Memory Lane marks 50th Montgomery County Fair history
Grovehill fair volunteers unveil Memory Lane an exhibit detailing the fair birth and growth to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The feature recalls Big Day June 4 1949 when 5000 attended to raise barns and facilities and notes the fair’s shift from dairy dominance to educational public outreach.
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Gaithersburg
Diane Geary
Montgomery County Agricultural Center
Montgomery County
Anderson
Thrasher Farm Soil Conservation Project
Elsie Pyles
Montgomery County Agricultural Society and
Home Arts Building
Memory Lane
Drew Stabler
Laytonsville
Aociety
Stabler
D.A.R.E
Fired Detrick scientists allege anti Arab bias
Two former US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases researchers claim they were fired over Arab heritage. Ayaad Assaad and Kulthoum Mereish filed EEOC complaints seeking job reinstatement, back pay, and anti discrimination guidelines.
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Fort Detrick
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Ayaad W. Assaad
Kulthoum A Mereish
The
Baltimore) Sun
Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Assaad
Virginia
Environmental Protection Agency
Egypt
Ms Mereish
Department of Commerce
U.S
Army
Jordan
Chuck Casey
County hopes air testing will show building's OK
Johns Hopkins officials tested the Citizens Services building for air quality after mold spore issues. If August results show acceptable levels along with humidity and temperature, this could be the last monitoring by Hopkins.
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Johns Hopkins University
Citizens Services
Diane Zerbe
Hopkins
Ron Hart
William Dennis
Ocean City Lifeguards Thin As Hurricane Bonnie Nears
Ocean City police urge swimmers to stay close to remaining lifeguards as high surf and strong rip tides from Hurricane Bonnie reduce staff. With many guards back to school, chair coverage is sparse and officials warn of dangerous conditions.
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Ocean City
Bonnie
Local Navy crew visit Cannes aid elderly home in France
Navy Lt Cmdr Kenneth Beck and Seaman Jamie Myers from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a six month Mediterranean deployment based in Norfolk, helped refurbish a retirement home housing 70 elderly residents during a Cannes port call. Beck is married to Johanna Rothen of Mount Airy. Myers’ former guardian is Joan Toms of Thurmont. Rip tides blamed for three deaths along Delaware and North Carolina coasts as Maryland student Michael Johnson drowns at Rehoboth Beach and a Virginia teen helper dies in Corolla incident.
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Navy
Cmdr
Kenneth Beck
Jamie Myers
France
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Gulf
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Norfolk
Cannes
Beck
Johanna
John
Joy Rothen
Mount Airy
Seaman Myers
Joan Toms
Thurmont
Jay Hancock
Delaware
North Carolina
Maryland
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Michael Johnson
Wheaton
Virginia
Corolla
N.C
Daniel Vasquez
Frederick
Susan Raffeto
Grafton
Missing mother and son back in Carroll County
Sharon Elaine Wimperis, a former Finksburg resident, is in Carroll County to face kidnapping charges eight years after fleeing with her 5 year old son during a bitter custody dispute. Federal agents arrested her near Detroit and she is held without bail awaiting a bail review.
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Carroll County
Westminster, Md
Finksburg
Carrol County
Sharon Elaine Wimperis
FBI
Detroit
The
Baltimore) Sun
Maryland
Wimperis
Police Chief Updates Panel on Profiling and Use of Force
Frederick Police Chief Major Ray Raffensberger told the Citizens Assessment Panel that profiling is not used to decide traffic stops. He reviewed use of force reports, noting 112 this year and 220 in 1997, and said verbal judo training should extend to most officers by November. Also, Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Long, son of Thurmont residents, received a Letter of Commendation at Yuma, Arizona.
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Ray Raffensberger
Frederick Police Department
Police Citizens Assessment Panel
James Seale
Seale
Kelly Russell
Police Department
Raffensberger
Marine Lance
Cpl
Philip Long
Marine Wing Support
8Rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Yuma
Ariz
Gwynne Long
Thurmont
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Southern Rain Band
Molly Curran
Amy Richard
Damascus
Liz Wood
Tara Flynn
Boyds
Miranda Abrahams
Adrienne Selbie
Rockville
Peggy Humphreys
Shepherdstown
Wva
Charles Drenning
Woodsboro
Ene
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Ms. Humphreys
Edith Miller
Corriedale
Bruce Snyder
Kutztown
Joy
Lance Shreck
Bunker Hill
Mr. Snyder
Chava S. Roth
Eldersburg
Billy Leib
Mechanicsburg
Symphony Hill Farm
Leib
Mary Kate Schneider
Barnesville
Debra Summerall
Doris Day
Front
Stacy Wolfe
Detrick
Casey
Usamriid
Department of Defense
David R. Franz
Col. Franz
Southern Research Institute
Zerbe
USS
Frederick Netwws-Vost
Fresh Start Loans
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Carroll County Detention Center
Tracy A. Gilmore
William Wimperis
Ms. Wimperis
Towson
Frederick Newws-Post
Kate Leckie
News-Post
Guarateed
Elisa Reece
Pee Sethe
Aera
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West 7Th Street
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