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Thurmont and Emmitsburg Get Thurmont High School Reunion
Additional Weekly Bus Trip to The Thurmont High School Class of 1957 held their 60 Class Reunion
th
Frederick at Dutch’s Daughter in Frederick. There were fifty people present, including
former English teacher, Mary Long Fisher.
James Rada, Jr. Courtesy Photo
Northern Frederick County now more rural transportation. Missy
has an additional bus trip, taking Shank of Emmitsburg started a
people to and from Frederick. petition for an additional daily trip
The new trip on midday Tuesdays as part of a class she took at the
leaves the Frederick Transit Center Seton Center. She gathered more
at 12:15 p.m. The shuttle bus than three hundred signatures on the
then stops at the College Park petition.
Plaza in Frederick, DePaul Street In December, Frederick County
in Emmitsburg, Jubilee Market Transit added one additional
in Emmitsburg, the Thurmont midday trip on Tuesdays, as a pilot
CVS, South Center Street just program. This trip leaves Frederick
south of Route 550 in Thurmont, Monday through Friday at 12:15
Mountainview Plaza in Thurmont, p.m. and returns at 1:40 p.m. The
and the Catoctin Zoo. program will be evaluated after six
“It’s our hope that the addition months and twelve months to see
of this midday service will make a what ridership is for the shuttle trip
difference to the lives of citizens, and whether there is a demand for Pictured from left: (first row) Roger Warren, Joan Winebrenner Knott, Marylin Eby Rahnis, Betsy
by helping them to regain some additional trips. Warren Baker, Connie Heck Testerman, Terry Miller; (second row) Plummer Fraley, Paul Little, Dale
time and hours in their day and “We’re trying to grow into where Warren, Paul Bittner, Betty Lee Eyler Richerd, Nancy Smith Creager, Dick Frymyer, Frank Free, Joan
Lawyer Spalding and Martha Griggs Knott; (third row) Ross Smith, Don Clabaugh, Donald Stitely, Bob
by making the service more we have it five days a week,” Mayor Layman, Fred Addison, Albert Lynn, Don Valentine, Jim Humerick, and Jim Hoffman.
convenient,” Frederick County Briggs said, during an Emmitsburg
Executive Jan Gardner said during a town meeting.
press conference. The cost of the additional trip First Teen Open Mic Night is a Hit
To arrive in Frederick by 8:00 will be about $10,000. About
The first Open Mic Night was held in November at the Main Street Center,
a.m., DePaul Street riders were one-quarter of this will be paid and the talent of the performers was incredible! Teens, between the ages of
picked up at 7:10 a.m. The returning by the county, while the rest will fourteen and eighteen, sang, played instruments, and entertained for two hours.
bus leaves Frederick at 4:15 p.m. be covered by state and federal The talent and professionalism of these young people far exceeded their age.
This meant riders had to plan to funding. Gardner said that the hope The next teen Open Mic Night
spend the day in Frederick. is that the county’s portion will be will be held Saturday, January 20,
Emmitsburg Mayor Don Briggs able to be paid through savings, by
and Thurmont Mayor John Kinnaird matching paratransit riders with the 2018, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at the
Commodore Recording Studio,
had been encouraging the county to new midday trip. located in the Catoctin Center at
add an additional daily trip so that Kinnaird said he believes 202 East Main Street in Thurmont.
riders who needed to go to Frederick the additional trip will make a Commodore Recording Studio is
for a single appointment wouldn’t big difference for north county a premier recording studio that
have to give up an entire day. Briggs residents. has produced Grammy-nominated
said during a press conference that Frederick County Transit was work. Commodore Recording
transportation to Frederick was also named the 2017 Outstanding Studio is the perfect environment
“becoming a dilemma” for citizens. Transportation Program in the state for aspiring young artists to perform
County transit surveys by the Transportation Association of
consistently mentioned the need for Maryland. and experience the acoustical rooms,
along with the professional setting. If
you are a teen, fourteen to eighteen
Go to page 9 to play the Where Am I? and Hidden years of age, and would like to
Object games! You could be the next winner perform, sing, play an instrument,
recite poetry, or perform comedy,
of a gift certificate to one of our advertisers! then Open Mic Night is for you.
