Kentucky

Heritage Academy valedictorian Benjamin Allen Martin is the son of Duane and Sharon Martin and has the distinction of being the first graduate having attended Heritage since kindergarten who has a parent who also attended the school from Kindergarten through twelfth grade.  While at Heritage Ben participated in basketball and also helped with the school production of I Remember Mama.  Ben is currently employed at Martin Siding and will be attending Hagerstown Community College in the fall majoring in engineering.

SEPT. 14, 1928-OCT. 30, 2009 Ann S. Ausherman, 81, of Hagerstown, passed away Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Washington County Hospital. Born Sept. 14, 1928, in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Gertrude A. (Blankline) Schoolden. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, David William Ausherman Jr. Ann is survived by three daughters, Sundra L. Ware of Bedford, Pa., Patricia A. Stivell of Virginia Beach, Va., and Cathy L. Vitti of Whiting, N.J.; one son, David R. Ausherman of West Virginia; two sisters, Edna Abel of Kentucky and Audrey Salvato of Brooklyn, N.Y.; seven grandchildren, Candace C. Bennett, Melissa A. Ware, Katharine Sahene, Benjamin Bean, Sarah Shumaker, Tyler Ausherman and Ashley Riffe; and seven great-grandchildren.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Twenty-one people were indicted Thursday by a grand jury convened on the third day of the February term in Berkeley County Circuit Court, according to signed copies of the panel's true bills released by county Prosecutor Pamela J. Games-Neely's office. Forty-three others were indicted Tuesday and Wednesday. Indicted were: · Stephen R. Fielder, 58, of P.O. Box 359 in Bunker Hill, W.Va., on one count of murder. · Thomas Anthony Dawson, 21, of 343 Blair St. in Martinsburg, on counts of first-degree murder, felony murder, burglary and first-degree arson.

The Kentucky HeadHunters They're back - overalls and all By JIM PATTERSON Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Fred Young, drummer for The Kentucky HeadHunters and owner of one bodacious pair of sideburns, still can get pretty worked up about the last season of "Hee Haw. " For those who don't remember, producers tried to boost ratings by taking the proudly hokey TV show out of the cornfield and gussying it up a bit....

A Kentucky man died Wednesday after his car ran off Interstate 70 and overturned, Maryland State Police said. John Franklin Souder, 61, of Shelbyville, Ky., was westbound on I-70 east of the Sharpsburg Pike exit when his car veered onto the right shoulder and hit a guardrail about 1:40 p.m., police said. The 1994 Oldsmobile then swerved back to the left and became airborne over the center median embankment, police said. The vehicle overturned and Souder, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the car, police said.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Little Antietam Creek Inc. and Antietam Historical Association will host a Kentucky Derby party on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. The party will be held at the 1912 Hoover House on West Main Street in Waynesboro. Activities will include a recorded presentation about the history of horse racing, a hat parade contest, and the televised running of the 136th Kentucky Derby at approximately 6:15 p.m. Dinner will be served immediately following the race. There are three levels of admission at $15, $45 and $75. The $45 admission includes a buffet supper, and the $75 one includes an "Old Kentucky dinner.

COLLEGE BASEBALL RICHMOND, Ky. -- A.J. Jamison, The Herald-Mail Hitter of the Year in 2008, starred for Eastern Kentucky in the Colonels' 25-6 win over Morehead State on Sunday. Jamison went 3-for-6 with six RBIs and scored three runs. He had a three-run homer, a solo shot, a run-scoring single and a sacrifice fly. He is batting .294 with three homers and 12 RBIs for the season. GIRLS LACROSSE St. James 11, St. Andrew's 9 POTOMAC, Md. -- Caroline Salisbury and Jina Hontz each scored three goals to lead St. James to the victory Saturday.

This is my spinoff of a Hot Brown, an open-faced turkey-and-bacon sandwich covered in Mornay sauce. The sandwich originated in 1926 at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Ky. I went with pot roast for a more hearty style and substituted sliced, smoked cheddar instead of Mornay sauce, a classic French cheese sauce. A panino is a pressed, heated Italian sandwich; the plural of panino is panini. The specialized appliance used to make a panino is called a panini press. Scott's Panini Brown (Ingredients in bold are seasonally available this week at many area farmers markets.

larryy@herald-mail.com To Oscar Spigler, they're only numbers. There's 87, his age; 67, the number of years he's been married to Rita; and 50, the number of years, come Saturday, he will have been on hand for the Kentucky Derby. Spigler, of Hagerstown, plans to be at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., for Saturday's 128th Run for the Roses, an event he's already attended for 49 years. "I look forward to this every year. God willing, good health, I'll continue going to Kentucky each year," Spigler said as he prepared for his annual 550-mile trek to the Bluegrass State.