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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1978
Page
13
Over 200 firefighters gathered at James Wood High School for the Northern Wa Firefighters Assn Officers Seminar. Attendees wore company shirts or casual clothes and carried notepads as they learned to perform their duties more effectively.
Police investigated a stolen car that crashed after a boarded brake pedal device malfunctioned on Braxton Road near Randolph Avenue. The car, valued around 1000 dollars, belonged to Mary Fristoe Traister of Manassas Avenue. In a separate late night shooting, an unoccupied vehicle at Mt View Subdivision was hit in the rear quarter panel. An additional arrest was made for shooting into an occupied dwelling on Midway Avenue. Separately, Emanuel Fried led a firefighting seminar with other fire officials focusing on tactics and search under fire conditions attended by Virginia Maryland and West Virginia crews.
Ground is scheduled to be broken for the Reynolds Store Volunteer Fire Dept building in September. John Boyd company president confirms the plan.
Patrick Lacy former Assistant Attorney General for Virginia and current legal advisor to the Virginia School Boards Association will speak after the Frederick County School Board meeting about legal aspects of education. The session begins around 7 30 p.m in the James Wood High multimedia room, with transportation chief Thomas Line presenting a vehicle costs report at 6 15 p.m.
The Winchester School Board will meet at 7 30 p m in North Brad dock Street offices to discuss a 10 cent across the board lunch increase and higher tuition for city students. High school lunches would rise to 60 cents and adults to 85 cents with middle school at 55 cents. Elementary tuition could move to 1100 and high school to 1150, reflecting a $150 per student cost rise last year.
Larry E. Boppe will chair the United Fund Campaign in Winchester and Frederick County. Michael M. Foreman urged strong division leadership and volunteers as the drive targets a goal of 181000, with Boppe predicting a community effort to surpass it.
The 23rd Clarke County Fair opens at the Raritan fairgrounds with livestock, produce, and craft exhibits. Activities include art shows, a silent art auction, a Miss Clarke County Fair pageant, and nightly grandstand entertainment by LIFE. Admission is 1.50 for adults, 0.50 for children, with free parking behind the buildings. Also noted: Roger Mahoney, 52, was found beaten on Baker Street and hospitalized.
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