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Old Furnace Church of the Brethren youth and children will present a Christmas play, “It Happened in the Country,” on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the church, located off state Route 28 on the Old Furnace Road.
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The Cresaptown Sportsman Club will meet Sunday, Dec. 14, at noon at the Cresaptown Eagles, McMullen Highway. The election of officers will be held.
A raffle will be held for a reproduction 1941 Red Ryder BB Gun with original box and comic book.
For additional information, visit the Web site at www.cresaptownsportsmanclub.com.
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The Ridgeley Volunteer Fire Department will host a Longenberger Basket Bingo Sunday, Dec. 14, at the fire hall. The doors open at 1 p.m. and bingo will begin at 2 p.m.
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The Ridgeley American Legion will hold a children’s Christmas party Sunday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m.
Families must sign up in advance. Children up to age 10 will be given gifts and Santa Claus will participate.
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Rees Chapel United Methodist Church, New Creek, will hold its Christmas program Sunday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m.
The service is open to the public.
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Wiley Ford Church of the Brethren will hold its annual Christmas cantata, “In the Light of the Stable,” candle lighting and communion service Sunday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
Refreshments will follow the service.
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The Keyser High School class of 1962 will meet for dinner Monday, Dec. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at The Candlewyck Restaurant, Keyser.
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The El Fidel Club will meet Monday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. at the Westernport Library.
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“Three Wise Men and a Baby,” originally written by Pam Anderson, will be presented by students at Calvary Christian Academy Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. at the church, Cresaptown.
The event is free and open to the public and a free will offering will be accepted.
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The William Shuck Memorial American Legion, Post 136 and the Ridgeley Gold Star Post, 6452 VFW will place a community Christmas tree in front of the veterans memorial at the Ridgeley, W.Va. The tree will be dedicated Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. Santa will be there with gifts of candy, oranges and popcorn balls for the children of the Ridgeley and Carpendale areas.
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Laurel Dale United Methodist Church will hold a candlelight service and covered dish dinner Saturday, Dec. 20, at 6 p.m.
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Wiley Ford Church of the Brethren will hold its annual children’s Christmas program, “Whose Birthday is it Anyway?” Sunday, Dec. 21, at 11 a.m. at the church.
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The young people of Harmony Baptist Church will hold a Christmas program entitled “God's Gift to Us’’ on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m. The church is located at 24211 Westernport Road, state Route 135, Westernport. A time of fellowship will follow the program. For more information, call Dr. Otis B. Lancaster, Pastor, at (301) 359-3750.
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Rees Chapel United Methodist Church, New Creek, will hold a Blue Christmas service Sunday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m.
The event is open to the public.
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Rees Chapel United Methodist Church, New Creek, will hold a Christmas dinner Thursday, Dec. 25, at 2 p.m. Those attending are to bring a covered dish.
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Rees Chapel United Methodist Church, New Creek, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
The event is open to the public.
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The Luke Mill Retirees will hold their regular breakfast meeting Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 9 a.m. at The Pines Restaurant, Keyser. All retirees and their guests are welcome to attend.
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The Keyser High School class of 1944 will hold its regular luncheon meeting Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 12:30 p.m. at The Pines Restaurant, Keyser. All members and guests are welcome to attend.
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Go fish!
Just in time for the observation of Presidents Day, Dawna Staup from The Art Gallery in LaVale works to matte and frame two prints by Andy Thomas.
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Board game
Three-year-old Brandi Gochenaver from Cumberland puts cut-out mittens on a board as children at the weekly story time sing the “Winter Mitten” song to learn colors with children’s librarian Liz Sell at the Allegany County Library on Washington Street.
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Providing some aid for relief work in Haiti
Pat Steckman, left, from The Kensington presents a donation of $744 for relief work in Haiti to Emergency Services Director Mike Wilhelm of the local Red Cross chapter Thursday morning.
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Honing art skills
Fifteen-year-old Julia Robinson, right, from Flintstone is tought the art of sketching with color pencils by Donna Housel Tuesday at Café Mark in Town Centre as she sketches a lynx. Robison has been taking lessons from Housel for more than four years to develop skills she has as an artist. Art lessons are given every Tuesday with colored pencils at the café from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
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A hearty lot takes to the ice on winter day
Area residents took advantage of the cold weather the area is experiencing by ice skating at Canal Place on Sunday. Some of the skaters used to skate at the Riverside YMCA. Last year the Canal Place Preservation & Development Authority resurrected the tradition of ice skating on the C&O Canal. For more information on ice skating on the C&O Canal, contact the National Park Service Visitor Center at (301) 722-8226.
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GMH again supports Toys for Happiness
Employees and staff of Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, W.Va., again supported the Petersburg Community Toys for Happiness project with more than 200 items donated to last year’s project. Activity Director Josie Goldizen said she had to add paper cards with the words boy and girl to the Angel Tree several times. “The cards disappeared as fast as I put them on the tree and the gifts just kept coming in,” she said. Donations came from every department of the hospital and physician offices. From the left are Paula Rohrbaugh, Radiology Department; Beth Ann Smith, Housekeeping Department; aides Jess Hinzman and Shandra Dollly, Sherry Taylor with Toys for Happiness, Kim Roth, SW; and Goldizen.
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Helping hands
Above: Students from Allegany College of Maryland’s leadership development class, from left, Brittany Morgan, Jordan Wilson, Holly Wampler and Kristin Keller, clean the LaVale Fire Hall on National Highway Wednesday morning as part of their class leadership project. At left: Another group of leadership students volunteered at the Ark of Hope Inc., a no-kill animal rescue shelter near Oldtown. From the left are Kim Willison, Jacob Foreman, Katie Graham, Savanna Weller, Sharon Brimhall, Kristen Roudabush and Bethany Bowman. The students cleaned kennels, played with the animals, and gave them food and water. They hope to encourage others to give toys, blankets and donations to the shelter and/or volunteer to help the Care family, who runs the animal rescue.
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Racing through the cold
Cade Kasecamp, left, watches as Kerry Merrbach runs his Traxxas Revo 3.3 nitro-powered remote control car that he received for Christmas Sunday afternoon along a snow-covered Glenn Street in Frostburg. The two were not detered by 13-degree temperatures, minus 6 degrees with wind chill, in the Mountain City.
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Dashing through the snow
From left: Gabby Williams, 14, and sisters Sarah, 14, and Emilee Mayhew, 12, sled ride down a hill near their home on Avirett Avenue in Cumberland Sunday. The three braved cold temperatures and chilling wind to enjoy the final day of Christmas vacation before returning to school today.
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Winter treads
Russell Gettys of Baltimore City makes his way around New Germany State Park in Garrett County Sunday on cross country skis. Gettys said he had traveled about three miles.
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