Welcome Spring Tips From the Living Section
Jessica Sullivan offers a playful guide to welcoming spring with home and garden ideas. She notes spring arrives at 6 34 p m on March 20 and urges readers to clean indoors, prepare gardens, prune, refresh wardrobes, plan vacations, and enjoy local events across Clarke Frederick and Warren Counties.
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Frederick
Warren
Men's Fashions Boldly Challenge Comfort Standards
New York designers Calvin Klein and John Anthony expand the modern men’s look with relaxed fits, minimal linings, and oversized coats. The collections emphasize easy tailoring, single fabric lapels, and muted hues like oatmeal and amber, with touches of wine or green to highlight texture and contrast.
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Calvin Klein
John Anthony
New York
James Wood Bands Earn Superior Ratings at District Festival
James Wood Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble both earned superior ratings at the District V Band Festival held March 4 at Broadway High. Ayler Junior High and Frederick County Junior High also received superior and excellent ratings respectively, with 23 bands across three sites competing in northern Virginia area counties.
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James Wood
Broadway High School
Robert E. Ayler
Frederick County
James Wood Wind Ensemble
Ayler
Daniel J. Schoemmel
Raymond E. Conner
Aylor
William J. Stevenson
Broadway High
Lynchburg
Amherst
Nelson Counties
Charlottesville
Little Maids Chosen for Queen Shenandoah Court Coronation
Five young girls Elizabeth Hutchinson Michelle Barnes Susie Griffin Carter Glaize and Katie Kendall were named Little Maids to serve as maids-in-waiting for Queen-Elect Gigi Garner. They will present her with symbols during the May 5 coronation at Handley High School and participate in the following parade events.
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Elizabeth Dorsey Hutchinson
Michelle Denise Barnes
Susan Terretta Griffin
Elizabeth Carter Glaize
Kathryn Hall Kendall
Shenandoah LI
Gigi Garner
Elizabeth Hutchinson
John Kerr Elementary
Gregory Frank Hutchin
Handley High School
FDA warns on danger of broken mercury lamps in public spaces
The FDA warns that high intensity mercury vapor and metal halide lamps emit intense ultraviolet radiation if the outer globe is broken or missing. Exposure can cause severe burns eye damage or skin cancer. Bulbs are used in stores arenas warehouses and gymnasiums. FDA is developing standards for a device to extinguish bulbs after outer globe breakage.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Mercury Lamp Risks Prompt FDA Advice and Hearings
A lab bulletin outlines dangers from broken mercury vapor and metal halide lamps and urges use of self extinguishing bulbs or totally enclosed fixtures with shields. It notes injuries should be reported and highlights a Washington hearing on toxic metal decorations in drinking glasses.
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FDA
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D.C
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