Walkersville trims tax rate and approves 1992 budget
Walkersville officials cut the property tax rate to 45 cents per $100, reducing the previous year by two cents. The general fund is capped at 712,555 with a 617,843 revenue showing a 105,288 surplus, later reduced to 14,638 after planned capital spending. Water fund expenditures 277,585 with 441,950 revenue and 144,000 planned capital improvements. The town awarded Waynesboro Construction Co. a 155,296 bid for a Maple Avenue water line and Eastern Waste Industries won the trash contract at 1.95 per household per month, aided by anticipated recycling. Annexation of 9.9 acres north of Md 194 near Fountain Rock Manor and Glade Manor I was approved, rezoned for high-density residential 27 townhouses and commercial.
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Walkersville
Maple Avenue
Waynesboro Construction Co
Waynesboro
Eastern Waste Industries
Eastern Waste
Fountain Rock Manor
Glade Manor I
George W. Brown
Frederick County
Commissioners
War display at Fort Detrick draws mixed reactions
Karpinski praised the launcher calling it a neat war show for global audiences while Pamela Line of Woodsboro, working at Naval Medical Logistics Fort Detrick, expressed disappointment wishing to see real missiles and more extensive demonstrations.
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Karpinski
Pamela Line
Woodsboro
Naval
Fort Detrick
Trans-Tech testimony cites water contamination and bottled water relief
Jurors heard Trans-Tech contaminated Adamstown homes’ water with TCE and TCA. Claims total 38 nuisance and inconvenience cases plus four for psychological damages. Trans-Tech admitted using degreasing chemicals. 1985 discovery led to capping 100 wells and building a public water system. Distributing firm delivered bottled water to 28 homes, with 4 to 18 bottles weekly for 6 to 12 months. Packaging issues arose with plastic bottles. switching to glass reduced problems. Damages to be decided by jury expected in early June.
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Trans- Tech
TCE
TCA
Trans-Tech
Thomas Geiser
Tled
Adamstown
Geiser
John and
Paula Smith
Smiths
Shilling resigns to take county school post
Dr. Shilling steps down after state service citing desire to work directly with students parents and teachers in his home county. He will earn 88500 a year, about 9000 less than his state salary. Gov Schaefer and educators react with disappointment while critics warn potential policy drift though support remains strong from board and association leaders.
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Samuel I. Rosenberg
Baltimore
House
Dr. Shilling
Rosenberg
Shilling
William Donald Schaefer
Page Boinest
Schaefer
Dr. Shillings
Jane A. Stern
Maryland State Teachers Association
Board of Education
Ms. Stern
Congress Ok’s Budget for Smasher and Defense Programs
Congress approved a 21.5 billion energy and water measure with 434 million for the superconducting super collider in central Texas, 100 million less than Bush asked. The House backed 291 billion in military spending, including Star Wars and theater defenses, while trimming B 2 bomber funding. Senate actions totaled Kurdish refugee aid at 556 million and a five year 105 billion transportation authorization. Party line votes marked by Democratic control on key budget items.
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House Appropriations Committee
Texas
Bush
House
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Iraq
Senate
Senate Public Works Committee
Senate Democrats
County discusses budget options at workshop and tax changes
At a budget workshop, commissioners weighed public hearing needs for a recordation tax increase and debated tax raises in four districts. They considered a 6.35 percent teacher salary hike funded partly by reducing school board costs, while eyeing $6.12 million more to cover revenue gaps and potential allocations to education, community college, and county employees.
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Sundergill
Sneadner
Gray
Frederick County Teachers Association
Comptroller
Board of Education
Frederick Community College
Crestwood Boulevard
Public Works
Wayne Keeler
Keeler
Bruce Reeder
Sue Ann Yingling
Reeder
R F Kline to Oversee Creek Repair Work
R F Kline will remove the rip rap from the creek bed install a second clay layer and Bentonite sealer repair joints between concrete sections replace rip rap and fill the channel to test repairs If joints fail pressure grouting from outside the channel may be done according to Mr Scire.
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R.F. Kline
Scire
JTA Funding Sparks Debate Amid Rising Unemployment
JTA officer Mark Sneadner was urged to fund a program while Castle later pressed for an extra 150000 due to unmet state and federal money. At a commission appeal two weeks earlier he cited unemployment soaring from 3.1 to 6.9 percent and claims rising from 612 to 1336. He projected 10 to 15 new clients monthly next year but said current funds would keep operations flat with no ability to train or place new clients.
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Mark Sneadner
Castle
JTA
Knife Wielding Man Arrested at Supreme Court
A knife wielding man held police at bay on the steps of the Supreme Court for 40 minutes before surrendering his weapons and bolting into the great hall near the justices chambers. Tourists and court employees scattered as police chased the man through the hallway and down a staircase to the ground floor.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justices’ Chambers
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Rockledge
U.S. 40 West
Oks
Brook Lane Psychiatric Center
Cedar Ridge Ministries
Hagerstown, MD
Patricia Hanberry
DuraSoft
Optican
Jcpenney Optical Center
Frederick Town
Doctor OF Optometry
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