Memorial gift planned at Claggett for Fire Chaplain Schwind
A two day Baltimore City Fire Department retreat at Claggett Center Buckeystown opens with a memorial presentation in honor of Rev. G Stanley Schwind, longtime BCF chaplain. Family and parish representatives attend alongside Claggett leaders as Fr Schwind’s idea for a firefighter retreat is noted.
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Baltimore City Fire Department
Claggett Center
Buckeystown
Fire Department
G. Stanley Schwind
BCF
Schwind
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Lester
Amy) Allison
Lester Allison
St. Luke's
William Fallowfield
Robert Grumbine
Franklin Square Hospital
Fr. Schwind
BCFD
Electronic gate undercuts theft at Enoch Pratt Library
Baltimore officials unveiled an electronic sensing gate at the Enoch Pratt Library to detect uncheckout books. On its first day, several people triggered the buzzer amid annual losses estimated around 72,000 dollars. The system costs 73,000 dollars and will expand to other branches.
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Baltimore
Enoch Pratt
Nelson G. Freed
Freed
Frisk
Baltimore Symphony drums to a halt without labor deal
Maryland brief reports say the Baltimore Symphony will not play next week unless musicians reach a labor agreement by next Tuesday. The Musicians Association cites wages as the main sticking point with the current minimum at 300 dollars weekly for a 45 week season. The last contract expired in August.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Symphony
Symphony
Keith Kummer
Musicians Association of
Metropolitan
Kummer
Ryland Crew Builds House in Four Days Record Try
Ryland construction crews built a three bedroom house with a basement in Fountaindale South starting 7 a.m. Monday September 16 and finishing 3:55 p.m. Wednesday September 20. Public relations firm Smith Meade will submit the feat to Guinness World Records as the shortest time to construct a comparable house. The home will serve as a model.
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Ryland
Fountaindale
Bob Meade
Smith Meade
Towson
Meade
Union Members Demand Cafeteria Rebuild at Du Pont Chambers Works
Union workers at Du Pont Chambers Works protest the company’s decision not to replace the main cafeteria destroyed in the June 16 explosion. They note the distillery damaged in the blast has been rebuilt and urge hot meals this winter while management studies alternatives.
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Wilmington
The
du Pont Co
Chambers Works
Chambers
Chemis Ph
Two blue cows mural stops Neligh traffic in Neb
In Neligh Nebraska a year old mural on a brick building features two large blue cows and a red plow beside a rainbow scene. Chicago artist Sachio Yamashita created the vivid design with local volunteers completing the work. The project cost about $1,000 for the artist with most supplies donated. The town notes the mural fostered community pride and even led to local kitchens stocking soy sauce.
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Neligh
Neb
Nebraska
Great Plains
Lynn Morrison
Neligh Arts Council
Sachio Yamashita
Chicago
America
Japan
Arts Council
Sachio
Diggest
Abo Ugiest
Sachie
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