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Second Public Meeting to Discuss the CVS Project in Downtown Charles Town to be held on 2/4
At 2:00 pm Saturday, February 4, a public meeting will be held at Jumping Java Café, 109 West Washington Street, to continue discussions and update action items regarding a proposed CVS drug store in Charles Town which would require the demolition of several historic buildings in the Downtown Charles Town Historic District. Jefferson County citizens interested in continuing to work together to protest and hopefully stop the destruction of these buildings and encourage the design of a historically appropriate solution to CVS’s proposed project (including consideration of locations outside the historic district) are invited.
If you care about preserving historic Charles Town’s streetscape and protecting its unique historic resources, please come and share your ideas and opinions on the next steps that could be taken to address this inappropriate project. To learn more about the project and how other people feel about it, please visit the “CVS in Charles Town?’ Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/CVS-In-Charles-Town-WV/369407666406429?sk=wall&filter=1 and visit the web site at http://sites.google.com/site/savehistoriccharlestown/
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Beat the Winter Blues with February Happenings at Jala Yoga
Shepherdstown, WV—Jala Yoga, the beautiful and inspiring yoga studio at Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar, 117 West German Street, Shepherdstown, has two fantastic workshops taking place in February. Valentine’s Day Partners Yoga takes place on Friday, February 10, from 6-8 pm, led by Jala instructors Mia Hamza and Christa Mastrangelo Joyce. Bring your sweetie or best friend to engage in a fun night of yoga with a partner. Discover the exhilaration of working poses together, as partners assist each other in going deeper, playing more, and soaring higher. The cost is $32 per couple or $25 couple for students or Jala class card holders. If you don’t have a partner, contact Christa at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) so that you can be partnered with a fellow yogi.
On Friday, February 24, from 6-8 pm, Mia Hamza leads another round of The Rocket. The Rocket is a non-traditional style of Ashtanga yoga, developed by Larry Schultz and designed to “get you there faster!” With dynamic sequencing and multiple variations, this style of yoga builds heat, strength, and flexibility. This class is appropriate for all levels. The cost is $18 or $12 for Jala class card holders and students.
Jala Yoga offers classes 7 days a week in the vinyasa style of yoga in which poses flow from one to another. Jala Yoga believes that yoga is accessible and necessary for everyone, and both beginners and seasoned practitioners are welcome. For more information about Jala Yoga, please visit http://www.jalayogaflow.com or call 304-263-5367.
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Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Hosts Documented: Recent Political Documentaries Film Series
Shepherdstown, WV - Beginning with the 2010 Academy Award winning film INSIDE JOB on January 31, 2012, the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University will host a series of recent political documentaries. The series, titled DOCUMENTED, consists of six films. Each screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by a person versed in the issues raised by the film. All films will begin at 7 pm and all showings are free and open to the public.
Tuesday 2/7, CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY portrays Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff from his early years as a gung-ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah. A tale of international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, and a mob-style killing in Miami, this is the story of the way money corrupts our political process. The film follows the ongoing indictments of federal officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s capital. Discussion leader. Dr. Max Guirguis, Shepherd University.
Thursday, 2/16 DEFAULT: THE STUDENT LOAN DOCUMENTARY chronicles the stories of borrowers from different backgrounds affected by the private student lending industry and their struggles to change the system. http://defaultmovie.com/. Discussion with film creators via Skype after the screening.
Tuesday, 2/21 HOW TO START A REVOLUTION profiles Gene Sharp and his ally Retired U.S. Army Colonel Robert Helvey (who is originally from West Virginia). Together they have trained nonviolent activists around the world. The film sketches a portrait of how one man’s thinking has contributed to the liberation of millions of oppressed people and how his work in direct action and civil disobedience continues to be used today to topple dictators using the sheer force of nonviolent people power. http://howtostartarevolutionfilm.com. Discussion with film creator via Skype after the screening.
Tuesday 2/28 GASLAND. The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has recently swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/. Discussion with Dr. Ed Snyder, Shepherd University.
Tuesday 3/6, WAR REDEFINED challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain through incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State and seasoned survivors of war and peace-making. Narrated by Geena Davis, the film reframes our understanding of modern warfare through probing conversations with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright; Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, among others. Co-sponsored with the Shepherd University Women’s Studies Program. Discussion leader: Dr. Betty Ellzey, Shepherd University. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace.
Past Events:
Tuesday 1/31, INSIDE JOB exposes the truth behind the economic crisis of 2008 which resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. The film traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corruption in politics, regulation and academia. Narrated by Matt Damon, INSIDE JOB won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010. http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/. Discussion leader: Lex Miller, Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
The Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies is a private, nonpartisan, and nonprofit educational organization administered by the Congressional Education Foundation with facilities on the campus of Shepherd University. The mission of the Center is to help foster better public understanding of the United States Congress, the Constitution, and representative democracy both historically and in a contemporary setting.
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Daily Jolt - Feb 1 “What’s on your mind?”
“Be clear minded and self-controlled…” 1 Peter 4:7
What’s on your mind these days? Have you thought about what you are thinking? Have you taken the time and effort to cleanse your mind in the refreshing waters of God’s truth? Have you carefully examined what those close to you are saying? Are you taking control of what enters your mind each time, every time?
You are not at the mercy of what thoughts try to set up shop in your spirit. They do not have any power to prevail over you. They can be discarded as quickly as they arrive. They may come back, over and over. But each time you can show them the door.
Thoughts that pull you down, pull you away or pull you toward a behavior or action that is not from the Lord have to submit to the Spirit of the Lord who indwells you. Take every thought before the judgment seat of God. Allow Him to show you the truth. Then if that thought is not from Him, turn it over to the jailor of heaven to dispose with as he sees fit.
You want change in your life. Yet you are afraid of the unknown. What if you drop the wrong relationship that emotionally seems so right? What if you step out in faith to get your finances in order even though it will demand some deep adjustments to your spending and saving? What if instead of each day starting with the mental assault of discouragement/depression, you woke up praising the Lord and thanking Him for the day you are about to encounter? Nothing changes in your life until something changes in your thinking.
What you are dwelling on deepens within you. Thoughts that have been given a home will need a firm, decisive kick to get them to exit. For example: If you think about how bad things are going for you; more bad will come. If you believe that things will never get any better, they won’t. If you constantly complain about what is going wrong around you, what you are complaining about will hang around a lot longer.
Your thoughts today directly affect your tomorrows. So change what you are thinking about. Your feelings are very poor validations of the truth. Get your mind back in the things of God. Renew your thinking in God’s Word. Anything or anyone attempting to take you away from what God has you doing or where He has you serving is not from heaven. Get more of God in your thinking and there will be far less room for deceivers to take up residence in your heart.
The devil loves to plant ideas that are actually lies into your mind and then upset you with those deceptions so that you become miserable. At other times he brings someone into your life which soon gets close to you and then he uses them to lead you from the truth. You make wrong choices, sever former commitments and move away from what God had you doing all because a human voice is drowning out God’s Word in your heart.
Stop allowing the enemy to do his dirty work in your will. Refute his distortions. Reject his deceptions. Refuse to accept his deliveries even when they come via other people you care about. Keep your mind on the Lord. Listen to His heart for you. You can’t stop a thought from getting in the door, but you do not have to get every thought a bed to sleep in. Show troubling thoughts the door without delay!
Today, your mind does not have to be a dumping ground for the devil.
Pastor Ron
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365 Church - Help us celebrate our 7th birthday!
There is something spiritual and special about the number “7.” The Hebrews saw it as “completion” taking the perfect world number 4 and adding to it the perfect divine number 3. There are seven spirits, seven churches, seven stars, trumpets… 700 times the number 7 is used in the Bible.
On Feb 5th 365 Church, which started with 14 people in Pastor Ron And Pat Larson’s living room in Jan 2005, will celebrate its 7th birthday. It will be quite a day! And we want you “home” with us on Feb 5th as we celebrate it together. This event is open to everyone from our regional community.
365 is growing, expanding, is unified, is loving one another and is powerfully impacting this region year after year. Now we are going to make history together on Feb. 5th. You will hear stories from the journey, experience great music, laugh at some of our more crazy faith moments and be challenged by the grand plans God has for this region in the years ahead.
365 Church is temporarily meeting at Orchard View Intermediate School (1455 Delmar Orchard Road, Martinsburg, WV 25401) at 10 am Sundays. Currently our new 11,000 sq ft church home is being remodeled for a planned occupancy this spring, but we will fill the school auditorium THIS Sunday with friends and family from all across this region to celebrate together the greatness of God.
Child care and classes for birth through 5th grade on-site. J Club for teens on Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM.
For more information go to http://www.365church.org or call at 304-261-4007.
Come join the community party with us at 365 this Sunday Feb 5th at 10 am!
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Professor Patricia H. Lee, faculty member of WVU College of Law scheduled for the Eastern Panhandle
Professor Patricia H. Lee, a faculty member of West Virginia University’s College of Law, who directs the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, will be a featured speaker during the 2012 Common Ground International Book Fest scheduled for Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Shepherd University Wellness Center at 1:00 PM on The Importance of Small Business Entrepreneurship. Other scheduled presenters include Adrienne Morgan, Owner of A Zone WSP Environmental Services, Daryl S. Dudley, a media consultant from Washington, D.C., as well as Chuck Stump and Cheryl Wood, motivational business development speakers and authors. Register as an author, exhibitor, and/or sponsor by February 17th via the website: http://www.harambeeconference.com, email, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 888-224-4798 for additional information. Event Time: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM.
Location:
Shepherd University Wellness Center
164 University Drive
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Photo (Professor Patricia H. Lee): Courtesy of WVU-Photo, Jake Lambuth.
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Public Meeting to Discuss the CVS Project in Downtown Charles Town to be held Jan. 29
On Sunday, January 29, a public meeting will be held at 3:00 pm at Jumping Java Café, 109 West Washington Street, to discuss a proposed new CVS drug store in Charles Town, which would require the demolition of several historic buildings in the Downtown Charles Town Historic District. Jefferson County citizens interested in working together to protest and hopefully stop the destruction of these buildings and encourage the design of a historically appropriate solution to CVS’s proposed project are invited.
Here’s what has happened so far:
Over the past several months, the Charles Town Historic Landmarks Commission and the Charles Town Planning Commission have been approached by firms representing CVS Pharmacy’s interest in constructing a new drug store at the northeast corner of the intersection of Washington and West Streets. The site is within the Downtown Charles Town Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 and within the City’s Historic Overlay District. The proposed project would require destruction of several contributing structures in the historic district, construction of a large parking lot, and erection of a 14,000 ft store, set some 70 feet behind the existing line of store fronts along that portion of Washington Street. At the second of two HLC meetings to consider the initial request, the HLC approved a Certificate of Appropriateness be issued for the project. At a later date, the Planning Commission voted to approve the site plan with the condition that the applicant address the minor and major items identified in a staff report, including any outstanding WV Department of Highways (DOH) and WV Department of Environmental Protection comments.
Initial DOH comments addressed its concerns about the proposed ingress and egress between Washington Street and the proposed parking lot. Although CVS proposed full access, i.e. left- and right-hand turns into the driveway and left- and right-hand turns out of the driveway, DOH indicated they would not approve a left turn out and that a left turn in would require a new left turn lane eastbound on Washington Street, quite close to its intersection with West Street. Such a design would require removal of at least five parking places along Washington Street. Because of major concerns about the loss of parking places and the impact of such a traffic pattern on through traffic on Washington Street, at the latest Planning Committee meeting a motion was passed to table a vote on the CVS site plan approval until addition DOH information is provided.
If you care about preserving the historic Charles Town streetscape and protecting its unique historic resources, please come and share your ideas and opinions on the next steps that could be taken to address this inappropriate project within the Downtown Charles Town Historic District.
To learn more about the project and how other people feel about it, please visit the “CVS in Charles Town?’ Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/CVS-In-Charles-Town-WV/369407666406429?sk=wall&filter=1
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Jefferson County Little League Spring 2012 Registration
Jefferson County Little League (JCLL)Tee Ball, Baseball and Softball Registration for the Spring 2012 Season
SPRING 2012 REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Tee Ball, Baseball and Softball Registration for the Spring 2012 season will be held in February on the following Saturdays from 10AM to 1PM, in the Jefferson High School Cafeteria.
February 4
February 11
February 18
Late registration will be held Wednesday, February 22, from 6PM to 8PM, in the Jefferson High School Cafeteria.
Registration Fees are $70 for the first child, and $60 for each additional child (children 2-5). Cash, check (made out to Jefferson County Little League) are accepted. NEW THIS YEAR...credit cards will also be accepted, with a 3 percent processing fee added if you use a credit card.
For information, including forms and what you will need to bring, please visit http://www.eteamz.com/jcllplayball/news/index.cfm?cat=329583.
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Daily Jolt - Jan 27 “God’s Guarantees”
“The Lord is faithful to ALL His promises…” Ps. 145:13
God has made some wonderful guarantees to you. And He placed each of them in writing. There are 7,000 promises in the Bible. God has honored every one of them. God cannot fail at even one guarantee or else He proves He is not truly God. His character backs up His Word. His past commitments are seen demonstrated without hesitation in the present. His consistent behavior gives you confidence that He will do everything He has said.
You can count on His faithfulness even in your fear. You can depend on His strength when you have failed. You can rely on His wisdom when you are confused. God will never let you down. He is honorable. He is holy. He is just. He is your Father who will never stop loving you. Live by the guarantees of God.
The devil will cause you to doubt His goodness. He will tempt you to question His purposes. But he is always a liar. Why give any time listening to his deception?
Conditions of life will stir something sour in your spirit at times. Discouragement and depression are twin adversaries who only want to keep you down. Take a pill of praise daily and you will find their influence waning over time.
God is completely and fully good. He has nothing bad planned for you. Yet He uses the harsh events of life to complete you. Nothing is ever wasted. Living in a world of pain and problems; troubles and temptation multiplied by the cancer of sin can cause you to doubt whether God is at work. But He is present, always. He is powerful, consistently. He is producing from the raw times of your life something wonderful. Trust that He will work in what you face at present just like He worked in what you encountered in your past. God is faithful, all the time.
Today, you will never be disappointed in what God delivers. Even if you cannot understand, it has great value for something soon to be developed in your life.
Pastor Ron
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Shenandoah Valley Heritage Day: Connecting with Your Wartime Ancestors
Winchester, VA - The Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society announces their January 2012 program, “Shenandoah Valley Heritage Day: Connecting with Your Wartime Ancestors,” will now be presented at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst Street, Winchester, Va., Saturday, January 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The program will include four presentations from genealogical and historical research experts and a display of tables hosted by genealogical and historical societies and research organizations. Guest speakers and their topics will include: professional genealogist and proprietor of Virginia Ancestry, Victor Dunn, CG, who will explain how to conduct research using Confederate civilian records; Certified Genealogist Barbara Vines-Little will discuss research techniques for finding female ancestors; Connie Potter and Katherine Vollen, archivists from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., will share their expertise and discuss research of Civil War ancestors with Union connections; and collector Chris Ferguson will discuss how to use military ephemera to learn about one’s ancestor. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early as lecture seating is limited. More information and the program schedule can be found at svgs.org or http://shenandoahmuseum.org.
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Daily Jolt - Jan 25 “Let God have it!”
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you…” Ps. 55:22
There is a swirling mass of chaos within your spirit. It is roaring and raging and threatens to reign over you. It shouts above your security in God. It seeks to control your reactions. It wants to devour you and erase all contentment you once enjoyed.
Let God have it! He knows exactly what to do. He saw it coming long ago. He may even have permitted it for some fulfillment of His purposes. Now, He wants it back. It was only meant to be temporary. It was designed to move you closer to the Lord. It cannot hurt you unless you try to handle it on your own. Give it back to God, quickly and once and for all. It does not belong to you any longer.
The title deed to what worries you only remains spiritually in effect if you sign it. Your signature is placed on your worries when you attempt to hold onto them past their expiration date. When your security is not in God, your concerns become your confidence. This may sound strange to you, but much of what you negatively think about and dwell on only stays around because you give it value. You empower your problems by the time and energy you give them in your thoughts and your talk. Let God have them back without further delay!
When you fish you do not expect to get the bait back. You cast it into the deep knowing it is gone, never to return. You leave the bait in the water until you feel a tug. Then you reel in the prize that was there all along. This is much the same way that God works to calm your circumstances. You have a problem. It is your bait to get a prize God desires to provide for you. You cast it out onto the waters of God’s will and ways. When you feel the pull of the Holy Spirit, reel in quickly and firmly. Your bait has turned into a blessing!
Today, to get the best of God you have to cast your present burden into the waters of future blessing.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Jan 26 “Throw some water on the fire”
“Without wood a fire goes out…”Prov. 26:20
There is a fire burning around you. You may have not caused it. But brightly and hotly it burns on and on. It effects are severe. Negative emotions are stirred up from the bottom of the muck. Discouraging words are arrows driving the shaft of their stinging message deep in individual hearts long to be remembered. Hurt is piling on without mercy. It is time someone throws some water on the fire.
When negative words fly, allow them to go through you rather than stay on you. When another’s pain is placed on you, permit it to pour through you rather than prompting something harmful to be produced within you. When the flames of hell are goading the tongue of a gossip, get as far from that hellish heat as you can!
Most of all refuse to throw another stick on a fire already burning. The only way to defuse tension is to refuse to provide any additional piece of kindling for the blaze. Fires die without wood and oxygen. Your words either breathe life into a flame or extinguish it. Shut down depressing talk and trouble has a way of moving on to another time.
You are either creating problems or solving them. You are either increasing life or stealing life from another. You are either adding to the enjoyment others feel in your environment or you are avoided because others see you as a killer of joy. Determine what kind of conditions you desire to live in and then choose carefully your words, your responses, your actions and your associates. Each of these birth a heat that is harmful or a warmth that is healing.
Get a bucket of positive thinking, a pail of encouraging affirmation, a jar of hopeful anticipation and a cup of faith-fueled expectation. Then drown out all: fear that paralyzes; prejudice that separates; backbiting that leads to bitterness; relational selfishness that destroys and pride that puts only fools on a pedestal. You are either starting a fire or putting one out. It is your call, everyday, all through the day and your choice will create what will happen the next day each day you are above dirt.
Today, refuse to be a contributor to the conflict rearing up or raging around you.
Pastor Ron
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AHA! Fire Hall Gallery Exhibit is on Conservation
The current exhibit at the AHA! Fire Hall Gallery, Charles Town WV, puts the spotlight on the theme of conservation. Artworks created by Shepherd University graphic design, photography and studio art majors provide a provocative and exciting visual experience.
Shepherd University design students were challenged to create a work of art that promoted ideas of conservation. Professor Rhonda J. Smith, Chair, Department of SU Contemporary Art and Theater, said the American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) held in Shepherdstown WV in November 2011 inspired the assignment.
The students were enrolled in Visual Thinking Skills I, a freshman course where students begin to understand the nature of contemporary art. They learn how concepts and ideas are conveyed through the language of visual information.
Smith explains, Imagery has the power to inform and inspire. The challenge to the students was to create an image that will promote conversation and awareness of conservation. They were to select a theme related to advocacy, respect, protection, defense, reporting, awareness or some other related theme that supports the ACFF idea of the power of imagery to inform and inspire.
Professor Sonya Evanisko organized the exhibit. She said that the artwork had specific guidelines. No people could be used as subjects, yet the image was to bring greater understanding and awareness to others about conservation, how it may be fostered, or how to be an advocate for action.
The solution had to incorporate images that provoke rather than document. Your goal, Evanisko told them, is to stimulate the imagination of the viewer while conveying your conservation message. She said, Our students are go-getters. Our faculty inspires innovation and we get results.
Artists are Christine Soares, Richard McClung, Jake Lichtman, Sara Brister, Austin Bridge, Trenton Meiron, Samantha Jones, Kaitlyn Jones, Mariah Donavan, Kyla Johnson, Ana Lopez, Emma Frank, Brittany Bates, and Evan Barke.
The art works were previously exhibited in the Scarborough Library at SU during November and December.
The AHA! Fire Hall Gallery is located at 108 N. George Street in Charles Town WV, within the Charles Town Visitors Center. Open daily from 10:00 am-5:00 pm.
AHA is a non-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to supporting cultural and artistic events and programs for both children and adults in Jefferson County. For more information about AHA, visit http://www.ahajc.org.
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New message series - “Things God Can’t Do”
365 Church is discovering that there are some things that God cannot do!
In a new six part series starting Jan 29 you will enjoy a spiritual journey into the very depths of who God really is. You will discover: the evidence for God; the experience God wants you to have in this life; the environment God desires you to live in and the expression of God-life possible right now for your life
Learn that:
• God cannot lie
• God cannot abandon you
• God cannot reject you
• God cannot fail you
• God cannot break a promise to you
• God cannot stop loving you
365 Church is a multi-cultural, multi-generational group of friends making new friends who are currently meeting at 10 am Sundays at Orchard View Intermediate School 1455 Delmar Orchard Road, Martinsburg, WV 25401. Children’s ministry for birth through 5th grade is offered during the 10 am service. Teens gather every Wednesday night for J Club (6-12 grade) at 6:30 pm.
365 recently purchased a new 11,000 square foot former tanning, hair salon, gym (once called Seaside) located at 881 Mid Atlantic Parkway, Martinsburg, WV 25404. It is currently remodeling this building into a gathering place for singles and families for all people, all races and all age groups. 365 plans to open this new facility in March.
This warm and welcoming new facility will offer:
A state of the art nursery/preschool
Engaging activities for K-5th grade called Kid MO
J Club for 6-12 graders
Ignite for men
Tapestry for women
A Center for Family and Marriage Enrichment
Celebrate Recovery (addiction recovery groups)
Personal and Family Counseling Center
Join 365 each Sunday at 10 am in this powerful and practical new series!
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Daily Jolt - Jan 20 “Ask rather than assume”
“With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.” Prov. 11:9
What you think you know it often not what others have made known. So much gets lost in the translation from one mind via another. Key components are left out. Tone of voice is misread. Heart motives are unfairly questioned. And what you said is far too easily misunderstood by the time it reaches another’s ear.
So, refuse to assume. Go ask the original author. Get your facts straight. Listen to the heart of another as they speak. Probe the depths of the soul much deeper. Make certain you clearly know what is being communicated. Otherwise, you will react in misunderstanding what was assumed to be understood when it was spoken.
Take more time to digest the meaning of a matter. Charging blindly into the china shop of a person’s character because you think you heard something that offends often breaks precious items stored there. Calm down before you text a message, email a peer or grab your cell phone to let someone know a piece of your mind. What they will get if you fail to do so is the raw emotions from the bottom of your spirit which sadly only cause ruptures in a once vibrant relationship.
Ask again if you are unsure of what is meant. Go to the source: the person who said what someone else is repeating to you. Whenever you hear what a person is saying someone else said you are listening to the heart of the original speaker distorted through the mouth of the secondary responder. This is a major disrupter of your environment.
Prevent future hurt by using discernment in everything you hear. People say things they do not mean all the time. Be more patient with them. Others say things they wish they had never spoken. Be more forgiving. Some speak before they think. Be godly by letting go what should have never stuck to your thoughts in the first place. You will enjoy life a lot more when you allow the negative words of others to evaporate quickly in your mind.
Today, move your ears closer and use your lips less.
Pastor Ron
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5th Annual 18th Century Surveying & Cartography School, Berkeley Springs, WV
Berkeley Springs, WV - Registration is now open for the 5th Annual School of Instruction on February 10-12 at Cacapon Resort State Park in Berkeley Springs, WV.
Participants staying on-site will be in 8-person modern cabins at Cacapon Resort State Park. The modern cabins are frame structures insulated for year-round comfort featuring handsome wood-paneled walls, stone fireplaces, baths with showers, kitchens with modern appliances and central heat. Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday breakfast and lunch are provided. Friday dinner is Dutch Treat at the Cacapon Lodge.
While the setting is relatively remote and rural, it is only 17-29 miles away from three major interstate highways. Cacapon Resort State park is 29 miles northwest of Winchester, VA, 47 miles southwest of Hagerstown, MD, and 22 miles south of Warfordsburg, PA.
For information about the event, including a tentative schedule and session topics, visit: https://www.armygeographer.org/component/content/article/54
To register, visit https://www.armygeographer.org/schedule/event-registration and click the “register” button.
You do not need to be a member of a host unit to attend this event…you don’t even need to be a reenactor! This event is held in modern facilities, and modern clothing is worn all weekend.
For this year, we are tentatively planning a tour of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley to view their surveying instruments along with a tour of George Washington’s Office (both in Winchester, VA…about 30 miles from Cacapon) on Friday afternoon.
Tentative session topics include:
- Creating (draughting) maps from survey data
- Thomas Hutchins’ study of magnetic needle dip around the world
- Colouring maps and plans with period watercolors
- Observing the 2012 Transit of Venus
- Enhancing living history impressions by studying museum collections
- Basics of 18th century surveying
- Meriwether Lewis’s Survey at Cumberland Gap and more!
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Blue Ridge CTC Sponsoring Bus Trip to Ford’s Theatre - Feb 4
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is sponsoring a bus trip to Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC on Saturday, February 4 to see the play Necessary Sacrifices, starring David Selby as Abraham Lincoln. The bus will leave the Blue Ridge Campus, located at 400 West Stephen Street in Martinsburg, at 3:30 pm sharp.
Tickets for the bus trip ($25) can be purchased by calling the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Convention & Visitors Bureau at 304-264-8801.
Tickets for the playcan be purchased by calling Ford’s Theatre at 1-800-982-2787.
In his fourth commission for Ford’s Theatre, playwright Richard Hellesen explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during a period of national crisis. During the summers of 1863 and 1864, Douglass challenges Lincoln to use his power as president to bring truth to America’s founding ideal that “all men are created equal.”
David Selby returns to play Lincoln after his stunning portrayal of the president in The Heavens Are Hung In Black. Craig Wallace, who has previously appeared at Ford’s in Sabrina Fair and Jitney, will play Frederick Douglass.
Hellesen’s previous works for Ford’s Theatre include One Destiny, Investigation: Detective McDevitt and The Road from Appomattox, three gripping and insightful explorations of critical moments in Civil War history. The world premiere of this work will coincide with the opening of the Center for Education and Leadership, which will include new galleries exploring the immediate aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination and the evolution of his legacy.
“This nation cannot excel half-equal and half-unequal. To accept that would be merely to remove our shackles from our legs, clean and polish them, and put them right back on. This work must be done, and done forever.” Frederick Douglass in Necessary Sacrifices.
“Lincoln and Douglass: two self-made men from humble beginnings who influenced a nation. Both envisioned a world of freedom and equality, but they did not always see eye to eye on how to achieve that vision. This play explores Lincoln and his legacy from Douglass’s point of view.” –Paul R. Tetreault, director, Ford’s Theatre
Recommended for ages 13 and up.
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Call for Artists: Second Annual Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit
The Berkeley Arts Council and The Arts Centre are again joining forces to bring a juried art exhibit to The Arts Centre gallery in Martinsburg, WV. The exhibit will be held April 20 – May 20, 2012.
The exhibit, which will be produced by the Berkeley Arts Council, will have the theme “Art and Earth: My Art – My World.” Artists in all media are invited to submit works that express their feelings about nature and the environment.
The Juror for the exhibit will be Laura Amussen, Director of Exhibitions and Art Collection Coordinator at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
The deadline for submission is February 20, 2012.
Details, including entry forms and the full schedule are posted on the Berkeley Arts Council web site (http://www.berkeleyartswv.org). For more information contact Rip Smith at 304-596-0873 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The Berkeley Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non‐profit organization incorporated in West Virginia working to ensure that Berkeley County has a vibrant, vital arts environment by promoting awareness, understanding and appreciation of the literary, visual and performing arts in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Photo: 2011 Award of Merit: “Healing Water” by Jean Kellogg
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Daily Jolt - Jan 19 “The Unknown”
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Rom. 12:2
It is a much debated issue among psychiatrists whether you are born with innate fear or whether all fear is learned. All you know is that you are afraid. It may be a fear of spiders, intimacy, heights, falling, relationships or the dark. But you are afraid of something or someone. That fear drives you toward certain actions. It prevents you from taking action. Whatever you fear becomes your master.
The greatest fear you may be facing at this moment is: the fear of the unknown. It is the fear of the unexpected, the unseen and the un-encountered. It is heard in the voice of one who says, “I cannot move forward; there is too much risk involved; I had better stay where I am.” The disciples on the boat in a storm seeing Jesus walking on the water toward them possessed that fear and other than Peter missed a miracle. The Hebrew people standing at the border of the Promised Land were paralyzed by that fear and refused to go in and claim God’s promise. You also have feared the unknown and missed the blessing that lies just on the other side of your fear.
Fear causes you to avoid decisions that need to be made. Fear binds you to a habit that needs to be abandoned. Fear keeps you lonely as you refuse to get too close to others. Fear creates mistrust of a leader because you never want to hurt again. Fear simply will not permit you to go into the place or go with the person God has for you. As a result, you lose. A blessing is forfeited. A situation remains unresolved. An intimacy fades.
The opposite of fear is trust. It is living with something far more reliable then what your mind is telling you or what your emotions are making you worry about. It is choosing to place God’s agenda first and my desires second. It is the courage to live your life unto God even when the fog of the unknown sweeps in suddenly. It is the child-like confidence that even though you cannot see God or hear His voice, your hand is still in His.
Whatever you fear also sets the limits of how far you will go with God. To counter fear, trust God. To lessen fear, grow in faith. Faith increases after every trouble is moved through, endured and conquered. So to have more faith, take on more trouble. You must look fear in the face and tell it, “My God is bigger than you!” Then walk like God is larger than your fear. The way to stand up to a bully is not to shrink back, but to walk with a swagger that someone bigger has your back.
Be careful what you dwell on. Provide only temporary, short-term passes to problems that demand your free thought time. When you learn to trust God for today, it is much easier to trust Him for your tomorrows.
Today, fear is a thief that steals your joy when you forget to lock the door of your mind.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Jan 17 “Talk a Little Less”
“Let us not be like others who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.” 1 Thess. 5:6
The best words others hear may be the ones you never say. In a culture where communication is instant and immense in size, much confusion results from “too many words.” Face Book fills your mind with feelings that should have been kept private. Email is often used to cowardly confront because of a sense of insecurity over a face to face meeting. Text messages can tempt or taunt another person relentlessly.
Speak less and listen more. Communicate only what you have absolutely confirmed as truth. Hold back personal emotional judgments. Linger a little longer before you send a sensitive message. Choose those words which leave a person feeling that you have their best interests at heart. Then live like you do.
Jesus spoke in short messages and in succinct truths. People were drawn to Him because He challenged them to think about what they were doing with their lives. Yet He did so without condemnation. Jesus spoke life into people. He called for the best in others to come forth. He did not always do what people wanted, but He always did what He knew they needed. Jesus acted like how He desired His followers to live rather than merely asking them to live better.
Know a person before you attempt to speak into their heart. What moves them? What has value to them? What worries them? Who is important to them? Words are much more effective when they hit a target. To find the bulls-eye of a person’s values, use words that they can respond to.
Get close to God. Hear what He is saying. Then spread it to others. It matters little and usually hurts most when you speak carelessly with the excuse, “I am just stating how I feel about…” Your emotions are rarely a reliable tool for truth. The devil plays with your doubts. He disturbs your spirit. And He confuses your thoughts, all with words that have no foundation in your Heavenly Father. Reject his lies. He does nothing but harm you and hurt others through you if you allow him to do so with your words.
Today, make certain your every word is based on God’s Word before it ever exits the womb of your heart.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Jan 16 “Intimidation vs. Inspiration”
16) Intimidation vs. Inspiration
“Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Mt 6:34
A problem should never intimidate you; it should inspire you. Every trouble contains a subject matter God is trying to talk to you about. It is your responsibility to discover God’s will wherever you are walking or in everything you have walked into. This does not mean that every problem is “from” God. It simply means that each challenge you encounter has something embedded in it where God can be experienced.
Fear has often kept you from moving into the place where God wants to work through you. Missed blessings occur when you choose to be held in bondage by your burdens. It is time to break free. Look deeper into the face of what you fear. You will find that God is there, has been there and will be there through-out the journey and until the end.
Release control over your circumstances. Allow the waves of God’s will to wash over you. Of course waves can be dangerous. But they are also a source of great delight in the unexpected that takes you by surprise. Inspiration does not come to the comfortable, but to the one who intentionally takes on the challenge of every roaring giant.
Adversity is inevitable. Adversity is also inspirational. Every military commander yearns for the battle that will define their destiny. You should welcome your trials as God’s promotional prize that once endured later becomes the victory that is enjoyed.
Each foe you face has a blessing attached to them where God desires to increase you. Every failure you get up from builds spiritual muscle you can depend on when temptation rallies once again. Even the faults of others which annoy and disturb you are used by the Lord to enlarge your capacity for greatness. Receive everything that comes to you as a stepping stone for your success.
Today, your problem is also the point of your potential for greater productivity.
Pastor Ron
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Byrd Center Hosts State of the Union Viewing, Discussion
The Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University will show President Obama’s televised State of the Union Address on the big screen in the Byrd Center Auditorium on Tuesday, January 24. The event will begin at 8:15 PM with a short talk on the history of the State of the Union Address by Dr. Ray Smock, director of the Byrd Center. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited to the first 100 persons. Parking is available on the street or in the lots behind the Byrd Center and the Scarborough Library.
Smock, former historian of the U. S. House of Representatives and an expert on the State of the Union Address, was on the floor of the House as an eyewitness to the State of the Union addresses of presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. The televised coverage of the State of the Union Address will begin at 9:00 PM. Following the address, there will be a brief discussion and then the audience will be able to watch the Republican Response to the president’s address. Following the Republican Response, those who wish to stay are invited to continue the discussion.
The Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies is a private, nonpartisan, and nonprofit educational organization administered by the Congressional Education Foundation with facilities on the campus of Shepherd University at 213 N. King Street, in Shepherdstown, WV. The mission of the Center is to help foster better public understanding of the United States Congress, the Constitution, and representative democracy both historically and in a contemporary setting.
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Daily Jolt - Jan 12 “Thanks for the Troubles”
“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; with your right hand you save me.” Ps. 138:7
Trouble has set up house in your heart again. He was not invited. You tried to close the door before he got in. He thinks his stay is permanent. He has chosen your home as his forwarding address. You are unsure why he has showed up once again. But there he sits. And he is determined not to go away anytime soon.
The way you get through trouble is by giving thanks. Trouble cannot always be prayed away. But it can be endured by thanking God through it. Thanksgiving reminds you that God promised that this trial will not overcome you. Thanksgiving recovers your lost joy. Thanksgiving renews your strength in the power of the Lord. Thanksgiving refreshes your spirit in the peace of God’s care.
Talking often about your trouble only magnifies its misery. Hell cheers you on as you describe your discouragement. Others grow weary of constant complaints over your circumstances. Instead leave your heaviness at the door of heaven. God is going to get you through this.
Proclaim His work. Speak of His promises. Tell of His glory. Lift up His name. Such actions send demons scurrying. These activities soothe your troubled mind. And soon you find yourself praising God in spite of your pain: a quality of life that commends you to other people and honors your Lord.
Your burden is heavy. Let heaven handle it. Your body is drained. Ask God to replenish it. Your thoughts are scattered. Dwell in God’s Word. Your future seems uncertain. Remember, God has already been there. Rest your thinking in the ways of God. Release all fear to your Father. He is near. He will come through for you. Everything loose will be pulled together. God is for you, never against you.
Today, give many more thanks by talking much less about your troubles.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Jan 11 “Throw the First Punch”
“He was driven by the devil to solitary places…” Luke 8:29
The devil is after you. You can smell his foul breath. You feel his relentless oppression. You hear his untruthful words. Pressure builds. Failure threatens. Worry consumes. Everything seems to be in danger. You wonder how you are going to get through this.
It is time to take the fight to the enemy. You have retreated in fear. Now is your opportunity to follow through in faith. God has his army ready to come to your rescue.
His power is indisputable. His glory flows all around you. Nothing can stand before Him without submitting to His honor. All is not lost. Your Lord is on and by your side.
Rebuke the lies of your enemy. He attempts to seduce you with a questioning spirit. As with Eve he will place doubts in your mind about what God really desires. He will He tries to sway you with morsels of half-truths which seem to be right when they are first spoken. He will threaten you by enlarging the magnitude of what you are facing. He will hide hope so that you feel abandoned.
The devil is a liar. The devil steals your joy. The devil destroys your peace. The devil disrupts your relationships. He sows seeds of selfishness into your spirit. He fertilizes fear in your heart. He absolutely despises you while at the same time assuring you that what he is saying is the right course to take. He will even use those closest to you to unsettle you. Beware of his seductions. Stand up to his stirrings of a wrong spirit within you. It is only when you see him as he truly is that you want more of all that God actually is.
Your enemy can easily be seen through what he produces in you. Where there is doubt, the devil is behind it. Where there is avoidance of others the devil is driving you. Where there is false accusations, the devil activated them. Where there is an unhealthy relationship, the devil is sustaining it. Where there is constant financial stress, the devil is seducing you. Watch for the fruit that results and it will uncover who is truly in charge of your life.
You will make it through. You will not fall. You will remain standing after the assault is over. You will come out victorious. God has promised this to you. God has given you His word. God’s word is truth. Determine to walk only in what the Lord says.
Today, when a bully threatens, throw the first punch.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Jan 10 “Stop Pulling Up the Potatoes”
“Let us not become weary, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Gal. 6:9
You desperately want to know how everything is going to turn out. Worry walks with you. Concern confronts you. Cares choke you. You have prayed, but there is still no peace. You yearn for the confidence that your circumstances are going to change. Yet doubt is out-shouting your faith. How will it end? When will it be over? How much longer will it go on?
God is checking on what you cannot yet see. What He started will have a successful finish. He gave you a promise. Promises are not given to be pondered, but are provided by God to be trusted. God has come to your rescue time after time in the past. He will be faithful yet again.
What you have sown as a seed into the soil of your situation can no longer be seen. Fear follows you. Anxious thoughts trouble you. You wonder if God is really working.
Let what you planted lie in peace. You will soon get a piece of what you have planted.
Your seed is temporarily out of your hands. It is not your responsibility to take control over the results. God is very serious that you sow what you have. He then fertilizes the field of your future. Afterwards you reap the harvest where you planted your seed. It is only when you attempt to keep checking on the unseen changes going on below that you harm the harvest God intended for you to enjoy.
Neither does God want you to go to someone else’s land to eat their fruit. You will constantly be tempted to view another’s field as better than what God has given you. At times, they will reap sooner than you. On other occasions they will harvest much more than your field is producing. Sometimes their produce will appear more appealing than what your field is yielding. But your supply cannot be found in anyone else’s soil. It is your seed (your desires, your possessions, your position and your hopes) that God desires to multiply. It is in the waiting that dependence on the Lord is deepened. No one else can provide what God promised you. So, stop pulling up the potatoes. Let God come through for you in His timing.
Today it is going to take some manure on your mess in order to make a miracle.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Jan 9 “Hybrids”
“Follow me!” Jesus
Watch out for purists. Jesus did. Religious people annoyed him. Judgmental members angered him. Critical finger-pointers He left behind. Instead, He looked for followers. A follower is someone who brings the scars of their past and unites them with the possibilities of the future. They are not held back by their failures, but move forward in spite of their failings. A follower looks to who can change them rather than what is going to make them comfortable.
You want to gather people around you who are more like a hybrid. A hybrid wisely joins the new with the old. They are not stuck in what God once did. They open their mind to what the Lord is about to do. They bring their heritage with them, but are willing to permit heaven to expand their heart where necessary. A hybrid expands the strengths the past has created by adding to it the hopes the present is currently offering.
Many will attempt to steal your affections or your loyalty to a thought, cause or a behavior that adds gain to their life. Purists are selfish. They see you as an object. They treat you as a step ladder. They want something from you without giving much in return. They are leeches sucking the very life of God from you. Walk away. Cleanse your relationships. You do not owe them anything. They are not from God.
Beware also of those who only want to talk about who you once were. You are more than your mistakes. You are mightier in God’s sight than your misgivings. The lone entity which constantly brings up your past is the devil. Hear what heaven is saying about you. Listen for the voice of God who only talks about what you are today and where He is taking you in the immediate future.
God has much more for you. He is drawing you close for a destiny He set in your heart long ago. He is surrounding you with those who will add to your future. He is bringing people to you who will bless you rather than burden you. They will not dredge up your past. They will move you to God’s promised purpose for your life. Add more of these kinds of people around you. Move away from those who merely want to subtract God’s power from you.
Today, merge your personality with God’s potential.
Pastor Ron
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Book Signing: “Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1936-1942”
The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African-American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb, among numerous others. Indeed, as one musician who toured the state would recall, “All the bands were goin’ to West Virginia.”
The comparative prosperity of the coal miners, thanks to New Deal industrial policies, was what attracted the bands to the state. This study discusses that prosperity as well as the larger political environment that provided black Mountaineers with a degree of autonomy not experienced further south. Author Christopher Wilkinson demonstrates the importance of radio and the black press both in introducing this music and in keeping black West Virginians up to date with its latest developments. The book explores connections between local entrepreneurs who staged the dances and the national management of the bands that played those engagements, In analyzing black audiences’ aesthetic preferences, the author reveals that many black West Virginians preferred dancing to a variety of music, not just jazz. Finally, the book shows bands now associated almost exclusively with jazz were more than willing to satisfy those audience preferences with arrangements in other styles of dance music.
Book signing details:
“BIG BAND JAZZ IN BLACK WEST VIRGINIA, 1936-1942”
By Christopher Wilkinson, Professor of Music History, West Virginia University
Location:
Four Seasons Books
116 West German Street
Shepherdstown, WV
Sunday, January 15, 1 to 3 PM
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Occupy Martinsburg to Protest ‘Citizens United’ Decision
Occupy Martinsburg, acting in concert with Occupy The Courts groups in over 70 other cities across the nation, will gather in nonviolent protest across the street from the Federal Courthouse, 217 W. King St., Martinsburg, WV, on Friday, January 20, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case which allows unlimited corporate spending in American electoral campaigns. The 5-4 decision holds that corporations are people, that money is protected speech and that unlimited funds may be spent by corporations to influence national elections.
In the view of Occupy Martinsburg, “the Citizens United decision makes a mockery of our electoral process as the voice of the people is drowned out by corporate wealth. The 99% majority cannot compete with the 1% corporate elite, who control most wealth, for the attention of our elected officials, and thus ‘We the people’ no longer control our own government. With unprecedented access to and control of our elected officials, corporations are able to export jobs, suppress wages, reduce their own taxes, pollute at will, and receive massive federal bailouts while foreclosing on the homes of average Americans. After influencing government to deregulate the financial industry, corporate financial executives made huge profits betting against their own products even while they marketed mortgage instruments that were dramatically overvalued. The result was the near collapse of the U.S. and international financial system resulting in massive bailouts at the expense of the taxpayers, who watched from the sidelines while they lost their homes and retirement savings. We are angry that the 1% receives huge tax breaks while telling the vast majority that we need cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
Occupy Martinsburg advocates a Constitutional amendment stating that corporations are not persons, money is not speech, and only natural persons may spend money to influence national elections. Occupy Martinsburg invites others to join in this nonviolent demonstration in opposition to the Citizens United decision and in support of a remedial Constitutional amendment. Learn more about Occupy Martinsburg at http://www.occupymartinsburg.org.
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(Re)Introducing InThePanhandle.com
It’s possible that you’ve never heard of InThePanhandle.com. Let me tell you our story.
In 2004, April, 3 to be exact, I registered the domain name InThePanhandle.com and the journey began. What started out as a simple business directory has grown, retracted and then expanded again with the simple goal of sharing what was going on here in the three counties of eastern West Virginia.
It’s interesting to consider how the internet, and InThePanhandle.com, has changed since then.
In April 2004, Facebook was a mere two months old and was only open to Harvard students. Twitter wouldn’t be created for another two years. The iPhone wouldn’t be announced for nearly three years, while the iPad was still six years from being launched. To say that things have changed would be an understatement.
InThePanhandle.com itself has changed as well. As I referenced, the original concept for InThePanhandle.com was a simple directory of local businesses. This has proven to be a successful concept. Do a search for a local business and most of the results are from some sort of similar business directory. Our competitive advantage, then and now, is that our information was by locals - for locals.
The Spark
The moment we changed from a simple business directory to a “social network,” started with a spark. Literally. On August 6, 2006 the Morgan County Courthouse caught fire. We were fortunate to receive the first pictures of the courthouse fire and promptly shared them on our site. Today, tools like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, make sharing second nature, but at the time, local, real-time news was still in the future. This was monumental.
Since that time, we have worked hard to make sharing the primary focus of InThePanhandle.com. On any given day, we share a lot of information - most of it provided by local individuals, organizations and businesses who have a voice but need a venue. We are the venue. We provide that outlet.
One Million or Bust!
We are marching toward 1 million pageviews and in 2012, we will celebrate that milestone with giveaways, recognition and maybe even a cake.
In addition to celebrating a nice round number, we are working on partnerships with other local digital and print media organizations to increase the types of information that is shared on InThePanhandle.com.
Technically speaking, we are planning to make our site more mobile friendly in addition to increasing the usefulness of our mobile app. Additionally, we are planning a redesign to better display and share the information that we have on the site. Finally, we are going to use our loyalty program to help share local businesses and their products.
Needless to say, we’re excited.
How can you share your information on InThePanhandle.com? I’m glad you asked. First, take this simple test to see if InThePanhandle.com is a good fit for your business or organization.
Does your business or organization have events, news or information that you would like to share with the public?
If you answered yes, then InThePanhandle.com would be a good fit and you should create a user account now (it’s free!).
Once you have created a user account, you can add events and new (press releases, profiles, etc.) through that account. It’s as simple as that.
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Dance Classes for Kids Offered Through Goose Route Arts Collaborative
Shepherdstown, WV—Goose Route Arts Collaborative is once again pleased to offer creative dance classes for children. Beginning on Wednesday, January 11, Goose Route director Kitty Clark will teach a 10-week series of “Meant to Move” for ages 5-8 and “Mini Movers” for ages 3-5. “Meant to Move” meets from 4:30-5:15; “Mini Movers” meets from 5:15-5:45. Both classes take place at the Shepherdstown Train Station, Audrey Egle Drive, Shepherdstown.
Mini Movers is an expressive movement class for boys and girls ages 3-5, in which dance games become adventures. Youngsters explore moving through space, become other creatures, and challenge themselves to try new things, all with a variety of music to stimulate imaginations. The cost is $55 if registered by January 6; $65 if registered after January 6.
Meant to Move is a fun and creative dance class for boys and girls ages 5-8. It introduces dance technique while encouraging kids to discover new ways of moving and to invent their own dances. Kids play dance games that keep their imaginations alive and make moving fun. The cost is $80 if registered by January 6; $90 if registered after January 6.
To register, send a check payable to Goose Route Arts Collaborative to PO Box 825, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. Please include name and phone, email, and address contact information.
Clark has more than 15 years experience teaching movement to people of all ages and experience levels. She is the founder/director of the non-profit Goose Route Arts Collaborative. For more information, please call Kitty at 301-693-5303 or visit http://www.kittyclarkmoves.com.
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Artists’ Cooperative Opens THIS & THAT, a “Neo Post-Modern” Exhibit
Prepare to have your eyes opened. The Washington Street Artists’ Cooperative mounts an exciting mixed media and installation exhibit, THIS & THAT, at the gallery from January 11 through February, 2012 with a reception on Jan. 21, 2012 from 3 – 6 p.m. at 235 W. Washington St., Charles Town, WV.
This collection of “neo post-modern” works created during the last five years by Co-op members Malcolm Hally and Gary Bergel challenges our customary way of seeing, making and engaging with art.
Born and raised in the lakeshore area of Wisconsin, Charles Town artist Gary Bergel has long been drawn to nature, landscape, skies, solitude and observing the “is-ness” of things. He finds delight and meaning in viewing and recording commonplace objects from fresh angles and in detecting the extraordinary in the ordinary. His work is about seeing and noticing reflections, nuances, transparencies, levels, dimensions, layered meanings and refracted realities.
Bergel earned a B.S. degree in Biology and Secondary Education with minors in Natural Science and Art, and an M.A. degree in Fine Art / Mixed Media from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has exhibited widely in regional and national competitive exhibitions, mounted solo exhibitions, the most recent being a “Shaping Room” mixed-media installation in December, 2010 at Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC. He is also represented at The Bridge Gallery in Shepherdstown.
Shepherdstown artist Malcolm Hally studied at the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art and at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland. Hally’s work used to be concerned with kinetic sculpture but he is now concerned with molten wax and plastic pictures and the intricacies of pop up book mechanisms.
Hally has a teaching certificate from the Maryland School of Art in Baltimore and substitutes as an art teacher in Montgomery and Washington Counties. A resident of Rockville, MD for more than 10 years before moving to Shepherdstown in 2009, Hally exhibited in Washington, D.C. with the Washington Sculptors Group and was a member of their board of directors.
The Washington Street Artists’ Cooperative gallery, showing juried work by 28 member artists and artisans, is located at 235 West Washington Street in the heart of historic Charles Town, WV. The Co-op’s mission is to provide a space where artists and artisans in the West Virginia Panhandle region can create, teach and exhibit and to nurture and grow the appreciation and presence of art in the community.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, noon – 5 p.m., 304-294-2090, http://wstreetgallery.com/
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Daily Jolt - Jan 3 “Echo”
“For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.” Ps. 33:9
God has spoken to you recently. You may not even have realized that it was Him. But He whispered something into your spirit. He molded a thought in your mind. God started a work moving in your will. Did you recognize Him? Have you received what He shared? His Word is truth for you. His guidance is always good for you. You can never make a mistake following His voice.
God’s voice is always clear, concise and correct. It has a soothing calmness about it. It is a “today” word. God never brings up your past. He only deals with the present and the immediate future. Whoever is bringing up who you once were is not from the Lord. He speaks only of what is going to happen rather than what once occurred.
Listen for the echo of God’s majesty in your soul. All of creation is sounding forth His glory. Insects buzz with praise. Animals bow before His presence. Winds blow at His command. Rain falls where He decides. If the entire earth hears and obeys God, how much more should your life reflect His ways and His will?
What has the Lord told you? Obey without hesitation. The key to your success is not in what you say you will do. Success is the fruit of follow through. It will not always make sense. All the pieces of the puzzle are rarely all on the table for your review. But when God says, “Do this!” “Go there!” “Correct that!” Make right!” “Reconcile without pride!” “Give that amount!” “Hold on!” each comes from His heart that loves you and is His very best for you.
The devil will tell you to leave; God is saying, “Cleave.” The enemy’s voice distracts you; God’s words build sole devotion within you. The adversary creates confusion; God clears up chaos. The devil seduces you to hoard what you have; God releases in you a spirit to help others with what He has given you. The enemy says, “Wait!” God moves you to start walking. The devil will tempts you with suspicion in your mind; God speaks only truth for your motivation.
What God says in heaven about you is echoed in your spirit. He is saying something good about you. He speaks with joy about you. He enjoys sharing with the host of heaven how He feels about you. He is not ashamed of you. He is thrilled over you. He is proud of you like any father is over one of His own, even when they fail to be all they should. Hear Him. Listen for His voice. His delight over you is ringing throughout the heavenlies.
Today, hearing the echo of heaven is your moment by moment encouragement for enjoying maximum spiritual health.
Pastor Ron
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Leaders Seek Essays on Mentoring
MARTINSBURG – With National Mentoring Month set to begin in January, leaders of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Eastern Panhandle want to highlight how a nurturing adult can better a child’s future.
The first-ever Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring essay contest – open to any Eastern Panhandle resident age 8 and older – also will offer the opportunity for the top local essayist to win a ski lesson package to Whitetail Resort in nearby Mercersburg, Pa.
“Every single day, people all across the Eastern Panhandle work behind the scenes to make a difference in the young people’s lives,” explained Jeanne Flowers, the executive director of the local Big Brothers Big Sisters.
“We want to take time to shine a spotlight on the vital role that mentors play in improving the future of our community,” said Flowers, who has headed the non-profit based in Martinsburg for more than a decade.
The winning essay will be chosen from those submitted to Big Brothers Big Sisters by midnight on Jan. 20.
Essay submissions should be between 250 and 500 words. The author may focus on what he or she has learned by serving as a mentor or may describe a mentor who has made a difference in his or her own life, Flowers said.
Along with the essay, each entry should include the writer’s name, age, mailing address and a phone number and email address, neither of which will be published.
Members of the Big Brothers Big Sisters’ board of directors will select the top essay. The winning writer’s work will be publicized in area newspapers and the winner also will receive a prize package, “Learn to Ski or Snowboard” package for two to Whitetail Resort.
Entries should be mailed or dropped off at the Big Brothers Big Sisters office at 701 Wilson St. in Martinsburg 25401, faxed to 304-263-5536 or sent by e-mail to Big Brothers Big Sisters match specialist Ashley Kilmer at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Since 1974, Big Brothers Big Sisters has served children in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties, and dozens more young people in the Panhandle are on a waiting list today for a Big Brother or Big Sister, Flowers said.
There’s no question that time spent with a caring adult makes a difference, Flowers said. “Statistics from our national office show that kids who are matched with a mentor are less likely to drop out of school, use drugs, be involved with fighting,” she said.
The children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters often come from single-parent households who need time and attention from a positive adult role model.
Flowers said that potential Big Brothers and Big Sisters are interviewed to ensure they have a stable lifestyle and are emotionally mature. They also submit personal references and undergo a background check.
Typically, a Big gets together with his or her Little weekly or at least twice each month to play sports, see a play, visit the library or for other fun outings. The Bigs also work with their Littles on school assignments and to complete everyday household tasks such as grocery shopping and cooking.
Reports from the schools that local Littles attend show the payoffs, too, Flowers said. “Seventy-five percent of the kids in our program have a 3.0 or better and tend to miss less school,” she said. “Maybe some of these children wouldn’t graduate from high school otherwise.
“All it takes is one person saying, ‘You are smart enough and you can do this.’ ’’
Questions about the essay contest may be addressed by calling Big Brothers Big Sisters at 304-263-5522. For more on how to volunteer with or get help from Big Brothers Big Sisters, go to the agency’s website at http://www.bbbswv.org. If you can’t volunteer at this time, consider making a donation to support the mentoring programs that help so many children.
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Contest at a Glance
What: Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring essay contest
Who: Open to any Eastern Panhandle resident ages 8 or older
When: Midnight on Jan. 20 is the deadline for submissions. Winner announced Jan. 31.
Where: Mail entries (250 to 500 words) to Big Brothers Big Sisters, 701 Wilson St., Martinsburg WV 25401; drop them off in person to the Wilson Street office; fax them to 304-263-5536; e-mail essays to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
For details: Call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 304-263-5522 or go online to http://www.bbbswv.org
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Daily Jolt - Dec 19 “When God Doesn’t Behave”
“God is greater than we can understand.” Job: 36:26
Have you discovered that God rarely behaves like you think He should? You pray expecting an immediate response. Nothing happens. You plead with God to come though in a certain way for someone you care about. Their situation gets worse. You are in need and require an infusion of God’s supply. Delay continues. You work hard at a project for God expecting some kind of reward for your efforts. No one notices and few care. You plan and prepare with great attention to details. Nothing occurs like you thought it should.
Welcome to the utter incomprehensible nature of God! He knows exactly what he is doing, when it should happen and why it turns out the way it does. But trying to figure God out is an exercise in futility. He shares just enough of Himself to draw you in closer but not enough that would overwhelm you. He is awesome in presence and power. But He holds back from hurting you with His majestic glory. He grants you His wisdom from His Word, but He does not tell you how it is all going to end or when it will be finished. This is what makes Him the Lord!
What do you do when you feel like the control over your life is slipping from your grasp? You let go! You trust that God is in complete control of the outcome. This does not mean that you quit praying or working or serving or giving. It is these very things that keep you close to the heart of God. Rather, it means that you obey everything that God has told you. Then you can rest in the results and their timing that He both reserves for Himself.
Yet, this is difficult. You want to jump in there and prod God forward. Your “can-so” spirit propels you to believe that if you will try harder things will happen quicker. You begin to doubt that God really knows what He is doing. You make “suggestions” in the guise of “prayer requests.” You begin to rely on a person to pull you through your problems. You struggle to yield to the Lord everything in all things because you falsely believe that you can do a better job at getting done what needs to happen next. In the end, you wind up exchanging the God of the Bible for the god named “you.”
Get up, get working then give it up to God. Yield control of both the timing and how things will turn around. Allow God to transfer what He has given you to where it is needed. Permit Him to adjust the priorities of your focus. Then you will finally see that God knew what He was doing from the very beginning.
Today, the greatest deception of the devil is to get you to think that you are in the driver’s seat.
Pastor Ron
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Determining Your Destiny
Why are you here? What is your purpose in life? Why do you matter? What might be delaying your destiny?
Nothing is more important to your next decision than your destiny. When you know what your purpose is you will know where your future is headed. Destiny is critical to living in contentment. Destiny guides you through your failures. Destiny moves you past your mistakes. Destiny delivers to you God’s best.
Some people live discouraged. Others live with purpose and with a destination in mind. The former allows life, other people and problems to define them. The latter only permit their chosen purpose to become their defining moments. Success is not a matter of power, position or possessions. Successful people simply are those who make choices in line with their destiny.
Discovering Your Destiny is a fresh new series of messages from Pastor Ron Larson, Lead Pastor of 365 Church. This four part series begins New Year’s Day at 10 am in the current community gathering place of Orchard View Intermediate School, 1455 Delmar Orchard Rd, Martinsburg 25401.
365 is purchasing a new 11,000 sq ft facility which opens in February. Located at 881 Mid-Atlantic Parkway, this innovative building will offer community resources such as: marriage and family events, counseling, J Club for 6-12 graders, Kid Mo for K-5th grade and mens and women’s groups. Until it is fully remodeled 365 will meet Sundays each week 10 am at Orchard View.
Come discover the meaning and direction of your life and future at 365 each Sunday. Our guest services team is out in the parking lot, at each door and in the foyer as you enter to help you easily find your way to our nursery, children’s classes and worship area. You will enjoy upbeat, warm, lively music, inspirational Bible- based messages and meet a family of friends making new friends.
For more information go to: http://www.365church.org or call 304-261-4007
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Different by Making a Difference
365 Church is not your typical church. There is no steeple pointing into the sky. Its multiple Sunday services are surging with a demographic less in church than ever: young couples. 365 Church includes former strippers and drug dealers who sit next to school principals and local business leaders. It sees a church building not as a place to attend, but as a base to encourage and equip people to leave from to make our community a better place to live, work and play.
More than a living room, but far less than a cathedral, 365 will soon do something no one else has yet attempted in our region. This winter it is turning a former tanning facility into a “spiritual warehouse.” Located at 881 Mid-Atlantic Parkway, Martinsburg 25404 between 1-81 exit 16 and Rt. 11, this new facility will include multiple congregations meeting each weekend under one roof in different worship styles and languages.
Blessed Hope, a Hispanic church will meet along with Worship Life, a predominantly black congregation, together with Christian Community Fellowship, a worship-centered church and 365 Church a contemporary, multi-cultural congregation.
These four distinctive churches will share the cost of one facility and utilize shared staffing in the areas of children, teens, men’s ministry, women’s ministry and cleaning personnel which makes a lot of economic sense in a time of declining church revenues. And by working together in one facility a pervasive unity will be lived out and demonstrated to a sometimes skeptical culture that churches can be unified while maintaining their own identity.
This facility will also resource “church on-site” locations in Inwood, Charlestown, Hagerstown, Winchester, Shepherdstown, Spring Mills, and other regional sites where church will be offered on days and times other than Sunday mornings. Inner city Kid’s Church, called Kid’s Explosion is already taking church into area apartment complexes each week. Adult congregations with kids groups are on the planning schedule to be hosted on-site in neighborhoods and townhouse communities. These will not require expensive facilities or large staffs to maintain. Dollars will be put into the community to enhance its family, financial, physical and relational environment. Instead of spending millions on church buildings, “church” will be available in low-cost ways through-out the week in order to fit stressed schedules of area residents.
Additionally this new spiritual warehouse will include a Center for Marriage and Family Development, a counseling center and a School of Ministry and Missions. “J Club,” one of the areas fastest growing and most innovative teen ministries will gather 6-12 graders on Wednesday nights (6:30pm) in a “club” atmosphere that features music, worship, practical messages, games and relational connecting. Ignite for men and Tapestry for women help develop ordinary people into local leaders in their home, workplace and neighborhood. Kid-Mo is a character- building group for K- 5th grade on Sundays. Kings Kids cares for and encourages birth- 4 year olds to live life with joy and vision.
Multiple churches under one roof sharing expenses and staff may be the wave of the future in a climate of strained resources and church separation. With the poor increasing in numbers and unemployment still too high a number the time seems to have come to “do church” differently. Pastors Fred Lee, Ron Larson, Doug Pixlar and Enricho Paramento are a different brand of leaders seeking to make a difference for the sake of the people living in the Tri-state region.
NOTE: While the new multi-congregational facility is being remodeled in January-February, 365 Church, Worship Life and Blessed Hope will meet at Orchard View Intermediate School at 1455 Delmar Orchard Road, Martinsburg, WV 25401. Directions are on the 365 website.
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Phone: 304-261-4007
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Church services at the new facility will be:
6 pm Saturday: Blessed Hope
10 am Sunday: 365 Church
11:45 am Sunday: Worship Life
6 pm Sunday: Christian Community Fellowship
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Daily Jolt - Dec 20 “Shattered”
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and appear before God?” Ps. 42: 1-2
There is something you have longed for, believed God for and trusted that God would provide. It may be a dream for your life that you had as a child. It may involve a resolution of a relationship that has been ruptured. It is perhaps a need that is overdue for a supply link to appear. You wait. You pray. You anticipate. But nothing happens. Your heart breaks. Your spirit sours. You hope is held hostage. Your dream shatters.
You wonder whether you even deserve a blessing. You begin to think that you are too broken and bruised to be blessed. Maybe God doesn’t care what you are dealing with. You expected a break-through by now. Things were suppose to be better by this point in your future. Frustration is growing. Helplessness is expanding. Where is God in all this?
You expect things to arrive on schedule. You work hard to insure everything is being handled. You are a good person. God works on behalf of His choice children, right? Yet, where is He? Why hasn’t He done something? He sees what you are going through. He knows the pain you are enduring. What is going on? When, Lord? Will it end well?
It is at this intersection of despair and disappointment with God that your will yields to worship. More important than your rescue, your deliverance, your provision or your reconciliation is this: your worship. When you begin to worship your wants and your will melts into wonder. You see the majesty of the Lord. You sense the holiness of God. You hear the voice of your Heavenly Father. And what you are trying to work through is surrendered to the work God is doing in you.
Worship is God’s salve for shattered dreams. Worship rips your focus away from your failures and onto the face of God. There you understand that everything is all right. God is in charge. His heart is still for you. He has not left you. His love for you is strong and engaging. Worship pulls you closer to His breath. You smell the sweetness of His compassion. You feel the fragrance of His favor. And when that moment is complete, your circumstances are no longer what are driving the condition of your life.
Today, worship satisfies those areas that shame has shattered.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 23 “God takes all the Risk”
“Give up all your worries and cares to God for He cares about you!” 1 Peter 5:7
You have been concerned about a matter that weighs very heavy on your heart. The cost seems impossible to pay. The need far exceeds the supply. The risk demands more than you are capable of carrying.
Your mind is distracted by the debates of so many other people’s thoughts. You are confused as to the next step that needs to be taken. You do not want to make the wrong choice. It is risky. It could involve great loss. It will alienate someone no matter what you do. Tension is growing. You want to step out, but the “what ifs” hold you back.
God has already paid the price. He assumes all your uncertainty. He moves in and becomes the foundation bearing all the weight of your worries. His hand become your hope. His heart is your healing. His breath blows away your burden. His touch removes your troubles.
Your worries are on God’s watch. He is relieving you from the unrelenting attack of your anxiety. In the Lord, there is nothing to fear. He is taking care of everything. He is working out each detail. He is pouring into each problem His bountiful provision. There is no lack where the Lord is. Settle your spirit into His sufficiency.
Move into where God has been moving you. This is not the time to hesitate. There can be no holding back. You know what you need to do. You understand what the Lord requires. The completion is already assured based on His character. He is not going to let you down. But He will take you to the very edge at times before He shows up in all His glory and might. Right now, simply trust that God is on His way!
Today, your reward in this life is that God assumes all your risk.
Pastor Ron
PS: I am praying for you during this holiday season. You are important to me as an encouragement and spiritual friend.
A personal request: Please be in prayer for me and our church, 365 Church as we are moving into a temporary building over the holidays while we attempt to raise the final 35,000 dollars we need to purchase a former tanning/hair salon for our permanent worship/word/ministry/missions facility.
As many of you know, we focus on the inner city and many of our people struggle just to get by. So we truly need a miracle to complete this contract. Our people have given 75,000 dollars in just eight weeks by giving up Christmas, working extra hours and more. Pray that our last 35,000 dollars comes in by the deadline of Jan 1.
As I usually do, I will not be writing Daily Jolts Dec 26-Jan 2. Daily Jolt will resume Jan 3. Thank you, my friends.
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Cement Mill Property Purchased by the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission
On Wednesday afternoon, West Virginia Delegate John Doyle and the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission announced that the Landmarks Commission completed the purchase of the historic Cement Mill property. The property is an 18 acre site on the Potomac River. The property contains structures from an 1829 Cement Mill that was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Jefferson County and is also part of the site of the 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown. The structures include the ruins of the mill, six kilns on the bank of the river, a large kiln south of River Road and the remnants of an office building. Some of the kilns on the river show damage from Union artillery shells sustained during the Battle of Shepherdstown.
“This is an important acquisition for Jefferson County,” stated John C. Allen Jr., Chairman of the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission, “not only is the property historic, it will provide public access to the Potomac River for recreational purposes. We plan on enlisting community help in the spring to help clean up the site and begin creating trails. It is the intention of the Landmarks Commission to place a conservation easement on the property to insure that it remain undeveloped in perpetuity. Also, we will apply for inclusion in the National Registry of Historic Places. The Commission intends to begin the process whereby ultimately the site will be deeded to the Antietam National Battlefield Park.”
“Many historians regard the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown as the end of the Battle of Antietam or certainly the end of Robert E. Lee’s Maryland Campaign of September 1862,” said Ed Dunleavy, President of the Shepherdstown Battle Preservation Association Inc. (SBPA), ” the Battle of Shepherdstown was fought on September 19 and 20, 1862 and was one of the reasons that Lee
ended his campaign and retreated up the Shenandoah Valley. SBPA has been working for the last 8 years attempting to save battlefield land and this purchase now means that 102 acres have been saved. SBPA brought the idea of purchasing the site to the County more than two and half years ago,” added Dunleavy,” and it is gratifying that the Landmarks Commission was willing to spend the time and energy in a long and arduous negotiating process.”
The site was purchased for $375,000 from a private individual whose family owned it for more than 100 years. The funds used to purchase the land came from two $100,000 West Virginia Transportation Enhancement Grants garnered by SBPA for the County with $50,000 in matching funds from the Civil War Trust (CWT). When it became apparent that the owner was willing to sell the property additional funds were sought and the CWT, the Save Historic Antietam Foundation, SBPA provided those funds. However late last week $25,000 was still needed to purchase the property. Delegate John Doyle was able to successfully request those funds from West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin.
The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. (SBPA), organized in 2004, is a non-profit, Section 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to saving and preserving the site of the 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown. SBPA has helped preserve 102 acres of the site. For more information and to purchase the book entitled: Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign September 19 – 20, 1862 ; please visit http://www.battleofshepherdstown.org
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Daily Jolt - Dec 22 “Desire for Destiny”
“There is hope for the living: it is better to be a live dog than a dead lion!” Eccl. 9:4
God once looked at you and pronounced His destiny for your life. It still remains in effect. Nothing has changed in God’s mind regarding His plans for your future. It is His heart for you. It has been written in the annals of heaven about you. Neither your failures, nor your wrong decisions or your repeated mistakes have ever erased what God wants to do through you. Your destiny is a decided fact.
You can delay your destiny by ignoring it, going your own way or rejecting it. But God seeks after you constantly, consistently and decisively in order to bring you into line with His desires for you. He will not let go of you. He pursues you. He changes the climate of your comfort in order to see His destiny fulfilled in you.
Wake up every day rejoicing that God has a plan in operation for your life. Write “discouragement” on the bottom of your shoe and then go out and walk on your discouragement all day long. Be grateful to God for what you are enduring. He has a plan in motion!
Your bitterness is going to be turned into a blessing! Your hurt will become another’s healing! You trouble is not allowed into your tomorrow! Walk in joy. Talk of God’s greatness. Speak about of what God is going to do instead of what life has done to you. You are a child of destiny! Live in it!
Everything happening to you God is going to use for you. It will not always be painless. It may seem to go on far too long. But it is fuel for firing the grand destiny God placed within you. It may be a step for a coming success. It will at times be a storm which unleashes a new strength. On occasion it may be a loss which God leverages for a new direction in your life. But absolutely nothing is squandered. Everything will be used as a part of God’s plan: even when it wasn’t a part of His will.
Today, you enter a new expression of God’s destiny which will bring Him great delight.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 16 “God Feels You”
“But I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.” Ps. 89:33
How can an all-powerful God know what you are feeling? After all He is in heaven and you are…here. He needs nothing; you have needs that multiply. He lives in perfection; you exit in a sea of problems. God is over all that exists; it seems at times that all the earth has been laid on top of you without mercy.
God knows what it is like to be abandoned. At the cross only a handful of His faithful stood by Him while the core of His team fled. God knows what it feels like to be rejected. The top religious leaders of his day turned their backs on Him. God has experienced the depths of betrayal. One of His most trusted men turned Him in for a bag of coins. And God was been ravaged by the most cruel pain that can be inflicted on a person. Crucifixion was a drawn-out death meant to torture a person relentlessly until death was a welcome relief.
Yes, God knows how you feel. He lived it. He felt it. He went through it. And he did it all for you. Other religions may offer a vengeful, angry God. Some may provide a multiplicity of gods you can choose from. A few offer a version of God who is at your beck and call. But the true God of the Bible is one who went through everything you could ever experience in order to make a way for a horribly sinful being to relate to a holy, supreme Lord.
God feels you. His heart hurts for you when you cry. His spirit yearns for you when He is ignored. His compassion flows over you when you have been pushed away. His mercy comes to your rescue when you fail Him over and over. His discipline corrects you when you think you have gotten away with something. His love for you continues even when you are at your worst.
God walks with you through your hurt. He holds you in your pain. God reassures you when it seems like nothing will ever change. He talks with you providing courage for difficult decisions. God is a Father who loves on you when others find it hard to love you back.
Today, God has deep, eternal feelings for you no matter what you are feeling at any given moment.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 15 “Hide and Seek with God”
“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:7-8
Did you know that on occasion God hides from you? The Bible tells of times when God withdraws from the activity going on in the earth. Jesus tells stories of lost coins, lost sheep and a lost son. Job cried out that God seemed to be unresponsive to his plight. David asked whether the Lord would ever return to be near him ever again.
You have felt recently that God has withdrawn from you. You pray and no response is given. You hope for a breakthrough and it continues to be delayed. You are seeking a reconciliation with someone that is being blatantly ignored. And now God is silent. There is not even a whisper from heaven that can be heard. Why is the Lord being quiet when you are in such severity of need?
As a very young child you probably played “hide and seek” with a parent, or older sibling or friend. You ran quickly, found a secret place and then when you were completely covered you cried out, “Ready!” Of course you were found quite easily. Yet isn’t that the purpose of the game? The joy comes in being found. What if God feels the same way?
It is all too easy to ignore God; to get too busy for the Lord and to miss deep moments of intimacy with Him when life becomes too stressful. So, God moves away. He waits for you to come looking for Him. You grow desperate. You confess your lack of relational priority with God. You become broken. You begin to yearn for His presence once again. He becomes your desire, the only thing worth pursuing. And once discovered all over again, the depths of His love are experienced with great delight.
Is it possible that God hides simply to be passionately desired by you? Could it be that God enjoys being pursued much like a lover who without hesitation seeks out a lost love? Could it be that God allows you to become even more miserable so that you begin to miss Him?
God is at His very essence relational. No one likes to be ignored. Every lover is jealous to some degree. And it is the withdrawal of one party which makes the other more willing to want them as they deserve to be desired. God wants you. He is not impressed by what you can do for Him; give to Him or accomplish in His name. He simply wants you, more than you could ever know. Rush back to where you left Him.
Today, God hiding is His invitation to seek Him.
Pastor Ron
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CraftWorks, Four Seasons Host Jeff Sharlet Thursday Night
You’ve heard Jeff Sharlet on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, seen him on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Real Time with Bill Maher.
Now’s your chance to hear Jeff in person. The best-selling author will read from his new book “Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithfulness, and the Country In Between” on Thursday night December 15 at 6:30pm in the Robert C. Byrd Auditorium on the Shepherd U campus. The book is a collection of 13 essays exploring contemporary America through faith and doubt.
The event is co-hosted by CraftWorks and Four Seasons Books. Admission is free.
Excerpt from a recent Washington Post review: “Jeff Sharlet delivers a fine dose of thoughtful skepticism in “Sweet Heaven When I Die,” his collection of 13 trenchant essays on how we gain, lose, maintain and blindly accept faith. The book belongs to the tradition of long-form, narrative journalism best exemplified by writers such as Joan Didion, John McPhee, Norman Mailer and Sharlet’s contemporary David Samuels. Sharlet deserves a place alongside such masters, for he has emerged as a master investigative stylist and one of the shrewdest commentators on religion’s underexplored realms.”
Jeff is also the author of The Family and C Street and a contributing editor to Rolling Stone and Harper’s. He teaches creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College and lives in New Hampshire.
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Daily Jolt - Dec 14 “Enough”
“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with His love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
You have asked the Lord to come through for you in a specific area of your life. You have been honest. You have prayed. You have sought God on this matter over and over. Now you must ask yourself: Will God be enough for you even if He does not respond the way you need Him to?
God wants you to desire Him above all else. This means more than getting your prayers answered. It is beyond a temporary relief from your burden. This is of far greater consequence than getting back what you have lost. Even if nothing happens to resolve your situation right now, God is more than enough for you.
Nothing compares to a deep, intimate relationship with the Lord. There is a peace in Him that settles your soul. There is a comfort in Him that cools your conscience. There is a satisfaction with Him that soothes your spirit. God is enough, all the time, anytime for every time and for anything you go through.
The cry of your broken heart pierces the night. God draws near and becomes enough for you. The fear gripping your thoughts paralyzes you. God is enough for you to get moving again. The pain of your body drains all desire from you. God sustains you as enough to make it through another day. You do not know where to turn or where your help is coming from. You can trust Him as enough.
God is bringing you to the end of you so that you can begin at the start of all that He is. He is more than what your misery will ever take from you. God is more than what your enemy can ever steal from you. The Lord is more than what your hurt will ever remove from you. God is enough. God is always enough. And God is going to be enough to get you through the heartache stabbing at your soul.
If you could only see how marvelous God is. If you could only imagine how much God intensely loves you. If you could only feel how much God passionately desires you. Then you would never again worry, fret or fear what is happening to you or around you. God can handle you. You are never too much for Him. His deliverance may not come at the timing of your choosing or in the manner you expected, but its appearance is certain, secure and will arrive at the proper moment just when you think all is lost.
Today, God is enough even when you have had enough!
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 13 “Time to Move”
“You have stayed at this mountain long enough. Advance and go forward. See! I have already given you this land!” Deut. 1:6
It is time to move. You have stayed in your past pain beyond its expiration date. You have wandered in the wilderness of relational turmoil long enough. You have waited to respond to God’s call on your life and now He is looking for you to decisively choose whether you will obey. You need to get going. You must ignite what you have long delayed firing. Patience is not a virtue when the Lord has told you to what to do.
“Wailers” cry out about what is happening to them. “Waiters” try to hold onto what is comfortable to them. But God is looking for the “willing”. These are the people who refuse to permit fear to fortify their future. They connect to the courage of Christ; they plug into the power of the Holy Spirit and they follow the word of their Heavenly Father.
The time for talking has been completed. Wisdom has been provided. Clear direction has been defined. Now, move forward. No more excuses are allowed. Delay needs to be tossed out of the car. Act immediately on what God has told you. Face your obstacles with the confidence that comes from the counsel of God’s Word.
“Hesitation” is your enemy rather than “hurry.” You need to rush toward God’s will. What is been holding you back is a false feeling that makes you believe it is more important what others think than what God wants. Make the call. Decide who is truly worth following. Then, follow through.
Today, you can never move ahead of God when you are doing what God desires.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 12 “Positive vs. Negative”
“Put off your old self and be made new in the attitude of your mind…” Eph 4: 22-23
If you want to change your life or someone else’s it all comes down to how you act from your attitude. You cannot change your actions without first altering your attitude. Your attitude is the way you see life: bitter or a blessing; enveloping or encouraging; helpful or hurtful; positive or negative. Your mindset is not dependant on what is going on around you; but on what you are permitting to dwell within you.
Refresh your mind continually. Reframe the pictures along the hallway of your soul. Take down the reminders of past hurt, present failures and future worries. Hang up permanently those images which reflect the mighty power of the Lord. Drape the walls of your thoughts in the purity and presence of God. Place along the foyer of your spirit only those reflections which bring joy and peace to your heart. Only you can choose what you allow your attitude to grow into. Choose wisely.
The only difference between people others want around and those they tend to avoid is in this one thing: attitude. Your spirit is the key determining factor between success and stagnation. Those who rise up keep up the altitude of their attitude. Those who sink are the ones who become soured by their situation.
Everyone goes through difficult times. No one is exempt from trouble. Challenges to your well-being are constant and consistent. Each person you encounter is going through something. Determine to be a person of positive energy everywhere you go and with everyone you meet. Leave them wanting more of you to stay around. Desire is created by encouragement. Speak life into people. Increase their joy. Bear their burdens. Distract their focus away from their feelings. God is good, all the time, no matter what they are enduring. Remind them that the secret to survival is an outlook that has its up-look on the Lord.
It is the positive person who brings God’s power to bear on a problem. It is the negative individual who simply complains about their struggle. A positive person relieves pain. A negative person increases distress. A positive person walks through trouble. A negative person only talks about their troubles. A positive person is a delight to be near. A negative person only knows loneliness. Lift up. Get under. Keep your spirit up. Your attitude is where God is best displayed in you.
Today, your life is lived at the level of your attitude.
Pastor Ron
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Goodwill Needs Donations Now
Because of an increase in customer demand in this economy, donations to Goodwill are down, while the demand remains high. Horizon Goodwill Industries is urging people to donate gently used clothing and other items to their nearest Goodwill retail store or donation center.
“Donations to Goodwill allow us to provide job training and career services to people with disabilities, welfare recipients, dislocated workers and other job seekers,” says Craig MacLean, President and CEO of Horizon Goodwill Industries. “Last year, we helped more than 1,500 people with job training, job placement and other vocational services – the community’s support is vital to this effort.”
Goodwill has spent decades earning the public’s trust. Donors can rest assured that their items are going to a reputable organization that has the community’s interests at heart. Donated goods are sold in Goodwill stores and online, and more than 89 percent of revenues earned go to fund critical job training, career services and other supports that put people to work, strengthen families and build stronger communities.
Goodwill teaches the skills needed to get - and keep - jobs. Better still, they help fund these programs through your generous donations. The money Goodwill earns from your donated goods funds programs that help people right here in our community find jobs and achieve economic self-sufficiency. The more you donate, the more we can help. And don’t forget that your donation is tax deductable!
Items most wanted right now include:
All types of gently used clothing and other textiles: shirts, blouses, jeans, sweaters, business suits, dresses, skirts, sweat suits, coats, shoes, boots, towels, sheets, and blankets.
Also needed are various household items, including small kitchen appliances, glassware, dishes, and knick-knacks.
To find the location nearest you, call (800) 435-2480, or visit http://www.horizongoodwill.org.
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South Jefferson “Music at the Library” Series Rick Garland’s O’ Be Joyfull’s Christmas Show
The South Jefferson Public Library is pleased to announce the twelfth in its series of free concerts. At 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 18, 2011, Rick Garland, noted Civil War reenactor and musician, will celebrate the Christmas Season with a very special Song & Stories Sing-A-Long Show to tell you how and where many of our favorite Christmas customs and traditions came from.
Everyone will be entertained and at least a little bit educated as we all sing songs and hear true stories about Christmas traditions through the ages, with an emphasis on how our modern Christmas celebrations have been formed from the past.
Most people are unaware of the very large and influential role that the American Civil War had in our modern Christmas celebrations, including giving us all the Santa Claus that we all know and love today. Rick’s “O’ Be JoyFull’s” Christmas Customs and Traditions Show will let you in on the hows and why of this little known fact about our modern Santa Claus. The show will be done in the style of a 19th Century Sing-A-Long with the songs’ lyrics provided so that everyone is able to participate in the number one entertainment pastime of America’s 19th Century and the “Romantic” and “Victorian” Eras.
As always, Rick wears historically correct clothing for the show. Children and adults of all ages won’t want to miss Rick’s powerful voice, colorful costume, and rousing piano as he creates an unforgettable fun-filled Christmas holiday experience.
Funding in part has been provided through a grant from the Arts and Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County. Come early and view Charles Town artist Peter Shor’s colorful and exciting exhibition of fine abstract paintings on display in the meeting room. For additional information, visit either Rick’s web site, http://www.obejoyfull.com/Christmas_Show.html or contact Curt Mason, art and music program coordinator, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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APUS WV Eastern Panhandle Colloquium on Eastern Panhandle History Proposal Due Dec. 18
Charles Town, WV - American Public University System in Charles Town, West Virginia will host a one-day multi-disciplinary colloquium on the history and identity of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Individuals or groups are welcome to submit presentation and panel proposals addressing various aspects of the culture, politics, religion, demography, economics, and geography (though not limited to these) within the broader historical context of the Eastern Panhandle, both pre- and post-statehood.
The tentative date and location for the colloquium is Saturday March 10, 2012 at the American Public University System Library and Research Center in Charles Town. Scholars at all levels from the Eastern Panhandle are encouraged to submit, however proposals will be accepted from candidates throughout the state and region.
Presentations should be based on original works and group panel submissions should include a moderator to unify the individual presentations and subsequent discussion. The ultimate goal of the colloquium is to produce a publication of its proceedings, so priority will be given to previously unpublished work.
To submit a proposal or for more information contact Brad Wiles at 304-724-2670 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Submissions should include the following:
- Name and contact information
- Affiliation or credentials
- Presentation/Panel topic or title with brief abstract (100 words)
- Audio-visual or other specifications
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Solstice and New Year’s Yoga Workshops at Jala Yoga
Shepherdstown, WV—Jala Yoga, the beautiful and inspiring yoga studio at Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar, 117 West German Street, Shepherdstown, is pleased to sponsor two seasonal yoga workshops led by returning guest teacher Katie Day, a Kundalini Yoga practitioner and professional astrologer. Both workshops are open to all by donation.
The first workshop, “Winter Solstice: The Darkening of the Light—Shadow Work, Yoga, and Deep Meditation,” takes place Thursday, December 22, from 6:30-8 pm. Katie will lead participants in harnessing the energy of the Solstice in order to create a sacred Winter for rebirth and growth.
The second workshop, “New Year’s Intention Setting in the Aquarian Age,” takes place on Friday, December 30, 6:30-8:30 pm. Through the use of astrology, yoga, breathing practices, prayer, and meditation, Katie will lead participants in ringing in the New Year. Students are encouraged to come to learn ways with which to navigate the year ahead with ease and grace.
Katie Day integrates yogic and astrological wisdom with Depth Psychology and Toltec Shamanistic practices to create an alignment based psycho-emotional practice. She believes strongly in the power of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan to release, strengthen, and activate the genetic code, and the energy centers of the body, mind and spirit. Her background in 5 Rhythms dance, Ashtanga yoga, and Body-Centered Psychology has brought her again and again to the grace of the Kundalini yoga and meditation practice. She is a practicing professional Astrologer, Somatic Bodyworker, and Nutritional Detox and Cleanse counselor. She is currently embarking on Graduate studies in Body-Centered Psychology through the lens of nutrition and yoga.
Jala Yoga offers classes 7 days a week in the vinyasa style of yoga in which poses flow from one to another. Jala Yoga believes that yoga is accessible and necessary for everyone, and both beginners and seasoned practitioners are welcome. More information can be found at http://www.jalayogaflow.com or by calling Christa Mastrangelo Joyce at 304-263-5367.
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Daily Jolt - Dec 7 “Power in panic”
“Do not be faint-hearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic. For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight and give you victory.” Deut. 20: 3-4
There is something you face that is so overwhelming you do not see how it can ever be solved or come to pass. The odds are stacked against you. Trouble looms as a giant over you. Resources are stretched thin as a rail. You are exhausted from trying to fix what is falling apart. You are emotionally and physically drained from attempting to meet everyone else’s needs which seem to be multiplying no matter how hard you work. You feel vulnerable. Hope seems to have abandoned you. It would be so easy to give up.
There is an unseen power working even in your public panic. God is still around you. Relief is nearly here. Heavenly operatives are rushing to your aid. It may be today, tomorrow or further down the calendar, but God has not forgotten you. His plans are in full operation. His goals will be met without any human delay. Your feelings of inadequacy are simply the pricking of His Spirit to move you closer to depending solely on Him.
Shattered dreams, delayed hope, and utter desperation are each avenues God permits in your life to remind you that life is centered on Him and not you. He will place you in situations where you do not have enough, are not intelligent enough or are unable to be strong enough to work, think or talk your way through them. Gently, quietly, and in whispers God reminds you, “My power is best seen when you are weak, worn out and in need.” You need not panic. You have a power working on your behalf that will come through for you at just the proper moment.
You will be tempted to turn your back on God. You will feel like running from the Lord. You will be offered alternatives that have nothing to do with the character of your Heavenly Father. But none of these options remove your pain, cure your condition or supply your shortfall. They are fakes masquerading as truth. Resist them in the name of God. Lean into the Lord instead of running away. God is here for you. He will turn your panic into a work of His power.
Today, your life is not spinning out of control. It’s just that you are no longer in control-just the place where God does His best work through you.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 6 “Mercy Over Mess”
“”I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.” 2 Samuel 24:4
You have stumbled. You never meant to. You always said it could not happen to you. But a wrong choice, a detour down a forbidden path, an error in judgment has caused you to fall. You wonder how you will ever make things right again. You worry how others are going to see you from now on. You wish you had never done what you did.
You need to remember: God’s mercy is bigger than your mess! He covers your wrong choices with His grace. His forgiveness reaches down and picks you up from the misery of your failures. Again and again and again, the Lord washes away the stain of your sin. His love extends far beyond your errors. But you must turn to Him alone. No one else has what you need to remedy your situation. Humble yourself. Refuse to blame anyone else for what happened. Change your mind about your actions. Be broken over what occurred. Your humility brings God’s help.
Other people are not permitted to define your future. They know you as you were. Their sin is refusing to believe what God still wants to do in and through you. They point fingers at your failures because they have forgotten their Father’s heart. They want to display what you did. God wants to deliver you from what you were. The first thing He does in restoring you is to remind you who you are in Him.
You are His beloved. You possess a heavenly calling on your life. You have possibilities yet undiscovered. You are redeemed. You are forgiven. You are set free from what once held you back. You have a God-given power inside of you to live above your condition. You never have to return to where you lost your way. That place is no longer your address. You have left it behind. There is no going back. You are focused on God. You are fighting your way to purity. You are established in the Lord. He is your delight. He is your hope. He is your deliverer. Welcome back to who you really are!
Today, remember: there is more to you than anyone could ever imagine!
Pastor Ron
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One Hope International: Taking Care of Our Children in Our Community
They just kept coming and coming and coming. Over 100 cars loaded with coats, mittens, food and gifts pulled into the parking lot of Orchard View Intermediate School on Saturday, December 03. Dozens of volunteers including young children, teens and even wheelchair bound adults showed up to put together 2, 500 Bags of Love, wrap over 400 Christmas gifts and box up thousands of pounds of food and clothing for distribution next week to area children.
Retirees worked alongside their grandchildren. Church members from varied denominations laughed and swapped stories in midst of the “organized chaos” of such a massive effort. People from all nationalities stood shoulder to shoulder in long assembly lines as weekend food bags were stuffed with food to insure no child goes hungry over any weekend this December. In addition, Christmas boxes were prepped with yams, green beans, stuffing mix, cake mixes, and other holiday items for area needy families.
All of this is a monthly ritual with One Hope Ministries International, a regional, relational collaboration of area businesses, schools, churches, non-profits and individuals. One Hope’s signature mission is called “Bags of Love” which began in August 2010 as a supplemental weekend feeding effort for children on weekday free breakfast and lunch programs. Starting with Berkeley Heights School and 20 students, Bags of Love has since expanded to 23 schools in Jefferson and Berkeley County feeding over 400 children each weekend, over holiday and summer breaks. All of this is financed completely through grants and donations and supported by over 100 volunteers. The food is bulked ordered every month and doesn’t pull from the food banks. We want to make sure we don’t deplete the food banks so families not on the program have that resource. In just one year, Bags of Love has become the premiere weekend feeding program for school age children in our region.
Diana Wall, One Hope Missions Coordinator and a mother of five directs this operation along with the help of many team members. She works directly with her team members and with individual school guidance counselors or teachers to insure the complete confidentiality of those children being served. Each Friday area volunteers take Bags of Love to their school, leave them at the school office where then guidance counselors discreetly place them in a child’s book bag. Many parents have called, emailed or written One Hope to share that this weekend mission is a major lifetime keeping hunger away in their home. One child recently wrote, “I use to go home Friday afternoon knowing that I might not eat again until Monday morning. Now I no longer have to worry that there will be enough to eat at my house.”
One Hope is a:
• Movement: It is a grassroots movement unencumbered by organizational or denominational barriers. One Hope is not another “network”, “pastor’s group”, or “social service” entity. It is a movement which is actually moving!
• Non-profit: The Directors and board members of One Hope are all volunteers.
• Missional Partnership: Those who work together in community transformation “are” One Hope. Its connection is purely relational. There is nothing to join. You simply participate together with others in transforming our community into a better place to live, work and play.
• Organism: One Hope is organized around three critical components: Hub, Hope Center, and Hands-on
• Mobile: One Hope places “Hubs” and “Hope Centers” everywhere by pouring people onto the front lines of community transformation right here where they live!
One Hope also provides our region with:
• Kid’s Explosion: a weekly on-site fun, interactive, character-shaping program for apartment complexes, subdivisions and townhouse communities
• Mobile Trucks: these trucks take household needs, furniture and clothing on-site where the needs of the working poor exist.
• Christmas Extravaganza: a place where parents can “shop” and obtain gifts without cost for their children
• Coats of Love: Winter apparel for children and teens
• Uni-fest: An annual August event which has given out over 3500 free school backpacks in recent years.
• School of Ministry and Missions: an accredited adult focused school offering financial courses, parenting groups, marriage enrichment and Bible classes
• Coming this spring: The Center for Marriage and Family Development- this Center will offer pre-marital counseling, family and personal counseling, marriage retreats, parenting skills courses, and more
You can help serve in this rapidly growing community mission by contacting Diana Wall: 3042614007 or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). You can also help sponsor a child for only 5 dollars a week. Currently about 40 children are on a waiting list to get on Bags of Love. Your support is their supply line to avoiding the ravages of hunger over the weekend. Donations can be mailed to One Hope Ministries International 5550 Winchester Ave, Box 11 Martinsburg WV 25405. Please mark in memo which ministry for your donation. Look us up on facebook “One Hope Ministries with the Bags of Love program” and stay up to date on the ministries and information on Bags of Love packing dates and needs.
Visit us at http://www.onehopeministiresinternational.org or like us on facebook group page: One Hope Ministries International with Bags of Love Program
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Occupy Martinsburg Hosts Teach-In on “Why We Occupy” with Dr. Doug Horner
Martinsburg, WV - Douglas Horner, Ph.D. will lead a community teach-in on the topic of “Why We Occupy” at 7 pm, Thursday, December 15 at Good Natured Market and Café, located at 209 South Raleigh Street Martinsburg, West Virginia. The event is organized by Occupy Martinsburg, which has held Saturday demonstrations in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement since October 2011.
Douglas C. Horner is chair of the Department of Social Work at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Horner earned his Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and as taught at Shepherd since 1976. He has made numerous presentations to professional organizations on a range of topics, including the 1990 West Virginia Teachers Strike.
Good Natured Market and Vegetarian Café is a community store and restaurant that promotes healthy eating, environmentally sound living, and good conversation. The Market sells a wide variety of foods and products. The Café serves wholesome vegetarian meals seven days a week. For more information about Good Natured see http://www.goodnaturedllc.com/
Occupy Martinsburg is an assembly of people committed to demanding accountability from corporations, government and ourselves. We pursue our demands through popular education, democratic process and nonviolent protest. We are citizens of the world who live in the vicinity of Martinsburg, West Virginia, birthplace of first national labor strike, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. We are in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement and cooperate with all those seeking to address the inequities created by our current economic and political systems.
For more information about Occupy Martinsburg please visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/OccupyWVMartinsburg, check out our blog at http://occupymartinsburg.blogspot.com, or email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Daily Jolt - Dec 5 “No Plan B”
“But we are not like those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are delivered.” Heb. 10:39
God has no Plan B for your life. Inside your mother’s womb He set in you a destiny to fulfill. His very best plan for your life was embedded into your spirit. He recorded His for your future intensions on heaven’s scrolls. It is His will for your life. It is a work he desires to do through you. It is God’s Plan A for you. There is no back-up plan in case this one fails.
You can deviate from God’s purposes. You can fail to follow-through with His plans. But God’s call on your life remains. He is very clear what He wants to do in you, through you and with you. Fear can set aside His purposes. Sin can delay His plans. But nothing can prevent God’s heart for your life from being accomplished except for you.
Plan A requires the abandonment of your excuses. It demands the humbling of your pride. It calls for unconditional effort and steadfast determination from your spirit. The person who succeeds is the one who surrenders. Your life was created to reproduce the heart of God on earth. He created you, designed you and placed a myriad of strengths and weaknesses within you in precisely the way He choose for you to reflect Him. Life is all about God. You are His chosen vessel. You are loved without restraint. But you also have but one goal in life: reflect the glory and greatness of the Lord.
When you begin to actually believe that life does not center on your wishes, your wants, your needs, your hopes it becomes less stressful to meet each new day. You can relax in the rest of God knowing that everything works out with purpose, no matter how severe it seems. You can be joyful and peaceful trusting that God walks with you in the lowlands just as He does when you are viewing the valley from the summit. You can make it through any mess that surprises you relying on the Word of God rather than the proclamations of your problems. Life is much easier when you are walking in the ways of your Heavenly Father.
Today, no matter how your body feels or what your emotions are telling you, get up, get going and get connected to God’s great design for your life.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Dec 1 “Remember”
“I say to you, that what this woman has done shall be remembered forever…” Mark 14:9
You want to be remembered. You hope that something you do or are will outlast your life. You want for people you care about to rehearse the story of your life. You desire that something good about you will live on in others. Being forgotten is one of the saddest thoughts a person can harbor.
Jesus called attention to a person while he lived on earth who He said would be remembered through-out eternity. It was not His mother. It wasn’t His favorite disciple. It was not a wealthy individual or a powerful leader. He pointed to a woman: forgotten, forsaken and a failure in most people’s eyes. All she ever did was to pour some expensive perfume on the feet of Jesus and wash His feet with her hair. She had fifteen minutes in the heavenly spotlight. Then she disappeared. But she is the only person Jesus ever said who would be remembered from that point on until the end of days.
Her action made no sense to the religious people who actually scolded her. Her gift was way beyond her meager earnings. But her heart…oh, that is what Jesus saw that day. He was impressed by the deep devotion of one whose eyes were only for Him.
This no-name woman did not consult with friends to determine what she should do. She did not look at her bank balance and exclaim that it could not be done. Economists and financial planners were shocked by her deed. But Jesus picked her out of that whole crowd and said, “Of everyone here, she will be remembered most of all.”
What do you want to be remembered by God for? He is not adding up how many times you wert to church in your life. His applause is not given to the one who knows the most about the Bible. God is amazed by what you do personally for Him. It is when you sit at His feet and listen to His words with eagerness to apply them to your life. It is when you humble your heart after you make a mistake and come to Him in repentance for restoration. It is when He places an overwhelming choice before you daring you to step into it by faith and you do so with joyful obedience. It is when you run into His arms fearful of the uncertainty that lies ahead that His heart is warmed toward you.
God simply wants…you. This is why an un-named lady gets and keeps His attention in a gathering of the best religious people of His day. She gave everything to Jesus. She held nothing back. She laid aside all excuses and every inner debate and with humility fell at His feet and worshipped Him. And as He lifted her face toward Him, He looked at the religious elite and said something none of them would ever forget: “This one, I will remember…”
Today, it is not what you do for yourself that matters; it is who you are to God that counts.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Nov 30 “I Dare You”
“Test me on this, says the Lord, and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room for it.” Mal 3:10
You remember those frightful times as a young child when everyone was shouting their immovable confidence in themselves only to hear someone say to you, “I dare you to…” Panic was thrown up in your mouth. Your heart began to race. Your sweat glands went into overdrive. Everyone looked at you to see if you would take the dare. You knew your reputation was at the mercy of your willingness to bite down on fear and “do the dare.”
God is daring you to do something bigger than who you are and more than with what you have. You are at a crossroads in your personal historical journey. Something must soon be decided. The choice can no longer be delayed. The course of action before you is demanding more than you believe you are capable of performing. You have to respond now. Time is up. Your destiny hinges on what direction you take. It is a matter of courageously following either God’s call on your life or fearfully remaining in bondage to your circumstances.
In the history of every individual there are clear, defining moments which stir up in you incredible faith, steadfast boldness and unhesitating obedience. You are in that very moment. You are on an unpredictable God-journey. Nothing is safe when you walk toward heaven. But what you are facing is also an uncompromising opportunity to trust the Lord for greater things. The only question is: will you dare to decide to go all the way with God?
God wants you to do something above your human abilities. He desires for you to give something that He already owns. The Lord is inviting you to step out in faith without looking around to see whether others are doing the same. God wants your eyes on Him, your ears hearing Him and your actions reflecting His will for your walk.
You have a cafeteria of varied people, possessions, position and priorities that you can give your life to. Yet each of these has a very short shelf life. Only what you do for the Lord lasts. Your career could come to a halt tomorrow. Your relationships are delicate. Your money is made and then you wonder where it goes so quickly. Nothing can be depended on to bring you the satisfaction, joy and peace that God provides to those who take His dare. So, decide without any more excuses or further rationalizations whether you will trust the Lord completely and take Him at His word.
Today, God is looking right at you with each of the heavenly host watching. He is saying, “I dare you!”
Pastor Ron
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Art in the Library: The Paintings of Peter Shor
SUMMIT POINT, WV - The South Jefferson Public Library is pleased to announce an art exhibit beginning December 5 and running through the end of January featuring the paintings of Peter Shor of Charles Town, WV, whose vibrant and colorful watercolors and acrylics will dazzle the senses.
The exhibit is the 35th in the Art in the Library series hosted by the library to highlight the talents of local artists. The exhibit is free and can be viewed during library hours: Monday through Thursday 10-7, Saturdays 10-5, and Sundays 1-5. The library is closed Fridays. The library is located at the intersection of Summit Point Road and Church Street in Summit Point WV.
Mr. Shor received his BFA degree from The School of Visual Arts in 1975. He has had a passion for drawing and painting since he was a child. With a love for color, he has played with many media including pastels, pencils, charcoal, acrylics, oils, water colors, and computer imaging. His creativity most often manifests itself as abstract art, but he has also produced a number of realistic drawings and painting. His art and music is also displayed at http://www.petershor.com.
SPECIAL NOTICE - On Saturday, December 10 a reception will be held between 2 and 4 pm at the library to celebrate Mr. Shor’s exhibit. The public is invited to meet the artist, view his colorful and creative work, and enjoy the refreshments on hand.
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Be a Part of Shepherdstown’s 250th Anniversary Quilt
Shepherdstown, WV - To help commemorate Shepherdstown’s 250th anniversary, the town has commissioned a special anniversary quilt.
The quilt is being constructed by the Trinity Episcopal Church Tuesday Craft Group. Five by six feet in size, it is patterned after old community signature quilts. It will include the 250th anniversary logo, representations of notable town buildings and signatures of up to 950 residents. The signatures will be signed onto specially prepared cloth strips using special gel pens; the strips will then be sewn into the fabric of the quilt.
When the quilt is finished next year, it will formally be presented to the town at the 250th Anniversary closing ceremony on November 11, 2012. The current plan is to have the quilt displayed in the new Town Hall until such time as a new town library is constructed, and it can be moved there.
Anyone who lives or operates a business in the Shepherdstown zip code (25443) can add their signature to the quilt. To help defray the cost of the project, a minimum contribution of $5 per signature will be requested. Those who wish to give more than that will be encouraged to do so.
Starting the day after Thanksgiving, November 25, the quilting group will be collecting signatures from a table at the Men’s Club’s Christmas Bazaar in the War Memorial Building every weekend through the weekend of December 10-11. The theme of their signature drive will be “Be Part of the Quilt!” and banners proclaiming this will be hung outside and inside the War Memorial Building.
The signature drive will continue through the winter and spring, as needed, until enough signatures have been collected.
For more information, contact Peter Smith at 304-876-1139 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Living History Program at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park December 3 and 4
Harpers Ferry, WV - The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to attend Captain Flagg’s Quarter Master City: Approach of Peace 1864, December 3,4, 2011. This special living history program offers a glimpse of the town during the Civil War. Flagg’s operation provided all the supplies General Philip Sheridan (USA) needed to fight in the Shenandoah Valley. Abraham Lincoln’s second election hinged on the success of Sheridan’s Valley Campaign. The former U.S. Armory, burned at the outbreak of war, was reclaimed as a wartime supply depot. The country was torn apart by war, but families remained hopeful of reunion with their loved ones. Stroll through the community and look in on the town’s simple Yuletide preparations. Here at Harpers Ferry Union soldiers attempted to create their own version of Christmas at the front, while living in a town of citizens with questionable loyalties. With the prospects of peace still four months away, young Charles Moulton, of the 34th Massachusetts Regiment, stationed in the Provost Marshal’s office, mused about happier times at home. In 1864, the country was torn apart by war, but families remained hopeful of reunion with their loved ones.
The event will feature the town under federal occupation. For several months, Harpers Ferry had been the staging area for Union operations in the Shenandoah Valley; successful operations that brought the inevitable end of the conflict ever closer. Troops and supplies steadily poured south from Harpers Ferry by rail and wagon train. Over 60,000 federal soldiers passed through the Shenandoah Valley. Those same means of transportation brought back a steady stream of wounded soldiers, prisoners, and the dead. Buildings at Harpers Ferry that are not used to house supplies are occupied by hospitals, the Christian Commission, and the Sanitary Commission. These organizations provided charity, aid and comfort to soldiers spending another Christmas far from home.
The Civil War determined the freedom of 4 million enslaved people and the future of the Union. John Brown, the abolitionist, was hanged in 1859 for taking up arms against slavery at Harpers Ferry. The same United States that captured Brown and his supporters in 1859, will later assume the role of Brown’s liberating army which never materialized at Harpers Ferry. With Lincoln’s election in 1860 and the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Brown’s dream of an army marching for freedom became a reality and ending slavery by force of arms had become a national policy. By Christmas 1864, the death toll was rising and the country was still reacting to the recent presidential election. On the home front, Christmas spirit was tempered by concern for the safety of loved ones far from home and in harm’s way. Hopes and prayers were that Santa Claus would visit every home, but that a notice of sad tidings from the battlefield would not. The spirit of Christmas, the spirit of hope and charity, the spirit of joy were muted that holiday season, overshadowed by the clouds of war and an occupying army in the field.
Living history talks, tours, and special exhibits, will reveal the past and the present are more similar than one would think. The indomitable spirit of man may find a silver lining in any cloud, even in the clouds of war. It was a fervent hope, for America, and for the troops in the field, that the images of Christmas past and present may, in true Dickensian fashion, help alter the reality of Christmas future, so that all may truly enjoy peace on earth and goodwill to all men.
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
12-9 pm Historic exhibits open.
12-2 pm “Decking the Halls: Ornaments for the Tree” Make and take a 19th century style ornament.
At the Lyceum Tent. Make real tin tinsel & tin spiral ornaments for your tree!
12, 1, 2, 3 &4 pm “Captain Flagg’s US Quarter Master City”: A Ranger Guided Horse and Wagon Tour Experience the military and civilian workers who transformed the town into a successful war machine. Five tours offered, each beginning on the hour and lasting between 30-45 minutes. Sign up & reserve your free ticket at the Lyceum tent on the Park Green. Begins and ends at the Lyceum Tent.
1-2 pm “Mail Call: Packages From Home” Witness local citizens and soldiers gathering to receive their censored mail from the US Provost Marshal’s office. Begins at the Lyceum Tent
2-3 pm “Caught Yesterday, French Bill, Notorious Murderer and Bushwhacker”. Follow the Provost Marshal as they deal with the crime and punishment of a well known deserter. Begins at Lyceum Tent. Guided tour including weapons firing and demonstration.
3-4 pm “Feeding the War Machine: Soft Bread for Sheridan’s Army” See how 5,000 loaves of bread were made and baked in brick ovens. Meet at the backyard of Roeder’s Confectionery.
3-5 pm “A Grand Military and Citizen’s Ball” Join the 34th Massachusetts Officers and their wives as they host a Victorian Dance. Dance instruction provided to period dance music by Wheaton’s Parlor Orchestra.
9:30pm Last park shuttle departs the lower town for entrance station parking.
Sunday, December 4th , 2011
11-4pm Historic exhibits open
12, 1, 2, 3, 4 pm “Captain Flagg’s US Quarter Master City”: A Ranger Guided Horse and Wagon Tour. Experience the military and civilian workers who transformed the town into a successful war machine. Five tours offered, each beginning on the hour and lasting between 30-45 minutes. Sign up & reserve your free ticket at the Lyceum tent on the Park Green. Begins and ends at the Lyceum Tent.
1-2 pm “Mail Call: Packages From Home” Witness local citizens and soldiers gathering to receive their censored mail from the US Provost Marshal’s office. Begins at the Lyceum Tent.
1-2pm “Feeding the War Machine: Soft Bread for Sheridan’s Army” See how 5,000 loaves of bread were made and baked in brick ovens. Meet at the backyard of Roeder’s Confectionery.
2-3 pm “Caught Yesterday, French Bill, Notorious Murderer and Bushwhacker”. Follow the Provost Marshal as they deal with the crime and punishment of a well known deserter. Begins at Lyceum Tent. Guided tour including weapons firing and demonstration.
3-4 pm “Ho For Christmas” Carolers, sometimes called ballad mongers, strolled the streets in America tempting pedestrians to purchase sheet music of carols. Join this musical performance in the 2nd floor of the John Brown Museum, Mrs. Stephenson’s Christmas Parlor.
4 pm Special exhibits close.
6:30pm Last park shuttle departs the lower town for entrance station parking.
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2012 WVGA Tournament Schedule
The West Virginia Golf Association (WVGA) is excited to announce the Championship Schedule for the 2012 season. The complete schedule including the Senior Series, Wendy’s Amateur, Top Flite Junior Tour and qualifiers will be released as soon as we finalize all of the agreements and should be released by the end of the month. In addition to the competition schedule, the WVGA will also release upcoming seminars and special events.
Women’s Championships
- The Women’s Amateur Championship will be conducted at Berry Hills Country Club in Charleston, July 24-26.
- The Women’s Senior Amateur Championship we be held at The Raven Golf Club at Snowshoe Mountain, June 12-13.
Men’s Championships
- The West Virginia Mid-Amateur Championship will be conducted at Guyan Golf and Country Club, Friday -May 11 through Sunday- May 13, 2012. The format for the Mid-Amateur will be 18-hole stroke play on Friday morning beginning at 8AM (shotgun), followed by a lunch and then play the round of 32 matches that afternoon. The round of 16 will begin Saturday morning and will continue through the weekend.
- The West Virginia Open will be conducted at Edgewood Country Club, June 18-22.
- The West Virginia Amateur Championship will be held July 30th – August 2nd at The Greenbrier Resort on the Old White and Greenbrier Courses.
Senior Championships
- The West Virginia Senior Four-Ball will be held (Monday and Tuesday) April 23-24 at The Greenbrier Resort on the Greenbrier Course. This will be a 9AM shotgun both days.
- The West Virginia Senior Amateur will be conducted at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, August 22-26.
Junior Championships
- The Junior Match Play Championship returns to Parkersburg Country Club on May 12-13.
- The Junior Amateur Championship will be conducted July 12-13 at The Pines Country Club in Morgantown.
Team Competitions
- The West Virginia Four Ball will be held the first weekend of June (2nd and 3rd) at The Resort at Glade Springs. We will utilize the Cobb Course and the Stonehaven Course for the Championship with a full field of 100 teams. Make sure to reserve your rooms at Glade Springs as soon as possible.
- The West Virginia Father-Child will be held July 21-22 at the Resort at Glade Springs. We will utilize the Cobb Course and the Stonehaven Course for the Championship with a full field of 100 teams. Make sure to reserve your rooms at Glade Springs as soon as possible.
- The Mixed Championship will be conducted at Cacapon State Park, August 18-19.
Other championships and events not listed will be posted on the website and the yearbook once they are finalized. Once we have our complete schedule determined we will notify all of our members so that they may plan accordingly.
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Day Trip Cures for the Winter Blues
Does the cold, dreary winter weather ever get you down? Do you ever get frustrated going to work before the sun comes up and returning home after it has already set? Do you suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder? If so, you are certainly not the only person counting down the days, hours, and seconds until spring. The winter blues usually hit me the morning after Superbowl Sunday and linger until I see the first robin pull up a worm.
I am not a winter person, but as a resident of the four-state region for most of my life I wanted to share a few of my favorite affordable winter events and activities all located within an easy drive of home. Let’s get started…
DECEMBER
Antietam National Battlefield Illumination
Sharpsburg Maryland
On December 3rd (weather permitting) 23,000 candles will be lit on Antietam National Battlefield to honor each soldier who was killed, wounded, or reported missing in the battle. The park will be open for visitors who can take a driving tour through the illuminated fields. This truly is a “can’t miss” event. Please remember to dim your headlights to improve your own experience and out of courtesy to the driver in front of you.
Date: December 3, 2011, Begins at 6PM
More Information: http://www.nps.gov/anti/planyourvisit/luminary.htm
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Holiday Excursions
Cumberland Maryland
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad offers a beautiful trip through mountainous countryside from Cumberland up to Frostburg. This December, the railroad is offering Santa Express and North Pole Express train rides where Santa will meet the passengers at the Frostburg Depot with hot chocolate and cookies.
More Information: http://www.wmsr.com/
Specialty Trains: http://www.wmsr.com/attraction.php?attraction=275&category=5&ac=275,5
“Walking in a Winter Wonderland”
Clearbrook Park in Virginia
By day Clearbrook Park is a great place for walking, reading, fishing, and family fun. By night during the holiday season, the park glows brightly as the annual winter wonderland light show greets visitors with thousands of sparkling lights, music, and even Santa Claus. The entrance fee is low ($4 ages 12 and up, $3 children) and I especially like the fact that you can walk through the park at your own leisure without feeling hurried. I have visited several other light displays in the area, but this one is my favorite. Clearbrook Park is located off Rt 81 just south of the West Virginia border.
Date(s): November 25 thru December 30, 5:30PM-9:30PM
More Information: http://www.co.frederick.va.us/parks/communityevents.aspx
Eyler Valley Chapel Christmas Eve Services
Near Emmitsburg Maryland
Growing up in Frederick County Maryland, one of my favorite holiday traditions was attending Christmas Eve service every year at Eyler Valley Chapel. Visiting the historic chapel built in 1857 is like stepping back into Christmas past. The old stone building is nestled deep in the woods has no electricity. Candles provide light and an organ plays the music as you sing Christmas songs that echo off the cozy walls. If you have the opportunity and feel a little adventurous, I strongly recommend a trip over the river and through the woods to Eyler Valley.
Date(s): Nightly services begin in December 15 with 5 services on Christmas Eve
More Information: http://www.eylersvalleychapel.com/index.html
25th Anniversary of the Candlelight Tour of Historic Houses of Worship
Downtown Frederick Maryland
Spending an evening in downtown Frederick Maryland is always a great time. The day after Christmas, several downtown churches including those know for their famous clustered spires will open their doors to visitors. Several of the churches will offer special programs, musical entertainment, and even light refreshments.
December 26, 4PM-9PM
More Information: http://www.fredericktourism.org/landing/HistHousesOfWorship
JANUARY
Polar Bear Plunge
River Bottom Park in Williamsport Maryland
As I have stated previously, I do not particularly like the cold. Therefore, diving into the freezing Potomac river on New Year’s Day is not on my bucket list. Standing safely on the river bank and sipping hot chocolate while hundreds of brave souls take the plunge for both my comedic entertainment and a very worthy cause is more my style. If you are gutsy enough to take the plunge, I salute you. The registration fee is only $20 with all proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of Washington County.
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January 1 (New Years Day) 12PM
To Register: http://www.hswcmd.org/polar-bear-application.shtml
Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiy0-AGzhvw&feature=related
Whitetail Ski Resort Adventure Snow Tubing
Mercersburg Pennsylvania
I have not had the opportunity to go tubing yet, but the many personal reviews I have heard all speak highly of the experience. Besides, I cannot imagine anything more fun than speeding down a snow covered hill on an inflatable tube. If skiing or snowboarding isn’t for you, snow tubing provides a fun winter outing for individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Rates, Hours, and Information: http://www.skiwhitetail.com/tubing.htm
IceFest 2012
Chambersburg Pennsylvania
IceFest in Chambersburg is one of my all time favorite local events! Watch the ice carvers as they sculpt ice chunks into frozen works of art and walk along their beautiful displays that line the streets. This year is the 10th Anniversary of IceFest and it promises to once again be a great festival for the entire family to enjoy. I suggest going in the late afternoon or evening for optimum viewing. There is just something about ice sculptures at night.
January 26-29
More Information: http://www.icefestpa.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/icefest
FEBRUARY
Massanutten WaterPark
McGaheysville Virginia
Do you miss hanging out by the swimming pool? The Massanutten WaterPark near Harrisonburg Virginia might be a viable option for you. Located less than two hours from the Eastern Panhandle, the indoor park features water slides, a powerful FlowRider® pipeline, hot tubs, shallow play pools for the kids, and much more. I visited the park earlier this year on a hot summer day, all the while thinking to myself, “I have to come back here when we get our first blizzard”.
Rates, Hours, and Information: http://massresort.com/v.php?pg=4
Hagerstown Ice and Sports Complex
Hagerstown Maryland
Ice skating is a great way to unwind after a long, stressful week. The Hagerstown Ice and Sports Complex located at the Hagerstown Fairgrounds offers public ice skating sessions, skating lessons, youth hockey and more. Cost for the public skate sessions is only $6.00 per person and includes skate rentals.
More Information: http://www.hagerstownice.org/
Hershey Bears Hockey
Hershey Pennsylvania
Hockey is one of the most exciting sports to watch live. If you don’t want to take the long trip to Pittsburgh or fight the traffic in DC to catch a professional hockey game, check out a Hershey Bears. The Bears are the top minor league affiliate of the Washington Capitals and play their home games at the Giant Center right next to Hersheypark. Single game tickets are very affordable and if bought in advance only cost between $19.50 and $25.50. As a bonus, the Bears are a very good hockey team. They have won 11 Caulder Cups, most recently in the 2009-2010 season.
For Tickets: http://www.hersheybears.com/
Photo: Photograph from the Memorial Illumination at Antietam National Battlefield
That is my list of fun winter things to do. Please add your own ideas in the comment boxes below!
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Experience the Lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Dec. 1
(Via the National Park Foundation) - Tomorrow we will celebrate one of our nation’s most magical events and a national park tradition – the National Christmas Tree Lighting. Join us! Tune-in on December 1st starting at 4:30pm ET at http://thenationaltree.org to see the entire show LIVE including the exclusive pre-show! Also, check your local listings to watch the show throughout December on public television.
Hosted by television and radio personality Carson Daly, the event will feature performances by seven-time Grammy Award-winner and frontman of The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, platinum selling band OneRepublic, Nickelodeon stars Big Time Rush, country music star Rodney Atkins, six-time Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Marsha Ambrosius and British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. The evening will also feature a special appearance by Kermit the Frog, star of The Muppets, along with several other special guests including of course, President Obama and the First Family!
Presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the 2011 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony marks the opening of a four-week holiday celebration iin our nation’s capital. Originally started by President Calvin Coolidge in 1923, this year’s ceremony marks the 89th National Christmas Tree Lighting. Interested in knowing more? Check out thenationaltree.org to discover everything you’d want to know about this very special national park tradition.
Also, please join us in thanking those who made this year’s show possible including the premier sponsor of the 2011 National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety organization. Other event supporters include GE Lighting, The Coca-Cola Company, Hargrove Inc., Nicolas Holiday Inc., Amtrak, CORT, Guest Services Inc., Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC Downtown, Hudler Carolina Tree Farms, Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, Performance Video Systems, W Washington DC and the Willard InterContinental Washington DC.
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Shop Small: Make a Big Difference on Small Business Saturday
As a proud supporter of Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, the U.S. Small Business Administration is encouraging every American to support small businesses by doing some of their holiday shopping at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Join in on the 2nd annual Small Business Saturday, a day for all of us to support small businesses in our community. Pledge to Shop Small on Nov 26th. If millions of Americans shop small, it will be HUGE!
Nov. 26 marks the second annual Small Business Saturday®, a day to support the local small businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. Small businesses have generated two out of every three net new jobs over the past 15 years and employ over half of all private sector employees.
“Small businesses are the foundation of our economy – half of America’s workers either own or work for a small business,” said SBA Administrator Karen Mills. “Small Business Saturday® is an opportunity to show our support for our friends and neighbors who throughout the year are growing our local economy, as well as supporting many local initiative and organizations.”
Learn More:
- Take the pledge to Shop Small at http://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday
- You can watch a video about Small Business Saturday at http://youtu.be/yg-h3o_ZYU0
- For tips on how to market your small business during the holiday shopping season, visit http://community.sba.gov/community/blogs/community-blogs/small-business-matters/five-holiday-marketing-tips-help-your-small-business-stay-profitable-top-
- March 29, 2012. President of the Rumseian Society Nick Blanton. “Stubborn Advocates: How Shepherdstown Came to Carry a Torch for James Rumsey.” Entler Hotel, 7 p.m.
- April 26, 2012. Coordinator of Shepherd University’s Historic Preservation Program Dr. Keith Alexander. “Town Run: Economic Heartbeat of Early Shepherdstown. Entler Hotel, 7 p.m.
- May 24, 2012. Shepherd University Research Assistant Professor Hannah Geffert and others. “Brown v. Board of Education and Integration in Shepherdstown.” A panel discussion. Entler Hotel, 7 p.m.
- September 5, 2012. Shepherd History Professor Emeritus Dr. Jerry Thomas. “Myths, ‘True Facts,” and Surprising Tidbits of Shepherdstown History: A Brief Account of Some Twists and Turns along the Path of the Walking Tour.” Entler Hotel, 7 p.m.
- September 20, 2012. Shepherd graduate and Civil War Trust staffer, Nicholas Redding. “Like an Awful Dream: Shepherdstown at War, 1961-1865. Robert C. Byrd Legislative Center Auditorium, Shepherd University, 7 p.m., reception to follow.
- October 25, 2012. Shepherd University Communications Department Chair, Dr. Kevin Williams. “The Shepherdstown Train Station: An Oral History,” a film. Entler Hotel, 7 p.m.
- November 29, 2012. Shepherd Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, Dr. John Stealey III. “Shepherdstown’s History in Regional and National Context” (tentative title). Robert C. Byrd Legislative Center Auditorium, Shepherd University, 7 p.m. Also sponsored by the Jefferson County Historical Society and the Shepherdstown Men’s Club. Robert C. Byrd Legislative Center Auditorium, 7 p.m., reception to follow.
- The Last Mountain, Bill Haney’s exploration of the battle between local residents and Big Coal in West Virginia’s Coal River Valley. Activist Bo Webb of the Coal River Mountain Watch will lead a discussion after the film and share his experiences trying to protect his community.
- The Big Fix, Josh Tickell’s exposé of corruption and deceit behind the Gulf Oil Disaster. Science writer Joel Achenbach of The Washington Post, Senior Scientist Doug Inkley of the National Wildlife Federation and John Amos, President of SkyTruth will participate in a panel discussion after the film to share their insights on the story behind the story.
- The City Dark by Ian Cheney chronicles the disappearance of darkness from Maine to New York City and beyond – what do we lose, when we lose the night?
- Waste Land, Lucy Walker’s uplifting and transformative portrait of artist Vik Muniz as he works with trash-pickers in the world’s largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. A 2011 Academy Award Nominee.
- A new angle on climate change in Climate Refugees. Filmmakers Justin Hogan and Michael Nash approach climate change from the perspective of the millions of people forced to leave their homelands as flooding and drought increase. Govind Acharya, a specialist with Amnesty International will lead a discussion after the film.
- 3-D films for the first time in ACFF history with The Rise of the Jellyfish and Secret Life of the Rainforest. Prepare to find yourself under the water and scouring the treetops as these films transport you from your seat. Filmmakers will be on hand, including 3D expert Thomas Sassenberg discussing the making of The Rise of the Jellyfish.
- A Critter Quest for kids with film host Peter Schriemer after his film Creatures of the Lagoon, about life in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon.
- 9am- PARADE-Sponored by CNB Bank, Inc. This years theme is Winners and Heroes-Past and Present
- 10:30 am- FESTIVAL BEGINS Voice of the Apple Butter Festival from the Bandstand: Jeanne Mozier.
- ALL DAY Ride the trolley! Free trolley ride from parking at US Silica north of town to the Ice House and back. During festival hours both days. The trolley is sponsored by FirstEnergy Foundation. Parking is with Boy Scout Troop 12 and sponsored by the Berkeley Springs American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60. Apple Butter Making in the square. You can stir! Guided Tours – Museum of the Berkeley Springs in the park. Sat 11:30am, 1:30 and 3:30pm; Sun 1:30 and 2:45pm
- At the ICE HOUSE – home of the Morgan Arts Council Independence & Mercer. Special art exhibit - 11am-5pm
- 11:00 am- TURTLE RACE conducted by the Boys and Girls Club, assemble at Courthouse
- 11:00 am- ANNOUNCE PARADE WINNERS at the bandstand. Hall of Fame sponsored by U.S. Silica Company also turtle race winners
- 11:30 am- 12:15 pm & 12:45-1:30 pm Hillbilly Huxters Lively local rockabily sound. Sponsored by City National Bank.
- 1:45 pm- ANNOUNCE WINNERSat the bandstand. Apple Butter and Bake Contests, conducted by the Morgan County Extension Homemakers.
- 2:00-2:45pm- CRITTON HOLLOW STRING BAND performing old timey music in concert at the bandstand. Sponsored by Caperton Furniture Works.
- 2:50 pm- BEARD AND MUSTACHE CONTEST at the bandstand, sponsored by War Memorial Hospital.
- 3:15-4:00 pm- CRITTON HOLLOW STRING BAND in concert at the bandstand. Sponsored by Caperton Furniture Works.
- 5:00 pm- FESTIVAL CLOSES
- 12 noon FESTIVAL OPENS Voice of the Apple Butter Festival from the bandstand: Jeanne Mozier.
- ALL AFTERNOON Ride the trolley! Free trolley ride from parking at US Silica north of town to the Ice House and back. During festival hours both days. The trolley is sponsored by FirstEnergy Foundation. Parking is with Boy Scout Troop 12 and sponsored by the Berkeley Springs American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60. Apple Butter Making in the square. You can stir!
- At the ICE HOUSE – home of the Morgan Arts Council Independence & Mercer. Special art exhibit - 11am-5pm
- Guided Tours – Museum of the Berkeley Springs in the park. Sun 1:30 and 2:45pm
- 1:00-2:00pm- 2:45-4:00pm- Possum Holler “The Farewell Tour” Local musicians perform spirited American favorites. Sponsored by The Morgan Arts Council.
- 1:15 pm- EGG TOSS bring a partner & assemble at the bandstand. Sponsored by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home.
- 2:15pm- Hog Calling Contest Contestants assemble at the bandstand. Junior and senior divisions. Beginners welcome. Event sponsored by BB&T Bank.
- 4:15pm- APPLE BUTTER QUILT DRAWING Stitched by Rika Bennett. Tickets available at the Chamber of Commerce booth in the Park. Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Premier Homes.
- 5:00pm- FESTIVAL CLOSES
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Church donates 300 turkeys to local community
The Church at Martinsburg collected 300 turkeys for local agencies who prepare or donate meals to needy families. Operation Thanks, now in it’s third year, was held Saturday morning at the parking lot of Regal Cinemas on Foxcroft Avenue, where the church meets.
Jacob Atchley, lead pastor of teaching and vision casting, said that he saw the turkey drive as an opportunity to express gratitude to Christ by being generous.
Since 2009, over 700 turkeys have been donated.
After turkeys are “tagged” by church members to explain who donated the turkey, they are loaded into vehicles and distributed around Martinsburg. This year, three agencies benefited from the turkeys, CCAP Loaves and Fishes, Young Lives, and the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Boy’s and Girl’s Club.
Rick Lowman, food manager at CCAP Loaves and Fishes said that the donation of the turkeys is appreciated because it’s one of the biggest financial costs.
“It saves us money to be able to buy other food to supply the baskets, but continuing to provide food throughout the winter,” Lowman said.
Lowman said that the organization is giving out more boxes this year than ever by having turkeys donated and that it’s only made possible by the generosity of churches who donate food items.
“Each group that has helped has made it possible to keep up with our regular donations through the year,” Lowman said.
According to Lowman, CCAP feeds on average 400 people a month.
“For me this is a remarkable project,” said Richard Marsh, executive pastor. “I look at this as an opportunity for our church to mobilize and assist our friends and neighbors. It is our response to the Gospel; a way we can serve others because of what Jesus has done for us.”
Marsh said that this is a way we can share and love on our family here in Martinsburg.
“Our country is experiencing an unprecedented economic hardship and there has been an increase of hurting families in our city this year,” said Marsh. “It is a privilege for us to be able to share these turkeys with them and let them know we love and support them.”
Marsh said that the generous donations from four local Martin’s Food Stores made this year’s event possible. Martin’s locations in Martinsburg, Charles Town and two stores in Winchester, Va. made donations to the cause.
The church began in 2009, first meeting in a home in Berkeley County. Since then, it has grown to more than 200 members and now meets weekly at Regal Cinemas at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
For more information about The Church at Martinsburg, visit http://www.martinsburgchurch.org
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Shay Osborne, church planting pastor, at The Church at Martinsburg, tags turkeys on Saturday morning’s turkey collection.
Tagged turkeys are delivered to local organizations Saturday morning.
Robbie Burcker, member of The Church at Martinsburg carries turkeys at Saturday morning’s Operation Thanks.
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Holiday Donation Decisions
Caveat emptor – or let the buyer beware – is common-sense advice that most of us try to heed. But buyers are not the only ones who should beware: Goodwill® encourages donors to be just as cautious and selective when choosing the organizations that will receive their gently used clothing and household items, both during the holiday season and all year.
A proliferation of donation bins in convenient locations can make it difficult for donors to discern which charities are legitimate and which are actually for-profit entities or fraudulent charities trying to dupe them. That is why a little bit of research before you donate can ensure that your donations have the greatest impact in your community.
Before you donate, check with your state attorney general or secretary of state’s office to find out if a charity is legitimate. You should also check with a charity-rating agency such as Charity Navigator or GuideStar, or use online resources such as GreatNonprofits or Philanthropedia to find out more about specific charities — including how much of their revenue goes to overhead and administrative costs.
Goodwill has spent decades earning the public’s trust. Donors can rest assured that their items are going to a reputable organization that has the community’s interests at heart. Donated goods are sold in Goodwill stores and online, and more than 84 percent of revenues earned go to fund critical job training, career services and other supports that put people to work, strengthen families and build stronger communities.
Instead of ‘buyer beware,’ let’s try to be ‘donor aware’ this holiday season.
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Art Market Celebrates Opening with Reception
Martinsburg, WV - The creations of 24 artists will be on display at the Holiday Art and Craft Market beginning Friday, November 25—and visitors are invited to come meet the talented local crafters, painters, designers and photographers during a reception on Friday, November 25 from 3 to 7 pm. Located at 115 South Queen, the Market is just across from Main Street’s Santa House, and half a block from the festivities on the town square.
Organized by a coalition of three arts organizations (the Berkeley Arts Council, ArtBerkeley and the Heritage Craft Center of the Eastern Panhandle), this is the second year when a wide selection of local work will be available on Queen Street in downtown Martinsburg.
Friday’s reception offers an opportunity to talk with the artists and artisans about their work, while enjoying light refreshments. At 5:00 pm, local musician and songwriter Justin Lowans will entertain to add to the party atmosphere.
While the Art and Craft Market will be open through December 23, the best selection from the unique items available will come on Opening weekend. Hours for the Market are Wed. and Thurs. from 12 noon to 6 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. from 12 to 8 p.m. and Sun. from 12 to 4 p.m.
To learn more about the artists and artisans, visit http://www.berkeleyartswv.org.
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Nominations still being accepted for 2012 Washington Metro Area Small Business Awards
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Washington Metropolitan Area District Office has extended the deadline for nominations for the 2012 Washington Metropolitan Area Small Business Awards. The new deadline for Small Business Award nominations is Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
This is an excellent opportunity to promote your business, a client, an employee, or just someone who deserves to have their hard work and entrepreneurial spirit recognized. We can all use some free positive publicity these days, can’t we? You can even nominate yourself or your company or organization.
Small Business Person of the Year nominees will be judged on a variety of criteria, including staying power, growth in employment and sales, innovation of product or service and evidence of contributions to the community.
Small Business Champion awards are presented to persons who have used their professional or personal talents to further the public’s understanding and awareness of small business. Candidates must have taken an active role in creating opportunities to promote the interests of small business.
Champion award categories include: Financial Services, Home-Based Business, Minority, Veteran and Women. In addition, special award categories include the Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Small Business award, Entrepreneurial Success, Small Business Exporter, and Young Entrepreneur.
Nominations can be made by an individual or an organization. Nominations are being accepted for individuals or businesses operating within Washington, DC, Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties and the Cities of Alexandria and Fairfax in Virginia. All nominations should arrive at the SBA Washington Metro Area District Office by close of business on Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
To obtain nomination criteria and submission guidelines, go to: http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3106/news/31721
If you have any questions after reading the guidelines, contact Randall Luttenberg, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 202-272-0365
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Historic Shepherdstown to Kick Off 250th Speaker Series
Shepherdstown, WV - The Historic Shepherdstown Commission will kick off a speaker series honoring Shepherdstown’s 250th anniversary with a December 1 talk about the town’s early years.
The opening speaker will be Shenandoah University History Professor Dr. Warren Hofstra.
Dr. Hofstra’s talk, entitled “The Making of Mecklenburg and the Settlement of the Virginia Backcountry,” will take place in the auditorium of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at 7:00 p.m. Refreshments will follow the lecture.
The Byrd Center is located on the Shepherd University campus at 213 King Street, Shepherdstown. Parking is available behind the Byrd Center.
This first lecture in Historic Shepherdstown’s 250th Speaker Series is also sponsored by the Shepherdstown Men’s Club and the Jefferson County Historical Society.
Dr. Hofstra has written extensively on the topic of early backcountry Virginia, which includes Shepherdstown or Mecklenburg, as it was first called. He has written “The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley” and edited “The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah Landscapes from Prehistory to the Present.”
The Historic Shepherdstown 250th Anniversary Speaker series will continue throughout the year of Shepherdstown’s anniversary celebration. The list of additional events follows. Light refreshments will be served after each talk.
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West Virginia Chamber Announces HR Awards, Martinsburg HR Professional Wins
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has awarded its inaugural Five-Diamond Human Resources Excellence Award (HR) to West Virginia United Health System (WVUHS) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia (TMMWV). C.D. Linton of Essroc was honored with the HR Professional of the Year Award. The awards were presented at the recent WV Chamber’s annual HR Conference. The conference drew a record attendance and is recognized as the state’s premiere human resources meeting.
The Five-Diamond designation is given to WV employers who have a stellar performer in safety, employee policies, continuing employee education, and community service and employee empowerment.
WVUHS is the state’s second largest employer with nearly 8,000 employees. It is the leader in providing health care benefits to north central and eastern WV—- treating more than 2,000 patients daily. “We are honored to receive this outstanding award from the WV Chamber. It recognizes the commitment of our organization to human resources,” said WVUHS President Tom Jones.
TMMWV celebrated its 15th Anniversary on October 15. The plant, located in Buffalo, WV, has expanded six times, employs over 1,000 team members and has produced over 8.8 million
engines and transmissions. The facility has been awarded Toyota’s prestigious Harbour Award, which recognizes productivity of powertrain plants in North America, for seven consecutive years. According to Mike Lutz, general manager of administration for TMMWV, “The award recognizes Toyota’s first priority to safety, and commended Toyota for sustaining all full time team members employment during the economic downturn and natural disaster. We are honored to have received the Five-Diamond Employer Award.”
The HR Professional of the Year was awarded to C.D. Linton, HR Manager for the Essroc facility in Martinsburg. Linton also provides HR support to company locations in Front Royal and Richmond, VA and Fredrick and Baltimore, MD. He is a graduate of Shepherd University and has an MBA from Frostburg State University. He has over fifteen years manufacturing experience. “I rely on the WV Chamber for accurate and up-to-date information on issues and changes that will affect my company—- especially in the all-important area of HR. Coming from the WV Chamber makes this award even more important,’ commented Linton.
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True Treats Historic Candy Grand Opening in Harpers Ferry, WV
Harpers Ferry, WV - Cool Confectionaries, makers of the True Treats Collection, announces its grand opening in Historic Harpers Ferry, WV. Cool Confectionaries is the nation’s only company offering authentic candies from the early Native Americans to the 1950s. Equally unique, the history of each selection is told on the packaging. To celebrate the media is invited for a private candy tasting while the public gets free treats.
According to Susan Benjamin, president of Cool Confectionaries, Harpers Ferry was the perfect location for the shop. “We were primarily selling to museum gift stores, retail shops, and other places,” she says. “When we decided to have a brick and mortar presence, Harpers Ferry, with its rich historic relevance, seemed like the perfect fit.” The shop also gives the staff space to provide free historic tastings to schools, 4-H, and other educational groups.
Originally the product line contained treats exclusively from the 1800s, including the Gilbralter, the first commercially made candy in the US; old fashion vanilla sticks; and molasses pulls. Since then, they have expanded to 80 products from the first chewing gum in the world to 1700’s sweetmeats to 1900s taffy. They even added candy collections in attractive jars and tins, including botanical sweets, Civil War treats, and original penny candy. Many come in the authentic containers from the times.
“My kids and I had an amazing experience,” says Marcia Lott, of Arlington, Virginia. “We heard great stories and got to experience authentic flavors.” She quickly added: “I was surprised how good everything tasted – I thought the older stuff would be bitter or harsh, but it was actually better than what’s out there today.”
Historic Harpers Ferry is located approximately one hour from Washington DC and Baltimore and is situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. Cool Confectionaries, LLC is owned by Susan Benjamin, a professional researcher, author, and expert on historic sweets.
PHOTO: Susan Benjamin in Harpers Ferry Shop
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Daily Jolt - Nov 10 “Rule and Reign”
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God.” 1 Peter 2:9
You were created to rule and reign. Your heritage is to be over rather than living under your circumstances. You were never meant to be the tail. God has placed you as the head of what is He owns. You have everything you need to do what God wants from you. The spiritual life is one of living in supply rather than shortfall.
Everything that God is going to do or has done has already been finished in heaven. This means that all you need to do is to align yourself in the will and ways of the Lord. Alignment brings you into the plans and purposes of God. Alignment connects you to the power of the Lord. Alignment brings you close to the presence of God.
Perform a personal check-up and see where your life needs to be adjusted to the life of God.
Misalignment means pain. It causes friction where there should be easy manuvering. Misalignment creates destruction of working parts. Therefore, it is essential that you constantly hold your motives, thoughts, actions, reactions and words up against the standard of heaven. Ask yourself, “What in my life is of God and what is of my own desires?” Wherever you are failing in life is the place where God has not been permitted to be Lord over in you.
You need to live by more than goals and ambition. You were meant to live by destiny. Life goals are temporary. Destiny is eternal. You must confront and confess anything that is keeping you from changing from a purpose-driven life to a destiny determined lifestyle. God created you to reflect His glory and honor and ways on earth. Anything less is unacceptable. Begin to live up to the Lord rather than living at the level of your situation. Anything uncontested in your life will become your master.
You will never rise above your own self-portrait. You cannot be more than you believe you are. You cannot allow what you feel, see, hear or experience to define who you are or what you can become. Only God has the right to determine your destiny. Believe what He has declared about you! You are His. He is King. You are royalty. Live like it!
Today, your connection to God’s destiny determines your daily circumstances.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Nov 11 “You already have it all”
“I can do everything through Him who gives me all I need.” Phil. 4:15
You have what it takes. But fear is telling you that it is impossible. Past failure is reminding you that you will fail again. The words of doubters are ringing in your ears. “What if?” stares without blinking at you. It is time to listen to the Lord!
You were created to join the Lord in doing the impossible. God’s power is flowing through you. God’s anointing is all over you. God’s plan is perfect for you. Begin to live at the level God has declared that is possible for you.
You have held back. Let go! You have shrunk from a commitment. Get engaged. You have excused yourself. Step up to the plate. You have rationalized. Start rejoicing. You have stayed on the wrong bank of the river. Step in. This is the time to risk for it is in risking that you meet the God who is able to do above and beyond all that you can think or imagine. Try Him rather than talking about your situation. It is a lot more fun to live on the side of heaven.
You have all you need to do everything God desires for you to accomplish. Yet you are utilizing only a fraction of what He has given you. Release your grip on what God owns. Nothing is in your name that you possess. God is the owner and can call for it at any time. Be ready, at any moment, to say, “Here you go, Lord, I took good care of it. Now I give it back to you.”
The only question that needs to be asked as you enter each day is this, “God what do you want to do through me to get what you want accomplished where you have me?” God is always clear when a person dares to ask this question. It is then that He knows that He truly has your heart. God works only through willing hearts.
So, go for broke! If it breaks you, God has much more where that came from. You never have to worry. So, why are worrying? You never have to be afraid. So why are you allowing fear into your bed at night? You never have to protect yourself. God is your defender. So why are you talking trash about those who have hurt you? You have it all. Prove it by how you talk and walk.
Today, when you believe God you will walk above the troubled waters which rage around you.
Pastor Ron
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Daily Jolt - Nov 14 “Reduction”
“Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.” Job 8:7
You feel small. Everything seems bigger these days: bigger troubles, larger payments, greater relational conflicts and increasing job demands. You seem to be shrinking. Good! God is about to show you what He can do with small things.
He took one small stone in David’s sling and brought down a giant. God called an unknown, insignificant prophet named Elijah and took down an evil king. The Lord set free a group of rejected slaves in Egypt and established His Chosen People. And on a simple piece of wood God laid His Son and changed the course of human history.
God uses small people, small items and small groups to affect the change He desires. All you must be is: available.
Often, what you at first see as a reduction, is actually evidence of a soon to arrive reward. It is in your smallness that the Lord creates mindset where you are totally dependent upon what He does next. Your smallness creates a need for a big God. You will not truly understand how big God is until you see how small you are.
Most people never enjoy the greatness of God because they attempt to live without a need for a big God. They try to resolve their problems in their own wisdom. They seek to find their need for intimacy jumping from one unfulfilling relationship to another. They exist in continual shortage as they struggle to succeed as their own supply.
Until they come to the end of themselves, see their smallness and recognize that only in God is greatness achieved, they remain needy, lonely and exhausted.
Your present smallness is the secret to your future success. Do not panic. Refuse to walk away. God is weeding your garden so that more than you planted will be harvested. Sow your seed. Release it into the ground where God has placed you. God increases your seed from the point of your release. But whatever you hold back, He cannot bless.
Do not despise who you are or what you have. There is no such thing as “lack” in God’s dictionary. There is only a temporary transition between need and abundance. It is in this transition time where faith is matured and expanded. God already has your provision secured before the problem arrives.
Today, the law of spiritual harvest is this: first, God reduces; then God produces.
Pastor Ron
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Holiday Events Cultivate Good Karma at Jala Yoga
Shepherdstown, WV—Jala Yoga, the beautiful and inspiring yoga studio at Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar, 117 West German Street, Shepherdstown, is offering several karma yoga events during the holiday season. In the spirit of giving, throughout November and December Jala will be collecting non-perishable food items to be given to needy families. Students who bring an item to Jala’s food pantry will get class for just $8, a significant discount off the usual $15 drop-in rate.
Saturday, December 3 through Friday, December 9 is Jala’s designated seasonal Donation Week. All classes taught this week are by donation, and 100% of the donations collected will go towards adopting needy local families this holiday season. Donation Week will culminate with a special Friday night class team-taught by the Jala teaching staff and followed by a Holiday Potluck Party! All are welcome to take class and join in the festivities; attendees are asked to bring a dish to share (beverages will be provided).
Jala Yoga offers classes 7 days a week in the vinyasa style of yoga in which poses flow from one to another. Jala Yoga believes that yoga is accessible and necessary for everyone, and both beginners and seasoned practitioners are welcome. More information can be found at http://www.jalayogaflow.com or by calling Christa Mastrangelo Joyce at 304-263-5367.
PHOTO: Jala Yoga at Mellow Moods, located at 117 W. German Street, Shepherdstown
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SBA.gov Working to serve DC-area veteran-entrepreneurs
(SBA.gov) - Thousands of service men and women are returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the U.S. Small Business Administration is welcoming them home with programs and initiatives to help them start, grow and expand their businesses.
“Around Veterans Day, our thoughts turn to the men and women who are serving or have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to all who have made sacrifices and served our country in the armed forces,” SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. “When you consider the leadership and management skills our veterans develop while on active and reserve duty, it’s no wonder we see so many of them choose a path as entrepreneurs and small business owners.”
SBA provides veterans business counseling and training, access to much needed capital, and business development opportunities through government contracts. SBA products and programs include:
Entrepreneurial Development
Funded by a Small Business Administration grant, the Virginia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network created the online VETBiz Resource Center (http://www.vetbizresourcecenter.com/) to inform and educate veteran business owners about resources available specifically for them. The site is designed to deliver education and information in the form of videos and a large variety of printable materials, combined with tutorials featuring successful veteran entrepreneurs and the lessons that their experience can teach others.
Entrepreneurial Development Specialists from SBA’s Washington Area District Office travel to military bases for all service branches throughout the region as well as to military hospitals to train active duty personnel and wounded warriors who will soon be transitioning to private life. These TAP (Transition Assistance Program) and ACAP (Army Career Assistance Program) classes provide the solid foundation soon-to-be veterans will need to make decisions about whether to start their own business and how they may access resources they will need to succeed.
To bring management training to more veterans nationwide, SBA and Syracuse University are expanding the successful Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program to an eighth school, Cornell University. The growing partnership between SBA and Syracuse University, now in its third year, provides training on how they can start and grow a small business with programs targeted to service-disabled veterans, their family caregivers, women veterans, and National Guard and Reserve members and their families.
The “boot camp” was created and delivered by a network of some of the best business schools in the country. Since the program’s inception, more than 320 wounded warriors travelled from all over the country to participate at Syracuse University, University of Connecticut, UCLA, Florida State University, Texas A&M University, Purdue University, Louisiana State University, and Cornell University. 150 businesses have been launched by graduates.
SBA is also providing $2.6 million through a cooperative agreement over three years for two new programs supporting veteran entrepreneurs. The first, Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE), focuses on training, networking and mentorship for women veterans. The three-day, off-site training program, anticipates serving up to 1,400 female veterans over a 36-month period.
The second, Operation Endure & Grow, targets National Guard and Reserve Component members, their families and partners. The goal of this program is to mitigate the hardship to small businesses caused by deployed owners or managers. The eight-week course focuses on those who will sustain the business when the service member is deployed, injured or killed. Initially, 550 individuals are expected to participate. Together, V-WISE and Operation Endure & Grow are expected to serve over 1,950 individuals and their families over three years.
Access to Capital
SBA had a near record year lending to veteran-owned small businesses in fiscal year 2011, amounting to more than 4,300 loans totaling $1.5 billion in its flagship 7(a) and 504 programs. During FY2011, DC-area veteran-owned small businesses were able to access more than $31 million through SBA loan programs. Since 2007, SBA’s Patriot Express loan pilot initiative alone has guaranteed loans of more than $667 million to nearly 8,100 veterans, reservists and their spouses to establish or expand their small businesses. The initiative, extended through 2013, provided more than 1,560 loans nationwide totaling $142 million in fiscal year 2011 and more than $7.6 million locally. Patriot Express is offered by SBA’s network of participating lenders and features one of SBA’s fastest turnaround times for loan approvals.
Government Contracting
SBA worked with both contracting officers and veteran-owned small businesses to deliver the highest-ever percentage of federal contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses in FY2010, totaling $10.4 billion. Also, through parity legislation, SBA reestablished a level playing field for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses that compete with other small businesses for set-aside contracts.
Task Force Report
SBA chairs the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development focused on improving and expanding opportunities for veteran business owners. The Task Force recently issued its first Report to the President and included 18 recommendations to increase access to capital, improve business development opportunities, and meet federal contracting goals for veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. You can read the whole report here at http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3106/news/31531.
In the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, SBA reaches out to veterans through the local District Office and a highly-trained network of Small Business Development Centers, Women’s Business Centers, and SCORE volunteers. Contact ACAP and TAP programs at local military bases for training schedules at those locations. In addition, SBA also has numerous programs that create government contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses. More information is available through the Washington Metropolitan Area District Office, http://www.sba.gov/dc or 202-272-0345.
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Santa Clauset, Collecting Warm Coats, Hats and Gloves for Those in Need
Last year at the annual Christmas Tree Lightning, Santa and his elves experienced a “tug at your heartstring moment,” children visiting Santa in need of a warm coat, hat and gloves.
Main Street Martinsburg has decided to help Santa and his elves this year by giving out new coats, hats, and gloves to children that are in need.
IMAGINE: “The cold” a small child shivering in the cold without a proper outwear. Can you picture it?
HELP: Main Street Martinsburg needs YOUR help to assist our children in need. We are asking members of Main Street Martinsburg to help fill up Santa Clauset… Will YOU?
DONATE: A new coat, hat and gloves…Coat sizes from ages 2 years old to 14 years old.
WHERE: Simply drop off your donates at Dana’s Tuxedo Shop-127 N. Queen Street-Downtown, Monday thru Saturday from 10am to 5pm up to the day of the Tree lighting, which is Friday, December 2, 2011.
Join Main Street Martinsburg for our annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, December 2, 2011. Festivities begins @ 6:00pm on the Public Square….
Will YOU help to fill Santa Clauset?
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Bags of Love: Distributing Hope Child by Child
Bags of Love: Distributing Hope Child by Child
Few of us in America know what it feels like to be hungry for an extended period of time. We see documentaries of starving children in foreign lands and think “oh, how terrible” as we eat our evening snack. But what if that hungry child was your neighbor, your co-worker’s eight year old daughter or a nine year old growing boy in your son’s math class?
They live among us: the hurting, the hungry and the hopeless. They are good kids. The vast majority of their parents are working and trying to make it yet they still come up short by the end of the week. Food is scarce. Hunger pains build. Children suffer.
Seeing the need up close and personal in the summer of 2010, God gave a vision to several local community leaders on different ends of the county to do something about child hunger over the weekends. God knew this need was to big for just one church. He knew it would take communities of people joining together to win this fight. One area elementary school was contacted by 365 church Pastor Ron and his family. With the start of the school year in August, 20 children were being fed each weekend. On the other end of the county a local mom of five, Diana Wall, took on three additional schools with the help of her church Harvest Community. Word continued to spread as stories were shared of children hiding food in their coats to take home so that they would have something to eat over the weekend. People stepped up. Churches showed up. The community began to see the need as well. Compassion is being poured out over these hungry children.
Bags of Love (BOL), the first of it’s kind weekend feeding program for school children in our region began in August 2010. Bags of Love has grown to cover over 20 schools in the Eastern Panhandle feeding over 300 children every weekend, during all school breaks and through-out the summer. BOL is a volunteer supported mission for children in our own community.
BOL thanks the multitude of people, churches, businesses and area non-profits who are working together to make a significant dent in the tragedy of child hunger in our region. You are a wonderful group of people who care and show you care by your involvement. Thank you! If you aren’t involved yet we would love to have you join us in the fight against hunger and brighten a child’s life.
BOL is committed to three core values:
1. Complete confidentiality: weekend food bags are delivered to each school by local residents, but then are placed discretely in each child’s book bag by school officials who maintain strict confidentiality as to who receives food. This is done to protect the child from any inappropriate teasing, bullying etc.
2. It is all about the kids: BOL focuses on children without a lot of hype as to who deserves the credit. Local businesses, churches, non- profits and individuals combine their time to pack over 8400 meals a month as well as giving the five dollars per bag it cost to feed a child each weekend. This feeding mission highlights the children who are the most important person in BOL.
3. Simplicity: anyone can help feed the children. At it’s monthly packing day, entire families gather to pack bags. Children and teens show up to pack. Young adult singles and retired couples work side by side packing bags for the kids. It is an amazing sight to see! Then, each Friday, local residents take the packed bags to area schools for distribution. Dozens of community neighbors provide a portion of the revenue to purchase food via the Dollar a Day Caring Team program.
In your backyard, unseen and often overlooked, is a child who struggles to have enough to eat. There is no reason any child in our community should ever go hungry. You can help to eradicate hunger in the Eastern Panhandle. You can help children go back to school each Monday with a healthy body and a vibrant mind. You can make a difference helping to extinguish hunger one child at a time with a Bag of Love!
What if our community became the first of its kind in America to stamp out hunger? What if every business, church, non-profit, community leader, and local resident rose up to work together to make this goal a reality? What if each one of us did something, anything to stop the pain of hunger right here where we live, work and play?
It can happen when one person says, “Count me in.” It starts when someone cares enough to make an investment in the life of a child. It becomes a movement that produces genuine change when people say, “enough” and do something together to change this community. It becomes a legacy we leave that outlasts us when these same children grow up and take on the calling you helped to launch.
Together, we make a difference and are changing lives because of it! Teachers are sharing the children that once came in sluggish, so hungry not even chewing their breakfast, and falling asleep during class are now motivated, happy, taking time to chew their food, and most importantly grades have improved!!
Let’s work together and make a big difference in our community!! It truly takes a community effort.
Bags of Love is more than just a feeding program. To help the children and their families we are also collecting toys, coats, hats, gloves, and the following items to make up Christmas dinner boxes for the families: canned green beans, canned corn, canned sweet potatoes, mashed potato mix, stuffing mix, dessert mixes and turkey vouchers.
For more information on helping, sponsoring, or packing days contact: 3042614007 and learn more about the program or check out our website: http://www.onehopeministriesinternational.org. Sponsors are also listed on the website. We are also on FB and update it weekly to keep the community informed www.facebook.com/onehopeministriesinternational.
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Old Opera House in Charles Town to host ‘Arts Listening Tour” on Nov 14
Charles Town, WV – The Old Opera House Theatre Company will host the West Virginia Division of Culture and History’s (WVDCH) Arts staff as they bring their statewide listening tour to the Eastern Panhandle on Monday, November 14th at 10:00am at the Old Opera House Theatre in Charles Town. Community members are invited to be part of the conversation that will help inform how state and federal arts dollars will be spent to support arts programs. Arts administrators, arts educators, artists and arts consumers and audience members are invited to participate in this informal conversation. The meeting is free and open to the public and will last an hour and a half.
Arts staff will hold a series of meetings across the state to listen to the needs and comments of community members. The information gathered will be used to develop new programs and policies for grants available to community, schools and artists through state and federal funding.
The arts staff will provide discussion starter questions to begin the conversation at each listening tour stop. For more information on the State Arts Plan and the programs and services of the West Virginia Commission on the Arts contact Jeff Pierson at 304-558-0240 ext. 717 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
For information on the Arts Listening Tour stop in Charles Town contact Steven Brewer at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (304) 725-4420.
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3rd Annual Silent Auction ONLINE with 900+ items!
Timber Ridge Ministries Inc. is holding its 3rd Annual Silent auction online this year. This is the first year they have posted the items online to be viewed and bid on.
There are over 900+ items to bid on including: Jewelry, Gas Cards, Tools, Toys, Books, Vacations, Dining Gift Certificates, Autographed Memorabilia, Sporting Goods, Golf Packages, Hunting items and much, much more!
All proceeds will benefit Timber Ridge Ministries, Inc. which encompasses WTRM 91.3 FM Radio and TheCrossFM.com
Bidding will take place now through Nov 11th. On November 11th whoever is the high bidder is the winner!
Items can be viewed and bid on by going to: http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=139185490
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Dates Set for Second Annual Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit
The Berkeley Arts Council and The Arts Centre are again joining forces to bring a juried art exhibit to The Arts Centre gallery in Martinsburg, WV. The exhibit will be held April 13 – May 13, 2012.
The exhibit, which will be produced by the Berkeley Arts Council, will have the theme “Art and Earth: My Art – My World. ” Artists in all media from throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region are asked to submit works that express their feelings about nature and the environment.
The Juror for the exhibit will be Laura Amussen, Director of Exhibitions and Art Collection Coordinator at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
Entries for the exhibit will be accepted starting January 3, 2012 and the deadline for submission is February 20, 2012.
Details, including entry forms and the full schedule will be posted prior to January 3 on the Berkeley Arts Council web site (http://www.berkeleyartswv.org). For more information contact Rip Smith at 304-596-0873 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The Berkeley Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non‐profit organization incorporated in West Virginia working to ensure that Berkeley County has a vibrant, vital arts environment by promoting awareness, understanding and appreciation of the literary, visual and performing arts in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
The Arts Centre (http://www.theartscentre.org), a 501(c)(3) organization located in the historic Federal Building in Martinsburg, WV, continues an over 20 year commitment to providing educational experiences in the arts for children and adults in the Eastern Panhandle and Quad-state region.
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Habitat for Humanity Benefit performance by Illusionist Mario Orsini on Saturday Nov. 5
HFHEP presents “Together We Can Create Miracles”…Mario Orsini, Illusionist, Mentalist, Magician.
This ninety-minute show will amaze you and peak your imagination. Mario Orsini has been referred to as a Magician, Mentalist and Illusionist. He doesn’t focus his energies in just one area of magic, but instead spends time studying them all. Born in 1981 in Winchester, Virginia, Mario began studying the art of magic at the age of 10. He was constantly astounding his family, friends and anyone willing to watch. However, after practicing magic for a few years, Mario took a 10 year hiatus from magic. After graduating from Musselman High School, Mario studied Criminal Justice at Marshall University, earning his Bachelor’s Degree in 2003. He also completed a Master’s Degree in Communications through WVU in December 2009. Shortly after graduation from Marshall, Mario was on a weekend trip in Atlantic City when the magic bug bit him once again. After talking to a magician working a magic booth for what seemed like minutes, but was in fact over an hour, Mario recreated himself into fulltime magic performance. Since that time, he has entertained thousands with his astonishing close-up magic, mind-blowing mentalist feats, and unbelievable illusions, and has been the signature opener for the Miss West Virginia Pageant.
Mario said “Over the last few years, I’ve had the honor to work with a lot of great organizations to help raise money for many good causes, but I would be hard-pressed to think of a better organization than Habitat for Humanity. Unlike many organizations, Habitat doesn’t give away money but instead truly invests in the community by providing affordable housing for low-income families. There are many ways to ‘get involved’, such as donating money, time, supplies, or just be creating awareness. I’m excited to say I’m now ‘involved’ in Habitat! On November 5th, 2011 at the Apollo Civic Theatre, I will be performing my full-length illusion show as a fundraising benefit for Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle. Habitat, me, and you…“together we can create miracles.” This is a benefit performance, with all proceeds for Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle, Inc.
Habitat invites you to join us as we work in partnership with people in need in the Eastern Panhandle, helping them to secure simple, decent, affordable shelter. There’s a strong, logical connection between housing and health…between housing and education―between housing and hope. HFHEP is an affiliate of Habitat International, an ecumenical housing ministry, creating partnerships, not clients or customers.
“A hand up. Not a hand out!”
Event Details
When: Saturday November 5, 2011 7:00 PM
Where: Apollo Civic Theatre in Historic Downtown Martinsburg, WV
Contact: Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle 304-263-3154
Contact: Judy Boykin, Development Committee 304-279-0442
Tickets: $20.00 Adult $10.00 Student Call HFH for advanced ticket sales
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“The American Tenors” to Perform in Hagerstown, MD
Hagerstown, MD - PBS favorites and Sony Recording Artists “The American Tenors” will perform their crowd-pleasing, multi-genre program at The Maryland Theatre, Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm. Single tickets for this performance will be sold at the door; $25 for adults, $10 for students. Season tickets to their five concert season are $50.
As a part of their day in Hagerstown, the Community Concert Association will sponsor an additional appearance of “The American Tenors” for an educational outreach program for North High and Northern Middle school instrumental and vocal music students. This is the first of two outreach programs sponsored by the Association designed to be fun, informal and accessible. Their program demonstrates that, like clothes, there are many differences in the music we listen to but there are no barriers to appreciating all kinds of music, from Beethoven to Broadway.
Founded in 2002, “The American Tenors” made their national debut in their self-titled PBS special in 2003. The trio has captivated audiences in North American and Europe with their vibrant renditions of popular songs ranging from the opera stage and the Great American Songbook, to Neapolitan song and the Great White Way. Up-and-coming tenors Marcus McConico, Nathan Granner and Ben Gulley each boast an impressive list of accomplishments including performances in regional opera companies coast to coast, and internationally in Tel Aviv and Palermo. They will be accompanied by producer / pianist Frank McNamara.
To view a promotional video of this artist, please follow this link:
http://www.youtube.com/liveonstageinc2011#p/u/31/8EKWQsm1ur4
All of the Hagerstown Association concerts are presented at the historic downtown Maryland Theatre, celebrating its 97th anniversary. For more information, call 301-790-0980 or visit the association web site at http://www.hagerstownliveonstage.com.
Live On Stage, Inc. provides excellent, affordable, entertainment attractions and support services to an American community of concert presenters. For more information, visit http://www.LiveOnStage.biz.
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Filmmakers share secrets at 9th annual American Conservation Film Festival
Shepherdstown, WV - Film lovers and film makers alike will enjoy learning secrets of the trade at three events during the American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) in historic Shepherdstown WV, November 3rd – 6th 2011.
ACFF’s first ever 3-D Night on Friday, November 4, will begin with speaker Thomas Sassenberg on the making of the 3D film The Rise of the Jellyfish, followed by a screening of the film made possible by commissioning broadcaster 3Net. Sassenberg oversees the technology side of documentaries as Director of Production Services at Story House Productions, one of ACFF’s sponsors. Following Jellyfish, Sassenberg will be joined for a 3D panel discussion with Phil Fairclough, Executive Vice President, Natural History New Zealand and Co-Producer of The Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Joy Galane, Executive Producer of Angkor Wat for the Smithsonian Channel. ACFF will then screen Smithsonian Channel’s new 3-D film, Secret Life of the Rainforest. Both the films and discussions will be presented free of charge at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC).
The public is invited to an Encounter Session, “Don’t Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story” on Saturday, November 5 free of charge at NCTC. Non-fiction filmmakers are known to slavishly adhere to the facts, sometimes at the expense of a good story. Khris Baxter explains the rules of story structure and how to use them to your advantage without compromising the narrative. Khris is a screenwriter, producer, and script consultant. His body of work includes five optioned screenplays and one produced film. He is the founder of Story Lab, a production and development company based in Washington, D.C.
For those wanting to learn more, filmmakers Mark Terry and Peter Schriemer will hold a Master Class, “A Point of View: Behind the Camera” on Thursday, November 3rd at Shepherdstown’s historic Opera House theater. The class is free to Shepherd University students and $30 for the public. Designed for those interested in filmmaking, this workshop explores the steps involved in making a successful film, including developing the vision, organizing the team, outlining the story, securing equipment and financial support, shooting the film and successfully distributing it. Stick around for a special matinee of Mark Terry’s recent film The Polar Explorer after the class. Mark’s previous film, Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warming, won the 2010 ACFF Audience Choice Award. Peter Schriemer was a favorite at ACFF’s children’s festival in 2007, and brings the best of North America’s wildlife to children and families in accessible ways. His current film, Creatures of the Lagoon, will be shown free of charge Saturday, November 5 at NCTC.
American Conservation Film Festival
November 3 through 6, 2011
3 venues in Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Full Festival Pass $40; Individual Block Tickets $10
Available via website http://www.conservationfilm.org
For more information email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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About ACFF
ACFF’s four-day festival will showcase more than 40 new and rarely screened films, presenting diverse conservation themes focusing on the intersection between people and the environment. ACFF’s distinctive programming draws thousands of filmgoers from around the country to Shepherdstown, WV, an historic, arts-centered, university town just 70 miles from the nation’s capital.
Full Festival Passes ($40) and individual Block tickets ($10) are available at the door or via the website conservationfilm.org. All events at NCTC are free of charge.
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Book Review: Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
“The credit wasn’t just money, it was temptation. It offered entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Entire countries were told, “The lights are out, you can do whatever you want to do and no one will ever know.” What they wanted to do with money in the dark varied. Americans wanted to own homes far larger than they could afford, and to allow the strong to exploit the weak. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers, and to allow their alpha males to reveal a theretofore suppressed megalomania. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. All these different societies were touched by the same event, but each responded to it in its own peculiar way… As it turned out, what the Greeks wanted to do, once the lights went out and they were alone in the dark with a pile of borrowed money, was turn their government into a piñata stuffed with fantastic sums and give as many citizens as possible a whack at it.” (Lewis, Michael (2011). Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World (p. 42). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.)
It’s easy to look at the financial crisis of 2008 as an event in the past when in reality, the crisis of 2008 was just the manifestation of one part of the financial crisis. The underlying cause - cheap and easy credit - is still manifesting itself daily despite the fact that the stock market, for the year, is up (or down depending on the wild swing that it has taken in the moments that you’ve been reading this) and our government continues to try to convince us that the worst is over and things are (slowly) getting better.
In Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, author Michael Lewis explores the cause and effects of cheap and easy credit in Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Germany and the United States. His exploration, which is as entertaining as it is dumbfounding, reveals much about the nature of the financial crisis that continues today. The book, published nearly a month ago, provides a great lens through which to view the events in Europe as the EU attempts to shore up Greece and other weakening economies. Unfortunately, the lens also allows us to view our own (United States) economy, and see how not only states like California are at risk of defaulting but more importantly the risk of municipalities defaulting is increasing. The example of Vallejo, CA is a tragic lesson in what happens when a municipality defaults and left me wondering about the solvency of local municipalities here in the Eastern Panhandle.
Lewis travels the world interviewing fishermen, monks, foreign bankers, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, even an Irishman who in frustration threw eggs at a bank executive. Like anyone impacted by the financial crisis - which is everyone - they all had a role or were impacted and had a story to tell. Some were the cause. Some tried to provide a solution. Some were just frustrated. Their insights, when overlaid on the canvas of the cultures in which they live, offer a compelling viewpoint through which we can view current events such as the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement.
“In Greece the money was borrowed by the state: the debts are the debts of the Greek people, but the people want no part of them. The Greeks already have taken to the streets, violently, and have been quick to find people outside of Greece to blame for their problems: monks, Turks, foreign bankers. Greek anarchists now mail bombs to German politicians and hurl Molotov cocktails at their own police. In Ireland the money was borrowed by a few banks, and yet the people seem not only willing to repay it but to do so without so much as a small moan. Back in the autumn of 2008, after the government threatened to means-test the medical care, the old people had marched in the streets of Dublin.”
The OWS movement is the American reaction to the state of the US economy and would fit well in the final chapter of the book.
The question is, how do we prepare? In the Preface, Lewis poses this question to Kyle Bass, a hedge fund manager from Dallas, TX who created his wealth by betting against the sub-prime mortgage bond market - “What do you tell your mother when she asks you where to put her money?”
“Guns and gold,” he said simply.
Amazon Link: Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (September 28, 2011)
Pages: 224
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Author of “Walking In Water” to Appear at Book Signing, Oct. 20
Hagerstown, MD – The Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced that Stephen L. Meyers will appear on Thursday October 20th, from 11am until 3pm at the Downtown Hagerstown Visitor Welcome Center at 6 North Potomac Street.
The new book “Walking In Water” was a labor of love, which took four years to research and write. Stephen L. Meyers is a life-long resident of Washington County. The self-published book is already receiving positive reviews. This “fresh-water salvation” has been called a terrific new read: “…can’t put it down, once you’re in a few pages, you’re hooked!”
Come Meet the Author Stephen L. Meyers! The book “Walking In Water, A history of, and tales From The Conococheague Creek” is available at the Downtown Visitor Welcome Center. Meyers will be signing copies of the book, and will be available to discuss this work.
About the Conococheague Creek: Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. It is 80 miles in length, with 57 miles in Pennsylvania and 23 miles in Maryland. The watershed of Conococheague Creek has an area of approximately 566 square miles with 65 square miles in Maryland. The word “Conococheague” is translated from the Delaware Indian spoken language to mean “Water of many turns”. The Conococheague, or Connogochegue, as it was known at the time, was the northernmost extent of the range along the Potomac within which Congress in the Residence Bill of 1790 authorized the establishment of the Federal District, known as the District of Columbia. As discussed in the book, at the location where the creek flows into the Potomac, there was consideration for the possible establishment of the nation’s capital. George Washington visited Williamsport in 1790, for potential capital planning discussions.
The new book started as a fishing story, detailing the hunt for a large smallmouth bass nicknamed “Bubba.” However, the book takes on the exploration of history, tales, places and people…and focuses mostly on the Maryland (Washington County) section of the creek.
The cover photo includes a picture of the Price’s Ford Bridge (stone arch bridge built in 1822), taking from the middle of the creek.
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Fort Frederick State Park to Host Ghost Walk Saturday Oct. 22
Big Pool, MD - Fort Frederick State Park will host a Ghost Walk on Saturday October 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. Participants will be led on a haunted tour of the park grounds and fort by costumed guides.
The theme of this year’s program is “Legends and Folklore,” where visitors will encounter ghostly characters reenacting situations from the fort’s historic past. This haunted tour will cover the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the Civil War.
This annual event has traditionally been a Halloween favorite, and has truly been enjoyed by the public for many years.
Hot dogs and snacks will be available for purchase from the Clear Spring Lions Club, co-sponsors of the event. Complimentary light refreshments will also be served after the tour at the Civilian Conservation Corp museum.
The Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau is also a co-sponsor of the event.
Fort Frederick State Park is located off of Interstate 70 at exit 12, Big Pool, Md.
Participants ages 13 and up are $5 per person, ages 6-12 are $2 per person and children under 6 are free.
Sturdy and weather appropriate clothing is a must, as terrain can be rugged and/or muddy. If weather conditions do not permit, the event may be cancelled. For more information about the event, or about the nearly 600 acre park, call 301-842-2155.
In 1922, the fort was recognized as a state park, in Maryland’s first state park legislation. Currently Fort Frederick is an educational center for the study of the French and Indian War. While best known as a critically important French and Indian War stone fortification, the fort gained renown while serving America during four wars (French and Indian War, Chief Pontiac’s War, Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. There was a skirmish at the fort on Christmas Day 1861, as Union Troops defended against a determined Confederate attack).
Fort Frederick State Park was also one of Maryland’s homes to Park Quest 2011. Park Quest was sponsored, in part, by the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. There were several parks in Washington County that participated in Park Quest this year, including: Fort Frederick State Park, South Mountain State Park, and the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Park Quest is a state-wide outdoor adventure-based program which introduces thousands of families to the many hidden treasures found in Maryland’s precious public lands. Families are already looking forward to park Quest in 2012!
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/surrfred/
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American Conservation Film Festival announces Ninth Season
Shepherdstown, WV - The American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) in historic Shepherdstown WV announces its ninth season with more than 40 films, panel discussions with filmmakers and conservation experts, a Saturday afternoon children’s program, and, for the first time, 3D films.
This year’s four-day festival (November 3rd – 6th, 2011) will showcase new and rarely screened films curated by a panel of judges who actively work in media, arts, or conservation. Presenting diverse conservation themes focusing on the intersection between people and the environment, ACFF’s distinctive programming draws thousands of filmgoers from around the country to Shepherdstown, WV, an historic, arts-centered, university town just 70 miles from the nation’s capital. Films will be screened at multiple venues, including the state-of-the art auditorium at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), the campus of Shepherd University, and the historic Opera House theater in downtown Shepherdstown.
Full Festival Passes ($40) and individual Block tickets ($10) are available via the website conservationfilm.org or at the door. All events at NCTC are free of charge.
Some highlights for the 2011 season include:
About ACFF
The American Conservation Film Festival is an annual event held in Shepherdstown, WV, a vibrant arts community 70 miles west of the nation’s capital. ACFF features films from a diverse group of conservation filmmakers from around the world. This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization addresses conservation through the lens of film, providing a platform for education and dialogue about more sustainable ways to live. By presenting outstanding conservation films ACFF programming promotes solutions to pressing conservation issues, respect for world’s natural and cultural heritage and passion for conserving our resources. Since 2003, the Festival has screened some 250 films to 25,000 audience members, and has inspired countless individuals and organizations to help make the transformation toward better ways to live, work, and play.
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Restorative Yoga Practice and Group Kirtan at Jala Yoga
Shepherdstown, WV—Jala Yoga, the beautiful and inspiring yoga studio at Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar, 117 West German Street, Shepherdstown, is hosting a kirtan, a call-and-response form of traditional Indian chants, following a restorative yoga practice on Friday, October 21, from 6-8:30 pm. Yoga instructor Sooze Kinstler and singer/musician Laura First will lead this unique event. The cost is $12 for Jala class card holders; $10 for students; and $16 for those who do not hold a class card (class cards can be purchased the night of the event).
Practitioners of all levels are welcome to attend and no prior singing or chanting experience is required to participate.
The 90-minute yoga class aims to ground and align the body. The one hour group kirtan opens doors to boundless love and offers a transformational path to complete ones physical and spiritual yoga practice. Kirtan is also a complement to other contemplative practices such as Buddhist meditation, Christian prayer, or transcendental meditation. The physical practice and group chanting will leave participants feeling refreshed and grounded.
Jala Yoga offers classes 7 days a week in the vinyasa style of yoga in which poses flow from one into another. Jala Yoga believes that yoga is accessible and necessary for everyone, and both beginners and seasoned practitioners are welcome. More information can be found at http://www.jalayogaflow.com or by calling Christa Mastrangelo Joyce at 304-263-5367.
PHOTO: Yoga Instructor Soozie Kinstler
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Results from the 2011 Apple Trample 5K
Martinsburg, WV - The 32nd annual Apple Trample 5K, part of the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival was held at noon on Saturday, October 15. Over 500 runners participated in the race which was run through the streets of Martinsburg with an eventual finish at the Martinsburg High School. Nick Bauer covered the 3.1 miles in a time of 16:21 to take the race win.
The results below are broken up by sex and age group.
Finishers by Category
Rundate: 10/15/2011 18:06:22 2011 Apple Trample 5km 10/15/2011
Plc Place Name City ST Time min/mile Ag
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Woman’s Wheelchair
414 1/1 Belinda Berkemeijer Hedgesville WV 00:39:10 12:36 29
Women’s Overall
22 1/1 Michele VanHorn 00:19:49 6:23 30
Women’s 7 & under
431 1/2 SKYLAR COPENHAVER Martinsburg WV 00:41:23 13:19 7
479 2/2 Olivia Wolford Fredericksburg VA 00:52:57 17:03 7
Women’s 8-10
221 1/6 Alina Wrin Hedgesville WV 00:28:49 9:17 8
389 2/6 Grace Dhankhar 00:36:33 11:46 9
438 3/6 Maria Amores Martinsburg WV 00:42:37 13:43 8
447 4/6 Jillian Bowman Falling Waters WV 00:44:06 14:12 9
455 5/6 Audrey Wilson Fredericksburg VA 00:47:41 15:21 10
474 6/6 Chiara Blair 00:52:11 16:48 10
Women’s 11-13
45 1/11 Abby Colbert Shepherdstown WV 00:21:27 6:54 13
97 2/11 Cheyanne Green Quicksburg VA 00:24:21 7:50 13
169 3/11 Christina Rogombe Charleston WV 00:27:24 8:49 13
282 4/11 Peyton Conner Hedgesville WV 00:30:40 9:52 13
290 5/11 Chandler Marshall Shepherdstown WV 00:30:49 9:55 11
318 6/11 Kimberly Hill Hedgesville WV 00:31:53 10:16 12
320 7/11 Bekah Peddicord Martinsburg WV 00:31:53 10:16 12
354 8/11 Michela Marchese Bunker Hill WV 00:33:46 10:52 13
355 9/11 Brittnee Johnstone 00:33:46 10:52 12
422 10/11 Julia Doheney Stafford VA 00:39:38 12:45 12
471 11/11 Emily LeMaster Martinsburg WV 00:50:47 16:21 12
Women’s 14-16
70 1/10 Rhonda Rogombe Charleston WV 00:23:06 7:26 14
122 2/10 Chantal DeGroote Martinsburg WV 00:25:21 8:10 14
244 3/10 Brooke Walburn Hedgesville WV 00:29:24 9:28 16
293 4/10 Tatyana Hall Martinsburg WV 00:30:54 9:57 15
298 5/10 Katherine Agnew 00:31:08 10:01 14
300 6/10 Helena Bledsoe Inwood WV 00:31:15 10:04 15
313 7/10 Amanda Giambi Martinsburg WV 00:31:40 10:12 15
391 8/10 Michaela Hartofelis 00:36:40 11:48 16
420 9/10 Olivia Hartofelis 00:39:32 12:43 14
452 10/10 Amanda Null 00:46:35 15:00 16
Women’s 17-19
101 1/10 Cierra Hardt Hedgesville WV 00:24:28 7:53 19
117 2/10 Nikki Ashbaugh Harpers Ferry WV 00:25:12 8:07 17
137 3/10 Natalia Browne Martinsburg WV 00:25:59 8:22 17
162 4/10 Marisa Scurry 00:27:04 8:43 17
194 5/10 Brittany Compton Falling Waters WV 00:28:03 9:02 17
195 6/10 Clara Beth Novotry Falling Waters WV 00:28:04 9:02 17
199 7/10 Jesika Kees Martinsburg WV 00:28:12 9:05 18
206 8/10 Miriam Griffioen Kearneysville WV 00:28:28 9:10 17
338 9/10 Rachel Sandstrom Gerrardstown WV 00:33:09 10:40 18
465 10/10 Faith Krech Lawrenceville NJ 00:49:18 15:52 19
Women’s 20-24
92 1/11 Bri Beadenkopff Martinsburg WV 00:24:13 7:48 23
123 2/11 Giovanna Phenix Martinsburg WV 00:25:22 8:10 24
201 3/11 Breanne Spessard Falling Waters WV 00:28:17 9:06 20
241 4/11 Rachel Shambaugh BerkeleySprings WV 00:29:20 9:26 20
251 5/11 Jacqueline Binkley Shenandoah Jct WV 00:29:32 9:30 20
303 6/11 Jennifer Allen 00:31:19 10:05 23
346 7/11 Britney Hardt Hedgesville WV 00:33:28 10:46 22
439 8/11 Noel Piskor Hagerstown MD 00:43:01 13:51 23
442 9/11 Kate Siegrist 00:43:15 13:55 24
460 10/11 Valerie Taylor Arnold MD 00:48:55 15:45 22
481 11/11 Lauren Gentry Woodbridge VA 00:53:01 17:04 22
Women’s 25-29
28 1/41 Katie Myers 00:19:59 6:26 26
30 2/41 Laura Bergmann Ranson WV 00:20:13 6:30 28
64 3/41 kasey whisel Martinsburg WV 00:22:42 7:18 25
72 4/41 Brittany Gusic 00:23:09 7:27 26
108 5/41 Helen Walker Martinsburg WV 00:24:44 7:58 28
110 6/41 Beni Marie Hawkins Reston VA 00:24:50 8:00 28
128 7/41 Miranda Vaca Martinsburg WV 00:25:27 8:11 27
132 8/41 Kelly Conrad 00:25:36 8:14 28
138 9/41 Chelsea Corcoran Quadt Shepherdstown WV 00:25:59 8:22 26
167 10/41 Marla DiVietro Washington DC 00:27:18 8:47 28
182 11/41 Heather Eckenrode 00:27:42 8:55 28
203 12/41 Rachel Shaw Inwood WV 00:28:25 9:09 28
212 13/41 Amber Householder Charleston WV 00:28:34 9:12 27
228 14/41 Rachel Cammer Martinsburg WV 00:28:52 9:17 27
234 15/41 Adel Riker Martinsburg WV 00:29:03 9:21 25
239 16/41 Megan Mann Martinsburg WV 00:29:13 9:24 26
242 17/41 Larissa Farmer Springfield wv 00:29:21 9:27 28
250 18/41 Ashley Rinard Martinsburg WV 00:29:31 9:30 29
285 19/41 Leah Ginser Inwood WV 00:30:43 9:53 26
288 20/41 Rachel Leatherman Kearneysville WV 00:30:48 9:55 26
289 21/41 Meridyth Fiorila 00:30:49 9:55 27
311 22/41 LAURA COPENHAVER Martinsburg WV 00:31:35 10:10 25
312 23/41 W Cole Martinsburg WV 00:31:40 10:12 27
323 24/41 Lauren Funderburk 00:32:08 10:21 26
329 25/41 Karen Mishock Martinsburg WV 00:32:25 10:26 29
339 26/41 Ashley Sandy Martinsburg WV 00:33:10 10:41 26
347 27/41 Lauren Young Martinsburg WV 00:33:32 10:48 25
357 28/41 Abby Bennett 00:33:53 10:54 29
363 29/41 Geneva Jennings Roanoke VA 00:34:11 11:00 25
366 30/41 Jennifer A. Butts Hedgesville WV 00:34:21 11:03 27
369 31/41 Katie Miller Frederick MD 00:34:30 11:06 25
380 32/41 Kelly Stiles Thurmont MD 00:35:43 11:30 25
387 33/41 Kim Dickinson Charleston WV 00:36:22 11:42 28
393 34/41 Jacki Bennett Bunker Hill WV 00:36:58 11:54 28
394 35/41 Amber DeLoof Hedgesville WV 00:37:04 11:56 27
398 36/41 Nikki Arvon 00:37:43 12:08 26
402 37/41 Lola Burke Martinsburg WV 00:38:10 12:17 28
411 38/41 Crystal Cummings Martinsburg WV 00:39:01 12:33 29
418 39/41 Megan Youngblood Martinsburg WV 00:39:28 12:42 26
446 40/41 Brittny Bowman Falling Waters WV 00:43:46 14:05 26
477 41/41 Julia Campbell 00:52:27 16:53 27
Women’s 30-34
65 1/45 Lana Keeney Martinsburg WV 00:22:43 7:19 32
77 2/45 Beth Bostic Inwood WV 00:23:15 7:29 34
134 3/45 Laura Pennington 00:25:47 8:18 30
150 4/45 Lindy Morris Hedgesville WV 00:26:44 8:36 33
151 5/45 Shannon Benton Glengary WV 00:26:44 8:36 33
152 6/45 Kristina Heflin-James Clear Spring MD 00:26:46 8:37 33
157 7/45 Vanessa Kuhn 00:26:55 8:40 32
165 8/45 Sarah Lewis 00:27:13 8:46 31
200 9/45 Erin Cuppett Inwood WV 00:28:14 9:05 34
205 10/45 Sarah Bunting Martinsburg WV 00:28:27 9:09 32
213 11/45 Kathleen Donovan 00:28:35 9:12 33
222 12/45 Joanna Parker Martinsburg WV 00:28:49 9:17 30
223 13/45 Michelle Mullenax Martinsburg WV 00:28:49 9:17 31
224 14/45 Mara Bauserman Shepherdstown WV 00:28:50 9:17 34
229 15/45 Patty Hayes Kearneysville WV 00:28:53 9:18 33
246 16/45 Angela Horner Inwood WV 00:29:26 9:28 33
264 17/45 Ella Riggs Gerrardstown WV 00:29:59 9:39 33
266 18/45 Dachia Spaur Kearneysville WV 00:30:00 9:39 32
269 19/45 Heather Kane Gerrardstown WV 00:30:10 9:43 30
270 20/45 Kellyn Jackson 00:30:10 9:43 30
271 21/45 Jen Spataro-Wilson 00:30:12 9:43 31
278 22/45 shauna fishel Martinsburg WV 00:30:32 9:50 31
283 23/45 Leah Bartles Inwood WV 00:30:40 9:52 33
294 24/45 Kate Harding Martinsburg WV 00:30:57 9:58 30
295 25/45 Challice Bonifant Columbia MD 00:30:57 9:58 33
306 26/45 Jennifer Squires Gerrardstown WV 00:31:23 10:06 32
307 27/45 Melissa Burton Martinsburg WV 00:31:24 10:06 34
328 28/45 Stephanie Shields Shepherdstown WV 00:32:22 10:25 32
334 29/45 Tracy Myers Martinsburg WV 00:32:54 10:35 33
337 30/45 Leanne Gochenover Falling Waters WV 00:33:03 10:38 30
348 31/45 Allison Hartshorn 00:33:33 10:48 30
364 32/45 Debra Hockensmith Inwood WV 00:34:12 11:00 33
368 33/45 Hanna Schafferman 00:34:29 11:06 31
377 34/45 Brandy Butcher 00:35:20 11:22 34
386 35/45 Chrissy M Keller Hedgesville WV 00:36:19 11:41 32
388 36/45 Gwen Henry 00:36:27 11:44 31
396 37/45 Angla Stalnaker Martinsburg WV 00:37:26 12:03 34
410 38/45 Lynette Parker Martinsburg WV 00:38:42 12:27 33
415 39/45 Lara Cramer Martinsburg WV 00:39:12 12:37 30
436 40/45 Holly Dhankhar 00:42:24 13:39 33
444 41/45 Sarah Cooper Martinsburg WV 00:43:32 14:01 34
449 42/45 Carrie Marcum Martinsburg WV 00:45:01 14:29 33
451 43/45 Andrea Davis Martinsburg WV 00:46:16 14:54 33
462 44/45 Tina Stuckey Martinsburg WV 00:49:03 15:47 34
483 45/45 Sheila Wolford Fredericksburg VA 00:53:21 17:10 33
Women’s 35-39
43 1/34 Brandy Asher Strasburg VA 00:21:10 6:49 35
63 2/34 Nannette Fisher Martinsburg WV 00:22:40 7:18 36
81 3/34 Julie Ludwick 00:23:40 7:37 35
133 4/34 Brandi Baith 00:25:45 8:17 38
161 5/34 Nanette Nyce Hedgesville WV 00:27:03 8:42 38
168 6/34 Julie Able 00:27:19 8:48 38
178 7/34 Billie Brown Martinsburg WV 00:27:38 8:54 39
186 8/34 Simone Young Inwood WV 00:27:53 8:58 35
208 9/34 Aaryn Wietz Kearneysville WV 00:28:33 9:11 36
209 10/34 Steph Waldeck Shepherdstown WV 00:28:34 9:12 36
274 11/34 Kam Okray Frederick MD 00:30:27 9:48 36
284 12/34 Jen Barney 00:30:41 9:53 36
292 13/34 Christine Trenany Inwood WV 00:30:53 9:56 36
299 14/34 Christina Seelinger 00:31:14 10:03 36
309 15/34 Donna Sliger Hedgesville WV 00:31:26 10:07 39
315 16/34 Tammy Potter Martinsburg WV 00:31:47 10:14 39
362 17/34 April Pennington 00:34:08 10:59 39
365 18/34 Carrie Tressler Greencastle PA 00:34:13 11:01 35
367 19/34 Jennifer Knapp Martinsburg WV 00:34:26 11:05 39
372 20/34 Kristin Bledsoe Gerrardstown WV 00:34:57 11:15 35
373 21/34 Jenifer Steen Martinsburg WV 00:35:02 11:17 35
374 22/34 Sheryl Zittle Martinsburg WV 00:35:02 11:17 35
381 23/34 Amy Flores 00:35:47 11:31 37
395 24/34 Suzanne Racer 00:37:19 12:01 39
399 25/34 Chanda Keesecker Martinsburg WV 00:37:52 12:11 35
401 26/34 Maureen Zaycosky-Null 00:38:02 12:15 36
423 27/34 Karen Doheney Stafford VA 00:39:40 12:46 38
427 28/34 Maria Dunham Hedgesville WV 00:40:51 13:09 37
432 29/34 Susan Zaycosky 00:41:25 13:20 38
437 30/34 Carey Griffin Martinsburg WV 00:42:31 13:41 37
450 31/34 Tabatha Fagan 00:46:10 14:52 38
457 32/34 Heather Henry Martinsburg WV 00:48:20 15:33 37
473 33/34 Cheryl Waddell Martinsburg WV 00:51:45 16:39 38
476 34/34 Amanda Campbell York PA 00:52:26 16:53 39
Women’s 40-44
79 1/33 Pam Huffer Bunker Hill WV 00:23:20 7:31 40
103 2/33 Meg McLaughlin Kearneysville WV 00:24:36 7:55 40
119 3/33 jen erb fairplay md 00:25:14 8:07 42
183 4/33 Jennifer Arensberg 00:27:43 8:55 43
202 5/33 TERESA SMOOT Martinsburg WV 00:28:18 9:07 44
230 6/33 Michelle Potts Falling Waters WV 00:28:56 9:19 44
232 7/33 Jill Michael 00:28:58 9:19 40
245 8/33 Christine Taylor Martinsburg WV 00:29:25 9:28 44
263 9/33 Michelle Robbins Charleston WV 00:29:58 9:39 40
275 10/33 Michelle Pownall Fox Martinsburg WV 00:30:29 9:49 41
279 11/33 Nicole Pollard Hedgesville WV 00:30:33 9:50 42
281 12/33 Turtle Heiler Silver Spring MD 00:30:37 9:51 41
302 13/33 Tracy Rice Martinsburg WV 00:31:18 10:04 41
304 14/33 Jennifer L. Bock Washington DC 00:31:21 10:05 40
310 15/33 Rene’ Donley Shepherdstown WV 00:31:32 10:09 42
319 16/33 Leslie Gantt 00:31:53 10:16 40
327 17/33 Kellie Hofe 00:32:21 10:25 41
330 18/33 Kristy Brown BerkeleySprings WV 00:32:28 10:27 41
335 19/33 Denise James 00:32:56 10:36 43
351 20/33 Angie Ashbaugh Harpers Ferry WV 00:33:36 10:49 40
353 21/33 Anne Martz Martinsburg WV 00:33:45 10:52 44
375 22/33 Lisa Bogolin Martinsburg WV 00:35:08 11:18 41
382 23/33 Kimberly Boyd Charleston WV 00:35:50 11:32 40
400 24/33 Ryung Chun Martinsburg WV 00:38:01 12:14 40
403 25/33 Teresa Kees Martinsburg WV 00:38:15 12:19 44
405 26/33 K Palmer Martinsburg WV 00:38:15 12:19 40
409 27/33 Marcia Hendrickson 00:38:42 12:27 42
421 28/33 Autumn Harrison Takoma Park MD 00:39:35 12:44 42
435 29/33 Robin Vancuren Martinsburg WV 00:42:23 13:39 41
453 30/33 Kimberly Pulfrey Martinsburg WV 00:47:17 15:13 42
463 31/33 Karen Henry Martinsburg WV 00:49:03 15:47 41
472 32/33 Suzanne Franco Manassas VA 00:51:43 16:39 42
482 33/33 Kimberly Bowyer Woodbridge VA 00:53:20 17:10 40
Women’s 45-49
129 1/19 Mary Plourde Charleston WV 00:25:29 8:12 45
175 2/19 Tammy Burch 00:27:34 8:52 46
216 3/19 Jill Dunleavy Hedgesville WV 00:28:40 9:14 48
233 4/19 Paula McMasters Martinsburg WV 00:28:59 9:20 48
243 5/19 Pamela Gibbons 00:29:23 9:27 48
257 6/19 Olivia Hurlburt Martinsburg WV 00:29:45 9:35 47
314 7/19 Ronda DeRidder Martinsburg WV 00:31:41 10:12 45
316 8/19 gabriela grant Martinsburg WV 00:31:51 10:15 48
321 9/19 Kathleen Cormack Falling Waters WV 00:31:53 10:16 47
340 10/19 Kathy Knight Martinsburg WV 00:33:19 10:43 47
349 11/19 Kelly Mowen Greencastle PA 00:33:33 10:48 46
378 12/19 Tracey Ferreyra Fredericksburg VA 00:35:37 11:28 45
383 13/19 Renate Dehaven Falling Waters WV 00:36:03 11:36 46
406 14/19 Alisa Hartofelis 00:38:27 12:23 46
407 15/19 Tina Comer Martinsburg WV 00:38:28 12:23 48
443 16/19 Rita Siegrist 00:43:16 13:56 49
468 17/19 Charlotte Leonard 00:49:37 15:58 46
469 18/19 Marti Wilson Fredericksburg VA 00:49:59 16:05 48
470 19/19 Elizabeth LeMaster Martinsburg WV 00:50:46 16:20 45
Women’s 50-54
76 1/15 Megan Campbell Chesterfield VA 00:23:15 7:29 51
83 2/15 Karen Gardner Keedysville MD 00:23:43 7:38 52
96 3/15 Debbie Helmick Martinsburg WV 00:24:20 7:50 53
249 4/15 Becky Wright Hedgesville WV 00:29:28 9:29 53
253 5/15 Mary Cay Hess 00:29:38 9:32 52
267 6/15 Margie West Martinsburg WV 00:30:01 9:40 50
273 7/15 Kathy Wood Hedgesville WV 00:30:22 9:46 54
296 8/15 Faith Little 00:31:02 9:59 54
344 9/15 Susan Walburn 00:33:21 10:44 51
376 10/15 Debbie Albright Martinsburg WV 00:35:17 11:21 54
385 11/15 Dawn Boden Martinsburg WV 00:36:10 11:38 51
413 12/15 Beth McGowan 00:39:09 12:36 53
428 13/15 Carol Oliver 00:40:52 13:09 51
459 14/15 Lisa Taylor Arnold MD 00:48:54 15:44 51
467 15/15 Laurian Garletts 00:49:35 15:58 51
Women’s 55-59
322 1/7 Dianne Wright Winchester VA 00:32:08 10:21 56
345 2/7 Marilyn Hanson 00:33:24 10:45 59
352 3/7 Marion Fear Martinsburg WV 00:33:41 10:50 59
356 4/7 Mary Hartshorn Martinsburg WV 00:33:47 10:52 58
358 5/7 Debbie Williams 00:34:01 10:57 55
417 6/7 Jane Squires 00:39:20 12:40 59
461 7/7 Cathy White Hedgesville WV 00:48:59 15:46 59
Women’s 60-64
332 1/3 Alomha Morris 00:32:44 10:32 62
336 2/3 Beth Coyle Kearneysville WV 00:32:57 10:36 60
458 3/3 Linda Zaycosky 00:48:46 15:42 61
Women’s 65-69
425 1/1 Beni Hawkins Martinsburg WV 00:40:17 12:58 68
Women’s 70-74
466 1/1 Suzanne Patrick 00:49:30 15:56 74
Men’s Overall
1 1/1 Nick Bauer 00:16:21 5:16 17
Men’s 7 & under
433 1/2 Daniel Null 00:41:27 13:20 5
445 2/2 Tanner Matthew Martinsburg WV 00:43:33 14:01 6
Men’s 8-10
78 1/11 Robert Bolton Leesburg Va 00:23:18 7:30 9
111 2/11 Eric Miller Fredericksburg VA 00:24:55 8:01 8
115 3/11 Logan Clemons Falling Waters WV 00:25:06 8:05 8
126 4/11 David Rogombe Charleston WV 00:25:24 8:11 10
141 5/11 Richard Bolton Leesburg Va 00:26:09 8:25 8
142 6/11 Logan Parsons Hedgesville WV 00:26:09 8:25 9
179 7/11 Luke Seelinger 00:27:38 8:54 10
188 8/11 Jackson Sigler Charleston WV 00:27:59 9:00 10
193 9/11 Noah Snider 00:28:02 9:01 9
287 10/11 Justin Murphy Inwood WV 00:30:46 9:54 10
426 11/11 Brett Dunham Hedgesville WV 00:40:49 13:08 10
Men’s 11-13
41 1/18 Colin Hayes Shepherdstown WV 00:20:47 6:41 13
47 2/18 Juan Dozia Charleston WV 00:21:38 6:58 13
54 3/18 Jack Sibrell Charleston WV 00:22:22 7:12 13
56 4/18 Joshua Barnes Martinsburg WV 00:22:28 7:14 12
73 5/18 Adam Bolton Leesburg Va 00:23:11 7:28 12
88 6/18 Aaron Rice Hedgesville WV 00:23:55 7:42 12
95 7/18 Gabriel Abrey-Vigil Charleston WV 00:24:18 7:49 12
109 8/18 Cameron Palmer Martinsburg WV 00:24:49 7:59 11
191 9/18 Donnie Maul Martinsburg WV 00:28:01 9:01 12
215 10/18 Dylan Moss 00:28:40 9:14 12
219 11/18 Jeremy Rogombe Charleston WV 00:28:44 9:15 11
260 12/18 Larry Carper Martinsburg WV 00:29:50 9:36 13
286 13/18 Blair Schiffauer Inwood WV 00:30:45 9:54 11
291 14/18 Dane Flanagan Inwood WV 00:30:51 9:56 13
301 15/18 Nick Miller Hedgesville WV 00:31:18 10:04 13
324 16/18 Nick Graves Martinsburg WV 00:32:14 10:22 13
333 17/18 Cody Dunham Hedgesville WV 00:32:52 10:35 11
480 18/18 Lauren McCormack Woodbridge VA 00:52:57 17:03 11
Men’s 14-16
4 1/11 Vladimir Bauer 00:17:42 5:42 16
11 2/11 David Sullivan 00:18:55 6:05 15
24 3/11 Jason Hill Martinsburg WV 00:19:55 6:25 16
27 4/11 Justin Barnes Martinsburg WV 00:19:58 6:26 16
89 5/11 Nicholas Miller Fredericksburg VA 00:23:57 7:43 14
99 6/11 Christian Rose 00:24:22 7:51 16
144 7/11 Kyle Huffman 00:26:14 8:27 16
185 8/11 Brook Misailidis Martinsburg WV 00:27:47 8:57 15
190 9/11 Michael Ambuul Martinsburg WV 00:28:01 9:01 16
226 10/11 Scooter Wilson Fredericksburg VA 00:28:51 9:17 16
419 11/11 Kyle Doheney Stafford VA 00:39:31 12:43 14
Men’s 17-19
8 1/6 DONALD W. SOBANKO New Market VA 00:18:23 5:55 17
16 2/6 Jack Baronner Martinsburg WV 00:19:18 6:13 18
17 3/6 Robert Monahan Martinsburg WV 00:19:27 6:16 18
36 4/6 Ryan Springer Martinsburg WV 00:20:21 6:33 17
40 5/6 Shawn Fisher Martinsburg WV 00:20:41 6:39 17
256 6/6 Cory Roberts Martinsburg WV 00:29:44 9:34 19
Men’s 20-24
2 1/15 Kevin Wright Reston VA 00:17:22 5:35 22
12 2/15 Josh Tingler Martinsburg WV 00:19:06 6:09 22
26 3/15 Alex Squires 00:19:58 6:26 23
31 4/15 Khiry Timbers Martinsburg WV 00:20:14 6:31 20
39 5/15 Andrew Krech Lawrenceville NJ 00:20:27 6:35 21
46 6/15 Ross Eddy Martinsburg WV 00:21:29 6:55 24
50 7/15 Ian Francke Martinsburg WV 00:21:59 7:05 20
58 8/15 Blake Douglas Martinsburg WV 00:22:30 7:15 20
84 9/15 Ryan Carroll 00:23:47 7:39 20
113 10/15 Robin Dean Martinsburg WV 00:25:02 8:03 22
258 11/15 Tim Potts Martinsburg WV 00:29:46 9:35 20
277 12/15 Zane Currell Martinsburg WV 00:30:31 9:49 24
326 13/15 Todd Bowman 00:32:21 10:25 24
341 14/15 Josh Gay 00:33:20 10:44 24
342 15/15 Tyler Mumaw 00:33:20 10:44 23
Men’s 25-29
19 1/22 Jonathan Watchel Martinsburg WV 00:19:35 6:18 28
33 2/22 Tyler Waldron Martinsburg WV 00:20:16 6:31 27
52 3/22 Christopher Taylor Martinsburg WV 00:22:08 7:07 26
68 4/22 Buddy Wilson 00:23:01 7:25 28
74 5/22 Josh Vance Harman WV 00:23:11 7:28 26
75 6/22 Bob Laidlow Kearneysville WV 00:23:12 7:28 28
85 7/22 Trevor Webb Kearneysville WV 00:23:48 7:40 29
93 8/22 Evan DeGraw Martinsburg WV 00:24:17 7:49 26
94 9/22 Brian Quinn Martinsburg WV 00:24:17 7:49 26
98 10/22 Anthony Scolaro Martinsburg WV 00:24:22 7:51 26
105 11/22 Josh Leonard Inwood WV 00:24:38 7:56 25
107 12/22 Jeffrey DiVietro Washington DC 00:24:40 7:56 28
116 13/22 Stewart Eckenrode 00:25:12 8:07 27
124 14/22 Karl Phenix Martinsburg WV 00:25:22 8:10 25
131 15/22 Austin Free Hagerstown MD 00:25:36 8:14 25
145 16/22 Matthew Wine 00:26:14 8:27 29
160 17/22 Peter Hopkins BerkeleySprings WV 00:27:03 8:42 29
220 18/22 Lewis Staubs 00:28:44 9:15 26
231 19/22 Matt Leonard Inwood WV 00:28:57 9:19 26
325 20/22 Mark Hartshorn 00:32:15 10:23 29
440 21/22 Henry Hickerson Hagerstown MD 00:43:02 13:51 29
475 22/22 Scott Campbell 00:52:26 16:53 29
Men’s 30-34
6 1/37 Saleh Ghazali Waynesboro PA 00:17:53 5:45 33
7 2/37 Brad Sponaugle Martinsburg WV 00:18:09 5:51 31
10 3/37 Bryan Inglish 00:18:31 5:58 33
15 4/37 Vijayant Dhankhar 00:19:18 6:13 34
18 5/37 Steven Richardson Glen Allen VA 00:19:35 6:18 30
34 6/37 Jake Yates Hedgesville WV 00:20:18 6:32 32
38 7/37 Justin Ruble 00:20:26 6:35 30
42 8/37 Jerome Haney 00:21:08 6:48 30
66 9/37 Justin Huber Hedgesville WV 00:22:52 7:22 34
67 10/37 Matthew Bunting Martinsburg WV 00:22:54 7:22 34
69 11/37 David Stribling 00:23:04 7:25 32
87 12/37 Matt Davis Martinsburg WV 00:23:53 7:41 32
100 13/37 Josh Parker Martinsburg WV 00:24:24 7:51 33
102 14/37 Derek Brown Martinsburg WV 00:24:35 7:55 30
127 15/37 Josh Michael BerkeleySprings WV 00:25:25 8:11 31
136 16/37 Brian Etherington Martinsburg WV 00:25:51 8:19 30
143 17/37 Wayne Bennett 00:26:13 8:26 30
146 18/37 Philip Bolyard Martinsburg WV 00:26:22 8:29 32
155 19/37 Brian Horner Inwood WV 00:26:54 8:39 34
158 20/37 Derk Slonaker Martinsburg WV 00:26:58 8:41 30
173 21/37 Matt Mullenax Martinsburg WV 00:27:32 8:52 32
187 22/37 Corey Davis Martinsburg WV 00:27:56 8:59 30
192 23/37 Matthew Bartles 00:28:02 9:01 31
196 24/37 Jonathan Berens Martinsburg WV 00:28:07 9:03 30
204 25/37 Tony Lewis 00:28:26 9:09 33
214 26/37 John Will Martinsburg WV 00:28:39 9:13 31
236 27/37 Joshua Livingston Martinsburg WV 00:29:08 9:23 32
238 28/37 Tim Koschmann Martinsburg WV 00:29:11 9:24 32
268 29/37 Jonathan Pearson Charleston WV 00:30:06 9:41 32
276 30/37 David Bennett Bunker Hill WV 00:30:29 9:49 31
317 31/37 Jeff Parker Martinsburg WV 00:31:52 10:15 34
350 32/37 Adam Bohrer Martinsburg WV 00:33:33 10:48 30
359 33/37 Todd Johnson Martinsburg WV 00:34:02 10:57 31
371 34/37 Jeffrey Milik Martinsburg WV 00:34:49 11:12 30
412 35/37 Michael Gill 00:39:04 12:34 33
430 36/37 PAUL COPENHAVER Martinsburg WV 00:41:23 13:19 30
434 37/37 Chris Amores Martinsburg WV 00:41:34 13:23 34
Men’s 35-39
25 1/18 Andrew Carroll Bunker Hill WV 00:19:58 6:26 37
51 2/18 James Roland Martinsburg WV 00:22:02 7:06 39
53 3/18 Dave Henry 00:22:13 7:09 35
55 4/18 Michael Byers 00:22:24 7:13 37
61 5/18 Raymond Brosius III Hagerstown MD 00:22:33 7:15 38
80 6/18 Brad Hopkins Martinsburg WV 00:23:29 7:34 36
90 7/18 Eric Sampsell Martinsburg WV 00:23:59 7:43 37
106 8/18 Scott Meadows Martinsburg WV 00:24:39 7:56 35
125 9/18 Craig Miller Martinsburg WV 00:25:23 8:10 37
159 10/18 Brian Beard Martinsburg WV 00:27:02 8:42 39
180 11/18 Brendan Farrell Hedgesville WV 00:27:39 8:54 37
261 12/18 Shawn Franklin 00:29:52 9:37 36
280 13/18 Jason Montgomery Inwood WV 00:30:35 9:51 37
331 14/18 Brian Maslowski Hedgesville WV 00:32:38 10:30 39
343 15/18 Kevin Seelinger 00:33:21 10:44 39
360 16/18 Amy Culler Martinsburg WV 00:34:05 10:58 38
424 17/18 Shaun Doheney Stafford VA 00:39:41 12:46 38
441 18/18 Todd Masker Martinsburg WV 00:43:14 13:55 39
Men’s 40-44
3 1/28 Rob Dinterman Moyock NC 00:17:31 5:38 40
13 2/28 Richard Haylor Martinsburg WV 00:19:06 6:09 40
20 3/28 Scott Draper 00:19:47 6:22 40
21 4/28 Mark Peters Inwood WV 00:19:49 6:23 43
23 5/28 Darren Bolton Leesburg Va 00:19:52 6:24 40
29 6/28 Tim Hudson Steohenson VA 00:20:12 6:30 44
35 7/28 Kyle Stuckey 00:20:19 6:32 41
48 8/28 RICHARD SMOOT Martinsburg WV 00:21:38 6:58 44
49 9/28 Brian Romine Shepherdstown WV 00:21:51 7:02 42
60 10/28 Jamie Yates 00:22:31 7:15 42
104 11/28 Felipe Elizondo Kearneysville WV 00:24:37 7:55 44
118 12/28 Tim Hull 00:25:13 8:07 43
121 13/28 Tim Michael 00:25:18 8:09 41
164 14/28 Dan Baker 00:27:07 8:44 40
172 15/28 Mark Hurlburt Martinsburg WV 00:27:26 8:50 44
176 16/28 Chris Caldwell 00:27:35 8:53 41
217 17/28 Ed Vargas Martinsburg WV 00:28:42 9:14 40
227 18/28 Eric Hart Martinsburg WV 00:28:51 9:17 40
237 19/28 Daniel Dropp 00:29:10 9:23 41
248 20/28 Dan Gilbert BerkeleySprings WV 00:29:28 9:29 44
254 21/28 Bart Cookus Martinsburg WV 00:29:40 9:33 43
255 22/28 Kevin Johnstone 00:29:40 9:33 41
262 23/28 Daniel Somma Pittsburgh PA 00:29:56 9:38 41
384 24/28 Garry Lazarte 00:36:07 11:37 42
397 25/28 John C. Salzberg Washington DC 00:37:34 12:05 40
404 26/28 Andy Kees Martinsburg WV 00:38:15 12:19 44
429 27/28 Brad Brown Martinsburg WV 00:41:11 13:15 44
454 28/28 Mike Knapp Martinsburg WV 00:47:20 15:14 43
Men’s 45-49
5 1/17 James Munnis Shepherdstown WV 00:17:49 5:44 47
14 2/17 Bill Balsinger 00:19:10 6:10 49
32 3/17 Rod Llewellyn Hedgesville WV 00:20:15 6:31 49
44 4/17 Steve Mouse Martinsburg WV 00:21:20 6:52 47
57 5/17 Scott Douglas Martinsburg WV 00:22:29 7:14 47
82 6/17 Clifford Tell Harpers Ferry WV 00:23:41 7:37 47
86 7/17 David Mulvihill Martinsburg WV 00:23:50 7:40 46
114 8/17 Stan Clemons Falling Waters WV 00:25:06 8:05 48
135 9/17 David Yates Falling Waters WV 00:25:47 8:18 48
154 10/17 John Reid 00:26:52 8:39 47
177 11/17 Mark Goodwin 00:27:36 8:53 49
210 12/17 Brian Hofe 00:28:34 9:12 46
225 13/17 Ken Conover 00:28:50 9:17 49
235 14/17 Kevin Huffman Martinsburg WV 00:29:08 9:23 48
297 15/17 Tim Clemens Hedgesville WV 00:31:06 10:01 46
370 16/17 Millard Gibbons Martinsburg WV 00:34:37 11:09 48
408 17/17 Daniel Comer Martinsburg WV 00:38:34 12:25 48
Men’s 50-54
9 1/13 Mike Meadows 00:18:24 5:55 54
37 2/13 Tim Clark Boonsboro MD 00:20:22 6:33 53
59 3/13 Myron Kremer Winchester VA 00:22:31 7:15 54
62 4/13 Barry Beck Martinsburg WV 00:22:37 7:17 51
71 5/13 Herb Peddicord Martinsburg WV 00:23:08 7:27 52
139 6/13 Tim Quigley 00:26:08 8:25 53
153 7/13 Jim Rodgers Martinsburg WV 00:26:47 8:37 52
156 8/13 Bill White 00:26:54 8:39 53
170 9/13 Scott Price Martinsburg WV 00:27:24 8:49 50
174 10/13 John Little 00:27:33 8:52 51
181 11/13 James Geraghty Keedysville MD 00:27:40 8:54 51
197 12/13 Willis Smallwood 00:28:07 9:03 54
265 13/13 Mike Leonard Inwood WV 00:29:59 9:39 50
Men’s 55-59
91 1/16 John Spataro 00:24:04 7:45 58
120 2/16 CURTIS KEESECKER Martinsburg WV 00:25:18 8:09 58
147 3/16 Bill Farrell Inwood WV 00:26:28 8:31 59
148 4/16 Randall Webb Kearneysville WV 00:26:32 8:32 57
163 5/16 William Norris 00:27:06 8:43 57
166 6/16 Ed Yates 00:27:16 8:47 59
207 7/16 Jon Roberson Martinsburg WV 00:28:32 9:11 56
211 8/16 Sam Morris 00:28:34 9:12 59
218 9/16 Mark Shields Shenandoah Jct WV 00:28:43 9:15 58
240 10/16 Ralph Creamer Martinsburg WV 00:29:16 9:25 56
252 11/16 Brad Westhafer 00:29:36 9:32 59
272 12/16 Andy berkemeijer Hedgesville WV 00:30:21 9:46 58
305 13/16 Dennis Wilson Martinsburg WV 00:31:22 10:06 58
392 14/16 Steven Truax Martinsburg WV 00:36:46 11:50 55
416 15/16 Kevin Damewood Boonsboro MD 00:39:19 12:39 55
448 16/16 Dimitri Misailidis Martinsburg WV 00:44:34 14:21 58
Men’s 60-64
171 1/8 Charles Sencindiver Martinsburg WV 00:27:26 8:50 62
184 2/8 Craig Mason 00:27:43 8:55 63
189 3/8 Steven L Helmick Martinsburg WV 00:28:00 9:01 62
198 4/8 Buck Locke Martinsburg WV 00:28:10 9:04 61
308 5/8 Richard Agnew JR Woodbridge VA 00:31:25 10:07 62
379 6/8 Tom Dooley 00:35:43 11:30 61
456 7/8 George Hoover 00:48:03 15:28 62
464 8/8 Bob White Hedgesville WV 00:49:08 15:49 60
Men’s 65-69
112 1/5 Randy Wingfield 00:25:02 8:03 66
130 2/5 Ray Kitchen 00:25:35 8:14 66
149 3/5 Ed Grainger Stephens City VA 00:26:42 8:36 67
247 4/5 Michael Hoos Westminster MD 00:29:28 9:29 65
390 5/5 Ronald Armolt 00:36:38 11:47 68
Men’s 75-79
259 1/1 Robert Gurtler The Plains Va 00:29:49 9:36 76
Men’s 80 & over
361 1/2 Donald Taylor 00:34:07 10:59 80
478 2/2 Bob Atkins 00:52:33 16:55 86
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Shepherd nursing department receives $1 million grant from HRSA
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV—Shepherd University recently received two grants from the United States Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, including the Nursing Workforce Diversity grant, totaling $1 million over three years, and the second, to provide scholarships for disadvantaged students, funded for $58,000.
The grant will be used to implement the Partnership for Academic and Social Student Success Program (PASSS), aimed at improving health care quality and increasing nursing workforce diversity in the Shenandoah Valley through improving the representation of minorities on campus, increasing the number of disadvantaged pre-nursing students eligible to enter the nursing program, and improve graduation passing rates for disadvantaged nursing majors.
Dr. Clarise Ottley, assistant professor of nursing, will serve as the project director for the grant.
Ottley said that the Department of Nursing Education is proud to be in the select group of universities who received this funding, for the PASSS project.
“This project will increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses, by providing student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation and retention activities,” Ottley said. “The PASSS Project will strengthen the cultural competency of the Shepherd University community of faculty and students as it removes any potential barriers that would jeopardize the success of the underrepresented, economically, and educationally disadvantaged and minority students.”
The department will develop a set of academic, social, and financial support programs for 180 disadvantaged pre-nursing and nursing majors.
Main objectives for the grant will be to create more diversity of nursing in faculty positions; increase the number of disadvantaged pre-nursing students eligible to enter the nursing program; and increase graduation and National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses pass rates through mentoring programs and tutoring. In addition, the grant will provide 30 stipends at a value of $3,000 for disadvantaged pre-nursing students.
The grant will also allow for two new faculty hires: a full-time academic improvement specialist and a part-time social support specialist.
“This is a significant accomplishment for us to provide increased opportunities for scholarships and mentoring for our nursing students,” Dr. Sharon Mailey, chair of the nursing department said. “The department has experienced significant growth in the past couple years.”
Mailey said that nursing was the number one major selected among incoming freshman last fall.
According to Mailey, the grant will help improve the shortage of nurses in the region.
“Shepherd has positioned itself to be a premier liberal arts university in the region,” Mailey said. “This will further assist the department to leverage itself and the university into the region.”
A second grant was also received from HRSA to provide scholarships for disadvantaged nursing students in the amount of $58,000 for the upcoming academic year.
The purpose of the grant is to increase diversity in the health professions and nursing workforce by providing grants to eligible health professions and nursing schools for use in awarding scholarships to financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The grants will be given to students currently in the nursing program.
Students interested in applying for scholarships should contact Mailey via e-mail at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). An e-mail will be sent to eligible students.
Photos: Dr. Clarise Ottley & Dr. Sharon Mailey
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Forbes.com: “10 Best Places to Live Cheaply” recognizes two WV cities
Forbes.com has released its list of “10 Best Places to Live Cheaply (Forbes.com)” and West Virginia earned two spots on the coveted list. U.S. cities were ranked among factors including median income, median home prices, the quality of the public schools, and crime rate. Both Wheeling, West Virginia and Cumberland, West Virginia/Maryland made the nationally publicized list.
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts said, “Any state in the nation would be proud to see its cities on this list. Being there twice is outstanding and testifies to the level of progress being made in West Virginia.” Roberts added “This is just another reason that companies and prospective residents will want to invest in West Virginia and enjoy our unexcelled quality of life.”
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce works to create an environment that allows business to create jobs. Chamber members employ over half of West Virginia’s workforce.
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Saturday Oct. 15 at Leitersburg Cinema: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson” Expected
Hagerstown, MD – The star of the “A-Team” is expected to make an appearance at the Leitersburg Cinemas. “Rampage” Jackson is a former UFC Champion, and while still fighting competitively, he is also an accomplished actor.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, former professional UFC Champion and “B.A.” in the movie “A-Team” (PG-13) has confirmed that he will be coming to Hagerstown, and will make an appearance at Leitersburg Cinemas on Saturday, October 15th at about 6:30 PM. The screening of the movie begins at 7:30 PM. The price for the A-Team movie ticket is $12.
Following the movie, and Q&A on-stage, the A-Team star will be signing autographs, before a VIP invitation-only party at the Leitersburg Cinemas. There will be adult beverages and catered food at the after film party.
Because of the “buzz” surrounding Mr. Jackson’s appearance, along with movie director Joe Carnahan (A-Team and Narc), extra security will be present at the cinemas.
For more information and a complete schedule, see: http://www.marylandiff.com. The Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown is screening 51 films from 19 countries, starting Oct. 13th and running through Oct. 16th. Opening night is at the Maryland Theatre, and all other films will be at the Bridge of Life Center and Leitersburg Cinemas.
Tickets available at the Leitersburg Cinemas box office.
Q&A: With Director Joe Carnahan, Matthew Michael Carnahan and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson after screening of A-Team.
Film Synopsis:
Meet Hannibal (Liam Neeson), Face (Bradley Cooper), B.A. (Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson), and Murdoch (Sharlto Copley). Together, they make the A-Team, a group of skilled army rangers with eighty successive missions under their belt. Stationed out in Iraq, they are approached by CIA agent Lynch (Patrick Wilson) who offers them a job involving stolen USD mint plates and a billion dollars in counterfeit money. The A-Team takes up the job, only to find that it’s a setup. Court-martialed and sentenced to four individual prisons – one psychiatric ward, in Murdoch’s case – the team is almost a distant memory. Six months later, Hannibal escapes prison and pulls together the team to take down the man who set them up and restore their names. With a demoted captain (Jessica Biel) on their tail – who happens to be Face’s old flame – the team races to seize the plates again, only to discover that nothing is as it seems.
The Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown, brought to you by title sponsors: Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, High Rock Studios and Maryland Public Television. Other sponsors include: Big Cork Vineyards, Thompson Gas, WPS, Anderson Photographs, Bulls & Bears Restaurant, Chambersburg Cardinals, Hagerstown Magazine, Kaplan University, Leitersburg Cinemas, Main Line Broadcasting, Maryland Theatre, Nassau Broadcasting, NBC25/Your4State.com, Sagittarius Salon and Spa, Screen Story Tellers, The Journal, Valpak and VerStandig Broadcasting.
NOTE: Narc (rated R) is also showing at Leitersburg Cinemas, at 7:00 PM. The film was directed by Joe Carnahan.
Q&A: With Joe Carnahan and Matthew Michael Carnahan after screening of film.
Film Synopsis:
Suspended from the police force following an undercover drug bust gone horribly awry, Detroit undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis (Jason Patric) is reluctantly goaded back into active duty in hopes that he can help to crack the case of a slain fellow officer. Promised reinstatement in the force in exchange for his efforts, Tellis is paired with the victim’s volatile ex-partner Henry Oak (Ray Liotta) and soon begins to actively seek the killer in an increasingly complex case.
MDIFF-Hagerstown is a competition festival. The best films in categories including: Feature, Documentary, Student, Short and Animation will receive awards on festival’s closing night. The MDIFF-Hagerstown mission is to be a platform for independent filmmakers to engage audiences, collaborate with other filmmakers and educate the community with the celebration of film. For media inquiries please call 916-712-2781 or access the website http://www.marylandiff.com.
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“World War Z” and “State of Play” Screenwriter to Attend Maryland International Film Fest
Hagerstown, MD — “World War Z” screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan is walking the red carpet with “A-Team” Director Joe Carnahan on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM. Both Carnahans will participate in a Q and A after the movie “Narc” is screened.
Film Festival Director, Tracie Donahue said, ”Matthew Michael Carnahan is one of the most gifted screenwriters in Hollywood today. He has written films such as “State of Play,” “Lions for Lambs,” “The Kingdom” and now the new film with Brad Pitt, “World War Z.” We are certainly delighted that he is willing to share some of his insight and expertise about screenwriting with the Hagerstown audience.”
“World War Z” is the new film with Brad Pitt that will be hitting the screens in December 2012. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
Carnahan has written films which included some of Hollywood’s biggest names including: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman, and Jeff Daniels, to name a few.
Film Festival Director Donahue says, “Matthew Michael Carnahan pens intelligent scripts that force audiences to truly contemplate the depth and breadth of the movie. He is definitely a visionary in his field. We are looking forward to his attendance at the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown.”
The film festival runs from October 13-16. Theaters utilized include the Historic Maryland Theatre, the Bridge of Life, and the Leitersburg Cinemas. During the festival’s four day run, there are 51 films being screened, out of more than 250 that were submitted for consideration.
MDIFF-Hagerstown is a competition festival. The best films in categories including: Feature, Documentary, Student, Short and Animation will receive awards on festival’s closing night. The MDIFF-Hagerstown mission is to be a platform for independent filmmakers to engage audiences, collaborate with other filmmakers and educate the community with the celebration of film. For media inquiries please call 916-712-2781 or access the website http://www.marylandiff.com.
Tickets for the film festival are already going fast. Tickets can be ordered online: http://www.marylandiff.com/buy-tickets. Tickets are available for individual screenings, or a package for the complete festival. Tickets can also be purchased at the Hagerstown Visitor Welcome Center, at 6 North Potomac Street.
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Oct. 22nd Charity Event Featuring Silent and Live Auctions of Nora Roberts’ Jewelry
BOONSBORO, MD—Inn BoonsBoro on The Square’s inaugural special event, a charity auction that encourages guests to Read Always & Shine will be held October 22, 2011 to benefit the Washington County (MD) Free Library Rebuild and ProLiteracy Worldwide, LLC.
The sparkling evening offers guests the opportunity to bid on fabulous art and stunning jewelry. A silent auction of unique artwork by celebrated local artists precedes a live auction of selected pieces from New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ personal jewelry collection.
Read Always & Shine takes its cue from the title of Nora Roberts’ upcoming release, The Next Always (Berkley Trade), the first book in a trilogy set in Boonsboro, Maryland. An online auction will be held in conjunction with the live event to give Nora’s many loyal readers a chance to bid on pieces she has worn and loved.
The Washington County Free Library Rebuild fund is earmarked to nearly double the size of the central library in Hagerstown, Maryland. The planned renovation includes the addition of an outdoor event venue and expanded areas for children, teens and adults, as well as 40 public computer stations. ProLiteracy Worldwide LLC is dedicated to using the power of literacy to improve the lives of adults both nationally and here in Maryland. Their vision encompasses a world in which everyone can read, write, compute, and use technology to lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives.
Nora has lived in Washington County, Maryland for nearly 40 years. Her family has roots in and around Boonsboro where her husband, Bruce Wilder, owns Turn the Page Bookstore and her son owns Vesta Family Restaurant as well as the soon to be opened Dan’s Restaurant and TapHouse. For over a decade, the Nora Roberts Foundation has supported charities for women, children and literacy throughout Maryland. Proceeds from the auctions will go to two organizations that focus on areas close to her heart.
“For an author, libraries and literacy go hand in hand,” said Nora. “As a lifelong reader myself, I cannot imagine not being able to pick up a book and dive into a story. And when I started out, the library was the source of all my research. I would use the reference sections – even in the children’s room – when I brought my sons to the library.
“I hope that the Read Always & Shine event will bring these two compelling efforts to greater public attention,” Nora added.
Over 60 pieces of jewelry from Nora’s collection will be available for the online and live auctions. They reflect a distinctive style running the gamut from delicate strands to wide bands of gold and silver, from pendants that speak of summer to a ruby bracelet that fits a wintry mood. Always one to mix and match the jewelry she wears, these cherished pieces chosen personally by Nora will go perfectly with any style of clothing from formal evening to casual outings.
To add to the excitement, one of Ms. Roberts’ favorite jewelers, Peachtree on Fifth of New York City, has donated a piece, “The Next Always” Pendant.
Inn BoonsBoro will be the backdrop for the artwork auctioned off at the Read Always & Shine auction. Since the Inn opened in February 2009, there has been a steady, thematic rotation of art by artists with ties to western Maryland. Curated by Kathryn Burns, owner of the Bridge Gallery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, the art displayed shows a lively sensibility and affinity for the building’s history brought to vivid life.
Natoma Vargason, manager of Gifts Inn BoonsBoro, chose the art for Read Always & Shine specifically to fit the theme of the evening. Artists donating their work include: Jeff Kollins, Tony and Jonna Mendez, Michael Douglas Jones, Michael Hauver, David Zimmerman, Ralph Basford, Benita Keller, Frank Herrera, R. Benjamin Jones, Mark Muse and Walter Bartman.
The Master of Ceremonies and Auctioneer for the evening is the President and CEO of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Tom Riford.
Inn BoonsBoro is owned by Nora Roberts and Bruce Wilder. A boutique hotel with the welcoming charm of a Bed and Breakfast, Inn BoonsBoro is housed in the oldest stone building in Boonsboro. For nearly two centuries the building on the corner of Main and St. Paul’s Streets served as a place of hospitality in the form of a hotel, or a tavern or both. The building gradually fell into disrepair over the last half of the 20th century.
When they purchased the property Nora and Bruce vowed to maintain the historic integrity of the building and preserve its character while creating a distinctive small hotel. The Inn features six rooms and two suites. All but the Penthouse, a sumptuous suite that defines luxury, take their cues from romantic literary couples.
Despite a disastrous fire February 22, 2008 (Washington’s Birthday) when the construction was nearly two-thirds finished, the Inn opened to rave reviews from guests and media in February 2009. Only open to the public for an annual Christmas tour, Inn BoonsBoro offers a private haven for guests.
Boonsboro, Maryland is located in America’s first Washington County, and is the site of America’s first Washington Monument.
The Read Always & Shine Auction is an invitation-only event. More information about the online auction can be found at http://www.nrauction.org. Bidding on the online auction starts at noon on October 16 and closes at noon on October 22. For more information on the charities please visit http://www.washcolibrary.org/capital/index.html and http://www.proliteracy.org.
Inn BoonsBoro is a member of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information about Washington County, see: http://www.marylandmemories.com.
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Fort Frederick State Park To Host Autumn Foliage Bike Ride
Big Pool, Md. - Fort Frederick State Park will host a guided bike ride on the Western Maryland Rail Trail on October 15 to view and discuss the area’s beautiful fall landscape.
The public is invited to join a naturalist for a leisurely ride through the wilds of western Maryland. Participants will make frequent stops to focus on the autumn foliage, wildflowers, the Potomac River and geological formations, while cruising along this mostly level, paved trail.
Bike rentals are available at the bicycle shop, located along the Western Maryland Rail Trail and the C&O Canal National Historic Park in Hancock. Refreshments and snacks are also available at the bicycle shop and throughout the area.
Participants will meet at 9 a.m. at the C&O Bicycle Shop. Attendees should dress for the weather and carry plenty of water. The 25-mile trip is not strenuous and can be completed by most people, young and old alike. The ride will last about 4 hours. Seven days advance notice is requested.
For more information or to sign up, please call 301-842-2155. Disabled access is available and accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. C&O Bicycle is located at 9 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Hancock, Md. 21750. C & O Bicycle is located off of I-70 at exit 3 and exit 1 from 522. For more information about the bike tour or other Fort Frederick State Park activities, please call the park at 301-842-2155 during the office hours of 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Maryland’s State Parks not only provide great outdoor recreation for Marylanders and visitors, they are also a great asset to State and local economies. According to a recent study, conducted in partnership with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, the Maryland Office of Tourism Development and the Maryland Association of Destination Marketing Organizations, Maryland State Parks have an estimated annual economic benefit of more than $650 million. In 2010, visitors directly spent more than $567 million locally — $25.56 locally for every dollar the State invests in State Parks —during their visits. And almost 95 percent of visitors had their expectations met or exceeded during visits.
Fort Frederick State Park and the Western Maryland Rail Trail are members of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information about Washington County, see: http://www.marylandmemories.com.
For information about the Western Maryland Rail Trail, nicknamed a “Cathedral in the Trees,” see: http://www.hancockmd.com/WMRT. Also see: http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/wmrt.html. For information about C & O Bicycle in Hancock, MD, see: http://www.candobicycle.com. For Fort Frederick State Park info, see: http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/western/fortfrederick.asp.
Hancock is a proud member of the Canal Towns Partnership: http://www.canaltowns.org.
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinwburkett/
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Award Winning Film “White Knight” Screens Opening Night of Maryland International Film Festival
Hagerstown, MD — “White Knight” has been burning up the film festival circuit, winning a plethora of awards, and now is set to open the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown on October 13th, 2011.
Festival Director Tracie Donahue said, “We are excited to have such a wonderful film screening here for our opening night feature. This film has caused quite a stir in the festival circuit and now audiences in Hagerstown will be privileged to see it first-hand!”
Opening Night will be on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 7:00 PM at the Maryland Theatre. It will feature a red carpet event that draws in celebrities such as “White Knight” Director Jesse Baget, Cast members Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre), Olga Segura (White Knight), Stephen Lang (Avatar)(tentative), Donzaleigh Abernathy (CSI), Director Ron Maxwell, and selected filmmakers attending the festival. South Potomac Street in front of the Maryland Theatre will be closed to vehicle traffic for the event beginning at 5:30 PM.
Many of the film industry professionals attending the Red Carpet opening event include award-winning film-makers, directors, and producers of the more than 50 films entered into the inaugural festival. Film industry professionals who have indicated their attendance include: Cassidy McMillan, Leah Shore, Heather Taylor, Sean Fahey, Charles Evans, Jr., John Morgera, Maria Drumm, Robert Child, Jeremiah Hammerling, Joshua Neale, Anthony Brenneman, Marcelo Bukin, John Seburn, Alex Willemin, Sanjay Rawal, Natabara Mark Rollosson, William R. Coughlan, Esther Anderson, Gian Godoy, William Derrick, and Michael Pack. Each has a film entered in the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown.
About “White Knight”
“White Knight” is a story about Leroy Lowe (played by Tom Sizemore). Leroy Lowe is a grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan, who confronts everything he’s been taught to hate, when he’s sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm. Warden Merville (played by Stacy Keach) is dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, and chooses Emilio (played by Hector Jimenez), a Hispanic field worker, to be his cellmate. Leroy, confined in a small cell with the ‘enemy,’ finds the chatty Emilio slowly chipping away at his anger and prejudice. His weekly rehabilitation meetings with the warden take on a different meaning when Madalena, a beautiful Mexican maid (played by Olga Segura) is hired to clean the warden’s office. An unconventional love story develops that opens Leroy’s eyes to the possibility of a different life and down a path to redemption.
A trailer of the film can be seen here: http://www.marylandiff.com/screenings/thursday.
The Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown is brought to you by title sponsors: Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, High Rock Studios and Maryland Public Television. Other sponsors include: Big Cork Vineyards, Thompson Gas, WPS, Anderson Photographs, Bulls & Bears Restaurant, Chambersburg Cardinals, Hagerstown Magazine, Kaplan University, Leitersburg Cinemas, Main Line Broadcasting, Maryland Theatre, Nassau Broadcasting, WHAG-TV, Sagittarius Salon and Spa, Screen Story Tellers, The Journal, Valpak and Verstandig Broadcasting.
MDIFF-Hagerstown is a competition festival. The best films in categories including: Feature, Documentary, Student, Short and Animation will receive awards on festival’s closing night. The MDIFF-Hagerstown mission is to be a platform for independent filmmakers to engage audiences, collaborate with other filmmakers and educate the community with the celebration of film. For media inquiries please call 916-712-2781 or access the website http://www.marylandiff.com.
Tickets for the film festival are already going fast. Tickets can be ordered online: http://www.marylandiff.com/buy-tickets.
The Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown is a member of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information about Hagerstown-Washington County, see: http://www.marylandmemories.com.
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2011 Berkeley Springs Apple Butter Festival, Oct 8 - 9
Berkeley Springs, WV - The 38th Annual Berkeley Springs Apple Butter Festival will be held in Berkeley Springs, WV on October 8 and 9th, 2011. The annual event begins with a parade at 9am on Saturday morning and includes live music, apple butter making in the square, turtle races, a beard and mustache contest, an egg toss, hog calling contest and local food and artwork for sale.
Pictures from the 2009 Apple Butter Festival
Saturday Schedule - October 8
Sunday Schedule - October 9
We encourage you to worship at one of our many churches
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Vino & Vinyasa and Handstand Workshops at Jala Yoga
Shepherdstown, WV—Jala Yoga, the beautiful and inspiring yoga studio at Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar, 117 West German Street, Shepherdstown, will offer two fantastic workshops in October. Both will expand your yoga practice in new ways.
On Friday, October 7, 7:30-9 pm, yoga instructor Soozie Kinstler will teach a Handstand Workshop. Soozie will help participants move past their fears of standing on their hands and offer multiple ways to move into this incredibly fun and affirming posture. The cost is $16; $12 for students and class pass holders.
On Saturday, October 8, 7-9:30 pm, Jala once again offers the popular Vino and Vinyasa evening. Yoga instructor Gena Rockwell will guide participants through a fun and flowing yoga practice, preparing the senses to fully embrace the tastes of the wine and fall food pairings offered up by wine aficionado Greg Joyce and Jala owner and ‘foodie’ Christa Mastrangelo Joyce. The cost for Vino and Vinyasa is $40, and advanced registration is required. Contact Christa at 304-263-5367 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to reserve your spot.
Jala Yoga offers classes 7 days a week in the vinyasa style of yoga in which poses flow from one into another. Jala Yoga believes that yoga is accessible and necessary for everyone, and both beginners and seasoned practitioners are welcome. More information can be found at http://www.jalayogaflow.com or by calling Christa Mastrangelo Joyce at 304-263-5367.
PHOTO: Greg Joyce and Gena Rockwell will lead Vino and Vinyasa on October 8; ; Soozie Kinstler teaches a Handstand Workshop
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“Gods and Generals” Extended Director’s Cut To Be Screened at the Maryland Film Fest
Hagerstown, MD - “Gods and Generals” Extended Director’s Cut To Be Screened at the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown October 14, 2011 Screening Includes Special Elements Which Include Previously Not Released Scenes of Battle of Antietam
Hagerstown, MD - The film “Gods and Generals,” which first opened in 2003 in screens across the U.S. has a new and interesting element, the Extended Director’s cut. This new version of the film will screened at the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown on Friday October 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM at the Leitersburg Cinemas.
Film Festival Executive Director Tracie Donahue said, “There is a lot of excitement surrounding the screening of the new Gods and Generals Director’s Cut at the festival. Most of the original filming in 2001 took place in Washington County, and estimates have indicated that the project brought in about 10 million dollars of economic impact to our community. We are delighted that Director Ron Maxwell is a supporter of our festival and will be in attendance with some of the original cast.”
According to Director Ron Maxwell, the new Extended Director’s Cut includes previously unreleased scenes of the Battle of Antietam. “The original release had to be cut down significantly, so as to be able to be shown in theaters. This new version, which first premiered at Manassas, Virginia on the 150th Anniversary of the battle earlier this year, includes scenes which Civil War fans have been waiting for.”
While the original theatrical release saw limited success at the box office, it has since had steady results on DVD, and this year, the new Blu-ray Disc version of the film was released, as the special Extended Director’s Cut. 2011 is the tenth anniversary of the filming of the project.
Some of the new scenes include Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s 1862 invasion of Maryland. The new version includes Confederate troops wading through the Potomac River, singing ‘Maryland My Maryland’ on what Lee called a crusade to liberate the Free State. This event actually took place in early September 1862. Also included are some of the best Civil War battle re-creation footage ever completed: the Battle of Antietam. One memorable scene takes place in the Cornfield, where Confederate and Union troops march through high corn, and are unseen until almost touching each other.
At the July premiere in Manassas of the new Extended Director’s Cut, Maxwell said, “I made ‘Gods and Generals’ and ‘Gettysburg’ because I love our American history. I’m passionate about our shared stories because I know that story telling is intrinsic and essential to the human condition, and these people, these places and these events grabbed me viscerally.”
“Since making these movies, I’ve become involved with a non-profit organization that cares as much as I do about sharing these stories and these places: The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership. The Journey is a swath of land sweeping from Gettysburg to Monticello and within it lies the largest single concentration of Civil War battle sites in the country. These include Manassas, Antietam, Harpers Ferry, and Gettysburg, and also South Mountain, and so much more.”
On Friday night, October 14, 2011, at 5:30 PM at the Leitersburg Cinemas, a red carpet event will take place with the cast of Gods and Generals. Stephen Lang (Avatar, Conan), Donazaleigh Abernathy(CSI), and Director Ron Maxwell will be in attendance. Other members of the project have been invited, and are finalizing their commitments.
Before the screening the cast and director will take part in a Question and Answer Session. Film Festival board member Tom Riford said, “This epic movie has a tremendous significance to our region. Not only was it filmed here, but many of the extras in the film were from Hagerstown and the surrounding areas. During the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, it is no surprise that we would want to highlight a film with such relevance.”
Based on the best-selling historical novel by Jeff Shaara, “Gods and Generals” covers the events of the American Civil War before the climactic battle of Gettysburg. Seen from the points of view of leaders such as Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Winfield Scott Hancock and Robert E. Lee, the film begins just after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, and culminates with the battle of Chancellorsville in May of 1863. Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, the film is an epic, dramatic prequel to “Gettysburg,” the classic 1993 film also directed by Maxwell.
Director Maxwell was successful in capturing on film what is known as “America’s Bloodiest Day.” The Battle of Antietam caused 23,110 casualties. Next year is the 150th Anniversary of “The Maryland Campaign of 1862.” This included the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Interesting to note, a re-enactment scheduled for September 8 and 9, 2012 is titled “Maryland My Maryland.” See: http://www.marylandcampaign150.org or click directly to: http://www.marylandcampaign150.org/Reenactment.html.
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- Bio: Ron Larson has been a local pastor and writer in the Eastern Panhandle for over 26 years. He loves: his wife of 32 years, his three children, his innovative and caring church family (365 Church) and meeting new friends. He also leads a rapidly growing regional movement called "One Hope Ministries International". He can be reached at: [email protected]
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- Bio: Ron Larson has been a local pastor and writer in the Eastern Panhandle for over 26 years. He loves: his wife of 32 years, his three children, his innovative and caring church family (365 Church) and meeting new friends. He also leads a rapidly growing regional movement called "One Hope Ministries International". He can be reached at: [email protected]
- URL: http://onehopeministriesinternational.org
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- Bio: Ron Larson has been a local pastor and writer in the Eastern Panhandle for over 26 years. He loves: his wife of 32 years, his three children, his innovative and caring church family (365 Church) and meeting new friends. He also leads a rapidly growing regional movement called "One Hope Ministries International". He can be reached at: [email protected]
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