Incredible Bed Race planned for Frederick Aug 29
Frederick County unveils its first Incredible Bed Race at the Frederick Fair Grounds on Sunday Aug 29. The event, a Sertoma Sunrise fundraiser for Maryland School for the Deaf, features bands, a Special Forces show, sky-diving, a bicycle beer race and a custom van display. Tickets go on sale, with 50 entries maximum per bed and bike-beer race.
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Frederick County
Frederick Fair Grounds
Sunrise Sertoma Club
Total Communications Program of Maryland School For the Deaf
Army National Guard
Southern Cross Paracenter
Williamsport
Art Owens
Joseph Baids
Red Horse Steak House
Sertoma
Gene Wheeler
Howard Johnson
14ZYQ
Settoman
Ronald Ringerman
Culler Lake
Baker Park
Fair Grounds
Darrell Putman
Maryland Army National Guard
Fifth Special Forces Battalion
Guard
Maryland
Sertoma Meeting
Metropolitan Commission to hold August 3 meeting in Winchester Hall
The Frederick County Metropolitan Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting Aug. 3 at Winchester Hall at 7:30 p.m. Items include approval of R F P Kline's estimate for contract 9-5 Ballenger Creek WWTP, tentative award for contract 13-8 Arundel and 12-5 Quarry branches, and bids opening July 28 and 29. Also on the agenda are forwarding interest on advanced movies, Westfield development time extension, White Rock Bethel water plans revisions, Mount St. Mary's replacement plant, Glade Manor sewer plans, and authorization for Director Kunkoski to sign documents. A joint hearing with County Commissioners is set for July 30 at Yellow Springs Elementary School.
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Frederick County
White Rock-Bethel Road
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Glade Manor
Walkersville
Donald J. Kunkoski
Yellow Springs
White Rock - Bethel Road
Gleason vetoes Recapture Tax in Rockville clash
County Executive James P. Gleason vetoed the Recapture Tax calling it inequitable and a burden on home sellers. The County Council passed the bill four to three. overriding votes unclear. The levy targets underassessed homes and some commercial properties, exempting farmland and new homes, with average affected taxes around $300.
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Rockville
James P. Gleason
Gleason
Council
Burgess Accepted into College Scholar Program
H Scott Burgess son of Mr and Mrs H R Burgess has been accepted into the College Scholar Program with Lake Forest College and University of Chicago. The program lets qualified students earn a master’s degree in five years. Burgess a dean’s list student at Lake Forest College majors in psychology and sociology aiming for a master’s in Behavioral Science. While at Frederick High School he was named to Who’s Who Among American High School Students in his junior and senior years.
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H. Scott Burgess
H. R. Burgess
Lake Forest College
University of Chicago
Burgess
Frederick High School
Frederick parks crown winners in local four square tourney
In Frederick City’s parks competition, Jay Walsh and Kathy Chapline led in their age groups with top scores 87 and 57 respectively. Mike Byrnes and Blaine Mossburg followed in second, while Joey Leatherman and others earned third place as awards were noted across Rosedale and Catoctin Parks. A Lock Hop event is announced for Maryland Park on August 2 from 1 to 3 p.m.
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Rosedale Park
Jay Walsh
Kathy Chapline
Walsh
Mike Byrnes
Ronnie Gartrell
Chapline
Blaine Mossburg
Joey Leatherman
Maryland Park
Sagner
Catoctin Park
Jerry Abrecht
Timmy Frye
Ramon Crabill
Billy Crab
Beached whales near Orlando stir concern and death
A cluster of whales beached along Florida coast near Orlando, with one death reported. Four others swam away after beaching, while marine experts consider the incident possibly linked to a school of fish. The beached whale weighed around 50 tons, and researchers described the scene as active with feeding on mackerel, herring, squid, and other prey.
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Orlando
Imatahe
Jean
Thes
Lebherzes bid for Crown Co. property in Reading hearing set
The Crown Oil and Wax Company plans to sell land at West Patrick and North Jefferson to Francis G. and Ann Lebherz for 35000. Hearing on the purchase, led by Judge Thomas M Twardowsin, is 10 am Thursday at the American Bank Building Reading Pa with higher offers to be heard. Also a meeting of the Carroll County Pimiatehe Association in Westminster on July 29 with an auction to follow.
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Crown Oil and Wax Company of Delaware
West Patrick Street
North
Jefferson Street
Fredenck
Francis G
Ann Lebherz
Clifton Road
Thomas M Twardowsin
American Bank
Reading
Philatelicts
Carroll County Pimiatehe Association
Westminster Trust Company
East Main St
Westminster
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David Denton
Maryland School For the Deaf
Frederick Fairgrounds
MSD
Total Communications Program
Ronald Brigerman
George Tim Horman
Denton
Joseph Baldi
Sertoma International
News-Post
Sertoma Club
Total Communications Laboratory
Sunrise Club
Sunrisers
Fairgrounds
Maem
Selmio
Stanley B. Davis
Harris Corporation
DCL
Peter Kurakov
Ministry of Communications
Ussr
Ft. Detrick
Willis E. Nader
U.S. Department of State
Iooks
U.S. Army
Bob Nushaum
Metropolitan Commission
Montgomery
Martha Davis
United Fire Company
Fire Company
Davis
Johnna
John
Kim
Jesse Ward
Uniteds
Cedric H. Smith
Frederick City
Grabill
Colleen
Laurie Clipp
Carrollton Park
Brian Long
Richard Carlisle
Lisa Burgee
Chuck Meyers
Tom Wilson
Todd Perry
John Smith
Harvey Snoots
Hamilton Park
Susan Sandy
Kim Ausherman
Teresa Ausherman
Tracy Jackson
Samantha Haylor
Bobby Cole
Penny Jackson
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Mim
Fridus
Onlande
Lebherzes
Crown Co
Richard F. Kline, Inc
Clifton Wade
Frederick
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Beth Sholom
Mr. Shapiro
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