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FEB. 8, 1917-NOV. 18, 2009 Dr. Robert Van Liew Campbell of Hagerstown, age 92, died Nov. 18, 2009, at Washington County Hospital. Born Feb. 8, 1917, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Dr. W.D. Campbell and Marie (Parsons) Campbell. He was a graduate of Hagerstown High School in 1934 and Duke Medical School in 1940. He served his internship at Baltimore City Hospital. He practiced general medicine in Hagerstown for 50 years, retiring in 1991. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946 and was stationed in Jamaica and the Panama Canal Zone.

Juanita Ray Gotcher, 82, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at War Memorial Hospital Extended Care. Visitation will be today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Hunter Anderson Funeral Home, Berkeley Springs, W.Va. The service will be today at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Early, Texas.

Vickie Nichols of Largo, Fla., was seeking a restaurant's recipe for Texas Tornado Cake, noting that the dessert had crushed pineapple in it and a coconut topping. Anne Bryant of Sun City Center, Fla., sent a recipe -- but not the restaurant recipe. This is a very easy recipe to make, suited to any skill level. When I first read this recipe, I realized there's no fat in it, meaning no butter or oil, and there's no vanilla. Well, the lack of butter or oil didn't affect the taste, but I did miss the vanilla.

I gave this news some deeper thought after I stopped laughing: Thanks to men, Hagerstown has the dubious honor of ranking No. 2 on the "Eight Cities with the Ugliest Guys" list. The Hagerstown Ugly Man story has been making its rounds as the butt of jokes on Facebook status updates and as a featured story on regional news segments ever since the story was published on TotalBeauty.com Sept. 25. Whether calling Hagerstown men ugly are fighting words depends on a few things - like how you interpret data or if you're a guy or a girl.

LA MARQUE, Texas (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says Texas Gov. Rick Perry is "trying to stay too long" in office and has proposed putting a limit on how long a governor can serve. Hutchison made the proposal as she announced her candidacy for Texas governor on Monday in the city of La Marque, where she grew up, as part of a 19-city campaign announcement tour that runs through Friday. The state's senior U.S. senator has said she is stepping down from that post in order to run against Perry in the March 2010 Republican primary.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Lacey Macphail started listening to Little Texas when she was a little girl. Now 23, the Falling Waters, W.Va., woman said she still remains a devoted fan. "I like country," Macphail said before the band's performance Wednesday night at the 62nd Berkeley County Youth Fair. Macphail and a friend from Martinsburg were among the earliest country music fans to claim choice lawn seating at Harry D. Shelley Park's amphitheater, arriving nearly two hours before the show began.

During its early years, Little Texas was known as the hardest-working band in country music, sometimes clocking in 300 gigs a year. Today, the work ethic is still there, but members of Little Texas are a little older and a little more judicious. Since returning to the spotlight in 2004 after a six-year hiatus, the band has made it a point to balance their passions. "We really structure our touring so we only do weekends," said Little Texas bassist and vocalist Duane Propes, reached by phone in Nashville, Tenn.

Juneteenth is a holiday that has its origins in the freedom of more than 250,000 slaves in Texas at the close of the Civil War. The celebration takes its name from June 19, 1865 - the day Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. The holiday is now celebrated nationwide to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Antietam National Battlefield, in cooperation with the National Juneteenth Museum Without Walls, will host a Juneteenth program at the park Visitor Center Sunday.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Texas tops TCU, Schlossnagle AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Christian University, coached by Smithsburg High School graduate Jim Schlossnagle, was beaten 5-2 by Texas on Monday night in Game 3 of their best-of-3 super regional. The Longhorns (46-14-1) advanced to the College World Series. YOUTH BASEBALL Conococheague Little League Red Men 10, Tony's Pizza 0 Red Men: Jordan Stonebreaker 3 hits, 2 HRs; Riley Arnone 3 hits; Wyatt Scriever, Blake Harne HR each.

COLLEGE BASEBALL AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Matt Vern and Matt Carpenter each hit home runs and TCU edged top national seed Texas 3-2 on Sunday to force a deciding third game tonight in the super regional. TCU is coached by Smithsburg High School graduate Jim Schlossnagle. Vern hit a two-run shot in the fourth inning off Texas starter Cole Green to give the Horned Frogs (40-17) a quick lead. Carpenter made it 3-0 with his solo homer off Green (5-3) in the sixth. Texas (45-14-1)