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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Mountain Ridge High School presenting ‘Guys and Dolls’
Mountain Ridge High School’s Drama Club will present its spring musical, “Guys and Dolls,” Friday through Sunday and May 6 through 9 in the school auditorium.
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Students tour campuses
Forty-four sophomores and juniors from Allegany High School traveled to McDaniel College in Westminster (shown above) and the University of Maryland in College Park on April 14, thanks to a grant from the AHS Academic Endowment Fund.
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Allegany County dog licenses available in Luke
Allegany County dog licenses for the year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, may be purchased from the town clerks in the council chamber of the Luke City Building Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Midland Town Council hears complaints
The Midland mayor and members of the town council heard complaints from a number of citizens during a recent meeting, concerning cigarette butts and dog feces in the flower planting areas in front of the post office and on the sidewalks there and other locations around town.
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Community Notes - April 29, 2010
Wiley Ford VFD schedules hoagie sale
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Student also has role in learning process
What determines how much a student can learn in a given class?
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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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