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St. John's Episcopal Church will install the Rev. Ann Boyd as its new rector June 20. Trained first as a scientist, the Rev. Boyd completed a Ph.D. at LSU in 1971, and worked in cancer research at Fort Detrick from 1973 to 1988. She began teaching graduate courses at Hood College in 1975, and moved from full-time research to full-time teaching in 1982. She served as chairwoman of the Department of Biology for six years, dean of the graduate school for nine years and continues to teach at Hood.

The Washington County Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Committee awarded two scholarships to Washington County students. Katie Coffman is a senior at Washington County Technical High School. She will study speech pathology/audiology at West Liberty University. Paige DeVore is a senior at North Hagerstown High School. She will study biochemistry at Hood College. The committee also has 28 returning students majoring in a medical field. Each will receive $1,000 per year ($500 for spring and fall semesters)

Betty A. (Bange) Kuczynski began studying music as a young girl, learning to play the piano. Her love for the piano and music motivated her study of piano and organ at Hood College, Peabody Conservatory of Music and Chautauqua Institute. She continued to be involved in music through her adult life by performing publicly and privately, participating as a member of numerous music organizations and supporting the musical arts in Washington County. The family of Betty A. Kuczynski believes it is only fitting that she be remembered by helping a deserving student further his or her passion for music by offering a $500 post-secondary scholarship for the 2010-11 academic year.

HORSE RACING CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- With a win aboard Citigambler in Sunday's third race, jockey Travis Dunkelberger equaled the North American record for consecutive wins by a jockey with nine. The record was established by Albert Adams in 1930 and equaled in 1993 by Anthony Black. Dunkelberger's effort to hold the record outright fell short in Sunday's seventh race when Warm Springs Girl finished second as the odds-on favorite. Dunkelberger's winning streak came in races at both Charles Town and Laurel, with his last defeat coming in Laurel's fifth race on Wednesday.

To some, Gaye McGovern is simply their insurance agent - owner of Gaye McGovern Insurance Agency Inc. - whose office is just east of town, off Robinwood Drive. To others, she's a mover and shaker in Hagerstown's business world. To a very important somebody, she's a grandmother deeply interested in keeping up with the latest bike trick and school lesson via iChat. Just who is Gaye McGovern? A member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hagerstown, McGovern, 66, of Hagerstown, is involved in an array of community organizations and has served on the boards or advisory committees for more than 15 organizations.

COLLEGE HOOPS The Hagerstown Community College men's basketball team will play Harford Community College at the Verizon Center in Washington on Nov. 18 at 3 p.m., before the Washington Wizards face the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7. Upper-level tickets are on sale for $40 for both games. Tickets to see the HCC/Harford game only will not be sold. To buy tickets, visit the Web site www.verizoncenter.com/wiz/hccvshcc and use the special offer code "hccvshcc. " For more information, contact Steve Zarick at 202-661-5050, ext. 3858, or by e-mail at szarick@washsports.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Bethany Garnand of Hagerstown, a freshman at Lycoming College, has been accepted into the Lycoming Scholars Program, which is designed to meet the needs of students with superior intellectual ability. Bethany is a Smithsburg High School graduate. Scholars are admitted to the program based on high school achievement. Scholars must complete higher-level distribution courses, as well as an independent project during their junior or senior year. For the fall semester, the scholars will study the issue of war and discuss the question, "Is war one of the fundamental human experiences?"

HAGERSTOWN -- Margaret Kline doesn't think of herself as a pioneer, despite the fact she was the first woman to work uniform patrol with the Hagerstown Police Department 35 years ago. "When I started in 1974, I was the first woman with arrest powers," Kline said. Her career since that historic beginning led recently to her being honored as Woman of the Year by the Hagerstown Business and Professional Women's Club. Kline, 53, said she was overwhelmed by the honor, which she feels is an acknowledgment of her body of work -- from working patrol to her current rank of lieutenant.

FREDERICK, Md. -- A scholarship in memory of Regina Culler Munshour has been established at Frederick Community College by her daughter, Jean Munshour, a 38-year employee of the college. Regina Munshour died in May 2008, 11 days before her 100th birthday. Her daughter created the scholarship to honor her mother's devotion to the medical profession. Regina Munshour was a medical secretary for 50 years. She worked for Drs. A. Austin Pearre Sr., Henry V. Chase, Edward P. Thomas Sr. and William Meredith Smith.

New secretary talks roads, air, rail MARYLAND -- When Beverley K. Swaim-Staley first attended Hood College, she wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life. "I think I was a pre-med major at one point ... Like most kids, you change your major after you get to school," she said. Before long, she took someone's advice and pursued what she enjoyed -- political science and government. Thirty years later, her road through state government has led her to a position in Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's cabinet.