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Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn M. Murphy, son of Cindy Murphy of Keedysville, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Murphy is a 2005 graduate of Boonsboro High School. Jacob J. Michael, son of Boyd J. and Denise E. Michael of Boonsboro, received the George C. Marshall Award during the annual ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) awards seminar at Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. Michael is a 2001 graduate of Boonsboro High School.

charlestown@herald-mail.com SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.VA. - Computers and windows were smashed, desks were flipped, pictures were ripped off walls and file cabinets were dumped of their contents during an early morning break-in Sunday at Jefferson High School, which resulted in more than $25,000 damage, police said Monday. In an ROTC classroom, wood and steel replicas of rifles which are used in parades were taken out of the room and used to break windows in the administration office and in the main hallway of the school, said Detective Shawn Bonifant of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The Veterans Affairs Medical Center will honor former prisoners of war from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, in the center's post theater. George M. Moore Jr., director, will speak at a program at 1:30 p.m. The local ROTC color guard will begin the program by marching in dressed in authentic uniforms, beginning with the Civil War and ending with the present-day style. From 10 to 11:30 a.m., there will be an informal video session while ex-POWs have the chance to display their memorabilia throughout the post theater.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Of Col. Ron Cartee's 52 years on the earth, he said this one will forever be remembered and cherished. Being named Berkeley County's Teacher of the Year Thursday night was just the most recent accomplishment. A month ago, Cartee's son was commissioned as an Air Force officer and his daughter just graduated from Martinsburg High School. For the last seven years, Cartee has headed the Berkeley County Air Force Jr. ROTC program.

marlob@herald-mail.com Last year, when Alexander Gill Kline learned he missed getting into the class of 2007 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., he was disappointed, but no less determined. Kline, 18, of Hagerstown, was nominated by U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-6th, but still had to be accepted as one of 1,000 incoming freshmen in 2003. "Unfortunately, I was 1,225th on that list," he said. So Kline started his freshman year at Mount St. Mary's College last September and enrolled in ROTC.

Despite his love of the music of Jimmy Buffett, Maryland Symphony Orchestra principal tubist Daniel Sherlock is not wasting away in Margaritaville. The 47-year-old Sherlock, who grew up in Arizona, shares his Severn, Md., home with his wife, LaGuinn, daughters Keara, 13, and Brenna, 10. Dugan, a 3-year-old Pekingese, recently joined the family. Sherlock started his musical career playing drums in fourth grade, but began playing tuba in high school when the band director pointed to a sousaphone in the corner, handed him a book and said, "Here.

HAGERSTOWN -- Washington County Technical High senior Kenise Lewis wants to be a pediatrician. Williamsport High senior Jake Shank wants to find a college with a good music program. Hagerstown Community College student Patrick Demosky wants to study electrical engineering. Most of the students interviewed at the Washington County College Fair on Wednesday night had specific goals in mind when they entered the doors of Hagerstown Community College's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center.

JAN. 28, 1924-SEPT. 14, 2009 Herbert Eugene Clark, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and Combat Infantry Veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, died after battling cancer on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Md. Born Jan. 28, 1924, in Havre de Grace, Md., he was the son of the late Herbert James Clark and Elizabeth Genevieve Poplar Clark. A resident of the Hagerstown area since 1969, he taught Labor Economics and related courses at Shepherd University until 1991, retiring as an Associated Professor Emeritus.

Take pride in uniform To the editor: The other day I was out shopping for food, as were many other fine people, when I crossed paths with a young man wearing his work clothes out in public. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but you see, this gentleman was a correctional officer. It wasn't the fact that he was wearing his uniform out in public, but how he was wearing it. This gentleman had his shirt completely out of his trousers and unbuttoned all the way. He also had his hat tilted to the side of his head.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com For the past year, Specialist Paul Henderson, with the West Virginia Army National Guard, has been far away from his son, his home and the war in Iraq. After being stationed for a year at Fort Lewis, Wash., Henderson and other members of the Martinsburg-based 351st Ordnance Co. returned home Monday evening. "I was begging to go overseas," Henderson said. A single parent, Henderson slung an arm around the shoulders of his 8-year-old son, Jaden, whom he has seen for just two days in the past year.

The 165 Jefferson High School students enlisted in the Air Force Junior ROTC program marked the season of giving in a big way Wednesday, as they donated nearly $8,000 to buy new shoes and warm clothes for about 150 disadvantaged children in Jefferson County. It was the most money collected in any year since the cadets took up supporting the Jefferson County Shoe and Coat Fund in 2004. Over the seven years they have raised nearly $30,000, school Principal Howard Guth said. "Their commitment to this is incredible," Guth said.

HAGERSTOWN -- Washington County Technical High senior Kenise Lewis wants to be a pediatrician. Williamsport High senior Jake Shank wants to find a college with a good music program. Hagerstown Community College student Patrick Demosky wants to study electrical engineering. Most of the students interviewed at the Washington County College Fair on Wednesday night had specific goals in mind when they entered the doors of Hagerstown Community College's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center.

Despite his love of the music of Jimmy Buffett, Maryland Symphony Orchestra principal tubist Daniel Sherlock is not wasting away in Margaritaville. The 47-year-old Sherlock, who grew up in Arizona, shares his Severn, Md., home with his wife, LaGuinn, daughters Keara, 13, and Brenna, 10. Dugan, a 3-year-old Pekingese, recently joined the family. Sherlock started his musical career playing drums in fourth grade, but began playing tuba in high school when the band director pointed to a sousaphone in the corner, handed him a book and said, "Here.

JAN. 28, 1924-SEPT. 14, 2009 Herbert Eugene Clark, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and Combat Infantry Veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, died after battling cancer on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Md. Born Jan. 28, 1924, in Havre de Grace, Md., he was the son of the late Herbert James Clark and Elizabeth Genevieve Poplar Clark. A resident of the Hagerstown area since 1969, he taught Labor Economics and related courses at Shepherd University until 1991, retiring as an Associated Professor Emeritus.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Needy children will get a boost during the holiday season thanks to more than $4,000 that was raised for them by the Jefferson High School Air Force Junior ROTC program. The Junior ROTC students started an annual fundraiser for the Jefferson County Shoe and Coat Fund four years ago, and it has evolved into a competition between the students, said William Poe, who helps lead the program. Between class periods and after school, Junior ROTC students compete to see how much money they can collect from businesses and individuals, and some students go door to door to seek donations, Poe said.

Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn M. Murphy, son of Cindy Murphy of Keedysville, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Murphy is a 2005 graduate of Boonsboro High School. Jacob J. Michael, son of Boyd J. and Denise E. Michael of Boonsboro, received the George C. Marshall Award during the annual ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) awards seminar at Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. Michael is a 2001 graduate of Boonsboro High School.

charlestown@herald-mail.com SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.VA. - Computers and windows were smashed, desks were flipped, pictures were ripped off walls and file cabinets were dumped of their contents during an early morning break-in Sunday at Jefferson High School, which resulted in more than $25,000 damage, police said Monday. In an ROTC classroom, wood and steel replicas of rifles which are used in parades were taken out of the room and used to break windows in the administration office and in the main hallway of the school, said Detective Shawn Bonifant of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. - Jefferson High School's Air Force Junior ROTC has been included among the best programs in the nation for the second year in a row. The program has been recognized by the U.S. Air Force with the Distinguished Unit Award, Master Sgt. Will Poe said. Poe, the group's instructor, said only 10 percent of the 745 Air Force Junior ROTC programs in the nation achieve the Distinguished Unit Award. Poe said that earning the award speaks well of the hard work of the cadets, the support of school administrators and faculty, and of his fellow instructor, Maj. Charles Gray.

marlob@herald-mail.com Last year, when Alexander Gill Kline learned he missed getting into the class of 2007 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., he was disappointed, but no less determined. Kline, 18, of Hagerstown, was nominated by U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-6th, but still had to be accepted as one of 1,000 incoming freshmen in 2003. "Unfortunately, I was 1,225th on that list," he said. So Kline started his freshman year at Mount St. Mary's College last September and enrolled in ROTC.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Of Col. Ron Cartee's 52 years on the earth, he said this one will forever be remembered and cherished. Being named Berkeley County's Teacher of the Year Thursday night was just the most recent accomplishment. A month ago, Cartee's son was commissioned as an Air Force officer and his daughter just graduated from Martinsburg High School. For the last seven years, Cartee has headed the Berkeley County Air Force Jr. ROTC program.