Pizza Hut

Elliott's stand on farm preservation appreciated To the editor: Where would farmland preservation in Franklin County, Pa., be without Warren Elliott? My guess is, not very far. In 1996, when he began advocating for farmland preservation, no other public official was talking about it, much less taking action. In fact, in some circles back then, and still today, it was not popular. Elliott was a true leader and visionary for land preservation. He dedicated countless hours locally and at the state level "selling" people on the idea, setting funds to support it, and personally convincing several townships to financially support it. The thousands of acres of ground that Elliott helped to preserve will remain undeveloped forever.

A Hagerstown woman was arrested Saturday morning in connection with the Sept. 15 robbery of Pizza Hut on Dual Highway in Hagerstown, according to a Washington County Sheriff's Department press release. Miava Tiria Wiggins, 37, of 1531 Violet Drive, was charged with armed robbery, robbery, theft less than $500, four counts of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, conspiracy-armed robbery, conspiracy-robbery, conspiracy-theft-$500, conspiracy second-degree assault and conspiracy-reckless endangerment, police said.

The Pizza Hut at 13257 Pennsylvania Ave. was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night, the Washington County Sheriff's Department said. The department responded to a report of an armed robbery at about 8:45 p.m., deputies said. Deputies were searching for a suspect who was between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing a gray or green sweat shirt, a blue cap and sunglasses. The incident was the second robbery at a Pizza Hut in Hagerstown in a month. Russell Anthony King was charged Sept.

Odds and ends from a columnist's notebook: Sober and serious topics can only occupy so much of your time, even if that's what you're paid to write about. And so I decided to do something fun this week, by reviving an old contest we haven't run in a while. I call it "Hagerstown's Best Sandwich" and it's easy to enter. The rules are fairly simple: Describe, in 100 words or less, your favorite sandwich. The culinary delight must be available on the regular menu for eat-in or carry-out, at a restaurant inside the Hagerstown city limits.

Robbers assaulted a pizza delivery person Tuesday night on Kenly Avenue and stole about $100 and his phone, Hagerstown Police said. Sgt. Steve Bussard said the Pizza Hut delivery person was hit in the face. A Community Rescue Service ambulance took him to the hospital, Bussard said. After the call came in at about 10 p.m., police went to Kenly Avenue to look for the three men who allegedly robbed the delivery person. Bussard said a Maryland State Police K-9 was helping with the search.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, Pa. - About 30 people showed up at a job fair Monday seeking management and salaried employment at a KFC fast-food restaurant. The restaurant is scheduled to open in July in Washington Township, near Rouzerville, Pa., by Aarsand & Co., company officials said Monday. The daylong job fair was held in the basement of the Always There Hook & Ladder Fire Co. on South Potomac Street. Sharon Smith, human resources director for Aarsand & Co., in Hunt Valley, Md., said a second job fair will be held in June for hourly paid restaurant workers.

andrews@herald-mail.com HANCOCK - Robert E. Barnhart and his family were at his parents' house across the street on Friday, exchanging Christmas presents, when he noticed that his house was on fire. "He just took off right away ...," Faye Barnhart said of her son. Her husband, Robert J. Barnhart Jr., ran to help, too. "The smoke was rolling out the top," she said. It took 34 firefighters about 50 minutes to control the fire at Robert E. and Lucinda Barnhart's house on Tollgate Ridge, just east of Hancock, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

There's good news for babies born at Washington County Hospital. Each will be given childrens' books while their parents receive information on the importance of reading to their children. Studies have shown the value to children of early exposure to literature. For the third year in a row, the Books for Babies program has sponsored a Reading to Make Cents contest. Washington County elementary students obtain sponsors to make pledges for every book they read during National Book Week in November.