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About 80 teenagers from Catholic churches in Washington and Frederick counties recently went to different parts of Hagerstown to help others by volunteering. The program, called iServe, was a two-day event organized by St. Mary Catholic Church. Teenagers stayed overnight at St. Mary's and worked for two days with Hagerstown-area nonprofit groups, such as The Salvation Army, Walnut Towers, Food Resources Inc., Holly Place, REACH and the Walnut Street Health Center. Brooklyn Needy, 17, a junior at North Hagerstown High School, said, "My favorite part was delivering food to the houses with disabled people.

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Andrew Beadle Clear Spring Tennis Senior What's your favorite food? Hot wings Who is your favorite cartoon character? Peter Griffin from "Family Guy" What is your biggest ambition? Play professional tennis Three people I'd like to have lunch with: Maria Sharapova, Freddy Adu, D.J. Strawberry Who's your favorite musical group or artist? Kanye West The best thing about my school is: There's not many people so it's not crowded The worst thing about my school is: Drama My classmates would probably name me 'Most likely to ...': Succeed One place I'd most like to visit: Melbourne, Australia If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. - Five people were charged this week in an alleged scheme in which more than $8,000 in digital video discs and other electronic equipment were stolen from five Wal-Marts in the Tri-State area, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Lonnie E. Pennington, 29, David L. Pennington, 33, and Jack R. Pennington, 27, all of Kearneysville, W.Va.; Amanda R. Smith, 21, of Inwood, W.Va.; and Christine Crosbie, 43, of Falling Waters, W.Va., were arrested Thursday afternoon by West Virginia State Police at Famous Pawn Brokers at 911 Winchester Ave., according to court records . The three men were arraigned Friday on charges of transferring stolen property, conspiracy to bring stolen property into West Virginia and fraudulent schemes, according to court records.

Sheriff's deputies respond to calls The Washington County Sheriff's Department responded to the following calls since Tuesday, Sgt. Roy Harsh said: Today: At 12:43 a.m., a window was reported broken out at BP Lesky Distributing Co. at 120 Western Maryland Parkway. At 6:18 a.m., a bullet reportedly struck a 2006 Chevrolet truck parked in the 18000 block of West Oak Ridge Drive. Tuesday: At 7:13 a.m., a Honda Del Sol was reported broken into at Hagerstown Honda at 10307 Auto Place.

The section formerly known as Next has a new name - Pulse. The revamped section launched Feb. 14, when we asked Tri-State-area teens to submit names. We received more than 300 suggestions, narrowed those down and asked for further help via a reader vote. Following staff discussion and readers voting for their favorite names, Pulse made the cut - thanks to Ashley Kendle of Hagerstown. She wins an iPod nano, which was offered as a reward to the person submitting the name selected for the teen section.

Got a suggestion for a new name for our newly designed teen section? Get it to us by 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, to be eligible to win a new iPod. A group of teenagers helped redesign this teen section, formerly known as Next, which needs a new name to reflect the changes. Whoever comes up with the name we use will receive an iPod. Local teen writers and photographers generate the majority of the content, which focuses on teen lifestyles and entertainment. Please e-mail your ideas for a new name to Lifestyle Editor Jake Womer at jakew@herald-mail.