Spaghetti

Wilson Ruritan will host an all-you-can-eat spaghetti supper Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the club, just west of Huyetts Crossroads on U.S. 40.  Tickets cost $6 for those 12 and older and $4 for those ages 4 to 11. Those ages 3 and younger will be admitted free. Dessert and beverage are included.  Valentine's dinner St. Paul's UM Church in Big Pool will hold a Valentine's dinner Saturday beginning at 5 p.m.  The menu includes spaghetti and meatballs, salad bar, garlic bread, beverage and dessert.

Doreen Franks, a nurse, is a member of New Joy Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church. Franks said she finds this time-wise and tasty recipe for spaghetti to be the perfect dish to get on the table quickly for her two sons, a teenager and a young adult. She customizes the seasonings and pasta according to the taste of the moment. Ovo-lacto vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat animal meats but eats eggs and milk products. -- Faith Crumbly of New Joy Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Funkstown Volunteer Fire Co. is holding a spaghetti dinner Friday to benefit company member Bill Wiegel, who has cancer. The all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the fire hall, located at 2 S. Westside Ave. The meal costs $7 for adults, $5 for children and is free for those younger than 5. The meal will include spaghetti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, and iced tea or coffee. Carryout meals will be available.

It was the first "hospi" run since the official opening of the Hagerstown Olive Garden and the "customers" were thrilled. The recipients of a free lunch - spaghetti, salad and breadsticks - were the students and staff at Hagerstown Day Nursery. Whether the children called it "sghettis" or pasta, they all gave it a thumbs up as they happily munched away. General manager Jason Rakaczewski, along with Culinary Manager Justin Tennant, both from the Hagerstown restaurant, helped serve the children, along with Ian Nason.

Devon Allison, 4, follows a string of spaghetti to his mouth at the Exchange Club's Italian Festa fund-raiser Sunday at South Hagerstown High School.

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I really like to eat, so that's why I like to cook. A few years ago, I started to experiment with my own recipe for one of my favorite foods: chili. I really like pasta, so that's why I added spaghetti sauce and noodles to my creation. Also, my grandparents live in Cincinnati, where they have restaurants called Skyline Chili. They say that their secret ingredient is cinnamon, so that's why I added that spice. I usually change a few things every time I make it, but this is my basic recipe.

MAUGANSVILLE - Maugansville Ruritan member Kevin Brewer said sometime more than 12 years ago, the Maugansville Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company needed financial assistance to buy breathing apparatuses. The Ruritan Club organized an all-you-can-eat spaghetti feed to raise money for the equipment. The spaghetti feed to benefit the fire company has since become a successful biannual event. The Ruritan Club hosted its fall all-you-can-eat spaghetti feed the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 14, at Maugansville Goodwill Volunteer Fire Co. "We've got it down to a science now. We know what to buy, what to do. It's easy for us now," said Brewer, 41, of Maugansville.

karenh@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - According to a volunteer at an all-you-can-eat fundraiser, there always is room for more. "You can eat that, this is good stuff," Jim Nipps said, dishing out encouragement and jokes as he piled plates with heaping nests of spaghetti. The Antietam Exchange Club's 33rd annual Italian Festa featuring hundreds of pounds of pasta drew hundreds of hungry Sunday diners to South Hagerstown High School, organizers said. About $5 for every ticket sold will go to local organizations, event chairperson Frit Hill said during the event.

HAGERSTOWN -- Those who remember the pasta are eager to eat it. Italian Festa, Antietam Exchange Club's long-running fundraiser, feeds hundreds of people each year. Frit Hill, the chairman of the event, said the biggest wave of diners usually arrives between noon and 1 p.m., when families are getting out of church. His assessment was correct Sunday, when the pasta party was back for the 36th time. During the first hour, the line at South Hagerstown High School was backed up, with attendees waiting to get in the cafeteria.

The Funkstown Volunteer Fire Co. is holding a spaghetti dinner Friday to benefit company member Bill Wiegel, who has cancer. The all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the fire hall, located at 2 S. Westside Ave. The meal costs $7 for adults, $5 for children and is free for those younger than 5. The meal will include spaghetti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, and iced tea or coffee. Carryout meals will be available.

The youth ministry at St. John's UCC will host a spaghetti dinner Friday, May 31, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church's social hall.  The menu includes spaghetti with meat sauce, (meatless will also be available), applesauce, dessert and drink.  The meal costs $8 for adult tickets and $6 for those ages 12 and younger. Proceeds go to the youth ministry's mission project in West Virginia.  Alumni banquet to be held June 7 The 2013 alumni banquet will be held at the Clear Spring Fire Co. bingo hall Friday, June 7, at 6:30 p.m.  Please send name and graduation year, along with $15 per person.  Make checks payable to Clear Spring High School Alumni Association and mail to Donald Spickler, 9731 Lock Tender Lane, Williamsport, MD 21795-4066 by May 31.  For more information, call Mary Jane or Don Spickler at 301-223-6872.

Boy Scout Troop 23 in Funkstown will hold a spaghetti dinner Saturday, May 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Funkstown fire hall.  The menu includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti, garlic bread, salad and drink.  Ceasar salad with grilled chicken is available for an extra cost. Dessert will be available at a bake sale.  Advance tickets cost $5.50 per person. Those younger than 5 will be admitted free. Tickets at the door cost $8. Tickets can be purchased at Funkstown Town Hall Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A silent auction will be held with items such as Baltimore Ravens home game tickets, NFL jerseys, NFL signed merchandise, Whitetail Resort passes and other items.

The Funkstown Volunteer Fire Co. invites the community to a spaghetti dinner Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The menu includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti, along with Caesar salad, garlic bread, iced tea and coffee.  There will be desserts available for purchase.  Carry-out will be available.    Tickets cost $7 for adults, $5 for children and are free for those 5 and younger. Class of 1961 The South Hagerstown High School Class of 1961 will meet for lunch Saturday, April 20, at noon at the former Mountain Gate restaurant in Waynesboro, Pa.  Bag bingo A bags (Thirty-One)

The One Mountain Foundation will host an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner, auction and dance Saturday, March 23, at American Legion Post 239 on McAfee Hill Road in Cascade.  The menu includes spaghetti, tomato or meat sauce, meat balls, Italian bread and a variety of rolls, salad with choice of dressings, dessert, and drink (coffee, tea, or water). Dinner will start at 5 p.m., the auction is at 7 p.m. and dancing will be from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for those ages 5 to 12. Those younger than 5 will be admitted free.

Cub Scout Pack 102 will hold a spaghetti dinner Friday, Jan. 18, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wacohu Grange. The community is invited. Proceeds will go to help the Cub Scouts. Library news The Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Library will hold its Lego Building Club Tuesday, Jan.  8, at 3:45 p.m. The children will be given access to Duplos and Legos. There will be a building challenge, but free building will be allowed.   For more information, call 301-842-2730. Also, the library will hold a book discussion Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 11:15 a.m. This month's selection is “Calico Joe” by John Grisham.