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Joshua Chadwick, Mara Comfort, Jacob Thomas and Timothy Winter have been designated as commended students in the 1994 National Merit Scholarship Program.The Francis Scott Key High School seniors will receive letters of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation which conducts the program.Commended students have shown exceptional academic promise by placing among the top 5 percent of more than a million program entrants.

"Hope is Alive!" is the theme of a regional concert to be presented tonight in the auditorium of Francis Scott Key High School, on Bark Hill Road in Union Bridge.Student choruses from Francis Scott Key, Elmer Wolfe Elementary, Uniontown Elementary and Taneytown Elementary schools will perform individually and together.The concert begins at 7 p.m. and will last about an hour.There is no charge for admission.The elementary schools will open the program with patriotic songs, including "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Sing a Song of Peace."

F. S. Key High gets charter for honor societyFrancis Scott Key High School has been granted a charter for Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, an honor society for outstanding students of Spanish.The FSK society is called the Sancho Panza Chapter.Carol A. Leach, Spanish teacher, is a member of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Only schools whose teacher is a member of AATSP may be granted a charter.Students for the society will be chosen shortly and inducted in a ceremony.

About the only thing that doesn't come naturally to Francis Scott Key wrestler Randy Owings when he's on the mat is losing.Owings has taken to the mat 23 times this season for the Eagles and 22 times he has left a winner -- 14 by pin. Key coach Bill Hyson says the 16-year-old already wrestles like a polished veteran, despite being only a sophomore.Owings -- ranked second in the state in the 130-pound class -- has a strong wrestling background that began when he was 4. It was then he started competing in tournaments before joining the FSK Junior Eagles program at 7. He won states as an eighth-grader in the junior program, and his immediate success in high school was no surprise to him."

As the late August evening sun rays splashed across the Francis Scott Key athletic field, a tiny woman with blond hair called a halt to the Key field hockey practice.With a no-nonsense look on her face, the woman delivered a stern lecture to the players who towered over her.The blond woman looked more like a younger playmate of the girls than the new coach of the Eagles.But sure enough, it was Mindy Wagner, all 4-foot-11 of her, giving the Key players a speech they wouldn't forget very soon.

"Rehearsal for Murder," a suspense-filled play within a play, will be presented by Francis Scott Key High School students at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the school's auditorium.Director Suzanne Summitsaid a cast of 15 students will perform in the the murder mystery. The theme of the play focuses on finding the killer of a Broadway actress."The play has a lot of suspense. It's modern, almost like a 'Murder She Wrote' episode," explained Summit, who has been directing plays at Key for last 15 years.

Francis Scott Key wrestling coach Bill Hyson said he entered this season with "cautious optimism."Following last night's 40-20 win over county rival South Carroll, it's a pretty safe bet that Hyson can forget about the "cautious" part.It wasn't easy for the Eagles, who improved to 8-0-1 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in the county.They remain 5-0 in the MonocacyValley Athletic League."We're a young team, and going into everymatch you never know what can happen," Hyson said."We won some matches we needed to win, and they (South Carroll)

Four Francis Scott Key wrestlers claimed individual titles to lead the host team to a win in the Francis Scott Key Christmas Tournament, Dec. 27.Randy Owings (119), Chris Beale (125), Ed Null (160) and Norman Jones (171) took individual honors, while seven other Key wrestlers placed in the top four of their respective weight classes.Key finished with 160.5 points to take top honors in the eight-field tournament. Catoctin, Frederick County, took second with 130.5.Liberty finished third with 118 points.

It's still early in the season. And perennial county wrestling champion Oakland Mills usually gets off to slow starts.But Oakland Mills coach Dan Ricker's face wore its disappointment conspicuously Thursday night. His favored Scorpions blew a 27-17 lead at home and settled for a 33-33 tie against the Francis Scott Key Eagles.And despite getting five pins, the Scorpions let a younger team off the hook by losing three of its last four matches, two by pins andone by major decision, which gives the team an extra point.

Yesterday, Adele Mowers was singled out from the crowd at Francis Scott Key High School, where community service has become as much a part of education as algebra and English.The 17-year-old senior was awarded the Horatio Alger Youth Award by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc., during a daylong program on community service.She was the only Maryland student selected for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship."Wow. I really was surprised," said Mowers, the daughter of Fred and Kathy Shaw of Linwood.