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High honors Form 6 - Kristen DiGirolamo, Jenny Ho, Lacy Ketzner, Soja Morgens, Teresa Pecoraro, Kara Rosenthal, Annika Sellgren, Troy Townsend, Katie Tuider. Form 5 - Jessica Greenberg, Yusuke Haffeman-Udagawa, Yoon-sung Han, Chris Hartley, Francis Jones, Laurel Mylonas-Orwig, Daniel Park, Min Soo Park, Caroline Roza, Katherine Roza. Form 4 - Lauren Bust, Miles Chan, Leona Leung, Omar Pasha, Joe Pecoraro. Form 3 - Colin Alexander, Michael DiGirolamo, Lee Draper, Heartie Dunnan, Suk-Woo Lee, Rex Salisbury, Amber Townsend.

Students at Hickory Elementary School form a mushroom using a parachute during gym class Thursday afternoon.

Second trimester High honors Form 6 - Francis Jones, Whitney Kimmel, Laurel Mylonas-Orwig. Form 5 - Lauren Blount, Lauren Bust, Elizabeth Carrill, Miles Chan, Candice Choe, Catherine Gonzalez, Sarah Morgan, Omar Pasha, Margaret Vieira. Form 4 - Andrew Brooks, Michael DiGirolamo, Lauren Orsini, Rex Salisbury, Amber Townsend. Form 3 - Zachary Buzzell, James Knable, Jun-Woo Lee, Colin McWilliams, Cyrus Morgan, William Oldfather, Dean Young, Jillian Zeber.

Isaiah Brooks, 7, shows his pitching form at Sunday's Pepsi Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run event at Hagerstown's Brandenburg Field on Mill Street.

Icicles hang from road signs Monday on U.S. 40 atop Sideling Hill. Lower temperatures in the high elevation and freezing rain caused ice to form.

Does a newborn baby have as many bones as an adult? A newborn has 300 bones at birth. Over time, some of these fuse to form the 206 bones found in adults.

REACH of Washington County is seeking submissions for a new logo to professionally represent the mission and values of the organization in a variety of traditional printed and online mediums. Submissions are due by noon, Friday, March 16. Submissions must include a completed concept submission form and release form. Each logo concept must be submitted in two formats: incorporating "REACH" into the design; and incorporating "REACH of Washington County. " The first-place winner will receive $300.

The past two weeks, I have been at training sessions out of state. The first was a SARE Fellows tour in Kentucky. SARE stands for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. Sustainable agriculture is a popular term nowadays, but let's be serious - agriculture has always had to be sustainable. Now, before you purists get excited, I will share today's definition of sustainable agriculture. In 1996, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Daniel Glickman issued a memorandum on USDA sustainable agriculture policy.

Williamsport's Jesse Zeger and Cody Grams both found their form at the right time as the Wildcats successfully defended their boys team title at the MVAL Antietam Conference Track & Field Championships on Friday evening at Oakdale High School. Zeger was the champion in both 110-meter hurdles (15.46 seconds) and 300 hurdles (41.30). “Two weeks ago at Walkersville (at the Talley Zimmerman Invitational), I didn't even make the finals of the 110 hurdles and was only fourth in the 300 hurdles,” Zeger said.

Editor's note: This is one in an occasional series of stories on findings and recommendations in The Hagerstown and Washington County Economic Development Strategic Plan. Coming Monday: A look at other economic development agencies and how they operate. The Washington County Board of Commissioners has made some changes to the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission's organization and staffing, but it remains to be seen if more fundamental changes are on the way. Last week, the EDC's board of directors voted to recommend that the county commissioners create the position of strategic economic plan coordinator.

Mount Zion Lutheran Church, at 20214 N. Locust Grove Road, invites the community to join a sewing group that meets one day and one evening a month. The next sessions will be Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon and 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. No sewing skills are necessary. Plenty of jobs are available for volunteers who can cut material, pin pieces and tie quilts together. For more information, call Carol Little at 301-432-5370. Fire company to hold money bingo Potomac Valley Fire Co. in Dargan will hold a money bingo Saturday, March 16, at 1 p.m. in the fire hall.

The Hagerstown Community College softball team opens its 2013 season today looking to improve on a 20-21 record and third-place finish in the Region XX Tournament last season. “I think we're going to be successful and finish in the top four in the conference,” said coach Thomas Burge, who will begin his first season at the helm for the Hawks. “I am looking forward to opening the season. I believe the fall season and spring pre-season have put together a strong foundation for the upcoming season.” The Hawks return four sophomores from last year, led by catcher and shortstop Kayla Ewing of Williamsport.

Proving the “validity of photography as an art form,” more than 250 people attended an awards ceremony for the 80th annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Sunday afternoon. Landscapes, people, objects and abstract designs were among the images captured in the photographs in the contest, which attracted more than 400 entries this year. Kristin Camitta Zimet of Winchester, Va., one of the photographers who received awards, said the contest helps prove the “validity of photography as an art form.” Rebecca Massie Lane, director of the museum, said the contest's long-running record points to its rich legacy.

For the vast majority of high school football players in Hagerstown, the North-South game is not just the final game of the season. It often becomes the final time those players ever dress in pads for a full-contact game. Now those old Hubs and Rebels could have another chance to buckle a chin strap and do some hitting. Last spring, Gridiron Alumni fielded a game at Shepherd University between former players from Martinsburg and Musselman high schools. This year, they want to bring a game to the Hub City.

A majority of taxpayers won't be permitted to file their 2012 federal income taxes until Jan. 30 to give the Internal Revenue Service time to update forms and instructions that changed as a result of the American Taxpayer Relief Act. Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act at the beginning of this month to avert the fiscal cliff. President Barack Obama signed the act into law Jan. 2. In addition to updating forms and instructions, the IRS will have to complete programming and tests on its processing systems before taxpayers will be permitted to file, according to an IRS news release.

Boy Scout Troop 412 conducted its first Court of Honor on Dec. 17. Troop 412 is a newly formed troop at Paramount Baptist Church in Hagerstown. The troop was chartered in September by the Mason-Dixon Council, Boy Scouts of America.

He wanted to play center field for the New York Yankees, just like his childhood hero, Mickey Mantle. A budding talent was there. So was the love of the game. But around the age of 15, his batting eye disappeared, he said, "and I just couldn't hit the ball anymore. " So Dr. Charles Chaney thought maybe he would emulate his second hero - Bob Keadle, a Hagerstown physician. He was in the ninth grade when he decided to pursue medicine. It's a decision his patients are glad he made.