Oct 28, 2009
Mall-wide trick or treating
Wednesday, October 28
Starting at 6pm
It’s Halloween, with a green theme! Pick up a recyled treat bag and meet local companies working to make the earth better! While supplies last.
Special Halloween Offers and a Spookalicious Roasting Demo from Dublin Roasters Coffee!!!
Here we go!!! Cue the scary music, grab a mask, and pour yourself some delightfully frightfully good coffee at these great Halloween Week Special Prices!
Our coffees are perfect for parties, hostess gifts, or just to sit back and relax after a busy night chasing goblins!
**Get your Halloween off to a great eye-opening start!
Come visit us in Hagerstown at Gordon’s Gourmet Grocery on Halloween morning – Saturday Oct 31 from 10am to 12pm!! We’ll be there live to roast up the absolute freshest coffees you’ve ever tasted and get your Halloween kicked off right! Even Dr. Frankenstein couldn’t electrify you more!
We hope to see you there!
WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY ‘WEEN!!
For Immediate Release: october 19, 2009
Health department cancels remaining october seasonal flu clinics
FREDERICK, MD – Due to the public’s overwhelming attendance at flu clinics on Friday, October 16, the Health Department has currently given all of its seasonal flu shot vaccines. No seasonal flu clinics are scheduled at this time. Seasonal flu clinics previously scheduled for October 22, 23, 27 are canceled.
A limited amount of seasonal FluMist® vaccine remains available for FREE for children ages 5-11 years of age. Those interested in receiving the FluMist® for 5-11 year olds can schedule an appointment by calling 301-600-3342. FluMist® is approved for healthy people 2-49 years of age who are not pregnant.
The Health Department has not received all of the seasonal flu vaccine that was ordered this season and is expecting to receive additional seasonal flu vaccine around the end of November. Once received, flu clinics will be planned and announced as soon as possible.
Pandemic H1N1 Flu Vaccine Supply Update:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explained that it will take longer for sufficient amounts of pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine to be available this
season than was initially anticipated. This is due to delays from the manufacturers
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Flu Clinics/page 2
of the vaccine. The production of vaccine has many steps in the production process intended to ensure safety and quality which can make it hard to give an exact estimate of how much vaccine will be available at a given time. The Health Department does expect to have sufficient supplies of pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine later in the season to eventually offer it to anyone who wants it.
Pandemic H1N1 Injectable Flu Vaccine Update:
The Health Department has begun to receive a very limited amount of the pandemic H1N1 flu shot vaccine and is preparing to offer it to the community at future flu clinics. At this time pandemic H1N1intranasal flu vaccine is being used for in-school vaccination clinics for children enrolled in pre-K through 5th grades in both private and public schools. Healthcare workers within these schools are also being offered the vaccine.
Flu clinics for pandemic H1N1 flu shot vaccine will be announced as soon as possible. Pandemic H1N1 flu shot vaccine will be offered to those within the priority groups at these upcoming clinics.
Priority Groups for Pandemic H1N1 Flu Vaccine:
For up-to-date information on Health Department flu clinics and vaccine availability you may visit the Health Department’s website at www.frederickcountymd.gov/fluclinics or call 301-600-3035.
For additional information on where to find a flu shot this season, please see www.findaflushot.com.
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Do you think it is acceptable for a special interest group to use the New Market Town’s distribution list of [resident] email addresses as a tool for sending said resident’s email regarding its own political agendas?
Background:
On October 8, 2009 an email from town resident, Clayton Magee was sent to the residents of New Market regarding information from the “Public Ethics in New Market” special interest group.
In response to receiving this email, I presented a complaint to the Town of New Market at the Town Council Meeting on October 14.
I stated my concerns regarding Mr. Magee’s [alleged] misuse of residents’ email addresses (including mine) by use of otherwise privileged information listed in the Town’s e-mail’s distribution for the “Public Ethics in New Market” political agenda.
Mr. Magee, spokesperson for “Public Ethics in New Market,” emphasized that there are Federal guidelines which allow him free use of email addresses. I believe that the email addresses contained in the cc: line of a [privileged and confidential] email are included as part of Town’s caveat use and distribution policy.
After all of this was presented at the meeting, Mayor Burhans said emphatically that the Town did not “give”(emphasis mine) the email distribution list to Mr. Magee. I believe that the context of his statement (for those who attended Wednesday’s meeting), was that the use of the word “give” derived meaning from the word definition itself as defined in Webster’s Dictionary, “to bestow by formal action;” bestow meaning to present as a gift, and not with permission or consent.
Discussions:
The bottom line is the Town’s distribution list was included—accidentally—in the cc: line in a prior to October 8themail; however, the caveat in the body of the email was also included. This suggests to me that the email addresses listed were to be considered private and confidential. When Mr. Magee used the email addresses for his own political agenda, it was certainly not something the Town would have authorized, by any means!
Yes, there was an accidental/unintentional distribution of the email addresses in the cc: line, and there may be arguments as to which information is protected and which is not, as far as public access beyond any caveat legal statement the Town could prescribe. However, to me, it all boils down to general ethical principles and issues surrounding a public citizen group’s ability to take information (i.e., email addresses) that is clearly considered “sensitive,” and use it for its own political gain and as a tool for sending a “spam” email.
In defending his actions, Mr. Magee and his “Public Ethics in New Market” group have, in my opinion, lost the ability to maintain the “highest trust” for its group and the residents of New Market.
Summary:
I believe the public needs to be made aware that this act, performed by the “Public Ethics in New Market,” may have initiated a [possible] precedence for internet spamming. As a message to those who wish to disregard this type of internet abuse, I would like to make it clear that any new emails I receive from this special interest group (or other related groups) will be treated with the same automatic status reduction to zero tolerance for levels of trust, as done with the current “Public Ethics in New Market” group. I hope that the rest of the town citizens adopt these actions as well.
John Murtagh
Resident of The Orchard
For Immediate Release: October 15, 2009
Pandemic h1n1 Flu presentation planned for
Frederick Community
Hood College Hosting Event on October 22
FREDERICK, MD – The Health Department is scheduling community presentations about pandemic H1N1 flu, which will include time for questions and answers. Please see details below regarding a presentation open to the public at Hood College.
What
Who
Where & When
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“Monsters vs. Aliens”
Date: Thursday, Oct. 29th
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Catoctin Rec Center
Pre-Registration Required
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Admission Price: $3.25
Fall-Fun-Festival & Pumpkin Patch
Festival Area
All-Inclusive Pass: animal arena, 5-acre corn maze, straw activities, giant slides, obstacle course & mini mazes!
Visit the Pumpkin Patch! FREE hayrides to the pumpkin patch every weekend and October Fridays!
Visit the Pumpkin Barn for pumpkins, fall decorations, mums, corn stalks, food & drink, gourds, mini pumpkins & straw!
10/31/2009 – 10/31/2009
The Mall in Columbia will host a mall-wide* Trick-or-Treat event on Saturday, October 31st from 6pm-8pmwhile supplies last.
For Kids 12 and under
*Select retailers
LOCATION: The Mall in Columbia
TIME: 6pm-8pm (while supplies last)
CONTACT: (410) 730-3300
THE LINGANORE HIGH HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH FROM 4:30 TO 5:00 ON ROUTE 144. THEY WILL START SHUTTING THE ROAD DOWN AROUND 4:15. YOU MAY WANT TO ADJUST YOUR ROUTE/SCHEDULE TO ALLOW FOR THIS EVENT.
IF YOU ARE IN TOWN BE SURE TO DECORATE AND/OR DRESS IN THE LINGANORE SCHOOL COLORS OF BLACK & RED TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LINGANORE LANCERS!!!!
Town Council Meeting Agenda
39 W. Main Street
October 14th, 2009
• Approval
• Mayor’s report
• Liaison reports
Tele-‐conference Commission with General Counsel, Jennifer Allgair of the Maryland Ethics Commission
Old Business
New Business
1. Demo by Neglect Properties – Coucilman Kimble
2. Halloween Hours – October 31, 2009 – 6:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
3. Christmas in New Market Carriage Rides – “No Parking Area” – Councilman Price