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Paula Green Shupp | Around Williamsport | May 29, 2012
The First-Friday Classic Car Cruise-in will be Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. on Potomac Street in Williamsport. Music will be by the band Chubby. There will also be door prizes and 50/50s. A donation of $3 is requested. The event benefits Kahlil Butler, the 12-year-old grandson of River City barber Donna Himes. Kahlil is a leukemia patient at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he is receiving chemotherapy. The rain date is June 8. For more information, call Jimmy Black at 301-573-1501.
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Paula Green Shupp | Around Williamsport | September 4, 2012
The September Williamsport classic car cruise-in is scheduled Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. on two blocks of Conococheague Street. Classic cars can enter from either end of Salisbury Street. A 6-foot People's Choice trophy will be awarded. The band Chubby will entertain. There will also be a 50/50 drawing and door prizes. A $3 donation is requested for car entry. All proceeds benefit the Williamsport Food Bank. For more information, call Jimmy Black at 301-573-1501. Rain date is Sept.
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February 14, 2007
WILLIAMSPORT - With a winter storm in the forecast, Christmas was in the air Monday at Williamsport Town Hall. After Councilman Jeff Cline introduced a video montage of the town's 2006 yuletide festivities, public-works employee Robert Talhelm announced employees' plans to sponsor a classic car, truck and motorcycle show to benefit future Christmas celebrations. Talhelm said the May 12 show would raise money for more Christmas lights and display pieces at Byron Memorial Park.
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November 1, 2004
The 2004 Hancock Halloween Parade was held Wednesday evening, Oct. 27. The results of the parade are as follows. Majorettes - First Place: Williamettes; Second Place: Silver Starlettes. Dance Teams - First Place: Academy of Dance; Second Place: Raiders Cheerleaders. Marching Units - First Place: Girl Scouts/Brownies 613/277; Second Place: Washington County Library; Third Place: Weight Loss Group. Street Rod - First Place; Paul Bowers, 1934 Chevy Coupe. Antique Car - First Place - Neil Newkirk, 1929 Sports Coupe.
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September 9, 2011
Members of the Appalachian Golden Classics Chevy Club presented $1,540 to Mainstreet Waynesboro (Pa). The amount was raised during the 2011 Classic Car and Truck Show held June 25 in Waynesboro. Gathering to present the check are, front row, from left, Julie Mummert of event sponsor Buchanan Automotive and Heather Shockey of sponsor Tom Shockey Collision. Behind them are, from left, Bobby Etter of the Appalachian Golden Classics Chevy Club; Tom Shockey of Tom Shockey Collision; Mainstreet Waynesboro administrative assistant Andrea Struble; car show chairman Dave Sanders; car show committee member Betty Wolfe; and car club treasurer Greg Kugler.
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Jamie Shekels | Around Halfway | August 25, 2011
A concert featuring the Hagerstown Municipal Band “Big Band,” under the direction of Joel Guyton, will be held Sunday, starting at 7:30 p.m. at Hagerstown City Park's band shell. The musical group will perform a variety of oldies and newer songs with the traditional big band sound. For more information, go to www.hagerstownband.org . Day care program The Parents' Day Out program at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, at 1020 Maryland Ave., is still accepting registration for those ages 1 to 5 for fall classes that start Thursday, Sept.
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By ALICIA NOTARIANNI | alnotarianni@aol.com | September 22, 2012
“That's Mike. He was a good guy,” Tony Kinzer said, indicating a framed photograph propped against the windshield of a classic car. The Mike Kline Memorial Car Show & Bike Bash Saturday at Cancun Cantina West drove home the idea that “Mike” was far more than a framed image. He was a friend, brother and son with a knack for restoring cars that lives on in memories and stories. Roy Michael “Mike” Kline grew up in Fairplay and graduated from Williamsport High School in 1986.
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By HEATHER KEELS | July 21, 2008
If you go ... What: Washington County Ag Expo Where: Washington County Agricultural Educational Center on Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65) When: Through Thursday Today's Highlights: Babies on Parade, 6 p.m.; 4-H/FFA Dairy Showmanship, 7:30 p.m.; FAME Nascar Racing, 8 p.m. Admission: $5 from 10 a.m. to closing today; free for children ages 8 and younger. WASHINGTON COUNTY - The scorching metal bleachers beside the Washington County Ag Expo tractor pull were virtually empty Sunday afternoon, the small groups of spectators gathered, instead, beneath the shade of a few tent canopies.
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by MARLO BARNHART | April 17, 2005
marlob@herald-mail.com CLEAR SPRING - Brandon Starliper may be only 10 years old, but he already has caught classic car fever. The Sharpsburg boy was in his glory Saturday for the first day of the fourth annual Antique and Classic Car and Craft Show sponsored by the Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Co. at its carnival grounds south of town. "I really like Mustangs and motorcycles," Brandon said. His father, Jay Starliper, could only smile since he knows full well that the "disease" is catching.