Prize sheep show spotlights dedication and 4 H pride
At the Montgomery County Fair 4 H youths display vast care for animals. Juliee Fisher, despite a broken leg, wins most educational with two Dorsets. Jeff Wilson touts rabbits as easy care pets. Dixie and Scott Scates praise Hereford cattle and fair competition. Other winners include Margie Burdette, Vicki Campbell, and Lise Stanley with a mystery guest, Miss Piggy.
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Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Juliee Fisher
Boyds
Sheila Fisher
Jubee
Jeff Wilson
Muncaster Mill Road
Rockville
American Rabbit Breeders Association
Jeff
Jake
Dixie
Scott Scates
Glen Cary Farms
Damascus
Scott
Montgomery
U.S
Margie Burdette
Vicki Campbell
Lise Stanley
Miss Piggy
Ronnie Magaha
MontCo Fair lamb sets high price record at $10 a pound
Flaming Pit of Gaithersburg paid over 10 per pound for the champion lamb at the Montgomery County Fair. The lamb, owned by Pam Stabler of Brookville, sold for 1 246.20 total. Laura Tessier of Laytonsville earned 2 776 for her Hereford steer, purchased at 3 205 per pound by the Washingtonian.
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Gaithersburg
Lamb
Pam Stabler
Brookville
Laura Tessier
Laytonsville
The
Washingtonian
Jeff Hitchcock
Martin Mayne
Resigning crossing guard cites safety concerns and pay cut
A Frederick woman, Margaret Castle, resigns after seven years as a school crossing guard citing a $10 weekly pay reduction and a 15 minute daily cut in corner duty. She emphasizes child safety at Parkway Elementary and notes lack of support from city officials in addressing risks to children crossing West College Terrace and Carroll Parkway.
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Frederick
Margaret Castle
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick City
Ashton
Castle
West College Terrace
Carroll Parkway
Parkway
Leutenant
Richard Ashton
Department
Man convicted on six counts of sexual contact with adolescent
A Canberra Court man, 33, was found guilty on six charges involving a boy under 14 and other minor males in an antique restoration business. Jurors deliberated six hours before convicting Vance Eugene Etzler of oral sex with a 13-year-old worker, plus charges of unlawful sexual acts with another boy and related offenses. He faces over 50 years in prison. bond and pre sentence review set as proceedings continue.
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Vance Eugene Etzler
Canberra Court
Etzler
William W. Wenner
Kenneth Taylor
Ruth Etzler
Tfe
James Kerns
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Kerns
Matjuana
Zee
Taylor
Anit Etzler
Jefferson
Cleopatra Campbell
Fife
Mount Pleasant
Eigier
Wenner
New Martin Luther King Jr Junior High Opens This Fall
Principal Merrill Fisher stands before the new Martin Luther King Jr Junior High School set to welcome about 465 Gaithersburg and German toy students this fall. The ceremony photo is by Philip Wernblom.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Gaithersburg
Merrill Fisher
Philip Wernblom
Read MontCo plans reflect declining enrollment and new facilities
The MontCo school system reports a drop to about 95,000 K-12 students across 176 remaining schools, with 3,500 fewer pupils than last year and a peak 1972 total of 126,211. The district projects staff reductions of about 400 nationwide, no layoffs, and hires aligned to opening day. A new U-shaped MontCo High complex features a central teacher resource hub, seminar rooms, soundproof large rooms, and a depot kitchen serving six satellite elementary schools, plus 35 surrounding acres, courts, and vivid gym murals by 1979 graduate Mike Cochran. Renovations include Wheaton High’s upgrade and Gaithersburg Elementary’s $2.9 million project, while Randolph Junior High houses interim students and staff with portable classrooms during renovation.
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Poolesville High School
Mike Cochran
Fisher
Wheaton High School
Randolph
Renovaton
Gaithersburg
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INC
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Marison, Inc
West Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Campbell
Weoner
Mary L. Albaugh
Donna L. Reeder
Lillie B. Shankle
Mary L. Lind
Vernon G. Brake Jr
James M. Kealing
Charles W Brashears
Susan N. Toms
David W. Leatherman
Paula J. Beachley
Dorothy B. Lowman
MontCo
Stephen M. Rohr
Hickory Hill
West Key Parkway
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Hickory
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