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SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman will address Shepherd University's class of 2010 at the school's May 15 commencement. Workman also will receive an honorary doctorate from the university. Workman became the first woman elected to the court in 1988 and the first woman elected to a statewide office. A native West Virginian, Workman received her law degree in 1974 from the West Virginia University College of Law. Her father was a coal miner whose ancestors were among the first settlers of Boone County.

marlob@herald-mail.com While praising CASA's volunteers and staff for their work combating domestic violence in Washington County, the wife of Maryland's governor said Wednesday night she fears the agency and others will face cuts if her husband's call for slots fails. "The governor needs his budget to balance and it won't without slots," Kendal Ehrlich said as she addressed CASA's annual dinner meeting at Four Points Sheraton on Dual Highway. She said her husband, Gov. Robert Ehrlich, was committed to his promise not to increase sales or income taxes in Maryland.

SHIPPENSBURG, PA.-Pamela O'Berry Evans was the first in her family to graduate from college when she graduated from Shippensburg University in 1990. Evans, who currently is a commissioner for the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, came back to her alma mater on Saturday as the keynote speaker for Shippensburg's spring commencement. "I want to salute this university, which I am proud to call my alma mater," Evans said as she began her speech to approximately 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students.

Bahauddin-Bandy Anita M. Bahauddin and Bikram Bandy announce their engagement. Ms. Bahauddin is the daughter of Abul and Rita Bahauddin of Gaithersburg, Md. She is a 1992 graduate of Jackson High School in Jackson, Mich., received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from University of Michigan in 1996 and a law degree from American University's Washington College of Law in 1999. She is employed as an attorney with the law firm of Proskauer Rose in Washington, D.C. Mr. Bandy is the son of Dr. Bibhas C. Bandy and Mrs. Maitrayee Bandy of Hagers-town.

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Pamela O'Berry Evans was the first in her family to graduate from college when she graduated from Shippensburg University in 1990. Evans, who currently is a commissioner for the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, came back to her alma mater on Saturday as the keynote speaker for Shippensburg's spring commencement. "I want to salute this university, which I am proud to call my alma mater," Evans said as she began her speech to approximately 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students.

HAGERSTOWN - A new addition to the Washington County Sheriff's Department is spearheading the department's effort to earn accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA). Maj. Sam Billotti, formerly of the Frederick County (Md.) Sheriff's Office - where he served on patrol, as part of the Narcotics Task Force and as a member of the SWAT team - earned his law degree from the University of Baltimore by attending night school while on duty in Frederick County.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Attorney Michael Toms will shutter his private Franklin County practice next month to become the county's new public defender. The Franklin County Commissioners Tuesday announced Toms as their choice to replace Robert Trambley, who left the position in late April. Toms will officially take over Aug. 15. As public defender, Toms will handle the most complex cases and oversee a staff of four full-time assistant public defenders and one part-timer, said Doug Price, Human Services division leader.

a waynesboro@herald-mail.com SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Services for Henry W. Morrow, well-known local attorney, politician and writer who died Sunday at age 84, "will be unique, mostly silent, sort of Quaker style," his son said Monday. Henry W. "Bucky" Morrow Jr., said the services, to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church, 100 W. Washington St., will be an opportunity for those who knew his father to speak about him. The Morrows, father and son, shared a law practice that Henry Morrow Sr. started in 1942 in Shepherdstown after earning his law degree from Duke University.

FREDERICK, Md. - A former assistant Washington County State's Attorney has been appointed to the District Court of Frederick County, filling a new judgeship created earlier this year. Janice Rodnick Ambrose served in Washington County from 1988-1990, after a six-year stint in the Frederick County State's Attorney's office. After returning to private practice, Ambrose also became a domestic relations law master in Frederick County, a position she has held since 1996. Gov. Parris Glendening hailed the appointment as proof of his policy that the courts reflect the state's diversity.

AUG. 29, 1924-MAY 20, 2009 Lino S. "Lee" Giannoni, 84, of Hagerstown, passed away at home and in the company of his family Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Born Aug. 29, 1924, in Kenosha, Wis., he was the son of the late Cesare and Lena Sabastiane Giannoni. Mr. Giannoni served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was a member of American Legion Dixon Troxell Post 211 in Funkstown. Lino celebrated Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hagerstown, was a volunteer with the athletic department at Hagerstown Junior College and was a supporting member of The Optimist International.