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Members of the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps practice Tuesday at Cobourn Field at Martinsburg (W.Va.) High School. The 75-member group from Toledo, Ohio, is practicing for a Drum Corps International event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Practice, which is open to the public, is expected to resume today.

daniels@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - Not a single patient called to cancel their appointment with Dr. Arthur H. Horn on June 1. During the week before that, in fact, the situation was much the same. And the week before. "It's been hectic. We've been seeing like 60 patients a day. Nobody cancels, nobody doesn't show up because they want to see him. They want to say goodbye," said Horn's office manager, Sue Jordan. "They want to have that closure with him. " Horn, who came to Washington County in 1984 to help Washington County Hospital develop a pain management program, began conducting exit visits with his patients about two months ago and shut down his Hagerstown pain management and treatment practice in early June.

Horn player Paul Hopkins doesn't believe in talent. "I don't believe there's a little fairy that runs around and hits people on the head and suddenly you're a gifted musician. It takes work - a long-term commitment and daily practice," he said in a recent phone interview from his New Market, Md., home. Born in San Diego, Hopkins, 39, said he was a Navy brat whose family moved a lot, but he did most of his growing up near Washington, D.C. In addition to playing the horn, Hopkins is involved in the MSO's educational outreach.

A powder-based fire extinguishing system worked properly, keeping a fire in a Hagers-town auto body shop's paint hood from spreading Thursday morning, city Deputy Fire Chief Ron Horn said. "It did exactly what it was supposed to do," Horn said. Fire broke out inside the paint booth at Hub City Auto Body and Painting at 757 Frederick St. at about 10:15 a.m. A heat-sensitive switch turned on the extinguisher, and it took about 20 responding firefighters 10 minutes to put the flames out, Horn said.

pepperb@herald-mail.com Community Rescue Service Director Ron Horn on Monday announced his resignation from the CRS Board of Directors, making him the third board member to leave CRS following the removal of J. Michael Nye as executive director. In a three-page resignation letter addressed to CRS President Terry W. Gearhart, Horn called the action of the board to remove Nye from the post "immature ... and slanderous. " The CRS board voted 6-2 on Oct. 16 to ask Nye to resign within 24 hours or be terminated with two weeks' notice.

daniels@herald-mail.com A family in the 200 block of South Locust Street in Hagerstown escaped injury Tuesday after their house caught on fire, officials said. Hagerstown Fire Department Deputy Chief Ron Horn said the family reported the incident after smelling smoke inside their 233 S. Locust St. home. Neighbors and workers from a roofing company working at a residence next to the house reported seeing smoke coming from the chimney. Horn said he does not believe the roofing work next door played any role in the fire.

The chief and a deputy chief of the Hagerstown Fire Department plan to retire in June. Gary Hawbaker has been the city's fire chief since June 10, 1985, when he was hired, the city said in a news release. He plans to retire effective June 25. Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Horn also will retire. Horn was hired in 1975. He became a captain in 1986, battalion chief in 1993 and deputy chief in 2003, the city's news release said. The city has appointed William "Kyd" Dieterich to be acting fire chief after Hawbaker and Horn retire.

Charles T. "Tom" Brown Sr. was named Firefighter of the Year Nov. 15 by the Exchange Club of Hagerstown in a ceremony at Nick's Airport Inn. Brown, who was nominated for the honor by Hagerstown Fire Department's Deputy Chief Ronald Horn, began his career in February 1975 as a firefighter/apparatus operator. In just a few months, Brown was awarded the slot of regular operator of HFD's ladder truck, No. 4, which Horn said was one of the most difficult pieces of equipment to operate.

Symphony's Own takes center stage at Maryland Theatre By KEVIN CLAPP kevinc@herald-mail.com Mimicking the title of the opening number, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra celebrated the talents of its own performers Sunday afternoon at The Maryland Theatre. The Symphony's Own, an annual MasterWorks series performance that takes symphony members out from the shadows of guest soloists, was a big hit with the full theater, making up for a Saturday night that was sparse because of the wintry weather.

By GUY FLETCHER Staff Writer BALTIMORE - Barry Tuckwell's career of mastering the precarious French horn came full circle Thursday night, as he began the last three days of his professional career by performing Mozart's "Horn Concerto No. 3. " It was an appropriate choice of music for Tuckwell, a Hagerstown resident who generally is considered to be the greatest living French horn player. He first performed the concerto 50 years ago, when he started his professional career with an orchestra in his native Australia.

Donna Mae Horn, 92, of Pleasant Walk Road, Wolfsville, passed away Tuesday, May 14, at Meritus Medical center. Born Jan. 3, 1921, at Wolfsville, she was the daughter of the late William G. and Orpha Wolfe Eccard. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Victor W. Buhrman, in 1978 and her second husband, William Harold Horn, in 1998. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, Wolfsville. She is survived by a son, Victor W. (Bill) Buhrman, two daughters, Andrea M. Palmer and Charlotte E. Wisner, all of Myersville; eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and six great-great- grandchildren.

Juanita Van Horn, 92, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. The graveside service will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Woodrow Union Cemetery, Paw Paw, W.Va. Arrangements are by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Berkeley Springs.

A great horned owl was released into the wild on Sept. 19 after being rehabilitated by Blue Ridge Wildlife Center for five months after being found in mid-April under a tree near the Saint James School campus. The owl, named Clark after Dick Clark, who died on the same day in April, was taken to the wildlife center in Millwood, Va., where it was provided with veterinary and rehabilitation care. Dr. Belinda Burwell brought Clark and a companion owl, which was rescued in Richmond, Va., to the campus in mid-September.

Roxy Delores Horning, 79, of 344 Nottingham Road, Hagerstown, Md., passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Friday, Oct. 28, 1932, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Hartman and the late Elizabeth Ann Williams Hartman Hurd. She was formerly employed with Peoples Drug Store on West Franklin Street, Hagerstown, and at Salem Avenue Elementary School. Roxy was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be greatly missed. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Clarence Melvin "Mel" Horning of Hagerstown; daughter, Cindy L. Keller and husband, Tim, of Chambersburg, Pa.; son, Melvin Scott Horning of Hagerstown; sister, Sandra Hartman of Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; brother, Nelson Hartman of Hagerstown; granddaughters, Ashley Weigand, Olivia Keller and Isabella Keller, and grandson, Joshua Barnes.

Job Development Center and Kemp Horn alumni dance will be Saturday, Feb. 25, doors open at 6 p.m., dancing 7 to 10 p.m. Smithsburg Fire Hall, 22 N. Main St., Smithsburg. Light refreshments, music, games, door prizes and more. Cost is $5, for alumni and guests. RSVP to 301-766-8451.

Just past the finish line, Brandon Horning was reduced to a lifeless heap. The Hagerstown Community College freshman had left it all on the track during the men's 1,000-meter run at the HCC Indoor Track & Field Invitational on Saturday at the ARCC. “That was rough, the hardest race I've ever run,” said Horning, a 2011 South Hagerstown graduate. “It was all arms, I couldn't feel my legs at all. When I was finished, my legs were so dead I couldn't walk.” But it sure was worth the effort.

J. Ann Horn, 56, of 181 Stanford Road, Hagerstown, Md., passed away after a long battle with an aggressive breast cancer on Oct. 23, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her family. Born Friday, Feb. 4, 1955, in Harrisburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Robert William Kistler and Audrey Yvonne (Lyons) Kistler. She graduated from Susquehanna Township High School, Harrisburg, in 1973, and later graduated from medical secretarial school in Hagerstown. She was employed at Stine, Davis & Peck Insurance until 2009, and, along with her husband, owned and operated Superior Dairy in Hagerstown from 1998 until the present.

Mary Amanda Ridge Horne, 69, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died Saturday, June 11, 2011, at her home.  The service and burial will be private. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va.   

Carol Marie Van Horn, 67, of Hagerstown, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at her home. There will be no services or visitation. Arrangements are by Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd., Hagerstown.

There is a mention in a history of the Rohrersville Cornet Band that the founder of the group, Washington McCoy, is buried “within a stone’s throw” of the band’s performance hall. Perhaps McCoy is keeping an eye on the band, according to the history. He might have a busy job, given that the band is the longest-running community band in Maryland, members said Sunday. Organized in 1837, the Rohrersville Cornet Band is representative of bands that were a form of entertainment before television and radio, said Toby Gibbon, a clarinet player and president of the group who performed in the group’s spring concert Sunday.