Students clash in Walkersville debate semifinal
About two dozen Frederick County students debated policy and value topics at Walkersville High School in a forensics and debate tournament. The prison overcrowding policy discussion featured Walkersville versus Gov Thomas Johnson High School with arguments on using bases as prisons. The pornography value issue sparked spirited exchange between Brunswick High School and TJ High, arguing community standards and personal freedoms.
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Walkersville
Frederick County
Walkersville High School
United States
Magic Kennedy
Doug Glair
Ms. Kennedy
Kelly Wilner
Mark Broski
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Ms. Wilner
Kim Tyergar
Brunswick High School
David Wagner
TJ High
Military CHAMPUS costs top budget amid rising health care needs
Hearing on CHAMPUS spending shows the military budget has exceeded the FY1990 health care allotment by 867 million dollars. Rep Beverly Byron questions why costs rise, noting CHAMPUS may reach 3.1 billion as President Bush proposes 2.8 billion for FY1991. Officials blame inflation, salaries, benefits, and higher patient load.
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Washington
Beverly Byron
D-6th
Armed Services Committee
Byron
Congress
Champus
Unified Services
Bush
Military health care costs rise across services
Four military representatives testified at a Congressional hearing on rising health care costs linked to nutrition, drug use, and physical condition. Lt Gen Ledford noted high smoking rates despite a non smoking program while Vice Admiral Zimble criticized smoking discounts. Drug testing shows progress with positives dropping from 10.2 percent in 1983 to 1.3 percent this year. Dornan raised concerns over AIDS diagnoses among personnel.
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Enrique Mendez Jr
Defense For Health Affairs
Monte B. Miller
US Air Force
Frank F. Ledford, Jr
Department of the Army
Ledford
Miller
Air Force
Navy
Adm
James A. Zimble
Naval Medicine
Department of the Navy
Zimble
Congress
Congressional
Panama
Washington
Armed Services Committee
Beverly Byron
D-6th
Frank F. Ledford Jr
Robert K. Dornan
Calif
After-school center opens with bake sale and resource day
Taney Community Room hosts the grand opening of an after-school drop-in center for North Frederick Elementary and TJ Middle School students. Community Resource Day on Saturday March 24 features about 20 agencies, a bake sale, and anti drug posters as teens bake cookies and cupcakes to kick off the program.
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Taney
John Hanson Apartments
North Frederick Elementary
Thomas Johnson Middle School
Taney Community Room
Eric
Housing Authority of
Frederick
Tenant Council
Sarah Berry
North Bentz Street
North Frederick
Tanya
Kimberly
Cogie
Tammy
Emilio
Tulaisha
Freda
Maia
Tamara
John Hanson
Ms. Berry
Terry Kujawski
Taney and John Hanson
The
Housing Authority
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van Zile
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Buckeystown Pike
Frederick, MD
Omi
Family Owned
Seeley
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