Restaurants promote kids immunizations in county drive
Frederick County Health Department partners with McDonald’s and Roy Rogers to push child immunizations. McDonald’s will hand out 15,000 fliers in Happy Meals starting August for clinics on August 26 and September 2 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a free hamburger coupon for attendees. Roy Rogers will use a special place mat to advertise the clinics ahead of the school year. Regular walk-in clinics run Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays by appointment. call 301-694-1733 for details.
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Pelicans first born in Maryland segment of Chesapeake Bay
In Spring Island Maryland about 15 pairs of pelicans built stick nests on Tangier Sound with a dozen month old chicks believed to be Maryland’s first pelican offspring in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists say their arrival signals improving bay health amid reduced DDT and stronger environmental efforts.
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Chesapeake Bay
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Bay
Chesapeake
Brinker
State Department of Natural Resources
Slender Island
DNR
Bill McInturff
Virginia
Smith Island
Assateague Island
John James Audubon
Audubon
Environmental group targets exterminator ads in Maryland
MaryPIRG accuses more than two dozen Maryland exterminators of false advertising over claims pesticides are safe for humans and the environment. The group cites yellow page ads like safe and eco friendly messages and urges the state attorney general to investigate and curb misleading claims.
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Environmental Group
Maryland
J. Joseph Curren Jr
Daniel Pontious
Marypirg
Agnello
Jerry Bukovsky
Maryland State Pest Control Association
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Joel Winston
FTC
State Attorney General
Clinton approves King monument on National Mall
President Clinton approves a national monument to Martin Luther King Jr to be placed on federal land between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. The project will be funded entirely by Alpha Phi Alpha, with no federal funds.
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King
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
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Congress
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Capitol
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NAACP
al Gore
King’s Fraternity
Lincoln Memorial
Freder ick student to graduate from Freestate Chal lenge Youth Program
Brannon T. Anderson of Frederick is among 92 graduates from the Freestate Challenge Youth Program at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The 22 week military oriented program, run by the Maryland National Guard and Partners in Prevention, serves 16 to 18 year olds who have left high school. The program combines education with activities such as driver’s license training and flying through the Silver Wings program.
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Frederick
Post
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Freestate Challenge
Maryland National Guard
State of Maryland
Michael Bryant
Bryant
Silver Wings
Brannon
Lincoln Technical Institute
Mr. Bryant
County woman heads for Ukraine mission trip
Mount Airy resident Bobbi Grossnickle joins about 300 volunteers from across the United States on a mission to Ukraine July 18 to 29. The group, organized by the Christian Medical and Dental Society and Josh McDowell Ministries, will provide medical aid and distribute supplies to schools, orphanages, youth prisons and hospitals in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
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Bobbi Grossnickle
Ukraine
Kiev
Poltava
Soviet Union
Josh McDowell
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