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From his deck, Tom Iaccarino looks at the Simmers property, which a developer is asking the town of Thurmont to annex.
Brenda and Tom Iaccarino, left, and Louise Schafer are shown across the street from the Simmers Farm property, which a developer is asking the town of Thurmont to annex. The three live near the property and are opposing the annexation.
The Simmers Farm property, which a developer is asking the town of Thurmont to annex.
Thurmont to discuss annexing farmland for residential development
A public hearing is scheduled in Thurmont next week to discuss a proposal to expand the town’s boundaries to include a 16.7-acre property encircled by Apples Church and Graceham roads.
The parcel is zoned for agricultural use by the county. If the town votes to annex the land — and the county approves the change — it would become zoned for high-density residential use.
The possibility has some residents concerned.
Louise Schafer lives beside the property in a community for people at least 55 years old. She is not opposed to annexation or to the town growing, she said. But she worries about what a new high-density residential development would mean for her neighborhood.
For several weeks, she has spoken to neighbors about the proposal and circulated a petition opposing it. She estimates that she has spoken to hundreds of people. Only two have been in favor of the plan, she said.
“This would put a big city development in my backyard,” she said. “I really want to make sure people know that.”
The parcel included in the annexation proposal is part of a 24.5-acre piece of land known as the Simmers property.
The 7.8-acre piece not included in the annexation proposal is already within town limits and zoned for high-density residential use, Thurmont Town Planner Kelly Duty said in an interview on Monday.
Cross and Company, the developer, wants to build an intergenerational residential community at the site. Cross and Company and Patricia Simmers, the owner of the property, are asking the town for the annexation.
The community would include 172 residential dwelling units — mostly townhouses — a 54-bed assisted-living facility and a day care center that could serve 188 children, according to the developer’s concept plans.
David Cross of Cross and Company first approached the town about the project in 2018, Duty said. By then, the town had marked the Simmers property as a potential for annexation. The parcel has been included in Thurmont’s municipal growth area in the town’s Master Plan since 2009.
Last February, Thurmont’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended that the town annex the Simmers property and zone it for high-density residential growth, Duty wrote in an email.
The commission members decided that the annexation proposal would mesh with the town’s Master Plan and be adequately served by existing public facilities, Duty wrote.
In the town’s annexation agreement with Cross and Company, the developer agreed to help improve roads surrounding the site, contribute to the town’s water storage and supply capacity, and make other contributions “above and beyond what is necessary,” Duty wrote.
During discussions leading up to the most recent update of the Master Plan — which the town adopted in April — residents brought up the need for an assisted-living facility, Duty said. They also talked about wanting more child care resources nearby.
“This would be a great opportunity for young families,” Duty said of the day care center included in the plan for the development. “They could essentially purchase a home here, and drop their kids off at day care, without having to hop in their cars to do so.”
A traffic study completed in June 2021 found that development plans for the Simmers property wouldn’t worsen traffic patterns.
But Brenda and Tom Iaccarino — a married couple who live on Roddy Road in a house that overlooks the Simmers property — worry the study didn’t fully capture how development would affect traffic.
The study was conducted on May 19 of last year, between the hours of 6 and 8 a.m. and 4 and 6 p.m. But employees at the nearby building products company, NVR, change shifts at 2:30 p.m., Brenda Iaccarino said.
The pandemic may have dampened the usual flow of traffic, she said.
The study also didn’t account for the tourism traffic drawn by the nearby historic covered bridge, Iaccarino said. On weekends, the bridge attracts hordes of bicyclists, who travel from around Maryland to bike through Thurmont.
Brenda and Tom Iaccarino have been helping Schafer raise awareness about the proposed annexation and development. The couple estimates they have spoken with 50 to 60 people in the past week.
The town has been transparent throughout the process, and has made documents about the annexation proposal accessible on its website, Tom Iaccarino said. He knows the mayor and commissioners love the town and want to make the right decision.
“They were elected to represent the will of the people,” he said. “And I think they’ll find out that the will of the people would want them to take another look at all of this.”
The annexation public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Thurmont Municipal Offices.
The mayor and Board of Commissioners could vote that night, or delay the vote to gather more information, or for another reason, Duty said.
A vote to approve the annexation proposal would also be a vote to approve the developer’s concept plans for the residential community.
“We welcome anybody to the public hearing,” she said. “We want to know what their concerns are, and are happy to address them.”
What: A public hearing about an annexation proposal on the Simmers property
Where: Thurmont Municipal Offices, 615 E. Main St.
Read more about the proposed annexation at thurmont.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=451.
Simmers Property
Apples Church Road
Kelly Duty
Tom Iaccarino
"A traffic study completed in June of last year found that the development plans for the Simmers property wouldn’t worsen traffic patterns in the network of roads surrounding the land."
Seriously?! All of those proposed houses and we're supposed to believe traffic would not increase at all?
I wonder who did that 'study', and who paid them.
"“This would be a great opportunity for young families,” Duty said of the day care center included in the plan for the development. “They could essentially purchase a home here, and drop their kids off at day care, without having to hop in their cars to do so.”
Why would people take their kid(s) to day care if they are not commuting to work? | 2022-08-23T03:42:06Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Thurmont to discuss annexing farmland for residential development | Environment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/thurmont-to-discuss-annexing-farmland-for-residential-development/article_2ee958a9-a030-519a-95f8-fa27c9565d36.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/thurmont-to-discuss-annexing-farmland-for-residential-development/article_2ee958a9-a030-519a-95f8-fa27c9565d36.html |
Attendees listen during an internet safety event conducted by the Frederick County Cyber Crimes Task Force and the U.S. Secret Service Baltimore Field Office on Monday.
Scott Kohler, Secret Service assistant to the special agent-in-charge, speaks to the crowd during an online safety presentation by the Frederick County Cyber Crimes Task Force and the U.S. Secret Service Baltimore Field Office Monday at the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center.
Parents, teachers learn about how to keep children safe online
In the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center Monday evening, people dove headfirst into understanding the dangers of a virtual world, and how to keep children safe in it.
Members of the United States Secret Service Baltimore Field Office gave a presentation on how parents can be engaged with their children to keep them safe on the internet.
Scott Kohler, Secret Service assistant to the special agent-in-charge, and Special Agent Jeff Lourinia kicked off the presentation, which was the first time they offered it in Frederick County. The presentation was done in partnership with the Frederick County Cyber Crimes Task Force.
Using videos and slides, they covered ground on inappropriate content, online privacy, sexting, online enticement and cyberbullying. A main theme throughout the presentation was parents keeping an open line of communication and setting ground rules with their children.
Kohler said children have an upper hand online since they're "tech savvy," while many parents can’t keep up. That's the main reason why parents should stay informed with what apps their children use and what they do on them.
Open communication can build trust, so children can speak to parents when they see something online they shouldn’t, he said.
He also advised parents to help their children make the right decisions and be good online citizens.
“If we let children go free, they can put themselves in harm’s way,” Kohler said.
Kohler got the audience of parents and teachers involved throughout the presentation. He asked parents to give a definition of inappropriate content for their children.
“Anything you wouldn’t want to show your grandmother,” one attendee said.
While Kohler said that was a good definition, he gave parents what he said was a baseline definition of what would be inappropriate content.
He used photos as an example.
“If your child or someone you know has to go into a bathroom, even though they're fully clothed, to take a photo, that is inappropriate,” he said.
Kohler also gave parents warning signs to look out for that could indicate their children is engaging in inappropriate or negative behavior online. Many of the warning signs, like spending more time on their devices or minimizing their screens when parents try to see, were the same for sexting and cyberbullying.
One parent asked about the best app to use to make sure their children weren’t doing inappropriate things online, since Kohler and Lourinia were pushing for parent involvement.
Lourinia’s answer was simple. The best app is the parent.
“These children aren't gonna go out and buy their own phones. You bought them for them, right? They’re your phones. Take them. What’s the problem?” he said.
Cara Phillips brought her 12-year-old daughter to the presentation. The conversations about online safety have always been prevalent in their home, but Phillips wanted her daughter to hear it from a different source.
"It was important for her to hear it directly from law enforcement," she said.
Phillips, who's from Frederick, also liked the educational videos they used in the presentations. She has shown them to her children, and advised parents to watch them first, so they can pick the right age-appropriate videos.
Kathleen Brightman is a stay-at-home mom from Ijamsville. She came to the presentation so she not only knows how to keep her own children safe, but also to share information with the Parent Teacher Association at Oakdale High School.
"I know that cyber safety is very important and it's one of the issues that we want to bring to the forefront in our school," she said.
Scott Kohler
Jeff Lourinia
Cara Phillips | 2022-08-23T03:42:18Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Parents, teachers learn about how to keep children safe online | Public Safety | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/public_safety/parents-teachers-learn-about-how-to-keep-children-safe-online/article_7e5f8c1e-49e1-563c-84ba-e70b9ffc56bf.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/public_safety/parents-teachers-learn-about-how-to-keep-children-safe-online/article_7e5f8c1e-49e1-563c-84ba-e70b9ffc56bf.html |
Tuscarora grad Jordan Addison named preseason All-American
Jordan Addison’s accolades continue racking up.
The Tuscarora grad and USC wide receiver was named a preseason first team All-American by the Associated Press on Monday after a breakout sophomore campaign as the country’s top wideout.
Addison won the Biletnikoff Award at Pitt in 2021 after catching 100 passes for 1,593 yards and an FBS-best 17 touchdowns. His stock rose dramatically throughout the year, coupled with the Panthers’ rise to an ACC championship.
That new attention also brought new suitors, who hoped to lure Addison to a higher-profile football school. USC ultimately won, and Addison transferred to the Los Angeles school in May.
His move also sparked controversy, as Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi accused USC and coach Lincoln Riley of tampering before Addison officially entered the transfer portal. Both Riley and Addison denied those charges.
Addison is set to star for the Trojans in 2022 and potentially vault himself up NFL draft boards, where he sits as a projected mid-late first-round pick. He was previously named to watch lists of the Biletnikoff and Maxwell awards, looking to become the third player to win the former trophy in consecutive seasons.
Now, he has a preseason All-American honor to add to that growing list of accolades. | 2022-08-23T05:53:07Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Tuscarora grad Jordan Addison named preseason All-American | Collegiate | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/collegiate/tuscarora-grad-jordan-addison-named-preseason-all-american/article_22d59f7d-6dd1-55c5-919a-8d296641e9e2.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/collegiate/tuscarora-grad-jordan-addison-named-preseason-all-american/article_22d59f7d-6dd1-55c5-919a-8d296641e9e2.html |
Washington tight end Logan Thomas has been sidelined since last December with a serious left knee injury.
Logan Thomas returns, improving Commanders' depth at tight end
Last week, as Washington Commanders tight end Logan Thomas underwent extra tests with the team’s training staff, the results indicated something unexpected: His legs were more powerful this year than last.
For the past nine months, Thomas, 31, has been rehabbing from surgery after he tore the ACL, MCL, medial meniscus and lateral meniscus in his left knee. He worried his leg would be weaker, that the athleticism he needed to help him reinvent his career might be compromised. But as he jumped on the force plate — a rectangular mechanical sensor that measures balance, power and other biometrics — the numbers got better and better.
On Monday, the Commanders activated Thomas from the physically unable to perform list, a huge boost for a team that was down to just two healthy tight ends last week. Washington started training camp with seven players at the position, but then Antonio Gandy-Golden retired, key backups sustained nagging injuries, and several backups’ backups got hurt, too. By the second preseason game, it was just undrafted rookie Armani Rogers — who’d played quarterback until this spring — and journeyman Eli Wolf.
In his first practice after being activated, Thomas wore a black sleeve on his leg and participated only in individual drills. He blocked the red pads, and on the side field during special teams drills, he caught his first passes from quarterback Carson Wentz. Thomas said he’d love to be back for the season opener against Jacksonville but “if I’m not ready to go, or I don’t feel like a full version of myself, then we can buy another week or another two weeks.”
Coach Ron Rivera said Thomas will not play in the preseason finale at Baltimore on Saturday night, and he doesn’t have a timeline for Thomas to return to contact drills.
“That’s one thing I’ll never do: I’ll never put a player on the field until he is ready,” Rivera said. “When the trainers and the doctors tell me he’s cleared, he’ll be cleared.”
The night before Thomas was activated, New York Giants rookie defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux took almost the same hit Thomas did last December in Las Vegas against the Raiders. In both instances, a tight end came across the formation to block the backside of a run, and one player dove at the other’s knees to deliver what’s known as a cut block, which is legal.
In New York, Thibodeaux’s knee avoided the same devastation — he suffered a sprained MCL — but to Thomas, the play underscored the danger of blocks below the knee. He pointed out Philadelphia tight end Tyree Jackson was injured on a similar play last season.
“Below the knee is kind of the cutoff point,” Thomas said, adding: “We’re actually coached to stay above the knee. It’s more effective that way. Obviously, the chance for injury is a whole lot lower. Chance for injury to the person who’s actually doing the cut block is lower, too.”
Rivera, who’s on the NFL’s competition committee, said he hopes the league will look into outlawing the cut block.
Behind his helmet visor at practice, Thomas smiled while blocking, and the team probably felt a similar relief. Washington put Wolf on injured reserve Monday, ending his season, and continued overhauling the tight end position by claiming Kendall Blanton from the Los Angeles Rams off waivers and signing 2021 undrafted free agent Jake Hausmann. The team finally had four healthy tight ends as John Bates (calf), Cole Turner (hamstring) and Curtis Hodges continued working on the side.
Washington has high hopes for Thomas this season. He’s 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, and with a 34 and ¼-inch wingspan, he possesses the large catch radius the Commanders front office targeted in the draft to help the big-armed but imprecise Wentz. Rivera called him the team’s only “truly well-rounded” tight end who can block and catch.
The value of his versatility will likely show up in the biggest moments. In 2020, when Thomas broke out and solidified himself as one of the league’s better tight ends, he was an elite red-zone threat and third-down target. Last year, injuries limited him to just six games, and the team clearly missed his presence in both areas.
After Wentz threw his first pass to Thomas on the field, some players and coaches lightly applauded, seemingly an acknowledgment of the grueling work Thomas had put in to come back. During the few routes, Thomas noticed the zip on Wentz’s passes. He said it would take reps to learn the quarterback’s body language and timing, but what he saw excited him about the offense.
“It looks really good,” he said. “We got talent in every position. We’re tough. We’re physical running the ball. We can be very good. Pass game, obviously, we got weapons everywhere. For us, it’s just about consistency.”
Thomas pointed to the Kansas City Chiefs loss last week.
“We got off to a hot start, moved the ball and then stalled out,” he said. “The next possession, same thing. Stalled out. It’s just being able to sustain, keep the chains moving and ultimately punch it in and score points — because we should be able to move the ball anytime we want.”
After months in individual drills, practicing with and talking about the team seemed like an emotional lift for Thomas. He called it “a little boost” from the “monotonous grind,” and said his return a week ahead of schedule was providing him a little more hope.
“All along, I’ve always said I wanted to play Week 1,” he said. “Whether I’m on track for that ... we’ll come to find out.” | 2022-08-23T05:53:13Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Logan Thomas returns, improving Commanders' depth at tight end | Professional: All Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/logan-thomas-returns-improving-commanders-depth-at-tight-end/article_8ec2eb71-db58-50f4-9e36-3ab5e4ac2492.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/logan-thomas-returns-improving-commanders-depth-at-tight-end/article_8ec2eb71-db58-50f4-9e36-3ab5e4ac2492.html |
Peaches are being sold in Frederick for prices ranging from $2.00 to $3.50 per bushel. Peach growers point out that this is some drop from last year, when this fruit sold for about $6 a bushel.
It is suspected that a man who was committed to jail here for a term of five days for assault upon another man is wanted in Leesburg, Va., for attempted murder. The man in question gives his name as Clarence Blue and his former home as being in Virginia. He got into a fight with a man named Brown, Bartonsville, in the plant of the Frederick City Packing Company yesterday, where both were employed. The fight is claimed to have been caused by remarks that Blue is alleged to have made to Brown’s wife, who is also employed at the factory.
While the whole world is crying for peace, scientists say we must prepare immediately for a new world war more widespread and fundamental than any conflict ever before, and absolutely without quarter, a war to the death. It will be a real world war also, for it will be a fight for the possession of the earth. For resistance to natural hardships, for sheer tenaciousness of life our tiny [insect] enemies are better organized by far than we are.
The old adage goes, “Every dog has his day,” but for the second year in a row, almost no dog has had his day in August as the month has been generally dog-day free. Except for two days this month, the average temperature has stayed well below 90 degrees, and last year’s records show similar trends.
In addition to medical benefits and paid vacations, a growing number of businesses and industries lately are offering employees a chance to further their formal education by footing all or a portion of tuition costs at the local community college. One company participating in the program is Frederick Electronics, a firm employing approximately 360 persons. According to Personnel Director Fran Sparks, the company averages 20-30 students at Frederick Community College each semester.
City crews will begin making preparations today to install a temporary dam to diver water from the Monocacy River to Frederick’s water treatment plant. Unless the area receives substantial rainfall this weekend, the dam will be installed upstream from the treatment plant’s intake.
The Monocacy River is flowing at only 6 percent of its normal rate for August, according to statistics collected by the U.S. Geological Survey. A gage in the river at Jug Bridge just east of Frederick showed the average flow on Tuesday, the most recent measurement available, was 24 cubic feet per second (cfs). The average flow for August is 404 cfs.
Assault At Frederick City Packing Company
Insect War
Tuitiion Assistance To Employees | 2022-08-23T11:09:12Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | 20-40-100 Years Ago — Aug. 23 | News | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-23/article_e57a1c74-d620-584f-ac09-f6c15066fc19.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-23/article_e57a1c74-d620-584f-ac09-f6c15066fc19.html |
Carmella "Cam" Ann Loudon
Mrs. Carmella Ann Loudon (Cam), age 86, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, Aug. 5, 2022, after many years of suffering with Alzheimer’s disease.
Born Jan. 24, 1936, in Bay Shore, New York, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Tartufo) Guccione.
Cam moved from New York to Gaithersburg, then to Frederick, Maryland, where she spent many years operating her family business, a printing company. She loved talking to people, playing bridge and spending time at the beach with her family.
Cam is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth (Beth) Jones, of Chandler, Arizona; her son, Brian Loudon and wife Toni, of Thurmont, Maryland; and her grandchildren, Emily and Carly Jones, Kate Rader, and Nathan and Shannon Loudon. She is also survived by four brothers, Joseph, Guy, Anthony and James Guccione; their spouses; and many nieces and nephews who loved her.
In addition to her parents, Cam was predeceased by her husband, William H. Loudon; and her grandson, Jacob Loudon.
A private burial will take place with immediate family in attendance.
For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, online at act.alz.org. | 2022-08-23T11:09:37Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Carmella "Cam" Ann Loudon | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/carmella-cam-ann-loudon/article_b1f5872f-265a-5199-a3c5-5836b2bdbbbd.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/carmella-cam-ann-loudon/article_b1f5872f-265a-5199-a3c5-5836b2bdbbbd.html |
Carroll Nelson Fraley
Mr. Carroll Nelson Fraley, 88, of Thurmont, passed away peacefully Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at Dove Hospice House in Westminster. He was the loving husband of Celia Fraley. They were married for 67 years.
Born Dec. 1, 1933, in Thurmont, he was the son of the late Plummer and Margaret (Coyle) Fraley.
An avid baseball player, Carroll played professionally in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization in 1954, and, later, for many years with the Creagerstown Tri-County League. Additionally, he proudly served in the United States Army from 1956-58.
Mr. Fraley worked for over 40 years as a machinist at Moore’s Business Forms and, in earlier years, at Black’s Orchard.
He loved to fish, hunt, spend time with his grandkids, and watching his grandkids’ sporting events. He was loved by all and will be greatly missed.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Timothy Fraley and wife Angela, and Thomas Fraley and wife Shelly; six grandchildren, Rebecca, Timothy Robert, Dakotah, Jacob, Colton and Ashley; three sisters, Naomi Long, Sylvia Keller and Judy Evans; his brother, Plummer H. Fraley; and many nieces and nephews and extended family members.
He was predeceased by his siblings, Robert Fraley, Mary Lawyer and Victor Fraley.
The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at Stauffer Funeral Home, 104 E. Main St., Thurmont.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 from the funeral home chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Tim May.
Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to Dove Hospice House.
Timothy Fraley | 2022-08-23T11:09:43Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Carroll Nelson Fraley | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/carroll-nelson-fraley/article_1b22c3a6-6430-579e-8d39-d755b0a60cae.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/carroll-nelson-fraley/article_1b22c3a6-6430-579e-8d39-d755b0a60cae.html |
Doran Cunningham
Doran Ray Cunningham, 73, of Charles Town, West Virginia, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, West Virginia.
Born Dec. 13, 1948, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Harvey Edward Cunningham and Wilma Crowe Cunningham.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served in Vietnam.
He retired from Bechtel as a field engineer, with 35 years of service.
He is survived by his loving wife of seven years, Sheila, at home; one daughter, Kristen Swadley and husband, Steve, of Mount Airy, Maryland; one son, Jason Cunningham and wife Charla, of Valrico, Florida; one brother, Delvyn Cunningham and wife Lois; one aunt, Alice Rembold and husband Edgar; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one stepson, Shawn Bender; and one brother, Merwyn Cunningham.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, 256 Halltown Road, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Interment will follow in Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.
Doran Ray Cunningham | 2022-08-23T11:09:49Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Doran Cunningham | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/doran-cunningham/article_15a49440-3b54-5a97-b7a9-c1a4ba1b5504.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/doran-cunningham/article_15a49440-3b54-5a97-b7a9-c1a4ba1b5504.html |
Evelyn Fulton
Evelyn Vidal Fulton, 82, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, formerly of Littlestown, Pennsylvania, Frederick, Maryland, and Bronx, New York passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at Genesis Healthcare Center, with her daughter at her side. She was the loving companion of the late Edward A. “Auggie” Wehrman; they shared 22 years together before his passing in March of this year.
Born June 26, 1940, in Bronx, New York, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Vidal and the late Palmira (Vazquez) Meca.
She was a retired licensed practical nurse. She was employed at North Hampton Manor Nursing Home, Sibley Memorial Hospital, and Mount Airy Nursing Home.
In her earlier years, she attended PS75 in New York, and Grace H. Dodge Vocational High School. She obtained an associate degree in psychology and sociology.
She enjoyed sewing, snow skiing, water skiing, tennis and hunting. In 1991, she began a crafting venture, Craft on the Side, with some friends. She took her wares of handwoven baskets, church dolls, quilts and fresh-made herb vinegars and other country-style home accessories. She then joined a quilting club in Littlestown, where she enjoyed making patriotic quilts for our veterans with her club members.
Evelyn is survived by two children, Deborah Fulton, of Frankford, Delaware, and Bruce Fulton, of St. Augustine, Florida; a sister, Lillian Meca Vavrick, of Stafford, Virginia; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three nieces; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
A time to share memories with the family, and an opportunity to view, will be from 1-1:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at the Wetzel Funeral Home and Crematory, 549 Carlisle St., Hanover, Pennsylvania. Burial will be in Christ Church Cemetery, Littlestown. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Evelyn can be made to Gift of Life Donor Progam. Please make checks payable to “Transplant Foundation” and mail to: Gift of Life Donor Program, 401 N. Third St., Philadelphia, PA 19123.
To share memories of Evelyn Vidal Fulton and view a video tribute, please visit wetzelfuneralhome.com. | 2022-08-23T11:09:55Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Evelyn Fulton | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/evelyn-fulton/article_1dae57c3-e69b-5037-947e-f06445a26970.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/evelyn-fulton/article_1dae57c3-e69b-5037-947e-f06445a26970.html |
BOARD of CONTRIBUTORS I David Staveley
There has been a disturbing trend in American politics for at least the past 10 years, whereby many seem to view their opponents as not misguided but open to persuasion, but so inherently evil that they are beyond redemption. We see this mostly on the left, where most any transgression — real and perceived — against their ever-changing self-evident truth is viewed as motivated by racism or sexism or anti-transism or something else negative and hateful. According to the Washington Post, 53% of Republicans say they have Democrat friends, while only 32% of Democrats say they have a Republican friend. The Washington Examiner reports that two-thirds of college freshmen claim that they could not stand to stay with a Trump-supporting roommate. The poor dears, bless their hearts. If adversity builds character, we are in trouble. The genius of American democracy, which is an ongoing experiment and not guaranteed to live forever, is that the parties in our two-party system act as “catch-all” parties around which different interest groups align. It is not clear to me how our first and, thus far, only republic can survive if 50% of the country is viewed by their opponents as illegitimate.
The results of every national election since 2000 that the Democrats have lost (2000, 2004, and 2016) has been contested. Now we have election lawyers who contested the results of the 2020 election, an election won handily by Joe Biden only after six states (Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona) changed how, and when they vote mostly through executive fiat in the weeks and months leading up to the election, having their electronics containing correspondence covered by attorney-client privilege seized. I suggest all who dismiss this as sour grapes or, even worse, treasonous, to do two things: look in the mirror and try to remember ’00, ’04 and ’16, and read Article II of the Constitution.
I wish to God Jan. 6, 2021, had never happened. I don’t believe that it was an attempted coup d’état (if it was, it was the most poorly planned one in history). Nevertheless, it was still not right to enter the Capitol and make our elected officials (our employees) nervous. Someday, I hope we will find out why people lost their lives as a result of Jan. 6. Several died, and no one seems to care. (Well, we cared about Officer Sicknick when CNN and MSNBC reported that he had been bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher by Trump supporters, but of course, that was not true.) One woman was shot at close range by a police officer, and we don’t even ask why? Doesn’t that seem odd to you? If an excessive use of force by police is wrong, it is always wrong and not dependent on the victim’s race or political ideology.
If it turns out that the ongoing partisan examination of the events of Jan. 6 does not examine the excessive use of force by Capitol Police and the apparent inclusion among the demonstrators of government agents who egged on, encouraged and directed the protestors where to enter the Capitol, that is a farce and an abuse of power. When the Republicans regain control of at least the House in November, their examinations of these issues will be characterized by journo-activists as partisan gaslighting. That has become so common, I think, over half the nation has tuned mainstream media out. It seems utterly broken — both dishonest in its hypocritical partisan bias and, increasingly as we move on from the suspension of civil liberties associated with our over-reaction to the pandemic, just wrong — almost all the time!
I desperately hope that Donald Trump is not the Republican nominee in 2024. He is too divisive, self-obsessed and old to do much good. I do sincerely hope, however, that the next Republican nominee adopts the America First agenda, whereby our borders — not Ukraine’s — are sacrosanct; that parents are recognized and respected as the guardians of their children (why does it always seem that childless adults make so many monumental decisions regarding our children?); that alliances exist for the protection of the American people, not to antagonize real and imagined enemies; and that the business of the American government is to deliver stability, safety (don’t get me started about exploding crime rates that don’t even get mentioned) and high levels of growth.
Three years ago, we were energy independent. Inflation was low, interest rates were low, illegal immigration was almost nonexistent, unemployment was near zero, working-class wages were up for the first time since the Nixon administration and the pre-COVID economy was growing at close to 5% — sometimes over 5%. The Democrats would have us believe that all these things are unattainable. Why? Why must we lower our expectations and have less hope for the future? Why must young people be told that their futures are so bleak that having children, perhaps life’s greatest comfort, is irresponsible of them? America is about an idea: that people can come here and have a new, better chance at a better life. That is what makes us exceptional, and it is a terrible thing to willfully discard. It is not an illusion despite what the legacy media insists; we had it three short years ago. Please don’t forget, our future need not be defined by negativity, a lack of hope for the future and racial discord. Those things have been imposed on us by a wildly out-of-touch administration. We need to have that stop.
David E. Staveley, Ph.D., writes from Monrovia where he sometimes wonders, “this is America, right?” He can be reached at destaveley@gmail.com.
Democracy is inherently not fair. You get what you get. Socialism is more fair by far. Democracy you get what is given to you by the rulemakers and already wealthy and the GOP loves to stack it so that the wealthy just get the trickle-up tax breaks and are afraid that now that someone did something to balance it and get the IRS to go after the tax dodgers, they bring out all their guns to try and shoot it down. As for not wanting to stay with a Trump-backing room mate? Who would? A constant stream of idiotic ideas and denial of fact from someone that close to you is as desirable as sleeping naked in field of cactus. No matter how hard you try, it will keep sticking you. Trump is a harmful aspect to others. I wouldn't subject my kid to a babysitter with that mantra either. And....bless your heart, Davie....your rant is a sign you are about as clueless as it gets, and that FNP keeps letting garbage get published.
See, David, this right here is why good and decent people don’t waste their time trying to be friends with you and your Republican ilk. Because you are liars.
It’s not fair if it’s not true.
And much of what you say David, is just not true.
“… many seem to view their opponents as not misguided but open to persuasion, but so inherently evil that they are beyond redemption. We see this mostly on the left…” 🙄
Dwasserbs
Before the cavalcade I also noticed the error. I think the right deserves a fair share of the blame for our deep divisions but too often, especially in here, people attack minor mistakes, .
Great column. I noticed you do not frequent the comment section anymore which is understandable. And I am sure most agree with you about Trump. He is simply too divisive.
About 140 officers injured and we still have people claiming they used excessive force?? The whole world saw on television why the one protester was shot. To any sensible person, there is no mystery as to why. If you still don't understand, then go to YouTube and watch it.
So in 2000, 2004, and 2016 the Democratic candidate did not concede the election, then claimed victory and massive voter fraud, instructed the VP to throw out the electoral votes, and led a riot on the capitol? I somehow missed all of that, which must mean I am an overly sensitive hypocrite. In all seriousness, Trump did everything he could to undermine faith in our election system, and he was successful with a majority of Republicans - despite the conclusion from nearly all election experts that we had as secure election as we have ever had. In other words, Trump did exactly what Putin wanted him to. To me this is so transparent, so why is it not obvious to everyone?
Should Larry Hogan run for president?
Yes, if Donald Trump doesn’t run again | 2022-08-23T11:10:13Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | It’s not fair if it’s not equal | Columns | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/it-s-not-fair-if-it-s-not-equal/article_8159ff43-f0b8-568c-bfc1-6ae9a09f285f.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/it-s-not-fair-if-it-s-not-equal/article_8159ff43-f0b8-568c-bfc1-6ae9a09f285f.html |
Shepherd University School of Music Salon Series begins Sept. 1
The 2022-2023 Shepherd University School of Music Salon Series kicks off at 6 p.m. Sept. 1 with a performance by the Shepherd faculty jazz ensemble. Saxophonist Kurtis Adams, School of Music director, and Shepherd adjunct faculty bassist Kevin Pace, guitarist Peter Heiss, pianist Bob Sykes and drummer Kelton Norris will present a set of jazz music.
The performance is free and open to the public and will take place outdoors on the Butcher Center Plaza. Audience members are encouraged to bring folding chairs or blankets. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to the Frank Arts Center.
For a full list of events, visit shepherd.edu/music/calendar-of-concerts.
Salon Series concerts:
“Rhythm, Spice, and Everything Nice” featuring faculty members Andrea Diggs on flute, Bob Sykes on piano, Kevin Pace on bass, and Kelton Norris on drums for a night of rhythmic flare as they play through the history of jazz flute. Experience the sounds of Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla and more. Free. — 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at W. H. Shipley Recital Hall
A special performance of Kevin Locke, world-famous hoop dancer, indigenous Northern Plains flute player, traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist, and educator. For nearly 40 years, Locke has performed in more than 90 countries at festivals, schools, universities, state and national parks, historic sites, powwows and on reservations. General admission is $15, $10 for Shepherd faculty, staff, alumni, senior citizens, active-duty military, veterans, students age 18 and under and Shepherd students. For ticket information, visit shepherd.edu/music/event-ticket-and-registrations. — 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Frank Arts Center Theater
“Gems of the German Romantic Opera” featuring internationally renowned soprano Jennifer Wilson joining Shepherd faculty baritone Bobb Robinson, accompanied by pianist Steven Gathman, to present duets and arias from German romantic opera. The program will include the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. Free. — 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at W. H. Shipley Recital Hall
Join Shepherd faculty harpist Tula Ruggiero and bassist Ray Irving for an eclectic program of works for harp and bass. Free. — 7:30 p.m. March 9 at W. H. Shipley Recital Hall
Shepherd faculty pianist Yu-Hsuan Liao, violinist Heather Austin-Stone and cellist Camilo Pérez-Mejía explore lesser-known works for piano trio. Free. — 7:30 p.m. April 6 at W. H. Shipley Recital Hall
Bob Sykes
Kelton Norris | 2022-08-23T13:57:54Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Shepherd University School of Music Salon Series begins Sept. 1 | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/shepherd-university-school-of-music-salon-series-begins-sept-1/article_e3af7fef-8eed-51d6-aebe-909fbe653ff2.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/shepherd-university-school-of-music-salon-series-begins-sept-1/article_e3af7fef-8eed-51d6-aebe-909fbe653ff2.html |
Harvest some potatoes at Spud Fest.
The festival runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 27 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 28 on the campus of the Washington County Agricultural Education Center at 7313 Sharpsburg Pike in Boonsboro.
All proceeds will support the upkeep and the exhibits in the three museums, Rural Village and Homestead.
Admission is free. Parking is by donation.
The fest features a craft show and “fleatique,” a potato picking contest and pick-your-own potatoes, contests, a gift shop, garden tours, children’s crafts, native plant sale, a bake sale, handmade kitchen broom sale, historic demos, potato chip making, a blacksmith shop, food vendors and live music by the Cruisers and DJ.
See ruralheritagemuseum.org for details. | 2022-08-23T16:29:06Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Heritage Spud Fest | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/heritage-spud-fest/article_cf0705f6-1992-5573-86dc-ea8690ee9e0c.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/heritage-spud-fest/article_cf0705f6-1992-5573-86dc-ea8690ee9e0c.html |
Banachek
Richard Faverty
'Banachek’s Mind Games Live' at Rocky Gap Casino
Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, prepare to have your mind blown. World-famous mentalist Banachek will bring his talents to Rocky Gap Casino Resort at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 for “Banachek’s Mind Games Live” live onstage.
Called “the greatest mentalism act in the world” by Penn & Teller, Banacheck is an international sensation who has performed on more than 50 major TV shows from CNN Live to TODAY and has made hundreds of TV appearances around the world. He also has a residency in Las Vegas at The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod. After fooling countless scientists, exposing psychics as frauds and performing death-defying illusions, Banachek’s mesmerizing production is a culmination of his life’s work.
His escapes from underground have been unlike anything any other illusionist has performed, during which he has nearly died … twice. Banachek is the most in-demand consultant by the world’s top magicians and mentalists, including David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Criss Angel and David Blaine. He is the most awarded mentalist in the nation and is an esteemed recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Creativity award and The International Magicians Society award.
“Banachek’s Mind Games Live” brings the audience one incredible act after the next, demonstrating why Banachek is known as the world’s greatest mind reader.
“This show is the culmination of my life’s work, and I am thrilled to bring it all together in one mind-blowing production,” Banachek said.
Tickets bought in advance through rockygapresort.com/entertainment are $25 and day-of tickets are $35. | 2022-08-23T20:54:44Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | 'Banachek’s Mind Games Live' at Rocky Gap Casino | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/banachek-s-mind-games-live-at-rocky-gap-casino/article_91d845ca-9911-5111-b176-c0ada5050104.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/banachek-s-mind-games-live-at-rocky-gap-casino/article_91d845ca-9911-5111-b176-c0ada5050104.html |
Two commissioner seats are up for election in the town of Emmitsburg, and Friday is the deadline for candidates to file.
The terms of Commissioners TJ Burns and Frank Davis are set to expire in October.
As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, Frank Davis and Mark Long were registered to run in the election, according to the town's website.
Candidacy forms can be found on emmitsburgmd.gov.
Voters must be residents of Emmitsburg for at least 30 days prior to Election Day in order to vote.
The election will take place Sept. 27 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 22 E. Main St., Emmitsburg.
Absentee ballot requests must be turned in to the town clerk by the close of business on Sept. 13.
Those with questions about candidacy can contact the town office at 301-600-6300 or email mshaw@emmitsburgmd.gov. | 2022-08-23T20:54:50Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Candidate filing deadline approaches in Emmitsburg | Politics & government | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/candidate-filing-deadline-approaches-in-emmitsburg/article_8ab3188c-6808-5424-a9ad-389cef8f965c.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/candidate-filing-deadline-approaches-in-emmitsburg/article_8ab3188c-6808-5424-a9ad-389cef8f965c.html |
Frederick man ordered to serve 15 years for three assault charges
A Frederick man was ordered on Tuesday to spend 15 years in prison for assault convictions for three incidents, authorities said.
Nazir Rashad Wells, 20, was sentenced for two counts of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree assault, according to the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The incidents happened in March, April and June of 2021.
On March 24, 2021, police responded to a report of a domestic dispute, with a gunshot, at an apartment in the 600 block of West Patrick Street in Frederick, the state’s attorney’s office said in a press release. Detectives found several bullet holes stemming from a single gunshot inside the building, the press release said.
On April 27, 2021, Frederick police were called to a park near Taney Avenue and Wilson Place for a report of a gunshot. Witnesses reported that a driver with a bag got out of a black Mazda to talk to someone. Then, they heard multiple gunshots and saw masked subjects flee the area, the press release said. Wells is accused of firing the shots at someone, whose vehicle was struck multiple times, authorities said.
On June 30, 2021, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office was called to Wade Court and Kirkland Drive for a report of a gunshot. The same person who was the target in the April 27 incident told deputies that he was targeted again. Deputies found multiple bullet holes in the person’s vehicle, authorities said. Wells was again suspected of firing the shots.
The press release said the sheriff’s office and Frederick police chased and caught Wells the next day. A handgun was found in the bushes near where Wells fled, authorities said.
The state’s attorney’s office said Wells was sentenced to a combined 25 years on the three counts, but 10 years were suspended.
After Wells is released from prison, he will be on supervised probation for five years, the press release said.
Nazir Rashad Wells | 2022-08-24T02:01:51Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Frederick man ordered to serve 15 years for three assault charges | Courts | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/frederick-man-ordered-to-serve-15-years-for-three-assault-charges/article_63441d51-3e98-50d6-8d9e-79ed3a5e25a9.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/frederick-man-ordered-to-serve-15-years-for-three-assault-charges/article_63441d51-3e98-50d6-8d9e-79ed3a5e25a9.html |
The 26-foot statue of the Virgin Mary was blessed during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at Mount St. Mary’s University.
Father Ted Trinko, bottom left, blesses the statue of the Virgin Mary that stands above a campanile at a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at Mount St. Mary’s University.
Father Ted Trinko blesses the statue of the Virgin Mary that stands above a campanile as Monsignor McLean Cummings holds the microphone at a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Blessed Virgin Mary statue's return celebrated at the Mount
When Emma Smith was a first-year student at Mount St. Mary’s University, she’d walk outside the library, gaze upward and see gold.
The shining statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, approximately 26 feet tall, stood atop a 78-foot tower since the 1960s.
The bronze statue, gilded in gold leaf, was a symbol Smith found comfort in at the beginning of college.
Then in July 2021, Mary left the Mount for a yearlong restoration. The statue’s interior armature was worn out by age and weather.
Last month, the restored statue returned to the university in Emmitsburg. On Tuesday, clergy members, students and the Mount staff gathered to celebrate Mary’s homecoming.
“It’s so joyful that she’s back for the beginning of my senior year,” Smith said.
Father Ted Trinko, chaplain of the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, swung a golden thurible with burning incense before the base of the Pangborn Memorial Campanile. Atop the structure, the face of Mary looked downward over the crowd with open arms.
Trinko performed a sprinkling rite with holy water, then made the sign of the cross.
Prayers were uttered as smoke from the incense blew across the air. Six men sang a Marian hymn. The sun shined brightly.
Mount St. Mary’s President Tim Trainor said in an interview that it is meaningful to see the statue return at the start of a new academic year.
“She provides hope to many, including me,” he said in a speech.
Around 2019, Trainor went up in a crane bucket to help place a crown of roses on the statue’s head. He noticed the back of the statue was discolored and dingy. A discussion began to return the statue to its former glory, he said.
First-year student Nismel Nforna has not been at the Mount for long, but said the statue makes her feel welcome while she is away from home.
“It’s a reminder that Mary’s always watching over us,” she said.
Gian Gonzalez, a missionary at the Mount, recently saw the way Mary’s presence can draw people to the Mount.
While on campus Monday doing outreach, Gonzalez approached an older couple who looked confused. He thought they might be the parents of a new student.
Gonzalez learned they were traveling home to North Carolina from Canada when they spotted the golden statue from the road. They had to see it and pulled over. Gonzalez directed them to the Grotto.
“We had this beautiful conversation,” Gonzalez said.
A rededication of the statue is planned for Oct. 8, according to National Shrine Grotto Director Dawn Walsh. Approximately $350,000 more needs to be raised to cover the cost of the restoration, she said.
Donations to support the restoration can be made to nsgrotto.org/help.
On Tuesday, standing near the base of the tower, Walsh described the hard work that went into restoring the sculpture. She said much care and expertise were required.
“It’s a happy day here,” she said.
Blessed Virgin Mary statue returns to the Mount after yearlong restoration
The mother that watched over Mount St. Mary’s University for nearly six decades has returned to campus after spending a year away to undergo r… | 2022-08-24T02:01:57Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Blessed Virgin Mary statue's return celebrated at the Mount | Mount Saint Marys | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/mount_saint_marys/blessed-virgin-mary-statues-return-celebrated-at-the-mount/article_ecfd7191-1489-5bce-a31a-47561044c23d.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/mount_saint_marys/blessed-virgin-mary-statues-return-celebrated-at-the-mount/article_ecfd7191-1489-5bce-a31a-47561044c23d.html |
Roman Steichen
Photo from Frederick County
After serving as the system's deputy director, Steichen was appointed to the top spot on Feb. 29, 2020, “essentially minutes before the pandemic took hold,” he said.
He had to oversee some drastic shake-ups to the system's procedures, from service modifications to increased cleaning and figuring out who could work from home and who couldn't.
His leadership of the transit system during the COVID-19 pandemic recently led to Steichen being named one of the country's top “40 Under 40” transportation professionals by Mass Transit Magazine.
Nominees were selected based on factors including job commitment, industry involvement, achievement in their position, and innovation in their field, according to a news release the county government sent Tuesday.
Steichen, 37, said in an interview on Tuesday that he was in a state of disbelief about the recognition.
He's proud to be recognized on a national level, which reflects on his team of workers who make it possible, he said.
One of the adjustments from COVID that he's planning to retain is to keep the system fare-free for riders.
What began as a temporary way to eliminate contact between drivers and riders during the pandemic has provided encouraging signs of bringing back riders who stopped using the system, Steichen said.
A fixed fare isn't equitable across income ranges, he said.
For now, federal CARES Act and American Rescue Plan Act funding has provided money to cover the fares not being collected. Steichen expects to ask the Frederick County Council to provide funds in the budget to balance out the approximately $748,000 in fares that would need to be replaced.
Before coming to Frederick County, Steichen spent six years as the transportation manager at Johns Hopkins University.
Before that, he started as a driver at the University of Maryland, then progressed to dispatcher and supervisor.
Some of his early work included driving part-time for Frederick County Transit in 2011 and 2012.
“I've seen it all,” he said. “It's definitely a good position to be in.”
Frederick County Transit Services
Mass Transit Magazine | 2022-08-24T02:02:03Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Frederick County transit director named to national '40 Under 40' list | County | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/levels_of_government/county/frederick-county-transit-director-named-to-national-40-under-40-list/article_668241ca-6923-5c29-8634-b3dc54f97efc.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/levels_of_government/county/frederick-county-transit-director-named-to-national-40-under-40-list/article_668241ca-6923-5c29-8634-b3dc54f97efc.html |
Because the Middletown Branch Library, shown, has limited space at its current location, a larger library will be built on East Green Street.
Middletown library project on pace to open in late 2023
A new library in Middletown remains on track to open in 2023, significantly increasing the size of the town's current facility and providing a new spot for the community to gather.
The 15,000-square-foot facility on East Green Street is expected to be ready in late 2023, Samantha Jones, a spokeswoman for Frederick County Public Libraries, wrote in an email Tuesday.
It will be similar in size to facilities that have opened over the past decade or so in Brunswick and Walkersville, replacing the current library of about 2,500 square feet on Middletown's Prospect Street.
The new library will be an important addition to the town, Middletown Burgess John Miller said.
Libraries serve so many purposes, he said, from providing access to computers and technology to giving children a safe place to stay after school and wait for their parents to get home from work.
The library will be on a 3-acre plot of land in the Middletown Glen neighborhood, near three of the town's schools.
Town officials worked to make sure that a piece of land would be reserved when Middletown Glen was being developed, Miller said.
Its proximity to the schools, homes, and the downtown business area made the location “the perfect storm of where the library could be,” he said.
While the town waits for that county project to begin, officials recently celebrated the completion of another county project, with the grand reopening of Middletown Community Park.
Two years of construction at the park on Coblentz Road added two additional picnic shelters, two new ballfields, a building for restrooms, and four new fountains in a pond, according to a news release from the county.
The work also included:
replacing two playgrounds
repairing four ballfields, a volleyball court and a basketball court
dredging a pond
constructing a concrete stage
resurfacing roads, a trail, and a parking lot
renovating other facilities.
The park also includes amenities such as fishing, grills, horseshoe pits, trails, and marble rings. A disc golf course is scheduled to be added this fall.
Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner highlighted the park's importance to people in the Middletown area in the county news release, noting that nearly 611,000 people visited last year.
The additional shelters and ballfields mean even more people can use the park, she said.
Miller pointed out that the park is a practice site for the Frederick County Knucklers marble team, whose Todd Kmiecik recently won the 2022 National Marbles Tournament.
Its fields are used by recreational teams from the Middletown Valley Athletic Association, as well as for numerous tournaments and other purposes.
The community is enthusiastic about the new amenities, because the park is a “central piece of our community,” he said.
Middletown Community Park | 2022-08-24T02:02:09Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Middletown library project on pace to open in late 2023 | Municipal | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/levels_of_government/municipal/middletown-library-project-on-pace-to-open-in-late-2023/article_277cf706-85c4-5c8a-b96d-0ae7b989ceb4.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/levels_of_government/municipal/middletown-library-project-on-pace-to-open-in-late-2023/article_277cf706-85c4-5c8a-b96d-0ae7b989ceb4.html |
Magnelli
New Market's Magnelli, 12, wins QB skills competition in Atlanta
New Market resident Chase Magnelli traveled to Atlanta in early July to participate in the National Football Academies The Duel, which included a quarterback competition that pitted him against other rising seventh graders from different parts of the nation.
This was an invite-only event, so Magnelli could’ve taken pride in merely getting a chance to participate. But his ambition kicked in.
“I expected myself to win,” he said, “because I put my standards high, and I always want myself to win in everything I try to do.”
Coupled with his skills, that mindset helped Magnelli, 12, become The Duel Seventh Grade East champion, beating out other top-five finishers from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Duel East, which was held July 8-9, featured a development phase and a competition designed to measure all aspects of a quarterback’s ability, including decision making, speed, strength, stamina and position-specific skills. Quarterbacks in each grade level did everything from navigating obstacle courses to showing how far they could throw a football.
Magnelli won with a score of 74, which was one point ahead of the second-place finisher.
“Probably the thing I did the best was my accuracy,” Magnelli said. “That was one of the main things, rolling out, being able to be accurate.”
Magnelli qualified for The Duel last year.
“They have camps nationwide, and you pick a three-day camp to go to, and they do quarterback drills, teach them things,” said David Magnelli, who is Chase’s father. “And when they’re looking at them, they decide which kids they want to invite, and then they send out the invitations, and then they go from there.”
Chase Magnelli has been playing Linganore youth football since he was 6 years old, starting out in flag football, but his history as a quarterback isn’t nearly as long. He started out as a running back, but his arm convinced coaches to switch him to quarterback a couple years ago.
How did he cope with the transition?
“It might’ve been difficult at first because I never really played that position because I was always a running back,” Magnelli said. “But once I got the right training and stuff, I kept moving on from that and then expanding my level.”
He’s trained at the Quarterback Factory under Chris Baucia, where many other quarterbacks — everyone from Middletown High School grad and University of Albany’s Reese Poffenbarger to USC’s Caleb Williams — went to improve.
Magnelli, who also plays outside linebacker, hopes to play high school football in the future. In the meantime, he’s playing for the Linganore youth program’s JV division one team.
“Right now, it’s falling into place,” Magnelli said four days before the team’s season opener. “[I’m] helping my team out by being a quarterback and a leader.”
Chase Magnelli
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The recent rains in the county have not hindered the fishermen, according to reports. Some of the county streams were muddied for a while but not for long. At present, all streams are reported to be clear. The Potomac is also clear at Sir John’s Run, Harper’s Ferry and Washington Junction, according to a yesterday evening dispatch from Harper’s Ferry.
Work is being rushed on the new Emmitsburg high school building. It will not be ready for occupancy by the opening of school, September 5, however. Superintendent G. Lloyd Palmer announced last night that two rooms would be completed by that time and that the school would be housed in these rooms and in the old building until the new structure is ready, about September 15. The building is located on the edge of Emmitsburg just off the Frederick-Emmitsburg State road. It was made necessary when the Emmitsburg high school outgrew the old building. Last year, the school authorities found it necessary to hire the hall of the Emmitsburg Fire Company to house some of the grades.
It has been only a little over a year since Moana Smith began her career with the Soil Conservation Service in the Frederick and Catoctin districts. Ms. Smith, a district aide technician, works in the agriculture division. She is the only female technician employed in the Frederick office. A 1974 graduate of Frederick High School and a ’79 graduate of Hood College, Ms. Smith helps farmers develop conservation practices for their farms.
The four championship games of the high school football state tournament will be held at the University of Maryland’s Byrd Stadium starting this year, it was announced Monday. The announcement was made by Roy Comer, supervisor of physical education for Frederick County and chairman of the state football committee. “Playing at Byrd Stadium will upgrade the whole tournament,” said Comer. “It will give us a first-class facility and should improve attendance.”
Monday, when Frederick County’s public schools open for the new academic year, teachers will be waiting for 39,085 students, 960 more than last year. That number is an all-time high. Soaring enrollment means that about 23 county schools will be operating over capacity, and about eight will be operating at 110 percent capacity or more, according to school statistics and school officials.
West All Saints Street’s Pythian Castle was once host to nearly all of the black community’s fraternal organizations. At the height of segregation in the 1930s through the late 1950s, the building at 111 and 113 W. All Saints St. was truly a focal point of the community. Adult dances with prominent entertainers such as Count Basie, the all-female Sweethearts of Rhythm, or Fats Waller were frequently held on weekends at the castle.
Sir John's Run
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“Victorious” by Delna Dastur, part of an exhibit at DISTRICT Arts through Oct. 2, with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 10.
Amazing Tablescapes Information Session— 5:30 p.m. Sept. 8, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown. Interested in being a designer in-person or online? Meet at the Atrium to learn more. RSVP victoria.beyer@gmail.com or 301-797-5727.
”Phantasmagoria” — through Aug. 27, Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster. Featuring five local artists express the bizarre and fantastic through abstraction, surrealism and the effects of time through a variety of mediums. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. 410-848-7272 or carrollcountyartscouncil.org.
”Agricolor” — through Aug. 27, Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster. Featuring three local artists, celebrates farming as a necessity to support a thriving community of individuals. From growing crops, to the rearing of animals for food or wool, viewers will see the beauty from sunrise to sundown. Free entry. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. 410-848-7272 or carrollcountyartscouncil.org.
”Abstraction and Figuration” — through Aug. 28, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Dave Moreland’s artistic practice of late has utilized both abstraction and figuration, and combinations of the two. Exhibition also includes the use of self-portrait and a long-time interest in art history. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.org.
”Stratum: Life in Layers” — through Aug. 28, DISTRICT Arts, 15 N. Market. St., Frederick. A body of two- and three-dimensional work created in phases by modeling organic shapes and then creating contrast with line and color. Frederick County artist Rhea Reeves Stein. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday-Tuesday. districtarts.com/rhea-reeves-stein.
”Abstracts and Reflections” — through Aug. 28, Eastside Artists’ Gallery, 313 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Abstract paintings by Lynn Hotes and fused glass by Steven Gibson. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. eastsidearts313@gmail.com. | 2022-08-24T07:10:59Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Art Exhibits | Visual Arts | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/art-exhibits/article_e3662b5c-ff34-5541-a54d-e3c776068bc8.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/art-exhibits/article_e3662b5c-ff34-5541-a54d-e3c776068bc8.html |
Catherine Trout
Catherine C. Trout, 56, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. She was born in Frederick, Maryland, on Sept. 5, 1965. She was the daughter of John Michael Trout and his wife, Pat, and the late Theresa Grimes.
In addition to her mother, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Tiffany Grimes.
She was an avid Ravens fan, and loved wrestling, country music and spending time with her family. Cathy worked many years for Town Cleaners and Sharpe’s Flowers. Cathy met great people through her jobs and made many lifelong friends.
She is survived by two siblings, Lori Trout and partner Gary, and Terry Grimes Jr. and partner Brooke; her stepfather, Terry Grimes Sr.; her nephew, Dylan Baker; two special cousins, Jamie Rohrback and Robert Willard; as well as many other cousins and family. Cathy loved her dog, Cheech. Memorial services will be held privately by the family.
Catherine C Trout
Terry Grimes
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Donald R. Lindsey Sr.
Donald R. Lindsey Sr., 83, of Adamstown, Maryland, passed from this life on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at Buckinghams Choice in Adamstown, Maryland. He was the husband of the late Rosa Lee B. Lindsey.
Born Dec. 31, 1938, in Nashville, North Carolina, he was the son of the late William Lindsey and Maggie (Taylor) Lindsey.
He was a 1955 graduate of Coopers High School and served in the United States Army from 1957-60.
Mr. Lindsey later received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1975.
He had a long career as manager of logistics with the U.S. Department of Defense. He enjoyed going to the gym, playing cards (especially poker), and going to the shooting range.
Mr. Lindsey is survived by daughter, Jeanette D. Lindsey; son, Donald Lindsey Jr.; grandchildren, Corbin R. Lindsey and Ashley B. Lindsey; and sister, Shirley Pridgen.
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Dr. H. Kenneth Shook
Dr. H. Kenneth Shook, 92, of Westminster, Maryland, died Wednesday Aug. 17, 2022, in his sleep before dawn at his family summer home on Beaver Lake, New Jersey. Born March 26, 1930, in Frederick, Maryland, Ken was the son of the late Denver Jacob and Catherine (Burgee) Shook. Dr. Shook was one of four children in the Denver Shook family of Frederick, Maryland. Ken grew up on East Patrick Street. His parents had very different backgrounds. His dad was a farm boy in his youth, and his education was often disrupted by chores and other family duties. For this reason, he lacked a high school diploma, and gained employment as a mechanic, road construction foreman, and Frederick policeman. His mother held a college degree from Hood College. Ken’s grandfather, Amon Burgee, was his hero. Amon was an influential educator and owned the house Ken lived in as a boy, and the farm where Ken and elder brother Charlie spent summers milking cows and harvesting corn. Amon Burgee had a monument in the Frederick cemetery. Ken modeled his life after Amon, seeking ways to succeed, excel and stand out among his peers. Music, sports and helping young people finance and pursue a college education became a means to his success in life.
Ken’s earliest memories are of singing with Charlie. About 1934, when they were 4 and 6, Charlie sang the melody line of songs, mainly hymns, and somehow, Ken produced the words by watching his lips. At the same time, Ken harmonized by generating a tenor flow of notes even though he could not read the notes printed on the pages of music, and no one had taught him how to harmonize. Stepbrother Herman taught Kenny to drive a three-on-the-tree manual shift in his Nash coupe, after returning from World War II service in the Air Force. Herman brought Thomasina, his war bride from Norwich, England, and became the chief of police in Thurmont, Maryland, and friend of several U.S. presidents who stayed at nearby Camp David. Brother Charlie followed the hymns to a pastor’s calling in the Methodist church and retired to Florida. Ken’s sister, Cathy, 17 years younger, worked as a bookkeeper and retired to Myersville, Maryland.
After graduating from Frederick High School in 1947, Ken was in line for a football scholarship at Bucknell University the next academic year, so he pursued a Maryland state scholarship to attend Charlotte Hall School to fill the year in between, and strengthen his preparation for college. His football career ended at Charlotte Hall with a severe knee injury, and Ken chipped a tooth playing basketball. As the lead singer in the school dance band, Ken occasionally needed to catch the bit of wax he used to hide his chipped tooth when it flew out of his mouth while performing. Ken attended Western Maryland College from 1948-1952 in Westminster.
After college, Ken pursued graduate school. In 1952, he entered Wesleyan College, chosen as one of 12 students admitted to the first class to begin the new Masters of Arts in Teaching program. In 1954, Ken was recruited to join Madison High School, teaching geometry and algebra. Ken joined the Madison Methodist church and became its tenor soloist. He fulfilled his military obligation starting in 1955 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Ken was selected for the Research and Development Company, which included scientists and mathematicians with college graduate degrees. Much of his Army service entailed working with early punch card computers. Nearly all of his off-base hours were devoted to musical activities of the Red Bank Methodist Church (New Jersey).
In 1958, Ken Shook was called back to his alma mater, Western Maryland College, to serve as the first dean of admissions and student financial aid. For the next 17 years, Ken guided thousands of high school students as they applied to college. Using a rolling admissions process, Western Maryland was recognized as the first college to fill its enrollment each year for many years, with a record number of Western Maryland applicants applying to only one college. Ken served as president of the Potomac and Chesapeake College Association for College Admission Counseling in 1970-71.
The return to Western Maryland College allowed Ken to meet Carol Jennette, and they married in 1960, in Big Baker Chapel at Western Maryland College. Carol was quite popular, winning the Miss Maryland title in 1955 and competing for Miss America that same year in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Carol’s father, Dr. W. Carl Jennette, was a highly respected family physician in Westminster who delivered over 2,000 babies. In 1968, Ken became a doctor, too, earning his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. Ken and Carol’s family grew, with William, Jennette and John, who died at 28 from the long-term complications of a horrific motorcycle accident.
Dr. Shook accepted a new position as executive director of the Maryland Scholarship Board in 1975, and led a 10-year effort to help young people decide to apply for financial aid to afford a college education. The use of computers made it possible to award more scholarships to Maryland students and for larger amounts. No longer would unused grants be reverted to the state. Growth also was aided by increased federal funds for loans, grants and campus jobs. Dr. Shook helped thousands of students work through the task of paying for a college education. He started the first public television program in American on the topic of college student financial aid. The program “You Can Afford College” premiered in 1982, and Ken’s co-host was current talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
Before retiring in 1995, Ken returned to teaching high school mathematics, and coached the Westminster High School girls tennis teams. His success brought the teams numerous county championships and coach of the year honors. Ken supported YMCA projects and devoted much time to the local community college. For work done on the advisory board and the college’s foundation board, President Joel Shields awarded the Carroll Community College Medal to Ken in 1995.
Ken was a lifetime member of the Rotary Club in Westminster, with perfect attendance for 50 years. Ken joined Rotary in 1960 and served in local and international service projects. He was president of the Westminster Club in 1971, and District 7620 Governor from 1997-98. He founded the Bonds Meadow Club in 1994 and headed a group study exchange to New Zealand in 1992. Ken received numerous Paul Harris Awards, and was presented the Distinguished Service Award by Rotary International. His Rotary songs remain the first item to appear when searching the internet for Rotary songs. Ken self-published two volumes of his memoirs.
Throughout the 1970s, Ken and Carol shared performing in community theatre. At the Theater on the Hill and September Song productions, Ken showed his love for singing and acting. Some of most memorable roles include: J.B. Biggley in “How to Succeed in Business,” Sid in “Pajama Game,” the admiral in “H.M.S. Pinafore,” and Max in “Sound of Music.”
The Shook family carried on the Methodist family tradition, with Ken remaining a member of Westminster United Methodist Church, thanks to the internet, until his last. He stepped down as a tenor soloist of the Westminster Church senior choir at the age of 87.
In 2000, Ken nearly died from aneurysms. As he lay dying, Ken experienced a white-light moment perceiving his death occurring, but he came back and lived another 22 years. Praise be to God.
Surviving are brother, Charles Shook; sister, Catherine Shook; children, Bill Shook and wife Kathy, and Jennette Reynolds and husband Rob; three grandchildren, Lauren, Kimberly and Reanna; and great-grandchildren, Magdalene, William, Bryleigh and Braylon.
The family will welcome friends on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at Pritts Funeral Home & Chapel, 412 Washington Road, Westminster. A visiting hour shall precede the service at the church at 10 a.m. Aug. 26. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at Westminster United Methodist Church, 165 E. Main St., Westminster. For those unable to attend Ken’s service, it will be livestreamed on the church website (wumcmd.org). Interment will be in Meadow Branch Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Ken’s name to the Westminster United Methodist Church, 165 E. Main St., Westminster MD 21157.
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Linda (Heffner) Fogle
Linda (Heffner) Fogle, born in Frederick, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 18 at the age of 74. She will be deeply missed by loved ones, as she played a huge role in so many lives. Linda was preceded in death by her son, Michael Snyder. She is survived by her daughters, Christine (Schroyer) Trent, Mikinda (Snyder) Aaron and Roxy (Snyder) Plumer; her sons, Stephen Hubbard, Charles Hubbard, Jeremiah Snyder; and surrogate son, Joseph White. Additional loved ones include many sisters, brothers, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nearest and dearest family, both blood and nonrelated.
As a young lady, she enjoyed sports, and later loved spending time playing games, especially baseball, with her children. She was fun-loving and had an infectious personality. Linda was an avid reader and had a voracious appetite for knowledge. This was demonstrated in her drive to obtain her high school GED. She would watch trivia/knowledge-based game shows and always have the correct answer. Linda loved keeping her mind sharp with crossword puzzles and word finds. She enjoyed all forms of entertainment, especially a love for movies. Her favorite genre was sci-fi. She relished the opportunity to partake in a great conversation with family, friends and the occasional stranger.
Linda was happiest spending time outdoors with those she loved. Memorable trips included fishing on a boat in Kentucky and road tripping to soak up the sun on a sandy East Coast beach. Time spent with loved ones lead to a life well lived.
Her love for animals emerged later in life. They provided her with so much joy and fulfillment. Linda loved her dogs and always took care of the birds outside. While being in an assisted care facility she found her passion for aiding and supporting those who resided there. She was able to provide the love and guidance they needed and appreciated. Linda continued to see the positive in her environment as time went on. She overcame numerous health ailments and conditions. She was a fighter and one of the strongest people to endure all of the adversity she faced. Linda touched numerous lives and will be remembered lovingly by many, both near and far.
In lieu of flowers and gifts, donations may be made to Anatomy Gifts Registry or a charity of your choosing in her name. A celebration of life will be planned for a later date. If you would like information regarding the celebration of life, please forward your contact information to Chad (email: chubbard9170@yahoo.com). | 2022-08-24T07:11:29Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Linda (Heffner) Fogle | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/linda-heffner-fogle/article_985349c0-5138-5868-8fc5-9798eaf77712.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/linda-heffner-fogle/article_985349c0-5138-5868-8fc5-9798eaf77712.html |
Sally Petrie
Sally Reynolds Petrie, age 70, of Germantown, Maryland, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. She was born Nov. 15, 1951, to Arthur and Virginia Reynolds in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Sally attended Haverford High School in Havertown, Pennsylvania, and spent her senior year at the Prior’s Field School in England. After graduating high school in 1969, she went on to study at Briarcliff College and obtained her Associate of Arts in 1971.
Sally pursued her passion for helping others by completing nursing school at Frederick Community College and passing her registered nurse examination in 1987.
During her 34-year nursing career, she dedicated herself to the care of aging patients. As lifelong learning was important to her, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 2006, and her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2010 from the University of Maryland.
Sally was the devoted mother of Keith and Andrew Petrie, and cherished grandmother of Grace, Avery and Jameson Petrie. She expressed her love and dedication to her family and those who knew her in thoughtful and intentional acts of kindness. Sally was an avid reader and was committed to wellness and fitness. When she wasn’t caring for her family, she could be found at her local library or attending classes at her gym. Her faith was an integral part of her life, and she was a member of Neelsville Presbyterian Church, where she attended services and Bible study. We will miss her greatly.
She is survived by her sons, Keith (Heather) Petrie and Andrew (Kathleen) Petrie; three grandchildren, Grace, Avery and Jameson Petrie; and her siblings, Arthur (Christine) Reynolds Jr., Nancy Reynolds, Shirley Baron and William Reynolds.
A memorial service will be held at Neelsville Presbyterian Church, 20701 Frederick Road, Germantown, MD 20876, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the University of Maryland School of Nursing Catalyst Campaign. Please sign and view the family guest book at pumphreyfuneralhome.com.
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You can use approximately the same ingredients in the Caprese Salad to make three or four Caprese sandwiches.
Caprese Salad.
How to make a Caprese salad, one of summer's greatest dishes
By Becky Krystal The Washington Post
I'm a firm believer in the theory that sometimes the dishes that taste the best are the ones that require the least amount of work. And that's not only because these days, whether in the kitchen or not, I feel like I'm on the constant hamster wheel of life with no break in sight.
It's also because when you have amazing ingredients, there's not much you need to do to them to make them shine.
That's especially true when it comes to Caprese salad, the signature Italian dish of tomatoes, mozzarella and basil that is just about everything I want to eat right now.
A successful Caprese rests largely on "the quality of ingredients," says chef Amy Brandwein of Centrolina in Washington. I'm offering a simple, flexible recipe to help get you started. Here's a rundown of the main ingredients:
Tomatoes. "You have to wait until it's tomato season," Brandwein says. Don't bother with out-of-season fruit. Preferably the tomatoes are vine-ripened and bursting with flavors and juice. (Slightly warm from the field or market? Even better.) Brandwein likes using red slicing tomatoes, though I love the appearance and flavor of using some or all heirloom varieties. You can exclusively use smaller cherry or grape tomatoes, or mix them in with larger ones. If for some reason you've refrigerated ripe tomatoes (it's OK, I promise), be sure to give them at least an hour on the counter to come to room temperature for ideal flavor and texture.
Mozzarella. Go for the good cheese. I've tested this recipe with buffalo mozzarella and fresh cow milk mozzarella, each packed in liquid. Both were divine. These types of cheese are delightfully stretchy and moist, which is why I recommend staying away from the shrink-wrapped products. (Vacuum-sealed fresh mozzarella is OK if that's all you can find, but I still find its texture not as enjoyable as those packed in liquid.) As to the super-dry, rubbery mozzarella you'll find near the block and shredded cheese in the grocery store? Avoid. For a real treat, consider making your own cheese. Whatever you use, make sure that, like the tomatoes, it's at room temperature, Brandwein says.
Olive oil. The olive oil "doesn't have to be terribly expensive," says Brandwein, who favors a fruity Ligurian option. As long as it's something you enjoy the taste of on its own and isn't rancid, you'll be good to go. California Olive Ranch is a high-quality grocery store pick. Brandwein says people tend to not put enough oil on their Caprese, which is why I've gone with a generous 1/4 cup here. You want to see it pool somewhat at the bottom of your serving dish, so that it mingles with the tomato juices and whey from the cheese to form an irresistible elixir great for dunking bread in. "That's an awesome thing," Brandwein says.
Basil. Homegrown herbs are your best bet for freshness and quality. I agree with Brandwein when she says she prefers to use young, smaller leaves, which are still packed with flavor but are tender and small enough to not make you feel like you're eating a green salad. Another fun option I played around with in testing was micro basil, which is especially attractive and soft. Microgreens are making their way into more stores, so be on the lookout. You can absolutely use more conventional larger basil, but for the best appearance, tear by hand rather than cutting with a knife. To keep it from wilting 0r turning black, don't add the basil until the second you're ready to serve the salad.
Seasoning. Sufficient seasoning is another important part of Caprese success, Brandwein says. Salt brings out all the sweet and acidic flavors of the tomato. I like using a flaky sea salt — the bigger flakes mean you have more control when sprinkling them, and applying them in two additions (on the tomatoes and then over the almost-finished salad) ensures everything is laced with flavor. Don't be shy in adding more to taste, either. Similarly, Brandwein recommends coarsely ground or cracked black pepper instead of a fine powder. Here's where to pull out your mortar and pestle, if you have a set.
Tempted to throw some balsamic vinegar on your Caprese? Resist the urge. And if you like pesto, save it for a sandwich riff, which I've included in the recipe below. "It's just supposed to be a very simple thing," Brandwein says of the salad.
From Washington Post staff writer Becky Krystal.
Amy Brandwein | 2022-08-24T09:32:41Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | How to make a Caprese salad, one of summer's greatest dishes | Food | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/food/how-to-make-a-caprese-salad-one-of-summers-greatest-dishes/article_d66f259b-8fb5-5e07-97fc-d0e0464fa8e1.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/food/how-to-make-a-caprese-salad-one-of-summers-greatest-dishes/article_d66f259b-8fb5-5e07-97fc-d0e0464fa8e1.html |
The Frederick County Democratic Party finally has a nominee for the November general election for County Council District 3, but the primary campaign and its chaotic aftermath left the party in disarray.
After a long, slow process with a count and a recount of the votes from the July 19 Democratic primary, challenger Jazmin Di Cola was declared the winner over incumbent M.C. Keegan-Ayer by a single vote out of nearly 4,600 votes cast.
However, Keegan-Ayer, the current council president, filed a lawsuit, arguing that Di Cola had moved out of District 3, and was ineligible for election.
The county charter clearly states that a candidate for the council must have lived for one year in the district they are seeking to represent. The judge ruled that Di Cola violated the residency requirement, so she was disqualified.
When the winning candidate is declared ineligible, the central committee of that candidate’s party picks the nominee for the general election in November. In a very emotional meeting that revealed deep fissures in the county party, the committee voted 6-5 to choose Keegan-Ayer.
This race spotlighted the concerns of minority and immigrant leaders about the lack of diversity on the all-white County Council.
Di Cola, who was born in El Salvador, campaigned explicitly as a candidate who could represent a diverse district. District 3 covers the west side of the city of Frederick and is home to a large immigrant community.
After the committee voted, there were many tears, and two members resigned in protest.
Keegan-Ayer played a part in the schism. Several committee members cited a remark she made to The News-Post after Di Cola’s disqualification, when she said:
“I think there is a desire for the immigrant community, and the Hispanic community in particular, to have a voice in our government. But they have to be honest, and they have to be truthful about who they are and what they are.”
After there was backlash, Keegan-Ayer apologized “for any offense or pain caused by my comment” and wrote in a follow-up statement that she was not referring to “the entire immigrant or Hispanic community.”
But the damage was done.
After Keegan-Ayer got the nomination, committee secretary Violet Williams, a supporter of Di Cola, resigned.
Five committee members voted for Tarolyn Thrasher, a Frederick resident who ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates. Di Cola endorsed Thrasher to fill the ballot vacancy in the County Council race.
The central committee faced a tough choice: Make the logical choice to nominate the candidate who won half of the votes in the primary, or turn its back on a two-time incumbent while trying to diversify the council.
Some Di Cola supporters decried the choice, but it is hard to see how the nomination could be taken away from a candidate who essentially was tied for the lead, considering that Di Cola acknowledged voting for herself, while voting in the wrong district.
If the situation were reversed, and Keegan-Ayer won by a single vote but was later ruled ineligible, would Di Cola’s supporters accept the committee giving the nomination to someone Keegan-Ayer endorsed?
Keegan-Ayer now needs to find a way to reach out to Di Cola’s voters, or risk having them stay away from the polls or vote for the Republican, Shelley Aloi, in the general election.
For that matter, the Democratic nominee for county executive, Jessica Fitzwater, needs every vote she can find in her tough battle against state Sen. Michael Hough. She, too, needs to reach out to the immigrant and minority communities, whose feelings have been badly bruised in this fight.
If the Democrats don’t want to make this split worse, they need to work hard to regain the trust of this previously reliable group of voters. | 2022-08-24T09:32:47Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | After choosing council candidate, Democrats must address internal fractures | Editorials | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/after-choosing-council-candidate-democrats-must-address-internal-fractures/article_12db5047-2b30-57af-a6e4-7a287f087e34.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/after-choosing-council-candidate-democrats-must-address-internal-fractures/article_12db5047-2b30-57af-a6e4-7a287f087e34.html |
Juliet Lloyd walked away from a more corporate stable life and poured her heart and soul into the world of music.
David L Fimbres
Nancy Anderson Cordell
Musician to Musician: Juliet Lloyd
While it might sound cliche, Juliet Lloyd has dedicated her life to her music. Literally. After pursuing it as a career in her early 20s, she walked away from it, opting instead for a more corporate, more stable life. Fast-forward more than a decade, add in one global pandemic, and Lloyd only recently decided to dedicate all her time to her music career again, this time walking away from that more corporate, and maybe more stable, life. Her passion can be felt throughout her latest EP, “High Road,” which was released in July, and she’ll bring those songs to The Village at Worman’s Mill on Aug. 26. For more on her journey, visit julietlloyd.com.
I was doing a bit of reading on you, and I want to start with this notion that you took a break. I want to learn more about this. Take me through everything.
Yes. I really pursued music full-time when I was just out of college at Berklee College of Music. I took a couple classes there. This was the mid-2000s. It was pretty much pre-social media. It was the tail-end of My Space. YouTube and Facebook were really starting to take off. It was both a really interesting time to be a full-time musician but also a really challenging time. I think a lot of those tools have really helped since then. As much as I loved writing, performing and touring, it was really hard to make a living, so I ended up kind of putting music on the back-burner around 2008, 2009. Weirdly, I chose to go back to grad school and within six months, I had a bunch of song placements on MTV and VH1, so I was like, “Oh, man. If I just would have stuck with it a little longer, who knows where I would be?” But I wasn’t really in the position to fully capitalize on them at the time. Then I got a real job and moved down to the Baltimore/D.C. suburbs in 2009. I still performed every once in a while. Actually, there were a couple venues in Frederick I would play. I would do the Monday night songwriter’s night at Brewer’s Alley, the Frederick arts fest every spring, Red Shedman and some of the wineries. Just every once in a while.
Then the pandemic happened and coming out of that, when all the venues started to reopen, I suddenly had this urge to get back out there, performing and writing again. I hadn’t written an original song in 10-plus years. I hadn’t released an album since 2007, so it had been a really long time. That was part of the question: Can you still call yourself a songwriter if you haven’t written a song in a decade? I think the pandemic forced people to think through “What do I really want to be doing? What do I miss?” So, coming out of that, when a lot of the venues started reopening, I found myself playing a lot more shows than I ever had in my career, upwards of 100 a year since mid-2020, and a lot in the Frederick area. Obviously, there’s been so much growth in breweries and wineries and venues that have live music. Especially in the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of those places were also the safest places you could hang out, because you were outside and there was all that space. That led me to record the new album, and now we’re performing about 150 dates a year, and I have way more than I can handle.
But that’s good, though, right? It’s good to have more than you can handle.
For sure, yeah.
When you talk about putting it down and picking it back up, I’m assuming now, with you having worked as hard as you have, there had to be something at the center of the inspiration for how you fell back in love with music again. Was there anything you could pinpoint?
It was almost like, I performed sporadically, and it was something I could do if I wanted to, but then having it completely taken away as an option ... you know, a lot of people were doing livestreams; I didn’t do a ton of those. I prefer to play in person. So, I wonder, at the heart of this, when something is taken away completely, it makes you value it that much more. I really missed being out there and performing. Actually, the song that jump-started me songwriting again — and it’s also the single we released earlier this year, “Ghost Light” — it’s my one pandemic song. It’s very much about all of the creative professions — theater, music — that were completely shuttered. “Ghost Light” is a reference to a stage light that stays on when everything is otherwise dark, so my hope was that the song would be hopeful and speak to the resilience of all of our creative professions. That directly came from the pandemic, and I think having that song come out finally in 2021 was proof to me that if I sit down and put the time into this, I can still do this. I think for the 10 years I didn’t write a song, I was really scared that if I sat down to do it, nothing would come out. So, in that respect, having something that came out of the pandemic that I was really happy with the message of was proof to me that I can still do this, and there was still an audience for my work, even though I took so much time off. It’s amazing to me that some of those people still hung in there, and they were some of the people who emailed me when that single came out. That also made me want to continue to build on that.
Does that mean you are going to walk away from the, I think you called it a real job? Are you going to do music full-time?
Yeah. In fact, about a month ago, I gave notice at work, and I’m leaning back into music full-time, which is a kind of a frightening prospect, especially with the economy right now and the looming recession. I’m shocked that I find myself back in the position I was in in my mid-20s, but I want to try it. I want to see where it goes. I’m seizing all the momentum I had, and I’m having opportunities aligning in ways that they haven’t before.
Can I ask you what you did do? When you stepped into the professional world, what did you pursue?
I went back to grad school and got a graduate degree in communications. Then, I worked, basically, as a communications consultant up until a few weeks ago, doing a variety of different things. Digital media, branding, research — all those kinds of things. I had a very D.C. job [laughs].
Does this mean you’re going to stick with music forever, or are you not looking that far down the road?
The safe answer is I’m not looking that far down the road. The nice thing is all the skills I have from my real job are things I can use in my music career but also things that are very easy to apply in a variety of settings. So, I’m not super worried about down the road, because I have a pretty marketable skill set. In that respect, I’m lucky. That’s another difference between now and 15 years ago. There are a bunch of different platforms, and they don’t pay much. Streaming hardly pays anything, but at the same time, there are a lot more vehicles for getting your stuff out there than there were back then. So, I’m hopeful for the opportunities that are coming up. Plus, just the live performance aspect of it — there are just so many opportunities. I feel like I don’t have enough days in the week to field all the performance requests that I’d like to be able to. So, it’s just a matter of finding the time to pursue everything. I felt like I had two full-time jobs and something had to give.
I’m glad you brought that up. It sounds like I’ve been playing music for about as long as you have, and I remember what it was like 15 years ago, being in my early- to mid-20s and hungry and not as jaded as I am now. To you, what are some of the differences? I was on your site earlier and you do have a packed schedule. You play a lot. Was this how it was for you back then even?
I didn’t perform as much back then. I think there are a couple differences. One is when I did it back then, years and years ago, I was in a different location. I was in New England, based in Boston, and the types of venues I was focused on playing were [focused on original music]. So, there were fewer places to play, and I was limited by the type of music I was playing. That’s opposed to the places I play now, where it’s very much a mix, where we’ll play a three-hour gig and I’ll mix in a lot of originals, but it’s not exclusively originals. That allows me to play a lot more frequently than I was back then.
So that’s attributable to the insertion of the covers in your set? Do you think that helped?
I think so, yeah. First of all, I don’t have enough original songs to fill three hours. I wish I did. There are some musicians who will only do covers and some who will only do originals, and everybody has their own opinion, and I respect all of it. I’m kind of in the middle. I will fully admit that the song everyone wants to hear me sing is Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” and I embrace that. I know what people want to hear me sing, and if I can follow that up with one of my originals and people will be like, “Oh, what was that song you just played?” I can tell them it was one I wrote. I consider that a win. It’s been great. The amount that we play out now, the people will actually sing along with some of my originals, and it’s such a great feeling.
That’s one of those things that’s the everlasting debate — people who play original songs and people who play covers. I know some people who refuse to do any cover songs, but when you start to pick them up, you get a lot more work, so it’s kind of a good tradeoff. What do you think?
I totally agree. I will sometimes be hesitant to put my originals into the set. If we’re playing a brewery, and people are just jiving on a lot of ‘80s and ‘90s covers, I’d be hesitant to say, “Oh, nobody wants to hear my original.” My bandmates are always like, “No! Play them anyway!” Ultimately, I want the audience to engage with the music, whether it’s my stuff or covers. The spin we put on covers makes it fun, too. When I do a cover, it’s never going to be a note-for-note remake. That’s not fun or interesting. It’s always going to be our take on it. We do a lot of ‘80s hair metal covers, which nobody expects to come from a female keyboard player in a trio. I also really enjoy people who throw requests at us on the fly because we’ll try anything. The beauty of doing the covers is that it can influence my songwriting. I was never into country music that much, but learning through osmosis just sort of allows it to find its way into the song.
The latest video I saw was you and a couple other guys, one on percussion. Is that what you use when you play out?
Yeah. We usually play as a trio if it’s a brewery or a venue where we don’t have volume restrictions. Sometimes, if it’s a winery, we’ll play as a duo. I occasionally play solo.
Do you prefer plugging in and getting loud?
Absolutely, yeah. It’s fun when we get to play bigger venues where we don’t have to worry about the volume and people being able to talk over us comfortably.
I’ve asked other musicians about this, too, but it’s kind of more pertinent with you because you did walk away for a while. At what point did you realize you love music enough that you wanted to make it your life? And then, being able to take that break, does it make you appreciate music more now than you’re back?
That’s a great question. It’s one I’ve struggled with my entire life. I think I made the decision that music could be something that could be pursued professionally after I graduated from college the first time around. I got an undergrad degree in economics. I’ve had this internal battle my entire life between the practical, pragmatic, economics major who likes to write — the traditional pathway — versus the creative part of me that’s drawn to music. I think I’ve really struggled because it’s almost like a pendulum that swings back and forth for me. Coming out of undergrad, I knew I loved to sing and I wanted to try writing, so I went to Berklee for a couple semesters and took some songwriting classes. Then, I was all in on the music side. What I’ve struggled with when the pendulum swings back and forth is the need for success and the need to feel accomplished. It can be really, really hard to get that from music because there’s all kinds of gatekeepers. No matter how hard you try or how good you think you are, it depends on something else that’s completely outside of your control. Having that realization in the mid-2000s the first time around is what drew me back to the more traditional, professional path, because it was easier to feel accomplished at the end of the day. Coming back to it the second time around ... someone asked me the other day what advice I’d give my younger self. Part of what I said was having the perspective that success will look different in this path and you can’t measure it by comparing it to your corporate colleagues. Success might mean you sent out an email today and someone actually responded to it. You think about success differently, and you have to think about it in smaller chunks. To think that success is getting a major record label deal — that’s a dream, but so few people actually achieve that, so you have to find different ways of measuring success. It feels different this time around because I have a more realistic view of what it takes and what’s actually possible.
Where: The Village at Worman’s Mill, located on Mill Pond Road off of Md. 26 and Monocacy Boulevard
Tickets: Free, no tickets required.
Info: 240-285-9263, info@wormansmillvillage.com
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The bear stands near a package on the side porch of a North Market Street home in 2018.
File photo courtesy of Frederick Police Department
The Wilds of Frederick
By Andy Stout Special to The News-Post
I was driving east down Seventh Street the other day as a white-tailed deer leisurely galloped by me in the westbound lane. It seemed lost but determined, and it was going in the right direction to get to the mountains as quickly as possible. I suppose Frederick City is country like that.
As odd as it was for me to see a deer running down a city street, I had to wonder what it was like for the deer to see a city street where its natural habitat used to be.
In the time since that deer encounter, I’ve heard reports of a black bear at the Hampton Inn that had to be tranquilized, and two snakes got together and knocked out power for 1,200 people in the city for two hours. I’m not even kidding. Snakes!
These incidents reminded me of some of my own wild animal encounters in the city over the past quarter century and also got me curious as to how often wild animals and humans have significant issues within Frederick city limits.
The City of Frederick’s population in 2018 was 72,481, and by 2045, it is projected to reach 93,100. The city itself has physically expanded, too. Between 2008 and 2013, for example, the city approved annexation of 1,504 acres of land into the city. More people and more households and more development mean more impact to native wildlife and habitat — and more encounters between humans and wild animals.
I could fill nearly an entire article with my squirrel stories alone. At my home in downtown Frederick, they eat the apples and tomatoes my family grows each year without fail. They’ve chewed on our patio cushions. They’ve chewed on our house! We once had a squirrel come up short on trying to jump to the fence, and it ended up directly on the back of one of the dogs. That did not end well for the squirrel. Nature. We otherwise just let them do their thing.
In addition to the squirrels, we’ve had several possum encounters downtown over the years. We just had a possum in the yard within the past few months. I like possums, as they are North America’s only marsupial, but why are they in the city? Why are they even in North America? Who knows. But there it was — Hsssssss — looking all gnarly on top of the fence. This one had a distinctive lightning bolt-shaped mark on his head. He was dubbed Harry Possum. The night after he was on the fence, one of the dogs killed him in the yard. Needing to get him away from the dogs as quickly as possible, I took a shovel and gently slid his body over the fence into my neighbor’s yard (it’s OK — my neighbor hasn’t been back there since 2004; it’s the perfect place to drop a body). I’ll be darned if that possum wasn’t back on top of my fence the next night! It turns out he had just been playing possum.
Speaking of Frederick City possums, I’ll never forget one summer evening eating dinner outside on our patio when we heard a noise coming from the basement window of the house. The window had a wooden window cover over it. I went over, lifted up the cover, and the largest possum I’ve ever seen in my life hissed at me. That thing was the size of three regular possums. It was the Big Boss possum. It was like, if there were a possum video game, this would have been the possum you had to beat to win the game. I initially grabbed a fire poker (assuming I would need it to battle the beast) and then ran back and forth saying, “Oh my god, that thing is huge!” a few times. I ended up simply placing the wooden box cover back over the basement window, covering the possum and making the issue disappear. We finished our dinner and went in for the night. The next day the mother of all marsupials was gone and an important lesson learned: If you don’t have to engage a wild animal, don’t. Simply leave it alone.
Since January of this year alone, Frederick County Animal Control has responded to a total of 4,552 calls for service. To get an idea of how many of those calls were within city limits, during this same time period there were approximately 503 calls for service to three ZIP codes that comprise a significant portion of the City of Frederick.
According to Sergeant Maggie Hill of Frederick County Animal Control, the department’s primary duties are to pets, such as dogs and cats, livestock and other domestic animals. Usually, county animal control only responds to wildlife calls if it is an emergency situation. That doesn’t stop the calls from coming, however. Hill said they get a lot of calls for bats in downtown Frederick this time of year. The State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the appropriate agency to call for wildlife issues.
I didn’t call anyone for my first city bear encounter. It was brief. I was walking south on North Market Street one morning, and in the 300 block, I looked over to see a black bear across the street running north up the sidewalk. He was trucking and clearly on a mission. I just stood there across the street with my jaw hanging open in disbelief. In the City of Frederick, your morning commute can be truly wild.
While DNR handles all the bear calls, they cannot respond to every wild animal call. Another resource available to people having issues with wildlife are the services of a private contractor, such as ABC All Wildlife Removal Services. ABC owner Tim Ryan has seen some stuff in his 20 years of taking wildlife calls, though two of his most memorable calls weren’t even for native wildlife. They involved trapping an alligator in Frederick County and a call about a giant monitor lizard in Cascade that had reportedly been chasing a lady’s dog around the yard. Both the alligator and lizard now reside at the Catoctin Zoo. Ryan said there have been calls about boa constrictors and one iguana, but the rest of the calls have been pretty standard.
Ryan gets hundreds of calls a year for various wild animal issues. He does get beaver and muskrat calls in the City of Frederick. I asked him about snakes in the city, and while he does get calls in the city for snakes, he’s never had a call for a copperhead or rattlesnake here, so at least there’s that.
“A lot of what I end up doing is just consulting with people on the phone, and I help them take care of their own problems,” Ryan said.
He mentioned that some people can get pretty excited over having a wildlife encounter, especially depending on what type of wildlife it is that they are encountering.
The Maryland DNR website states that Maryland is home to an estimated 90 species of mammals, 93 species and subspecies of reptiles and amphibians, and more than 400 species of birds. In the City of Frederick, one can encounter foxes, wild turkeys, possums, deer, bats, squirrels, skunks, raccoons, beavers, muskrats, groundhogs, bears, coyotes, rabbits and various birds and snakes.
From this list of varmints, I’ve had direct, personal run-ins with nearly half of them. That seems excessive to me for being downtown in Maryland’s second largest city, but from the animal’s perspective, the excessiveness is probably the other way around. We are the ones who are encroaching on their domain. After all, it’s not like the raccoons and bunnies all made a mad dash to live in the city.
A decade or so after my first City of Frederick bear encounter, I came home from work one day to find my gate open and my house, more or less, surrounded by police cars and a DNR truck complete with a bear cage in it.
A bear had wandered into my backyard, ate the broccoli out of the garden, got his picture taken for the paper, then got shot in the butt with a tranquilizer dart as he was trying to escape my yard over my fence. The dart didn’t stick, and he did get away. They tracked him until he had gotten beyond U.S. 15 and made it out of the city, headed to the mountains.
To this day, there are still two cartoon-like, broken pieces of fence tops where that bear put his paws to pull himself over the fence. Can you imagine? Of all of the things I’d have thought to concern myself with living in Frederick, having a bear wreck my broccoli and vandalize my fence wasn’t ever one of them. Was the bear in my yard, or was my yard in the bear’s former habitat? I suppose both are correct, and I’d do well to remember that.
POST SCRIPT: Since submitting this article for publication, I had to employ a garden rake against a very moody raccoon at 7 a.m. that had gotten off on the wrong foot during a chance encounter with my two dogs. There I was in my pajamas, and an absolute raging, violent, fury of teeth and fur swirled before me. I used the rake to pry the dogs off the raccoon, who then scampered away under a fence.
I called the Frederick County Animal Control phone number, and someone did get back to me. At the time, they were attending to 10 cows that were on the loose and in the road. The raccoon, meanwhile, was already out of sight and had moved on.
My adrenaline remained pumped for hours afterward. Frederick is wild like that. Hey, did I mention the close encounter with the hawk that I had?
Andy Stout is an anthropologist and writer interested in community, culture, music, the arts, history and conservation. He has written dozens of articles in local, regional and national publications covering a variety of topics. He has lived in the city of Frederick for over 25 years.
To report nuisance, injured or sick wildlife, residents can call the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources at 877-463-6497. Operators are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except on state holidays. | 2022-08-25T05:53:49Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | The Wilds of Frederick | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/the-wilds-of-frederick/article_aadf1fc8-abf4-536b-8fcf-2660e078acc7.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/the-wilds-of-frederick/article_aadf1fc8-abf4-536b-8fcf-2660e078acc7.html |
Brent Manning
UnCapped: Riverbend Malt House
In this episode of the UnCapped podcast, host Chris Sands talks with Brent Manning, co-founder of Riverbend Malt House, about the 10-year history of Riverbend Malt, the malting process, and the benefits of using craft malt. Here is an excerpt of their talk.
UnCapped: I’ve interviewed yeast propagators, hop farmers, hop sellers, but this is the first time we’ve talked to someone with the other most important ingredient of beer. So I’m excited for all of us to get a lesson on malt. Why don’t you tell me a little bit about yourself first and what your background is and how you ended up starting Riverbend.
Brent Manning: Long, winding road there. I got out of school, had a master’s in marine science, and worked in stream and wetland restoration for the better part of a decade as my first career. That was tied to development and the housing boom CHECK that was going on in the early 2000s.
UnCapped: So doing environmental impact studies?
Manning: Yeah, exactly, that work was balancing out projects that were destroying streams and wetlands. I was on the kind of touchy-feely side of the environmental world. But when the housing market collapsed in 2007, 2008, they didn’t need my services anymore, so I went looking for Career 2.0. Myself and my cofounder, Brian Simpson, were very focused on sustainability. Brian was working at the same firm as a geologist, and we knew whatever we were gonna do it had to be sustainably focused. We moved our families to Asheville, wanting to be in the mountains — I’m into fly fishing, he’s into trail running — and Wilmington [North Carolina] was getting too crowded. We started looking around, and we were like, “We don’t want to be the 13th brewery in Asheville. That’s crazy, right?”
UnCapped: How many are there now?
Manning: There’s 40.
UnCapped: Can’t possibly sustain 14 breweries.
Manning: Yeah! No way. What fool would have been the 14th brewery in this town? So we were like, let’s take the Levi Strauss model, the jeans to the miners kind of thing. We started looking into what goes into beer. Hops, of course … [which] can grow in the South but don’t grow well in the South. When we got to small grains and malt, the conversation got much more interesting because North Carolina, on average, grows about half a million acres of small grains — meaning barley, wheat, rye, etc. — so that meant we had an infrastructure system in place. We had growers and researchers. We reached out to those folks who connected us with growers and helped us understand the landscape, because we grow winter grains in the South from October to June, whereas most of the barley grown for malt comes in the spring from the Western U.S., Canada and Europe.
So we start tinkering around. We meet with a gentleman named Dave Marshall who’s a USDA agriculture research service guy who actually used to work for the American Malt & Barley Association. He’s like, “Yeah, you can malt this. Here’s a bag of thoroughbred, six-row barley grown in North Carolina. Go play.” We’re like, “Holy cow. This is amazing.”
So Brian turns it into malt in his basement. I’m just a home brewer, so he brings it to me, I turn it into craft beer.
Six-row barley, as many know, is not the premier choice for craft beer, but it was what we have. … We were able to make great malt with it.
UnCapped: Typically, it’s two-row that you use, right?
Manning: Yes.
UnCapped: So what does that mean, what’s the difference?
Manning: Think about the seed-head of the plant. The two-row barley is just two rows of kernels of the seed-head. They grow uniformly, and they grow more plump. The six-row kernel is more tightly compact, and that compaction leads to a lack of uniformity and overall smaller size. You get more husk per pound of kernel, essentially. Think of it as an apartment complex versus the suburbs.
UnCapped: So you found that it was usable, but it would be way less efficient because there’s more waste?
Manning: Not way less efficient. We’re talking about 81% extract versus 79% extract. Not a huge departure, but just enough to be a stick in the spokes, if you’re used to brewing with two-row.
So we start with that as the background, we work with thoroughbred in 2010, 2011, and we kick off, making one pint at a time, just to answer a simple question: Do people care about local malt? To put it into perspective, malt is a global commodity, so it’s made in gigantic production facilities located near the primary barley regions of Western Europe, Western U.S., Western Canada. Doing this in the South was completely just out of line. We had a lot of education to do to tell people, like, “Hey, yes, this is six-row barley, but the protein is in lien with what you’re used to working with, you just need to tighten the mill and you’ll get a good crush, and you’ll get acceptable extract, efficiency levels in the brewhouse, and, oh yeah, we’re supporting local farmers that are less than 100 miles down the road.”
It was a long, winding road to get there. We started with one-ton batches, and as I sit today, we’re waiting on the fourth 10-ton germ kiln vessel to arrive from a fabricator in Michigan, and we’re in 70,000 square feet. It’s been absolutely nuts to go on this ride. | 2022-08-25T05:53:55Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | UnCapped: Riverbend Malt House | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/uncapped-riverbend-malt-house/article_b48600fe-1d04-5c14-bde4-5273d86d8a1e.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/uncapped-riverbend-malt-house/article_b48600fe-1d04-5c14-bde4-5273d86d8a1e.html |
The Weinberg Center for the Arts will lease the building next door at 18 W. Patrick St. for use as additional office space.
Weinberg staff prepares for move to offices next door
The staff of Frederick’s Weinberg Center for the Arts will open a new act over the next few months as the theater’s offices will move to a space next door to the West Patrick Street venue.
The theater’s staff will transition into new offices at 18 W. Patrick St. over the next few months, Executive Theater Manager John Healey said Wednesday.
The move will allow the staff to move out of offices in the theater’s basement. The current offices can’t accommodate additional staff, are not handicap-accessible, and are prone to water and sewer flooding during heavy rains.
The theater currently has six full-time positions, as well as 30 part-time employees who work during events, according to Karen Paulson, the city’s director of human resources
While no major renovations to the new offices are needed, things such as phone lines and internet service still need to be installed, Healey said.
The theater’s board asked staff members to come up with a “wish list” of projects, and new offices were among the most common responses, Healey told the mayor and aldermen at a workshop in March.
“They wanted to see the sun,” he said.
A 5-year lease for the 2,190-square foot property, formerly a branch of Sandy Springs Bank, was approved by the city’s aldermen last week. The lease will begin at $4,215 per month for the first two years, and increase by 3% per year for the final three years.
The Weinberg board has agreed to give the city $5,000 per month for five years to cover the cost of the lease as well as the cost of utilities.
The move will provide space for the staff to grow over time, as well as provide meeting space for staff members and the Weinberg’s board, according to a staff report prepared for the mayor and aldermen.
The length of the lease will also give the board, the city, and the property’s landlord time to discuss future plans for the building.
“You always need more bathrooms. You always need more conference space, meeting space, those kinds of things,” Healey said at the March workshop.
Originally opened in 1926 as the Tivoli Theater, the Weinberg is owned and operated by the city of Frederick, with the support of the nonprofit Weinberg Center for the Arts Inc.
The theater hosts about 150 events per year, including the popular Frederick Speakers Series, which draws authors, performers, and public figures for talks and lectures.
Sandy Springs Bank
Weinberg Board | 2022-08-25T05:54:03Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Weinberg staff prepares for move to offices next door | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/weinberg-staff-prepares-for-move-to-offices-next-door/article_de8f3e0b-fe00-5bd2-a9a0-73accc4d49ff.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/weinberg-staff-prepares-for-move-to-offices-next-door/article_de8f3e0b-fe00-5bd2-a9a0-73accc4d49ff.html |
FCPS board member to teach in Montgomery County after ethics policy dispute
Frederick County Board of Education member Jay Mason said Wednesday that he was set to start as a fifth grade teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools after failing to gain traction on a request to teach locally.
The school board’s ethics policy says board members cannot work for Frederick County Public Schools for at least one year following their departure from the board.
But Mason — who ran unsuccessfully in a Democratic primary for the Maryland state Senate and will leave the school board in December — had wanted to seek an exemption under a separate board rule, which says the board can grant waivers to its policies.
“I live here. I grew up here,” Mason said Wednesday. “This is my home. Why wouldn’t you want to teach in the community where you were born and raised?”
At their most recent meeting, on Aug. 11, board members declined to discuss Mason’s request for a waiver.
On Wednesday, after Mason spoke about the issue, they declined to bring the question up for a vote.
Mason said Wednesday that he had been granted pre-approval to teach for MCPS starting Monday. He will work at Bayard Rustin Elementary School in Rockville, he said.
Mason said he originally hoped to secure a teaching job in FCPS for the 2022-23 school year, which began last week. His plan was to request the waiver, apply and interview, and then — if he were offered the job — resign from the board, he said.
Board President Brad Young told the News-Post after the last meeting that the one-year provision was introduced more than a decade ago, after an outgoing board member applied for an FCPS job before their term had ended.
During the board’s Wednesday work session, Mason pushed back against “the narrative that I would try to use my board position to try to influence a principal to hire me.”
“My intent was to help FCPS, not myself,” Mason said.
Mason earned his teaching certification in 2012 and worked as a long-term substitute at West Frederick Middle School for three months, he said. His teaching certification expired in 2016.
He was hired by MCPS as a “conditional employee,” meaning he has to work toward recertification. He has two years to earn six required credits, he said.
By the time Mason will be eligible to apply for an FCPS job, it will be December 2023, and he will be four months into a contract with MCPS, he said.
“I’d have to wait till the summer 2023 — that June and July,” he said. “So it’s almost two years after my term would end.”
During the public comment portion of Wednesday’s meeting, Willie Mahone, president of the local NAACP chapter, and Daniel Mahone, legal counsel to the chapter, spoke about the issue in much the same way that they did at the Aug. 11 meeting.
“This board continues to refuse to answer a question presented by one of its own members,” Daniel Mahone said. “We’ve sought to get a discussion on this issue, and we’ve been told no.”
When it was time for board members to give their individual comments, several — Young, Board Vice President Sue Johnson, and members David Bass and Jason Johnson — expressed support for the one-year rule in the ethics policy.
“We have an ethical responsibility to the public to follow what is written in our board handbook,” Sue Johnson said. “I find it troubling that we spent 15 minutes today in a meeting — we have an $800 million budget, plus thousands and thousands of staff members — and we spent a good amount of today’s meeting discussing this one exception.”
As Johnson was wrapping up her comments, Daniel Mahone began shouting over her. Later, during Young’s comments, he began applauding loudly when Young mentioned he would be leaving the board in December.
Member Karen Yoho said after the meeting that she would have supported the board discussing Mason’s request in more detail.
“The idea that you can’t change a policy is kind of ridiculous,” she said. “We do it all the time. We update them.”
"Member Karen Yoho said after the meeting that she would have supported the board discussing Mason’s request in more detail.
I feel even better now about my wife and I voting for Karen.
Apparently there was no need for an ethics rule regarding time between leaving the board and teaching for FCPS until 10 years ago. The amount of time *without* the rule is much longer than the amount of time it's been in existence. And even when it was created there was (apparently) no actual problem.
Now Mr. Mason is going to have to drive at least 75 miles r/t, fighting rush hour traffic in both directions, because of what seems to be an unnecessary rule.
His cost to commute will be: 75 miles x $0.60/mile x ~22 work days per month = almost $1,000 -- *after* taxes. So maybe $1,500 gross. Somehow I doubt MoCo is going to pay him enough extra to cover that -- not to mention the stress, risk, and lost time.
Meanwhile, FCPS has a teacher shortage.
And the board refused to even TALK about it? That's not a good look.
Let Jay teach here. If there is some alleged conflict (unlikely) address it. Better yet, since it appears there have been no serious issues before or after the rule was instituted, rescind it.
dremsberg Aug 24, 2022 11:38pm
Seems like a reasonable request - at least merited a discussion. Way past time for Brad to go. | 2022-08-25T05:54:09Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | FCPS board member to teach in Montgomery County after ethics policy dispute | Education | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/fcps-board-member-to-teach-in-montgomery-county-after-ethics-policy-dispute/article_ed65e5c4-852a-5179-b888-b7e1f0edc6af.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/fcps-board-member-to-teach-in-montgomery-county-after-ethics-policy-dispute/article_ed65e5c4-852a-5179-b888-b7e1f0edc6af.html |
Blaine Hoffmann
Friends, colleagues of late Heartly House legal director praise his impact
People who knew Blaine Hoffmann described him as gregarious, funny and a giver — but most notably, passionate.
Hoffmann, the legal director for Heartly House, died Friday. He was 58.
He dedicated roughly 25 years of his life to helping victims of abuse, including 15 at Heartly House, and had an impact.
“It’s the idea that every single person deserves to have the best service, to have the best representation, to have the most support,” Meghan Tarquinio, a social worker at the Frederick Health Hospital forensics department, said. “He didn’t pick and choose, and I think that’s something that we all need to continue to carry on.”
Heartly House, a Frederick County nonprofit organization, provides services to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, child abuse and more.
Tarquinio said she began her career at Heartly House as a crisis worker and Hoffmann helped her become passionate about their line of work.
When she left to work for the hospital, Tarquinio said, they stayed in touch. Whenever someone at the hospital needed something, such as a protective order, Hoffmann would help, she said.
“He always made time,” she said.
Joanie Raymond knew Hoffmann since the 1990s, when they were in law school. Now a magistrate at the Frederick County Courthouse, Raymond said they grew close when Hoffmann began working at Heartly House.
Hoffmann’s passion was helping children affected by domestic violence, she said.
“I think if he could have represented just kids who were impacted by domestic violence, I think … that would have made him happiest, that would have been the most important goal he could have accomplished,” she said.
Raymond said they were longtime friends and he was her “cheerleader.”
“If you were his friend, he was incredibly loyal, and would do anything for you. And I experienced that. He did so much for me,” she said.
Hoffmann was the definition of a public servant, Pam Holtzinger, supervisor for Frederick Health Hospital’s forensic nursing services, said.
“From my perspective, he was a hero to so many people who needed him,” she said.
Working with survivors of abuse is dark, Brett Engler, chief of the domestic violence unit at the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office, said.
When they worked on cases together, Hoffmann’s witty humor helped Engler deal with emotionally heavy cases, and his positivity when they succeeded was contagious. They’d celebrate, then move to the next case, she said.
“There’s always someone else to help and he knew that,” she said.
Heartly House President and Executive Director Inga James said that with Hoffmann gone, there’s a hole in the nonprofit’s legal team. But his impact can be seen through some attorneys practicing public service or family law, she said.
“Young attorneys and interns learned a lot from him,” she said. “He raised a whole bunch of great attorneys, some of whom are in Frederick practicing and are still committed to helping victims.”
After Maggie Henderson, supervisor for Frederick County Sheriff’s Office’s victim services unit, moved to a home near Crumbl Cookies near Wegmans off Md. 26, Hoffmann would always ask when she would bring him a cookie
“That kind of became a little inside thing between us. I never did bring him that cookie, though,” she said.
She and Hoffman were like siblings, she said. Like a brother, he could annoy her, but he was always a shield for his clients and those he cared about, she said.
“No matter what anybody else says, he’s the heart of Heartly House,” she said.
Memorial Service Information
Where: Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Brett Engler | 2022-08-25T05:54:23Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Friends, colleagues of late Heartly House legal director praise his impact | Social issues | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/social_issues/friends-colleagues-of-late-heartly-house-legal-director-praise-his-impact/article_e47ab1d3-1ba4-5175-88a2-980dd593ba1a.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/social_issues/friends-colleagues-of-late-heartly-house-legal-director-praise-his-impact/article_e47ab1d3-1ba4-5175-88a2-980dd593ba1a.html |
See the bounty of the Mid-Atlantic region in guided kayak tours along the Potomac River.
River, wine, perspective
River, wine, perspective: Water to Wine Kayak Tour
John Goano, the CEO of River & Trail Outfitters, can’t quite put his finger on why river kayaking and wine go well together. He just knows the pairing feels right.
“You’ve been outside, busy working your body, enjoying nature, and somehow just sitting down and having a glass of wine is a great way to top it all off,” he said.
Intuiting that his fellow nature enthusiasts would agree, his company put together a day-trip package offering guided kayak tours on the Potomac River that end with a shuttle whisking guests off to Big Cork Vineyards in Rohrersville for a wine tasting.
The tour groups meet at the Brunswick Family Campground, where they receive their kayaks, equipment and instructions, including important safety information. The river guides then lead groups on a slow, six-mile paddle downstream to Point of Rocks, where they make landfall. A shuttle will take the groups back to Brunswick to collect their belongings and change their clothes before heading to the winery.
Goano said guided trips down the river have several advantages compared to solo kayaking adventures. The presence of an experienced guide adds a layer of safety to water travel, which makes it more accessible to beginners or anyone who feels unsure of their abilities. Guides also enhance the experience with their deep knowledge of points of interest along the route.
The kayakers will be treated to views of nature preserves, historic transportation infrastructure and hard-to-spot ancient Native American sites. Goano said that with the help of someone who knows where to look, it’s possible to see submerged stone fish traps built many centuries ago by the Piscataway people, one of the native tribes of Maryland that gained official state recognition about 10 years ago.
While most of the sights featured on the kayak tours are also viewable from the historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath that runs parallel to the river, Goano says that seeing the wonders of nature and the remnants of past human civilizations from the middle of the river is an unmatched experience.
“I don’t quite have the words to really explain it, but you’re seeing everything from a different point of view, and there’s a real majesty to that,” he said. “If you see it from the land, that’s one perspective; if you get out into the river, you start to experience in a deeper way what a river really is.”
He said being out on the river makes it possible to feel how water serves as a connection between distant times, places and peoples. The water immediately below the kayaks has traveled from hundreds of miles away and will travel for hundreds more before reaching the ocean.
“That kind of perspective is humbling and fascinating at the same time,” Goano said. “It drives home the idea that we all live downstream. You’re always going to be downstream of somebody.”
Goano hopes that perspective fills his kayak tour guests with a love of the river that will inspire them to contribute to nature conservation efforts.
Like the river tour, the wine tasting is also an expertly guided experience, said Kristin Bodmer, Big Cork’s wine club manager. A private tasting associate will introduce visitors to six of the winery’s most popular vintages, including three reds and three whites that vary throughout the year, always concluding with a dessert wine.
The tasting package includes a charcuterie board with various cheeses, dried fruits and nuts, but guests can also shop for additional light fare at the onsite Grab & Go market.
The tasting includes a tour of the facility and grounds, weather-permitting. All tastings feature explanations of the winemaking process and a tour of the barrel room where the white wines are produced.
Goano said the wine tasting also provides an important opportunity for his guests to socialize and reflect with each other about their day on the river.
“By this point, you’ve had this shared experience with the people you’ve come with, as well as the other people who were on the trip,” he said. “It’s a way of expounding on it in a different way. Having a little wine and cheese is a nice way to have fun.”
The wine tasting lasts about 20 to 30 minutes, and many guests stay afterwards to continue socializing or enjoy live music.
The next kayak group’s wine tasting on Aug. 28 will coincide with a performance by Jason Masi, a singer-songwriter based in Washington, D.C.
Bodmer said guests also like to take the opportunity to have a glass of wine in their outdoor seating areas.
“Our facility is gorgeous. To be out amongst the mountains and the vines and the rolling hills, it’s just really spectacular,” she said. “It’s a perfect ending to that adventure experience of the river tour.”
Water to Wine Kayak Tour
When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 28 and Sept. 25
Where: 40 Canal Road, Brunswick
Info: 240-385-5410, rivertrailoutfitters@gmail.com, rivertrail.com
John Goano | 2022-08-25T05:54:35Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | River, wine, perspective: Water to Wine Kayak Tour | | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/river-wine-perspective-water-to-wine-kayak-tour/article_d2dac21d-6f30-5072-81d5-da2fb3d40e44.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/river-wine-perspective-water-to-wine-kayak-tour/article_d2dac21d-6f30-5072-81d5-da2fb3d40e44.html |
Frederick County High School Football Preseason Top 5 Rankings
Few saw the emergence of Frederick High as a football powerhouse coming last season.
Even the Cadets caught themselves somewhat by surprise when they played their way into the Class 3A state semifinals for the first time in 36 years last November, dominating opponents on both sides of the ball in the process.
We won't be surprised again this season.
As we peer into our crystal ball for the upcoming high school football season in Frederick County, the Cadets assume the top spot in our annual preseason rankings.
It's a popular but otherwise pointless exercise that, more often than we care to admit, bears little to no resemblance of what actually happens on the field.
Sure, the Cadets have a lot to prove. And there are a handful of teams that could prove to be better, including a team that is no stranger to the top spot in our rankings (Linganore) and a team that is healthy once again and has as much, if not more, talent that anyone (Oakdale).
But, with a huge turnout of players and capable starters returning at all of the prominent skill positions on offense, the Cadets very well could be the best team in the county by the end of the season.
And, if they aren't, we know there will be lots of you ready to tell us, "Told you so."
Below is the schedule for our annual team previews leading up to the Sept. 2 season openers, followed by our complete Preseason Top 5 rankings.
— Friday, Aug. 26: MSD, St. John's Catholic Prep
— Saturday, Aug. 27: Brunswick, Catoctin
— Monday, Aug. 29: Frederick, Linganore
— Tuesday, Aug. 30: Middletown, Oakdale
— Wednesday, Aug. 31: Thomas Johnson, Tuscarora
— Thursday, Sept. 1: Urbana, Walkersville
1. Frederick
Not long ago, coach Kevin Pirri was stopping kids in the school's hallways and practically begging them to play football, often to no avail. Now, following a trip to the state semifinals last season, the roster is basically bursting at the seams. Expectations have not been this high for a long time. Frederick will be expected to win most, if not all, of its games. How will the Cadets handle it all? The major questions are along the offensive and defensive lines. If they can simply block and tackle well enough, the skill guys are capable of carrying them even farther.
2. Linganore
Defenses loaded up to stop the Lancers' 5-foot-6, 160-pound sophomore running back, Ethan Arneson, last season, and they still couldn't accomplish the task. Arneson gashed defenses for more than 2,000 yards and 22 touchdowns over the course of 14 games in leading Linganore to its fourth consecutive appearance in the Class 3A state championship game. With that experience and another year of training under his belt, Arneson could be even better this season. Yes, some of the guys blocking for him will be new. But his ability to consistently move the chains should create opportunities for strong-armed, 6-foot-3 junior quarterback Christian Petruzzello to make plays in the passing game.
3. Oakdale
The Bears are big, strong, tough and, most importantly, healthy along the offensive and defensive lines. In previous seasons, they have lost many battles in the trenches. But they should be winning many of them this season. Division I prospects Chase Haught (right tackle) and Josh Crummitt (center) are back after missing significant time last season due to injuries. Right guard Tom Katrivanos is healthy again, too, and Taylen Caliskan held down the left tackle job as a freshman last season. Elsewhere, senior Dom Nichols, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive end/tight end, could be a major problem for opponents on both sides of the ball.
4. Middletown
The Knights' fortunes seem to rest on the broad and capable shoulders of their 6-foot-2, 219-pound bull of a running back, Carson Smith. The senior charged onto the scene last season and rushed for more than 1,600 yards while leading the county with 24 touchdowns. If opposing defenses are able to slow him down — no easy task, even when they know it's coming — the Knights' offense could struggle to get out of first gear. But, if Smith can find his stride behind a revamped offensive line, Middletown will be a major load for any team to handle.
5. Walkersville
The Lions are better equipped this season to do what they do best, which is pound teams into submission with their running game and a deep stable of backs. The offensive line is more experienced and significantly improved from last season, and coach Joe Polce said there are as many as six running backs on the roster who are capable of doing the job, led by speedster Rony Lopez and bruiser Malik Bowie. The big question will be if the Lions can get their passing game ramped up to the point to keep defenses off balance. If they can, they will be formidable. | 2022-08-25T05:54:43Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Frederick County High School Football Preseason Top 5 Rankings | High School Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/frederick-county-high-school-football-preseason-top-5-rankings/article_9fa64098-8999-5eba-9e74-276f70cb89ab.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/frederick-county-high-school-football-preseason-top-5-rankings/article_9fa64098-8999-5eba-9e74-276f70cb89ab.html |
“We’re pointing him in the right direction,” Heinicke said. “Hopefully, by the end of the year, he has a good little collection.”
Over time, he realized he needed breaks from the relentless intensity. He didn’t like that he held things in and let them build to the point that he snapped at the same people who were trying to support him as he chased his dreams. He started giving himself time to decompress between practice and film study, and when he did have to cram, he listened to his favorite music. This year, Stribling tried meditation, which he said, “isn’t really my thing ‘cause I don’t like quiet,” but it has helped him appreciate his journey.
Marken Michel, a 29-year-old receiver who is a long shot in a competitive room, said he’s shared a similar sentiment with the younger players, including McGowan. Michel tries not to do too much — “They’re pretty bright guys, and they understand how this thing works,” he said — but if he sees a player overwhelmed, he’ll remind him it’s not bad to be nervous.
“You understand how serious this is, that this is our livelihood,” Michel said. “But I’ve learned over the years . . . whenever a guy’s relaxed and he’s having fun, that’s when he plays his best.” | 2022-08-25T05:54:49Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | For some Commanders, final week of preseason is like lead-up to Super Bowl | Professional: All Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/for-some-commanders-final-week-of-preseason-is-like-lead-up-to-super-bowl/article_073f90ab-1e28-55cb-bbcb-7d4f808342c3.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/for-some-commanders-final-week-of-preseason-is-like-lead-up-to-super-bowl/article_073f90ab-1e28-55cb-bbcb-7d4f808342c3.html |
Harry F. Main Jr.
Harry Franklin Main Jr., 81, of Ijamsville, Maryland, passed on Monday, Aug. 23, 2022. Born in Urbana, Maryland, on Jan. 1, 1941, to the late Harry Franklin Main Sr. and Madeline Elizabeth (nee Gladhill) Main, he was the beloved husband of 61 years to Margaret Marie Main.
Harry grew up on a dairy farm, and upon graduating high school, he started his career as a bricklayer. He would work as a bricklayer for over 40 years before retiring from T.F. Main Masonry.
Harry was also a volunteer fireman, of 47 years, with the Urbana Volunteer Fire Department, Company 23. He was also a member of the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. He also enjoying hunting and trips to his cabin in Garrett County.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by children, Lori Lenhart (Rick), Timothy Main (Michelle), Richard Main (Carole) and Michael Main (Casey); his sisters, Barbara Coffey (James) and Bonnie VanAtta (Richard); his grandchildren, Drew, Leanne, Jeremiah, Jacob, Ashleigh, Brandi, Sydney, Sara and Alyssa; and great-grandsons, Lincoln, Kai and Wyatt.
Family and friends can gather at the Keeney & Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701, from 6-8 p.m. Friday Aug. 26, 2022. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church, 3519 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704.
Harry Franklin Main Sr.
Harry Franklin Main Jr. | 2022-08-25T11:04:36Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Harry F. Main Jr. | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/harry-f-main-jr/article_a8eb9f84-fcfa-595d-a225-8193ee344e2a.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/harry-f-main-jr/article_a8eb9f84-fcfa-595d-a225-8193ee344e2a.html |
Politicians must connect with culturally diverse communities
Rich Bucher Frederick
While the recent election for the Democratic nominee for the Frederick County Council certainly had its fair share of drama, disappointments and even what-ifs, one positive that has come out of all this is the growing importance of diversity in our communities.
One of the things I love about Frederick is that it’s a community of communities. And those communities come in all shapes, sizes, colors and political affiliations. Walking around my neighborhood, I see campaign signs in front yards that reflect that diversity. In our neighborhood alone, we have retired, middle-aged and young; upwardly mobile; those with disabilities; those who identify with various gender identities; Black, white, Latino and Asian; recent and not-so-recent immigrants; those who telecommute and those who drive to work; so-called “essential workers; and the list goes on and on. This diversity is not uncommon in Frederick. As a matter of fact, I think it is becoming the norm.
Politicians who are running for office or are up for reelection must be comfortable with this diversity and reach out to all these communities if they are to be successful. And it’s not enough to simply acknowledge and talk about it. Public servants need to understand the diversity of the people they represent and then act in a way that shows they value each and every one of their constituents. That’s a tall order.
This is a road map for all individuals who represent Frederick communities in some fashion. It takes time and a great deal of personal growth, work and commitment.
Rich Bucher
I would add honesty and knowledgeability to the list of keys to a politician's success. | 2022-08-25T11:05:01Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Politicians must connect with culturally diverse communities | Letters to the Editor | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/politicians-must-connect-with-culturally-diverse-communities/article_0f44cd32-39e7-5deb-a1ed-120b8967ea59.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/politicians-must-connect-with-culturally-diverse-communities/article_0f44cd32-39e7-5deb-a1ed-120b8967ea59.html |
By Sea Raven and Mike Morse Frederick
In two separate recounts, Jazmin Di Cola defeated M.C. Keegan-Ayer in the Democratic primary for Frederick County Council District 3 representative by one vote (2,298-2,297). The Frederick County Democratic Central Committee has made M.C. Keegan-Ayer the party’s nominee for the District 3 seat by one vote (6-5). What a clear indication of major fault lines in District 3, and possibly throughout the county.
The FNP (Friday, Aug. 19 edition) quotes associate committee member Robert Van Rens: “I hear a lot about how M.C. has to regain the trust of the community and has to build back bridges and so forth. And I don’t think that’s possible. They won, and now they’re being told that, ‘We’re going to appoint the person you beat. And your vote doesn’t matter,’ and that’s a really, really hard pill to swallow for people who — a lot of them for the first time in their lives — have been politically engaged.” Mr. Van Rens resigned from the committee after the vote.
We hope that Ms. Keegan-Ayer will prove Mr. Van Rens wrong. Unfortunately, her comments, both after the disqualification of Ms. DiCola on a technicality and her apology, suggest she does not understand her own cultural insensitivity. Ms. Di Cola is not dishonest. The immigrant community is just like the white community in the desire for excellent public education, public safety, affordable housing, and fair and equitable treatment for all.
Ms. Keegan-Ayer is not a racist, but she has no appreciation for the nuances of nonwhite cultural experience. Immigrant and other nonwhite citizens of District 3 (and other parts of Frederick County) feel not only ignored. Now, thanks to Ms. Keegan-Ayer and the Democratic Central Committee, the only power available to a nonwhite citizen — the vote — has been denied.
Citizens of Frederick County and especially District 3 have a lot of work to do, but Ms. Keegan-Ayer has a serious credibility issue. She must show between now and Nov. 8 that she truly understands what it means to do the hard work of reconciliation that will assure Frederick County continues to follow its democratic, progressive dreams. Otherwise, all the good work and intentions that M.C. and others have done since the Frederick County charter was approved are at risk of being undone.
Sea Raven and Mike Morse
Reconciliation will only happen if JDC and others come clean and acknowledge that her disqualification is due entirely to her own actions. If MC had not taken JDC to court, then Republicans would have - after JDC was certified as the winner of the election, thus preventing any Democrat from being in the general election. | 2022-08-25T11:05:13Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Tragedy for District 3 — politically, socially and personally | Letters to the Editor | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/tragedy-for-district-3-politically-socially-and-personally/article_3063e31b-5a2e-5484-81bd-6288e51ee095.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/tragedy-for-district-3-politically-socially-and-personally/article_3063e31b-5a2e-5484-81bd-6288e51ee095.html |
Labor Dept. alleges contractor at cancer lab at Fort Detrick failed to pay proper wages
The U.S. Department of Labor has alleged that a federal contractor hired to complete renovations at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research at Fort Detrick failed to pay workers properly.
The department obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prohibit JAG Contractors and its owners from "retaliating against former and current employees who cooperate with an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division," according to a U.S. Department of Labor news release issued Tuesday.
JAG Contractors, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is owned by Jose Guzman, the release said.
The division's probe began in February.
JAG was contracted to build two federally funded projects in Maryland — the cancer lab at Fort Detrick and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services site in Windsor Mill.
"JAG Contractors, [Inc.] was a second-tier contractor to Leidos Biomedical Research, which currently holds the contract to operate the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research," Mary Ellen M. Hackett, a spokesperson for the national lab, wrote in an email Wednesday. "In its management of a building refurbishment, Leidos Biomedical hired a construction contractor, which, in turn, retained JAG for interior renovations, such as drywall and acoustic ceiling work."
Attempts by the News-Post to reach Guzman by phone Tuesday were unsuccessful.
His attorney, Bryan Short, wrote in an email Thursday that they believe the Department of Labor (DOL) has "mischaracterized" the court proceedings in its press release.
"We will ask the court to cause the DOL to correct the erroneous statements in their press release. JAG Contractors, Inc. denies the allegations made by the DOL and will mount a rigorous defense as it believes that the allegations made by the DOL are without merit," Short wrote.
The company and its owners "failed to pay workers on the projects all wages as required for all hours worked in violation of the Davis-Bacon Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act," according to investigators, the release said.
The division further alleges JAG either terminated or reassigned employees who complained to management about their pay or who cooperated with the investigation. JAG allegedly tried to obstruct the investigation by "falsifying documents, making intimidating statements about workers’ immigration status, and directing employees not to report to work on the day investigators interviewed employees," according to the release.
The department, in court documents, sought an order to permanently prevent JAG and its owners from further retaliation or other activity that would violate the Fair Labor Standards Act.
An online court document filed Wednesday stated the parties have until the close of business Aug. 29 to file objections.
"Workers have the legal right to question their employer’s pay practices, submit a complaint and to take part in a federal investigation without fear of reprisal," Wage and Hour Division District Director Alfonso J. Gristina in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, said in the release. "When there are doubts about an employer’s compliance with federal wage and hour laws, we will intervene to ensure that employers respect their workers and their rights."
According to the release, by court order, JAG and its owner "cannot retaliate or discriminate against any current or former employee who files a complaint, sets any FLSA proceeding in motion, or who testifies or is waiting to testify in any proceeding. The employer must also post and provide employees with a notice of their FLSA rights."
"Workers must be able to come forward and share their concerns about their pay without fearing that their employers will take actions against them," Regional Solicitor Oscar L. Hampton III in Philadelphia said in the release. "The Department of Labor’s ability to investigate and enforce federal wage and hours depends on the willingness of workers to speak freely. We will take swift action against those employers who seek to prevent and punish employees who exercise their rights."
The division’s district office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania conducted the original investigation. The department’s regional Office of the Solicitor in Philadelphia is litigating the case. | 2022-08-25T22:11:12Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Labor Dept. alleges contractor at cancer lab at Fort Detrick failed to pay proper wages | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/labor-dept-alleges-contractor-at-cancer-lab-at-fort-detrick-failed-to-pay-proper-wages/article_4863c1c1-19ff-56db-a157-d9df69eff98d.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/labor-dept-alleges-contractor-at-cancer-lab-at-fort-detrick-failed-to-pay-proper-wages/article_4863c1c1-19ff-56db-a157-d9df69eff98d.html |
Traffic on Interstate 495
By Ian Duncan The Washington Post
“This interstate project will address one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country, create more jobs and opportunities, and expand bike, transit and pedestrian infrastructure,” Hogan, R, said in a statement. “It is exactly the kind of bold and forward-thinking solution that Marylanders have been crying out for, for years if not decades.”
The highway project is one of Hogan’s signature transportation initiatives, and the term-limited governor has been racing to lock it in before he leaves office in January.
Backers say adding two toll lanes in each direction on sections of the Beltway and 270 will alleviate traffic that makes commuting around the Washington region a misery for many drivers.
But in the face of worsening climate change, transit advocates and some local officials have questioned funding a gigantic project to accommodate more cars.
The approval documents commitments the Maryland Department of Transportation has made to fund transit as part of the project.
The contracting group the state intends to partner with would provide $300 million for transit in Montgomery County over the life of the project. The state transportation department would build a new facility and provide a fleet of buses, and allocate a further $60 million to design transit projects in the county.
Officials at the Federal Highway Administration said earlier this month that they needed additional time to review the project’s environmental-impact studies. They missed an Aug. 5 target date for issuing their final sign-off, known as a record of decision.
The project faced a late challenge from advocates who alleged that there were signs of possible fraud in traffic modeling that officials had conducted as part of their final review.
The highway administration asked the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center, which provides technical assistance to officials, to review those claims. The center’s review “did not find scientific integrity fraud” in the traffic modeling, according an FHWA memo released along with the record of decision. | 2022-08-26T03:51:18Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Hogan’s plan for Beltway and I-270 toll lanes wins key federal approval | Environment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/hogan-s-plan-for-beltway-and-i-270-toll-lanes-wins-key-federal-approval/article_00fb535d-853d-5fcc-88ae-5d978e1d5054.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/hogan-s-plan-for-beltway-and-i-270-toll-lanes-wins-key-federal-approval/article_00fb535d-853d-5fcc-88ae-5d978e1d5054.html |
Nearly a dozen video cameras are placed around the room and controlled remotely during Frederick County Board of Education meetings.
School board to upload simple recordings of committee meetings to YouTube
The Frederick County Board of Education will temporarily embrace a no-frills method of recording and sharing its committee meetings while it searches for a more permanent solution, members said this week.
The full board’s twice-monthly evening meetings are broadcast live on Frederick County Public Schools’ website and on TV. A high-quality recording is available online later.
But most meetings of the board’s 11 committees — whose work informs decisions on everything from curriculum to the school year’s start date — are not streamed or recorded. While committee meetings are open to the public, they’re often held on weekday mornings, making it difficult for working parents to attend.
Committee meeting minutes and agendas are uploaded to BoardDocs, the board’s site for sharing documents with the public. But officials have acknowledged those are often bare-bones.
Community members have been vocal in requesting all committee meetings be live-streamed.
This week, the board took an initial step in that direction. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, the board posted a recording of its Policy Committee meeting on YouTube. The meeting had taken place at 9:30 a.m. the previous day. Officials made the recording by opening up a laptop, placing it at the back of the room and pointing it toward the dais, board member Jay Mason said.
“Anything is better than nothing,” board Vice President Sue Johnson, who has been a strong proponent of live-streaming the meetings, said in an interview Thursday.
The video is about 90 minutes long. Speakers’ words and voices are clearly discernible throughout most of the meeting, but at some points, it’s nearly impossible to tell what board members are saying.
All of the footage is shot from a single angle, meaning viewers can’t see the faces of people who are giving public comment or presenting to the board.
“They’re trying to find an inexpensive, non-labor-intensive way of doing it,” Board President Brad Young said in an interview Thursday. “It’s a short-term way of being able to provide a solution.”
Live-streaming all committee meetings would come with a $141,000 price tag, FCPS public affairs’ staff said during the board’s budget discussions in June. It would require adding two full-time employees to the department.
Young had wanted to include funding for the positions in the fiscal 2023 budget, but his motion failed.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, minutes of the Wednesday morning policy committee meeting weren’t yet available on BoardDocs.
Johnson, who is not one of the board members on the policy committee, said she usually can’t attend the meetings and has to rely on her colleagues to tell her what happened. There “are certainly times” where she would take advantage of a video recording, she said. | 2022-08-26T03:51:24Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | School board to upload simple recordings of committee meetings to YouTube | Fcps Board Of Education | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/levels_of_government/county/fcps_board_of_education/school-board-to-upload-simple-recordings-of-committee-meetings-to-youtube/article_342b7bcf-5658-5a76-8427-db1d14186d5e.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/levels_of_government/county/fcps_board_of_education/school-board-to-upload-simple-recordings-of-committee-meetings-to-youtube/article_342b7bcf-5658-5a76-8427-db1d14186d5e.html |
An allotment of 100,000 tons of coal to be kept on hand for relief of immediate emergencies, in which the needs are too pressing to await priority shipments from the mines, has been promised Maryland, on the conditions that its distribution shall come under the supervision of Governor Ritchie’s coal committee and that payment for it shall be guaranteed either by the state, a group of bankers, or a “pool” of dealers.
The canning factory at Thurmont is putting up tomatoes and beans instead of corn, unlike the other Frederick county factories in this respect. This factory was originally a corn-canning factory. About five days ago it commenced putting up fruit. The season opens the early part of August and lasts until the latter part of October or first of November. There are two sessions of bean canning, corresponding to the two plantings. Tomatoes are received during the entire season.
A woman about 28 years old, who as Miss Blanche Turner, Baltimore, registered at the City Hotel last night, and a man, evidently an Italian, who shortly afterward registered as Jack Niris, Hagerstown, about 30, were taken in custody at 1:30 this morning on suspicion of knowing something about the Norris murder and robbery in Baltimore. They were lodged in jail and will be questioned this morning. The Baltimore detectives after looking them over said the man bore no resemblance of the man wanted for the murder. They were unable to identify the woman. On account of their manner and refusal to divulge anything concerning themselves, both were taken to jail.
Good Morning! “I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.” — Robert Frost
The battle to save the old Frederick post office appears to be over. Frederick Mayor Ronald N. Young said Wednesday he will give up the fight and allow the building to be razed if he can have one promise from the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. “We will not stand in the way in any manner,” Young told the postal board in a recent letter, so long as the 11 members of that board pledge to investigate further the way the local demolition was handled as well as their demolition practices in general.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The biowarfare expert under scrutiny in the anthrax attacks says the FBI has accepted his offer to undergo a blood test he says will prove his innocence. “I am not the anthrax killer,” Dr. Steven J. Hatfill said Sunday and lashed out against Attorney General John Ashcroft for calling him a “person of interest” in the investigation. “This assassination of my character appears to be part of a government-run effort to show the American people that it is proceeding vigorously and successfully with the anthrax investigation,” Dr. Hatfill said to a throng of reporters outside his lawyer’s office. “I want to look my fellow Americans directly in the eye and declare to them, ‘I am not the anthrax killer. I know nothing about the anthrax attacks. I had absolutely nothing to do with this terrible crime.’”
Water poured onto DeGrange Street for almost seven hours Saturday before a city crew shut off flow to the broken water main. City officials were uncertain why it took so long to get the water shut off. Lincoln Apartment resident Robert Keeney said he called the public works department around 11 a.m. when he first noticed water flowing in the street. He said he called again at 4 p.m. but a crew didn’t show up until shortly after 4:30 p.m. and the water line was not shut off until about 5:45 p.m.
Coal Allotment
Canning Factory At Thurmont
Blanche Turner
Old Frederick Post Office Demolition
Mayor Ronald Young
Biowarfare Expert Dr. Steven J. Hatfill
Attorney General John Ashcroft
Degrange Street Water Main Break | 2022-08-26T08:38:45Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | 20-40-100 Years Ago — Aug. 26 | News | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-26/article_b31879ec-1fa8-5897-98c4-2f6ce5e46a66.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-26/article_b31879ec-1fa8-5897-98c4-2f6ce5e46a66.html |
A historic log building built in 1770 is shown at 23 E. Fifth St. on Thursday. It is currently in the Frederick Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
Up on Market Bistro & Inn, in an 18th-century brick masonry building, is shown on North Market Street on Thursday. It is currently in the Frederick Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
City's historic district boundaries could expand
More than 1,000 properties in the city of Frederick could find themselves inside an expanded national historic district, under a proposal presented to a city commission Thursday evening.
Historic Preservation Planner Lisa Mroszczyk Murphy presented the proposed expansion of the boundary for a national historic district within the city of Frederick at a workshop Thursday. She was speaking to Frederick’s Historic Preservation Commission.
The National Register of Historic Places is mostly an honorary designation, although it can help make homeowners eligible for tax credits and other benefits, Mroszczyk Murphy said. The Frederick Historic District is part of the National Register of Historic Places.
The Frederick Historic District is different from the city’s historic preservation overlay, which allows the commission to regulate changes to the exterior of properties.
Expanding the boundaries of the historic district doesn’t mean properties would be subject to HPC review, she said.
Commissioner Elizabeth Burns asked whether the city planned to extend the historic preservation overlay to match the new boundaries of the historic district.
That’s always a possibility, but any expansion would require a full overlay rezoning process and approval by the Board of Aldermen, Mroszczyk Murphy said.
The Frederick Historic District was first listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and covered 264 acres. It was expanded to about 690 acres in 1988.
The 1988 expansion covered 2,635 properties. The proposal is to add 1,033 properties, for a new total of 3,668.
The historic district includes the city’s urban grid originally laid out by Daniel Delaney in 1745, roughly bordered by Bentz, 7th, East and South streets, as well as a pre-World War II expansion as far west as U.S. 15, according to a report prepared by staff members from the city.
The expanded district would cover 844 acres and stretch from east of U.S. 15 on Rosemont Avenue to East Church Street near County Lane, and from south of Rose Hill Manor Park in the north to a northern section of Mt. Olivet Cemetery on the south side of the city.
The district has a variety of architectural styles, including Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Richardsonian Romanesque, Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Craftsman, colonial Revival, and Art Deco.
“The visual continuity of the Frederick Historic District is due in part to the many modest vernacular dwelling that occupy the lots between higher-style and more individualized buildings,” according to the staff report. “In these vernacular houses, Frederick’s historic building stock is distilled into its most essential character-defining elements: contiguous two-to-three-story side-hall brick or wood-frame dwellings, two-to-three bays wide, capped by a side-gable or rear-sloping shed roof.”
The boundary expansion is expected to come back before the commission at a meeting in September.
Lisa Mroszczyk Murphy | 2022-08-26T08:38:51Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | City's historic district boundaries could expand | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/citys-historic-district-boundaries-could-expand/article_3f59ed37-6e8f-5a59-b8c5-641ec4f9951f.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/citys-historic-district-boundaries-could-expand/article_3f59ed37-6e8f-5a59-b8c5-641ec4f9951f.html |
Demonstrators hold placards reading messages against the use of fossil fuels as they take part in a protest march arriving at Parliament Square, in London, on July 23 to demand action over the cost of living crisis and the climate change crisis.
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Zahra Hirji Bloomberg News (TNS)
The 2000s were a big time for climate accountability. That’s when Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, putting climate change front and center within the world's single biggest emitter and largest economy. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore released his Academy Award-winning film "An Inconvenient Truth," and there was a big push to get climate legislation passed through Congress (it failed in 2010, in a cycle that appears to have just repeated itself). Today the framework of the individualized carbon footprint is everywhere: Thanks to the power of campaigns like BP’s (which still exists), you could be forgiven for thinking that the burden of tackling the crisis rests squarely on your shoulders. | 2022-08-26T08:38:58Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | How to think about your carbon footprint | Environment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/how-to-think-about-your-carbon-footprint/article_bd144a63-6e55-5f81-b298-37ebac79285d.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/how-to-think-about-your-carbon-footprint/article_bd144a63-6e55-5f81-b298-37ebac79285d.html |
The Asian longhorned beetle
The emerald ash borer
The spotted lanterfly
Insect damage to a tree.
HUNGRY PESTS: Invasive insects wreak havoc
By Sonia Demiray Frederick County Forestry Board
The global phenomenon of invasive species is alive and well in Frederick County. An invasive species is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or may even be beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental and economic damage.
The term “invasive species” can refer to any introduced organism, including insects, plants and fungi. Invasive species management is estimated to cost the U.S. around $21 billion per year.
Global trade and the movement of people and goods have caused massive shifts in insect populations, introducing insect species to areas where they have no natural predators. Without predators, parasites and pathogens to keep them in check, invasive insect populations increase unimpeded.
Since the U.S., China, India and Brazil are large agricultural producers, they suffer the highest potential cost from invasive species. China has a whopping 283 invasive species, including 50 of the worst invasive species in the world, as classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. These species have been causing a great economic loss in China of about $29.3 billion (U.S.) every year, and about 46.3% of them have invaded that region’s natural reserves.
In the U.S., the cost of invasive pests — including management, control and economic losses — in 2017 was estimated to be more than $13.6 billion dollars per year.
The enormous size of China and the U.S. allows for a wide variety of invasive pests. Cropping systems range from subtropical to temperate environments, and this diversity supports a wide range of potential pest and disease species. In addition, they have active trading relationships with many countries worldwide, enabling links for transport of pest and disease organisms to novel areas.
While the scale of the impact in China and the U.S. is hard to comprehend, invasive species often have the worst impact on developing countries, as pests will ruin a proportionately larger part of their natural resources or, in catastrophic cases, eliminate them altogether.
Here in Maryland, we have learned to live with some invasive pests, such as the showy Japanese beetle, introduced in 1916. The adults of this “jewel beetle” feed on the foliage and fruits of several hundred species of trees, shrubs, vines and crops, while larvae feed on the roots of grasses and other plants, destroying the plants and even the soil. We have developed beetle bags, nettings, pheromones, sprays and many other tricks to manage them.
We are actively fighting other invasive pests, too, such as the emerald ash borer, which made its way to Frederick around 2008 and is still decimating our beautiful ash trees.
A relatively innocuous yet annoying invasive pest is the stink bug, which came to our region in 2009 and is known for oversharing its perfume.
The most critical invasive insect that we need to keep at bay here in Frederick County is the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), a new invasive pest in the Mid-Atlantic. It has the potential to seriously affect our crops and has been detected in several states that border Maryland.
Sign up for the Frederick County Forestry Board’s spotted lanternfly workshop on Sept. 30, organized in partnership with the Washington County Forestry Board, if you want to learn all there is to know about this pest (register at frederick.forestryboard.org).
The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) came from northern Asia in the mid-1980s, hitching a ride on “lucky bamboo” plants, and has spread rapidly. The Asian tiger mosquito is an aggressive biter that feeds primarily during the day and has a broad host range, including humans, domestic and wild animals, and birds. It is a potential vector of encephalitis, dengue (all four serotypes), yellow fever, dog heartworm and West Nile virus. It is estimated that more than 100,000 residential properties in Maryland provide breeding sites for tiger mosquitoes. Public mosquito control agencies do not have the resources or the legal authority to remove and drain mosquito-breeding containers over such a large area, so it is imperative that every resident drain or remove water-holding containers from their properties.
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) mentioned above is another “jewel beetle” that traveled from Northeastern Asia. Since its arrival in the U.S. in 2002, it is estimated to have killed over 100 million ash trees. Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark to emerge as adults in one to two years. When the larvae of the beetle bore under the bark, they create tunnels as they eat and slice through the channels that transport water from the tree’s roots to the leaves. Once infested, unable to take up water, the tree dries out and dies. The emerald ash borer is widespread throughout Frederick County, and most ash trees have been killed unless they have ongoing emerald ash borer control, which requires injecting the tree every other year.
Gypsy moths (Lymantria dispar) are by far the most destructive pest of forest and shade trees in Maryland. The caterpillars eat the leaves of oaks and other hardwoods in May and June. Heavy populations of caterpillars will eat most or all leaves in a tree. Large outbreaks have affected hundreds of thousands of acres statewide, but the upside is that their populations shows cyclic swings. The last time a gypsy moth infestation grew to damaging levels in Frederick County was 2009. Naturally occurring virus and fungi are keeping populations in check, and these pathogens tend to be more prevalent when we experience a cool, wet spring.
The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invica), or “RIFA” for short, is a major economic pest in the southeastern United States, but it has been spotted here as well, especially during warmer and drier years. It originates in lowland areas of South America, primarily Brazil and Argentina. RIFA threatens crops and plants and can girdle young trees. Large nests located in fields interfere with and damage equipment during cultivation and harvesting. Red imported fire ants respond rapidly and aggressively to disturbances, and ant attacks inhibit field-worker activities.
The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) is a tiny insect of the order Hemiptera native to East Asia. It feeds by sucking sap from hemlock and spruce trees. In its native range, the hemlock woolly adelgid is not a serious pest because populations are managed by natural predators and parasitoids and by host resistance. Here, unless we treat the hemlock woolly adelgid with insecticide, it can kill a large adult tree in four years.
The Asian longhorned beetle is a very serious exotic pest that was introduced in solid wood packing material from China. It has the potential to cause more damage than Dutch elm disease, chestnut blight and gypsy moths combined because it attacks 29 species of deciduous hardwood trees. The beetle prefers species of maple, including boxelder, Norway, red, silver and sugar maples. Other known hosts include alders, birches, elms, horsechestnut, poplars, sycamore and willows. Fortunately, the Asian longhorned beetle does not spread very readily, and its populations are confined to small areas.
If you are interested in learning more about additional invasive species in our area, such as the euonymus leaf notcher, the Southern pine beetle and the shoot pine beetle, and how to protect our trees and crops from them, visit dnr.maryland.gov.
The Frederick County Forestry Board promotes the conservation, stewardship, and sustainable use of our forest resources and urban landscapes. We inform the public and vigorously advocate to retain or increase the integrity of our local, regional, and national forest ecosystems. Trees enhance our physical and mental well-being; improve the quality of our streams, lakes, and the Bay; help cool the environment; retain and improve soil; produce oxygen while consuming carbon dioxide; and provide shelter and food for wildlife. Please visit frederick.forestryboard.org for additional information and resources or to sign up for our free weekly Nature Note articles, tree plantings, Second Sunday Tree Walks, tree shelter exchange, and more. | 2022-08-26T08:39:04Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | HUNGRY PESTS: Invasive insects wreak havoc | Environment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/hungry-pests-invasive-insects-wreak-havoc/article_186d7666-3724-59ef-9b9b-4cc7387b15c7.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/hungry-pests-invasive-insects-wreak-havoc/article_186d7666-3724-59ef-9b9b-4cc7387b15c7.html |
Ann Faucette Niblock
Ann Faucette Niblock passed away Aug. 24, 2022, in Frederick, Maryland. Born May 12, 1927, in Bristol, Tennessee, Ann was the third of six children of John Edward and Virginia Hayes Faucette. Ann attended Bristol Tennessee High, Agnes Scott College and the Presbyterian School of Christian Education.
At the start of her career, Ann worked as the director of Christian education at churches in New Orleans, Louisiana and Memphis, Tennessee. In 1954, Ann sailed to Chunju, Korea to teach school under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church. There, she met and married a U.S. State Department officer, Thomas Clinton Niblock, and for the next five decades, they raised their family while living and working in Korea, Afghanistan, Washington, D.C., the Philippines and Indonesia.
In 1983, Ann and Tom settled on a farm in Adamstown, Maryland, which became their home for the rest of their lives. Initially, they restored and lived in a small pre-Civil War log cabin. On their farm, they planted thousands of trees of many varieties, and entertained thousands of guests from around the world. When Ann’s beloved husband, Tom, died in 2004, Ann continued to live and work on their farm for many years.
Wherever Ann travelled in the world, she was a passionate advocate for women and for justice. To name just a few examples:
In the 1960s, Ann pursued civil rights and justice issues through the Church of Pilgrims in Washington, D.C., including attending Dr. King’s March on Washington with her three young children.
In the Philippines, Ann was very active with the YWCA. One of her most significant projects was helping provide poor women in the provinces some income by establishing a shop where they could sell handmade goods. Ann loved traveling throughout the country, meeting these women and being attentive to their needs.
One Thanksgiving in Manila, following a devastating typhoon, Ann set up makeshift ovens in the backyard to cook for those in the expatriate community who had lost power, belongings and homes.
In Indonesia, she started giving community family planning sessions for women who had little or no access to reproductive health.
She and husband Tom were instrumental in founding Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Maryland.
Ann was active in ecumenical groups, including Church Women United (CWU), Meals on Wheels, and advocating for rights for migrant workers. For years, Ann led women from CWU, visiting female inmates at the Frederick County Detention Center on Christmas morning or Christmas Eve. They delivered simple gifts of blankets, clothing, books or games, and led the women in song and celebration. For years thereafter, Ann would encounter women who had been in the detention center who remembered with gratitude her visits. Ann also assisted formerly incarcerated women and their families through the Women’s Interfaith Safe and Sober Home in Frederick County. Ann was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church, where she served as both a deacon and elder, and was a much-loved member of the congregation of Poolesville Presbyterian Church.
Ann spent the last few years of her life at Spring Arbor Senior Living in Frederick. Wherever she lived, Ann had a knack for making deep and enduring friendships. She was unfailingly kind and generous. Ann loved hard work but also delighted in feeding the birds in her backyard; collecting fresh eggs from the chickens; sitting around the kitchen table with friends and family; playing scrabble; and drinking chocolate milkshakes. She was a consummate hostess. She adored her family, and was adored by them.
Ann is survived by her children, Thomas Clinton Niblock (and wife Angie), John Franklin Niblock, and Sarah Niblock Large (and husband Bruce); her grandchildren, Vicki (and husband Adam), Tom (and wife Kiersta), Bruce, J, Bia (and husband Italo) and Bruno (and wife Gaby); six great-grandchildren; and her sister, Virginia Leigh Qualls.
A memorial service will be held at Poolesville Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. A gathering of friends and family will follow immediately at her farm, All Seasons. The memorial service will be livestreamed at poolpres.com and available for viewing thereafter.
In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested for Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County Maryland or Poolesville Presbyterian Church.
Philippines Ann
Thomas Clinton Niblock | 2022-08-26T08:39:16Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Ann Faucette Niblock | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/ann-faucette-niblock/article_a89cda22-558d-5432-b0dc-27408b1353ff.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/ann-faucette-niblock/article_a89cda22-558d-5432-b0dc-27408b1353ff.html |
Linda Lee Bollinger
It is with great sorrow to announce that Mrs. Linda Lee Bollinger, longtime Thurmont resident, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. She was the loving wife of the late Sterling E. Bollinger Sr., who preceded her in death in 2013. They were married on Nov. 25, 1950.
Born Aug. 7, 1933, in Frederick, she was the only child of the late David A. and Alice A. (Long) Nash.
Linda graduated from Visitation Academy in 1950, and attended the former St. Joseph’s College in Emmitsburg.
Following many years of being home caring for her children, she entered the workforce at Frederick Co-op, where she was the office manager for 20-plus years before retiring.
She was devoted to her faith and was a longtime member and volunteer with Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church.
Additionally, she volunteered for many years and was a board member at the former Jeanne Bussard Workshop.
She enjoyed reading, sewing, crafting and spending time with her family. As one son said, “she was the glue that kept the family together”.
Linda was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was loved by all and will be greatly missed.
She is survived by nine children, Sterling “Gene” Bollinger Jr., of Urbana, Marguerite “Maggie” Doll (John), of Thurmont, Katrinka Martin, of Thurmont, Paula Gills (John), of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, Melinda Lee Bryan (Carl), of Kingsport, Tennessee, David Bollinger (Shelba), of Sabillasville, Joseph Bollinger (Lara), of Hagerstown, Mary Sweeney (Hal), of Thurmont, and Samuel Bollinger (Jodie), of Frederick; 19 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she is preceded in death by an infant daughter, Alice; her parents; great-grandmother, Icie Long (Nanny); and son-in-law, Lee Martin.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, at Stauffer Funeral Home, 104 E. Main St., Thurmont.
A Mass of Christian burial will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, from St. Anthony’s Shrine Parish, 16150 St. Anthony’s Road, Emmitsburg.
Interment will follow at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church’s cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Thurmont, Maryland; Frederick Health Hospice; or a cancer research organization of one’s choice. | 2022-08-26T08:39:28Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Linda Lee Bollinger | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/linda-lee-bollinger/article_957b7273-26da-570f-92ab-f75e6f6abe24.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/linda-lee-bollinger/article_957b7273-26da-570f-92ab-f75e6f6abe24.html |
Robert Mauck
Robert L. (Bob) Mauck, age 80, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, passed away from dementia on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at his residence.
Robert was born Febr. 11, 1942, in Frederick, Maryland, the son of the late Murlin and F. Alice (King) Mauck. He retired from Mastech Corporation, where he was involved in contract administration. He graduated from Frederick High School in 1960 and later received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Century University.
Robert was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and became a lifetime legionnaire for his community service. Robert and JoAnne were volunteers at the Maryland state prison system for 23 years with the Community of St. Dysmas. Robert was a member of Frederick Church of The Brethren and Redeemer Lutheran Church in Damascus, Maryland. Once they moved to Fredericksburg in 2015, they attended Richland Baptist Church.
Survivors include his loving wife, JoAnne Frederick Mauck; one son, Michael W. Cullop (Kim); one stepson, Jeffery S. Frederick (Cindy); and brother, Richard Murlin Mauck.
A graveside service will be held at Clustered Spires Cemetery, 400 Linden Ave., Frederick, Maryland, at noon Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, with Pastor Jim Bethany officiating.
Online condolences may be shared at mullinsthompsonfredericksburg.com.
Richard Murlin Mauck | 2022-08-26T08:39:40Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Robert Mauck | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/robert-mauck/article_11969a73-5f17-58a9-a59e-512c63ba061e.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/robert-mauck/article_11969a73-5f17-58a9-a59e-512c63ba061e.html |
William Luther “Bill” Lowry, 83, of Lovettsville, Virginia, passed from this earthly life on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, surrounded by his loved ones.
Bill was born Aug. 4, 1939, to Norvel Lee Lowry Sr. and Laura Green Lowry. Bill, affectionately known as “Billy” by close friends and family, spent his early years in the Pleasant Valley area of Loudoun County near Arcola on his grandfather’s dairy farm.
In 1946, his father purchased a farm on Route 704 near Hamilton and began his own dairy operation. Bill had many happy memories of growing up there, working along with his family on the farm; riding his horse, Joe Allen; and spending time with his schoolmates.
Then in 1954, the family again moved upon purchasing the George Wright Washington farm at Irish Corner near Lovettsville, where they further expanded their dairy, continuing in the business until the 1980s. Bill attended elementary school in Arcola; spent the remainder of elementary school and middle school in Lincoln; and graduated from the newly opened Loudoun County High School in 1958.
After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served his country honorably from 1959 to 1961.
Following basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Bill served in Germany until his enlistment ended.
Upon returning home, he met the love of his life and soulmate, Marcia Lowe. They were married in 1963 and raised their four loving children.
A longtime member of St. James United Church of Christ in Lovettsville, Bill always took an active role in the activities of the church, particularly as trustee.
Transitioning in 1980 from the farm to the railroad, he began a 20-year career with CSX Transportation as a railroad tower operator until his retirement in 2000.
In his retirement, Bill enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, making furniture for his family in his woodshop, and hanging out with his beloved pets and faithful sidekicks, Moe and Missy.
Bill’s family was the most important part of his life, and he was all the world to them. He was a loving husband, father and granddad, and truly cherished his family.
He had a joyful nature and bright, sunny smile to go with his playful sense of humor, which endeared him to everyone he met and knew.
Preceding him in death were his mother and father; brother, Norvel Lee Lowry Jr. and wife Barbara; and sister, Linda Lowry Dove and husband Edward. Survivors include his loving wife, Marcia; son, William Brett Lowry (Nancy), of Myerstown, Pennsylvania; daughter, Amy Lowry Griffin, of Chantilly; son, Derek Ross Lowry, of Lovettsville; his grandchildren, Billy Lowry, Tyler Griffin, Allie Griffin and Zachary Brosius; and a number of special nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Road NE, Leesburg, VA 20176, where a memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Interment will be at 2 p.m. at Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, VA.
William Brett Lowry
Norvel Lee Lowry | 2022-08-26T08:39:52Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | William Lowry | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/william-lowry/article_39050853-ad07-5709-9f28-a81b6f6ce2b4.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/william-lowry/article_39050853-ad07-5709-9f28-a81b6f6ce2b4.html |
Saint John's Catholic Prep Football Team 2022
“I looked at the [new] stadium, the mountains. I remember thinking to myself, ‘If they offer me this job, I am taking it,’” the 27-year-old Marr said. “There is so much potential here.”
Marr is ushering in a new era of football at St. John’s. He and his staff are leaning heavily on their credentials as former college coaches.
Marr was a student-assistant coach at West Virginia University before joining the staff at his alma mater, McDaniel College, where he was the running backs coach and co-special teams coordinator, as well as the recruiting coordinator and director of football operations.
He jokes that he held every position he could possibly hold for McDaniel football except head coach.
Marr’s co-head coach and offensive coordinator at St. John’s, Scott Browning, served as the head coach at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania for 10 years after serving as the receivers and running backs coach at Ohio State.
And his defensive coordinator, Mac Juniorson, served as an assistant at his alma mater, Bowie State.
“If you are going to follow us, if you are going to believe in what we are doing, you’ve gotta believe in the people that are leading you,” Marr said.
So far, the roughly 40 players on the St. John’s roster do just that.
“He’s one of the greatest coaches I have ever played for,” said sophomore Shane Meyer, the only returning player with quarterback experience on the roster who will take over the position.
The 6-foot-1, strong-armed Meyer watched the Vikings struggle to win any games last season as the third-string QB. He thought about giving up football to concentrate on baseball.
But, after a few conversations with Marr, he was sold.
Other players cite an immediate change in the culture and accountability within the program.
Marr and his staff have turned over roughly half the roster in their short time on the job. There are 12 freshmen and eight transfers that have been added to the mix.
They have brought in players that played at Oakdale, Thomas Johnson and schools outside of Frederick County.
“The first conversation I had with him, I knew it was going to be a completely different season this year,” said junior wide receiver Grayson DiPietro, an All-MIAA C Conference performer last season who has been a standout so far in preseason practice.
Senior Zain Bokhari was persuaded to leave Oakdale to come play football at St. John’s and figures prominently into their plans on the offensive line.
Sophomore Javen Travis came over from Thomas Johnson and will be one of the Vikings’ primary running backs.
“We put him in the weight room the first day, and he was moving more weight than almost anyone on the roster,” Marr said of the 5-foot-6, 185-pound Travis. “The kid is very talented.”
Another sophomore, Robert “Tito” Hodgson, a receiver and defensive back, has caught Marr’s eye in preseason practices after transferring from Einstein High School in Montgomery County.
Of course, the biggest attraction at St. John’s Catholic Prep this season is the new stadium.
In the 21st season that the school has played football, the Vikings finally have a place to call home.
Players and coaches no longer have to bus across town to aging McCurdy Field. They simply have to step outside the back door of their school to attend practices and games now on a pristine playing surface.
“It’s a huge deal,” DiPietro said. “It’s a whole different feel.”
Next Friday, the Vikings will host Winters Mill in the first football game played at their new stadium.
They hope it will kick off an exciting new era of St. John’s Catholic Prep football.
“They have played football here for 20 years,” Marr said. “But we have our own spin on it. It’s the Fighting Vikings football program now, and it’s our first year of Fighting Vikings football.”
Nate Marr | 2022-08-26T08:40:11Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Football preview: Marr ushering in new era of 'Fighting' Vikings football | High School Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-marr-ushering-in-new-era-of-fighting-vikings-football/article_26250949-2a2d-56e1-b7b4-beb90d4549d1.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-marr-ushering-in-new-era-of-fighting-vikings-football/article_26250949-2a2d-56e1-b7b4-beb90d4549d1.html |
Maryland School for the Deaf Football Team 2022
But thanks to dwindling numbers, most other deaf high school football teams in America had already made that switch. So, if the Orioles wished to contend for a national deaf title, they’d have to do so as an eight-man team.
Also, the Orioles had a chance to join the Pennsylvania-based Keystone State Football League, which is for eight-man teams, giving them a shot to vie for a league title.
Given those factors, MSD players overwhelmingly supported switching to eight-man football for the 2022 season.
“It was unanimous,” DiMarco said. “So clearly, they want to compete in the championship game against the best of the best of the deaf schools in the country.”
After the Orioles open Saturday at Rappahannock County High School in an eight-man game, they play an 11-man game against Severn, something their 28-player roster allows them to do. The rest of their schedule is comprised of eight-man games. Six of those are against Keystone State Football League opponents, including Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the others are against Florida School for the Deaf and Blind and California School for the Deaf.
Last season, the Orioles were one of just three deaf high schools in the country still playing 11-man football, according to DiMarco, and there need to be at least four teams competing for a national deaf champ to be selected.
Senior running back-safety Zion Ortiz didn’t anticipate any problems making the transition to eight-man football. The Orioles will still run their trademark Wing-T offense.
“Just three players short,” he said. “It’s really not that big of a change.”
Compared to 11-man football, the eight-man game removes two offensive linemen and one backfield player on offense, while there are numerous defensive options.
In the Keystone State Football League, the fields are still 100 yards long, but they are 40 yards wide instead of the standard 53⅓.
Thanks to those differences, play tends to be more wide open than in 11-man football, making for high-scoring games. So, Orioles returning sophomore quarterback Zeke Ortiz might do some more throwing, while defensive backs like Zion Ortiz and Nathan Sheppeck will spend plenty of time defending passes.
And the Orioles’ strongpoint seems well-suited for this brand of football.
“Our strength is definitely speed, we definitely are a very fast team,” DiMarco said. “Also, we have to depend on the big guys to do the blocking. We aim to have our playmakers make the plays for us.”
Running backs like Ortiz and Sheppeck both hope to rush for at least 1,000 yards.
Ortiz came close last season, rushing for 803 yards and 11 touchdowns on 68 carries. But MSD won two games via forfeit, leaving Ortiz — who missed some time as a freshman with a knee injury and saw his sophomore season canceled by COVID — yearning to finally play a full season with his team this year.
Sheppeck rushed for 287 yards and four touchdowns on 38 carries last season, and eight-man football might help him improve on those numbers.
“It’s an opportunity for passing and running and to play up to my potential,” Sheppeck said.
Aside from a secondary bolstered by Ortiz and Sheppeck, MSD’s defense is loaded with returnees, including Mepper Beshears and Tyler Dees, who both were among the team’s top five tacklers last season.
Last season, en route to going 8-2 (including forfeit wins), the Orioles held opponents to six or less points in five games.
MSD is one of three new members in the seven-team Keystone State Football League, entering with newbies Randolph-Macon Academy and Model.
Teams will play a round-robin schedule, with six regular-season games and the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs. Higher seeds will host each playoff game. Mercersburg is the defending champ.
And no matter how many players his team has on the field, DiMarco wanted to see his players perform well in the classroom, show up every day for practice and make strides on the field so they can feel good about themselves.
“That’s my goal, to see how we can improve this year,” he said. | 2022-08-26T08:40:17Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Football preview: MSD makes switch to 8-man football, eyes more titles | High School Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-msd-makes-switch-to-8-man-football-eyes-more-titles/article_3efb7ee2-9770-518b-873d-8c3871456e98.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-msd-makes-switch-to-8-man-football-eyes-more-titles/article_3efb7ee2-9770-518b-873d-8c3871456e98.html |
The Final Score podcast: Catoctin's Mike Rich fulfilling dream by coaching high school football
The Final Score podcast continues its look at the upcoming high school football season in Frederick County with Catoctin High School football coach Mike Rich.
Coach Rich chats with Greg Swatek about the huge challenges he has faced in his three years on the job, including replacing a legend in Doug Williams and dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
They also talk about the team the Cougars have this season with nine starters returning on each side of the ball and the expectations for the program this season.
Plus, FNP sports writer Alexander Dacy stops in to discuss the upcoming season with Greg, including the FNP’s preseason top 5 for high school football.
The podcast is available at fnppodcasts.com.
What follows is an excerpt from the conversation between Rich and Swatek. It has been edited for space and clarity.
Swatek: When you were playing football at Linganore, did you know coaching was in your future?
Rich: Yeah, I grew up in a coach’s family. My dad was a coach my whole life. He was the commissioner of Little League football. And then he was the JV head coach at Linganore for about 14, 15 years under Rick [Conner]. So everything I learned about being a good man, I learned from my dad. I learned all the coaching stuff from Rick. But just seeing my dad coaching and just caring about kids day in and day out, going to the store ... and running into old players. And guys coming up and giving him a hug and telling him, “Coach, we miss you. We love you. We loved playing for you.” Man, it gives you chills, because that’s what you do it for. And so I knew I was gonna coach. When most kids were drawing with crayons, I was drawing X’s and O’s as a little kid and just immersing myself in the game. And I just fell in love with the game at such a young age because it gave me a sense of pride in who I was. And that’s what I want for these kids. I want these kids to learn who they are, first and foremost, and then bring that to the field.
Swatek: So when you walked across the stage and graduated from Linganore, you said, “I’m going to be back here one day, some way, shape or form.”
Rich: In some way, shape or form. I always thought I was gonna coach. I didn’t know where. I ended up going to Grove City College. I played a little bit of football there, [then] ended up transferring back to Towson University. And that’s really where I got my coaching start under John Donatelli. He was the O-line coach up there. My playing days were done. So I called him up and I said, “Hey, do you just have room for a guy who just wants to set up drills and watch and learn?” He said absolutely. So I came, and I would host recruits. I would set up drills. I would film footwork. I would sit in on every meeting and learn under Coach Donatelli and coach [Rob] Ambrose in those first, early [formative] years that Coach Ambrose was there. [It] was an awesome experience. Learning how to help turn a program into success from a struggling program at Towson where we were at the time. That’s really where I got my first start in coaching before I came back and coached [as an assistant] at Linganore.
Swatek: You went to Towson saying, “Show me how to be a coach.”
Rich: Yeah. I knew I wanted to coach at the high school level. I knew that I could make the most impact at that level. So I would go to practice all week, and then when they would have an away game, I wouldn’t travel with the team because most of my duties on game day were hosting recruits, so I wouldn’t travel with the team. Shoot, I think they went to LSU that year. That [would’ve been] pretty cool to go. But I didn’t go. I was back at home, watching Linganore play, because I knew I wanted to be in the high school level. I knew I wanted to coach there. I just felt like I’d make a big difference there. So I finished my degree in special education at Towson, graduated in 2013. And actually started coaching at Linganore before I graduated with my degree.
Swatek: But [when you got hired at Catoctin in 2020], you’re succeeding a legend, you’re dealing with a global pandemic, how did you not just rip all your hair out on the spot?
Rich: Just focusing on blooming where I’m planted. And my goal, the reason I wanted to coach high school football was so I can make connections and make lifelong change for kids. [During COVID], everybody was isolated. You had to reach out to kids. You had to call them. You had to text them. You had to make sure that you were talking to them. So that got me excited. Although it was a crazy time. I wanted to make an impact on kids. And it’s beyond the game of football at that point. We weren’t playing football. ... And so just to plug in with those kids and make an impact on them to the best of my ability at that time, was it difficult? Yeah. But was it necessary? Absolutely. And so just focusing on blooming where I was planted. We say “Be where your feet are.” Just be in that moment, knowing the situation, not being able to change it and diving into that was huge for me, number one. Number two, coming in after a guy like Doug Williams ... [when] a lot of people think of Doug Williams, they think of him running off in the sunset after a state championship in 2019 after 29 years.
Swatek: You were taking over the state championship program. You’re like, this is great. I’m taking over a team that just won states. Carson Sickeri, the star player on that team, is back [so] this is gonna be great. Then, all of a sudden, the world turns upside down on you.
Rich: Doug and I have very like mindsets — it’s more about life change than it is about winning championships. And talking to Doug numerous times since I’ve gotten the job, that’s what he harps on. He says he doesn’t miss Friday nights. What he misses is being in the fieldhouse with the guys, in the coach’s office, in the locker room. He misses practice, misses being with the guys. So that’s something that we try and carry over. And we never take [it] for granted. But he had a legacy of impact. And that’s what we’re trying to carry on. And it wasn’t just him, and he’ll tell you that, too. ... It was [his coaching staff]. It was all these guys who had been with him for a very, very long time. He built this staff who implicitly trusted each other and was always there for each other, had each other’s backs. That’s what he misses. And that’s what we try and carry over here at Catoctin football now. We had shirts made that say “Family” on it. And that’s what we try to be. No matter what kids’ family life is like at home, or what’s going on at home, we try and be there for each other and try and have each other’s back no matter what. And we just try to carry on the legacy that was left by the guys before us. | 2022-08-26T08:40:23Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | The Final Score podcast: Catoctin's Mike Rich fulfilling dream by coaching high school football | High School Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/the-final-score-podcast-catoctins-mike-rich-fulfilling-dream-by-coaching-high-school-football/article_788c2585-cb74-5102-b5bd-fab0991233c0.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/the-final-score-podcast-catoctins-mike-rich-fulfilling-dream-by-coaching-high-school-football/article_788c2585-cb74-5102-b5bd-fab0991233c0.html |
Brandon Shurn, Clinic Director, and Megan Shaine, Associate Professor of Counseling, chat in the NeighborHood Counseling Training Clinic in the Tatum Arts Center.
Tatum Arts Center now houses the NeighborHood Counseling Training Clinic on the campus of Hood College.
Hood College training clinic offers low-cost therapy to community, students
A recently launched clinic at Hood College in Frederick is offering therapy sessions for as little as $1.
The NeighborHood Counseling Training Center is housed in the basement of Hood's Tatem Arts Center, down the hall from a ceramics studio and art classrooms.
There, master's students in the college's counseling program are completing their required hours of field experience by administering therapy to other students and community members.
The students work under the supervision of Brandon Shurn, a licensed counselor and the clinic's director. All sessions are recorded, and Shurn watches them back. Each week, he meets with students to review their work and give them pointers.
The clinic serves the dual purpose of allowing students to work toward their counseling certifications and providing affordable care in the city of Frederick — which the federal government considers to have a shortage of mental health care providers, said Megan Shaine, who directs Hood's counseling master's program.
"Making mental health services accessible is key," Shurn said. "It's critical. This offers that opportunity."
Much of the work of the clinic is funded through a grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
HRSA designates areas around the country as "health provider shortage areas." Frederick city is a mental health care shortage area.
The Hood clinic started offering sessions to Hood students in January, Shaine said, and opened up to the broader community in July.
Right now, the clinic has six regular clients. It has capacity for 64 one-hour appointments per week, Shurn said.
"We definitely want to get the word out," Shaine said. "Folks often don't know what the resources are that they have."
Because the counselors are students, the clinic can't accept insurance, Shaine said.
But the costs are low. Sessions are offered on a sliding, income-based scale, with prices ranging from $1 to $40.
"We really want this to be an affordable and accessible resource," Shaine said. "If you're making $60,000 per year or above, you'll be at the top of that scale."
Shaine and Shurn acknowledged that some people might feel hesitant about having a student — who is not yet licensed as a professional counselor — as their therapist.
But they encouraged community members seeking affordable mental health care to keep an open mind.
"We place a premium on someone who has all the acronyms and the letters, not understanding that in order to get there, they had to get through this piece," Shurn said, referring to the thousands of hours of field experience people need to have before they earn the designation of Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). "This is a non-negotiable."
Plus, Shaine said, master's students often have a unique perspective.
"I often find that our counselor interns, because they're the closest to their course material, are really fresh in their approaches and can sort of see things in new ways," Shaine said. "I think that's really nice for folks to experience, as opposed to a counselor who may have a lot of experience but may not be as flexible in terms of the approaches that they're trying."
The clinic aims mainly to target young adults — between 18 and 30 — dealing with what Shaine and Shurn described as "mild to moderate" depression, anxiety and relationship problems.
Master's students can vary widely in age. Shaine said she has had students as young as 21 and as old as 60.
Some people aren't eligible for the clinic's services, Shaine said, including those who are in active psychosis, have untreated bipolar disorder or are struggling with an addiction or eating disorder that isn't being treated elsewhere.
"But we always encourage people to call, because we can also be a good source of referrals for a more appropriate place of treatment," Shaine said. "It's better to call and connect than not call."
Eventually, the clinic will move to the new Ruth Whitaker Holmes School of Behavioral and Health Sciences, which will be at 700 Tollhouse Road, near Frederick Health Hospital. The college announced a lease agreement with Frederick Health for the property earlier this year, and renovations are underway.
Shaine said she hoped the move would be complete in 2023.
Appointments are offered from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Shaine said the clinic hopes to expand its hours once it moves to the new facility.
The Toll House Road building will also have space for group therapy and art therapy sessions, Shaine said. She hopes it will be more logistically convenient for clients, too, since parking on the Hood campus is limited.
"We're excited to be able to have this space to both train our students in a really hands-on way," Shaine said, "and also serve the community."
Contact the NeighborHood Counseling Training Center at nctc@hood.edu or 301-696-3129.
More information is at hood.edu/neighborhood-counseling-training-center.
Megan Shaine
Sounds like a great program that is desperately needed in the community. | 2022-08-26T22:28:33Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Hood College training clinic offers low-cost therapy to community, students | Higher Ed | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/hood-college-training-clinic-offers-low-cost-therapy-to-community-students/article_776795ba-adc7-524e-8a30-9d37e83a220d.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/hood-college-training-clinic-offers-low-cost-therapy-to-community-students/article_776795ba-adc7-524e-8a30-9d37e83a220d.html |
Motorists travel along Kemp Lane near Area B on Thursday.
A portion of Fort Detrick’s Area B is shown. The site’s groundwater has been considered a Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more than a decade. The Army says it is making progress in cleaning it up.
Frederick proceeds with improving Kemp Lane instead of running road through Area B
The city of Frederick has stopped moving forward with designs for a road to run through Fort Detrick’s Area B, a 399-acre plot of land used in the mid-20th century as a test site for the Army’s biological warfare program.
Instead, the city is slowly figuring out how to improve the existing Kemp Lane — which winds past the west side of the property — to ease traffic flow in the area, said Tracy Coleman, Frederick’s deputy director of public works.
The city has envisioned building a loop road around Frederick since at least the 1970s, Coleman said. With Monocacy Boulevard on the southern and eastern edges of the city and Christopher’s Crossing on the northern and western sides, the “mini beltway” would relieve congestion on U.S. 15 and other roads.
In an interview at her office on Wednesday, Coleman offered clarity on the city’s plans for the project, which has for years been a source of passionate debate among community and environmental advocates.
Because of how the Army disposed of hazardous waste on Area B while the site was used to test biological warfare materials, the land’s groundwater is contaminated. For decades, the Army has studied the extent of the contamination and has tried to figure out how to address it.
In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Area B’s groundwater to its National Priorities List, grouping it with other Superfund sites around the country that are contaminated from having hazardous waste dumped, left in the open or otherwise improperly managed.
Community advocates worry that building a road through Area B would endanger the health and safety of workers and residents, and disrupt the progress of clean-up activities. Their activism during the 2020 Comprehensive Plan update process pushed the city to switch its focus to improving Kemp Lane, Coleman said.
Still, she said, some community members wish the language added to the plan — which the city approved in April 2021 — would have more strongly opposed the construction of a road through Area B.
Betty Law is among that group. She’s a member of the Restoration Advisory Board, the committee the Army created to keep civilians apprised of clean-up activities on Area B.
Although Law said she trusts Alderwomen Donna Kuzemchak and Katie Nash to continue opposing the road, she said she wants Mayor Michael O’Connor to definitively say the city has shifted its focus away from the project.
“Then everybody could relax and say, ‘OK, fine,’” Law said. “‘Maybe you won’t get to it for five to 10 years, but we know that this hazard has been dismissed.’”
In an email to The Frederick News-Post on Thursday, O’Connor confirmed there is no action being taken to design a road through Area B. He has no intention of directing city employees to deviate from the current plan, he wrote.
City officials haven’t entirely thrown out the idea of extending Christopher’s Crossing through Area B to complete the loop road, but it would take “a lot” for them to reactivate the design process for that pathway, Coleman said.
So long as the Area B groundwater is considered a Superfund site and is contaminated, the city will not attempt to design a byway through the property, she said.
“The city wants to do the right thing. We really do,” she said. “We want to build a safe roadway, and we want to do it so that we help — however it is we can help — and certainly not hinder the clean-up of the Superfund site.”
The city’s plans for a loop road have evolved.
A planning document from 1978 shows a road cutting through Area B. But by 2004, the city’s Comprehensive Plan depicted a conceptual drawing of Christopher’s Crossing extending along Kemp Lane and passing through other roads, before eventually connecting with Interstate 70 to the south.
To accommodate an increase in traffic from future developments, the city planned to widen Kemp Lane, Coleman said. But when the city returned to the document to update it for 2010, plans changed again.
Planners figured that running Christopher’s Crossing through Area B could create a safer thruway with more gentle curves than Kemp Lane, Coleman said. Doing so would also provide a fairly direct path to U.S. 40.
In 2009, Jeff Holtzinger — the mayor of Frederick at the time — met with the garrison commander for Fort Detrick. Together, they drew up a nonbinding agreement that the city and military base would cooperate to determine whether building a road through the site was feasible.
The document did not obligate the Army to grant the city a right-of-way to Area B, and it did not obligate the city to build a road through the site, Coleman said.
Since Fort Detrick’s agreement with the city, the Army and the EPA have learned a lot about Area B, including that the contaminated groundwater extends beyond the boundaries of the former test site.
For this reason, according to language added to the most recently updated Comprehensive Plan — lobbied for by RAB members and community advocates — the city is looking beyond building a road through Area B.
Plans for the road never got far, Coleman said. Proposed pathways sketched out in the city’s Comprehensive Plan are preliminary and can change easily, depending on the land’s geographic features and how the city’s borders change, she said.
“Quite frankly, it’s a little better than a crayon on a map,” she said.
Although the city entered into a contract with Fox and Associates in 2014 to design a path for Christopher’s Crossing through Area B, drawings of the road remained extremely basic.
Last year, the city directed the company to focus its attention instead on improving Kemp Lane, Coleman said.
It’s going to take a long time — and many approvals, permits and public meetings — until the city can “turn one shovel of dirt” on the project, Coleman said.
A timeline of five years would be optimistic. Ten years would be more likely.
“That length of time is the thing that I’d like people to understand,” Coleman said. “We’re nowhere near building a road.”
Where the Army stands on the road
An attorney for the Army caused some shock at the most recent Restoration Advisory Board meeting in June, when he said the Fort Detrick garrison commander was no longer interested in having a road run through Area B.
The attorney, Gary Zolyak, had passed along the same message to Tracy Coleman — Frederick's deputy director of public works — at a meeting in August of last year. At the time, Coleman said, the city had already received its "marching orders" to focus on improving Kemp Lane, rather than constructing a road through the former biological warfare test site.
But neither statement represented the official position of the garrison, spokeswoman Lanessa Hill told The Frederick News-Post in June.
The development of a road through Area B would require approval and input from several agencies, Hill wrote in an email on Thursday.
First, Fort Detrick would have to receive a plan from the City that outlines the path officials would prefer the road travel. Any proposed roadway through the site would then need to be reviewed and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment, Hill wrote.
For the city to receive an easement or right-of-way through Area B, officials would have to get approval from the garrison's higher headquarters, the Installation Management Command, Hill wrote.
Christopher's Crossing
Loop Road
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Brunswick High Football 2022
Football preview: QB Houck, Railroaders aim to keep developing
BRUNSWICK — Spotting an open receiver, Brunswick quarterback Ethan Houck heaved a long pass that turned out to be slightly overthrown.
His on-the-job training had begun.
Thrust into the role of starting quarterback as a freshman, that incompletion came on Houck’s first career play in the season opener against a South Carroll team that would reach the Class 2A-1A state championship game.
“It’s hard starting as a freshman on varsity, and now he’s able to make some of those plays,” Brunswick senior tight end Ethan Genos said. “Just the way he’s able to see the field, he’s definitely improved.”
Having a young but experienced quarterback, one who devoted his offseason to honing skills and strengthening his body, is one of the facets that could help the Railroaders build off their solid 2021 season.
With Houck showing notable progress and many other underclassmen making vital contributions last year, Brunswick went 7-5 and made the Class 1A state quarterfinals.
“I think it was good to have that season because it showed us how good we can do against the teams we’re competing against,” Houck said. “And it just showed us how far we can get with the players we have.”
Yes, the Railroaders lost senior Michael Souders — who excelled in practically every facet of the game — to graduation. But they managed to win a pair of playoff games after Souders suffered a season-ending injury in the regular-season finale against Catoctin, and many of those postseason contributors are back.
“We return a lot of good quality football players,” Brunswick coach Jerry Smith said. “And the nice thing is, I don’t think there’s any attitudes about with ego. They just like playing football.”
Houck’s been doing that since he was 4, when he began playing quarterback. His learning continues.
“He’s worked his butt off every day in the weight room regardless of what sport he’s playing. QB factory once a week, camps all summer long, individual throwing with kids,” said Smith, who hoped Houck’s work ethic would help him develop into an elite quarterback.
Last season, Houck completed 86 of 165 passes (52 percent) for 1,027 yards and six touchdowns with five interceptions. It was a respectable performance, especially for a ninth grader, but Houck has been striving to improve his completion percentage and yardage. And at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds, he’s even packed on about 35 pounds since last fall in hopes of helping Brunswick go deeper into the postseason.
“It didn’t end how we wanted it to,” Houck said of the 2021 season. “But this offseason I put in a lot of work with my coaches in The Quarterback Factory and lifted a lot, put on the weight I needed to hopefully make this year go better.”
One of Houck’s top receivers, Isaac Herbert, returns. Herbert caught 28 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns last season, and he’ll head the receiving corps this season.
“Isaac is doing a great job of leading them,” Smith said. “And then the kids that are coming up from JV, they’re working their tails off. They’re pretty good in terms of their speed and their football intelligence.”
Benjamin Wells, who rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns on 41 carries last season, will be Brunswick’s feature back after backs JT Harich, Devin Philips and Souders graduated.
Brunswick returns offensive linemen Mason DeFriece, Cohen Thompson, Nate Nedrow and Andrew Racosky, who should supply ample pass protection and create holes for backs. Also, Genos has been a block-first tight end, although he could see more passes this season.
Nedrow will be a staple on the defensive line, which also includes DeFriece. The linebacker corps includes Charlie Lawrence on the outside and Jesse Runkles and Wells inside. And the secondary is loaded with veterans, including cornerbacks Payton Dean and Herbert.
Brunswick also has decent size, especially on the line, and the program’s numbers — 35 on varsity, 35 on JV — are noteworthy.
“This is the most kids that I’ve had here at Brunswick,” said Smith, in his sixth year as the team’s head coach. “I think we added like 20-some kids to the program in the offseason, 20 more than we’ve had in previous years.”
Region: Class 1A North. Postseason appearances: 12. State championships: 0. Coach and record with team: Jerry Smith, sixth season, 27-20. 2021 record: 7-5. Returning starters: 8 offense, 8 defense.
2021 Review: After losing 34-13 in its season opener to eventual Class 2A-1A state finalist South Carroll, Brunswick won five straight. The Railroaders then lost to Middletown and Walkersville, traditionally strong programs from bigger schools, before falling to rival Catoctin in the regular season finale, when the Railroaders lost their top player, Michael Souders, to injury early in the game. In the first round of the playoffs, Brunswick avenged that setback with a 13-0 win over the Cougars. A 36-0 victory over Pikesville sent the Railroaders to the state quarterfinals, where they fell 14-3 to Perryville. Senior running backs JT Harich (706 yards and eight touchdowns on 145 carries) and Devin Philips (622 yards and seven touchdowns on 63 carries) both ranked high on Frederick County’s rushing leaders list. Souders’ name was on the county’s rushing and receiving leaders list, and he also made vital contributions on defense and special teams. Freshman Ethan Houck was one of six county quarterbacks to pass for over 1,000 yards.
Ethan Houck
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Ted Leonsis has emerged as a potentional buyer of the Washington Nationals.
Column: How would Ted Leonsis run Nationals? Let's look at his track record.
WASHINGTON — Because the current state of Washington’s baseball team is both terrible and completely in flux, and because Cade Cavalli’s major-league debut is more a puzzle piece that could be a part of better days than a full-on solution for the worst-in-the-majors record, it’s worth thinking about what matters most. And what matters most about the Nationals’ future is who owns the team for decades to come.
This is all speculative, of course, and Leonsis’ status as a potential bidder doesn’t mean he’ll be the next owner. But until this week — when The Washington Post reported that Leonsis had taken the steps required by MLB to gain access to all the Nationals’ financial information — the names that had surfaced as potential bidders hadn’t piqued much interest or come with anything of a track record. Michael B. Kim is a South Korean American billionaire who hasn’t owned or run a sports franchise. Stanley Middleman is a Philadelphia-area mortgage tycoon who hasn’t done that either.
Leonsis has done it with multiple teams right in front of our eyes in Washington, and the decidedly mixed results he’s produced have begot the decidedly mixed reaction from fans — online, at least — about his potential stewardship of the Nats. His bid would seem to gain financial heft because David Rubenstein, the former Carlyle Group head and longtime Washington philanthropist, has joined as a partner. But Leonsis has the sports résumé — and it’s worth looking at the past if we’re trying to predict the future.
About the Nats’ direction: If there is a prominent criticism of the Lerners’ tenure as owners — which includes soon-to-be three 100-loss seasons, five postseason appearances and the 2019 World Series title — it is that they have been unable to keep their best players. We’ve been over the particulars ad nauseam, and each case is different. But Friday night, the team behind Cavalli — the club’s top pitching prospect — didn’t have Bryce Harper or Juan Soto in the outfield, Trea Turner at shortstop or Anthony Rendon at third base. Two left in free agency. Two were traded before they became free agents because the perception was they would leave when they did. The end result is they’re not here, and that hurts.
Whatever your assessment of him, Leonsis has kept his stars — and there’s a for-better-or-worse element to that, too. Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom, who were the Batman and Robin of transforming hockey in this town, each have signed multiple extensions here. Leonsis gave Wall a four-year, $170 million extension in 2017 — the maximum allowed — and this summer issued Bradley Beal a supermax deal worth a staggering $251 million over five years.
There are ramifications to all that. Backstrom is badly slowed by an ailing hip and may never again resemble the player he once was, crippling the Caps’ financial ability to build another contender. Wall eventually departed in a trade, and there are questions about whether Beal is the kind of alpha megastar around whom a team can be built, even if he’s being paid like he is.
But that’s not where we are — at least not yet. What we have at the moment is a Nationals franchise looking for a new owner, a local figure familiar to the team’s fans as an interested suitor, and important questions about the direction of it all. Cade Cavalli might’ve pitched well Friday, or he might’ve pitch poorly. Don’t read too much into it either way. The more important issue is what Ted Leonsis — or anybody else — would do if he or she took control of the entire organization.
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Commanders receivers coach Drew Terrell works with his position group at Washington’s training camp earlier this summer.
“When you bring in examples like that ... it changes their humility,” Terrell explained. “They’re locked in, like, ‘Yeah, that’s some real [expletive].’ ... How do you get guys to understand what they do? Be appreciative of what they do? Just give them examples of things that they can use in situations like that, when there’s chaos around.”
Terrell, 31, is one of the youngest position coaches in the NFL. He’s closer in age to his star players — Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel and Jahan Dotson — than his peers. His youth is occasionally apparent on the field, like when he challenges his players to games of hot potato or when he celebrates their big plays with phrases like “You’re him!” or “Got ‘em!”
“I preach this to the guys all the time: ... You have to take respect from people,” Terrell said. “The potential and the hype and the excitement? Sure, it is what it is. But it could all be over quick if we don’t go do what we’re supposed to do.”
For years, the idea of being a coach irked Terrell. He’d starred at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, and dreamed of playing on Sundays. But at Stanford, even as Terrell studied and trained and carved out a role as a depth receiver and punt returner, coaches saw his passion exceeded his ability. They teased him by calling him “Coach.”
“He knew everything,” said Eagles receivers’ coach Aaron Moorehead, who coached Terrell in college. “He understood where the ball was supposed to go versus certain coverages. He knew the running back’s [responsibilities], where the ball was supposed to hit, what gaps. ... He was a quarterback in the receivers’ room.”
Quickly, Terrell scaled the ladder. In 2015, he joined his former head coach, Jim Harbaugh, at Michigan, and two years later, he met Commanders offensive coordinator Scott Turner, then a Wolverines offensive analyst. In 2018, Turner and Terrell left for the Carolina Panthers, and in 2020, after the Rivera regime fell apart in Charlotte, Terrell traveled with most of the staff up to Washington, where he became an assistant receiver’s coach.
Over the summer, he’d read “Think Like a Monk,” which included the story of Biosphere 2, an earth science research facility in Oracle, Arizona. One discovery the scientists made was that, when trees reached a certain height in the facility, they simply fell over. The trees hadn’t experienced enough natural wind, so the roots had never grown strong. Terrell, who never wanted to be a coach, now couldn’t stop thinking like a coach: He made a PowerPoint about Biosphere 2, highlighting the importance of adversity.
“We can change that narrative every Sunday,” Terrell said. “Whatever the perception is ... I want to see you guys go do it and prove it for yourselves.”
Drew Terrell
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Hunter education classes forming
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering free in-person hunter safety classes. Any student under the age of 13 must have an adult ages 21 or older accompany them during all sessions. The course covers hunter responsibility, firearms and ammunition, firearm handling and safety, marksmanship and shooting fundamentals, principles of wildlife management, bow hunting, muzzleloader hunting, tree stand safety, state legal requirements and more. Locally, sessions will be held at Cold Deer Hunting & Fishing Club, Mountaindale, 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5, 7, 12 and 14; Mount Airy IWLA, Mount Airy, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 9 and 12, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 10; McClellan Rod & Gun Club in Keedysville, 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12, 13 and 14; Thurmont Sportsman Conservation Club, Thurmont, 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 21, 22 and 23, and 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 24; Frederick County IWLA, Frederick, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Sept. 22 and 23, and 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24; and Cold Deer Hunting & Fishing Club in Mountaindale, 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 26, 28, Oct. 3 and 5. To register and for more information, visit dnr.maryland.gov.
Pa. Game Commission offers Learn to Hunt programs
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is presenting free webinars to teach people of all ages how to hunt. The Learn to Hunt webinars include information on where to hunt, what you need to hunt, hunting tips and tactics, and preparing game for the table. The first webinar on squirrel hunting was Aug. 24 and is available on the Game Commission’s Learn to Hunt webpage (pgc.pa.gov). Additional webinars include two on archery deer hunting on Sept. 7 and 21 and one on pheasant hunting Oct. 5. Each is about one hour long. Those who register receive an email after the live event to access the recording. Register at bit.ly/pgclearntohunt.
NWTF supports wild turkey disease research
The National Wild Turkey Federation is helping to fund a wild turkey research project that will study diseases, such as Lymphoproliferative disease virus and reticuloendotheliosis virus, that have long-affected wild turkey populations. LPDV is not uncommon for wild turkeys and other land-dwelling birds. Since first being documented in Arkansas in 2009, it’s been detected in wild turkeys in 29 states. LPDV can cause tumors to form in the bird’s internal organs and skins and can be detrimental to individual birds, but less is known about its effect on the population levels. Researchers will study the diseases within cells and tissues of wild turkeys and assess patterns of how the diseases spread and how it may affect reproductive success, among other findings, reports The Outdoor Wire. For more information on this and other NWTF projects, visit nwtf.org.
Frederick Bird Club meeting
The Frederick Bird Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 1 at Homewood at Crumland Farms, 7407 Willow Road, Frederick. The meeting will also be held virtually via Zoom. Gene Scarpulla will speak on identifying shorebirds. For more information on this or joining the club, visit md.birds.org/join/chapters/frederick-bird-club.
— Susan Guyne
Cold Deer Hunting And Fishing Club
Mount Airy Iwla
Mcclellan Rod And Gun Club
Thurmont Sportsman Conservation Club
Frederick County Iwla
Learn To Hunt Programs
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Douglas S. Kaplan
Douglas Stewart Kaplan, 74, of Urbana, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Aug. 25, 2022, surrounded by loved ones, after a long and difficult battle with leukemia.
Born in 1947 to the late Milton and Blume Kaplan in Washington, D.C., he graduated from Wilson High School and went on to study electrical engineering at George Washington University.
In the summer of 1974, Doug “picked up” Peggy, and they married in 1983 at Holly Hills Country Club, ending with a helicopter ride to the airport for a two-week honeymoon in the Greek Islands and Israel. Doug had been her “rock” and partner for 47 years and she his savior from snakes, spiders and stinkbugs.
Doug was a force of nature, determined to provide for his family and community. When invested in a topic, from vacations and building Meschugge’s Dream to local politics, he would learn every detail and design schedules, charts, flyers and spreadsheets to convey the details and facts. Doug, along with Peggy, could time activities down to the minute for their entertaining parties with delicious food including clam dip, disco balls and football tickets. He truly loved to debate issues, especially with longtime friends, and to play with his marvelous dog, Tuxedo. Doug was comfortable, whether leading a meeting, holding a Passover Seder or putting up and decorating a 12-foot-tall or shorter “pregnant” Christmas tree. He will be remembered by many as “The Pain,” “I don’t get mad, I get even,” “If it’s healthy, I don’t like it,” and the conquering of all in Mexican Train.
Along with activism in his local areas since college, Doug was the president of the Sugarloaf Conservancy from 2008 to 2012. His leadership along with the dedicated officers and members fought and won a major battle against Potomac Edison’s PATH power line through multiple states and stopped the Thurston Road shooting range and event venue.
After years in electrical sales, owning Deli & Dessert in Frederick, and working as a government contractor, Doug retired in 2014.
Doug is survived by his loving wife, Peggy; children, Denise Biddinger and Sarah Smith; granddaughter, Sabrina Biddinger and partner Alonzo Dorsey; great-granddaughter, Kairi; sister, Susan and John Holen; two nieces, Marla and Beth Simon; and cousins, Elyse Kaplan, and Lloyd, Nadine, Martin and Barbara Needle. He also leaves behind many close, very-loved friends and acquaintances from over the years.
The funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29 at the Hilton Funeral Home, 22111 Beallsville Road, Barnesville, Maryland. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland. Family and friends are invited to celebrate his life at Doug and Peggy’s home near Urbana afterward. Services will be cast on hiltonfh.com under Doug’s page.
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Eileen Horvitz Dunnell
Eileen Horvitz Dunnell passed away on Aug. 20, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born June 1, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Joseph and Mina Glazer Horvitz. She attended Central High School and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
She was employed in various administrative office capacities while raising her two sons in Prairie Village, Kansas.
Her marriages to Victor D. Goldman and David Jacobson ended in divorce.
In 1976, she married Lt. Col. Charles A. Dunnell Jr., U.S. Army, retired. They moved to Frederick, Maryland, where they retrofitted their Victorian-era home by adding solar panels and a solar greenhouse. The house was part of a Solar Homes Tour in 1980 and was featured in articles in the Washington Post and a solar magazine.
Charles’ organic garden and Eileen’s gourmet cooking of its produce delighted family and friends. Their interest in natural food led to their active participation in a food coop that started in a member’s living room and grew to become an 18,000-square-foot full-service grocery store, The Common Market.
They enjoyed travel through the United States, Canada and Europe, often attending elderhostels and visiting family.
Eileen was an active member of the Baltimore Symphony in Frederick Committee. She was a board member of the Women’s Center Council, the Woman’s Civic Club, and the National Council of Jewish Women, which presented her with its Hannah Solomon award. She was a past president of the Beth Sholom Social Club, and a member of Congregation Kol Ami, where she became a bat mitzvah in 2007.
Charles died on June 7, 2006. Eileen returned to Overland Park, Kansas, in 2008 to live at Tallgrass Creek, an active retirement community, where she enjoyed playing bridge and coordinating a book club. She said her greatest accomplishment was creating a blended family. Eileen is survived by sons, Jeffery Goldman (and wife Sandra), and Paul Goldman (and wife Dawn); and stepdaughters, Jill Sellers (and husband William), Ruth Dunnell and Deirdre Noone. Her stepsons, David Dunnell and Charles A. Dunnell III, preceded her in passing away. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A memorial service and interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, will be held at a date to be decided by the family.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Tallgrass Creek Benevolent Care Fund.
Charles A. Dunnell Iii | 2022-08-27T07:46:10Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Eileen Horvitz Dunnell | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/eileen-horvitz-dunnell/article_212a627d-b47a-5540-81f6-f45dafd0cf94.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/eileen-horvitz-dunnell/article_212a627d-b47a-5540-81f6-f45dafd0cf94.html |
Floyd Seiss
Floyd James Edward (Dick) Seiss, of Rocky Ridge, Maryland, passed from this life on Aug. 22, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born Jan. 7, 1931, near Graceham, Maryland, he was the son of the late Willis J. Seiss and Ora May (Saylor) Seiss. He is survived by his wife, Verna K. (Chun) Seiss.
He was the proud owner and operator of Seiss & Sons Backhoe Service until his retirement. Ever the dedicated, hard worker, he continued advising for his sons, who took over the business. He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, achieving the rank of staff sergeant. Stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the war, he met the love of his life, his future wife, Verna. They remained happily married for nearly 70 years.
Dick was a lover of animals, particularly horses. He served in various capacities, including president, with the Thurmont Riding Club for many years. He enjoyed fishing throughout his life, and witnessed many launches from Cape Canaveral in the 1960s while fishing with his best friend, J. A. Mikell, on the Banana River. Dick came from a large family, the 12th of 13 children, and remained close to them throughout his life. Ever the devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he loved his family deeply.
He is survived by six children, Cheryl Louie and husband Wei, of Poway, California, Rebecca Little and husband Bill, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, Edwina Seiss and husband Kraig Carpenter, of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Laura Seiss, of California, Maryland, Scot Seiss, of Rocky Ridge, Maryland, and Craig Seiss, of Frederick, Maryland; three grandchildren, Tyler Louie, wife Sara and their son, Kaden, of Dana Point, California, Janelle James and husband Zach, of New Park, Pennsylvania, and Tamara Louie, husband Jeffrey Shen and their daughter, Sydney, of San Francisco, California. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his grandson, Codey Seiss; sisters, Mary Thompson, Ruth Lidie, Alverta Stottlemyer, Zelma Smith, Delores Orndoff and Catherine Long; and brothers, Robert, Raymond, Francis, Fred, Quentin and Sterling.
The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Wellspan Gettysburg Hospital for their compassionate care for Dick and concern for the family, and Frederick Health Hospice for their professional and caring support.
A visitation will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at Resthaven Funeral Home, 9501 Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15 North), Frederick, MD 21701, where a funeral service will take place at noon. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Gardens at the same address.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or a charity of your choice.
Online condolences may be shared at resthaven.us.
Jeffrey Shen | 2022-08-27T07:46:16Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Floyd Seiss | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/floyd-seiss/article_b8b5d5de-f0c0-57e7-886c-2394d49bc655.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/floyd-seiss/article_b8b5d5de-f0c0-57e7-886c-2394d49bc655.html |
Janice I. Mayne
Janice Irene Mayne, 91, of Buckeystown, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at Spring Arbor of Frederick. Born in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 1931, to the late Earl F. and Frances H. (nee Thomas) Potter, she was the beloved wife of the late Mehrl Foye Mayne, whom she married on Nov. 26, 1949.
Janice graduated from Sherwood High School in 1949. She would marry her husband that same year. Prior to purchasing the dairy farm in Buckeystown, they farmed on Shady Grove Road. In 1966, they sold the cows, and thus, the farm evolved into Mayne’s Tree Farm. Janice was known for making the Scotch pine wreaths for the farm during their Christmas season. Janice was employed as a school bus driver with Frederick County Public Schools from 1979 until her retirement in 1999.
She was a member of Buckeystown United Methodist Church. She was also a project leader with 4-H and prepared many 4-H judges’ luncheons. Janice also volunteered with the Carroll Manor Fire Company during the Great Frederick Fair, making soup. She was also a member of the Frederick County Farm Bureau, assisting with the Great Frederick Fair in the Farm and Garden building. Janice was also involved with the Yellow Springs Lions Club and the Monocacy Quilters. She enjoyed being a classroom volunteer at Buckeystown Elementary School when her children were young.
Janice and Mehrl enjoyed extensive travels across the world, known for having “itchy feet.” She crocheted many vibrant lap ropes the nursing homes relished receiving.
She is survived by her children, Frances Wiles (Wayne), Ellen Mellott (Wayne) and Mehrl Franklin Mayne (Julie); her sister, Ann Winters; grandchildren, Ashley Wayne Everett Wiles (Lisa Russo), Mehrl Jason Mayne, Leanne Nicole Phillips (Travis), Abigail Eileen Ball (Stuart), Stephanie Diane Mellott (John Urdahl), Evan Marshall Mellott (Nicole Lewis) and Paul Douglas Wallick Jr. (Cheryl); nine great-grandchildren; and numerous other extended family. In addition to her husband and parents, she is predeceased by her brothers, Nelson Potter and Ted Potter; and daughter-in-law, Charlotte Mayne.
Family and friends can gather at Keeney & Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick, MD 21701, from 4-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Buckeystown United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 340, Buckeystown, MD 21717; Frederick County 4-H, 330 Montevue Lane, Frederick, MD 21702; or Frederick Health Hospice, 1 Frederick Health Way, Frederick MD 21701.
The family would like to extend their thanks to the staff of Spring Arbor and the wonderful care hospice provided.
Janice Irene Mayne | 2022-08-27T07:46:22Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Janice I. Mayne | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/janice-i-mayne/article_6058263f-9392-5000-9d95-1d57450f23d4.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/janice-i-mayne/article_6058263f-9392-5000-9d95-1d57450f23d4.html |
We are devastated to announce the passing of our amazing husband and father, John David Tomasini Jr., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. The legacy of John’s amazing leadership and strength will inspire us to persevere in his absence.
John was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on Jan. 27, 1965, and lived in Clifton, New Jersey, for the first eight years of his life. John was raised by his mother and father, Linda Mae Tomasini and John David Tomasini Sr. While in New Jersey, John spent a large quantity of his time with his grandfather, John A. Tomasini, learning billiards, competing with homing pigeons, and developing a lifelong love of fishing. In the second grade, the family relocated to Maryland, where John graduated in the Class of 1983 from Damascus High School, maintaining lifelong friendships with classmates.
While in high school, John worked countless hours after school and during summers digging basements and septic systems with his father. Upon graduating from Damascus High School, John was accepted into the College of Engineering for Civil Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. John declined this opportunity and instead chose to begin Construction Trades Services Inc., a site utility, excavation and demolition company with his father. John purchased his father’s interest in CTS in 2003, and rapidly expanded the company into one of the premier construction companies in the area.
In 1984, John met the love of his life, best friend and wife, Theresa. They happily dated for several years before marrying on May 23, 1987, and they had a magical 35 years of marriage.
John and Theresa were a power couple. Together, they started several successful enterprises, including property development, residential and commercial real estate. They built their first home in 1987 and moved in immediately after getting married. Upon the birth of their second son, they built and moved into their current loving home in Thurmont, Maryland.
John’s interests and passions were wide and diverse. John cherished generously sharing his special gifts with those he loved.
John was actively engaged in raising two amazing sons, Taylor and Justin. He took an active role in all their activities. As an amazing father and role model, John participated with the boys as a T-Ball coach. He enjoyed the competition and being a positive influence on kids. John was very proud to be part of the team of coaches and families instrumental in developing the first-ever Thurmont Little League state championship team in 2005. John was passionate about ensuring that the young baseball players could continue playing, so in 2007 he built a professional collegiate-size baseball field to share with the community.
John was passionate and driven to live a very full and robust life. His favorite pastimes included flying and offshore fishing. John was extremely motivated to excel at all his endeavors. He was, and continues to be, an incredible role model. He was confident that with a good work ethic and a positive “glass-half-full” attitude anythin possible. John’s ability to accomplish and exceed expectations is an inspiration to everyone.
John’s aviation journey began at 40 years old. From that point forward, he was motivated to fly higher, faster and farther. He actively pursued his dreams of becoming both a private jet pilot and helicopter pilot while balancing family time and expanding the business.
John loved sharing his passion for fishing. He took many friends, family and business associates offshore. John’s passion for fishing progressed from catching and grilling tuna, mahi-mahi and mako on the back deck of the condo, to participating and winning white marlin fishing tournaments all along the East Coast. As with all things, John pursued his passion for seamanship to the pinnacle and achieved his master captain’s license. He was proud to captain the Theresa Jean, his Viking yacht that he loved designing with his wife, Theresa.
John will be remembered as the best father to Taylor Tomasini (and wife Stefania Napolitano) and Justin Tomasini (and wife Alexandria Tomasini); as well as the best friend and husband to Theresa Jean Tomasini. He will be dearly missed by countless friends and extended family, including mother, Linda Tomasini; sisters, Amy Tucker (and husband Keith Tucker) and Wendy Bailey (and husband Scott Bailey); sister-in-law, Sandra Cavanagh (and husband Greg Buhrman); and nieces and nephews, Noah Tucker, Nicholas Tucker, Alex Bailey, Morgan Bailey, Amanda Cavanagh and Shannon Cavanagh. John is predeceased by his father, John D. Tomasini Sr.; as well as his best friends and in-laws, Floyd Eugene Runkles and Norma Dean Runkles.
We invite you to celebrate a life well-lived with us during the visitation on Friday, Sept. 2 from 4:30-8 p.m. and/or Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at Stauffer Funeral Home in Frederick, Maryland. The memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. For those who cannot join us, the service will be livestreamed on Saturday through the Stauffer Funeral Home website. John’s interment will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick immediately following memorial service.
John was very generous and kind his entire life. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation at bcrf.org; to Mantle Cell Lymphoma, c/o Lymphoma Research Foundation, at lymphoma.org; or blood clot research at stoptheclot.org.
John David Tomasini Jr. | 2022-08-27T07:46:28Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | John Tomasini Jr. | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/john-tomasini-jr/article_592eebb8-eaf8-57aa-882c-07b7401e0e9a.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/john-tomasini-jr/article_592eebb8-eaf8-57aa-882c-07b7401e0e9a.html |
Phyllis Beachley
Phyllis Iona Beachley, 97, of Jefferson, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at her home. She was the wife of the late Albert N. Beachley, who died Sept. 11, 1991.
Born in Broad Run on Aug. 6, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Arlington and Mildred Iona Poffenberger Huffer. She was employed as a beautician from 1943 until 1988, and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Middletown.
She is survived by her sister, Joyce McAllister, of Jefferson; a sister-in-law, Lorene Huffer, of Middletown; niece and nephews, Dale McAllister, Barbara Walker and Richard McAllister; and great-nieces and great-nephews, Maria McAllister, Brittany Walker, Matthew Walker and Luke Walker. She was predeceased by her brother, Arlington Huffer.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the Donald B. Thompson Funeral Home, 31 E. Main St., Middletown. Funeral services will be held a 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 from Zion Lutheran Church in Middletown. Interment will be made in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, 107 W. Main St., Middletown, MD 21769.
Mildred Iona Poffenberger Huffer | 2022-08-27T07:46:35Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Phyllis Beachley | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/phyllis-beachley/article_075c7dcb-f424-5e42-9045-dee7ccb148e2.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/phyllis-beachley/article_075c7dcb-f424-5e42-9045-dee7ccb148e2.html |
Thomas Shorb Sr.
Thomas Charles Shorb Sr., age 83, of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Washington Hospital Center after a brief illness. Born Oct. 17, 1938, he was the son of the late Andrew and Anna Wagerman Shorb. Married on Aug. 1, 1973, he was the loving husband of Loretta Louise Shorb.
Tom was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He retired from quality control for Mack Truck Manufacturing Co. in 1999.
Tom loved the time he spent with his family. He was a hard worker but was always there when his family and friends needed him. He was an enthusiast for anything outdoors. He found peace being in nature. The day he became ill, he was on a fishing boat doing what he loved in the company of family.
Besides his wife, Tom is survived by sons, John Hutzell and fiancee Carla, of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, and Thomas Shorb Jr. and wife Linda, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; grandchildren, TJ Shorb III, of Fairfield, Kala Shorb, of Gettysburg, and Kirsten Witherup, of York, Pennsylvania; great-grandchildren, Rosie, Iris, Hunter and Gunner; sister, Dottie Gebhart; and brothers, Jim and Dave Shorb.
Tom was predeceased by son, Rodney Hutzell, who passed on Feb. 14, 2012.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 210 W. Main St., Emmitsburg, Maryland, with close family friend Micky Barlow officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be offered at myersdurborawfh.com. | 2022-08-27T07:46:41Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Thomas Shorb Sr. | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/thomas-shorb-sr/article_0d9d794d-922c-5cb7-94dd-df815329dd78.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/thomas-shorb-sr/article_0d9d794d-922c-5cb7-94dd-df815329dd78.html |
It is not really a surprise that the master plan Frederick County has been trying to produce for the Sugarloaf Mountain area is generating some controversy.
It is a document of sweeping scope, 200 pages covering the history of the region, the economic pressures on it and the many excellent reasons to protect the area. The authors write for the present time, but are speaking to the future, as well, to future officials and planners explaining why they are making these choices in this way.
The County Council, which is reviewing the Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan in multiple workshops, has heard from area residents and advocacy organizations seeking changes, including about one paragraph in particular. The paragraph states that the scale and scope of future development within the Urbana Community Growth Area, along Interstate 270, “may result in a limited plan amendment” in the future.
They have an ally in Councilman Steve McKay, who proposed removing much of the offending paragraph from the plan. McKay called the language “inflammatory” and “superfluous,” noting that a future zoning plan could eventually supersede the requirements of the Sugarloaf plan anyway.
McKay is correct, of course, that this plan, like all plans, is subject to future revisions. In this case, “inflammatory” actually means “realistic.”
As the document says: “The long-range conceptual vision of the I-270 corridor as depicted in the LFMP’s Thematic Plan includes transit service, mixed-use, and multi-modal development nodes at the future I-270 interchanges at Park Mills Road and Dr. Perry/Mott Roads, and at the existing MD 80 interchange.”
In plainer English, that means that if the future of the I-270 corridor includes more traffic capacity and more mass transit service, the pressures will grow to change the zoning at Urbana, as well as the other possible interchanges.
Building mass transit along I-270 will be extremely expensive, and future officials will be under a lot of pressure to increase development and the resulting tax revenue to help pay for it.
Rather than criticize the Planning Commission for making the possibility plain, we should praise the commission for being honest about the challenges in the future.
Another voice of displeasure with the planning document is coming from Stronghold Inc., the owner of the actual mountain and 3,400 acres of land at the heart of the 20,000-acre parcel covered by this plan.
Board members from the nonprofit organizations said that if the council approves the plan, they will consider closing the mountain to the public.
The mountain is free to the public for hiking, other activities and programs. Stronghold has a full-time staff to operate the Strong Mansion event facility and maintain the land.
“Stronghold opposes the plan as it is written. It tends to remove any and all personal property rights that we now retain,” said John Webster, the president of the board.
Stronghold wants the county to establish a zoning category specifically for the organization’s holdings, and to exempt it from a proposed overlay zoning district meant to govern development. But the Planning Commission did not include that special zoning district in its recommendation to the council.
Stronghold representatives have said the organization has never been interested in developing the mountain, but they did not want to lose their property rights. It looks from the outside like a disagreement in principle, not over any project.
Stronghold was created by the late Gordon Strong, who acquired land and had roadways, landscaping and buildings constructed. In 1946, he established Stronghold and a trust to fund preservation of the mountain, buy more land and maintain the forest lands. He has done that.
Given the preservation history of Stronghold, it deserves to be heard. But any plan that seeks to protect land from development is going to take away some property rights. That is in the nature of the process.
The county and the nonprofit need to see if they can come to a compromise that will keep the mountain open to the public and undeveloped. | 2022-08-27T07:47:11Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Stronghold, Frederick County must reach compromise on Sugarloaf | Editorials | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/stronghold-frederick-county-must-reach-compromise-on-sugarloaf/article_5a0aab35-7e22-5f9f-ae5e-52e6282ea645.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/stronghold-frederick-county-must-reach-compromise-on-sugarloaf/article_5a0aab35-7e22-5f9f-ae5e-52e6282ea645.html |
Mildred Larmer Frederick
With regard to Sugarloaf Mountain (Page A1, Aug. 25 edition of the Frederick News-Post), why does the Frederick County Council have to or want to change what has been great for the last 100 years?
I agree 100% with the owners of the mountain. I knew Mr. Gordon Strong. He would not have wanted to change anything on this property. I hate to say this, but I agree with the mountain owners, about closing it to the public. We have people coming from all areas — local and out of state — to come and enjoy this mountain and the views.
Frederick County Council, please leave things as they are. It appears all you want is to mess up something that has been good to a lot of people for a number of years just to please some of you that are on the Council.
So many of us love this mountain the way that it is.
Mildred Larmer
Sugarloaf Mountain | 2022-08-27T07:47:23Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Please leave Sugarloaf Mountain alone | Letters to the Editor | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/please-leave-sugarloaf-mountain-alone/article_b8a241dd-0088-5c49-b0a4-3e3227bc0999.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/please-leave-sugarloaf-mountain-alone/article_b8a241dd-0088-5c49-b0a4-3e3227bc0999.html |
Bronsco Jim Jr., who was appointed mid-Columbia River chief, stands with his cousin Elaine Harvey, a fish biologist for Yakama Nation fisheries, at the banks of the Columbia River near the John Day Dam in Rufus, Ore.
AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski
Sandy Whitefoot smokes salmon near the Bonneville Dam at an “in-lieu fishing site,” lands set aside by Congress to compensate tribes whose villages were inundated by dams, on Monday, June 20, 2022. Many families at these sites live in trailers without restrooms, lights or drains.
Terrie Brigham of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla stands on the banks of the Columbia River, where her family has used dip nets to fish from scaffolds for generations, on Friday, June 17, 2022, in Cascade Locks, Ore. Brigham’s grandfather erected the family’s scaffolds in the 1950s.
Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Hydroelectric dams, like the Bonneville Dam, on the Columbia and its tributaries have curtailed the river’s flow, further imperiling salmon migration from the Pacific Ocean to their freshwater spawning grounds upstream.
On a cold June morning, Brigham watches proudly at the scaffolds as her 23-year-old nephew, Brigham Campbell, fights a large Chinook salmon thrashing about in his dip net. He secures the fish and holds it up with smile, and she lets out a loud whoop and captures the moment on her cellphone.Fishing has been the family’s life and livelihood for generations, but it’s also a big part of her spiritual identity. Brigham speaks of her scaffold as if it were a temple, and her boat an altar. | 2022-08-27T09:41:39Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Columbia River's salmon are at the core of ancient religion | Religion | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/religion/columbia-rivers-salmon-are-at-the-core-of-ancient-religion/article_74b3f0cf-bc94-5150-a810-645bab708789.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/religion/columbia-rivers-salmon-are-at-the-core-of-ancient-religion/article_74b3f0cf-bc94-5150-a810-645bab708789.html |
Employees of the News-Post “played hookey” Saturday afternoon and went on their second picnic of the summer. The scene of the frolic was down on the farm “Frog Hollow Farm” — conducted by William T. Delaplaine. There was pushball, horseshoe throwing, and running races of uncertain yardage.
How a woman found it necessary to use a knife in a fight with a blind man will be told in police court this evening. Hallie Tyler is alleged to have used a butcher knife on Ernest Christian in a fight in a home on Five and One-Half street Saturday evening. No cause is given for the alleged fight. It is claimed, however, that Christian got the best of the fight and that his feminine antagonist then seized a knife and rushed upon her adversary. A deep gash was cut across Christian’s head, and a severe wound was inflicted upon two fingers on one hand. Officers Painter, Walsh and Hitner were notified and hastened to the scene of battle.
An Indianapolis firm with a laboratory in Walkersville will assume responsibility for production of laboratory animals at the National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research Facility (NCI-FCRF), government officials disclosed Friday. Harlan Sprague Dawley Inc., which operates MA Lab Animals in Walkersville, will be providing the facility and other NCI researchers with a half million test animals a year, when the present contract with Litton Bionetics Inc. expires on Sept. 25.
One of the county’s 19th-century-era buildings burned to the ground Friday night as firefighters from three companies were unable to save the uninhabited structure. The house on Dr. Charles H. Conley’s property on Baughman’s Lane, also known as the Gen. Victor Baughman residence, caught fire Friday evening and burned as a crowd of spectators watched. The house was built after 1800, according to Dr. Conley, who was one of the spectators on the scene. Additional rooms were added around 1880, he said, and Gen. Baughman lived there from the late 1870s until his death in 1908. The house, which has not been inhabited since 1923, had been “very badly treated” by vandals, Dr. Conley said.
Gov. Parris Glendening imposed even tighter restrictions on water consumption through most of the state on Tuesday, saying rivers and reservoirs had reached historic lows. “The reality is that central Maryland is in trouble. In fact, much of the state of Maryland is suffering,” Mr. Glendening said.
The average SAT score for Frederick County Public School students increased for the second consecutive year, according to a school system statement released Tuesday. The combined average was 1061, 41 points better than the state and national average of 1020. Fifty-seven percent of the county’s high school seniors took the test in June.
Students at Maryland’s first charter school were sitting on the floor Tuesday in large informal circles. Each circle included children from three different grades. Most of Monocacy Valley Montessori school’s seven teachers and seven teaching assistants were also sitting on the floor, as were some of the 10 parent volunteers and some of the special education assistants. Monocacy is not your average, everybody-in-their-seats kind of public school. That’s the point, according to charter school committee members.
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notconcerned Aug 28, 2022 8:14am
Suffice to say, some Middletown residents may not be thrilled with this activity, given this was to be a farm and not a festival location.
As a Middletown resident, I am thrilled that Summers Farm relocated here, and has these activities. Those that don't like it aren't being forced to attend. It's a whole lot better than seeing that land turned into another development full of houses that all look the same. | 2022-08-28T20:45:05Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Summers Farm opens new location in Middletown with sunflower festival | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/summers-farm-opens-new-location-in-middletown-with-sunflower-festival/article_0b4d36b6-53f5-5d50-a92b-c84a285facb4.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/summers-farm-opens-new-location-in-middletown-with-sunflower-festival/article_0b4d36b6-53f5-5d50-a92b-c84a285facb4.html |
William Ballweber poses for a picture during a walk with his greyhound dogs.
Photo from Community Foundation of Frederick County
William and Hettie Ballweber pose for a photo with their greyhound dogs.
Building a legacy around caring for animals
While Frederick County has thousands of happy and spoiled pets, there are also many animals in need — of homes, spaying, medical care.
Fortunately, Frederick County is also home to generous donors who made it their mission to make sure animals are cared for and healthy, for now and in the future.
For many years, Hettie and William “Bill” Ballweber operated a rescue for greyhound dogs. They took dogs in from around the country, sometimes a dozen or more at a time in their Boonsboro home, and worked to find them suitable and loving families.
“My husband, Bill, was a wonderful caring advocate for our rescue organization,” Hettie said. “He was tireless and patient when it came to working with the greyhounds and never complained about how much work it took to find good homes for the dogs.”
In 2020, Hettie started The William and Hettie Ballweber Fund with the Community Foundation to honor her late husband’s life’s work of rescuing dogs, animal advocacy and compassionate pet care.
“When Bill died, I wanted to memorialize his work and make it possible for others to carry on,” Hettie said. “I felt that setting up the fund was the best way to honor Bill's legacy.”
Also committed to ensuring animals are cared for, Robert and Carolyn Moroney established The Feline Welfare Fund. The fund supports spay/neuter/vaccination programs, responsible placement of adoptable cats in forever homes, and financial assistance for sheltering and fostering initiatives.
“Local nonprofits that foster the health and welfare of the feral cat population are doing work that goes mostly unnoticed, but it is still very important to keep things in balance, mitigating both uncontrolled growth of the feral cat population and the spread of common feline diseases, along with the related suffering, all of which can quickly spread more widely in our community if not monitored and controlled,” Robert Moroney said. “We're just trying to do what we can, while we can, hoping it can make a difference.”
Ruth Converse’s 2007 obituary mentions that she was great-great-aunt to the family pet, a cat named Alex McDonald.
Through her estate provisions, Ruth established The Converse Family Endowment Fund that has three aims. One is to support the Frederick County Humane Society for spaying and medical treatment of adoptable animals for low-income families who would provide good homes for these animals.
“The Converse [Family Endowment] Fund has made it possible for many individuals and families to experience the joy of a cat or dog,” Frederick County Humane Society Director Connie Graf said. “It is often a found animal, or a recently adopted one that has an unexpected medical condition. The help of this program has allowed them to get the veterinary care needed.”
These are just a few of the funds that support animal well-being initiatives throughout the county. The Community Foundation is proud to work with generous donors committed to making a difference, and the nonprofits that provide care and services to these animals. | 2022-08-29T01:13:21Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Building a legacy around caring for animals | Pets And Animals | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/pets_and_animals/building-a-legacy-around-caring-for-animals/article_d396b694-d82f-5bd3-b1d6-b7e41372a9a7.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/pets_and_animals/building-a-legacy-around-caring-for-animals/article_d396b694-d82f-5bd3-b1d6-b7e41372a9a7.html |
Members of the Frederick Steppers were part of a parade in downtown Frederick on Sunday.
Musicians from Gov. Thomas Johnson High School were part of the parade.
Governor Thomas Johnson High School was represented in a parade in downtown Frederick on Sunday.
Members of TJYAA Football and Cheer marched in a parade in downtown Frederick on Sunday.
Members of the Catoctin High School band.
Members of The Band Marching Unit in Baltimore marched in a parade in downtown Frederick on Sunday.
Members of Star Struck Superstars in Temple Hills marched in a parade in downtown Frederick on Sunday.
Bowie State University was represented in a parade in downtown Frederick on Sunday.
Mountain City Elks Lodge parade brings music, community to Frederick
As a bass drum beat louder, accompanied by the staccato of snare drums, Darrell Ferguson, 50, got up from his seat on West All Saints Street and started moving to the beat.
The Mountain City Elks Lodge No. 382 annual Organization Day Parade was an energetic and musical procession in downtown Frederick Sunday afternoon. With marching bands, color guards and drum lines, the air vibrated.
“All right! Let’s go!” Ferguson shouted to the beat of the drums.
Ferguson was a drum major when he went to college at Virginia State University, so he had an appreciation for the marching bands that made their way through downtown Frederick.
Symphony of Soul from Bowie State University, one of the marching bands present, was Ferguson's college marching band rival school. Despite that, he loved seeing them represented in the parade.
His own son was playing in the Catoctin High School Marching Band. He came from Virginia with his friend, Steve Diglas, and his daughter to support his son.
“I’m with my best bud, I’m with my daughter, I came to see my son, we’re listening to good music, it’s a great Sunday,” he said.
Richard Hall, Exalted Ruler of Frederick's Elks Lodge chapter, said the parade has been happening for about 65 years in Frederick. The Elks Lodge is a fraternal, community organization in Frederick.
According to Hall, the parade was a great way to uplift the community, he said.
Trish Santmier, 44, came to watch the parade with her son Adonus Taylor, 23. Like Ferguson, they couldn’t help but bop to the beat as the Dynasty Marching Unit came around slamming their red and orange drums.
They try to come and visit Frederick on the weekends to support local businesses and just enjoy time together, they said. They didn’t know the parade was happening this weekend. But this Sunday, Taylor said, was a “soulful” Sunday.
Santmier said she appreciated how diverse the parade was. Not only were there music groups, but there were also clubs — like the Earth, Wheels and Fire Motorcycle Club — and politicians showcased in the parade. And they came from all over.
“We love that it's very diverse, so you have a diversity of like age, cultures and it's not just Frederick but it seems like a Maryland event,” she said.
Some groups in the parade came from outside the Frederick area, like the Dynasty Marching Unit from Baltimore and the Bowie State University Marching Band that pierced the air with full, trumpet sounds.
There were also some local groups in the parade, like the Frederick Steppers. Dozens of girls dazzled in their black outfits, accented with an orange fringe. Their white boots hit the floor in unison as they marched. Marching bands from Frederick High School and Thomas Johnson High School also added to the local representation.
George B. Delaplaine Jr. and Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks of the World Leonard J. Polk Jr. served as the parade's grand marshals.
Up and down the streets, people were settled into foldable chairs to watch the procession go by. Many got up and danced, while just about everyone was fanning themselves to keep cool.
Minyon Lewis is a Frederick resident, so she's seen the parade evolve throughout the years. She enjoyed this year's parade. While the parade itself was smaller, the crowd was bigger, she said. She also felt like the importance and purpose of the parade has evolved.
"I think now it's more so to invite the community and not just this community but other communities. I think it's like an invitation," Lewis said.
Anita Pinkney was cheering on the Star Struck Superstars as the group danced along West Patrick Street. The group from the Marlow Heights dance studio stomped, jived and waved to the crowd. The hot sun did not slow down their moves.
Pinkney said her niece was one of the dancers.
From Lusby, Pinkney was delighted to be in Frederick for the parade. She grew up in Washington, D.C., so she used to see the Elk Lodges there. To see Black music groups and Black clubs showcased in the parade evoked a sense of pride from her.
"It does my heart good," she said. "Just to see all the teams that are showcased, it's a wonderful experience. Absolutely wonderful."
She hopes Superstars will be invited to the parade next year.
"It's awesome for the girls to be a part of it, a part of history," Pinkney said.
Darrell Ferguson | 2022-08-29T05:02:03Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Mountain City Elks Lodge parade brings music, community to Frederick | Dance | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/dance/mountain-city-elks-lodge-parade-brings-music-community-to-frederick/article_71354ff2-2b22-59fc-a773-3aaa9451207c.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/dance/mountain-city-elks-lodge-parade-brings-music-community-to-frederick/article_71354ff2-2b22-59fc-a773-3aaa9451207c.html |
Frederick High Varsity Football 2022
Football preview: A lot on both sides of line for hopeful Cadets
Senior Tyson Wilson is a big part of what Frederick is trying to do on its revamped offensive line.
The Cadets are tasked with replacing every starter from one of their most dominant units last season.
“We are not trying to mirror what they did last year,” said the 6-foot-1, 225-pound Wilson, who will likely be the team’s starting right guard. “We are just trying to do our own thing.”
Two years ago, Wilson was bored during the pandemic and needed an after-school activity. He turned to football.
He could have started most of last season if not for an injury. And now he will be counted on to hold down a prominent spot on a unit that many feel is critical to Frederick’s success this season.
The Cadets have not been known for being stout along the offensive and defensive lines in recent seasons.
Last season, they were dominant on both fronts and, not coincidentally, went 10-3 and found themselves in the state semifinals for the first time in 36 years.
Their ability to get back there — and beyond — could very well hinge on how well this new offensive line comes together and holds up under the duress of a season.
“If, really, our line can play adequately,” coach Kevin Pirri said, “then our skill guys can hopefully take over.”
Frederick is trying to find the right combination of players on the offensive front. Pirri said there are eight guys in the mix for the five positions, and they could be rotated and changed throughout the season.
Senior Donald Meyers (6-foot-5, 295 pounds), who received some playing time last season, is likely to be the left tackle. Sophomore Jacob Hayward (6-1, 275) could be the right guard or right tackle. Junior Sam Enriquez (6-3, 275) is in line to be the center, and junior Jesse Canellas (6-1, 245) will likely see some time at guard or center.
Other guys who could contribute up front are sophomore Brayden Masura (6-0, 230), senior Opanin Amponsa (6-3, 225), who is listed on the roster as a tight end, and junior Marquell Tull (6-0, 220).
“We are trying to find the best way they jell and how our quarterback and running backs jell with them,” Pirri said.
“We had such a holistic approach last year. We had so many kids that knew their lefts and rights, and they were best friends and playing at the hip for seven, eight years. Now we have guys that have experience and are playing well. We are just trying to see who works best next to who, who combos best with who, and then go from there.”
There are fewer questions along the defensive front with returning All-State performer Josh Hayward (5-9, 240), along with seniors Jamill Love (5-7, 300) and Jaeden Lee (6-2, 280).
Frederick hopes its play in the trenches sets the table for its abundance of experienced and talented skill-position players on offense.
Star receiver and defensive back Travon Neal is back for his senior season after setting school records for receptions (59) and receiving yards (1,088) last season, while scoring touchdowns in virtually every way possible.
Running back Tae Anderson was a revelation as a sophomore last season, as he piled up almost 1,500 yards and 23 touchdowns while helping to set the tone for the Cadets’ physical style of play.
Then, there is senior quarterback Brian Mbuthia (6-3, 185), who will be running the offense for a second consecutive season. In his first season on the job, he completed better than 60 percent of his passes for nearly 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns.
“Brian Mbuthia has grown a lot as a leader and as an individual and as a quarterback,” Pirri said. “Before, he wasn’t trusting in himself. He didn’t have that confidence. Now [after last season] he has confidence for days.”
Frederick doesn’t just want to be the best team in Frederick County. The Cadets have their sights firmly set on capturing their first state championship.
“It’s my senior year. I want to go get a championship,” Neal said. “That’s what I am looking forward to. I just want a championship.”
Region: Class 3A West. Postseason appearances: 6. State championships: 0. Coach and record with team: Kevin Pirri, eighth season, 23-44. 2021 record: 10-3. Returning starters: 6 offense, 8 defense.
2021 review: The Cadets enjoyed one of their best seasons ever. They finished 10-3 and advanced to their first state semifinal since 1985. They lost there to eventual Class 3A runner-up Linganore, which handed them two of their three losses. Their other loss was to Middletown, a perennial power in Frederick County. It wasn’t just that the Cadets had a winning season. It was how they won, dominating teams on the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. As a junior, Travon Neal established himself as one of the premiere playmakers in the county, and Tae Anderson emerged as one of the top running backs in the county as a sophomore. Of the nine games Frederick won on the field, the average margin of victory was 33 points.
Tae Anderson
Travon Neal
Tyson Wilson
Brian Mbuthia | 2022-08-29T05:02:27Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Football preview: A lot on both sides of line for hopeful Cadets | High School Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-a-lot-on-both-sides-of-line-for-hopeful-cadets/article_c9372820-ea2c-52bd-a5dc-08b39bf85891.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-a-lot-on-both-sides-of-line-for-hopeful-cadets/article_c9372820-ea2c-52bd-a5dc-08b39bf85891.html |
Commanders' Brian Robinson Jr., shot twice in D.C., is in stable condition
WASHINGTON — Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. is in stable condition after being shot in his lower extremities during a possible attempted carjacking or armed robbery in Washington, according to a D.C. police spokesman.
The spokesman, Dustin Sternbeck, confirmed Robinson is the victim and the shooting occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of H Street NE. Robinson was shot twice and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.
Police are looking into the possibility of the incident being an armed robbery or an attempted carjacking. They said they recovered the firearm in the 700 block of 10th Street NE — about a block south of the scene of the shooting — and were looking for two juveniles with shoulder-length dreadlocks. One was wearing a black or brown shirt with yellow smiley faces on it. No further details were immediately available.
Robinson, 23, was drafted by the Commanders in the third round this year out of Alabama. He finished his college career tied for 10th in Crimson Tide history with 29 rushing touchdowns and 11th with 2,704 rushing yards.
He impressed throughout the offseason with the Commanders, so much so that he had been expected to take on a large role in the offense when the regular season begins Sept. 11.
The rookie traveled with the Commanders to their final preseason game in Baltimore on Saturday but did not play, along with the team’s starters. During limited playing time in the first two preseason games, Robinson totaled 14 carries for 57 yards and one touchdown, plus two catches for 15 yards.
“Brian’s been great,” offensive coordinator Scott Turner said during the preseason. “He’s a real serious guy. Football is extremely important to him. He takes a lot of pride in being a physical runner. . . . I think he’ll continue to get better, too, as the reps increase.” | 2022-08-29T05:02:39Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Commanders' Brian Robinson Jr., shot twice in D.C., is in stable condition | Professional: All Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/commanders-brian-robinson-jr-shot-twice-in-d-c-is-in-stable-condition/article_f74b4755-c978-5270-a7d7-4440190426bb.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/commanders-brian-robinson-jr-shot-twice-in-d-c-is-in-stable-condition/article_f74b4755-c978-5270-a7d7-4440190426bb.html |
A delegation of citizens from Hauvers district, in the vicinity of Sabillasville, appeared before the county commissioners yesterday afternoon in the interest of improving the road from Sabillasville, leading to the Pennsylvania line by way of Emmitsburg, about a mile and half. The delegation told the commissioners that a fund of $2,000 had been pledged by residents of the district, and they asked that the county contribute two for one, or $4,000, which would complete the improvement.
“If the people of any section of the city are willing to put up with fighting and disturbances and do not care to testify against violators of the law, that is their funeral,” said Justice August T. Brust in Police Court last night as he pronounced Anna Corsey and Ella Gardner not guilty of assault and battery on one another. The two women are alleged to have gotten into a fight in the region beyond the swinging bridge, which is popularly known as “Hell’s Half Acre.” They are claimed to have used knives upon each other. Neither would testify against the other last night, and there were no witnesses for the state, so the case against them was dismissed.The field and track meet for youths of Frederick county scheduled for last Saturday and postponed on account of wet grounds, will be held at the Fair Grounds tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock. While there are entries in every event the bulk of them come from the town of Brunswick. This town furnished 60 of the entries. All the other towns in the county have not entered more than 40.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Frederick County through 4 p.m. today, after extended showers dumped about a half-inch of rain on the county, a meteorologist said Wednesday. Showers are expected to drop from 2 to 4 inches of rain in the area by the end of the day, NWS meteorologist David Manning said. State officials said the rainfall would help, but it’s not enough to pull Maryland out of the drought.
Eighteen months after being denied government assistance to help raise her 4-year-old disabled grandchild, a Frederick woman is being evicted from the townhouse she purchased in 1997. Mary Delis Chapman said that daycare costs for her grandchild, who has cerebral palsy, led to the loss of her car and finally her home. Ms. Chapman was scheduled to be evicted Wednesday. Rain and the upcoming holiday granted her a reprieve until Sept. 5. She said she was denied financial assistance from the Frederick County Department of Social Services (DSS). And she is not alone in that assertion.
Fifty to 60 teachers and Frederick County Public Schools employees demanding higher pay demonstrated Wednesday evening outside school headquarters on East Church Street, waving signs, making speeches and chanting, “Hey, hey BOE, give us a decent salary.”
Hauvers District
Justice August T. Brust
Anna Corsey
Field And Track Meet
Government Assistant
Frederick County Department Of Social Services
Teachers Demonstration For Higher Pay
Mary Delis Chapman
Frederick County Department | 2022-08-29T08:28:05Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | 20-40-100 Years Ago — Aug. 29 | News | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-29/article_78a884b5-36dc-5253-a9ad-37b81e7c2f3c.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-29/article_78a884b5-36dc-5253-a9ad-37b81e7c2f3c.html |
Blanche Keeney
Mrs. Blanche Keeney, 101, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at Frederick Health Hospital in Frederick, Maryland. She was the wife of the late Merhle E. Keeney, whom she married Jan. 13, 1941.
Born on July 20, 1921, in Sabillasville, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late George Norman and Myrtle Magdeline Ferguson Holtz. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kathy Jean Pearcey.
Mrs. Keeney was a graduate of Thurmont High School, Class of 1939. She retired in 1990 from Frederick County Public Schools, where she worked for many years, as a cafeteria worker.
She was a member of the Weller United Methodist Church in Thurmont.
She is survived by two grandsons, Jeremy Pearcey and David Pearcey, both of Frederick, Maryland; one great-granddaughter, Ashley Kershner and husband Cody, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania; one great-great-granddaughter, Bristol Kershner; sister, Betty Jean Burgess and husband Harold, of Hagerstown, Maryland; and several nieces and nephews. She will be particularly missed by nieces, Barbara Miller and Brenda Deeter; and nephew, Ricky Deeter.
In addition to her parents and daughter, she is preceded in death by brothers, Wilbur G. Holtz, Charles F. Holtz and Paul W. Holtz; and sister, Mildred M. Utz-Gardner.
The family will receive friends at Mount Olivet Cemetery’s mausoleums, 515 S. Market St., Frederick, MD 21702, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
A graveside service will be held at the cemetery after receiving friends. | 2022-08-29T08:28:23Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Blanche Keeney | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/blanche-keeney/article_fbe7e99d-c353-5b13-8d58-ecd15559ab86.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/blanche-keeney/article_fbe7e99d-c353-5b13-8d58-ecd15559ab86.html |
Charlotte Beall
Mrs. Charlotte R. Beall, 94, of Frederick, Maryland, fell asleep in death Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Frederick.
Born on June 4, 1928, in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late Hazel Irene (Whitmore) Seachrist, and she was raised by her grandfather, the late Charles A. Whitmore. In 1961, her husband, Frederick R. Beall Jr., preceded her in death.
She was a 1946 graduate of Frederick High School. Mrs. Beall was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses Aug. 25, 1962, and became very active in her congregation. She was known as a trusted nanny and had an affection for children in her community. Mrs. Beall was a salesperson and retired with Eyerly’s Department Store in Frederick. She was an avid reader and gardener, and she enjoyed bird watching.
Mrs. Beall is survived by her daughter, Ruth Ann and husband James M. Bowersox, of Frederick; son, Alvin F. Beall, of Ruckersville, Virginia; grandchildren, Stephanie L. Gray, Janna D. Heffner, Phillip D. Heffner, Amy V. Beall and Jeffrey M. Bowersox; great-grandchildren, Bri Swyter, Savannah Wasko, Madison Wasko, Phillip Michael Heffner, Nicole Heffner, Dan May, Jarred Gray and Jessica Gray; and several great-great-grandchildren. She will also be fondly remembered by her cousins, June Welsh, and Marilyn Reed and husband, Lester; and friends, Cheryl Snyder, Barbara Luthhold, Mabel Scott and numerous others.
She was preceded in death by her son, Steven A. Heffner; grandchildren, Michael Haines, infant granddaughters, Suzanne and Sarah Heffner, and James Matthew Bowersox.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at Monocacy Church of The Brethren’s cemetery in Rocky Ridge, Maryland, with Mr. David B. Clarke officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Worldwide Work of Jehovah’s Witnesses at donate.jw.org.
Charlotte R. Beall
James Matthew Bowersox | 2022-08-29T08:28:29Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Charlotte Beall | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/charlotte-beall/article_d98611bc-1632-50fe-9442-789e1da7fa0a.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/charlotte-beall/article_d98611bc-1632-50fe-9442-789e1da7fa0a.html |
Mary Louise Pairo
Mary Louise Pairo, 88, of Walkersville, passed from this life on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at Somerford House in Frederick. Born on Dec. 15, 1933, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of Edwin Thomas Pairo and Catherine Cecilia (Jackson) Pairo.
She received her master’s degree in elementary education from Catholic University of America. Mary Lou taught math for 46 years in the Catholic school system, at St. Mary School in Alexandria, Virginia, and Blessed Sacrament School in Washington, D.C. She was a parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Libertytown, Maryland.
She is survived by a sister, Winifred Offutt and husband Leonard; a brother, William Pairo and wife Ellen-Jane; nieces, Catherine Murphy and husband Paul, and Cecilia Pairo; nephews, Thomas W. Pairo and wife Roseann, and Steven E. Pairo and wife Wanda. She is also survived by five great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, at Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, 9190 Church St., Libertytown. The Rev. Chuck Wible will officiate. Interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. | 2022-08-29T08:28:41Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Mary Louise Pairo | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/mary-louise-pairo/article_76e378a0-7e3c-5a35-9260-e55f419b017e.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/mary-louise-pairo/article_76e378a0-7e3c-5a35-9260-e55f419b017e.html |
Roy Frye
Roy “Kevin” Frye went to his eternal home on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Kevin was born on April 14, 1961, in Charlestown, West Virginia.
He was predeceased by his parents, Roy Frye Jr. and Doris Lorraine Kroshour; a brother, David Wayne Frye; and two sisters, Pamela Frye and Brenda Owens. Kevin was also predeceased by a longtime friend and mentor, Jerry Woods.
Kevin is survived by his son, Kevin Frye Jr., who resides in Cottonwood, Alabama. Kevin is also survived by two brothers, Michael Frye and George Frye; as well as a sister, Lisa Dixon.
Kevin is also survived by many nieces and nephews who will greatly miss him.
Kevin was a huge fan of the Baltimore Orioles and his beloved Washington Redskins. Kevin enjoyed NASCAR, especially driver Dale Jarrett. He also enjoyed booing Jeff Gordon.
Kevin worked for many years, building fences, and most recently, he loved being a cab driver. Kevin considered his riders to be family and made sure they got where they needed to be.
Kevin enjoyed playing games, particularly Family Feud, and making friends on Facebook.
Kevin was a loyal friend and loved his family. He rarely met a stranger. Kevin had a keen sense of humor and a big heart.
The family will receive friends at the Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick, Maryland, from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m.
In Kevin’s honor, the family invites everyone to wear your favorite Washington Redskins or Baltimore Orioles attire.
Kevin Frye Jr. | 2022-08-29T08:28:48Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Roy Frye | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/roy-frye/article_0a7f0d91-502e-5300-b010-9437b550b378.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/roy-frye/article_0a7f0d91-502e-5300-b010-9437b550b378.html |
'I'm not sure' should be an option in polls
Leatrice Urbanowicz Frederick
I'm writing to comment on Mr. Sorrelle's letter of Thursday, Aug. 25 (Page A11 in the The Frederick News-Post), in which he states the "I'm not sure" option should be removed from the News-Post Daily Poll.
While I agree with his rationale that the poll is not a scientific one, it isn't meant to be. If someone hasn't previously thought much about the day's subject or doesn't have a strong opinion but still likes to participate, the "I'm not sure" option is the right one for them. It's a perfectly legitimate response.
Many supposedly scientific telephone surveys don't allow one to choose an answer other than the ones they provide, so are completely skewed to the results they want. The News-Post one is strictly for fun and curiosity. My only issue with it is it doesn't lock one out of voting multiple times.
There are times like Friday, Aug. 26, with a question about high school football (or any football for that matter), when "other" is not the appropriate response for me and I wish "I don't care" was an option.
Leatrice Urbanowicz
News-post Daily | 2022-08-29T08:29:00Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | 'I'm not sure' should be an option in polls | Letters to the Editor | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/im-not-sure-should-be-an-option-in-polls/article_eb210b5e-1d80-54d2-9422-44f7b898fd9d.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/im-not-sure-should-be-an-option-in-polls/article_eb210b5e-1d80-54d2-9422-44f7b898fd9d.html |
Support for the anti-nuclear triad
James P. Wagner Frederick
Kudos to Mayor Michael O’Connor and the Board of Aldermen for the resolution, unanimously approved Aug. 18, 2022, requesting federal action on nuclear disarmament (Thursday, Aug. 18 online edition of The Frederick News-Post). Kudos also to the citizens who brought this issue to the mayor’s attention, and who testified in support. I dub this effort the anti-nuclear triad: citizens, local governments and the federal government working together to eliminate this, our No. 1, existential threat.
Quite seriously, the world is closer to nuclear catastrophe today than at any time previously, including at the height of the previous Cold War with the Soviet Union. Our combined efforts are indeed needed, and they’re needed fast.
According to preventnuclearwar.org, more than 60 municipalities and states have adopted resolutions that support Back from the Brink, a national, grass-roots effort advocating for sensible nuclear arms control. Local communities would be the targets of nuclear weapons; as such, their governments are absolutely entitled to a voice in this conversation.
The resolution’s five common-sense policy goals, cited in the article, are all being discussed at the Federal level — just not aggressively enough. By sending the resolution to U.S. Reps. David Trone and Jamie Raskin, to U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, as well as to President Biden, the city will likely improve on that. We citizens can, too, by our continued engagement at all levels of government on it. Nuclear “silos” aren’t good.
James P. Wagner
Wagner is a member of the citizen groups Prevent Nuclear War Maryland, and the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area. | 2022-08-29T08:29:06Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Support for the anti-nuclear triad | Letters to the Editor | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/support-for-the-anti-nuclear-triad/article_e1a4dabc-7001-59dc-8d82-854a8291ac32.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/support-for-the-anti-nuclear-triad/article_e1a4dabc-7001-59dc-8d82-854a8291ac32.html |
A mandala created by Susan Lenz.
Art and wilderness merge in artist-in-residence program
Art has been part of the history of national parks since the 1860s, when Hudson River School painters captured the majestic Western landscapes that became our first iconic national parks. Their awe-inspiring works spurred Americans to preserve those lands for future generations.
Artist George Catlin, during an 1832 trip to the Dakotas, was perhaps the first to suggest the idea of a national park. Catlin traveled extensively and noted that Indian civilization, wildlife and the wilderness were in danger unless they could be preserved “by some great protecting policy of government … in a magnificent park … a Nation’s Park, containing man and beast, in all the wild[ness] and freshness of their nature’s beauty.”
Today, there are artist-in-residence programs in more than 50 National Park Service units, which preserve the connection between art and the parks.
Catoctin Forest Alliance manages the local artist-in-residence program jointly with Catoctin Mountain Park and Cunningham Falls State Park. Selections for the program are made by a panel that includes art experts from local colleges. In addition to accepting a variety of visual media, the program in 2013 began accepting written media as well.
CFA was established in 2009 as a partner organization to Catoctin Mountain Park NPS and Cunningham Falls State Park MPS. One of the CFA founders was artist Elizabeth Prongas, who began the local AIR program in 2010 to bring a new and diverse voice and constituency to the parks.
Since the inception of the artist-in-residence program, CFA has welcomed 31 artists to the Catoctin Mountains. They have come from California, D.C., Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Virginia. The artists include painters, photographers, poets, a writer, a videographer, a cast metal artist, a wool felter, a journaling artist and, this year, a fabric artist and quilter.
The artists stay in a historic cabin in Catoctin Mountain Park for one to three weeks and produce art influenced by the mountain setting. After the residency, each artist donates one piece of the art they created during their stay to the CFA artist-in-residence collection.
The artist-in-residence art collection has been on exhibit at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, the Thurmont Library, the Emmitsburg Library and the Visitor Center in the Manor Area of Cunningham Falls State Park. The collection is permanently housed in Catoctin Mountain Park.
This year’s artist-in-residence is Susan Lenz, a fabric artist and quilter, who will be in residence during September. She will present free workshops at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at the Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center, 14707 Park Central Road, Thurmont, and from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Thurmont Regional Library, 76 E. Moser Road, Thurmont. Adults and children are welcomed to hear her presentation and will have the opportunity for hands-on participation.
The artist-in-residence program not only strengthens the bond between nature, art and the outdoors, but the sale of the art produces funds to bring children to the parks for outdoor learning experiences.
For more information, visit catoctinforestalliance.org. To learn more about the artist, visit susanlenz.com.
George Catlin | 2022-08-29T19:54:13Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Art and wilderness merge in artist-in-residence program | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/art-and-wilderness-merge-in-artist-in-residence-program/article_c2e6b523-ebff-5c9d-bac7-747aa70f829a.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/art-and-wilderness-merge-in-artist-in-residence-program/article_c2e6b523-ebff-5c9d-bac7-747aa70f829a.html |
Leading travel authority Rick Steves relaxes in Switzerland.
Leading travel authority Rick Steves kicks off 2022-23 Frederick Speaker Series
Best-selling guidebook author, popular public television host, and an outspoken activist, Rick Steves will kick off the 2022-23 Frederick Speaker Series at the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in Frederick.
Steves encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. But above all else, he considers himself a teacher. He taught his first travel class at his college campus in the mid-1970s — and now, more than 40 years later, he still measures his success not by dollars earned but by trips impacted.
Steves is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel business with a tour program that brings more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. Each year, the company contributes to a portfolio of climate-smart nonprofits, essentially paying a self-imposed carbon tax.
He also works closely with several advocacy groups and has been instrumental in the legalization of marijuana in states across the U.S.
Steves spends about four months a year in Europe, researching guidebooks, fine-tuning his tour program, filming his TV show and making new discoveries for travelers.
Tickets for his show in Frederick start at $30. and are available at weinbergcenter.org, by calling 301-600-2828, or in person at 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Discounts are available for students, children, military and seniors. A separately ticketed meet-and-greet reception will take place immediately following the event. All proceeds from the meet-and-greet reception benefit children’s programs at Frederick County Public Libraries. | 2022-08-29T19:54:17Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Leading travel authority Rick Steves kicks off 2022-23 Frederick Speaker Series | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/leading-travel-authority-rick-steves-kicks-off-2022-23-frederick-speaker-series/article_36509444-0e70-5d72-9c46-edad0d97e845.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/leading-travel-authority-rick-steves-kicks-off-2022-23-frederick-speaker-series/article_36509444-0e70-5d72-9c46-edad0d97e845.html |
Christylez Bacon
Abbie Palmer
Christylez Bacon with guest harpist Abbie Palmer at Sky Stage
Grammy-nominated progressive hip-hop and beatbox artist Christylez Bacon collaborates with harpist and singer-songwriter Abbie Palmer for an evening of live, original music at FAC’s Sky Stage in downtown Frederick.
Christylez Bacon (pronounced chris-styles) is a hip-hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast Washington, D.C. As a performer, Bacon multi-tasks between various instruments, such as the West African djembe drum, acoustic guitar, and the human beat-box (oral percussion), all while continuing the oral tradition of storytelling through his lyrics.
In 2011, Bacon began a cross-cultural collaborative concert series in D.C. called Washington Sound Museum. WSM is a monthly intimate celebration of music featuring guest artists from diverse musical genres with Bacon and his hip-hop orchestra. Since WSM’s inception, Bacon has collaborated with artists from various cultural backgrounds, ranging from the Hindustani & Carnatic music of India, the contemporary Arabic music of Egypt and the music of Brazil.
With a mission toward cultural acceptance and unification through music, Bacon is constantly pushing the envelope, from performances at the National Cathedral, to becoming the first hip-hop artist to be featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, composing and orchestrating an entire concert for a 12-piece orchestra commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Smithsonian Institute. He is the recipient of multiple honors awarded by the Washington Area Music Association, including 2013 Artist of the Year.
For the Sept. 3 concert, Bacon will be collaborating with harpist and singer-songwriter Abbie Palmer. Grounded in Celtic harp, Palmer expanded her musical training to classical harp at Shenandoah Conservatory and received degrees in performance and music therapy. She also maintains a practice as a board-certified music therapist.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at Sky Stage, 59 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Tickets are $10 online, with limited seats available at the door. Free for kids under 12. | 2022-08-29T19:54:17Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Christylez Bacon with guest harpist Abbie Palmer at Sky Stage | Music | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/music/christylez-bacon-with-guest-harpist-abbie-palmer-at-sky-stage/article_cb6d5cb2-63bf-538c-a4e3-2ff7e83d7f9f.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/music/christylez-bacon-with-guest-harpist-abbie-palmer-at-sky-stage/article_cb6d5cb2-63bf-538c-a4e3-2ff7e83d7f9f.html |
Berta Sabrio
Columbia Orchestra announces new executive director Berta Sabrio
Berta Sabrio was recently appointed to become the new executive director of the Columbia Orchestra. Sabrio joins the Columbia Orchestra with an extensive background in nonprofit leadership.
Before joining the staff, Sabrio held the position of deputy director for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Prior to that, she served as the pastoral associate at St. Francis of Assisi in Howard County. She holds a bachelor of music in vocal performance from Loyola University New Orleans.
Sabrio takes over for Katherine Keefe, who resigned from the orchestra in July after 10 years of service.
Organized in the fall of 1977, the Columbia Orchestra has performed throughout Howard County for more than four decades. Originally known as the Columbia Chamber Orchestra, the membership expanded in 1988 to include winds and percussion. The Columbia Orchestra reaches more than 11,000 area residents annually through full orchestra concerts, chamber music recitals, jazz concerts, digital media and educational initiatives.
Columbia Chamber Orchestra | 2022-08-29T19:54:19Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Columbia Orchestra announces new executive director Berta Sabrio | Music | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/music/columbia-orchestra-announces-new-executive-director-berta-sabrio/article_7666cee8-caf2-5e64-928d-a9242ca645fc.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/music/columbia-orchestra-announces-new-executive-director-berta-sabrio/article_7666cee8-caf2-5e64-928d-a9242ca645fc.html |
Preposterous
Preposterous: A sophisticated, pocket-sized theatrical clown circus
In partnership with Happenstance Theatre, Gaithersburg Arts on the Green presents Preposterous on Sept. 2 at the Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg.
The Happenstance Slapstick Workshop takes place from 2 to 3:30 p.m., and the performance takes place at 7 p.m.
The Preposterous performance features charming vintage clowns playing circus animals, singing as a human calliope, doing the classic circus mirror routine, inventing a number of ridiculous “entrées,” performing live music and executing a very satisfying slow-motion number involving a pie. This return of the circus is suitable for all ages. Tickets are $15, $8 for youth 12 and under.
Clowning and physical comedy not only require a tremendous amount of energy but the ability to perform slapstick. Slapstick comedy is the oldest form of comedy, based around pratfalls and mild comic violence — smacks in the head, pokes in the eyes, and people falling down. Specializing in clowning and physical comedy, Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell will lead the workshop. Participants should wear clothing that allows physical movement. Participants must be at least 13 years old to participate and accompanied by a parent or guardian if under 18. The workshop is $10 per person.
For more information, visit gaithersburgmd.gov or call 301-258-6394. | 2022-08-29T19:54:33Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Preposterous: A sophisticated, pocket-sized theatrical clown circus | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/preposterous-a-sophisticated-pocket-sized-theatrical-clown-circus/article_64d1b135-fa59-541e-bfe6-cea998e803f1.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/preposterous-a-sophisticated-pocket-sized-theatrical-clown-circus/article_64d1b135-fa59-541e-bfe6-cea998e803f1.html |
From left: Selenis Leyva, Nicole Beharie and John Boyega in “Breaking.”
The fact-based hostage drama “Breaking” is a kind of chamber piece, set almost entirely inside the lobby of a Marietta, Georgia, Wells Fargo branch, where the pressure-cooker action simmers. Action, however, may not be the right word. Mostly the film is a character study showcasing the acting of John Boyega, who, as Brian Brown-Easley, a former Marine desperate after Veterans Affairs has missed a disability payment of $892.34 in 2017, is a cauldron of frustration and tragic decision-making. It is a compelling performance, around which nothing much happens, except Brian’s delivery of a screed against heartless bureaucracy. | 2022-08-29T23:17:17Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | John Boyega rages against injustice in the fact-based ‘Breaking’ | Arts & entertainment | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/john-boyega-rages-against-injustice-in-the-fact-based-breaking/article_38817c0f-80a7-5ec1-97ae-106256b57981.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_and_entertainment/john-boyega-rages-against-injustice-in-the-fact-based-breaking/article_38817c0f-80a7-5ec1-97ae-106256b57981.html |
A Rocky Ridge man pleaded guilty Friday to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography, relating to two minor females, officials said.
In August 2021, authorities searched Harrison’s residence and found a cellphone Harrison used to document his abuse of the 12-year-old, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. They also found additional digital devices with files depicting sexual abuse of children, including infants and toddlers, the news release said.
Harrison’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 23, 2023.
Dennis James Harrison | 2022-08-29T23:17:36Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Rocky Ridge sex offender pleads guilty to sexual exploiting minors | Courts | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/rocky-ridge-sex-offender-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-exploiting-minors/article_1a65161e-b5f8-5c5a-9943-15fa2227c6a2.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/rocky-ridge-sex-offender-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-exploiting-minors/article_1a65161e-b5f8-5c5a-9943-15fa2227c6a2.html |
Shelby Carmon, Frederick Community College's operations manager for student affairs, opens one of the food lockers at the college’s Student Center on Monday. The college set up the system to help give students access to free food on campus.
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Benita Rashaw poses next to food items at Frederick Community College’s Student Center on Monday. The items are examples of what is in the college’s new contactless food locker system, created to help give students access to free food on campus.
FCC 'food lockers' provide contactless pickup to food-insecure students
Frederick Community College last week debuted a new system for distributing free food to students in need.
The college's 18 "food lockers" are stocked each week with items like pasta, canned meat and vegetables, peanut butter and more.
FCC sends out a sign-up link to students each week. The first 18 of those who indicate an interest in the food each week will receive a locker number, a code and a deadline for picking up the food.
For years, FCC has had a food pantry, said Benita Rashaw, the college's associate vice president of student affairs. But the food lockers differ in several key ways, she said.
First, the food pantry is only open until about 4:30 p.m. each day, and students need to speak with staff members to access the items there.
The food lockers, meanwhile, are open into the evenings, making them more accessible for students who take night classes.
Plus, students can pick up their items without talking to anyone.
“I think that would encourage them to do it, versus going to an office to speak to someone,” Rashaw said.
The system could remove the shame or embarrassment some people feel about accessing the food pantry, she said.
The lockers are stocked with food that's meant to be prepared at home, whereas the pantry is stocked with grab-and-go snacks like fruit cups and granola bars.
Jermaine Chapman, an FCC student studying drug and alcohol counseling, said in an interview Monday that the lockers have been "very helpful."
Chapman is on a limited income, he said, and the food in the lockers has alleviated some financial stress for him.
"This is an opportunity for me to not stress about eating or paying my bills," he said.
Rashaw said more than half of the lockers had been assigned to students by the end of last week. Her department is still getting the word out about them, she said.
The college plans to track the data and keep tabs on demand. Rashaw said she hopes to install another locker on the campus sometime this semester.
In an emailed statement, FCC President Annesa Payne Cheek wrote that "food insecurity among college students is a critical national issue."
“What we know is that in order for students to achieve their personal and career goals, we need to provide them with holistic support services that address their academic and non-academic needs," she wrote. "When our students do not have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food, it impacts their ability to focus, engage, and learn." | 2022-08-30T02:20:07Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | FCC 'food lockers' provide contactless pickup to food-insecure students | Frederick Community College | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/frederick_community_college/fcc-food-lockers-provide-contactless-pickup-to-food-insecure-students/article_d366b5af-9595-5ff4-968d-bec6b9d67eca.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/frederick_community_college/fcc-food-lockers-provide-contactless-pickup-to-food-insecure-students/article_d366b5af-9595-5ff4-968d-bec6b9d67eca.html |
Amanda Gill, the new executive director of Village Crossing at Worman’s Mill, sits for a portrait outside of her office this summer.
The location for Village Crossing at Worman’s Mill senior living apartments is shown at 2480 Waterside Drive on July 14.
Village Crossing community prepares to welcome residents
Amanda Gill won’t get her first official resident until sometime this fall, but for now she’s busy applying a lifetime of work in the senior living industry toward creating an environment that will make everyone feel at home.
Gill recently became the executive director of Village Crossing at Worman’s Mill, a luxury assisted living community on the north side of the city of Frederick.
She got her start working with seniors as a server in the dining room of an independent living facility when she was 16, but even before then, she grew up surrounded by seniors who taught and inspired her, including a grandmother who, at 97, still “amazes me every day,” she said.
“It started from a very young age where I really valued them and everything that they had to share and teach me,” she said.
Gill lived in Frederick several years ago and had moved away for another job but said she was excited by the chance to come back to the area.
She’d also heard good things about working for SageLife, the company that owns Village Crossing, and was excited about the Worman’s Mill community off of Md. 26 and Monocacy Boulevard in Frederick, where the community is located.
Having worked in a start-up community in her last job, she had enjoyed the chance to build a community from the ground up and saw a similar opportunity with Village Crossing.
“Hiring all the staff, really being able to help mold the culture of that community and have it be a place of welcome for residents and families and staff alike — it’s such a cool experience to have that chance to work on something from the ground up, and I just really wanted that chance again,” she said.
The neighborhood’s developers have done a great job of creating a multigenerational community, where someone could potentially live throughout all the phases of their life, she said.
They’ll try to build on the same sense of community to create an engaging, well-rounded environment when they welcome their first residents in the fall.
Moving into a new environment is always stressful, Gill said, especially when someone is leaving a home they may have lived in for decades. Residents may also be mourning the loss of a spouse or loved one or adjusting to being away from the people who had taken care of them at their old home.
“Some of our residents, when they move in, they’re grieving a lot of things,” Gill said.
There can often be feelings of guilt for family members or caretakers over decisions to move a loved one into an assisted living facility, but families need to consider their own well-being as well as that of the person who is moving, Gill said.
“There are so many different factors, and everyone has a different story,” she said, “but I would definitely encourage families to consider themselves in the equation, as well as the senior’s social isolation.”
Their staff can help both residents and their caregivers feel more independent by being able to step in and help when they’re needed. They can help families by partnering with a move manager to help with packing, as well as providing support groups and case managers to help navigate the transition process.
At Village Crossing, they want residents to bring their own furniture and belongings to help them maintain their routine as much as possible, Gill said.
“It really is about what’s important to that particular resident,” she said.
They’re planning plenty of opportunities for social engagement, and features like ”anytime dining,” so residents can eat on their own schedules.
“It really is about trying to mimic what that person’s routine was as much as possible, and not making them mold into what’s easy for us,” Gill said.
Along with independent living units, Village Crossing will also offer assisted living and personal care units, as well as memory care units for residents suffering from memory loss or impairment.
Residents will receive an assessment when they arrive to determine their level of care, but assessments can also be triggered if staff members notice something while dealing with a resident.
While the idea of “aging in place” has become more popular in recent years, there’s no one size fits all approach to aging. Seniors staying in their own homes can be vulnerable to social isolation that can be harmful to their physical and cognitive health, Gill said.
Making a decision on when to make a move is never easy, but Gill hopes Village Crossing can provide a spot that will make the decision a little easier.
“That caregiver really needs to look at their wellbeing, and if caring for that senior is putting that caregiver’s health at risk, then moving into a community might be the right next step,” she said.
Village Crossing
Worman's Mill
Amanda Gill | 2022-08-30T05:04:28Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Village Crossing community prepares to welcome residents | Real Estate And Development | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/real_estate_and_development/village-crossing-community-prepares-to-welcome-residents/article_88178ea1-d7cb-57e1-a6f7-1dd067caa1fc.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/real_estate_and_development/village-crossing-community-prepares-to-welcome-residents/article_88178ea1-d7cb-57e1-a6f7-1dd067caa1fc.html |
2022 Oakdale High Varsity Football
Football preview: Bears enter season with talent, confidence
Dom Nichols promptly set his inquisitor straight.
Asked if he was trying to be the most dominant player in Frederick County, the junior defensive end and tight end for Oakdale quickly rebutted, “I am trying to be the most dominant player in the state.”
Nichols certainly has the size and ability — with the college offers to back it up — to put himself in that conversation.
He’s 6-foot-5, 245 pounds. He can run the 40-yard dash in under five seconds and has a vertical leap that measures 33 inches.
Penn State, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Maryland, Pitt and Virginia Tech are among the schools that have envisioned Nichols wreaking havoc for them and have made him formal offers.
“If he extends his arms, the [offensive] tackle is three yards deep in the backfield because he is so long,” Oakdale coach Kurt Stein said.
But, like last season, the Bears are also planning to use Nichols on offense — at tight end, primarily, and wide receiver — creating potential scenarios when some wide-eyed, 5-foot-10, 180-pound defensive back will be asked to cover him.
“I mean, his potential is through the roof,” Stein said of Nichols. “He may be the most talented kid we have seen around here in awhile.”
However, Stein cautions, “We’ll see. Gotta do it on the field first.”
If teams devote most of their energies to stopping or slowing down Nichols, Oakdale will be happy to take advantage with other players.
On paper, Stein believes this team has as much talent as any he has coached at Oakdale, and that includes the 2018 Class 2A state championship team, which will be remembered as one of the best Frederick County has ever produced.
Plus, the Bears are a lot healthier than they were last season, as four or five starters will back in the lineup.
Junior Evan Austin, whom Stein calls “the best athlete in Frederick County,” will take over the quarterbacking duties after Joe Pippin graduated.
Austin made an impact as a receiver and a defensive back last season and will provide a running dimension.
“I am doing it all,” he said.
The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Austin previously played quarterback in middle school before broadening his skill set at other positions.
“I’ve got a feel for it. It will get better,” he said of playing quarterback. “It’s new formations. Things like that.”
Austin will play behind one of the biggest and maybe the best offensive line Oakdale has ever had.
Senior Division I prospects Chase Haught (right tackle) and Josh Crummitt (center) are back after missing significant time with injuries last season.
The 6-foot-2, 285-pound Haught, who has offers from Lehigh and St. Francis University (Pennsylvania), did not play at all last season after tearing his ACL and meniscus.
Also returning from injury is junior running back Joseph Daniel, who will take a big share of the handoffs, along with seniors Stefan Rich and DJ Moore, who both gained experience last season.
Plus, Oakdale is very high on sophomore Taylen Caliskan (6-foot, 230 pounds), who held down the starting left tackle spot as a freshman last season.
“These guys are not only super smart and tough. They are huge, strong, 280 [pounds], 285, 260,” Stein said of the Bears’ physicality along the offensive front. “They are benching 350 pounds in the weight room.”
When Oakdale does decide to pass, it will have 6-foot-4 junior Hunter Thompson and the 6-5 Nichols to serve as targets, in addition to “a bunch of little, fast guys in the slot,” Stein said.
With all of this talent and physicality on paper, Nichols was asked about expectations for this Oakdale team, which no longer has any members of the 2018 championship team.
“I don’t want to be cocky,” he said. “I think we have a chance to win states. If we aren’t undefeated, it would be disappointing for us. ... I believe in this team a lot. We’ve got dudes.”
Region: Class 3A West. Postseason appearances: 7. State championships: 1. Coach and record with team: Kurt Stein, 12th season, 69-45. 2021 record: 6-5. Returning starters: 5 offense, 5 defense.
2021 review: The Bears had a roller-coaster season. They never won or lost more than two in a row. The first half of their season culminated with a 54-53 overtime loss at Linganore that saw them erase a 21-point deficit over the final 7 minutes, 15 seconds only to watch their potential game-winning, 2-point conversion pass fall a step or two short of its intended target in the end zone. Oakdale rebuilt momentum as the playoffs neared, winning three of its last four regular-season games before rolling over Rockville 43-6 in the first round of the Class 3A West playoffs. That earned the Bears a return trip to Linganore, where they fell again to the Lancers 44-27 after losing quarterback Joe Pippin to a head injury in the final minute of the first half and getting gashed for the second time by Linganore running back Ethan Arneson. That ended the Bears’ ninth winning season out of their last 10.
Dom Nichols
Evan Austin | 2022-08-30T05:04:41Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Football preview: Bears enter season with talent, confidence | High School Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-bears-enter-season-with-talent-confidence/article_ca2cc8d1-2040-5915-a650-04dead8ad21e.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/high_school/football-preview-bears-enter-season-with-talent-confidence/article_ca2cc8d1-2040-5915-a650-04dead8ad21e.html |
There is no timeline for the return of Commanders running back Brian Robinson, who was shot on Sunday.
and Emily Davies The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. “was able to wrestle a firearm away” from one of the two men attempting to rob him Sunday before the other suspect shot him twice, Washington D.C. police said Monday morning.
The men, who were both armed, approached Robinson after he left a storefront in the 1000 block of H Street NE shortly before 6 p.m. Robinson was taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center for treatment of injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. On Monday, he wrote on Instagram that he’d undergone surgery, which “went well.”
Coach Ron Rivera said Monday that Robinson is “doing well” and “it’ll be a matter of time before he’s back out here.” He declined to give a timeline for Robinson’s recovery or be specific about the extent of his injuries, but Rivera noted that both Robinson and his doctors were “very positive.”
Prince George’s County police said the vehicle the two men used to flee the scene was recovered Sunday evening in the 1500 block of Jutewood Avenue, some four miles from FedEx Field. The car was reported stolen in Prince George’s County Friday afternoon.
According to the incident report from Sunday’s shooting, Robinson’s keys were stolen, and he told police he was shot in the leg. The Commanders issued a statement Sunday night confirming that Robinson was stable and that his family and a contingent of team officials had joined him at the hospital. Rivera was among those who visited, along with team owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder, team president Jason Wright, general manager Martin Mayhew, running backs coach Randy Jordan, chief medical officer Anthony Casolaro and director of mental wellness and clinical services Barbara Roberts.
“I’ve gotten several phone calls as a head coach, unfortunately, but this one was one of the harder ones,” Rivera said. “... He really is more than just a football player. He is really a heck of a young man.”
Before practice Monday morning, Rivera brought his players together for a team meeting to talk about Robinson and the incident. He asked players to “do the best they could” in practice that morning, and he came away pleased by their effort.
“You never want to see something like that happen,” defensive tackle Jonathan Allen said. “By the grace of God, he’s OK. Non-life-threatening [injuries], and he’s going to be OK. That’s the most important thing right now.”
Allen said he heard the news through his brother, then went on social media to see the headlines and additional news of shooting. Wide receiver Terry McLaurin, who has been somewhat of a mentor to Robinson over the past few months, said he also saw the news on social media, and his immediate thought was whether Robinson was OK.
“Once we found that out that it was not life-threatening injuries, I just started praying for him and his recovery, not just physically, but mentally,” McLaurin said. “You can’t really predict it, so it seems like situations like this or some of the things that we’ve been through as a team over the last couple of years came out of nowhere. It’s hard to just predict stuff like that that’s happening. But when it does happen, we try to come together. We try to reach out to the people who are affected. I’m a big believer in prayer. So I’ll continue to pray for those people in those situations.”
“It caught us all off guard yesterday on an off day [from team activities],” Wentz said. “... It’s a wake-up call to everybody. There are real-life problems out there in this world, but thankfully Brian’s doing well, I’m told, and I look forward to seeing him.”
Rivera said that, in talking with others on the Commanders staff, he could “feel the anger swelling up” about Robinson’s situation and about gun violence in the United States. Sporting a “Wear Orange” T-shirt to support the gun violence prevention movement, he urged more discussion about gun safety and said it can’t be a partisan issue.
“What we saw in this case and others is just a wanton use of a firearm that hurts somebody,” D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, D, said Monday.
The Commanders’ primary focus now is the health of their running back, whom they picked in the third round of this year’s draft after he starred at Alabama. Robinson finished his college career ranked 10th in Crimson Tide history in rushing touchdowns (29) and 11th in rushing yards (2,704). He impressed in the offseason with Washington and was on track to earn a significant role in its offense.
Rivera said the team expects to receive an update on Robinson’s health, and from there will discuss the best path forward for the player and the team. It is possible Washington will place him on the non-football injury list, which would require him to miss at least the first four games of the season but would allow him to play later in his rookie year, health permitting.
“Life is hard. It really is,” McLaurin said. “I think in our position, where ... we play a kid’s game but get paid a lot of money [and have] a lot of eyes and attention on us, people kind of forget that we are still human sometimes, and things do affect us on and off the field.”
He added: “We’re going through a lot of adversity, and as a leader, I try to put myself in a position to make myself available to help in any way that I can.”
The Washington Post’s Lauren Lumpkin and Katie Mettler contributed to this report. | 2022-08-30T05:04:53Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Commanders' Brian Robinson Jr. 'able to wrestle a firearm away' in robbery | Professional: All Sports | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/commanders-brian-robinson-jr-able-to-wrestle-a-firearm-away-in-robbery/article_c290ff1c-b49a-5c3b-85ff-cbbfe6f106d5.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/professional/commanders-brian-robinson-jr-able-to-wrestle-a-firearm-away-in-robbery/article_c290ff1c-b49a-5c3b-85ff-cbbfe6f106d5.html |
William A. Stultz is to pay the supreme penalty for the murder of Policeman John H. Adams in this city on August 9. Convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury at the Rockville Court this morning at 12:14 o’clock, Stultz collapsed when Chief Judge Hammond Urner sentenced him to be hanged. He begged for mercy, protesting that Policeman Adams “was a friend. I did not mean to kill him!”
The erection of a hotel and barracks on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway’s right of way, facing Third street in Brunswick, was authorized yesterday by President Daniel Willard, of the Baltimore and Ohio, who in company with Vice-President C.W. Galloway, visited Brunswick yesterday morning. The hotel and barracks will be built to house strikebreakers during the winter months.On the old Frederick-Harpers’ Ferry road, seven miles from Frederick, seven miles from Brunswick, and 12 miles from Harpers’ Ferry, on an elevated and healthful point, 26 feet higher than Burkittsville and 125 feet above Harpers’ Ferry is located one of the most attractive small towns of the county — Jefferson. The main street of Jefferson is lined on both sides with rows of beautiful and stately maple trees which add greatly to the appearance of the town.
At least four public schools in Frederick County will open late this year, but projected student population figures are expected to be on target, according to Board of Education officials. Two of the county’s middle schools will open late this year, Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle will open to students on Tuesday, Aug. 31, one day late, while West Frederick Middle will open on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Elm Street School also will open Sept. 1. Opening day for Parkway Elementary is set for Wednesday, Sept. 1. Urbana Elementary will open Monday, Aug. 30, rather than Aug. 31 as previously reported. Last-minute details to clean-up projects require extra time before opening for those schools under construction or renovation this summer. Other students returned to school today.
Hog callers ... step forth! Any arguments about who is the best hog caller in Frederick county will be settled this year during Great Frederick Fair Week (Sept. 21-25). The Frederick County Agricultural Society (Fair Board) and the American Lung Association are sponsoring the first hog calling championship for both adults and youths. “This is a new event we’re trying to get started at the fair,” said Joe Free, fair board vice president. “And it promises to be a lot of fun, for the spectators as well as the callers.”
A 2-year-old girl was pulled from an ornamental fish pond at a home off Reich’s Ford Road on Thursday night and revived by her grandfather before she was flown to a Washington hospital, said Cpl. Rob Scire of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. The girl’s family was having dinner on their home’s back deck when the toddler wandered away and apparently fell into the pond, Cpl. Scire said. The girls was listed in critical condition at Children’s Hospital late Thursday night, he said.
Frederick County farmers got some rain over the last few days, but many are not feeling particularly thankful. Prolonged drought and heat chopped corn yields by 25 percent on average and soybean losses maybe a “little more” than that,” said Harry W.T. Fouche, chairman of the county’s Farm Service Agency. The problem has not been just the drought, it’s the heat, said Gene Mullinix, who handles several million bushels of grain every year as the owner of Mullinix Grains and Fertilizer Co. Inc. in Frederick. “When you have 90- to 100-degree temperatures, the evaporation is much greater than at 80 degrees. It’s real simple,” Mr. Mullinix said.
Judge Hammond Urner
Hotel And Barracks
B&o Railway
Old Frederick-harpers' Ferry Road
Hog Calling Contest
Joe Free
Cpl. Rob Scire
Corn Crop Yields
Gene Mullinix | 2022-08-30T07:35:40Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | 20-40-100 Years Ago — Aug. 30 | News | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-30/article_9a63919e-2c93-51c3-bb8f-b9f344c67539.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/20-40-100-years-ago-aug-30/article_9a63919e-2c93-51c3-bb8f-b9f344c67539.html |
Betty Lou Rohrback
Betty Lou Rohrback, age 83, passed away on Aug. 26, 2022, in Frederick, Maryland. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 26, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Clarence Smith and Minnie Brashears Smith.
Betty retired from Northampton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a caregiver. Her hobbies were reading, word search puzzles and art. Betty also enjoyed watching Lifetime and Hallmark television programs.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, John Rohrback Sr.; and her son, John Rohrback Jr.
Betty is survived by her sons, Scott Rohrback and wife Kimberly, Vic Rohrback and wife Rebecca, and Russell Rohrback and wife Jamie; grandchildren, Ashley Evans and husband Craig, Erica Ault and husband Chad, Gabrielle Rohrback, Hayden Rohrback and friend Kodi Hunt, Russell Rohrback, Raland Rohrback and Jessie Lookingbill; great-grandchildren, Isabella Evans and Theron Ault; and other great-grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to gather at Keeney & Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick, Maryland, on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, from 4-7 p.m., and also on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, from 10-11 a.m. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cemetery, Point of Rocks, Maryland.
Russell Rohrback | 2022-08-30T07:35:58Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Betty Lou Rohrback | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/betty-lou-rohrback/article_a6540d58-9132-5c54-b14f-4162a3e28025.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/betty-lou-rohrback/article_a6540d58-9132-5c54-b14f-4162a3e28025.html |
Darlene Mongelli
Darlene Mongelli, 69, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, Maryland, after an extended illness.
Born Oct. 7, 1952, in Washington, D.C., Darlene was the oldest of three born to George and Geraldine Briggs, of Washington, D.C.
Darlene graduated from La Reine High School in 1970, and from Strayer University in 1974. After college, Darlene spent the next 40 years employed by the U.S. government.
After retirement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Darlene spent 10 years as a consultant with Crest Creek Consulting, supporting the Office on Violence Against Women in processing grant awards.
Darlene enjoyed traveling and craft shows (especially the Catoctin Colorfest), and nothing brought her more joy than spoiling her 11 grandchildren.
Darlene was predeceased by her husband of 22 years, Thomas A. Mongelli, on Aug. 7, 2020; parents, George and Gerry Briggs; and sister, Toni McClure.
Darlene is survived by her children, Mattea (Michael) Hartlove, Jonathan Proctor and Rhiannon Proctor; grandchildren, Dakota Grisez, Reganne Proctor-Bowens, Kyle, Brady and Payton Hartlove, and Lamarr and Sydney White; brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Martha Briggs and family; and niece, Sandi (Russ) Davis.
Because of you, we will “be courageous and be brave, and in our hearts you’ll always stay, forever young.” | 2022-08-30T07:36:04Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Darlene Mongelli | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/darlene-mongelli/article_3e96518c-a55b-53d1-b4dc-69d06bfa2278.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/darlene-mongelli/article_3e96518c-a55b-53d1-b4dc-69d06bfa2278.html |
Garrett Paul Long
Garrett Paul Long, 26, of Richmond, Virginia, formerly of Harrisonburg, Virginia, departed this life and went to be with Christ on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. Garrett was born in Harrisonburg on April 17, 1996, and is the son of William Johnson Jr. and Kathie Nadine Ramsdell Long, who survive.
Garrett had accomplished so many things in his life. He attended Blue Ridge Christian School, later attending and graduating from Spotswood High School in 2015. He then attended Liberty University, earning his bachelor’s degree in cinematic arts in 2019. During his time at Liberty University, he was on the Liberty snowboard team and placed at the national championship. He was an Eagle Scout of Troop 72, and was a singer and songwriter, with published albums on digital streaming services such as Spotify. He worked at Smith Evergreen Concrete in Richmond as a concrete stamper. He previously worked as a fiberoptic crew supervisor for Computer Cabling and Technology. He also worked at Refuge Foundation in Montana as a fly-fishing instructor, and he was a snowboard instructor at Massanutten and Liberty Snowflex.
His parents lovingly called him “Britey Lite” as a child because he was so full of cheer. Garrett brought so much joy into their lives. He was truly one of a kind and unique in every way. Garrett loved his family deeply. He never, ever left their home without saying “I love you” to his mom and dad. He was the kind of kid every parent would have wanted.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brothers, William Johnson “Will” Long III and wife Michelle, and Taylor Benjamin Long and fiancee Brooke; sister, Elanor Meredith Leaton and husband William; nephews, Scooter and Buck Long; and nieces, Olive and Pepper Long; as well as many of his beloved and devoted friends and rescue dog Levi. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Paul and Hilda Ramsdell; and paternal grandparents, William Long Sr. and Olive Shafer Long.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Young Life of Central Virginia, P.O Box 3543, Lynchburg VA, 24503. | 2022-08-30T07:36:10Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Garrett Paul Long | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/garrett-paul-long/article_95c99683-71b6-582d-8d6a-cb2832ef92d8.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/garrett-paul-long/article_95c99683-71b6-582d-8d6a-cb2832ef92d8.html |
Hilda Langley
Hilda M. Langley, 92, of Frederick, Maryland, passed on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at her home in Frederick, Maryland. She was the beloved wife of the late John Paul Langley.
Born Feb. 23, 1930, in Kinston, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Richard H. and Hilda (Hancock) Marston.
Hilda attended Woman’s College of UNC, from 1948-1953, graduating with her degree in commercial art and advertising. She was a very active member of Beta Sigma Phi, a women’s friendship network, and she was also a member of the Frederick Garden Club. Hilda was in the Auxiliary at Vindabona Nursing Home, where she also volunteered. She was a longtime active member of South End Baptist Church, Frederick, Maryland.
She is survived by her children, Jeff Langley and wife Nancy, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Scott Langley, of Bealton, Virginia, and Leigh Gower and husband Donnie, of Middletown, Maryland; grandchildren, Joshua and Samuel Langley, and Travis and Tanner Beard.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard Marston, of Wilmington, North Carolina; and her grandson, Andrew Langley, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, and 10-11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, Maryland, where a celebration of Hilda’s life journey will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The Rev. Michael Cooper will officiate.
Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of Frederick County (frederickhealthhospice.org).
Hilda M. Langley | 2022-08-30T07:36:16Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | Hilda Langley | Obituaries | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/hilda-langley/article_e692344f-77a3-599a-86bb-d8d778ec1547.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/obituaries/hilda-langley/article_e692344f-77a3-599a-86bb-d8d778ec1547.html |
BOARD of CONTRIBUTORS I Chip Jewell
Battalion Chief Joshua Laird was a pleasure to be around. He always had that twinkle in his eye that betrayed his mischievousness. I first met Josh when he joined the Division of Fire and Rescue Services as a rookie. I would frequently see him at various fire stations, in particular Station 2 of Junior Fire Company No. 2 in Frederick. Josh was always friendly and outgoing and loved talking about the history of Frederick, especially fire service history.
I developed a close relationship with Josh during a fire officer class I taught several years ago. The class was an evening course that required Josh to either take leave or exchange shifts on the days he was scheduled to work. But to Josh, this was a minor inconvenience to enable him to take training, on his own time, to move up the career ladder of promotion within the fire-rescue division. It was very evident to me he was focused and committed to being the best firefighter and, ultimately, the best fire service leader he could be.
Last week, a 187-page report was released on the tragic events of Aug. 11, 2021, almost exactly a year ago. The storm that struck south of Frederick that evening essentially missed my house. I heard the fateful lightning bolt that exploded into the residence at 9510 Ball Road. The thunder resulting from the strike literally shook the skies and reverberated for miles around.
The report, and the many reports that will be continued to be released by various agencies over the coming months and years, are a very difficult read for members of the fire and rescue service. Fire Chief Tom Coe requested a panel of fire service personnel and industry professionals to examine the minute details of the day, not to place blame or add to the many second guesses but rather to provide unbiased information to help avoid future line of duty deaths and enhance safety.
We regularly evaluate our actions after an incident. An after-action report is developed after every “working” incident. Even on relatively minor incidents, “back step” talks are frequently conducted by personnel who were on the scene to evaluate operations in healthy discussion to promote improved service.
It is difficult to read this report, especially for the personnel who were on the scene or listened to the radio transmissions or knew Josh personally. The fire and rescue service is a family. We depend on each other on the scene of an incident. We depend and lean on each other for support in times of need.
Tragically, Frederick County has had 28 line of duty deaths since 1840. Many of these deaths were as a result of heart attack or medical conditions or from some form of vehicle accident. The death of Battalion Chief John Laird is the first death to occur on an active fireground in Frederick County since 1898. I can personally attest, no line of duty death is easy. But to lose a firefighter during firefighting operations is the most difficult. Members struggle to save their own while other personnel on the scene must continue to fight the fire.
The fire and rescue service is a legion of dedication and compassion. We leave the firehouse to assist people we do not know, go into a structure we have never entered and often encounter an environment that seems uncontrollable. EMS crews respond to every imaginable medical scenario, often operating in the street or on the floor of a residence. Though we are trained to check our surroundings, we are often faced with a variety of unknown variables.
I am certain the last few days have been difficult for many in the Frederick County fire and rescue service. We cannot let the report curtail our daily commitment to serve. We must take the information in the report and ask ourselves, WWJD — What would Josh do? I believe Josh would absorb this information to improve himself as an officer. I believe Josh would expect us to continue to strive to improve ourselves, working together to build the most effective, efficient and safe fire and rescue service in Maryland.
Aug. 11, 2021 was one of the most tragic days in the over 250-year history of the fire service in Frederick County, Maryland. And though reading the report has a traumatic effect on each member of our service, we must take this document as a foundation to move forward to honor Josh in service with a renewed commitment of safety and change to benefit our members and the citizens we serve.
Rest in peace, Josh, knowing you will always be riding with us, standing beside us and encouraging us to strive to be of better service to honor your legacy.
Clarence “Chip” Jewell joined the volunteer service in 1969. He retired as deputy chief/director of the Frederick County Division of Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services in 2017. He is presently president and deputy chief of the Libertytown Volunteer Fire Department. He served over 20 years as a fire officer instructor for the University of Maryland/Maryland Fire/Rescue Institute.
Should Liz Cheney run for president?
Yes, she would do a great job
No, she would do a terrible job
It depends on who else runs | 2022-08-30T07:36:35Z | www.fredericknewspost.com | What would Josh do? | Columns | fredericknewspost.com | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/what-would-josh-do/article_56f27657-a905-53b2-b742-65faebf7b967.html | https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/what-would-josh-do/article_56f27657-a905-53b2-b742-65faebf7b967.html |
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