Spaghetti

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.

"This is Mama's spaghetti sauce," said Lorraine O'Neill. "My mother died many years ago but my father has taken over making the sauce. It is a family tradition every Thanksgiving Friday and whenever our whole clan (30 of us and growing) gathers. " Most of O'Neill's family is still in Massachusetts where she grew up, but she has lived and practiced as a physical therapist in Hagerstown since 1979. O'Neill also makes Mama's spaghetti sauce for meals with friends from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown, where she has been a member for 31 years.

MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Two Top Ruritan will hold an all-you-can-eat spaghetti supper Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the club at 12270 Two Top Road in Mercersburg. The menu includes spaghetti, salad, cole slaw, rolls and dessert. Iced tea and punch will be available. The supper will be buffet-style or carryout. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $3.50 for those ages 6 to 12. Those younger than 6 eat free. The club is five miles south of Mercersburg on Two Top Road.

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.

A spaghetti dinner and bake sale will be Saturday, May 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Zion United Church of Christ's Fellowship Hall, 201 N. Potomac St. in Hagerstown. The proceeds will go to help defray costs for Michael Bell, who is living with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Tickets cost $8, which includes spaghetti with homemade sauce, roll and drink. Homemade desserts will be available for purchase. Carryout will be available. Tickets will be entered to win door prizes, The church is next to the old Hagerstown YMCA.

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WILLIAMSPORT -- While other volunteers were busy cooking spaghetti noodles, serving iced tea or cleaning tables Sunday, Brandon Myers was shooting funny videos. "I'm going to show them to Josh, since he can't be here," Myers said of his friend and fellow Williamsport Blue Band member Josh Forsythe, who is battling cancer. Proceeds from the all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will go toward Josh's medical bills for treatment of Ewing's Sarcoma, an aggressive cancer with which he was diagnosed Sept.

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.

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - Independent Church of God, on W.Va. 9 west, is hosting a spaghetti dinner Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Pleasant View Community Center, about 1 1/2 miles from the Berkeley County/Morgan County line. The event is being held by the church's youth group to raise money so the group can go to a three-day Christian concert in Ocean City, Md., in February. There is no charge, but donations will be accepted for the dinner. For more information, call 304-258-4865 or 304-268-8815.