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“My comment is this. To everyone who helped find Lucy, our lost beagle: Lucy was found safe and sound today. Thanks to everyone for the never-ending support, encouragement, and most of all, prayers. We took Lucy to the vet this afternoon immediately after we found her, and she (received) a clean bill of health - our perfect little Christmas present. Thanks a lot.” - Hagerstown “In regard to the spaghetti tacos: I lived in Honduras for nearly 20 years, and it was very common to have spaghetti tacos over the holidays, along with eggplant pancakes.” - Hagerstown “For years the Republicans have said that tax cuts do not need to be paid for, but now when it comes to the extension of the payroll tax, which benefits mainly the middle class, it has to be paid for. This should really show us where their priorities lie.” - Waynesboro, Pa. “For the people and others calling for Allan Powell and all of us to stop bashing Bush and Cheney because they are no longer in office, they should be blaming President Obama because he's trying to appease his union buddies, well, at least Obama, and especially unions try to stand up and do what's best for the poor and middle-class people.

The Hagerstown YMCA Achievers will hold its scholarship banquet Saturday, April 21, beginning with a social hour at 6 p.m. at Bridge of Life, 14 S. Potomac St. in Hagerstown. The business cluster students are hosting the event to raise college scholarship funds for high school seniors.  Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for those ages 3 to 11. Tickets can be purchased at the front desk at the YMCA. If you would like to sponsor a table or make a donation, contact Deborah Phillips at 301-739-3990, ext. 4239 Hidden Heroes John Borelli was presented the Hidden Heroes award at Bridge of Life Church in Hagerstown.

Downsville couple ready to have weekends off By GUY FLETCHER Staff Writer DOWNSVILLE - For more than 20 years, the restaurant at McMahon's Mill Recreation Area has been a well-known dining spot for those seeking home-style meals in a rustic, if slightly out-of-the-way, setting. They come for the fried chicken and spaghetti, or perhaps to hear Bill McMahon tell one of his many stories about the history behind the log cabin building and its eclectic collections, among them antique guns and Washington Redskins souvenirs.

Kristy Sacchet called to suggest her husband, Joseph P. "Joe" Sacchet, as a candidate for this biweekly In the Kitchen feature. "He is the cook," she said. He'll go to Hagerstown City Farmers Market, Hoffman's Quality Meats on Cearfoss Pike and five different grocery stores to find the ingredients he wants for whatever he's preparing, Kristy Sacchet said. "Either do it right, or don't do it," Joe Sacchet told Staff Writer Kate Coleman when she visited Sacchet in the bright kitchen of the family's home in Hagerstown's North End. Joe Sacchet, 54, grew up in Hagerstown.

Spaghetti dinner set for Saturday Hagerstown Forest No 95, the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, is having a spaghetti feed and bake sale Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Chewsville Community Church, White Hall Road, Chewsville. Tickets cost $7. Children 7 and younger eat free. Carry-out sauce is available for $7 per quart. For more information, call 301-582-4959 or e-mail CKoenekeJr@msn . TOPS chapter says thank you TOPS (Taking off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 462 of Smithsburg would like to thank everyone who participated in the fundraiser with the coupons for the BonTon Community Day Event.

1. Off to see the wizard North Hagerstown High School presents "The Wizard of Oz. " Shows are 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Friday, March 9, Saturday, March 10, Monday, March 12, and Tuesday, March 13; and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10. North Hagerstown High School auditorium, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown. $10; $7, students and seniors. Proceeds will go toward the orchestra and choral boosters. 2. Killer ratings Washington County Playhouse presents "Tune in for Murder.

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - The best singers in the world and the best dancers? Russ Clever says they're on television. The entertainers performing in Greencastle tonight through Saturday, though, are your brothers, fathers and neighbors, who just might tease you during the show. "It's different," Clever said. "I think the reason why this is the 73rd Minstrel Show and it goes on and on, it's certainly not because Greencastle has all the talent in 100 miles. ... I think our biggest asset is you can't turn on the TV and see an old-time minstrel show.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com This time it was the woman who made the first move. The occasion surfaced for Pearle Markle-Spangler at Hardee's Restaurant on Oct. 5, 2000. She spotted Joseph Spangler and remembered that he was once a patient of her husband, Dr. Charles Markle, a Waynesboro osteopath. Joseph regularly brought Charles Markle freshly caught trout. Pearle seized the moment when she saw Joseph in Hardee's. "I told him that even though Dr. Markle was gone, I still liked trout," she said.

Behind the scenes Behind the scenes -- that is where I found myself a week ago today when I got home. I had called my husband, the Rev. Allan Weatherholt, from the road asking him about supper plans and found him at St. Thomas' Church, helping the women serve spaghetti. He filled me in on the crisis going on at a local motel, a crisis that had brought almost 100 law enforcement officers, fire and rescue personnel, traffic control officials, State Highway workers and others to our little town.

On Nov. 6 and 7, I attended a conference known as The Revolve Tour. According to its Web site, The Revolve Tour started out because many who attended the Women in Faith conferences wanted a similar experience for their daughters. The tours are open to girls in sixth to 12th grades. For many years, I have wanted to go, but we could never find the time to get a group together. Luckily, for me, my church was forming a group of girls that would be able to go. It was only girls because the conference is just for girls.