Two Frederick Landlords Challenge Water Bill Hikes
Landlords Wayne Stull and Ingeborg Ramsburg contest six month water bill increases in Frederick. Stull reports a rise from 115 to 503 dollars with a new meter installed in September 1985 and questions meter accuracy. Ramsburg notes bills jumped from 9–60 to 341 600 gallons. plumbers found no leaks. Both will appeal to the city utility committee and Board of Aldermen seeking relief.
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Frederick
Wayne Stull
Fifth St
Stull
Ingeborg Ramsburg
Betty Floyd
Utility Commission
City Water
Stall
Ms. Ramsburg
Bentz Street House
Charles Murphy
Bentz Street
Candidates debate budget cuts for USDA programs
Frederick County Farm Bureau forum gathers four congressional candidates and three campaign reps who discuss reducing farm subsidies and trimming USDA budgets amid drought and market pressures. Vandenberge calls for phasing out subsidies citing 700 million spent on storage of 8 billion dollars in surplus foods. Byron defends trims already taken and opposes sugar honey tobacco subsidies while urging tighter Farmers Home Administration lending. Nonnenmacher opposes government farm involvement and links abortion to farm demand. Crook cites Chavez stance for gradual subsidy cuts after drought relief.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
National Affairs Committee
Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
John Vandenberge
Vandenberge
Ellicott City
Beverly B. Byron
USDA
Byron
Farmers Home Administration
Clifford Crook
U.S. Senate
Linda Chavez
Chavez
Nick Nonnenmacher
Arnold
Maryland
Capitol Hall
Farm Bureau
Nonnenmacher
Words of Wisdom From Seapere Inside The News
A concise quotation notes that winning well proves harder than losing well. Author T E B Clarke comments that the winner faces tougher practice and discipline, highlighting the value of steady effort over flash. The remark frames sports and life as tests of continual self improvement rather than one off success.
Pig and duck racing thrill Montgomery County Fair crowd
At the Montgomery County Fair in Gaithersburg Merle Mills expanded pig races to include duck races. Six daily heats feature two pigs or five ducks with spectators flocking to watch the slowgoing waterfowl around a sawdust track while winners receive a pink Southern States T shirt. Mills trained 15 ducks, but brought his top five to the fair as part of a poultry themed celebration.
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Merle Mills
Montgomery County
Mills
Mus
South
Child abuse cases rise in Frederick County area
Frederick County reports child abuse and neglect cases climbing from 193 to 315 over four years. CPS staff are limited to one full time and one part time investigator locally, while the governor adds 40 new CPS positions statewide to ease caseloads.
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Frederick County
Child Protective Services
Robert Twentey
Baltimore County
Jo Atwater
Department of Human Resources
Harry Hughes
News-Post
General Assembly
Department of Human
Oklahoma post office gunman kills 14 in Edmond
A part time postal worker opened fire at the Edmond post office just after 7 am killing 14 and wounding at least four before taking his own life. Police identified the shooter as Pat Sherrill. several victims were hospitalized with varying wounds.
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Edmond
Okla
Pat Sherrill
Ron Cavin
Sherrill
Oklahoma City
Cavin
Mercy Health Center
Jill McDonald
Gene Bray
Steve Vick
Elmo the clown teaches kids face painting at mall
The Frederick News-Post reports Elmo Gibb is at the Francis Scott Key Mall offering a two day circus event. He guided about a dozen children in bowing and makeup for clown characters as part of a Cabbage Patch Doll competition that drew around 300 youngsters, promising wholesome family fun. Darla Sutton notes three of her four children won, thanking the abundance of dolls at home.
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Prolif Clinick
News-Post Stari
Frederick
Elmo the Clown
Francis Scott Key Mall
Elmo Gibb
Darla Sutton
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Wendy
Brunswick
Susan C. Nicol
Sarasota
Ray Hoffman
Ken Barnhouse
David Rice
News-Fed
Inside the News
T.E.B. Clarke
Pig
Becky Brashear
News- Post
Gaithersburg
Janet Warne
Oklahoma
Elmo
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