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Peter F. Gacki, 89
Peter F. Gacki, 89, of Wesley Drive, Quincy Village, Quincy, Pa., died unexpectedly at 9:35 a.m., Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in his home. Born April 2, 1924, in New York City, N.Y., he was the son of the late Stanley S. and Joan (Rubin) Gacki. Peter married...
Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Roman Catholicism, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), IBM
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Jane B. Long, 90
Jane (Baker) Long, 90, of Hagerstown, Md., died Sunday, May 26, 2013. Born in 1923 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Clinton Baker and Blanche (Conrad) Baker Rouzer. Mrs. Long was a 1940 graduate of Hagerstown High School, and attended...Tags: Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Jean Stapleton, TV's Edith Bunker, dies at 90
Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV’s groundbreaking 1970s comedy “All in the Family,” died Friday at the age of 90. Stapleton died of...
Tags: CBS Corp., All in the Family (tv program) , Entertainment, People (magazine), Heart Attack
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How to survive a zombie apocalypse
chrisc@herald-mail.comZombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations. Thrilling stuff of end-of-life-as-we-know-it science fiction books and movies. But as recent news coverage reminds us — Superstorm...Tags: Solar Storms (2012), NASA, Explosions, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Entertainment
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Art Callaham: Take time to honor those who keep us free
This is a reprise (with some minor changes) of a column I wrote for Memorial Day 2011. It is not my best column, nor is it my worst. What it is, however, is a statement of my continuing and unfaltering support for those who protect our nation and our...Tags: U.S. Army, Human Interest, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Congress, Holidays
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Letters to the Editor - May 26
Teaching students Japanese is worthwhile To the editor: A caller to Mail Call recently expressed the opinion that teaching Japanese is a waste of time. I have to disagree with that assessment and instead point out that we are fortunate to offer students...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Fox News Channel (tv network), Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Bloomberg
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Punk rock nostalgia: It's vicious
I’m a born troublemaker. At the grocery store, I’m always asking the cashier if SHE would like to donate $1 to the United Children’s Fund. But I would never have the chutzpah to initiate the movement that is currently sweeping New York...
Tags: Heroin, Patti Smith, Social Distortion (music group), Devo (music group), The Who (music group)
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Edgar N. Howell, 84
The Rev. Dr. Edgar N. Howell, “Doc,” 84, of Middletown, Md., passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, May 18, 2013. He rejoined his wife of 51 years, Catherine Patrice “Pat” Howell, who preceded him in death in 2009. Born...Tags: U.S. Army, Boy Scouts of America, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), U.S. Navy, Science and Technology
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Congregation B'nai Abraham marks 120th anniversary
davem@herald-mail.comCongregation B’nai Abraham was founded more than a century ago, and over the years since there has been a rich history of Jewish life in Washington County that has been marked by Jews winning political freedom, the congregation moving through a...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Marvin Mandel, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ceremonies, Belief and Faith
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Lillian V. Evans, 89
Lillian Virginia Evans, 89, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at Homewood of Williamsport in Williamsport, Md. Born Aug. 14, 1923, in Martinsburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of Arlie B. Hutzler and Lillian Nesmith Hutzler. She was a 1942 graduate of...Tags: Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Museum announces winners of annual raffle
On March 21, during the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts’ annual membership meeting, the museum held its annual raffle drawing, selecting 12 winners from more than 2,400 ticket entries. The museum raised more than $19,000 through the raffle to...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Charity, Museums, Services and Shopping, Arts
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Politicians have a knack for turning indignity into opportunity
Mark Twain noticed that a cat that sits on a hot stove once will never sit on it again. But, he said, it won’t sit on a cold stove, either. Politics is different, because in politics we discover the opposite extreme is true. Having sat on a hot...
Tags: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Periodicals, Elections, Mark Twain, Mark Sanford
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