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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1979
Page
7
A special Garden Club reception will be held at Community Commons on Saturday May 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Members will be recognized for beautifying Frederick green spaces. The top photo highlights Japanese cherry trees at Baker Park contributed by Garden Club workers over the years.
Community Commons plans an open house Saturday May 19 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday May 20 2 pm to 4 pm at the corner West Patrick and Beatz Streets. The event salutes Frederick area garden clubs with displays, receptions, and talks by Representative Beverly Byron and Mayor Ron Young. Frid a tree identification walk and Saturday plant clinic, demonstrations in flower arranging hybridizing dried arrangements and landscaping, film on environmental concerns and a poetry contest prize awards for elementary students. Visitors may drop horticultural questions in a box for expert replies.
Frederick County Commissioners support a letter of intent for an $800,000 MIDFA industrial expansion loan to Weinschel Engineering Co. to buy land and build a 10,000 square foot facility near Frederick Memorial Airport. The plan aims to create up to 65 jobs with payroll up to $650,000 as part of a three year expansion.
Frederick County has not officially notified Dana M. Keister, director of historic preservation, that her job will end June 30 amid plans to cut salaries in the ECDC funded department. A 50 percent budget reduction for the fiscal year starting July 1 was discussed, with salary cuts from 20,540 to 10,192 proposed. Keister learned of the jeopardy April 25 from a News-Post inquiry and says notification should precede press coverage. She remains optimistic, planning to seek another job and take a vacation until a decision is announced after the ECDC meeting.
Jefferson Ladies Auxiliary to the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company met May 9 for business. Officers reported at 7 pm, with minutes, treasurer’s notes, and thank you notes read. A June community calendar plan and June 23 dance at the Community Center were announced. State Convention attendance by Merri[ld] Remsberg was noted and calendar sellers urged to attend.
Japan six years after signing an endangered wildlife treaty faces renewed delays in ratifying the accord. AP reports hurdles remain before Japan joins other nations in enforcing protections for at risk species.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry postpones submitting the Washington Convention to the Diet citing opposition from animal traders importers and other businesses. Despite support from the ministries involved the measure has low Diet priority since its 1973 signing with ratification unlikely this session.
The Lung Association of Mid Maryland will award grants for the 1978 academic year to students already accepted by institutions offering respiratory therapy training. Eligible programs include associate or bachelor degrees. Applications must show need, request forms by calling 663-4593, with a deadline of September 17.
Wolfsville sixth graders from Wolfaville School toured the area with teachers Mrs. Draper and Mr. Whidgée and accompanying parents. They visited the Simko farm where Doc Blessing and helpers repelled Rebel efforts to seize horses, the Grossnickle bake oven used by Confederate troops, family cemeteries with early Wolfs names, a possible early schoolhouse, the Point Rock Mill ruins, Eccard Grossnickle Mill, Stottlemyer sawmill, and a former covered bridge over Middle Creek. The day ended with lunch at Raritan Park. time prevented visiting all sites, but the outing was considered successful.
A May 19 day long conference on separation and divorce will be held at the Interfaith Center Wilde Lake Columbia. Sponsored by the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore and Washington and the Dioceses of Arlington VA Region IV of the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics. Archbishop William D Borders will welcome participants at 945 a.m Auxiliary Bishop J Francis Stafford will lead workshops aimed at listening in the morning sessions Four representatives from each diocese will hear firsthand experiences of those who have undergone emotional trauma of separation and divorce The event titled Come Take My Hand and Listen aims to help ministers address hurting families Registration is 10 and includes all sessions and box lunch Preregistration is urged by May 15 by mailing a 10 check to the Archdiocese Family Life Division Baltimore 320 Cathedral St Baltimore 21201.
Fort Detrick will host Armed Forces Day activities on May 19 with the East Coast Telecommunication Center participating. The schedule runs 0:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering guided tours at 10 a.m. and every half hour until 2:30 p.m. Visitors can see the Primary Technical Control Facility, high frequency radio area, Satellite Communications Facility, and the U S USSR Direct Communication Link, plus a portable satellite terminal.
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