Frederick News-Post (Newspaper) - February 9, 2003, Frederick, Maryland o 2003 Randall Family LLC Good morning Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet them on your way down Wilson Mizner Weather Sunshine followed by clouds and cold High 37 Mostly cloudy and cold snow late Low 24 More on Inside High school basketball Patriots beat Cadets in action Sports The still of a potter Clay becomes art in the hands of Joyce Michaud Horizon C 1 Zealand The real star of of the Rings films Travel Outdoors Index Community Crossword Editorial Horizon Lotteries Police Sports.............B-l-10 Travel TV Look Ahead MONDAY femes TUESDAY HaUh ft fitness WEDNESDAY Food 5 Sections Press 45.000 Frederick Maryland 21705 FINAL EDITION Feeling the burn Branding on the rise as a form of body art By ERIC SLAGLE Staff The initial burn didn't hurt as much as the healing First it looked sort of crispy then it turned white and slimy Bum creams might have hurried the healing so Vaseline was used instead The scars Kevin Rhoderick proudly presents today were not the result of an accident Forming a cross they were the result of at least a year's worth of nerve building and tion The brand on Mr left arm is another form of body tion that while not as widespread as tattooing or piercing is on the rise according to one practitioner Gordon Staub owner of Time Bomb Tattooing in Frederick said he performs about four or five brands a year usually using a propane torch and thin piece of glowing hot steel to strike and burn the skin though other methods for branding do exist As Mr Staub notes the brand is usually sought as a right of be it spiritual fraternal or religious For most who subject themselves to the third-degree burns the brand duces pain is not an issue Although some subjects meditate to help handle the pain a brand feels comparable to receiving a tattoo Mr Staub said It's the prolonged and interrupted healing process that hurts As is the practice of many people who have received brands Mr ick regularly agitated the burned area after branding to increase the ring He used a nail brush to perform the painful practice for three months after the initial sear then decided to let it heal There is no pain said Mr Rhoderick whose cross is now about a year old It feels like regular skin These days the cross burned into the flesh of Mr upper left arm stands out noticeably more pink than the rest of his arm It looks better Staff photo by Marny Malin Kevin Rhoderick shows the cross branded on his left ann The practice of ing white not as widespread tattooing or piercing is on the rise according to one practitioner after a visit to the tanning salon because of his complexion he said Some people don't understand the said Mr Staub who has seen a few botched do-it-yourself brands in his shop You've only got one shot to get it right If you miss it's too bad Commonly the brand people give themselves is too small he said The result is basically a blob Other tunes the image didn't trans- fer because of a poorly shaped ing surface Mr Staub who said his shop is the only one in the area offering brands said a steady hand is a must I wouldn't try to do it Mr Rhoderick said But some people would and that leads Dr Ralph Manchester of the American College Health Association to consider a connection between See BRANDING Big businesses passing by By ANDREW Staff com For the most part the large tract of land is still empty There are no signs of any telecommunication equipment unless scattered phone lines and a few antennas count There tainly aren't any giant satellites or cor- structures which is what the Frederick County Office of Economic Development OED would have liked to have seen built on the Krantz Farm off Md 180 in Frederick When Mountainside Corp a division of Intelsat was looking for a large plot of land to build a technical building and communications center Frederick County was high on a list of possible locations according to sat spokeswoman Allison Why do larger companies snub We needed close proximity to our Washington she said We needed attractive land prices good existing infrastructure We needed an area of land without interference from cell phone towers or airport radar and we obviously looked at how counties officials were reacting to our plans While Frederick County thought their location met the company's ria Intelsat decided instead to buy 55 acres in Washington County to build their commercial THURSDAY 72 building and satellite communications network The communications center is expected to generate 15 senior cal and engineering positions over the next two years and 50 more jobs over the next five Ms said Although Ms could not say specifically what drew Intelsat to Washington County over Frederick County Marie Keegin the director of Frederick County's Office of Economic Development has an idea The Frederick County land was not as developed as the site near stown said Ms Keegin whose office actively courted Intelsat The infrastructure water and sewage was not yet to that site she said of the Frederick location See BIG America prepares for worst New terrorism alert raises U.S vigilance ASSOCIATED PRESS Terror alert levels The Bush administration raised the nation's terror alert to orange for the second time warning of a high risk of terrorist attack around the Muslim holy period of the Hajj Severe condition High condition Elevated condition Guarded condition Low condition Police stepped up security at airports subways and hotels Saturday one day after the nation was put on heightened terrorist alert The Bush administration raised the national ror alert from yellow to orange Friday Attorney General John Ashcroft cited an increased hood that the terror network would attack Americans noting hotels and apartment buildings were possible targets Stepped-up protections stretched across the country from the San land Bay Bridge to the NBA Star Game in Atlanta today Nuclear ties in California and Washington state and some utilities put security plans into action A ing law ment source told The ated Press that the measures came in response to intercepted com- between suspected terrorists ing New York as a target In the Big Apple city officials told residents to be vigilant but go about their business Many New Yorkers did just that You've got to live your said Jonathan low 23 walking to his job at a midtown Manhattan investment banking firm But city streets and particularly traffic aboard subways was sparse This is amazing to me how empty it said abeth Bohlen of Mystic Conn waiting at Times Square to board a train Four uniformed police officers and a ing dog patrolled the station Saturday Officers were also seen guarding popular tourist spots like the Plaza Hotel and Tiffany Co jewelry store while three large police vans were parked at the southwest entrance to Central Park Investigators were especially concerned about the possibility of chemical biological or radiological attacks and information they received raised specific concerns about attacks on hotels and subways said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity Gov George E Pataki called up a special Air al Guard unit trained to handle and placed the state on orange alert The city has remained on orange alert the since Sept 11 Security officials planned to enforce a rule at ports that bans public parking within 300 feet of any terminal buildings said Mark Hatfield a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration Additional passenger screening and random car searches would also occur at Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports Security also was boosted at river crossings At the New Jersey entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel a heavy presence of state troopers was evident and trucks headed into the city were stopped and inspected just as they were immediately following the Sept attacks Officials at hotels and private buildings wouldn't disclose their additional security but said they were taking precautions Marline Roy security manager at the hotel said hotel and police have both increased their presence Ms Bohlen said she wasn't aware of the alert until she read Saturday morning papers She and her friend Dorothy Waglow also of Mystic Conn said the threat wouldn't stop them from going to the New York City Ballet I have part of a subscription said Ms Waglow so I wasn't going to not go Born after 24 weeks tiny bundle has delivered joy Staff Staff Sam JEFFERSON Jeffrey Garel Corun is the center of his parents world their miracle baby On Wednesday Cathy and Jeff Corun and their family will brate their son's first birthday a milestone that hasn't come easy Jeffrey born at 24 weeks weighed just one pound seven ounces He was smaller than most Mr Corun said with a laugh adding that his son was only 11 inches long at birth As his parents described the first few anxious months of his life Jeffrey now weighing 17 He was so little He didn't even look like a baby pounds 6 ounces crawled around the living room exploring things within his reach For the couple who struggled for more than a decade to haw children the fifth time was the charm Mrs Corun said she was ried when her water broke only 23 weeks into her pregnancy She was rushed to Frederick Memori- al Hospital but later transferred to Shady Grove Hospital in Although doctors tried to delay delivery Jeffrey was born a week later 1 heard him cry Mrs Corun said Then they took him away and they didn't say anything to us Jeffrey was taken to the neo natal intensive care unit NICU where he was hooked to a respira tor as his tiny lungs weren't devel enough to work correctly Mr Corun said that while his wife recuperated from delivering he went to the NKT to check on See BORN R G HIV E
