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Joe Shaffer
janeth@herald-mail.comIf a sport involved a ball, Joe Shaffer liked watching it. In his younger days, Joe did more than just watch the ball. The left-handed hurler known as “Lefty” pitched for Hagerstown High School until his graduation in 1934. During his senior...Tags: Macular Degeneration, Elections, Education, Babe Ruth, Politics
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Concentration camp survivor speaks at Boonsboro High
janeth@herald-mail.comEmanuel "Manny" Mandel was 7 years old when he and his mother were sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, but he said his memory of it is "crystal clear." While the implications of that train ride were unclear to him at the time, the 75-...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Elections, Elie Wiesel, Politics, New Jersey
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Marcy M. Repka, 82
SEPT. 19, 1928-JUNE 5, 2011 Marcy Maria Repka, 82, of 283 Sunbrook Lane in Hagerstown, Md., passed away Sunday, June 5, 2011, at her home. Born Sept. 19, 1928, in Szekszard, Hungary, she was the daughter of the late Mihaly Racs and the late Erzsebet...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Mount Airy, Human Interest, Washington County (Maryland)
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The Sunday Conversation: Vilmos Zsigmond's technique comes into focus
At 83 on June 16, Vilmos Zsigmond — regarded as one of the 10 most influential cinematographers by the International Cinematographers Guild — still has a full plate. The Big Sur-based cinematographer for such classic '70s films as "Close...
Tags: The Deer Hunter (movie), Photography, Movies, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Czech-Slovak hockey fans find their place on Hawks roster
At St. Simon the Apostle Catholic Church on the South Side, the only parish in the archdiocese that offers mass in Slovak, Laura Zbella occasionally sees Slovak and Chicago Blackhawks pride converge. It's in the apparel kids wear around the parish. If...
Tags: Michal Handzus, Chicago Blackhawks, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Chicago Cubs
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River cruises canceled, modified due to floods in Central Europe
Los Angeles Times Daily Deal and Travel BloggerRiver cruise companies have been canceling and modifying cruises as flooding continues over a large swath of Central Europe, including Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. Viking Cruises, Tauck and others have been reaching out to... -
READER SUBMITTED: Quinnipiac University MBA Students To Travel To Hungary To Meet With Leaders
HamdenThirteen Quinnipiac University students in the master of business administration program will spend two weeks in early June meeting with business and government leaders in Hungary. The students, Brett T. Bradanini, of North Haven; Alicia M. Capparucci,...Tags: Education, Quinnipiac University, Teaching and Learning, Business, Viktor Orban
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Hiking Italy's Dolomites is challenging and beautiful
CORTINA D' AMPEZZO, Italy — Hiking up a road should be simple, right? It's relatively wide, so you're not apt to step off and tumble down the mountain. It's relatively smooth, so you're not likely to stumble. So why am I stopping for a...
Tags: Mountains, Trips and Vacations, UNESCO, Landforms, World War I (1914-1918)
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NASA engineers, high school students team up to build pilot-disorientation chair
A worst-case scenario for pilots in flight is not knowing which way is up. It can happen when visual cues are gone and acceleration knocks sensory systems out of whack, leaving pilots temporarily disoriented and more prone to crash. "Public enemy No....Tags: Education, Entertainment Events, Science and Technology, Hampton Roads, Engineering
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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
Tags: Canterbury, Duke University, Teaching and Learning, Grateful Dead (music group), Literature
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Janos Starker dies at 88; renowned cellist won a Grammy in 1997
Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, died Sunday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88 and had been in declining health. Since 1958, Starker had been a professor at the Indiana...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Budapest (Hungary)
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Janos Starker, world-famous cellist, dies at 88
Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, has died. He was 88. Starker, who died Sunday in Bloomington, Ind., had been in terminal care for the last few weeks, according to reports from wire...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Music Industry
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