Wash

The youth of Paramount Baptist Church will hold a car wash on Saturday, June 5, from 8 a.m to 2 p.m. at Auto-Zone off Longmeadow Road in the North Village Shopping Center. Donations will go to benefit the youth group. Gospel tracts will be available for free.

Strawberries are coming into season now, so you should find them readily available at local roadside stands, farmers markets and the local grocery stores. Strawberries are always a nutritious choice and a wonderful treat. Strawberries are an excellent source of vitamin C, which is an antioxidant that might reduce the risk of heart disease and some types of cancer. It helps protect the skin from bruising, helps heal cuts and keeps gums healthy. One cup of strawberries provides 3 grams of fiber and only 46 calories.

There will be a yard sale and car wash Saturday at Turner's Skate Palace on Virginia Avenue from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Fast Forward inline racing team.

The South Hagerstown High School Rebels Band Boosters will hold a yard sale and car wash Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the school parking lot. For more information, call Laura Horning at 240-217-5675 or e-mail jlh2018@myactv.net "> jlh2018@myactv.net.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- At a Waynesboro Area Senior High School soccer game on Thursday, it wasn't about the score or the players' athletic prowess. The focus was a 15-year-old boy not at the game because he was receiving chemotherapy at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. Ethan Barnhart's classmates organized the faculty vs. student soccer game in tribute to his fight against Ewing's Sarcoma. Nine hundred students paid $1 each to watch the game during an advisory period. Barnhart's family selected the American Cancer Society and Four Diamonds Fund as recipients of the money raised.

The power to prevent disease lies in your hands - if you wash them properly. Germ prevention has become top-of-mind for many who are trying to avoid getting sick, as H1N1 and the seasonal flu make their rounds. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that Americans are not washing their hands often enough or well enough and may be transmitting up to 80 percent of all infections by their hands. So The Herald-Mail sought out expert hand-washer, Kathy Morrisey, director of infection control at Washington County Hospital for a primer in proper hand washing.

Rocky, a pit bull, checks out his surroundings Sunday after being bathed at Wilson College Vet Club's dog wash in Chambersburg, Pa. Students Brianna Sroka, foreground, and Shinead Bierkamp dried off Rocky during the event benefiting Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter and the club's spring trip.

Donald Davis Jr. sprays tire cleaner on his "new" 1982 Lincoln Mark VI. He just purchased the car from a friend, and spent Friday afternoon cleaning and polishing the car near the intersection of Jonathan Street and North Avenue.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Waynesboro Area Senior High School's occupancy permit will be extended 30 days beyond its Oct. 14 expiration. The Waynesboro Borough Council met in executive session Wednesday to talk about ongoing negotiations with the Waynesboro Area School Board. The council wants the school district to extend Third Street behind the high school. The school board balked at paving property it doesn't own, then said it would be willing to lease a right of way from the borough.

APRIL 19, 1937-SEPT. 28, 2009 Patricia Ann Faulders, also known as "Granny Pat", went to her Lord on Sept. 28, 2009, with her family at her side, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 19, 1937, to John and Margaret Niswander in Hagerstown, Md. She lived in Hagerstown for many years and attended school there. She met her childhood sweetheart and best friend, Charles R. Faulders there, and they were married on June 6, 1953. They were happily married for over 56 years and traveled the United States while he was in the Air Force, settling in Auburn, Wash.