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Two incumbents and three newcomers to town politics will vie for three council seats in New Windsor.Candidates had until yesterday to file for ballot spots in the May 9 election.Councilman Ronnie Blacksten is seeking his second term, and Councilman Terry Petry will run for a third. Councilman D. Kenneth Grimes, whose term also expires next month, announced his retirement recently after 20 years on the panel.Also running will be Kevin G. Null, Paul Garver Jr. and J. Edward Green.FIRE* Union Bridge: Union Bridge firefighters responded to a call of electric wires down in the 1100 block of Winters Church Road at 8:50 p.m. Sunday.

The New Windsor Town Council reappointed two planning commission members to four-year terms last week.Robert Dixon, commission member since its inception, served recently as chairman.Jeanne Laudermilch was completing the term of Paul Garver, who resigned after his election to the council. She will begin her first full term on the commission.The seven-member panel considers growth issues and makes recommendations to the council. The commission meets the fourth Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is March 26.Taneytown Chamber to hear city managerTaneytown Chamber of Commerce will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the American Legion Hall, 9 Broad St.The speaker will be City Manager Chip Boyles, who will discuss the Taneytown Economic Development Commission and the city's role in economic development.

The Antrim 1844 Country House in Taneytown, MD, was the setting for the wedding of Laura Suzanne Kentner to Nicholas Mathew Via on June 26. Rev. Mark Foucart officiated the double-ring ceremony with a reception following the ceremony on site. Given in marriage by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Duke and Lynn Kentner, of Frederick, MD. The groom is the son of Annette and David Via, of Middletown, MD. Attending the bride as Matron of Honor was her sister, Stacy Fuhrmann. Bridesmaids were Krissy Robeson, Chrisoulla Evans, Sarah Daniels, Aaron Gonzales, Lindsey Garver, and Joellyn Stolinski.

A monument dedicated to eight Carroll County men who died in the Korean War will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Gardens behind City Hall.The monument was donated by Joseph L. Mathias Monuments in Westminster.When it is dedicated, all county residents who died in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam will be recognized by name at City Hall or in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Garden.The eight county men who lost their lives in the Korean War were: Sgt. Charles L. Billingslea Jr., Pfc. Charles A. Chew, Pfc. Louis A. Damewood, Pvt. William H. Dotson, Sgt. Leslie L. Fairchild, Pfc. Charles E. Garver, Pfc. Harold E. Lugenbeel and Sgt. 1st Class Virgil Stambaugh.

WASHINGTON -- Expanding democracy and advancing technology are represented in National Geographic's sixth "Atlas of the World," which includes a map of a united Germany that was revised at the last minute."

The Sykesville-Freedom District Volunteer Fire Department held its annual installation and awards banquet recently.The 1998 officers are: William Baker, president; Robert Althoff Jr., vice president; Larry Doyle, secretary; Dennis Beard, treasurer; and Jim Collins III, David Tumblin Sr., David Hoff Jr., Edgar Holman, Joseph McCauley, William Luebberman, board of directors.The 1998 line officers are: Bobby Ray Chesney, chief 12; Barry Poff, chief 12-1; Christopher Norris, captain 12; G. Edward Ruch Sr., rescue captain 12; Elizabeth Luebberman, emergency medical services captain 12; Adam Gesuele, Brett Pearce, Bruce Fleming, Nick Bonacci, fire lieutenants; and D. Wayne Garver, Angela True, Kimberley Volkert, EMS lieutenants.

Services for Louis Horst, vice chairman of the board of the Lord Baltimore Laundry, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Home, 6500 York Road.Mr. Horst, who was 86 and lived at Versailles Apartments, died Thursday at Meridian Nursing Center-Brightwood after a short illness.He helped found the laundry in 1926 and was president of the Baltimore Laundry and Dry Cleaning Institute and the Tri-State Laundry and Dry Cleaners Association.Born in Baltimore and a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute, he lived in Stoneleigh for many years and then in Ruxton for about 20 years before moving to the Versailles Apartments about 20 years ago.He was a St. Paul's School board member and a founder of the school's parents' organization.

Francis Scott Key pitcher Lenny Miller got a second chance yesterday afternoon against Hereford.After a tough outing at Western on Monday, a game the Eagles came back to win, Miller was back out on the mound in Uniontown yesterday, making the most of his opportunity.Going all seven innings, the senior right-hander allowed just six hits to lead the Eagles to a 9-3 win over Hereford (5-11) in a Class 1A South quarterfinal game.The Eagles (7-13) return to the diamond for a third time in three days this afternoon when they host Monocacy Valley Athletic League foe Catoctin at 4. The Cougars defeated Key twice during the regular season.

After hearing from lawyers and election law specialists yesterday, New Windsor Town Council was working to resolve a tie in a municipal election last week that left a council seat in limbo.Incumbent Paul G. Garver and challenger Samuel Pierce got the same number of votes in the race for one of the open council seats.The council was deciding whether to hold a run-off election, or to declare the seat vacant and have the sitting council choose someone for the seat.The meeting, which began at 9 p.m., was still under way late last night.

More than a year after an unprecedented tie vote for one council seat, the town of New Windsor still lacks a mechanism to handle the situation if it ever arises again. With an election in May, town officials want residents to suggest possible solutions at the next regular council meeting, Nov. 1. "Maybe you'd like arm-wrestling, or a duel," said Mayor Jack A. Gullo Jr., joking at a recent council meeting. Gullo also announced the results of ballots he sent to the five council members, asking them to rank their top three suggestions for selecting a council member when the vote is tied.