Cpr

Monday, Dec. 28 Holiday horseback riding camp FREDERICK, Md. - A horseback riding camp for ages 8 and older. Offered through The City of Frederick Recreation Department. Lois Banks is the instructor. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, Tuesday, Dec. 29, Wednesday, Dec. 30, and Tuesday, Jan. 19. Silhouette Stables, 4219 Fishers Hollow Road. $50. Sign up for one day only. Call 301-600-1492 or stop by the William Talley Recreation Center, 121 N. Bentz St. Monday, Jan. 4 Winter line dance classes QUINCY, Pa. - Cumberland Valley Country Western Dance Association will hold winter line dance classes.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Toni Davison was on her first deer hunting trip with her grandfather in the Cold Run Valley area Monday when he bent over and fell. "I said, 'Are you all right?' and he didn't respond," Toni, 15, said Tuesday. Curtis Lane Walker, 73, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday of an apparent heart attack on the first day of West Virginia's buck season. Toni called her mother, Tammy Walker Davison, on a cell phone from the woods after her grandfather fell, and the girl's mother told her how to perform CPR on her grandfather.

BALTIMORE -- The Washington County Department of Social Services' Risk Management Team was recognized recently at the State Employees' Risk Management Administration's Annual Conference at Morgan State University. The group won the Health and Safety Group Award of Excellence in Risk Management. The team was nominated for its work this past year for its ongoing effort to provide the safest working environment for the staff and customers. The group had numerous accomplishments this past year.

A love for lambs In like a lion and out like a lamb ... Have I told you how much I adore lambs? Just outside Funkstown on a small farm, just in the last few weeks, there has been an influx of baby lambs. They are fabulous to watch, and I take seeing them as a sure sign of the spring that is quickly on its way. I am convincing myself, as much as trying to assure you, that the recent snow and just downright icky weather is going to be short-lived. Play ball!

MERCERSBURG, Pa. -- Three weeks after suffering a heart attack, David Barfell returned to Whitetail Resort, not to navigate the slopes but to thank the people credited with saving his life. The resort hosted an event Sunday to celebrate Barfell's recovery and to present a series of awards thanking rescuers involved with his Feb. 7 medical emergency. In remarks to the rescuers, the executive director of the Franklin County (Pa.) Chapter of the American Red Cross told them to be proud of their training and efforts.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Benjamin Best doesn't remember anything that happened to him after about 6 p.m. on Feb. 13. He later learned he collapsed while playing video games with his 11-year-old stepdaughter, Victoria Moore, in his North Martinsburg home just before midnight, he said Wednesday, a day after returning home from the hospital. What happened next still amazes Best, 33, who still was awaiting results from tests to find out why he collapsed. He was told "Tori" called Berkeley County 911, then gave him CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Conflict resolution CASA Inc. will offer a workshop about conflict resolution from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at CASA, 116 W. Baltimore St., Hagerstown. Garrett Rice and Jennifer Ewing, AIP facilitators, will present the workshop. The workshop is free and open to the public. To register, call 301-739-4990 or the telecommunications device for the deaf at 301-739-1012. Parenting seminar Partners in Pediatrics near Hagerstown City Park, will offer a free "Expectant and New Parent" seminar from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. The seminar will include the 10 must-have things in your house if you have a child, and learning CPR for infants and children.

HALFWAY -- Meredith Reynolds wants to be a veterinarian one day. She and her mother signed up for the Pet CPR, Nutrition and First Aid class offered Saturday at Hagerstown Community College's Valley Mall Center. Meredith, 16, also plans to intern at a veterinarian's office through the medical academy program at North Hagerstown High School, where she is a junior. The CPR portion of the class, which involved practicing CPR on Casper the CPR dog, was easy, Meredith said. Others had more trouble inflating the plastic Casper's lungs.

OCT. 25, 1959-JAN. 18, 2009 McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. - Carrie C. Crone, 49, of McConnellsburg, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Stonebridge Health and Rehab in Duncannon, Pa. Born Oct. 25, 1959, in McConnellsburg, she was the daughter of Carolyn Carbaugh of McConnellsburg and the late Herman C. Carbaugh. She was employed as a registered nurse at Fulton County Medical Center for more than 10 years. She was a member of McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co., and was a CPR instructor and trainer for the American Heart Association.