Early holiday shopping season opens as stores lure customers
The day after Thanksgiving kicks off a shorter shopping season with stores opening as early as 6 am to boost sales. Retailers rely on holiday volumes for about half yearly profits and pressure remains about reduced days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Shoppers like Claudette Storach vow to spend, while some chains like Kmart opened on Thanksgiving to capture early demand.
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New York
Claudette Storach
Filene
Boston
Kmart Corp
New Market principals longtime push to inspire reading ends
New Market Elementary School principal Thomas Shade, 59, retires after a career marked by creative rewards for reading. He organized 2,583 hours read by 900 plus students, often using stunts like rooftop days and pond beats. He earned numerous awards including 1993 Washington Post Leadership Award and 1994 administrator of the year, plus Maryland PTA Educator of the Year this month, while overseeing a school over capacity with 920 pupils, 13 portable classrooms, and 384 volunteers.
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New Market
Shade
Barbara Garver
Washington Post
Maryland Pta
Thomas Shade
New Market Elementary
Crime prevention legend Austin Pohl honored in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS The Frederick County Sheriff's Office crime prevention icon Sgt. Austin Pohl won the George B Sunderland award at the Governor's Crime Prevention ceremony for 16 years of work. He expressed shock and gratitude saying peers awarded him a meaningful honor.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
Beacon House Thanksgiving Feast Feeds 350 Hungry Men
At Beacon House run by Frederick Rescue Mission a Thanksgiving meal fed about 350 homeless men. John Dinterman prepared 400 pounds of potatoes and 70 pounds of onions and celery during the week long effort. The meal included turkey cranberry sauce green beans and sauerkraut served from noon to 5 pm at the South Street shelter.
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John Dinterman
Beacon House
Frederick
Mr. Dinterman
South Street
Trip to South Africa a education for officer
Frederick City Officer Jesse Goode returned from South Africa as one of 40 officers selected by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International and the National Black Police Association. He said the trip offered an education beyond books or TV. He researched before going and found some readings inaccurate. He witnessed humanity at its worst and best in a nation transitioning from apartheid to democracy.
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Frederick City
Jesse Goode
South Africa
Goode
People To People International
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Black Police Association
Frederick Considers Extra Shelter Space in City Building
Frederick officials discussed using the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s former Amazing Facts building on New Design Road for temporary housing this 1996 1997 cold season. Mayor Grimes cited a 60 to 70 cot capacity and possible city costs for heat water with insurance negotiations pending.
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Frederick
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Amazing Facts
New Design Road
Jim Grimes
Religious Coalition For Emergency Human Needs
Grimes
Bye bye birdie fight targets starlings and crows
Next week Frederick aims to reduce flocks of starlings and crows by roosting hours. Public works will use distress tapes sirens and noise makers in a citywide effort from Monday through Friday with resident participation urged in dense areas Huskey Park Church Second and Market streets.
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Frederick
Robert Lee
Mr. Lee
Huskey Park
Church
Market Streets
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