Pharmacy

WAYNESBORO, PA. - Authorities were searching Friday for a man who robbed Antietam Pharmacy in Waynesboro that morning and got away with drugs, according to the Waynesboro Police Department. A man dressed in a multicolored coat, gloves and a ski mask entered Antietam Pharmacy at 11:43 a.m., showed a handgun and demanded the staff turn over drugs, Police Department Sgt. Mike Bock said. No one was hurt in the robbery, Bock said. Little was known of the robber other than his clothing and approximate height.

HAGERSTOWN --Two men who robbed Schindel's Pharmacy on Thursday made everyone lie down as they stole cash and a prescription drug, an employee said. Karen Hartle, a pharmacy technician, said the men claimed they had a gun. After grabbing the prescription drug OxyContin, they stole money from the register, Hartle said. Schindel's is on Oak Hill Avenue in Hagerstown's north end. Four employees were in the store when the robbery happened shortly before 3 p.m., Hartle said.

WASHINGTON. -- U.S. Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin, both D-Md., have announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently awarded a $10,054 grant to Hagerstown Community College to expand its pharmacy technician program. HCC's pharmacy technician program is 6 months old and has a growing enrollment, according to a release from Mikulski's office. ARC funds will be used to purchase laboratory equipment and materials needed to provide students in the program with advanced skills training, the release says.

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HAGERSTOWN -- Police are looking for two males who robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy at 825 W. Hillcrest Road on Sunday afternoon. The robbery was reported at 4:23 p.m. Hagerstown Police say two white males entered the store. One jumped over the counter, said that he had a gun and demanded medication from the pharmacy, police said. The two then fled, taking an unknown amount of medication, police said. One man was wearing a black hoodie with a ski mask, the other a brown hoodie with a black baseball cap, police said.

DEC. 25, 1942-MARCH 28, 2009 Kendrick Frank Fields, 66, of Hagerstown, died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at his home. Born Dec. 25, 1942, in Watertown, N.Y., he was the son of the late Frank William and Barbara Vivienne Smith Fields. He graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone, N.Y., in 1961, and Albany (N.Y.) College of Pharmacy in 1969. He was employed by CVS in Hagerstown. He was a corpsman in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife, Vivian A. O'Brien Bartlett Fields, whom he married in 1980; one stepdaughter, Kelly S. Sharpe of San Jose, Calif.

City Hospital MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Anthony P. Zelenka , vice president and administrator of City Hospital in Martinsburg, has been recertified as a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society representing close to 30,000 health care executives. Zelenka, who has more than 30 years of health care management experience, first achieved fellow status in 1983. Zelenka holds a master of health administration from Ohio State University, and a bachelor of arts from Marietta (Ohio)

WINCHESTER, Va. - Jarrett D. Logsdon of Hagerstown, a university studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences at Shenandoah University, was named to the dean's list for the fall and spring semesters. In addition, Logsdon has maintained a 4.0 grade-point average and again was awarded the Presidential Scholarship. Shenadoah University awards 15 Presidential Scholarships each year. The four-year, $16,000-a-year scholarship is awarded to full-time students who maintain a minimum 3.8 grade-point average.

Colin Michael Tierney graduated from Towson University in Towson, Md., on May 21. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree with a major in graphic art and design. Colin is the son of Terry and Kathy Tierney of Hagers-town. He is a 2003 graduate of Boonsboro High School. Sarah J. Barr graduated from Shenandoah University, Bernard Dunn School of Pharmacy in May with her doctorate of pharmacy. Sarah is the daughter of John and Teresa Barr of Clear Spring. She is the granddaughter of Evelyn Barr, Hagerstown, and LeRoy and Mary Jane Myers of Clear Spring.