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riaroid Grmisley.31-being held liable for court decision of the case.Mor# than • month agoI ordered specimens from The Butterfly Company, Oceanside, N.Y., of a giant Slam scarab beetle, a giant weevil from Siam, and a sunset moth of Madagascar. I must have my specimens by August 14, 1970. Can you find out why they aren't here y«t?—D.M.representative, a (ruck strike has caused the stopple of aU order, pickups, and thousands of packages are being reclaimed for dcln-ery by parcel post. He located your!iau fn Wal l°.,uSend “ by farcel »os‘ *b« ^me day called if possible. The weevil is not available.Have the Hagerstown Bears, the privately-owned footbair team, signed a contract with the Board of Education for vsw of the South Hag*rst«wn High School stadium, and for how long? How much money will the Bears pay for the cost of labor, mainfenance, locker room, medicat supplies, custodian fees, expenses due to wear and tear of the field, etc.? Is there a provision in the contract that the Hears will pay for any additional cost incurred by the county due to Hagerstown Bears activity?—E.J.The final contract and addendum between the Washington County Board of Education and Hagerstown Bears was signed for one year (season) about two weeks ago. The Bears will pay $3C0 per home game, rental Fee for use of the field and locker roorn facilities. The $300 covers costs for preparation of the field; one custodian on the premises during the game; lighting; and hot water. As for “wear and tear,” Ihe learn insurance policies cover $50,000 properly damage; $10fl-$300,000 public liability; and $1 million umbrella or excess liability. The Bears haveagreed, based on photographs and a professional appraisal of the condition of the field before and after the season, to be responsible for restoration of the field to the extent that it is felt the extra wear and tear was caused by Bears use of it. The (cam will provide and pay for all its own medical supplies and physician services. No other facilities but the locker room will be used. Cleanup inside and out will be taken care of by school board personnel th« day after the games and the Bears will be billed for the labor. The Bears will provide security personnel, two In the building and also an adequate number outside. According to the team general managcr-coach, the Bearswould to use the field in yean to come and boACTION LINE solves problems, answers questions, checks Into complaints, stands up for your rights. Call Action I .ine at 733-5131 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Or write Action Line, The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, fv'rd. 21740 Give your full name, address and phone number. Do not send any original documents; Aclion Line does nnt return any mar win!. Answers only in the column. The number of queries prohibiU answering avery question.will make every effort to see that the taxpayers are not punished financially by use ol these facilities.Where can I get those bumper itfckers that say, America—fove it or leave U?_D.M.Try any of Hie local American Legion posts.I was discharged in April from the U.S. Army, Iwo months late because of abscessed fiver and lungs contracted in Vietnam. I filed a claim for disability, but the Veterans Administration says I am not eligible because there Is insufficient evidence that 1 was hospitalized while in the army. I was at Kenner Army Hospital, Fort Lee, Virginia.I wrote to the regional VA office in Baltimore, but nothing has been done.—D.B.The Army Surgeon General’s office directs you to send a letter to the Adjutant General, Department of the Army, Washington. D.C. 20310. Include all information: dates, unit, service number, claim number, etc. Have the letter witnessed by a notary public to establish that you arc who you say you arc! In the letter, grant permission or authorization for your medical records lo be released lo the specific Veterans Administration doctor or' official who needs this information in order lo approve your claim.I would like lo havt lh» weeds cut in a field that is state property between eld Route 63 and the new Route 63. The Stele Roads Commission says it will cut Ihe roadside area but not the field, which has never been cut Ihis Y*ar. The weeds are so tall, I know there are snakes in there, I have children and fear for them.—Mrs. BJ.A representative of the State Roads Commission indicated that the roadside will he mowed one more time this summer. It is not customary, he says, for the MSEC to mow all state property, and this field will not he cut. He also says weeds do not automatically mean snakes. His viewpoint was confirmed by a survey made by the Maryland Herpctological Society. A consultant at the reptile division of the Smithsonian Institute says there are only two poisonous snakes in Maryland, neither nf which Inhahit terrain such as you describe. The Umber rattlers arc restricted to high, rocky, mountainous elevations. A shed or woodpile on your own property would be more likely to provide shelter than the exposed field if a copperhead, which also prefers rocky bluffs, had been imported** into this unnatural habitat. The consultant suggested that children he taught respect and understanding of this form of nature in line with twentieth century ecological thinking. Neither is he sympathetic to the old-fashioned” idea that all snakes should be killed on sight, he says. 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The Daily Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Tue, Aug 11, 1970
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