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The Winchester Star99th Year No. 9_36 PAGES/4 SECTIONS_WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA 22601, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1994667-3200 25 CENTSFrederick Considers New Office ProposalsBy DON WORTHINGTONThe Winchester StarFrederick County supervisors are considering three new proposals designed to keep county offices in downtown Winchester.The supervisors received the proposals Wednesday afternoon from the city; from Gilbane Development Associates, a joint venture between Gilbane Properties and Cushman Wakefield based in Washington, D.C.; and from Valley Proteins Inc. Chairman Jerry Smith.The supervisors reviewed the proposals in a one-hour executive session Wednesday, but declined to specifically comment on any one option.“We’ve got enough on our plate right now,” Chairman Richard G. Dick said. “We need to get in touch with ‘ them (the city) and set up a time (to meet),” to discuss the offers, he said.The proposals follow a letter of intent submitted by O’Sullivan Corp. June 20 to construct a 100,000 square-foot county office building at the Westview Business Centre on U.S. 50 East. O’Sullivan has offered to cap con-See Office Move Page 48Text of Letter/A4Foe of Move Offers Plan For BuildingBy TIM BULLIS__The Winchester StarOne of the leaders of the Frederick County office-move opposition group offered his own proposal Wednesday night to the county’s Board of Supervisors to keep the county’s administrative offices in downtown Winchester.Gerald F. Smith, chairman of Valley Proteins and an organizer of We Care, offered to buy the Courthouse Associates building and enter into an agreement with the county for the county to ultimately purchase the building.Smith’s offer came during the Board of Supervisors’ Wednesday night meeting in the board room of the former Frederick County Courthouse.Board Chairman Richard G.Car Splits After Hitting Guardrail At Va. 7 Ramp2 Girls Killed; Driver, 12, SurvivesInvestigators and rescue workers examine the accident scene on Wednesday afternoon.‘I Just Heard This Big BANG’By DONALD LUZZATTOThe Winchester StarAt the scene, state troopers and emergency personnel toiled under an intense midday sun, making measurements and searching the area, while a crowd of a dozen and more gathered by the side of the road.The folks who live nearby, still clearly shaken by the morning’s events, mulled over how a day can go from mundane to macabre in just minutes.“I was in my kitchen washing clothes,” said Karen Anderson, who lives just yards from the site of thewreck, “and I heard a loud thump and the only thing I saw was the car like it was now.”She pointed at the scene—the car ripped into pieces, the crumpled rear resting bumper-skyward on Morgan Mill Road (Route 656), the front mangled and askew several yards away on Va. 7, a “Wrong Way” sign flattened right beside it. Just west, down the road a bit, one of the car’s front seats rested against the guard rail, separated too long a way from its rightful home. A brilliant pink stick of Bonne Bell “LipSmacker” melted in the middle of theSee Scene Page A6Stephanie Steverson (left) and Brandy Martin posed for these photos in the 1994 Daniel Morgan Middle School yearbook, Rifleman.Crystal was listed in fair condition at Winchester Medical Center this morning, according to a medical center spokeswoman.According to the state police report, the car was traveling on Va. 7 East about 2 miles east of Winchester at 10:56 a.m. when the driver attempted to turn onto an exit ramp leading to Route 656, also known as Morgan Mill Road.The car, a 1986 Hyundai sedan, spun out of control and hit a guardrail, the report stated. The force of the impact cut the car in half.The report stated that all three girls were thrown from the car by the collision.One half of the car landed on the exit ramp leading to Route 656, and the other on the shoulder of Va. 7, Caldwell said. Debris from the car was strewn acrossSee Accident Page A6The driver was trying to turn onto the exit ramp to Route 656 (left) when the car hit the guardrail. Thevehicle was cut in half, with one section on the ramp (left center) and the other beside Va 7 (right center).Star Photo by Michele StudebakerIn this view, which faces east, a car seat lies at the end of the guardrail.By BRIAN ROOTThe Winchester StarTwo Winchester girls were killed Wednesday morning when a car driven by a 12-year-bld Frederick County girl on Va. 7 East went out of control, slammed into a guardrail, and was cut in half, Virginia State Police said.Stephanie J. Steverson, 12, of the 200 block of East Street, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, a report filed by Trooper K.S. Newland stated. Brandy Nicole Martin, 14, of Fair-view Avenue, was pronounced dead after she was taken to Winchester Medical Center, the report stated.Stephanie and Brandy were students at Daniel Morgan Middle School, according to E.P. “Ned” Browning III, assistant superintendent of Winchester city schools.The driver of the car has been identified as Crystal Lockhart, 12, of Frederick County. She was a fifth-grader at Stonewall Elementary School and is scheduled to attend James Wood Middle School next fall, according to Robert Cleaver, assistant superintendent of Frederick County schools.She suffered broken bones and internal injuries and was taken to Winchester Medical Center, according to hospital spokeswoman Carol Weare.
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