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GREENCASTLE, Pa. - Before 2002, Greencastle-Antrim had not had a Fourth of July community celebration since the mid-1910s, according to Bonnie Shockey, who helped restart the tradition six years ago. "After Sept. 11, 2001, I wondered why Greencastle-Antrim didn't have a July 4 event," Shockey said. Six weeks before July 4, 2002, Shockey got in touch with Greencastle's former mayor, the late Red Pensinger, as well as Dana Given and Jean Oliver, and the four made contacts with singers, Cub Scouts, the American Legion and other organizations to participate in that year's celebration.

Students in Susan Spurlock's sixth-grade social studies class at Charles Town Middle School participated in a project-based learning assignment titled “To Burn or Not to Burn.” The students analyzed the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, examined key words and rewrote the pledge in their own words. The students then collaboratively identified the symbolism within “Old Glory” and designed their own flags. After analyzing and discussing the First Amendment rights and polling community members on the question, “Do you believe there should be a First Amendment that makes it legal to burn the flag in protest?

Burkett always wanted to be a police man By BOB PARTLOW / Staff Writer, Martinsburg see also: W.Va. deputy dies in head-on crash in Pa. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Berkeley County Sheriff's Deputy John Lewis Burkett was a young man who loved his job, according to his family and friends. continued Being a law enforcement officer "was his thing in life," said his father, John Burkett, Jr. "He bided his time until he got it. " Burkett, 28, was commissioned a police officer Jan. 18, 2000, after taking classes at the state police academy required of all officers.

"I am calling to give a message to Bob Maginnis. I have tried to send a letter to the editor about two months ago. I would like to know why it hasn't appeared in the paper yet. My number is 301-791-3767. May was Mental Health Awareness Month and I really needed it to be in there. I sent two letters in. " "Someone on June 2 found a Black Ponderainian and took her to the SPCA and the owners want to thank them very much. " "This is in reference to the court beat on page B2 on Thursday, June 3. Man pleads guilty of assault case.

Maryland Hagerstown 10 Cineplex Leitersburg Pike 301-797-6454 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals - Fri. - 6:10 p.m.; Sat. - 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 3:50 p.m.; Sun. - 1:30, 3:30 p.m. The Departed - Fri. - 6:05, 9:05 p.m.; Sat. - 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 p.m.; Sun. - 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 p.m. Flags of Our Fathers - Fri. - 6, 8:40 p.m.; Sat. - noon, 2:40, 5:20, 8 p.m.; Sun. - 1:35, 4:15, 6:55 p.m. Flicka ...

Kline to sing with barbershop chorus Tracy Kline of Sharpsburg will sing with the Mason Dixon Barbershop Chorus as part of a combined benefit show with North Hagerstown High's Concert Choir on Saturday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at North Hagerstown High. The show will feature the North High Concert Choir, local barbershop quartets Nice n' Easy, Carousel, and the Prospective Freedom Valley Sweet Adeline Chorus from Chambersburg, Pa. Tickets are available from North High Concert Choir and Barbershop Chorus members, as well as at the door.

Indoor Guard mixes dance, military drills Part sport, part art, part military drill - Indoor Guard combines dance movements and the use of implements usually associated with soldiers such as swords, flags and guns. These "guns," however, are made entirely of wood and use no ammunition. The flags are multicolored, and the swords are not sharp. Indoor Guard has been offered at Hancock Middle-Senior High School for several years now. Diane Mowen started the group and it has continued under the direction of local school teacher Erica Sherrill.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Philip Hayes was 67 and had been retired from the Fire Department more than 20 years on the morning when he rushed to the burning World Trade Center. His family says he rescued children from a day care and then headed to the south tower, where he died. His son, Philip Hayes Jr., was among the mourners who read aloud the names of the lost Friday on the eighth anniversary of 9/11 -- a day when the nation, in rituals of grief and simple acts of volunteerism, rekindled the spirit of service embodied by his father.