Celebration plans for $15,000 budget and 1998 events
Mr Gordon outlines a countywide anniversary program set to start January 1, 1998 with bells, sirens, a family bike tour, farm and house tours, picnics, a county fairgrounds exhibition, a hot air balloon race, Civil War events, a pageant and a parade. A Feb 12 public meeting at Winchester Hall invites input while volunteers stay enthusiastic.
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Gordon
Frederick County Fairgrounds
Winchester Hall
Shutdown talks persist amid sixth day of budget clash
Anonymous sources say no deal reached after six days of talks over tax cuts and spending. GOP and Clinton aides discuss capital gains cut as part of a broader budget plan while blame for the shutdown remains disputed between Republicans and Democrats.
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Los Angeles Times
Clinton
the Times
House
Senate
GOP
Gingrich
Dole
County approves traffic signal at dangerous intersection
Public works officials say the Devilbiss Road and Old Frederick Road intersection has seen at least four accidents in two years, one fatal. The $16,500 signal plus $1,200 yearly upkeep will be funded from the public works budget, with red flash for Devilbiss and yellow for Old Frederick and two streetlights at night.
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Hudak
Mark Hoke
David Gray
Bruce Reeder
Hoke
Department of Public Works
Devilbiss
Old Frederick Road
Discipline changes tighten penalties across district schools
The school board, after committee refinements, plans new discipline rules including minimum suspensions for assault battery and weapon possession. Middle school penalties rise from probation to one day, with higher offenses carrying up to expulsion and mandatory parent principal conferences for serious crimes.
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Markoe
Telemedicine takes battlefield care to new level abroad
Maj. Robert de Treville explains Fort Detrick Primetime II deploys 24 by 20 foot mobile operating rooms linked by satellite to hospitals in the United States and Europe. The system, part of PITLAB, will connect Hungary Bosnia and Tuzla as a hub for rapid medical response and remote expert advice for wounded soldiers.
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Robert de Treville
Fort Detrick
Primetime II
Medical Advanced Technology Management Office
Matmoq
de Treville
Hungary
Bosnia
Russ Zajtchuk
Pitlab
Tuzla
Landstuhl
Germany
United States
Europe
Col
Fred Goeringer
IMI
Maj. de Treville
Col. Goeringer
Maxwell R. Thurman
Army Medical Department
America
Officers re elected planing and zoning commission
In NEW MARKET the Planning and Zoning Commission re elected all officers Tuesday night. Richard Fleshman remains chairman, Robert Finch co chairman, Robert Eberg secretary. The panel approved a site plan for a house addition at Boyers Mill Road and Md 144, took no action on a Brinkley property annexation review, and sent a letter asking for more information on a well permit request in Sponseller Addition west of town.
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New Market
Planning and Zoning Commission
Richard Fleshman
Robert Finch
Cochairman
Robert Eberg
Boyers Mill Road
MD. 144
Brinkley
Sponseller Addition
Conyers Stationed in Taegu South Korea Story
Spec William Conyers, son of Bill Conyers of Frederick, serves as a public affairs specialist in Taegu South Korea. His unit trains to deter another North Korean invasion and his duties support mission success. He is a photojournalist aiding the Southern Star newsroom.
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William Conyers
Bill Conyers
Frederick
Taegu
South Korea
North Korea
South
The
Southern Star
Ambulance Billing Plan Moves Forward in Walkersville
Walkersville Rescue will pilot a billing program using EMTS Corp to bill insurance for ambulance transports. Thurmont steps aside after bequeathing funds. a task force will study the plan. Members say the program funds capital needs, not daily operations, with a club offering low fees and no denial of service.
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Walkersville Rescue
Thurmont Community Ambulance Service
Thurmont
Thurmont Company
Association of Commissioners
Walkersville
Charles Virtue
WVRC
Virtue
Emts Corp
Maryland Attorney General's Office
Susan Hoffman
Ms. Hoffman
Good Samaritan
Hoffman
Damascus ends ALS service to southern Frederick County
Damascus Volunteer Fire Co will no longer provide advanced life support to residents in southern Frederick County effective Jan 1. New Market Fire and Rescue will divide areas and deploy medic units from Frederick Libertytown and Mount Airy with Urbana housing a satellite vehicle as needed. An ALS council will discuss placement while Medic 2 has priority to Green Valley New Market and Urbana.
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Susan C. Nicol
News-Post
Damascus Volunteer Fire Co
Frederick County
Public Safety
John Croneburg
Damascus
New Market Fire and Rescue Co
Frederick
Libertytown
Mount Airy
Rick Himes
ALS
Urbana Volunteer Fire Co
ALS Council
Green Valley
New Market
Urbana
Himes
Mark Hoke
Montgomery County
Darren Long
Jon ©. Grover
Department of Fire and Rescue Services
George Gieble
Fire and Rescue Commission
Quist and Local Politics Tie Frederick Events
Norman Quist linked to the Board of Education and a city alderman run with no wins, while also contesting in the Democratic Central Committee race. A mayoral reflection notes condolences to Mary Kay. The city and county plan a 250th anniversary softball game resumed after injury, with the city declared winner upon continuation. October honors Rescue Mission Month and Jeanne Bussard Day, plus Tootsie Roll Month and White Cane Safety Day.
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Norman Quist
Frederick
Mary Kay
Grimes
Board of Aldermen
Rescue Mission
Jeanne Bussard
Knights of Columbus
Plastic surgery helps correct protruding ears in children
Otoplasty corrects external ear deformities formed during infancy hearings. Most commonly retruding ears result from a folded upper ear. The operation, done at ages five or six, uses behind the ear incisions and removes excess cartilage to position ears closer to the head, with two weeks of bandages and activity limits.
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