Colleges link middle schoolers with college mentors
Frederick County launches a joint program by Public Schools and Hood Mount St. Marys and Frederick Community College to pair seventh and eighth graders from low income families with college mentors. The $33 000 Maryland Higher Education Commission grant funds the Middle School Intervention Program, with MSD Thurmont West Frederick and Brunswick middle schools joining next year.
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Hood
Mount St. Mary’s
Frederck Community College
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Frederick Alliance For Creative Education
Frederick County Schools
Maryland School For
Uhe Deaf
FCC Mount St. Mary’s and
Hood Colleges
MSD
Thurmont
West Frederick
Bruns
Wick Middle
Venus Radar Project Manager Visits Local Class
NASA project manager Bob Mullen spoke to East Frederick Middle School eighth graders about Venus. He explained the Magellan radar camera will photograph the planet next August for 243 days from about 155 miles altitude, sending images to Earth every three hours.
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Venus
Bob Mullen
West Frederick
Mullen
NASA
Hughes Aircraft
Los Angeles
Dave Friedman
Earth
Mars
Magellan Space
Christmas Cash for Kids aids 450 needy families this year
The program run by the Titteenst year 042-104 and station 82Q will provide turkey dinners or new toys and clothes to about 450 families including children with medical needs. Volunteers monitor phones as donations flow in from Monday 5 a.m. to Wednesday 6 p.m. Last year over 51000 was raised. organizers aim to exceed that. 150 families may get both food and clothing or toys. The Salvation Army coordinates distribution with local support from community leaders and a mystery donor tradition continues.
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82Q
Barry Roberts
Roberts
Mark Satterlee
Salvaton Army
Frederick
Satterlee
Iuet
Mr. Satterlee
Salvation Army
Maryland agriculture faces challenges from suburban growth
Hagerstown reports encroaching development threatens Maryland farms as officials push stronger land preservation and better prices for development rights easements. Wayne Cawley, secretary of agriculture, cites 16,500 farms over 2.5 million acres, and notes state exports and new markets to keep farmers financially sound.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Wayne Cawley
Maryland Farm Bureau
MFE
Cawley
Mr. Cawley
MDA
Middle East
William Donald Schaefer
Frederick County Farm Bureau Tops Maryland Awards
Frederick County Farm Bureau was named the state’s best at the Maryland Farm Bureau 74th annual convention in Hagerstown. The county group’s Young Farmers won the Gut Standing Young Farmer Group award for community service including a $1,000 donation to the Frederick County 4 H Camp and Activities Center, prize money for dairy princess and farm queen programs, and blood drives. David and Beverly Altwater of Talbot County were named Outstanding Young Farmer Couple and will compete for the national title in Orlando, Florida.
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Hagerstown
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Maryland Farm Bureau
Frederick County
Young Farmers Group
Farm Bureau
David
Beverly Altwater
Talbot County
American Farm Bureau
Orlando
Fla
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Robert Wilson
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Queen Anne’s
PET Outlet
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Golden Holiday Savings
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Allpoly
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U.S. 40
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