Mount Airy to merge youth sports under MAYAA
Mount Airy will consolidate tee ball, soccer and softball under the Mount Airy Youth Athletic Association after disbanding the Recreation Council. MAYAA president Robert King Jr. says little will change but aims to boost girls participation and expand to about 1300 children this year.
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Mount Airy
Ing
Mount Airy Youth Athletic Association
Mount Airy Recreation Council
Jeff Degitz
Carroll County
Parks and Recreation Department
MAYAA
Robert King Jr
King
Recreation Council
Rec Council
Degitt
Pamela Zeller
Poffenbarger named to FCC trustees board
Attorney William Poffenbarger of Thurmont was nominated by Gov. Parris Glendening to Frederick Community College board of trustees to begin July 1 for a five year term replacing Ken Rice. The Senate is expected to approve during the current session amid no expected opposition.
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William Poffenbarger
Parris Glendening
Frederick Community College
Senate
Poffenbarger
Ken Rice
Thurmont
Frederick County
Democratic Central Committee
FCC
YMCA Partners in Frederick County Campaign Opens
The 1997 annual community partnership drive for the Frederick County YMCA begins with a $50,000 goal to fund scholarships for residents to join programs such as child care health activities after school youth programs and summer camps. Major Gifts launched January 9 with a kickoff February 27 lasting four weeks. Kim Chaney and Michael Brannan chair efforts to ensure every child can participate.
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Kim Chaney
Community Gifts
Michael Brannan
Ge General
Damian Marist
Amy Geoghegan
Justin Wrese
Frederick County
YMCA
Morgan-Keller Inc
NationsBank
Bill aims to define carrier status for unemployment pay
A Maryland House bill clarifies that newspaper carriers are independent contractors and not liable for unemployment insurance. Sponsors include Delegate John Donoghue and Sen. John Derr with support from The Frederick News Post and Herald-Mail officials. A retroactivity amendment to 1996 awaits Senate Finance action.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
John Donoghue
D-Washington
George Randall
Frederick News-Post
Randall
Hagerstown
Herald-Mail
Maryland- Delaware-D.c. Press Association
Susan Bass
Department of
Labor, Licensing and Regulation
House
Senate
John Derr
Frederick Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Bill would stiffen penalties for motorists in Maryland
Delegate Louise Snodgrass seeks higher license point penalties for drivers who fail to yield to disabled pedestrians using canes, guide dogs, hearing aids, or wheelchairs. First offense would rise from one to two points, second from two to four, and five points if an accident occurs. Supporters say the measure protects disabled citizens at intersections and sidewalks.
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Annapolis
Louise Snodgrass
Frederick Washington
Ms. Snodgrass
Maryland
Mount Airy man works on Hubble servicing mission
Frederick County resident Mark Hubbard a 43 year old Naval Academy graduate works at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions SM 1 and SM 2 He monitors payload equipment and helps patch exterior heat cycle damage while awaiting two more servicing missions in December 1999 and 2002 He looks forward to returning home to his wife and children after the mission.
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Mark Hubbard
Mount Airy
Frederick County
Mr. Hubbard
Naval Academy
Westinghouse
Hunt Valley
NASA Booth
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Hubble
NASA
Houston
Johnson Space Center
Mission Control Center
Barbara Mikulski
D-Md
Hubbard
Mission Control
Charlie Chandler
New Marke
Orbital Science Corp
Bill Regan
John Morin
Jefferson
Jeff Green
Mike Lynch
New Market
Steve Hood
Lake Singapore
Gary Franko
Eric Krupacs
Frederick
Tula
Youth found unconscious in Emmitsburg yard
A 16 year old Catoctin High School student, John Anthony Eliott of Emmitsburg, was found unconscious in a yard on Mountain View Road and airlifted to Washington County Trauma Center. He was in a coma on arrival but reportedly in good condition the next day, with hospital officials declining to confirm ongoing coma status. The incident, described as alcohol related, involved other Catoctin students according to a sheriff’s office corporal. Ambulance crews saw no obvious injuries and could not determine how the teen lay in the yard.
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Emmitsburg
Catoctin High School
Mountain View Road
Washington County
John Anthony Eliott
Bunker Hill
Cpl
Alan Cahe
Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
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Bruce Hamilton News-Pont
FCC Trustee Board
Hreverick Netus Post
Trosends Secare Center
Ymca In Community Partnership
Major Gifts
Matthew Barakat
News-Post
Matthew Barreat
Esac
Frederick Financial Services
Allegheny Power
Doubs
Route 15
Bruce Hamilton
Tae
Sylvan
Sylvan Learning Center
Tengerr Seo
Santas
Dicken
Brett Ra
West Seventh Street
Sun
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