Angry students protest as county votes on education budget
Frederick County teachers press work to rule citing no allocation of $4 million in unexpected funds. Students stage sit ins at West Frederick Middle School with about 50 returning to class after morning protests and a larger sit in led by administrators. Budget vote set for May 26. 8 percent raises hinge on new funding.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
FCTA
Larry Kerns
West Frederick Middle School
Interloper interrupts Catholic church service
A member of the Francis Scott Key Bible Church interrupted a 2 p.m. Sunday Mass at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Libertytown during its 10th anniversary of Father Don Aery's ordination. Ushers escorted the man away as he yelled anti Catholic remarks. Pastor Joe Bane defended the act as religious liberty and urged action per Jesus teachings, while St. Peter's Rev. Eugene Nickel called the disruption disrespectful and alarming to worshipers.
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Joe Bane
Francis Scott Key Bible Church
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Libertytown
St. Peter's
Don Aery
Eugene Nickel
St. Peter’s
Beard
Juanita Witmer
FSK
Nickel
Witmer
Our Church
Jesus Christ
Bane
Jesus
FSE Bible Church
South End
Reagan honors 37 Stark sailors at Mayport memorial
President Reagan comforted families of USS Stark crewmen at a Mayport ceremony praising the 37 sailors as ordinary men who did extraordinary things. He warned peace in the Persian Gulf is at stake amid debates over U S protection of Kuwaiti tankers and calls for congressional oversight.
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Mayport
Naval Station
Fla
Reagan
Stark
Persian Gulf
U.S
Gulf
United States
Senate
Congres
USS
Frederick Memorial seeks 9.9 percent rate hike in Maryland
Frederick Memorial Hospital and Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission officials negotiate the proposed 9.9 percent rate increase with hearings scheduled for July 29 to 31 in Baltimore. If staff recommendations are adopted, the hospital would repay excess revenues from a past short-term increase.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
State Health Services Cost Review Commission
Maryland
Frederick Memorial
John Colmers
Colmers
Independent Commission
Commission
State Office
Baltimore
Hal Cohen
Frederick
Montgomery County
Hagerstown
Cost Review Commission
Space ambassador visits Maryland schools tale of weightless dining
South Frederick Elementary second and third graders giggled at a Coca Cola blob drifting in a space ship while David Zahren, Prince George's County teacher named Maryland Space Ambassador, described how drinks spill in space. He plans talks at New Market Middle School with a lively picture of life in the shuttle and amusing stories of zero gravity.
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South Frederick
David Zahren
Prince George's
Maryland
New Market
NASA
Teacher-in-Space Zabren Addresses Frederick Students
South Frederick students heard Zahran describe space life with humor and vivid detail as he promotes NASA education. He wore a NASA flight suit and spoke about space travel, hygiene in zero gravity, and packing arms and heads for sleep, engaging nearly every hand in class.
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South Frederick
Zahren
NASA
Space
Zabren
Maryland
Alabama
Christa McAuliffe
Frederick County Allocates $2 Million for Road Repairs
Frederick County commissioners allotted nearly $2 million of new budget funds to road and bridge repairs to avert a shutdown in maintenance. The move follows the discovery of a $4 million capital cushion from accounting changes and unexpected revenues. The panel rejected a request from teachers and the Board of Education for a larger share, while teachers staged a work to rule as roads take precedence. Commissioner Richard Grosswickle defended funding roads amid ongoing school needs.
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Frederick County
Boak of Education
Richard Grosswickle
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