Young People

We had a visit from our son, Tom, a few days ago. We are always delighted when he can spend some time with us. Not only are his visits a sentimental occasion, when we remember and laugh at highly embarrassing moments from our mutual past, but this is when urgent technical needs are met. This is when batteries and bulbs are replaced, entertainment centers are reprogrammed and elderly parents are generally restored to the world of contemporary lives, to...

Acres of cornfields surround the farmhouse of Winston and Susan Herbst on Old Forge Road. But for the past seven years, the Hagerstown couple has been trying to plant a more meaningful seed - a place where young people can feel loved and inspired. They have taken their country property and turned it into a social and spiritual retreat for area youths called Right Choice Ministries. Each week, Susan Herbst said, they provide opportunities for Christian fellowship through games, life-skills programs, discussion groups and counseling activities.

“This is for all you basketball fans. Don’t you think it would be a good idea to have the boys’ NCAA champion play the boys’ NIT champion, and have the same thing with the girls in the NCAA and NIT? I think they would be good basketball games, and we would see how good the NIT is compared to the NCAA.” — Williamsport “I support Terry Baker. A budget is a plan adjusting expenses during a certain period, to the estimated or fixed income for the period. Taxpayer money should not — I repeat — not be spent on nonessentials.” — Hagerstown “Mr.

Finally figured out what is wrong with America. Took awhile. Went through a lot of false starts and theories that led nowhere. But you know how, when the right answer presents itself, it clicks into place with such force that there can be no doubt of its veracity. That’s what happened yesterday, when I discovered, by accident really, the source of all of America’s troubles: Rear-facing car seats. Yup, you see it now, too, don’t you? Now that it’s been pointed out, it’s obvious.

Thumbs up To Hagerstown Community College students, who traveled to Annapolis Wednesday to participate in Student Advocacy Day activities.  It’s great to hear of young people who are interested in the workings of government, because it is that type of interest that keeps Democracy vibrant. To first-graders at Greencastle-Antrim Primary School, who donated $525.20 in dimes to school. The money collected will benefit the Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library financially, and will benefit the children by giving them a stake in the library.

The federal government is getting ready to require public schools to begin offering more healthful school meals in the future, but the government can’t force kids to eat them. “I think some of the greatest challenge(s), from a nutritional perspective” are getting young people to eat the more healthful food, Washington County Public Schools’ Supervisor of Food and Nutrition Services Jeff Proulx told school board members Tuesday. “Without change in the community as a whole, the nutritional change here may be deemed (by some students)

Young people are increasingly encouraged to become involved in their communities, to perform acts of service, to take on projects and to take a stand on issues of local importance. "How many hours of community service do you have?" is frequently a question on scholarship and college applications. Organizations realize that an involved person is an informed person, and an informed person is a person who can make a difference. People who can make a difference are viewed as successful, so those are typically the ones who earn scholarships and admittance to the colleges of their choice.

Kids these days ... have a lot to offer. I get tired of hearing some people stereotype today's young people as rude, overly tattooed, underdressed underachievers. I prefer to focus my attention --and yours -- on those who can steer our world in a more positive direction. At The Herald-Mail, we gather information about countless members of the younger-than-21 crowd who have applied their youthful energy and creativity toward the greater good. Throughout the week, we run stories submitted from the public about young men earning the rank of Eagle Scout, high school and college students making the honor roll and dean's list, and schoolchildren being honored for exhibiting trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship --the pillars of the Character Counts!

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Eleven-year-old Quinn Wandalowski learned how to hand-craft a basket and learned something about herself in the process. "I'm sort of actually surprising myself I can do this," Wandalowski said as she held up her handiwork. Wandalowski was one of nine young people trying their hand at basketry during the Renfrew Institute's Heritage Crafts Workshop on Wednesday in Waynesboro. Instructor and professional basket maker Sue Matson led students through the four-hour-long workshop teaching them to gently weave water-softened reeds into a functional, Williamsburg-style basket they could take home.

Editor's note: Starting today and continuing the next three Fridays, The Herald-Mail will run a special column of news, features and upcoming events for Greencastle's Old Home Week, which runs July 31 through Aug. 7. Please forward any story ideas to reporter Dana Brown at dana.brown@herald-mail.com . GREENCASTLE, Pa. -- The lineup of events for Greencastle's Old Home Week keeps getting longer. A 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is the most recently added event. The tournament will take place -- in conjunction with the Fun Fair -- on Aug. 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the basketball courts at Jerome R. King Playground.