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Volume 1, Issue 8 Deadline for next issue is July 8, 1998 June 16, 1998

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BUFFS

"Foxy" (Irvin)

Elder, formerly

of Ellerslie, will

be displaying

his street rod at

the Cumberland

Fairgrounds on

July 4. He

hopes to see

some of his 'old'

friends there.

Athletic Boosters An- nounce Raffle

Winners

The Booster Commit-tee of the Athletic As-sociation held its raf-fle drawing at its May meeting. The winner of the $100 was Glenn Brooks. The $75 win-ner was Tom Keating. The $50 winner was Roy Weise. The two $25 winners were Doug Torbet and Alan Lafferty.

The Crime Watch Committee met re-cently to discuss sev-eral issues in the community. The group decided to pur-sue the idea of ob-taining a cellular phone and magnetic signs to use by the person on duty any particular night. It was also mentioned that additional people are needed to assist with the patrolling of the streets at night. The group also dis-cussed the idea of constructing a "Welcome to Ellerslie" sign at each end of town and posting signs stating that the town was protected

sport by a neighborhood watch group. The group further dis-cussed a proposal to try to obtain bicycle helmets for those chil-dren in need, and sev-eral other points con-cerning the safety of children in town. A local resident also ap-proached the group about a problem with speeding on the back streets in our town. The group decided to approach the Roads Dept. about posting speed limit signs on a few of the streets to serve as a reminder. The next meeting will be held at the firehall on Thursday, June 25th at 7 PM.

Dad's

714.14ey by R. L. Porter

My Dad, James V. (Jint) Porter, was many things, a loving hus-band, great father, rail-road man, and a good ball player. But one thing he was not, was a turkey hunter.

Our little town of Ellerslie, is nestled in be-tween two mountains, and we're surrounded by what we call "the woods." Hunting, in Dad's day, was almost a way of life, and was a way to put meat on the table in tough times.

During the depression years, (about 1930) it helped some families sur-vive. Most everyone was a hunter. Rabbit, squir-rel, pheasant, deer and turkey were all available for those skilled enough to take them. Norm Miller, Howard Stair, Un-cle John Porter, Davy Close and many others were all good at the sport. In the fall of the year, when hunting sea-son began, the hills

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HNB Branch Lists New Hours

Effective June 1 st, the Stateline Branch of Hoblitzell National Bank will operate under new hours. The Drive-Up will be open from 8 AM till 5 PM Monday through Thursday. On Friday the drive-up will be open from 8 AM till 7 PM. The lobby will be open from 9 AM till 5 PM Mon.-Thurs. On Friday the hours will be 9 till 7 PM.

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The Turkey Tale Continues (Continued from page 1)

would echo to the boom of the shot-gun, and the crack of the rifle could be heard throughout the land.

For some reason, Dad was not in-terested. He had nothing against the sport, both my older brothers, Jim and Fred were hunters. I was still in grade school, too young to be trusted with a gun. Dad was just not a hunter.

But one day just before Thanksgiv-ing something happened.

Howard Stair was doing some work on Jimmy Imler's furnace, getting it ready for winter, I guess. Glancing out of the basement window he saw a sight he never expected. Jim Porter came walking out of the woods with a shot-gun over one arm and a turkey over his shoulder. Rushing out of the house he confronted my dad.

"Jim where in the world did you get that turkey?" he asked.

"I shot him," my dad replied. "Whereabouts?" Howard asked in-

credulously. "Oh, back there in the woods," Dad

said vaguely, with a nod of his head. "Well let's look it over," Howard de-

manded with a professional gaze at the dead bird.

Dad handed him the turkey. A bit

reluctantly, according to Howard. He watched uncomfortably while

Howard examined the turkey closely. Howard looked at the feet, the comb, and the feathers. He held it at arms length to estimate the weight. At last he handed it back. "Well Jim," he said at last. "You got yourself a nice turk there, congratulations." Breathing a sigh of relief, Dad took the turkey and headed for home. He walked past the house, went into the back yard, and tied the bird by its legs to Mom's clothes line.

Now Norm Miller happened to be on his back porch when Dad began this operation. From where Norm was standing he could look into our back-yard. When he saw what Dad was do-ing, he let out a yell and took off for our house at a dead run. Now Norm was a big fellow, a railroader like Dad, a good athlete, and a pitcher on the ball team. When he started running up the road toward our place he caused quite a stir, so other heads popped out.

Dick Close's dad started to walk over, and so did Herb Myers, our clos-est neighbor.

By this time Dad had finished hang-ing the bird and went into the house.

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Knotts Earns Masters Degree

George Knotts, a local photographer, is slated to receive his master of photography degree from the Pro-fessional Photogra-phers of America. Knotts will be pre-sented the award at the 107th annual PPA Convention in New Orleans this summer. Knotts earned some of his merits at The Mid-East States Affiliated Print Competition held recently in Columbus, OH. George was one of 337 participating pho-tographers in the six state competition. Several of the award winning prints are dis-played at the Country Club Mall. George resides on Hayman St. with his wife Michele and children, Lucas and Kristin. Congrat-ulations George.

Miller Selected to Area Basketball Team

Mark Miller was voted to the Mid-Appalachian League all-star first team for bas-ketball. The voting was done by the coaches of all participating teams. He was one of eight players selected to the

first team. The league includes Mt. Savage, Flintstone, Oldtown and Hancock. Mt. Savage won the league champi-onship for the third straight year. Great Job Mark!

Methodist Church Events

June 15-19 th Vacation Bible School

for 3 year olds through 9th grade aged students, 6:00 - 8:30 PM, Mon-day through Friday. All children and teens wel-come.

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As he entered the kitchen he called, "Mama come see what I got."

"I'm down here in the basement, washing," my mother replied. "What is it?"

"I shot a turkey," Dad said, as calmly as he could.

As he later described it, he said, "All I heard, was the tap, tap, tap, tap, of her shoes as she ran up the stairs." Everyone gathered in the back yard.

Both Norm and Davy gave the bird the once over then rendered their professional opinion. "Jim, that sure is a nice turk," said Norm. Davy nodded his agreement.

My mother turned to rush back into the house. "I've got to call Rose," she yelled happily over her shoulder. Rose was mom's sister, my aunt. She lived in McKees Rocks, a city near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Back in those days, making a tele-phone call was a significant incident. Making a long distance call was an event. That's when Dad decided to come clean. He could see the phone bill mounting minute by minute.

"No mama don't do that, it's all a joke."

My mother stopped, and turned. Her face was beginning to turn red. "What do you mean?" she asked slowly. She was no longer laughing. other voices said, "Yeah, what?" "Well," Dad said smiling, "It's true, I did shoot this turkey in the woods. But it's not a wild turkey, and I didn't get him by going hunting. On my last run to Altoona," he continued. "we had a layover on Thursday, and they had a raffle for a turkey at the boarding house. I won, but then I found that the turkey was live. They gave it to me in a crate. So, I brought it back on Fri-day and gave it to Harry Lowery. He kept it at home last night, then snuck it up into the woods early this morning and tied it to a tree for me. I took Jim's shotgun and all I had to do was shoot it."

"Oh daddy, you should be ashamed," said my mother. But now she wasn't frowning anymore. In fact, now she started to laugh. A few minutes later everyone was laughing.

Years later when he retold the story, Dad said his biggest thrill wasn't in winning the turkey, but in fooling the experts.

Mt. Savage Conducts Commencement Exercises The forty-sixth annual com-

mencement exercise of Mt. Sav-age High School was conduct on May 28th of this year. The local community saw 5 seniors receive their diplomas along with several additional awards. Graduating this year were Kristie Hensel, Melissa Printy, Burkey Ken-nell, Mark Miller, and Jeremy Fetters. Kristie also received a savings bond for class salutato-rian from the Mason Dixon Li-ons and also a trophy from the Woodmen of the World for achievements in United States History. Burkey Kennell was

recognized for his participation in the Jazz band and also a sav-ings bond from Mt Savage United Methodist Church for most scholastically improved.

Mark Miller received numerous awards including a bond from Mt. Savage Athletic Boosters for outstanding male athlete, a cash

award for good citizenship from Post No. 6025 VFW, a bond from Ruth and Richard Beal for student service, a bond from the National Honor Society for the Mrs. Maxine Zimmerman Memorial award for NHS offi-cer, a trophy and bond from Mt. Savage VFW Post No. 6025 for scholastic and sports achieve-ment, and a $250.00 Scholarship to Allegny College from the Col-lege Foundation and Hoblitzell National Bank. Congratulations and good luck in your future en-deavors.

Outdoor Club Bonanza

The Ellerslie Outdoor Club will be sponsoring its annual Bonanza on June 20th from 1 to 6 PM. The event will be held at the outdoor club. It will include music and an all you can eat and drink buffet. There will also be drawings for cash prizes totaling over $1000. Tickets are $20 per couple and are available from any member including Donnie Lowery and Stan Clayton.

Zri Memory of

Eddie Ourkett

June 22, 1993

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Two Firemen Complete Basic Training After several exhausting

months of training, Two lo-cal firefighters have com-pleted the necessary re-quirements to be certified firefighters in the state of Maryland. The two fire-men, Jeff Brewer and Tom Logsdon, began the process at the beginning of the year committing 8 hours almost every Sunday through early May. Their course work included several hands-on fire evolutions at the State training facility in Cresap-town near the State Prison. The fire department ex-tends our congratulations to the two firemen on their certification. Congratula-tions Guys!

This month the volunteer spot-light shines on Jeff Brewer. Jeff resides on High Pine Court with his wife, Brenda, and their three children, Ben, John, and Pat. Jeff is very active in both the athletic association and fire department. In the athletic association, Jeff helps out as a coach for one of the 9-10 little league teams. He assists the little league also by umpiring games. He also works with Dick Fetters in keeping the field main-tained.

Jeff is also an active mem-ber of the fire department. He re-cently completed basic training and is currently working on establish-ing the Jr. Firemen's Program. In his spare time he helps out with the neighborhood watch program.

Thanks for all your hard work Jeff. Your community, and the children in it, thank you.

Association Plans Baseball Trip History/Stories Wanted

We are still currently looking for stories and facts as they relate to Ellerslie, its citi-zens, and its history. If you have an item for submission, please contact a staff member. The article need not be typed and in some cases, you can relate the story over the phone and we will do the rest. We and all of our readers anxiously await your stories. Please share them. Thank you.

The Athletic Booster Commit-tee has planned a summer trip to Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh to catch a major league game. The game will feature the Pittsburgh Pirates up against the Atlanta Braves in an evening game (7:05 PM) on Friday, July 24th. Tickets will be offered to the kids and families in the athletic associ-ation first at a cost of $16. The remainder of the tickets

will be available after July 1 st on a first come first serve ba-

sis to the general public at $20. The extra tickets can be purchased by contacting George Knotts at 301.759.2853 All money should be turned into each team's coach by July The ticket cost includes trans-portation, and departure times will be announced at a later date.

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Area Kids Participate in Tourney

A group of veteran baseball players recently participated in a 6 - 8 year old tournament in Cre-saptown. The team was a patch work of three teams pulled to-gether due to tournament restric-tions on our younger kids. The team played Saturday morning at 8 AM on June 6th . Although the team was scoring, they lost the first game in extra innings by the score of 35 to 34. The kids fol-lowed up with two additional wins that day before being elimi-nated in an exhaustive 4 th game on Saturday. Kids like Kyle Bishop and Nick Logue were ripping the ball all day. Nick also had his glove working in the field. Will Clauson and Jonathon Brewer had bats in

The Ellerslie Outdoor Club in con-junction with the Ellerslie Athletic Boosters will be selling tickets on a mountain bike to be raffled off this fall. The drawing date is set for November 4th. The bike is a Cannondale Model M-700 Mountain Bike. The tickets will be sold for $1 or 6 tickets for $5. Ei-

full gear. Derrick Sisk, Daniel Williams, and Kyle Reed each thrilled the crowd with extra base hits. The kids and fans seemed to take particular delight in watching Dick DeVore dive for cover from those line drive shots back to the pitcher. Hit three times, and on the ground many more than that, it was as if a bulls-eye was painted on him. What a big target that made. ( he, he, ha, ha) A good time was had by all. Thanks to Kenny Sisk, Mark Williams, Larry Reed, Daryl Bishop, and Royce Shroyer for coaching the kids. All the kids can say is "Wait till next year!". Go get'em guys and have fun doing it.

ther way it's a great bargain. The tick-ets will be available at the local base-ball games and by contacting Don Lowery or George Knotts or any of the two groups' members. This is an op-portunity to take a chance on a great prize and help some of the local groups in the community.

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Twister Hits Storage Garage of Local Couple Rob and Sarah Johnson, of Whitetail Lane, were victims of the recent tornado strikes in

Frostburg. They rent a storage garage in Zilhman, a small town just below the Old Depot in Frostburg. This garage was severely damaged by one of the many tornadoes which hit Frostburg. Among their belongings stored in the the building were items from Rob's home, and his 1962 Ford Galaxy. Luckily the vehicle suffered no real damage, and most of their belongings were located within walking distance of the building. The couple feels very lucky that none of the items damaged were of great value, and were merely just things

that had been collected over the years. And we all know that things can be replaced. We all can be very thankful that no lives were lost in this disaster. Look for an article next month on Tornado

Tips. Next time we may not be as lucky, and it could hit our little town.

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Community History Ellerslie Fire Department

Part 3 of 4

In May of 1969, the company started construction on two new bays to house emergency equipment. A local contrac-tor's bid was excepted and work was com-pleted in July of the same year. In 1970, the company purchased a 1957 GMC en-gine with a 750 gpm pump from the Comet Fire Equipment Company in New Jersey. In August of 1972, the company was able to complete outside renovations by having the entire parking lot covered with black top. By December of 1972, the 1942 La France tanker was in very poor condition. The Corriganville Fire Depart-ment made available a 1955 International tanker. This truck was purchased and by 1974 a buyer was found for the old La France.

In 1974, the Allegany County Water Commission began the planning and in-stalling of the town's water system, which for the first time included fire hydrants. Over the next seven years, the company worked to restore the social hall of the fire company. In 1975, the department purchased a new Ford chassis and started plans for a new engine. It was not until 1977, when the company had decided on the specifications and placed its order with Seagrave Fire Apparatus. The truck was delivered in June of 1978. In 1979, the 1958 Chevrolet equipment truck was sold to make room for a 1953 Dodge army surplus jeep which was converted into at brush unit.

On November 27, 1980, individuals

from the Ellerslie Fire Company formed the Ellerslie Ambulance Service. This company operated separately from the fire company and carried its own finan-cial responsibility. They purchased their first ambulance in August of the same year from the LaVale Rescue Squad for $2400. This unit was a 1974 Dodge type II unit. By January 1982, the service pur-chased a new Ford/Horton type II ambu-lance.

In 1982, the fire company sold the 1942 Ford pumper back to the Liberty Road Fire Department who had plans to refurbish the truck.

In December of 1983, the building that housed Murphy's Furniture Mart caught fire. The blaze was started by a malfunctioning heater and caused an es-timated $100,000 in damage. Over twelve different departments assisted in bringing the fire under control. This was followed in 1984 by the flood which caused Wills Creek to flow over it's banks. The fire company and ambu-lance service immediately initiated an evacuation of homes in the King's Grove and Bottom section of our town. The water rose and left quickly but the im-pact was felt for many months. Various rescues were performed by members of our company and other mutual aid corn-panies who responded.

In the next inssue, the new tank truck arrives.

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Community Calender

Fire Department Meetings - 1" and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 7:00 PM Ambulance Meetings - 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM Athletic Association Booster Committee - 2nd Sunday of the Month at 6:30 PM Community Watch Meeting -June 25, 1998 at 7 PM 4th Thursday of month Smoke Free Bingo - Monday nights at 6:45 PM at the fire hall Chicken Fry sponsored by the ladies' Auxiliary - 2nd Saturday of month Ladies Auxiliary Meeting - last Tuesday of each month. Father's Day June 21' Little League Baseball Week - June 8th through the 14th Methodist Church Services - Sun School @ 9:30, Church at 10:45 AM. Calvary Bible Church Services - Church @ 10 AM, Sun School @ 11:15

Fall Soccer Registration Planned The Athletic Association Booster Committee will be conducting its annual fall soccer registration at its next regular scheduled meeting. The registration will be held on July 12th at the Ellerslie Fire Hall at 6:30 PM. All children between the ages of 5 and 10 should plan to register. Those children over the age of 10 should make contact with George Knotts to discuss where they may participate in an organized soccer program.

Personal Notes and Thanks Thanks - To Bobby Kimble, Jeff Brewer, Kelsy King, Jason Brown, Stephen Bucy, Jonathan Bucy and all the guys that help umpire the little league and 9 - 10 year old games. The guys do a great job and for the true baseball fan, Bobby calls the games in the truest of baseball tradition.

Congratulations - To Charles and Lisa Frazier on the birth of their son Evan James. Evan was born on May 14th and weighed 6 lbs 1 1/2 oz. He was born at the Riverside Regional Medical Center in New-port News, VA. Evan's grandpar-ents are Jim and Gloria Mathews.

Condolences - To the Fetters Fam-ily on the loss of Mrs. Flossie Haller. Mrs. Haller was the

mother of Marie Fetters. She passed away on Sunday May 17 th at her home. She was 92.

Thanks - To Mike Clauson, Bill Clan-son, and Bill Leberfinger for their help in assisting the coaches of Pee-Wee baseball.

Thanks - To Jr. Lowery, Jude Shroyer, Eddie Rockwell, Elizabeth Ranker, and Jeff Brewer for their help in delivering the Ellerslie Extra!

Welcome - To our new subscriber Al-berta Bittner of Meyerdale, PA.

Thanks - To Dick Fetters, Jeff Brewer and the rest of the community park grounds crew for helping keep the park looking great. We owe Jim Mathews a huge thank you for keep-

ing the park maintained all the previous years.

Congratulations - To Kristi Hensel on being a fmalist in the WCBC Student Salute Program. Kristi was selected as one of the top three students highlighted in the year long program.

Get Well Wishes - To Diane Williams and Clare Ranker.

Condolences - To the Family of Rev. Raymond Kirby. Our thoughts are with them. Rev. Kirby resided on Gardner Ave, next to his daughter, Grace Ringler.

Congratulations - To Bethany Potts for winning the WCBC Student Salute of the Year for 1998. Bethany won a paid scholarship to Frostburg State.

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Birthday List

June — 1 4 Clare Ranker, 2nd Donald (Woody) Woodrum, 3 I'd Jean Printy, Amy Mallow,4 th Austin Christner, 10th

Janet Kendall, 1 1 th Faye Emerick, 12 th Sherry Miller and Sherry Stahlman, 15 th Olive June Schroyer, and Bethany Logsdon, 17th Donna DeVore, 18 th Derrick Sisk and Josh Logsdon, 20th Leroy Kennell, 21 4 Sally Goebel, 231'i Lu-cas Kenney, and Alan Ranker, 24 th Ben Brewer, 25 th

Kathy Riley, 27th Melissa K. Sturtz, 30th Mark Williams.

July - 5 th Matthew Crump, 6th Terry Lybarger, 8 th Richard Lybarger, Jerry Noel and David Burgess, 9 Michelle Sisk, 11 th Jim DeVore, 12th Yvone Sturtz, 13 th Kayla Williams, 14th Darin Logsdon, 15 th Susan Frantz, 17 th Janet Armstrong and Angela Ashenfelter, 18 th Becky Goebel, 19th Evan and Jordon Logue and Daniel Crump, 21 4 Lucas Kenny, 23"I Scott Noel, 25 th Christopher Davis, 26th Joshua Smith and Myrna Eiger, 27 th Frank and Jimmy Goebel, 29th Alice Marie Growden, 31 4 Cassie Troutman.

Anniversaries

Wayne and Marianne Bittner

Terrell and Glenda Mallow

Faye and Carl Emerick

Bev and Keith Johnson

Rich and Linda Lybarger

Jim and Janie Bucy

June 11

June 20th

June 22

June 24

July 8

July 19

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Where are They Now?

This issue we will feature Sgt. Mark Logsdon. He is the son of Pat & Debbie Logsdon, Greenwood Street. Mark is a 1990 graduate of Mount Sav-age High School. He partici-pated in baseball, soccer and basketball. He was a paperboy in our neighborhood, and helped at Sacred Heart Hospital during the summers, for many years.

During Mark's senior year at Mt. Savage he joined the Army, as part of the 372nd Mil-itary Police Unit in Creasptown. After completions of basic training in Alabama he went into active service and was sta-tioned in Ansbach, Germany for four years.

In October 1995 he and his wife Julie, their children Darin and Bethany returned to the states. He was assigned to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Baltimore. While there, he at-tended Herford Community College. In March of 1998 Mark was sent on a hardship tour to Hawaii, where he re-sides now. Upon completion of his one year tour of duty he and his family will be stationed in Georgia. Our prayers are with Mark

and his family.

Jr. Firemen's Program Begins

The Jr. Firemen's program in Ellerslie has recently started up under the direc-tion of Jeff Brewer. The program gives the kids in the com-munity the opportu-nity to see first hand the work that the vol-unteer fire depart-ment performs in the area. The true intent is to make a connec-tion so that when the kids reach the age of 16, they will have a desire to join and function as a full member of the Eller-slie Fire Dept. The current members in-clude Daniel Miller, John McKenzie, Doug Kiser, and Justin Clites. The group meets on Tues-day mornings at 10 AM at the firehall. Any child between the ages of 13 to 16 wishing to participate should contact Jeff Brewer at 301.724.0093.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Steve Lowery, 106ann. Creig6ton University Doctor of P6armacp

Summa Cum Laude Graduate

"GREAT JOB!"

Love, Mom eZ Dad"

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Hometown asebali Highlights This column serves as means

of listing some of the great ac-complishments our baseball players have made for our home teams. Thanks to all the parents and coaches for giving the kids the opportunity to participate. Catch a game if you can. You will feel the excitement first hand. All of these kids play as a part of the Ellerslie Athletic As-sociation Booster Committee, a group working under the direc-tion of the Athletic Association.

For Pee Wee Purple, how about that swing of Will Clan-son! Will has sent his pee wee pitcher Mark Williams scram-bling, ducking and dodging on more than one occasion. Matt Leberfinger is clobbering the ball this year, as proof, a bases clearing home run against Mt. Savage. Daniel Williams is scooping up those ground balls with ease. Derrick Sisk hustled to a homer against the Mt. Sav-age Grey team. And let's not forget the job the little guys are doing. Taylor Thompson is hitting solid line drives this year and playing outfield with his brother Brett. Tucker Torbet is hustling in the outfield and on the bases. The team is under the direction of Kenny Sisk with help from Mark Williams and Dick DeVore.

ForEmageTsrguise, is under the direction of Royce Shroyer. Helping is Troy Shroyer and Kevin Bryant. Tori Shroyer already has 2 homeruns to her credit this year and is playing 1 4 base. Chase Ryan also has a round tripper to his credit and plays at 2 4d base.

Justin Bryant and Royce Shroyer round out the infield at 3rd and short stop respectively. Both have had active bats this season. Cameron Pressman, playing pitcher's mound, and Kyle Reed have both helped spark the offense. Scott Noel, according to the coaching staff, is one of the most improved members of the team.

For 9 -10 Team 2, How about Joey Logsdon blasting his homerun shot against Lonacon-ing. Joey is also pitching for the team. Ben Brewer and Loni Harvey serve as the team's front line pitchers. Loni has a homer and 2 triples to his credit already. Ben is doubling as the team's catcher. Tiffany Rockwell has hit in every game this year, not bad for a 1 4 time player. Thomas (Bo) Davis is doing a great job at third base. David Crabtree has 2 triples and 4 sin-gles to his credit. The team is under the direction of Ed Rock-well with help from Jeff Brewer, Dwayne Matthews, and Blaine Bridges.

For 9-10 Team 1 How about the pitching job Justin Morgan and Travis Emerick are doing as the two regular starters. Lu-cas Knotts is doing a great job as the number 3 man in the rota-tion. Luke Kenney sparked the offense against Barton with a base clearing home run made up of pure hustle. Rickie DeVore has come through in the clutch with 2 run scoring doubles al-ready this season. Travis Emer-ick has a homer to his credit also, with a bases clearing shot at

Mt. Savage. Kyle Bishop and Nick Logue have come through with key base hits. Nick also turned an unassisted double play at first base against the Coney Reds and also a run scoring triple. The team is under the di-rection of Coach George Knotts with assistance from Greg Logue, Dave Corley, and Dick DeVore.

For the Little League, Mike Porter and Shane Hager are heading up the activity on the mound this year. Both are 1' times in the little league bracket. Mike has a triple to his credit and is batting .570. Shane is standing in with an aver-age of .421. Brett Landis and Steve Bonner each have a home-run to their credit with Brett hit-ting .275 and Steve at .563. Mathew Crump and Billy Kim-ble are hitting an even .500. The team is under the direction of Rick Bonner with help from Chris Crump.

The Hot Stove team, spon-sored by Document Solutions is under the direction of Terry Robb. Recent pitching perfor-mances by Jonathan Bucy , John Emerick, and Chris Bloskey have started to spark some life into the team, which is still early in their season. The leading hitters are Chris Bloskey and,John Emerick and follow-ing them up are the hitting efforts of Cass Martin and Adam Mulden. Assisting Coach Robb are Brian Kelly and Stephen Bucy, with Heather Robb serv-ing as their official scorer.

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The Ellerslie Extra! P.O. Box 237 Ellerslie, MD 21529

A Turkey Tale, Community History, Crime Watch Report, and a whole lot more!

Tornado Tips, Baseball Season Conclusion, Mt. Savage Honor Roll, New Busing Route for Fall

When a Rare Mitochondrial Disease Effects This Family, They Fight Back

How To Contact Us

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301-724-6610 sixsix@hereintown.net PO Box 413 Ellerslie, MD Mike Mathews 301-724-7131 mmathews@mindspring. PO Box 105, Ellerslie, MD Dick DeVore 301-724-4577 rdevore@,mindspring.com PO Box 45 Ellerslie, MD

Many of us have spotted the collec-ion cans in our local stores, and maybe

we have even dropped a few coins in them. But do we know the story be-hind the adorable little boy in the pic-ture? Tanner Lowery is almost 5 years old. He lives with his family in Cincin-nati, Ohio. So why is his picture on a collection can in our local stores?

Tanner's great-grandmother is Edna Lowery. He is the son of Edna's grandson, Richard Lowery. Tanner has a horrible disease which effects the mi-tochondria in his cells. The mitochon-dria is the part of the cell which turns food and oxygen into energy for the cell to use. This energy fuels all of the cells in their daily activities. Tanner's mitochondria do not work the way they should, so his body is not getting the energy it should. This effects many things including his growth. He is much smaller than other boys his age, and he needs to be fed through a tube which goes to his stomach. He has

had strokes and seizures, which have caused brain lesions and other health problems.

To make matters worse, Tanner's younger brother Thomas, 18 months, has been diagnosed with the disease, and Tanner's Mom, Kim Lowery, 29, also suffers from the debilitating dis-ease.

Tanner's family is not taking this sitting down. They are trying to help scientists find a way to fight this dis-ease. They are trying to inform the public about the mitochondrial disease, and raise awareness. They also collect money which is used to purchase equipment. Last year they raised $20,000, which was used to purchase a piece of DNA equipment, which will hopefully help find a way to make Tan-ner's, and others with this mitochon-drial disease, lives easier.

We will have more information in our next issue about this family; their struggles and their triumphs.

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