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Family friend Frank Yantz cuts a large red oak beam that will be used to stabilize a new barn being built for John Helmstetter adjacent to the Great Allegheny Passage off Cash Valley Road. Helmstetter’s old barn, of classic Mid-Atlantic bank design, which burnt to the ground in July, was of particular interest by regional railroad afficionados who used the bright red barn as a scenic backdrop for photography. Family members suspect arson in the blaze that killed a dozen cattle and a working dog. Friends have worked to raise nearly $30,000, the majority coming from benefit rides on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
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Student also has role in learning process
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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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