Sam S Club

julieg@herald-mail.com Brady Strite isn't old enough to comprehend last year's terrorist attacks. Brady, who will turn 3 in October, just knows that a building fell and people died, said his great-grandmother Marilyn Pettner, 65, of State Line, Pa. With dozens of remembrance events being held in the Tri-State area on Wednesday, Pettner and Brady's aunt, Michelle Donaldson, decided to take him to the formation of a human chain along Wesel...

Sorry about the big storm last week. My fault. Also, this column should serve as a clip-and-save for any man who at some time in the future may be lured into the sirens' song of doing his Christmas shopping early, as opposed to waiting until a more appropriate time, such as 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve. I went to Sam's Club for the first time in my life about two weeks ago. It's one of those trade-offs when you get hitched. She'll chance into watching a few innings of baseball and I'll chance into a few department stores.

Letters to the Editor 12/18 Here's proof of 'Bush's Brownshirts' To the editor: A letter to the editor in the Sunday Opinion section criticizes a cartoon depicting a mob of thuggish people chasing a man labeled "Miami Dade Canvassing Board" and captioning the cartoon as "Bushes Brownshirts. " The letter goes on to say these folks believed they were watching the theft of a presidential election and were rightly agitated. This gang of protesters has since been identified as imported Washington political insiders - by name - from a picture in the Washington Post last week.

Wal-Mart's Supercenter at 17850 Garland Groh Blvd. will open today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8 a.m. Jeff Gordon's race car will be at the site, and the Energizer Bunny, Pillsbury Dough Boy and Keebler Elf will be in attendance. A barbershop quartet will sing. "We're thrilled to death it's ready to open," said Lisa Coleman, Hagerstown's Wal-Mart community involvement coordinator. "The store's really come together. We expect thousands of people to be here, waiting at the door.

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A fund-raiser for school security systems Tuesday night exceeded its $2,500 goal, according to Sam's Club Community Involvement Coordinator Lynn Bibbee. Modern Woodmen of America sponsored the event at Bingo Island, which donated proceeds from the event. Sam's Club has helped raise more than $18,000 for video cameras and recorders to be placed in all Washington County middle and high schools. On Tuesday, several principals and assistant principals volunteered at Beanie Baby and Buddy Bingo, where some 250 parents and children played games to win Beanie Babies and other prizes.

Sam's Club has helped raise about $18,000 for video surveillance cameras that it plans to donate to every middle and high school in Washington County. [cont. from front page ] Community Involvement Coordinator Lynn Bibbee said Sam's is $2,500 short of its goal. Another fund-raiser is scheduled Tuesday night at Bingo Island on West Washington Street. The company quickly amassed more money than expected. It originally planned to put cameras only in high schools. When the store began the effort in May, it set a goal of raising at least $5,000.

Allen-Boyer Brooke Suzanne Boyer and Douglas Tyler Allen were married Saturday, Aug. 1, 1998, at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hagerstown. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Boyer of Smithsburg. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen of Fairlawn, Ohio. The bride is a 1987 graduate of Smithsburg High School, a 1989 graduate of Hagerstown Junior College and a 1991 graduate of Salisbury State University with a bachelor of arts degree in English - secondary education.

Marvin Beaty charged out onto the floor of Sam's Club in Hagerstown on Friday morning for his $5,000 shopping spree. But after loading a box of silverware, a drill and a computer monitor onto his cart, he hit a snag: He couldn't think of anything else to buy. "When you can buy it, you can't think of what to get," said his wife, Jean Beaty. Marvin Beaty, who owns a game rental business in Winchester, Va., said he drives about an hour to Hagerstown each month to shop at Sam's Club, which offers its paid members discounts for food and other items that are often sold in bulk.