First Flight Antitoxin Hero Lived at Detrick Facility
From 1978 to 2002 more than 1600 liters of blood were drawn from First Flight while immunized and purified to produce a botulinum antitoxin. The serum treated over 50 Egyptian outbreak patients and a Ohio baby, with 2500 doses sent to the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm but unused. First Flight resided at Fort Detrick’s Large Animal Research Facility. ashes buried near a marker commemorating USAMRIID research.
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Egypt
Ohio
First Flight
Detrick
Area B
Usamriid
Special buses headed to two county agencies under state contract
Frederick TransIT will receive two buses and Daybreak Adult Day Services will get one bus under a $1.6 million state contract for 38 specially equipped buses to aid elderly and disabled residents. Buses expected delivery in September or October after approval by the Board of Public Works with Gov. Parris Glendening and state officials.
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Frederick County
Frederick Transit
Frederick
Board of Public Works
Parris Glendening
William Donald Schaefer
Richard Dixon
Grendening
Salvation Army aids Oklahoma tornado relief efforts
Captain Mary Kay Hearne of the Frederick Salvation Army will depart for Oklahoma City to assist in relief operations after last week's tornado. The Army requests cash donations rather than clothing or goods. A separate note announces a Saturday 10 am to noon walk at 71 Thomas Johnson Drive Frederick to benefit the National Osteoporosis Foundation with a 1.9 mile stroll and free bone density screenings.
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Frederick Corps
Salvation Army
Oklahoma City
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center of Maryland
National
Osteoporosis Foundation
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Frederick
Hood College honors student artist and naval veteran
Allison Severance-Henry of Frederick receives Hood College 1999 Awards and Prizes recognition, taking the Anna Louise Remsen Prize for high standard work in fine and applied art and Best in Show in the student art exhibition while serving as a Brodbeck Scholars Program junior. Navy Petty Officer Travis Young completes a six month Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf deployment aboard USS Enterprise, Norfolk, with wife Diane from Frederick and parents Lillian Harvey Young Jr. of Thurmont noted.
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Frederick
Hood College
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Hood
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Arabian Gulf
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Enterprise
Norfolk
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Larry
My Marshall
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Lillian Harvey Young Jr
Thurmont
State police retirees seek pension hike amid legislative push
Fron Staff Reports say Maryland State Police Alumni Association backs higher pensions for retirees. Corbin and others urge action as lawmakers consider fiscal impacts. officials estimate a $9.7 million cost to state troop benefits over time.
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Ae Corbin
Richard II
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