Drop In Center Adds Friday Hours in Frederick
The Drop In Center, a joint Girl Scouts and Family Life Center project, opens Fridays 3 to 6 p.m. starting today, expanding from Mondays and Wednesdays. New program director Freda Thompson-Brown plans cooking, art, music, and homework help with a $1 weekly donation.
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Freda Thompson-Brown
Frederick Community Center
South Market Street
Sam Yu
Frederick
Fran Wenner
Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council
Girl Scouts
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Hood
Evangelical Reformed Church
West Church Street
Wenner
Hughes Preview Signals Pension Reform and Budget Plans
Governor outlines welfare gains and pension reform aimed at saving 40 to 100 million annually. He rejects borrowing from the highway fund while prioritizing 70 million for the Choptenk River Bridge and 52 million to widen the Vienna bridge toward Ocean City. He mentions 200 million needed to finish the Cumberland to Hancock freeway. State of the state address set for January 18.
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Hughes
Choptenk River
Cambridge
Vienna
Ocean City
Cumberland
Hancock
Maryland
General Assembly
First test tube quadruplets born in Australia
MELBOURNE Australia AP The world's first test tube quadruplets all boys were born Friday to an Australian woman at the Royal Women's Hospital by Caesarean section around midnight. The 30 year old mother, kept private, entered before Christmas for a expected premature delivery at 32 weeks. Doctors noted IVF joins egg and sperm in a dish and implants multiple embryos to raise live births.
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Melbourne
Australia
Royal Women’s Hospital
Parent surrogates sought for handicapped students in Montgomery
ROCKVILLE The Montgomery County public schools call for parent surrogates to act as educational advocates for wards of the state or students whose parents cannot be located. Surrogates, over 18, need not be natural parents and may come from varied backgrounds including retired teachers and university students in training for special education. A Feb 15 training session at Educational Services will cover surrogate obligations and placement and evaluation under state law. For information call Margit Meissner at 279.3604.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Judith Kenney
Educational Services Center
Margit Meissner
Psychological testing set for city police candidates
Frederick officials hire Psychological Resources Support Systems Inc to administer five tests to eight officer candidates. Tests include Culture-Fair Intelligence Test and personality, emotional disorder, motivation, and vocational intelligence analyses. Cost is 40 dollars per officer, with results compared to job performance.
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Frederick City
Board of Aldermen
Psychological Resources Support Systems Inc
International Association of Chiefs of Police
ACP
LACP
Frederick
Capt
Pierce Stine
Stine
Ashton
Karen Gardner
Fire log reports multiple alarms and responses across towns
A 24 hour fire log lists incidents including dumpster fire at 2 02 am at 12011 Rutledge Place and brush fires at 2 54 pm near 15 Jefferson Street. Building fire at 9 79 am on 801 East Street and several house fires with multiple department responses. Smoke in a house at 7 34 am on Broadview Drive and a brush fire at 11 50 pm. Ambulance calls total 20 emergencies. Jail population notes Moales 74 and unknown female count.
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Rutledge Place
Independents
Jefferson Street
United
East Street
Junior
Citizens
Urbana
Broadview Drive
Walkersville
Great Cookie Pile contest kicks off in Frederick Mall
Penn Laurel Girl Scouts launch the 1984 cookie sale with a Great Cookie Pile event at 1 p.m. Saturday January 7 in front of JC Penneys. Countywide contestants from businesses and civic groups race to build the tallest box tower within a 3 minute window and donate proceeds to local institutions including Seton Center and Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Penn Laurel Girl Scouts
Penn Laurel
JC Penney’s
Frederick Towne Mall
Frederick County
Young
Frederick City
Girl Scouts
Seton Center
Learning Tree
Citizens Nursing Home
Vindobona Nursing Home
Parkside
Montevue
Gale House
Hartley House
Frederick Community Center
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Jeanne Bussard
Rock Creek Center
Key Chavenlet
Ideal Motors
Tate Chrysler
Jenkins Motors
Frederick Motor Company
Travel Consultants
Tupperware
Ray Weller Insurance
Frederick Woman’s Club
Meadows van and Storage
Plamonden Enterprises
Waxie Maxie’s
Chanticleer Shoes
Everley’s
Frederick Towne Mall Merchants Association
Patapsco Design
Frederick Underwriters
Treeland Nursery
Franklin Liquors
Grimes Truck City
Flint Hill Grocery
Frederick Computers
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the News
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