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MAY 11, 1930-AUG. 2, 2007 SMITHSBURG - William Louis Keller Sr., 77, of 12023 Keller Ave., Smithsburg, Md., passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007, at his home. Born Sunday, May 11, 1930, in Samples Manor, Md., he was the son of the late James R. Keller and the late Ruth Anna Smith Keller. He was a 1949 graduate of Hagerstown High School. He was a retired veteran of the U.S. Army, serving more than 20 years including tours in the Korean and Vietnam wars. While serving in Korea, Mr. Keller along with his unit were able to cross the Yalu river into China.

Authorities believe an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Training Center south of Hagerstown burned himself early Monday when he tried to light something in his cell, said Mark Vernarelli, spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. "The inmate suffered a small welt and was treated on-site by MCTC medical personnel," Vernarelli said Monday in an e-mail. Vernarelli said the inmate possibly was trying to light a cigarette. The inmate suffered a second-degree burn to his left biceps, according to a press release from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

A child identification program will be held Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. in the visiting reception area at the Maryland Correctional Training Center south of Hagerstown, according to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The Maryland Child Identification Program, which will be offered free to the public, collects basic identification data, including a photograph, fingerprints and identifying characteristics for each child in a family, according to a news release.

A helicopter landed at the prisons south of Hagerstown to fly out a construction worker who injured several of his fingers Friday morning, state prison and Washington County Emergency Services officials said. Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, said the accident happened at about 8:15 a.m. while the worker was setting a heavy piece of electrical equipment at a Maryland Correctional Training Center housing unit. Roxbury Road east of Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65)

Maryland Correctional Training Center, off Md. 65 south of Hagerstown, will again offer free child IDs for the general public today from 5 to 7 p.m.   This service is being done in concert with Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services  employee appreciation week activities statewide. It's a partnership with the Maryland Masonic Child ID Program (MdCHIP) and is sponsored locally by the Williamsport Masonic Lodge.   Parents and guardians can come to the MCTC gatehouse from 5 to 7 p.m. with their children and leave with digital photographs, video, fingerprints and vital child information.     They do not have to enter the prison for this service.

Breakfast at the Maryland Correctional Training Center begins as early as 4:30 a.m. Staff members have to find unconventional ways to make sure everyone gets fed because the cafeteria built for 1,200 has to accommodate nearly 3,000 inmates. Concerns about overcrowding was one issue raised during a tour Wednesday by the state Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, which has influence over the Maryland General Assembly's spending decisions. "Our staff does an exceptional job just to make this place work," said state Corrections Commissioner William W. Sondervan.

A Maryland Correctional Training Center inmate who drove off from a work detail last week was found Monday afternoon by Baltimore County Police, the Maryland State Police said. Raymous Little, 43, escaped from a Washington County Roads Department shop on National Pike in a white, 1995 Chevrolet S-10 truck that was parked in the shop's lot, police said. The vehicle Little escaped in has not been found, troopers said in a news release. Little, who was serving an 18-month sentence for theft, had family in the Baltimore area.

A deputy state fire marshal Wednesday continued to investigate a Tuesday fire inside a cell at the Maryland Correctional Training Center south of Hagerstown. The fire was reported Tuesday at 12:45 a.m., according to a press release from the fire marshal. Correctional officers discovered the fire, which caused about $250 in damage to property inside the cell, the fire marshal said. An inmate who was inside the cell at the time of the fire was treated at the prison infirmary for smoke inhalation, the fire marshal said.

HAGERSTOWN -- The third trial for a state prison inmate charged with assaulting a Maryland Correctional Training Center officer three years ago ended Thursday with a jury finding the man guilty in Washington County Circuit Court. The jury deliberated about 15 minutes before finding Gary Jonathan Cooper, 23, guilty of second-degree assault on a correctional officer. Cooper was tried and convicted of the charge in November 2007, but the conviction was overturned on appeal, Assistant State's Attorney Brett Wilson said after the trial.

Donald Edwin “Donnie” Nutter, 52, of Sharpsburg, Md., passed away Friday, May 10, 2013, at his home. He was born Oct. 7, 1960, in Hagerstown, Md., to Donald Lee and Constance Mae Moats Nutter of Boonsboro, Md. He was a 1978 graduate of Williamsport High School. He was employed as a correctional officer at MCTC in Hagerstown until retiring in 1999. He also was employed by Napa of Boonsboro and is the co-owner of Nutter's Ice Cream Sharpsburg. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines.

Dr. Carl Pedersen MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Dr. Carl Pedersen will retire from the practice of dentistry, effective Dec. 20. A native of Canada who earned his degree from Georgetown Dental School, Pedersen has served Mercersburg and surrounding area since 1976, when he opened an office on North Main Street. In 1997, he built his current office at 200 Loudon Road. The office and practice have been purchased by Dr. Jacqueline Hughes, who will begin seeing patients beginning Jan. 2. Hughes graduated with honors from New York University Dental School and has been a member of the Keystone Dental Care staff since 1997.

Gary Melvin Jennings, 66, of Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Nov. 21, 1945, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Melvin C. and Edna N. Drenner Jennings. Gary was a 1964 graduate of North Hagerstown High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a correctional officer with the state of Maryland at MCTC for 18 years. He was currently employed by the Washington County Sheriff's Department working with courthouse security.

Local food pantries have been receiving fresh vegetables from inmates at the Maryland Correctional Training Center. Some of MCTC's pre-release center and minimum-security inmates have been growing and picking vegetables on a farm for the facilities in the state prison complex south of Hagerstown, with some of them going to the Washington County Hunger Group. The group then distributes them to local food pantries, said Pam Christoffel, a member of the group. On Friday, members of some of the food pantries and of the hunger group showed up at MCTC to see the garden.

Maryland Correctional Training Center, off Md. 65 south of Hagerstown, will again offer free child IDs for the general public today from 5 to 7 p.m.   This service is being done in concert with Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services  employee appreciation week activities statewide. It's a partnership with the Maryland Masonic Child ID Program (MdCHIP) and is sponsored locally by the Williamsport Masonic Lodge.   Parents and guardians can come to the MCTC gatehouse from 5 to 7 p.m. with their children and leave with digital photographs, video, fingerprints and vital child information.     They do not have to enter the prison for this service.

A helicopter landed at the prisons south of Hagerstown to fly out a construction worker who injured several of his fingers Friday morning, state prison and Washington County Emergency Services officials said. Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, said the accident happened at about 8:15 a.m. while the worker was setting a heavy piece of electrical equipment at a Maryland Correctional Training Center housing unit. Roxbury Road east of Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65)

Donald James Hutson, 62, of 1201 Kuhn Ave. in Hagerstown, Md., died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, surrounded by his family. Born Dec. 23, 1949, in Washington County, Md., he was the son of the late James Edward and Jesse Ann Spitler Hutson. He graduated from Boonsboro High School in 1967. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He retired from MCTC and was a regional maintenance officer. He is survived by his wife, Kathy M. Hutson; a daughter, Tammy Wilburn; a son, Terry Hutson; a sister, Bonnie Thompson of Shepherdstown, W.Va.; three nephews; five grandchildren; two nieces and three dogs, King, Princess and P.J. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd., Hagerstown.

Maryland Correctional Training Center's newest warden said he doesn't take his duties lightly. “I'm trying to make the best decisions, the most ethical, right decisions for the institution, regardless of the outcome ....,” Wayne A. Webb said Wednesday at a ceremony at the medium-security state prison south of Hagerstown. Webb took over as warden in August. Wednesday's “change of leadership” ceremony was a chance for Webb to talk about his new position and for the outgoing warden, D. Kenneth Horning, to say farewell.

Firetrucks were used to haul water to the Maryland Correctional Training Center south of Hagerstown Monday after a water main broke, according to Dave Fraley, chief of the Funkstown Volunteer Fire Co. Fraley said Monday night he did not know what caused the water line to rupture and said it is not expected to be repaired until Tuesday. Leonard Heller Jr., chief of the Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co., said the water main break might have been caused by some construction at the complex.