Dimes

The March of Dimes will host its annual March for Babies at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at Fairground Park, off Cleveland Avenue, Hagerstown. Participants collect donations to walk. To sign up, go to MarchforBabies.org or call 800-525-9255.

Terri Shoemaker had heard of March of Dimes. She knew a little about the organization, she said, but not enough to think about supporting it. Then 20 years ago, her son, Kelton Miller, was born five weeks early. “He was 6 and a half pounds. He had pneumonia and his lungs were not fully developed,” she said. Miller spent three weeks in the hospital and was sick a lot his first two years, but he grew to be a healthy child. The experience awakened Shoemaker to the realities and risks of premature birth.

A coin collection organized by school health personnel at Potomac Heights Elementary School, with support from Meritus Health, recently generated $832.06, which was donated to the March of Dimes. The students in the classroom of Jamie Smith, which is being covered by long-term substitute Heather Snow, raised the highest total of $225.01, earning a pizza party for the class. The students of Julie McGee, James Barnhart and Lynn Wilcox earned ice cream sandwiches for the amount of money they raised.

A coin collection organized by school health personnel at Potomac Heights Elementary School, with support from Meritus Health, recently generated $832.06, which was donated to the March of Dimes. The students in the classroom of Jamie Smith, which is being covered by long-term substitute Heather Snow, raised the highest total of $225.01, earning a pizza party for the class. The students of Julie McGee, James Barnhart and Lynn Wilcox earned ice cream sandwiches for the amount of money they raised.

Tara Viands joined a parade of nearly 300 people who walked a three-mile loop around War Memorial Park on Saturday morning to raise money for the March of Dimes' March for Babies. “I walked because my daughters can't walk,” said Viands, a mother of two from Hedgesville, W.Va. On July 25, 2006, her twin daughters, Macy and Carly, were born six weeks prematurely at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Macy weighed 3 pounds, 6 ounces. Carly was born two minutes later weighing 3 pounds, 3 ounces.

Liberty Tax Service hosting March of Dimes fundraiser Liberty Tax Service is hosting "Dance for Babies Roadside Parties" today at most offices to benefit the March of Dimes. The company is kicking off a national dance contest Each roadside party will offer participants the opportunity to have their dance filmed and uploaded on YouTube. A second March of Dimes benefit event will be Saturday, April 5. Pain management workshop scheduled Complementary approaches to pain management workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Celebrate!

The Western Maryland Division March of Dimes announces that Jim Pierne will serve along with Mike Disciullo and Jim Hamill as chairmen for WalkAmerica 2003. Pierne is president and CEO of F&M Bank and brings many years of related leadership experience to his role with March of Dimes. This is Pierne's second year serving as chairman. Joining Pierne as co-assistant chairman are Jim Hamill, president and CEO of Washington County Health System, and Mike Disciullo, site president of Citicorp Credit Services in Hagerstown.

As a real estate developer, Duane Dillard wears many hats. In the past year, he's added another - limousine owner. Dillard said he purchased a white stretch limousine from a friend in Greencastle, Pa., who was moving to Florida. "I bought it a year ago for less than a riding mower, seriously," Dillard said. Since he bought it, Dillard has added his own personal touch to the rear bumper, a bumper sticker that reads "It's OK to have too much fun!" It's a philosophy that Dillard believes in. Since the purchase, Dillard has used the limousine for the enjoyment of friends and family.

As a real estate developer, Duane Dillard wears many hats. In the past year, he's added another - limousine owner. Dillard said he purchased a white stretch limousine from a friend in Greencastle, Pa., who was moving to Florida. "I bought it a year ago for less than a riding mower, seriously," Dillard said. Since he bought it, Dillard has added his own personal touch to the rear bumper, a bumper sticker that reads "It's OK to have too much fun!" It's a philosophy that Dillard believes in. Since the purchase, Dillard has used the limousine for the enjoyment of friends and family.

Sarah Barnhart wasn't sure she was going to finish the 8-mile March of Dimes walk Sunday. Five months pregnant, the Greencastle, Pa., woman had to stop and rest several times along the way. cont. from front page "I made it," Barnhart said from the finish point at Long Meadow Shopping Center in Hagerstown. Barnhart and fellow Red Lobster waitresses were among 300 people who participated in the annual fund-raiser coordinated by the Jaycees of Hagerstown. Barnhart, 20, said she walked to support her baby and other babies who benefit from the charity's programs aimed at preventing birth defects.

About 11 years ago, a billboard outside Milwaukee caught my eye. It featured a sad-looking baby and big bold red words: ANYONE CAN BE A FATHER, BUT IT TAKES A REAL MAN TO BE A DAD. That was a wake-up call. I was a young father at the time. My daughter was 4 or 5 months old, and I was still fumbling around with changing diapers, my career, my marriage and a looming relocation back East. I saw that giant sign as a huge reminder that I needed to step it up and be a man. “Take this more seriously, Kohler, you have people depending on you.” Like most men, I've stumbled plenty since then, but I've always tried to keep the responsibility and joys of fatherhood as the main focus of everything I do. I really felt like I officially became a man when my daughter, Madison, was born.

Goldie Mae Collins, 69, of Hagerstown, Md., and formerly of Needmore, Pa., passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, surrounded by family and loved ones at home. Born July 26, 1943, in Needmore, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mildred Carnell Stevens. She was the widow of the late Ernest Leon Collins. She is survived by one brother, Robert Stevens of Needmore; two sisters, Daisy Stelk of Montgomery, Ala., and Mary Mellott of Baltimore, Md. She was beloved mother of three daughters, Cindy Presgraves and husband, Kirk, of Hancock, Md., Kim Jackson and husband, Dion, and Crystal Feiser of Hagerstown.

Arnetta Virginia Doleman passed away May 27, 2013, in Hagerstown, Md.  She was the wife of the late Caesar V. Doleman; daughter of the late Frank Keyes and Edith (nee Washington) Flythe; and sister of the late William Flythe, and Frank and Mazie Keyes.  Arnetta was a faithful member of Ebenezer AME Church since 1954, where she sang in the choir and served as Sunday school teacher, usher, secretary and treasurer. She was a member and past worthy matron of Deborah Chapter No. 12 Order of the Eastern Star, past treasurer and member since 1948 of Sharon Temple No. 160, and a member of Queen Esther No. 2 in Frederick, Md. She belonged to the North End Senior Citizens, the United Way and the March of Dimes.  She is survived by her son, Anthony E. Doleman of Hagerstown; brothers, Kenneth, Reginald, Vincent and Russell Keyes; and a sister, Mary Rideout, all of Hagerstown.

Ruby Katherine Miller, 5, of Hamilton Boulevard, Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Born July 19, 2007, in Charleston, W.Va., she was the daughter of Mary Helen Leatherman Miller and Charles D. Miller of Hagerstown. Ruby was a kindergarten student at Ruth Ann Monroe Primary School. In addition to her parents, Ruby is survived by maternal grandparents, Paul and Bonnie Leatherman of Hagerstown; paternal grandmother, Jo R. Miller of Virginia Beach, Va.; godparents, Michael and Amy Hicks of Mercersburg, Pa.; aunt, Katherine Leatherman of Hagerstown; aunt, Tamara, and uncle, Ryan Schubart, of Virginia Beach; aunt, Toni, and uncle, Paul Leatherman II, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; great-aunts, Mary Beard and Patricia Slick of Hagerstown; great-aunt, Jennifer, and great-uncle, Hampton Riggleman, of Laurel, Md.; great-aunt, Jean, and  great-uncle, William F. Dunham, of Hagerstown; and three cousins, Chloe Leatherman of Brooklyn, and Maxwell and Harrison Schubart of Virginia Beach.

Thirteen and a half years ago, Brittney Mazie benefited from March of Dimes' services as she laid in a hospital incubator connected to an oxygen machine and heart monitor. Just 3 pounds when she was born, Brittney spent three months in Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., during what her mother called a “very scary” time. “In the hospital, March of Dimes contacted me to see if they could be of any help,” said Andrea Mazie, Brittney's mother. On Sunday, Brittney wanted to walk in the March of Dimes March for Babies fundraiser at Norlo Park to help babies in similar situations.

A coin collection organized by school health personnel at Potomac Heights Elementary School, with support from Meritus Health, recently generated $832.06, which was donated to the March of Dimes. The students in the classroom of Jamie Smith, which is being covered by long-term substitute Heather Snow, raised the highest total of $225.01, earning a pizza party for the class. The students of Julie McGee, James Barnhart and Lynn Wilcox earned ice cream sandwiches for the amount of money they raised.

A coin collection organized by school health personnel at Potomac Heights Elementary School, with support from Meritus Health, recently generated $832.06, which was donated to the March of Dimes. The students in the classroom of Jamie Smith, which is being covered by long-term substitute Heather Snow, raised the highest total of $225.01, earning a pizza party for the class. The students of Julie McGee, James Barnhart and Lynn Wilcox earned ice cream sandwiches for the amount of money they raised.

Terri Shoemaker had heard of March of Dimes. She knew a little about the organization, she said, but not enough to think about supporting it. Then 20 years ago, her son, Kelton Miller, was born five weeks early. “He was 6 and a half pounds. He had pneumonia and his lungs were not fully developed,” she said. Miller spent three weeks in the hospital and was sick a lot his first two years, but he grew to be a healthy child. The experience awakened Shoemaker to the realities and risks of premature birth.

Tara Viands joined a parade of nearly 300 people who walked a three-mile loop around War Memorial Park on Saturday morning to raise money for the March of Dimes' March for Babies. “I walked because my daughters can't walk,” said Viands, a mother of two from Hedgesville, W.Va. On July 25, 2006, her twin daughters, Macy and Carly, were born six weeks prematurely at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Macy weighed 3 pounds, 6 ounces. Carly was born two minutes later weighing 3 pounds, 3 ounces.