Montgomery County

“To the Smithsburg caller: They're not little yellow flags, they're Terrible Towels. And don't you remember when we lent them to you a few years ago, when we thumped you three times in one year? Good luck. Go, Steelers.” - Hancock “When is the winner for the Little League Lineup Contest that was online going to be announced? It stated that the winner will be chosen after the season by the sports department. Did I miss it already, or haven't they announced it yet?

Local Republicans are crying foul over a proposed congressional redistricting plan that would radically redraw District 6 - currently represented by Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett - to include much of Democrat-heavy Montgomery County. "I think it is very much a gerrymandered map that has been promulgated for very partisan reasons and splits up communities of interest, specifically our Western Maryland constituency, and the sole reason they're doing it is to try to pick up an extra seat for the Democrats," state Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, said Friday.

Mr. Richard Leon “Dick” Hamby, 73, of Brunswick, Md., died early Friday morning, Sept. 23, 2011, at Kline Hospice House, Mount Airy, Md.   He was the husband of Mrs. Patricia Rene Reed Hamby, his wife of 42 years. Born Nov. 9, 1937, in Hagerstown, he was a son of the late Harry LeRoy and Nellie Virginia Chorpenning Hamby. Dick was a U.S. Army veteran, and for a time, after serving our country, became a truck driver. He retired as a plumber. He originally owned and operated D&B Plumbing in Gaithersburg, Md., and later worked with several Montgomery County plumbing contractors, including Roberson Plumbing of Dickerson, Md., and Poolesville Plumbing.

MAY 26, 1932-JULY 28, 2011 Marvin Allen "Bob" Warrenfeltz, of Mount Airy, Md., died Thursday, July 28, 2011. He was born in Fairplay, Md., to Elta L. (Showman) Warrenfeltz and Jacob O. Warrenfeltz, on May 26, 1932. He is survived by one daughter, Sherry Wolfe, and husband, Harold, of New Market, Md.; one son, Dennis, and wife, Debbie, of Virginia; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Minerva Trimmer of Greencastle, Pa., and Barbara Shipe and husband, Larry, of Hagerstown; two brothers, George and wife, Barbara, and Glenn, all of Hagerstown; five nephews; and one niece.

HAGERSTOWN -- Washington County Circuit Judge Frederick C. Wright III on Monday granted a change of venue in the murder trial of Douglas Wayne Pryor, who is charged with killing the mother of his children and a Smithsburg police officer in December 2007. Wright transferred the trial to Montgomery County Circuit Court at the request of the defense. Such a change of venue is automatic in capital cases if the defense requests it. A court date has not been set. Pryor is charged in the Dec. 19, 2007, stabbing death of Alison Munson, 31, of Halfway.

The following Republican and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Maryland will compete in primaries on Sept. 12. The Green Party candidate will be on the ballot only in the Nov. 7 general election. Republicans · Ray Bly, Howard County · Earl S. Gordon, Montgomery County · Thomas J. Hampton, Anne Arundel County · John Kimble, Prince George's County · Edward Raymond Madej, Anne Arundel County · Daniel Muffoletto, Howard County · Richard Shawver, Carroll County · Michael S. Steele, Prince George's County · Corrogan R. Vaughn, Baltimore County · Daniel "Wig Man" Vovak, Montgomery County Democrats · Benjamin L. Cardin, Baltimore County · David Dickerson, Baltimore County · George T. English, Montgomery County · James H. Hutchinson, Montgomery County · Anthony Jaworski, Montgomery County · A. Robert Kaufman, Baltimore city · Allan Lichtman, Montgomery County · Thomas McCaskill, Prince George's County · Kweisi Mfume, Baltimore City · Josh Rales, Montgomery County · Dennis F. Rasmussen, Baltimore County · Bob Robinson, Harford County · Theresa C. Scaldaferri, Prince George's County · Mike Schaefer, Baltimore city · Charles Ulysses Smith, Baltimore city · Blaine Taylor, Baltimore County ·...

For 2 1/2 months, Montgomery County, Md., tried to collect a 2006 parking ticket fine from George McAllister, who lived near Funkstown until he died in 2001. All along, Vera McAllister, George's widow, knew the county was mistaken. George wouldn't have been driving a Mercedes, as the notice alleged, and he certainly didn't park illegally on Hampden Lane in Bethesda on Jan. 17, 2006. Although the license plate number on the ticket once was his, he canceled it in 1988. Vera McAllister, who lives on Beaver Creek Road, promptly protested each notice of the fine.

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A Christian group has accused the Montgomery County school system of continuing to block it from sending fliers home with students that advertise after-school Bible study classes. The Child Evangelism Fellowship, or CEF, filed an appeal Wednesday in the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. Montgomery blocked the group from sending materials home with students because the fliers were considered too religious. CEF filed suit in 2001, lost in a lower federal court but eventually won last year in the appeals court, which sent the case back to District Court.

A Williamsport High School teacher who was one of seven finalists for Maryland Teacher of the Year did not win the Maryland State Department of Education's award. French teacher Paula Moore was named a finalist in the state competition during the summer. Moore is in her 12th year of teaching at Williamsport. According to Washington County Public Schools spokeswoman Carol Mowen, the award was given to Montgomery County Public Schools teacher Kimberly Oliver. Oliver is a kindergarten teacher at Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md.

andrews@herald-mail.com A Hagerstown man accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in Montgomery County, Md., was arrested near his home Monday after a traffic stop, police said. Pov N. Srun, 33, of the 800 block of West Washington Street, was charged this morning with one count of second-degree rape, one count of first-degree sex offense, one count of second-degree sex offense and found counts of third-degree sex offense, Montgomery County Police said in a press release.