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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1996
Page
1
Bell Atlantic and Nynex agreed to a 23 billion stock swap merger, forming a company with 37 million lines from Maine to Virginia and 133,000 employees. The deal makes Bell Atlantic the second largest U.S. phone company after AT&T and trims about 3,000 jobs.
Frederick marked Earth Day with community booths at Baker Park showcasing water quality projects. Jeanne Raines demonstrated a vinegar water cleaning formula and explained rain filtration models as visitors browsed displays from Sierra Club and other groups.
Gov Thomas Johnson Middle School students earned first place in the great impressions category at the state Odyssey of the Mind competition held at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The six member team will travel to the Seeer competition at Iowa State University in Ames.
Mount Airy activists rallied against an emu farm, led by Dr. Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns. They argued investors seek to slaughter emus for meat and other products, warning of profit motives in a protest using bullhorns banners and signs.
Tia Hall and Dawn Onley spoke about the impact of drinking and driving after the death of Carolyn Jones Hall allegedly caused by Edward Yanoski. Yanoski pled guilty to homicide while intoxicated in April. Hall urged officials and the judge to seek a tougher sentence and support a candlelight vigil at the Frederick County Courthouse on May 2.
About 2,000 youngsters and adults gathered Saturday in Frederick at Baker Park for the Youth Festival to show fun without alcohol or drugs. Frederick County Public Schools Underage Drinking Prevention Advertising Committee organized the event drawing seniors and visitors from Tucson, Arizona. Virginia. Bethesda. and nearby areas. Activities included a mini race volleyball and tennis tournaments, and student skits.
A simple black stone marker at 172 W All Saints St Frederick honors the 1920 opening of Freder ick County's first high school for black students. About 65 attendees heard former NAACP leader Nickens note the school began in a church and served 19 students, ending as a milestone after black teens previously left the county for schooling. John Bruner, longtime supervisor, recalled the high school's start and board approval in 1919 20 amid district transition.
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