Williamsport

Renovations will be done at Williamsport High School this summer to create a security vestibule at the front entrance that visitors would be directed to go through instead of directly entering the school, Washington County Public Schools officials said. The Board of Education unanimously approved a contract for the work as part of its March 19 consent agenda. The contract was awarded to GRC General Contractors, of Zullinger, Pa., said Purchasing Supervisor Lisa Freeman, according to an online video of the March 19 board meeting.

Sunset waits for no one, even at a baseball field without lights. North Hagerstown had a chance to put away Williamsport in the season opener at North on Friday, but couldn't get the job done. Williamsport found a little opening, took advantage in extending the game, and in the end neither team had a decision. Darkness made it unsafe to continue, so North Hagerstown will have to wait to try and finish off the win until it goes to Williamsport on May 1 with a 13-5 lead after 5 2/3 innings.

If the weather cooperates, the last two Washington County high school baseball teams standing in the 2012 season will get an early shot at one another this afternoon. The schedule makers made an MVAL Antietam Conference showdown between Williamsport and North Hagerstown the season opener for those schools in 2013. What a way to get the season off to a rousing start. It was no surprise North Hagerstown reached the Maryland Class 3A state tournament. The Hubs lost to North Harford on Kevin Mooney's perfect game.

Savannah Lee Lescalleet, 25, of Hagerstown, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at her home. Services will be private. Arrangements are by Osborne Funeral Home, Williamsport.

Eleanor Burr Miller, 93, of 16505 Virginia Ave., Williamsport, Md., and formerly of Venice, Fla., passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at Homewood at Williamsport. Born Friday, Sept. 19, 1919, in Charles Town, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Charles Milton Burr Sr. and the late Ethel (Rogers) Burr. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence E. "Woodie" Miller, in 1983. She was of the Methodist faith, and a former deputy county clerk of the county court of Jefferson County, W.Va.

Virginia B. Anderson, 91, of Hagerstown, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Born May 2, 1921, in Catawissa, Pa., she was the daughter of the late John Leroy Singley and Helen Esther Prizio (Rupp). She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Williamsport, the American Legion Auxiliary in Clear Spring, Lady of the Elks in Frederick, and AARP. She also loved playing bingo at the Funkstown fire hall. She was the loving wife of Kenneth W. Anderson for 73 years.

Williamsport seemingly is the team to beat again in boys track and field in Washington County this spring. And the Wildcats know what it's like to be beat, as Boonsboro stunned them with a narrow victory at the county indoor championships this year. “They're looking at that. That's kind of their talk. They want to get counties back,” Williamsport coach Teresa Weaver said. “But (Boonsboro coach Becky Walter) is not going to give it back without a fight.” In outdoor track, at least, the county is still Williamsport's.

Betty Jane “Trogdon” Lee, 89, of Williamsport, and formerly of St. Louis, Mo., died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Burial will be held privately at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis. Arrangements are by Douglas A. Fiery Funeral Home, 1331 Eastern Blvd. North, Hagerstown.

The Washington County Commission on Aging offers noon lunches to anyone 60 years and older at six locations - Smithsburg, Keedysville, Williamsport and three in Hagerstown. Smithsburg, Keedysville and Williamsport are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Potomac Towers, Walnut Towers and Francis Murphy are open Monday through Friday. The hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the days they are open. The agency requires that you call by 11:30 a.m. to give them a two-working-days reservation notice.

Washington County legislators who have introduced bond bills during the current session of the Maryland General Assembly remain optimistic that they will be fully funded. These bills - one seeking $300,000 to demolish the former Municipal Electric Light Plant in Hagerstown, another seeking $85,000 for the Antietam Fire Company for renovation of its firehouse and a bill requesting $175,000 for improvements to Lock 44, Lockhouse 44 and the Maryland Railroad Lift Bridge in Williamsport - were heard at committee hearings Saturday.