LIFESTYLE
May 22, 2013
Birthdays Wednesday - Kelli Jones, Langley Drive, Hagerstown, turns 30; Ashley Brugh, White Pine Drive, Hagerstown, turns 25. Anniversary Wednesday - Jimmy and Kim Martz, Sharpsburg, are celebrating their 14th anniversary. • To submit a milestone, mail the information to The Herald-Mail, P.O. Box 439, Hagerstown, MD 21741; fax it to 301-714-0245; or email tonym@herald-mail.com .
OBITUARIES
May 21, 2013
Jennie Suranno Nally, 96, formerly of Naples Drive, Hagerstown, Md., went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 18, 2013. Born April 3, 1917, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Maria Mitrione Suranno. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Z. Nally, Sr., on July 15, 2009, whom she married June 22, 1946. Jennie was previously employed with Fairchild Aircraft and was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary.
OBITUARIES
May 21, 2013
Amelia L. Chaney, 67, of Hagerstown, Md., died April 8, 2013, at her daughter's home in Texas under Hospice care. Born Jan. 1, 1946, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Christina M. Chaney. She retired from Washington County Public Schools on Jan. 1, 2012. She leaves to cherish her memory daughters, Diana C. Simon (Freddie) of Beaumont, Texas, and Lisa A. and Michael Wertman of Hagerstown; three sisters, Linda Brill of Smithsburg, Md., Carol and Lewis Lucas of Boonsboro, Md., and Mary and Vernon Richmond of West Virginia; three brothers, Charles Chaney of Hagerstown, Frank and Barb Chaney of Georgia, and Michael and Marion Chaney of Georgia; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; family friends; and a very special friend, Rose Wood.
OPINION
May 21, 2013
New stadium should be built along Interstate 81 To the editor: As a Hagerstown Suns season ticketholder who lives in Frederick County, Md., I have the luxury of viewing the stadium rebuild/relocate issue from the forest and not the trees vantage point. I have a vested interest, but I will not be directly impacted by any decisions being made. However, I am disappointed by the continual adversarial environment between the Suns organization, local political and planning individuals, and the citizens of Hagerstown.
LIFESTYLE
May 21, 2013
Linda Altizer of Hagerstown visited The Home of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Raigarh, India, on a mission trip through Central India Christian Mission that she took in late January and early February. More than 500 disabled children live in the orphanage. It was Altizer's ninth overseas mission trip and her fourth to central India, where she shared Christian and medical ministry. Altizer, who is joint/ortho care coordinator at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland, Md., returned with the goal of raising money for a C-T scanner and MRI machine for a poorly equipped mission hospital in India.
OBITUARIES
May 21, 2013
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.
NEWS
May 21, 2013
The Hagerstown Police Department responded to the following incidents: Sunday • At 3:43 p.m., a property damage accident was reported in the first block of Manor Drive. • At 4:21 p.m., police assisted EMS in the 200 block of North Mulberry Street. • At 5:50 p.m., a theft was reported in the first block of Church Street. • At 6:39 p.m., a theft was reported in the first block of East Baltimore Street. • At 6:58 p.m., warrant service was conducted in the 500 block of Claire Street.
NEWS
By DAVE McMILLION | davem@herald-mail.com | May 21, 2013
Hagerstown City Council members passed a $133.1 million budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year Tuesday night, but not without a lot of wrangling. Among the items discussed were financial issues facing the city and whether enough is being done for city employees. The budget was passed on a 4-1 vote, with council member Penny Nigh voting against it. An amendment was made to the budget to allocate $3,000 to the Maryland Food Bank for use in Hagerstown. The money will come from an unspecified agency account.
BREAKINGNEWS
May 20, 2013
The slow lane of eastbound Interstate 70 near the U.S. 40 exit east of Hagerstown was closed for about an hour Monday because of a single-vehicle accident, according to Washington County Emergency Services. One person was reported to have back and neck pain from the accident, which was reported at 11:31 a.m. Monday, a 911 supervisor said. The lane reopened at about 12:30 p.m., according to Maryland State Police. - Julie E. Greene