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Sunday, February 12, 2012 COLLEGE BASKETBALL The postseason begins for Hagerstown Community College on Tuesday when the men's and women's basketball teams host first round games in the Maryland JuCo Tournament. HCC's women (22-3) are seeded fourth and will host College of Southern Maryland, the 13th seed, in a play-in game at 2 p.m. at the HCC athletic complex. The game provides Hawks coach Marlys Palmer, who will retire after this season, a final postseason appearance on the home floor.

Do you sell bowling balls to Bangladesh or dish towels to Delhi? If you export your goods or services around the world and have used a federal government program or assistance to get there, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Visa Inc. want to see your story. The 2013 SBA-Visa Export Video Contest offers participants the chance to win up to $10,000 in prize money. Eligible small-business exporters may submit a video that highlights how the business became a successful exporter, the benefits of exporting and government programs available to help them export.

The Drucks, a husband and wife singing duo from Pennsylvania, will perform today from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Senior Center at Girls Inc., 626 Washington Ave., Hagerstown. The couple travels throughout the country proclaiming the gospel through their ministry of music that began in the late 1970s. It became a full-time mission once they retired in 2002. For more information, go to www.thedrucks.org. For more information about the concert, call 301-671-2368.

Approximately 200 AMVETS, AMVETS Auxiliary and Sons of AMVETS members are expected to attend the annual AMVETS, Department of Maryland Convention, Friday and Saturday in Hagerstown. The convention will be held at the Hagerstown Hotel and Conference Center on the Dual Highway. The agenda for the AMVETS convention will include business meetings, and speakers on veterans' issues and benefits. The AMVETS will award eight $1,000 scholarships during the convention. On Friday night, the attendees will gather from 7 to 9 p.m. to auction donated items.

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association is hosting a 10-day Panama Canal cruise in February 2013. The fourth annual HCC Alumni and Friends Cruise will take place from Friday, Feb. 15, through Monday, Feb. 25. Port stops include Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; Aruba; Curacao; Cristobal, Panama; Colon, Panama; and Lima, Costa Rica. The cruise is open to the public. Rates start at $2,306.43 per person/double occupancy. A portion of the cruise fee will benefit HCC student scholarships and the HCC Foundation.

The Hagerstown Suns and Goodwill Industries of Hagerstown will host Goodwill Night Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Municipal Stadium, 274 E. Memorial Blvd., Hagerstown. The Suns plays the Kannapolis Intimdators at 7:05 p.m. Fans are encouraged to bring items to donate to get a voucher for free tickets to Sunday, Sept. 2, game against the Asheville Tourists. For more information about the Suns, go to www.hagerstownsuns.com .

John Wesley United Methodist Church, at 129 N. Potomac St. in Hagerstown, will host a cabin fever picnic Saturday, Jan. 28, from noon to 4 p.m. It will include bingo, beanbag toss, miniature golf, spoon races, a sing-along, door prizes and other activities. The menu includes burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, macaroni salad, baked beans, chips, beverage and a sundae bar. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $4 for those ages 4 to 12. Those younger than 4 will be admitted free. The public is invited.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Funkstown and Christ Lutheran Church in Hagerstown will host a vacation Bible school from June 18 to 22. It will be at Christ Lutheran Church, 216 N. Cleveland Ave. in Hagerstown The theme will be “Babylon: Daniel's Courage in Captivity.” It will be held from 6 to 8:20 p.m., preceded by a light meal at 5:30 p.m. There will be singing, stories, snacks, recreation and crafts. For more information,  call the church office at 301-733-3482 between 9 a.m. and noon. 

Dancin' Time Studios will host its fall registration for dance classes from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the studio, 927 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. A registration fee will be waived, if first month of classes are paid in full. Classes begin Monday, Aug. 29. For the class schedule go to mysite.verizon.net/vzevp89y . For more information, contact Dancin' Time Studios at 301-797-5696 or dancintimestudios@verizon.net .

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will host the U.S. Army Field Band's Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus as part of its annual Red, White and Blue Summer Concert Series on Sunday, July 1, at 4:30 p.m., at HCC's Alumni Amphitheater. Co-sponsored by the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the concert is free and open to the public. Concessions will be available for purchase. No outside food is permitted on the amphitheater grounds. For more information, call 240-500-2346, or go to www.hagerstowncc.edu/alumni-friends . To learn more about the band and chorus, go to www.armyfieldband.com .

Joe Hartt spent 13 years of his life flying missionaries and supplies in and out of the jungles of Zaire as a bush pilot. On Saturday, Hartt, 58, of State Line, Pa., stayed in touch with his interest in aircraft on the decidedly tamer landscape of a field off Old Forge Road in Hagerstown. The Pegasus Radio Control Airplane Club hosted a show there to benefit the John R. Marsh Cancer Center. Hartt said that, ironically, he first became familiar with radio control - or RC - aircraft while in Zaire, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hagerstown Aviation Museum will present an Open Airplane Afternoon Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. adjacent to Washington County Regional Airport. Attendees can bring the family to celebrate Father's Day. Attendees can climb aboard and sit in the cockpit of the Fairchild C-82 and C-119 Flying Boxcar, and see other museum aircraft, such as the 1943 Fairchild PT-19 World War II Trainer and the 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 biplane, all built in Hagerstown....

The name is quizzical to the unfamiliar, but makes perfect sense to those in the know. Brook Lane Health Services hosted its eighth annual Scoops and Wickets event Saturday at the hospital's Leitersburg-Smithsburg Road campus near Leitersburg. “Scoops is for ice cream and wickets is for croquet,” said Kay Hoffman, the hospital's director of development. Hoffman said the hospital conceived of the event as a family fun day, and figured ice cream and competitive croquet would do the trick.

Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter is hosting its second annual golf tournament on Friday, June 14, at the Chambersburg Country Club. Registration begins at noon with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The format is a four-person scramble, but new this year will be a handicap scramble. The registration fee is $100 per golfer, which includes golf, use of a cart, range balls, a boxed lunch, beverages on the course, light hors d'oeuvres at the awards ceremony following the round and prizes. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Chambersburg-area shelter's Retire the Debt campaign.

Citizens for the Protection of Washington County will hold its monthly meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Halfway Fire Co., Lexington Avenue. The agenda will include approval of proposed changes in bylaws, recycling and landfill fees, petition signatures, airport, Boonsboro Greenfest and results of petition drive. The meeting is open to the public.      Mall show features motorized products The Valley Mall will be showcasing all things motorized at the Get Your Motor Runnin' mallwide show on Thursday, June 13. Businesses that feature cars, trucks, campers, motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, lawn mowers, boats, tractors, hauling trailers and other products are invited to display their wares from June 13 to 24. For information and/or to register for the event, call 301-582-0701 or email willsm@preit.com or bergers@preit.com.

Monocacy National Battlefield will host a regular schedule of free summer ranger programs. On weekdays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., National Park Service rangers will present “Race to Washington,” an orientation to the Battle of Monocacy. On Saturday and Sunday, the battlefield orientation will be presented at 3 p.m., with additional programs covering a variety of subjects offered at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The 11 a.m. programs will focus on the history of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Junction through stories about the Civil War, civilian life at that time, and the experiences of free and enslaved blacks.

The Eastern Panhandle is slated to host the state's biennial exhibition of art and crafts for the first time in the juried show's history. The 2013 West Virginia Juried Exhibition is slated to open Nov. 24 in Martinsburg at the historic Dunn mill building at 400 W. Stephen St., which now houses many of Berkeley County's government offices. “This will be the fourth city, outside of Charleston, in which the exhibition has opened,” said Caryn S. Gresham, deputy commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

For Vietnam War veteran Michael Read, Monday's free pancake breakfast at War Memorial Park in Martinsburg was a great opportunity. “At gatherings like these, you get to see a lot of other guys,” Read said before making a dent in the pancakes and sausage he and his wife, Carol, were served at the Martinsburg Rotary Club's annual Memorial Day event. The Martinsburg couple were among about 500 people who were served at the three-hour breakfast, according to Rotary Club President Pam Wagoner, who co-chaired the event with Chris Johnson.

Tri-State Ravens Nest No. 12 will hold its annual banquet Saturday, June 1, from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 1718 Underpass Way in Halfway. The club will honor Kelechi Osemele of the Baltimore Ravens with its Player of the Year award and give out scholarships to local high school players. There will be a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m., followed by silent and live auctions. Tickets cost $30 per person. For tickets, call Kim Wesmiller at 301-432-6933. 

Hagerstown Community College will hold its fourth annual Quest for Excellence Nursing Simulation Conference on Tuesday, June 4, and Wednesday, June 5, in the Elliott Center on HCC's main campus. Sponsored by the Maryland Community Colleges Simulation Users Network, the  conference is intended for community college faculty, lab coordinators, lab technicians, and those working in nursing and allied health programs who are interested in incorporating simulation into their course curricula.