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The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University will present “Mountaineers Unite?: Cross-Border Enlistments and the Civil War in West Virginia” by Scott A. MacKenzie on July 30 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Erma Ora Byrd Hall on the Shepherd University campus. MacKenzie is the center's 2012 George M. Nethken Graduate Fellow. The presentation is free and open to the public. MacKenzie, a student of Kenneth W. Noe at Auburn University in Alabama, has spent eight weeks in the area conducting research for his Ph.D.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Shepherd University's George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War will sponsor a book signing on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Civil War Center on German Street. Dennis W. Brandt, author of "From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community" will be on hand to answer questions and autograph copies of his book. Light refreshments will be served. Brandt is a former student in Mark A. Snell's Civil War research course and has attended several of the Center's Civil War seminars.

NASA's probe to Mercury Neal Bachtell, local resident and NASA staff member, will talk about and show photos of the recent NASA fly-by of Mercury. 1 and 2:30 p.m. Discovery Station, 101 West Washington St., Hagerstown. Free with museum admission of $5 to $7; free for children younger than 2. Call 301-790-0076 or go to www.discoverystation.org . 'See How They Run' The Potomac Playmakers present this hilarious British farce. 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Feb. 28, Friday, Feb. 29, and Saturday, Mar. 1; 3 p.m. Sunday.

SHARPSBURG - Sharpsburg officials have gotten several letters from around the country lauding them for protecting the area and not commercializing it, Mayor George Kesler said Monday. The letters were in reaction to an Associated Press article about Town Council members deciding not to join the Civil War Heritage Area. The story ran in several papers across the country. The council reversed its decision last month, voting 5-1 to endorse an application for a proposed Civil War Heritage Area, but the town may withdraw later.

The Hagerstown Suns forgot how to spell relief on Friday. Augusta scored four runs in the final three innings against Hagerstown's bullpen to notch a 6-3 victory and send the Suns to their sixth straight loss. It was the Suns' seventh straight loss at home and dropped them to 3-16 at Municipal Stadium in the second half. Augusta broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Monell and James Simmons' RBI single off Austin Garrett for a 4-2 lead. Garrett relieved starter Marcos Frias, who allowed two runs on five hits, while striking out four in six innings.

The Hagerstown Suns scored six runs on two hits, five walks and four wild pitches in the fourth inning on the way to a 9-4 victory over the Lake County Captains on Friday night at Municipal Stadium. Tyler Moore led off the fourth with a double, J.R. Higley walked and Brett Newsome hit an RBI double. The rest of the runs scored on a bases-loaded walk and the four wild pitches -- one coming on a swinging third strike by Chris Curran that would have ended the inning with just the one run. Instead, Curran reached first and the inning continued.

The Hagerstown Suns scored three runs in the fourth inning on four singles, a walk and an RBI groundout to take the lead en route to a 5-3 victory over the Delmarva Shorebirds on Friday night in a South Atlantic League game at Municipal Stadium. Michael Guerrero and Sandy Leon led off the fourth with singles, with Guerrero beating a throw to third base and Leon taking second on the play. Chris Curran followed with a groundout to short to score Guerrero and tie the game at 3. With two outs, Stephen Lombardozzi walked before Derek Norris and Tyler Moore hit RBI singles to give the Suns the 5-3 lead.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Tyler Moore hit a two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the third inning to lift the Hagerstown Suns to a 4-2 victory over Kannapolis. Jose Lozada started the rally with a one-out single off Intimidators starter Dexter Carter (1-2). Derek Norris followed with a two-out single to set up Moore, who hit a line drive to left to bring in the runs and give the Suns a 4-0 lead. The win broke a two-game losing streak for the Suns (19-18), who went 5-3 on their road trip to Greensboro and Kannapolis.

EASTLAKE, Ohio -- Mark Thompson and Chris Nash homered to lead the Lake County Captains to a 5-2 win Tuesday and a two-game sweep of the Hagerstown Suns. Paul Demny took the loss for the Suns, dropping his record to 1-6 on the year. The Suns (29-32) started strong, scoring twice in the top of the first off Lake County starter Trey Haley. Jose Lozada led off the game with a walk, advanced to second on a single by Steve Lombardozzi and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Moore.

West Virginia jumped to an early 6-0 lead and cruised to an 8-3 victory over the Hagerstown Suns on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series at Municipal Stadium. The Power reached Suns starter A.J. Morris for a pair of runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Starling Marte ad Robbie Grossman. Kyle Morgan homered in the third inning and the Power made it 4-0 in the fourth on two singles and an error by Suns second baseman Valerio Heredia. Reliever Kevin Light gave up a pair of runs in the sixth inning before the Suns notched their first runs of the game with the arrival of Power reliever Duke Welker in the seventh inning.