Rain Pauses Fires as Virginia Grain Burn Laws Update
Rain is expected to halt ongoing grass fires in Frederick County as forest wardens Fred Burlingame and Tom Hepler note calmer conditions. Five fires were reported yesterday in Frederick, Gainesboro, Round Hill, and Winchester areas, with firefighting aid from state divisions and Keep Virginia Green. Outdoor burning regulations run through May 15, forbidding woodland proximity, with fines up to 100 dollars and cost reimbursement for volunteers. A Rose Hill Nursing Home project in Berryville is proceeding, a 120 bed facility by Dr. Blanton Allen and Fred Spencer, with Liberty House managing operations and an 80 to 90 person staff anticipated by late summer.
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Star
Frederick County
Fred Burlingame
Burlingame
Tom Hepler
Frederick
Warren
Clarke
Winchester
Gainesboro
Rt. 699
Timber Ridge School
John Pyles
Gore
Round Hill
Pyles
Clearbrook
Rt. 671
Howard’s Chapel
State Forestry Division
Keep Virginia Green
KVG
Hepler
Rose Hill
Chalmers Court
Berryville
Blanton Allen
Fred Spencer
Liberty House Management Consultants
Allen
Winchester youth charged in morning hit and run
Winchester police confirm 19 year old Mark Hughes charged in a 4:51 a.m. hit and run that damaged a home at 225 Sharp Street for about 200 dollars. The suspected vehicle was found at 7:15 a.m. in the Berryville Avenue Seven Eleven parking lot.
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Winchester City
Mark Hughes
Fred Hildebrand
Sharp Street
East Lane
Hildebrand
Berryville Avenue
Seven- Eleven
Peace Stirs Mixed Feelings as Egypt Israel Peace Nears
In Tel Aviv and across Israel and Egypt, veterans and civilians weigh peace against war scars. Reuven Perah, who lost an eye and a finger in 1973, reflects on a possible future with Egypt while others fear renewed vulnerability.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Reuven Perah
Egypt
Perah
Suez Canal
Washington
Kurdish Rebels Offer Limited Autonomy Amid Hostage Standoff
Kurdish leaders brief Sanandaj residents on an autonomy offer from Interior Minister Javadi and Ayatollah Taleghani while 97 Kurdish hostages remain at the 28th army division barracks. Ninety six freed? , crowds cheer and troops fire in the air as talks continue. The tie to Tehran comes as Iran’s new regime seeks control post February uprising. Meanwhile, US PBS reports a record public TV fund drive, with promises of up to $20 million as stations raise money locally.
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Sanandaj
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Seyyed Javadi
Khomeini
Mahmoud Taleghani
Kurdistan
Tehran
28Th Army
Radio-Tv
Weather Summary for Northern Valley and Virginia
Mild with showers and possible thunderstorm in the north with highs in the 60s. Tonight remains partly cloudy windy and much cooler with lows in the 40s and Sunday highs in the 50s. Virginia sees heavy rain or a thunderstorm possible in the east with highs in the 60s and cooler tonight with mountain flurries. Sunday brings partly cloudy, windy and cooler conditions with 40s to 60s.
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Virginia
National Weather Service
Swindler Sentenced Despite Tearful Plea in GSA Case
Nan Sent to Prison Despite Pleas A former GSA store manager John B Swindler 36 of Upper Marlboro Md received 13 months in prison after admitting to taking 12000 in bribes from a supplier Swindler cried as he asked mercy for his daughter and said his ex wife wants nothing to do with their 13 year old The judge noted the case shows personal greed and cited his church role along with the corruption probe involving a 5 billion agency Also sentenced were Roger Wilt 30 to four months for 3000 in gifts and Eugene Proctor 50 to 60 days and 250 fine for about 1000 in gifts
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Baltimore
General Services Administration
Mer
John B. Swindler
Upper Marlboro
U.S
Herbert F. Murray
Swindler
Murray
GSA
Agen
Edwar S. Northrop
Roger Dale Wilt
District Heights
Wilt
Department of Housing and Urban Development
C. Stanley Blair
Eugene Francis Proctor
Washington
Proctor
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Arlington
Local Delivery Rates Published in Service Notice
The notice lists subscription options for delivery with local carrier at 26 dollars per year or 14 dollars for six months and 7.5 dollars for three months. Mail and motor delivery rates are 28.08 dollars yearly, 15.08 for six months, and 8 dollars for three months.
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Rt. 600
Rocky Keplinger
Tavenner
Albin
Keplinger
Scott Ma
Rose Hill Nursing Home
Lester D. Funkhouser
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Eva C. McCarty
M. Omps
Old Stone Church
Panera
Collie E. Cullers
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Funeral Home
Hagai Zamir
Zamir
Uri Eshkoli
Kibbutz
Kfar Giladi
Galilee
Eshkoli
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahalvi
Public Broadcasting Service
Bernard F. Groves
Staddock
Eese
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Todated
Appalachians
New England
Great Lakes
Nan
T Swindler
Evening Star
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Paul Delianides
Barefoot Freedom
Bible’s Shoes
Loudoun St
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