Plan to send teacher into space seen as political ploy
Local education leaders react to President Reagan's proposal to select a teacher for a space shuttle flight. Superintendent Stuart D. Berger questions the need, while Frederick County Teachers Association President William Moore worries about political motives and job details. Board members stress it is a gesture. funding for education remains the priority amid cuts.
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Nancy Luse
News-Post
Reagan
Space
Earth
Stuart D. Berger
William Moore
Frederick County
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Berger
Gail T. Bowerman
Boe
Mrs. Yingling
Unions Back Mondale as Reagan Proposal Triggers Skepticism
The NEA and AFT endorsed Walter Mondale for president. NEA President Mary Futrell mocked Reagan's shuttle proposal as absurd while Beverly Stonestreet criticized it as another token. Teachers reacted with questions about the plan and NASA’s forthcoming standards.
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American Federation of Teachers
Walter Mondsta
NEA
Mary Harwood Futrell
Beverly Stonestreet
FCTA
State Teachers Group
Reagan
NASA
U.S
Voluntary Action Center Welcomes Carroll Co Board Members
The Voluntary Action Center of Carroll County welcomes Jolene Gingrow from the Office On Aging and Ssniy Mason from the County Extension ice to its board. Several longtime members retire including Karen Merkle and Terry Snyder, plus Barb Rodgers, Frank Wanken, Kathy Beaver, and others. The agency, a United Way member promoting volunteerism, invites inquiries about opportunities at 9 to 5 on weekdays.
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Voluntary Action Center
Carroll County
Jolene Gingrow
The
Office On Aging
Ssniy Mason
County Extension Ice
Karen Merkle
Terry Snyder
Heart Association
Barb Rodgers
Health Department
Frank Wanken
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Kathy Beaver
Julia Berwager
Dottie Lichtfuss
Homemakers Council
Mabel Murray
Board of Education
Patti Price
Helen Utz
Chamber of Commerce
Cassie Wilhide
Carroll Lutheran Village
United Way
Orientation Night at Thomas Johnson Middle School
The Governor Thomas Johnson Middle School will host Orientation Night for parents and students on Thursday August 30 starting at 6 30 p m in the auditorium.
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Governor Thomas Johnson Middle School
Pitchers Linked to Drunken Driving Spark Study
TORONTO AP A psychology professor from Virginia Tech reports beer poured by pitchers leads to higher consumption than bottles or glasses. Observing 300 drinkers in three bars near campus, the study found groups drink more per person and linger longer, suggesting group sobriety incentives and possible bar policies to reduce drunk driving. Men drank more and faster than women, 35 ounces vs 25, while federal data show about half of highway deaths involve alcohol.
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Toronto
E. Scott Geller
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg
American Psychological Association
Geller
Sweden
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Ce Diakus
Drunken driver receives maximum sentence in Maryland case
Gregory Robert Knott, 36, was given the maximum sentence for a subsequent offender under Maryland drunken driver law. Judge William W Wenner deferred jail time to allow a background check and offered six months jail suspended with conditions. Knott faced four children and had prior drunken driving convictions amid a plea of drinking relapse and calls for treatment.
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George Dorsey
News-Post
William W Wenner
Frederick
Wenner
Gregory Robert Knott
Knott
Division of Parole and Probation
Maryland
Richard Enecken
Seling
Bricken
Sal
Anna
Mount Airy Plans Commission Rejects Floating Zone Proposal
Mount Airy planners rejected a proposal to create a floating zone for a planned professional office complex at the Md 908 Md 27 site. The vote followed resident opposition who feared residential encroachment. council hearings and a Sept 10 public vote are planned.
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Planning Commission
Stroh
Iran Lwvelpers
Woodbine
Frall
Fralls
James Shaw
Frederick County
Shaw
Mount Ary
Planing Commission
Feaga reunion held Aug 19 descendants meet at Skeggs home
The second Feaga descendants reunion took place Sunday August 19 at Elva Skeggs 240 Wyngate Drive. A covered dish lunch at 12 30 pm followed with group pictures and a peanut scramble won by John Baden IV. Prizes honored Maybelle Feaga Matthew Baden Roger and Lillie Zimmerman Nancy and John Alfred Baden II Betty DeColigny James Feaga John Alfred Baden II Elizabeth Remsberg Charles Poole and others. Attendees reviewed old photos and family histories and planned a reunion for August 18 1389.
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Charles Edward Feaga
Elva Skeges
Wyngate Drive
Frederick
Albert Marcey
John Baden IV
Maybelle Feaga
Matthew Baden
Roger
Lillie Zimmerman
Nancy
John Alfred Baden II
John Alfred Baden
Betty DeColigny
James Feaga
Helen Snoots Riley
Mindy Secrest
Mary Kane
Eiva
Pearl Skeggs
Alpert
Mig Marcey
Cindy
Valerie
Melanie Marcey
Robert Moorehead
Elzabeth Renneberge Hetty
Sharon
John DeColigny
Charles
Naomi Poole
David
Janet Houck
Alice Houck
Steve
Marcie Dorcus
Andrew Dorcus
Jamee Smith
Mary Alice Kirby
Jean Feaga
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