Vol. 36, No. 11 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018
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ONE DOLLAR
Curling
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VC students to take part in school walkout
By TED REMSNYDER
In the wake of the school shooting at
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people
dead on Valentine’s Day, school safety
and mass shootings have been at the
forefront of the public consciousness
both nationally and locally. The resulting
movement for stricter gun control
measures led by the Parkland students
who survived the attack has spread from
coast to coast, and now Valley Central
High School students are scheduled to
take part in the National School Walkout
action on March 14.
At a time to be determined on
Wednesday, participating students will
walk out of school and remain outside for
17 minutes in memory of the 17 victims
of the Parkland massacre. The Valley
Central administration noted during
the school board meeting on March 5
that the district has met with student
representatives about the demonstration,
and there have been discussions with
local police about closing Route 17K in
front of the High School-Middle School
complex during the demonstration so that
students can walk along the road.
The district will then hold a town hall
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Town
accused
of neglect
Public safety and condition
of town hall questioned
at town board meeting
Once Upon A Mattress
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
Emma Friedrich
Princess #12 (Sabina Crisfield) tries to take the Queens Test with the Wizard (Mason Davis) in the Valley Central student production of “Once
Upon A Mattress”. Performances will be held on Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17 at 7p.m., with a matinee performance on Sunday,
March 18 at 2 p,m. Story, photos on page 38.
“This board doesn’t represent the
interest of the taxpayer,” says Anthony
Trapini.
Trapini is fed up with the Montgomery
Town Board, specifically with four
members - Cindy Voss, Sheryl Melick,
Daniel Dempsey and Mark Hoyt - and
he didn’t hold back at a recent town hall
meeting.
“There’s four people sitting right here
who really don’t deserve to sit here,” he
said.
He said Voss, Melick, Dempsey and
Hoyt have neglected the needs of the
employees and taxpayers in town by not
being knowledgeable of even the simplest
of things.
“Who is the emergency management
director in the Town of Montgomery?,”
Trapini asked.
No one could answer.
His frustrations echo the complaints
of Conrad Flickenschild, who says four
members of the town board have been
negligent in maintaining the conditions
of the town hall and police department.
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