Volunteer organizer presses to reopen Gathland park
Kenny Wuertenberg of Volunteer Maryland leads a steering committee to revive Gathland State Park once closed in December 1991 for budget reasons. Plan includes a Friends group, board, fund-raising, and full-time guides. aims to hire rangers, restore facilities, and stage Civil War reenactments at the park and on-site museum.
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Friends of Gathland
Wuertenberg
Gambrill
Frederick
Annapolis
Townsend
Katy of Catoctin
Entailed Hat
Gapland Hall
Maryland
Gathland
Kim Farmer
South Mountain
Montgomery graduations begin today across Montgomery County
More than 1,700 seniors will graduate in ceremonies this weekend at six high schools. Seneca Valley holds a 10 30 a m commencement at the Kennedy Center for 294. Gaithersburg follows at 2 30 p m with 325 graduates. Damascus presents 240 graduates at 3 p m Sunday. Poolesville conducts 3 p m Sunday exercises for 69 grads. Watkins Mill hosts 10 a m Monday at Constitution Hall for 345 grads. Quince Orchard's 460 graduates speak at 2 30 p m Monday at the Kennedy Center with keynote Rep. Connie Morella.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Seneca Valley High School
Kennedy Center
Rahul Anand
Washington Bullets
Susan O’malley
Gaithersburg High School
John Carlson
Simone Porter
Dayana Alvarado
Leslie Palmer
Clayton Ahrens
Andrea Liacouras
Bob
Poolesville
Kevin Marsh
Jennifer Bliven
Chelsea Wildt
Terrill R. Meyer
Watkins Mill High School
Constitution Hall
Channel 4
Doreen Gentzler
Watkins Mill
Jennifer Marchetti
Mercedes Torres
Lori Schwartz
Meghan Kelly
David Ford
Alexandra Levit
Jennifer Rodgers
Quince Orchard High School
Constance Morella
R-8
Grace Li
Kelly Yu
Two-Thirds Of Maryland Grads Pick Community Colleges
The 1992 Maryland study shows two thirds of public high school graduates chose Maryland’s community colleges. The report by the Maryland Higher Education Commission tracked 16,863 graduates who continued to state colleges. Recession and tuition hikes at four-year schools likely pushed students toward two-year institutions. Shaila R. Aery called the enrollment figures very high.
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Maryland
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Shaila R. Aery
Higher Education
Aery
Jewelers flock to Antwerp for top diamond deals
Bertram Edmonston of Gold Thumb Jewelery Creations just returned from Antwerp where he served as a diamond broker for local customers. He explains Antwerp as the diamond capital of the world, supplying over half of the global stock including stones from South Africa, India, Russia, Israel, and other centers.
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Antwerp
Bertram Edmonston
Thumb Jewelery Creations
South Africa
India
Russia
Israel
World
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Channel 9
Kenny Wuertenberg
Associated Press
China
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Ring
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Martinburg
Ust
Hell
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Gold Thumb Jewelry Creations, Inc
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Monocacy Village
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HU Il
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Virginia
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Megiber
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