Union Hall

Club meetings Tri-State Singles WAYNESBORO, Pa. -Saturday, Sept. 9, 9 a.m., Mountain Gate Restaurant, 10530 Buchanan Trail East. Ages 55 and older. For information about the group, call Virginia, 301-739-8990; Sharon, 717-762-4524; or Dick, 301-824-5200. Hagerstown Democratic Women's Club FUNKSTOWN - Saturday, Sept. 9, noon, Funkstown American Legion. Speakers will be Donna Brightman, candidate for county commissioner, and Claudia Martin, running for a seat on the Democratic Central Committee.

Club meetings Mack Golden Bulldogs MAUGANSVILLE - Monday, Sept. 12, social hour at 9:15 a.m., meeting at 10 a.m., U.A.W. Union Hall, Maugans Avenue. Following coffee and doughnuts, Peggy Dawson will entertain. All Mack retirees are welcome. Tri-State Civitan Club Monday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m., Ledo's Restaurant, Foxshire Plaza, Dual Highway, Hagers-town. The club meets the second Monday of each month and focuses on helping people with developmental disabilities.

Club meetings Antietam Moose Lodge 2435 Saturday, March 8, Antietam Moose Lodge 2435, 19330 Leitersburg Pike. The group will host an all-you-can-eat shrimp feed. $15 per person includes moose milk, tea and soda. DJ and dance will follow. For members and qualified guests only. Frederick Secular Humanists FREDERICK, Md. - Sunday, March 9, 1:30 p.m., C. Burr Artz Library. Edd Doerr, president of Americans for Religious Liberty, will present "Religion and Public Education.

Although federal statistics indicate that the number of on-the-job deaths in the nation fell 17 percent from 2008 to 2009,  area union supporters believe the trend toward safer workplaces could be endangered by the current economic and political climate. The Central Maryland AFL-CIO Council observed Workers Memorial Day Thursday with a ceremony at the Carpenter's Union Hall in Hagerstown. Each year there are workplace disasters that command  headlines. Among the incidents noted at the ceremony were the deaths of 28 coal miners last year in a Massey Energy Co. mine in West Virginia, the deaths of 11 oil workers when a BP rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and, locally, the murder of Pennsylvania Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. Grove.