Frederick reservist heads to Bosnia assignment
Private First Class Cody Broughton, 25, of Frederick, joins the 5115th Garrisons Support Unit at Fort Meade. The unit departs for Fort Benning then Heidelberg and Tuzla, Bosnia, for up to 270 days to relieve others and ensure pay. Broughton, FC Freeman, quits his Sheetz job and Frederick Community College criminology studies as he faces long separation and mixed feelings about the nine month mission.
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Bosnia
Frederick
5115Th
Fort Meade
Fort Benning
Cody Broughton
Broughton
Heidelberg
Germany
Tuzla
Pfc
Sheetz Convenience Stores
Frederick Community College
Frederick High School
Jen Bush
Montgomery schools plead for more funds
Montgomery County officials urged the Board of Public Works to boost school construction funding, arguing that 2,600 new students in the past year left the system with aging buildings and growing capacity needs. They requested $81 million of $727 million, a sharp cut from last year, plus $400,000 in planning for Takoma Park school integration.
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Montgomery County
Statehouse
County Council
Board of Education
Board of Public Works
Interagency Committee
Douglas M. Duncan
Duncan
Senida G Ruben
Dmontgomery
Parris N. Glendening
Education
Ruben
Takoma Park
Prince George’s
Montgomery Counties
Micro loans lift women into business in Montgomery County
Beulah Williams and six peers joined a Foundation for International Community Assistance micro credit program offering 500 to 3000 dollars to poor women. Since November 1994 two groups have received 20250 dollars, funding from banks and foundations. participants meet, share tips, and repay through group-sourced payments while building credit and launching home businesses.
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Rockville - Beulah Williams
Montgomery County
Foundation For International Community Assistance
Constance Morella
Ms. Williams
New Era Business Association
Olney
Leslie Tyler
Foundation
Ms. Tyler
Potomac Valley Bank
Citibank
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Michigan
Historians to discuss Blacks in Union Blue at museum event
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine will host Black History Month programs on February 8 from noon to 4 p.m. featuring historians discussing the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and black soldiers in the Civil War. A related exhibit, Dr. Augusta Black Surgeon, runs February 1–28, with artifacts from Dr Alexander Augusta. Museums hours and contact details provided.
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54Th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
54Th Massachusetts
Fort Wagner
54Th
Charleston
S.C
Robert Gould Shaw
Col. Shaw
William Carney
U.S
Augusta
Alexander Augusta
U.S. Colored Troops
Freedom's Hospital
Washington
D.C
South Carolina
Baltimore
North
South
Dr Augusta
City Point
Eileen Conklin
Gettysburg
Hood College
Betsy Estilow
Patriot Daughters of Lancaster Civilian Relief Agency
E. Patrick St
Frederick
Welfare reform boosts child care and drug programs in 1997
University of Maryland experts say federal welfare changes push states to fund child care for new workers and expand drug rehabilitation. Douglas J. Besharov urges investing in child care as a solid move, while Mahlon Straszheim foresees slow Maryland growth and a tax cut proposal passing.
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University of Maryland
Douglas J. Besharov
Maryland
School of Public Affairs
American Enterprise Institute
Washington
Congress
Besharov
Mahlon Straszheim
University
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Sylvan Learning Center
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