Wilson College

It was a school of fisherman - not fish - that huddled in one area of Conococheague Creek at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa., on Saturday. Those anglers, like all of the others standing in the water, were after one thing - the elusive tagged fish that come with prize money. Every year, thousands of fishermen from the Tri-State area come to Chambersburg for the annual Noontime Lions Trout Derby. This is the 16th year for the event, which offered nearly $50,000 in cash and prizes this year.

The only unfortunate thing about the new Sole Challenge 24-hour race is that Rick Meyers will be too busy to run it. Meyers, a veteran ultramarathon runner and the owner and operator of The Runner's Sole store in Chambersburg, Pa., seems to live for events like this. But being the race director might be the next best thing to competing. The Sole Challenge, which will be held May 25-26 on Memorial Day weekend at Norlo Park in Fayetteville, Pa., is Meyers' baby. And he only wants it to thrive.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The 18th Annual Friends of Legal Services Book Sale will be May 17-19 at Wilson College. Book sale hours will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 17; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 18; and noon to 4 p.m. May 19. Thousands of new and used books will be offered for sale. For more information, call 1-717-263-8303 or 1-717-262-2326.

MAY 24, 1916-MARCH 8, 2009 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Helen G. "Bunny" Huber, 92, of Chambersburg, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Shook Home. Born May 24, 1916, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Nellie K. Slaughenhaup Garlinger. Her husband, Dr. Kenneth S. Huber, died in 1985. She was a 1933 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and a 1937 graduate of Wilson College. She assisted her husband with his podiatry practice until they both retired in 1983.

For 10 years, Lorna Duphiney Edmundson has been one of the “Wilson Women” at Wilson College, but the campus president is preparing to turn over the school’s helm to her successor. Edmundson, the women’s college’s 18th president, will mark her last day June 15, turning over the position to Pittsburgh library system’s Barbara K. Mistick. Edmundson was living and working in Vermont when she received a call from the Women’s College Coalition about the Wilson presidency.

Wilson College abandoned a 144-year commitment To the editor:  On Jan. 28, The Chronicle of Higher Education published a letter by Notre Dame of Maryland University President James F. Conneely in which he declares the continuing need for women's colleges. His position is in sharp contrast to the recent decision by the Wilson College Board of Trustees to abandon the 144-year commitment to women's education.  I was one of many alumnae who worked to encourage Wilson College to remain true to her mission of educating women.

The strains of classical music will fill the campus of Wilson College for the next two weeks as dozens of professional and amateur musicians rehearse and perform free concerts as part of the annual Summertrios music camps. The first camp is running through Sunday, and the second is Sunday through July 3. During those weeks, camp faculty — professional musicians from around the world — and amateur musicians who play strings, winds and piano come together to spend time rehearsing and performing chamber music.

JAN. 12, 1917-MARCH 1, 2009 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Janice Willa Rogaliner Fetters, 92, a resident of Magnolias of Chambersburg, died Sunday, March 1, 2009. Born Jan. 12, 1917, in a small town near Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late George Aaron and Bessie Pauline Rogaliner. Her husband, Owen Curtis Fetters, preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School, received a certificate in stenography and secretarial skills from The Pittsburgh Academy School of Business, and attended the University of Pittsburgh.

Thumbs up to the members, families and leaders of Franklin County 4-H, who over the past few weeks collected donations and items to assist those affected by Superstorm Sandy. The items will be delivered to a former Shippensburg, Pa., resident who lives in New York and is volunteering with churches and relief organizations in and around Staten Island. Thumbs up to the countless firefighters who spent three days over the Thanksgiving weekend battling a blaze in the Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area near Clear Spring that burned about 145 acres of land.

Pa. mayor, wife, visiting sister city By ANDREW SCHOTZ / Staff Writer CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Mayor Robert Morris and his wife, Pat, will leave for Japan today, with the "doors of Chambersburg" in hand. continued They will carry 100 copies of a poster Pat Morris and the couple's daughter, Meredith, created this summer of architecturally interesting borough doorways. Robert and Pat Morris are among 42 people from Chambersburg going to Gotemba, the borough's sister city in Japan.