Changes ahead as Frederick County weighs elected school board
A November referendum could shift Frederick County from a governor appointed seven member board to an elected at large board with four year terms and two consecutive term limits. A nonpartisan nomination process would be created to bypass party influence, while vacancies remain filled by county commissioners.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Democratic
Republican Central Committees
Alan Duke
Frederick County Committee
Timothy Gallagher
Harford
Anne Arundel
Sue Rovin
Parris Glendening
Jean Smith
Smith
Republican Central Committee
Rovin
League of Women Voters
Duke
Gallagher
GOP
Central Committee
John A. Derr
Frederick
Washington
Senate
Jack Derr
Glendening
Franklin Announces Candidacy for Frederick County Commissioner
Democrat James R. Franklin Sr. 54 of Middletown, a Montgomery County science teacher, announced a bid for Frederick County Commissioner on Wednesday. He backs education funding, teacher raises, school construction, a up to 3000 impact fee increase, a county geological survey for sinkholes, watershed protection, parkland preservation, and expanded park inventory as part of a grass roots campaign.
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James R. Franklin, Sr
Middletown
Frederick County
Franklin
Montgomery County
Hagerstown to Host National Civil War Re enactors Meet
Hagerstown will host a national Civil War conference in February at the Ramada Inn and Convention Center. Organizers expect up to 2,000 re enactors to attend the first national gathering. Don Warlick, involved in last year's Antietam recreation, helped arrange the event.
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Hagerstown
Ramada Inn
Don Warlick
Antietam
Woman Volunteer Earns $1000 for Center in Golden Rule Awards
Ann Clinton of Jefferson drives 70 miles round trip to teach adults reading and earns Up County Family Center in Emmitsburg a $1000 prize from JCPenney as part of the 15th Golden Rule Volunteer Awards. The program honors 21 state volunteers with crystal sculptures and grants to their organizations. finalists receive certificates and $250 grants.
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Ann Clinton
Emmitsburg
Jcpenney Co
Ms. Clinton
Frederick County
Laverne Heffner
Margel Kesner
Joseph D. Brandenburg Center
John §. Mills
Carroll Manor Fire Co
Clinton
Jefferson
Democratic Party
Obituaries from Frederick area incl Owen Smothers infant
Infant Adam Jordan Smothers five weeks died April 27 at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Graveside services were held April 30 at Resthaven Frederick. Also listed are Patricia Werking and Lucille Py with memorials, and Eva Harriss and John Thompson death notices with funeral details.
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Adam Jordan Smothers
Garretts Mill Road
Knoxville
John Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick
Darrell
Dorothy Smothers
Ashley Renee Smothers
Marvin
Bessie Smothers
Henry
Rosie Giles
Two Frederick students win Faces of the Future awards
Alison Dean of Singanore High and Justin Wiggs of Walkersville High earned Maryland Faces of the Future honors for leadership in safe and drug free school efforts and Youth RISE respectively. Justin is a 4.0 student and recent Scholar Athlete of the Year. Alison received praise from her principal for community service.
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Frederick County High School
Alison Dean
Singanore High
Justin Wiggs
Walkersville High
Maryland
Maryland Association of Student Councils
Maryland Student Service Alliance
Alison
Justin
Singapore
Michael Trout
Walkersville
Jay Berno
Berno
Greater Baltimore
National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame
Funeral services for Mr Norman E Payne of Germantown
Funeral services were held for Norman E Payne who died Sunday April 26 in Damascus. The Rev Leon Dodson of Damascus Weslian Church officiated a song was sung by Wanda Cross. Bearers were Mario Zelaya Dave Foster Scott Sands Kristen Myers Louis Andrews and Kenny Keyser. Interment followed at Parklawn Memorial Park Rockville
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Norman E. Payne
Germantown
Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home
Damascus
Leon Dodson
Damascus Weslyan Church
Wanda Cross
Mario Zelaya
Dave Foster
Scott Sands
Kristen Myers
Louis Andrews
Kenny Keyser
Parklawn Memorial Park
Rockville
Lack of land blocks expansion of Magnolia House care home
Elizabeth and Laith Aboosi run Magnolia House Senior Care in Monrovia, licensed by the State, caring for three tenants aged at least 90. Their 2.8 acre lot lacks the 3 acre minimum for a county nursing home and a special exception, plus variance, was discussed with the Frederick County Board of Appeals amid calls for a zoning text change.
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Elizabeth
Laith Aboosi
Magnoliahouse
Monrovia
Frederick County
Aboosi
Board of Appeals
Elizabeth Aboosi
State Department of Mental Health and Hygiene
Aboosis
Magnolia House
J. Tyler Quynn
John Lovell Jr
Four retail projects planned in Hagerstown Valley Mall expansion to add Hechts wing
Crown American announces a 25 million Hechts anchor wing at Valley Mall adding a movie theater shops and food court to expand the mall by about a third with opening planned next year. Petrie Dierman Kughn also reveals a 340 million shopping complex north of the mall creating about 1500 jobs. Garrett Smith Inc plans an 85 acre south valley mall retail strip.
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Hagerstown
Crown American
Johnstown
Hecht’s Department
Valley Mall
Virginia
Petrie Dierman Kughn
Garrett & Smith Inc
Cabin John
Maryland Top Youth Entrepreneur 1998 honors George Beckman
Oakland youth George Beckman, a Southern High School senior, turned an $1800 start into G. W. Hatchery with 450 chickens 21 turkeys and waterfowl. Gov. Glendening to present the Top Youth Entrepreneur award Friday in Baltimore.
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Oakland
Garrett County
George Beckman
Southern High School
G.W. Hatchery
Parris Glendening
Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Baltimore
Housing fair connects residents with aid and information in Frederick
About 150 attendees at the Frederick Community Action Agency fair heard from local and state agencies offering housing help for low income families and first time buyers. Participants included Frederick County HRD and leaders from Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc and the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program with hotline and contact details for further steps.
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Dianne Harding
Pat Harding
Federal Housing Authority
Sharon Farrow
Frederick
David Boil
Boil
Mr. Beil
The
Fred
Erick County
Lydell Scott
HRD
Ms. Scott
Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc
Maryland
Patricia Staples
BNI
Staples
James Schmersahl
Frederick Non-Profit Building Supply Inc
Brennecke Earns West Point Appointment Class of 2002
Lara Brennecke of Middletown High School will join the West Point Class of 2002 after earning a full undergraduate scholarship. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lucas Brennecke, she maintains a 4.0 GPA, letters in field hockey, basketball, and tennis, volunteers at Frederick Memorial Hospital and the YMCA, and was nominated by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and Sen. Paul Sarbanes. Upon graduation she will be commissioned as a U.S. Army officer.
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E. Patricia Werking
Peach Orchard Court
Brunswick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
John B. O’hara
Ethel Miller O'Hara
Bethany Lutheran Church
Girl Scouts of America
Merryland Tract Homemakers
Eugene Werking
Patti Kern
Diane Wenner
David
Charlotte Bolander
Tricia Kern
Frederick
Jody Kern
Lara Brennecke
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Lucas
YMCA
U.S. Army
Ross completes basic military training at Lackland AFB
Airman Justin Ross has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. He is the son of Susan Ross of Mount Airy and a 1997 graduate of South Carroll High School in Sykesville.
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Raymond L. Py
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Ind
Marjorie Mathews
LawVerm H. Mathews
Dayton
The
Heart Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Lackland Air Force Base Hospital
San Antonio
Texas
St. Francis Hospital
Britthaven Nursing Home
Nags Head
N.C
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Rockville
Air Force Airman
Duane Griffiths
Lackland Air Force Base
Jamie
Edmund and
Stacie Siekierski
Jefferson
John and
Kathy Griffiths
Monrovia
Air Force
Justin Ross
Susan Ross
Mount Airy
South Carroll High School
Sykesville
Obituary for L Wayne Muillinix April 1997
L Wayne Muillinix died April 30 1997. Family notes he is always in our hearts and thoughts. Sandy, children and grandchildren remember him fondly.
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L. Wayne Muillinix
Sandy Children
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