Trade

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - While they might never have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Federal Little League 11-12 All-Stars are learning what it's like to be celebrities. At the Little League World Series, all the players are stars. "It's been pretty cool because all these little kids will come up to you and ask for their autograph," said Josh Moats. "It's been awesome. When I was a little kid, I'd always dream of coming up and playing here, and my dream has come true.

"I feel for the man that has three babies and they cater to the mother about him not getting child support. My daughter's father left for Michigan in November. I have been fighting for child support, and all's I get from the child support agency is 'Good luck, he is in Michigan and we cannot get him.' They have been catering to him also. He left Hagerstown ... left a $20-hour-something job. ... They did intercept his taxes, and he has a contempt of court hearing in September, but they say unless he does not show up for that, it depends on your case worker what they will do. " - Hagerstown "About the overgrown yards: Just have prisoners mow them, or better yet, have the mortgage companies that own the properties pay to have the yards mowed.

The Herald-Mail interviewed four Washington County families that raise chickens for food and hobby.     David Gray Sr. and his son, David Gray Jr., keep three chickens on their quarter-acre lot in Boonsboro. Deb IntVeldt keeps nine chickens on her 1.25 acre lot on Beaver Creek Road. Susan Simonson and her family keep about 30 chickens on a 5-acre hobby farm on Beaver Creek Road. Bob and Kristin Garrett keep seven chickens on their 10-acre property near Fairplay.

Did you collect baseball cards as a child? Maybe you have collected coins, stamps or seashells. For the true collector, the thrill is more than just acquisition; it's also in the chase. It's the excitement of finding the rarest, most obscure things that makes collecting so much fun. The City of Hagerstown and the United Eastern Swapfest will host the 69th annual Rathkamp Matchcover Society convention Monday, Aug. 10, to Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Plaza Hotel near Valley Mall. Registration for the RMS convention is $5, but the public is invited to see the display room and dealers tables at no cost.

andrear@herald-mail.com Tea is the most popular beverage in the world, second only to water - and most Americans prefer their tea over ice. Iced tea - straight-up, sugar-sweetened or flavored with fruits, spices, herbs, even seasoned ice cubes - accounts for about 40 billion of the estimated 50 billion cups of tea consumed in the United States each year, according to information from the New York City-based Tea Council of the U.S.A....

It's time for that cheesesteak sub with the sliced ribeye steak to move on. Load up all the supplies for the Italian sub - including those sweet peppers that Leroy Peck pickles himself - because a new home awaits Turtle's Subs. But before you panic and think you need to order one more helping of buffalo wings with Peck's homemade blue cheese, Turtle's Subs is not leaving the area. The eatery is moving across town to the South Pointe Shopping Center on Oak Ridge Drive. After 25 years at 164 N. Burhans Blvd., Peck said it was time for a move.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com Most of the customers at the nightclub were men. Most of the women were naked. Women seductively shed their clothes to thumping music, stepping and whirling on a long runway stage - they were the show. A mostly male audience drank it in with their eyes and with help from the bar. A spring Saturday night was flowing into Sunday morning in Berkeley County, W.Va., where strip bars draw cheers from customers and jeers from government officials who want to stop them from spreading.

HAGERSTOWN -- Educators and business people on Monday celebrated a partnership that helps adults and teenagers learn trades. It's been about two years since the Cumberland Valley Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors moved its training program into the Barr Construction Institute on North Locust Street in Hagerstown. On Monday, teachers, students and supporters gathered there to share praise and success stories. Students Nick Hevener and Aaron Divel explained and demonstrated refrigeration and cooling to the lunch audience, which gathered in a tent for Partners in Education Appreciation Day. Anthony Shumaker evoked laughter from the crowd when he said, "The only reason I came to Barr was to get out of going to Clear Spring High School during the day. " But, as he learned more about heating, ventilation and air conditioning, Shumaker decided he liked it. He credited his teachers.

Animal trade to be discussed at conference By DAVE McMILLION / Staff Writer SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - More than 150 representatives from at least 19 countries are expected to meet at a federal training center here Thursday to discuss how to control international trade of wild animals and plants. The representatives are responsible for enforcing a treaty signed in 1973 in Washington, D.C., that controls international trade of protected species of animals and plants, said Pat Fisher, spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-West Virginia, will speak about international trade issues at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, W.Va. He will focus on West Virginia's role in the emerging global economy. The event is sponsored by the West Virginia International Trade Development Council. The cost to attend the luncheon is $10 per person. Reservations must be made by Monday. To make a reservation, call Sandy Dubay at 1-304-728-3255.