There's been no accident. No legal problems. No time spent in a hospital. And it's not a relative who wants the money.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, Pa. - A Waynesboro man told Washington Township Police that he paid $2,800 for what he thought was an original piece of pottery made by 19th century Waynesboro potter John Bell, court records said. Police have charged Cheri Stauffer of Curwensville, Pa., in Clearfield County with one count each of theft by deception and simulating objects of antiquity and rarity, according to court records in District Justice Shirley Shatzer's office.

The medical license of celebrated Hagerstown physician and Community Free Clinic founder Dr. Martin W. Gallagher Jr. was suspended April 17 over concerns about his prescription of narcotics to addicts, but the suspension was lifted eight days later, state records show. The Maryland State Board of Physicians ordered Gallagher's license suspended based on a review of patient records following two complaints about his prescription practices, but at an April 25 hearing, arguments and documents submitted by Gallagher and his attorney changed the board's findings, according to documents posted on the Maryland Board of Physicians website.

The Berkeley County Humane Society will be sponsoring a rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21. The cost is $10 per shot, cash only. The clinic will be held at Berkeley County Humane Society, 554 Charles Town Road, Martinsburg. All dogs must be on leashes and all cats must be in carriers for their protection. For more information, call the shelter at 304-267-8389, during business hours Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Trina Johnson of Hagerstown Day Nursery, left, and Susan Mades, senior vice president of Hagerstown Trust Co., are pictured with two children from the child care center. The bank donated $619.61 to Hagerstown Day Nursery in February through proceeds from its bulk coin-counting machines. Through the program, Hagerstown Trust Co. has donated more than $4,200 to local organizations and charities since July 2008.

Ready, set, dough. It's time for The Herald-Mail's 13th annual Cookie Exchange. Bakers are invited to share their favorite cookies with the newspaper's panel of judges for a chance to win $100. Drop off your favorite cookie recipe on a 3-by-5-inch index card along with a dozen cookies from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, or Tuesday, Nov. 30. Make sure to include your name, hometown, and daytime and evening phone numbers - particularly the number at which you can be reached on Wednesday, Dec. 1 after the judges taste the entries and choose a grand-prize winner.

Fred Cash Mossman, 69, of Frederick, Md., died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, Martinsburg, W.Va. The service and burial will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg.

For all the hand-wringing over negative campaigning, there's nothing new in it. Everything from naughty wives to illegitimate children were deemed suitable election issues to bring up in the nation's young years. What is brand new this year is running not for the office itself, but for profit. This shatters the previous limits to cynicism, where at least the fringe candidates of the past were honestly seeking office to promote their agendas, not fatten their wallets. Donald Trump was never going to run for president.

When it comes down to it, opportunities are like Honus Wagner baseball cards. Both are rare and valuable. The Hagerstown Suns didn't have the cards, but had many chances, only to blow them like a week's worth of lunch money. Greensboro made the Suns pay, starting with a seven-run fourth inning, on Friday night in a 10-2 victory in front of Hagerstown's 12th sellout of the season at Municipal Stadium. The Suns squandered prime scoring situations in each of the first three innings, managing only one run because of three double plays.