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F r o m the M a y o r
Thurmont
Mayor John Kinnaird
This summer has been one
we will remember for many years
to come, thanks to the efforts of
the Thurmont Little League 11-
12 All Stars! The outstanding
accomplishments of winning the
District 2 Championship, followed
by the Maryland State Title, then
an amazing run at the Eastern
Regional Playoffs in Connecticut,
was a thing of wonder. It seemed
that the majority of local residents
were following the team, as they
fought through each step of the
way. Surprisingly, the team had
followers from all over our state
and across the nation. In speaking
to them after they returned
from the regionals, each of them
expressed disappointment at the
final loss, but all of them handled
that outcome with the same grace
and sportsmanship that they
displayed on the field. We will judge
future teams against the 2017 All
Stars for seasons to come; but, win
or lose, the Little League has taught
these fine young men—and those
that will come in the following
years—that fair play and courtesy
are both attributes we should aim
for in our lives. It was a pleasure
for Karen and I to follow the
team in the playoffs, and we were
overjoyed to see the support our
communities showed them. I asked
the team to autograph a dozen
balls and two bats. These are being
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auctioned to the highest bidders.
The minimum bid for a ball is
$25.00 and the minimum for a bat
is $50.00. You can bid by emailing
me at jkinnaird@thurmont.com;
in the subject line, please indicate
whether you are bidding on a ball
or a bat. All proceeds will be used
to reimburse travel expenses from
the playoffs.
This next couple of months will
bring us the return to school for
our children, the Community Show,
and Colorfest. Please be careful
while driving; as the children return
to school, they may not always
be on the lookout for vehicles.
School starts on September 5, and
with it, comes school buses on our
roads. Always stop when a bus is
displaying its red lights and watch
for kids crossing to get on the bus.
The Community Show will be
held the weekend of September
8-10. Be sure to come out to
enjoy all the agricultural displays,
artwork, home grown vegetables
and fruit, great food, and the cake
auction, as well as the annual
livestock sale.
We are getting ready for
Colorfest and for all the visitors
that the event brings to Thurmont.
Colorfest provides many of our
churches, service organizations, and
nonprofits with their single-biggest
fundraising event of the year. Be on
the lookout for updates leading up
to Colorfest, outlining any changes
to traffic patterns and road closures. What a summer for town activities.
As always, you can reach me
at jkinnaird@thurmont.com or by
phone at 301-606-9458.
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F r o m the M a y o r
Emmitsburg
Mayor Don Briggs
Seems like yesterday we bid
farewell to graduating seniors from
the Mount and Catoctin High…blink,
and now we are welcoming incoming
freshmen and returning upper-class
students. Alas, the days are getting
shorter and there is a changing of the
guard of birds at our feeders.
A wonderful summer of youth
baseball was provided by both the
Cal Ripken League and the Little
League. Congratulations to the
Thurmont Little League team and
coaches! Emmitsburg’s contribution
includes Little League President and
Coach Ed Lowry, players E.J. Lowry,
Joe McMannis, Braden Manning,
Donovan Baker, and Braden Bell.
The team made it to the Little League
Baseball® Mid-Atlantic Regional
Tournament Championship game
in Bristol, Connecticut, which was
televised on ESPN. This is a time
capsule event.
Catoctin High fall sports are in
full swing, with Cody Staley and Will
Bingman on the varsity football team,
along with a JV team loaded with
the talent and verve of Dylan Click,
Jason Howard, Josh Maze, and Collin
Martin. In another update, freshman
granddaughter Aedan Myles and
Kasia Bokinsky made the Catoctin JV
volleyball team.
Three Block Parties, a Family Fun
Night, our deputies National Night
Out, Christ Community Church
“Back to School” party, and
Community Heritage Day. We have a
lot to look forward to next summer,
with a new pool, a new dog park, and
the completion of town connecting
square revitalization-sidewalks
project. The bridge will join the effort
in late fall 2018.
To our neighbor to the northwest,
Ronald J. Harris, Mayor, Borough of
Carroll Valley: Congratulations on
receiving the 2017 Pennsylvania State
Mayors’ Association (PSMA) “Mayor
of the Year” award.
A “work well done” pastoral
farewell to Father John Holliday
of St. Joseph’s Parish from the
Emmitsburg Council of Churches and
his parishioners. The good padre has
been reassigned to be the student-
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chaplain at St. John’s University in
New York. Peace and blessings.
After years of pleading with the
county for more public transportation
to Frederick City, Thurmont Mayor
John Kinnaird and I are working
together in a change of tactic, asking
for only one additional round trip
during the noon hour. One round
trip to complement the one existing
round trip, down in the morning
and back in the evening. The service
would be far more attractive to users
if they could return within four hours,
instead of spending the day waiting
for return service. I believe we are
earnestly getting some traction this
time around.
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Quickly coming upon us is 36
Annual National Fallen Firefighters
Memorial Weekend on October 7-8,
2017. As in the past, thousands are
expected to visit our town. It is an
honor to be a part of this tribute, so
let’s welcome all for this solemn event.
There they were, seventy-plus
cyclists cruising through town during
a scorcher of a weekend in late
July, toward a respite at the 70-mile
marker of their 100-mile trek, the Fire
Heritage Center and Fire Museum on
South Seton Avenue. There, Wayne
Powell and Frank Schmersahl, again
for the fourth straight year, served
water and other goodies, provided by
the Pleasant Valley Fire Department
in Carroll County. Annually, this fire
department conducts, as a fundraiser,
bike rides of 25 miles, 50 miles, and
100 miles through Western Carroll
County and Northern Frederick
County. Thank you, Wayne and
Frank.
We are getting a lot of positive
feedback after receiving the Maryland
Green Registry “Leadership Award.”
We will be doing more. More
“Leadership” is on the way.
With Labor Day falling on the first
Monday, the September town meeting
will be held Tuesday, September 5, at
7:30 p.m.
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Mark the calendar for the 61
Emmitsburg-Thurmont Community
Show, September 8-10, at Catoctin
High School.
New service to the area: Narcotics
Anonymous. If you are recovering or
temptations are mounting, you have
friends, every Monday night at 7:00
p.m. at Christ Community Church,
located at 303 W. Lincoln Avenue.
Emmitsburg Recovery Run 5K
is September 16 at Emmitsburg
Community Park. “Heroin Lies
Recovery Run” contact /information:
Recoveryrun5k.com.
Town Election Day is Tuesday,
September 26, at the deputies building
on East Main Street.
Have a wonderful Labor Day
holiday! Emmitsburg is a great place