Martha Church receives first Order of the Thola honor
Dr. Martha E. Church, president of Hood College, is awarded the first Order of the Thola by the American Himalayan Foundation. She joins a select group who have trekked in the Himalayas Tibetan regions visiting Tibet and given substantial gifts to support Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust. The order, a replica thola coin and certificate, aims to raise funds for the trust’s food shelter medical aid and schools.
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Marthe E. Church
Hood College
Order of the Thola
American Himalayan Foundation
John E. Bex
Tibet
Himalayas
Dr. Church
Sir Edmund Hillary
Himalayan Trust Foundation
Martha E. Church
Church
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emmitsburg
Order of the
Himalayan Trust
Baby-snatchings shock mid-Atlantic hospitals and police
In a 14-month span, four baby abductions in the mid-Atlantic shocked communities, strained police, and exposed hospital security gaps. Joan Thompson's 1986 case led to an 18-year sentence. other suspects include Linda Stancil and Dorothy Brown. Hospitals tightened exits, ID checks, and staff training.
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Baltimore
Joan Thompson
mid-Atlantic
United States
Daniel Goldstein
Ms. Thompson
Robert L. Sadoff
University of Pennsylvania
Ellicott City
Linda Faye Stancil
Prince George’s Hospital Center
Cheverly
Jeremiah Robert Thate
Robert
Theresa
Ms. Stancil
Thates
Dorothy Jean Brown
Reisterstown
Anthony Gilmore Jr
Gilmore
Joyce Lynch
Houston
Del
Richard
Lynches
Joseph Jr
Beverly Gibson
Matthew Gibson
Gibsons
Lynch
Matthew
Russell Colling
Denver
Bruce Gentile
Prince George's County
Literacy theme marks Maryland Reading Association conference
The 16th Annual Conference of the Maryland International Reading Association Council runs March 17 18 at Holiday Inn Timonium with keynote Dr Bernice Cullinan on Cultural Literacy in the Reading Program A Book and Author Luncheon features Helen V Griffith Other speakers include Martha Fields Barbara Schmidt Richard Boning John Guthrie Pricilla Lynch and Jack Delaney Sessions cover computers parent involvement and reading strategies An Awards Banquet on March 17 announces the first Maryland Children’s Book Award Proceeds go to the State Association Council Scholarship Fund Contact Cheryl Monk for preregistration by February 28
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State of Maryland
International Reading Association Council
Holiday Inn
Timonium
Reading Association
Bernice Cullinan
International Reading Association
Cullinan
New York University
Martha J. Fields
MSDE
Barbara Schmidt
Tion
California State University
Richard Boning
Barnell Loft Ltd
John Guthrie
University of Maryland
Pricilla Lynch
Scholastic Inc
New York City
Jack Delaney
Baltimore County
Helen V. Griffith
Maryland
State of Maryland International Reading Association Council
Cheryl Monk
Wakefield Drive
Bel Air
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Martha Church
Himalayan Foundation
Grandview Hospital
Sellersville
Barbara Worthington
Phillip
New York
Prince George's
Yee
James Dearborn
FBI
Caroline Feller Bauer
Bauer
Hess’s
Crawford Cherry
Berkline
Hess
Westwood
Alsy
Stiffel
Scotchgard
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