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Business briefs Longaberger Longaberger sales consultant Lisa Dorsey, of Hagerstown, recently attended the Longaberger Co.'s 19th annual national convention, the Bee, in Columbus, Ohio. She was among more than 15,000 sales associates from around the country to attend. Associates learned new skills to use with their home-based businesses, were recognized for outstanding sales and recruitment and networked with other associates, Longaberger family members and staff.

8 Roxbury Institution employees get awards Photo: RICHARD T. MEAGHER Staff Photographer Pictured from left are Roxbury Correctional Institution service award recipients: Edward J. Testa, James r. Mahone Jr., Fran Kauffman, Denise Gelsinger, Gary Heerd Jr., Bernadette Raimondi, and Vernell Doyle. Not picture is James Sword IV. The following employees were honored recently as the Roxbury Correctional Institution's Employees of the Year 2001.

Word Processing Services Inc., a family-owned and operated business in Hagerstown, recently was honored with the 2005 Dealer of Distinction Award from Great America Leasing Corp., its leasing company. This is the second consecutive year WPS has received the award. WPS is a document management provider with offices in Hagerstown, Altoona, Pa., and Mechanicsburg, Pa., said Vice President Joe Dellaposta. It has been in business since 1973 and has gone from being strictly a copier company to a business that helps companies manage documents, as well as selling and servicing office equipment.

andrear@herald-mail.com An early morning fire at a downtown Hagerstown apartment complex Saturday prompted the evacuation of more than 30 residents, displaced one renter and sent five people to the hospital. About 50 firefighters and emergency medical workers responded to the 7 a.m. fire at the Hagerstown Housing Authority's Walnut Towers at 11 S. Walnut St., Hagerstown Battalion Chief Ron Horn said. Firefighters found the third floor of the three-story building full of thick black smoke when they arrived on the scene, Horn said.

O'Neill Physical Therapy Services Judy Zube, a physical therapist with O'Neill Physical Therapy Services, recently attended a continuing education course entitled "Osteoporosis: There Is Something You Can Do About It. " The course focused on exercises to prevent osteoporosis and exercises for people with osteoporosis or osteopenia. Apparatus Repair & Engineering Inc. Kevin J. Miller, vice president and co-owner of Apparatus Repair & Engineering Inc. in Hagerstown, has been selected secretary/treasurer of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association.

pepperb@herald-mail.com shappell@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - A Hagerstown man was charged with attempted second-degree murder after a stabbing near a downtown pizza shop Tuesday, the Hagerstown Police Department said. The attack followed a fight just before the lunch hour in front of O'Donald Pizza at 66 E. Franklin St. in Hagerstown, police said. Hagerstown Police Department Lt. Richard Johnson said a fight between Teeshi Davis, 18, of 1004H Noland Drive, and Tayvonne J. Roman, 23, whose address was not released, in front of the restaurant culminated in a stabbing at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday.

J. “Mooch” Mutchler might be new to his job as director of Safe Place, but he knows a good staff when he sees one. “That’s why I’m so happy to have this job. I’m working around a great group of people,” Mutchler said. April is National Child Abuse Month, and Mutchler is on a mission. “I want to get the word out when a child needs a voice. We can all be advocates,” Mutchler said. Safe Place is Washington County’s child advocacy center, a center that houses a multidisciplinary team of professionals to respond to child abuse reports.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, PA. - Members of the Waynesboro Ambulance Squad are trying to raise $2 million to convert a vacant former automobile dealership at 603 W. Main St. into a new ambulance garage. Brent Frain, squad chief, and Arley Scott, squad president, are leading the effort. The squad bought the former Snowberger Oldsmobile-GMC dealership's land and building at auction two years ago for $145,000, Frain said. "We've been planning to do this for six years and we've been putting money away," he said.

The Smithsburg golf team has been looking for total balance in its lineup and, on Tuesday, it all came together in the Maryland 2A/1A District 1 tournament at Black Rock Golf Course. Smithsburg, which won the state title in 2005, ran away with the district title, posting 317 strokes, far ahead of second place Middletown (334). This will mark Smithsburg's fourth state appearance as a team. "All along, I said a key for us would be our third and fourth players," said Smithsburg coach Dan Neff.

Though it is in the business of helping others during crises, the Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross is experiencing a problem of its own and is asking the public for financial assistance. Director Cindy Blackstock Kline said the organization has spent $17,655 of the $20,000 budgeted for local disasters for the 2000 budget year, which ends June 30. The Red Cross has responded locally to 16 fires this budget year, helping 32 families and a total of 92 people, she said.