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BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Two Carroll County employees have begunserving as acting directors for the countys de-partments of Public Works and Planning follow-ing the termination of several county employees

in early December.The Carroll County Board of Commissionersannounced Wednesday that Tom Rio, the currentdirector of general services, was chosen as theacting director of the Department of PublicWorks. Rio will continue to serve as the directoof general services and will not receive a payraise.

Tom Devilbiss, who was serving as the countysdeputy director of planning, was selected to bethe acting director of the Department of Planning.Devilbiss salary will be increased 5 percent to$98,397 since he has taken the director position,according to Cindy Parr, deputy chief of staff.

Parr will take over the responsibilities of formePublic Information Administrator Vivian Laxton.The board, Parr said, does not intend to hire an-other public information administrator.

The boards unanimous decision for the acting

directors was made in an open administrative

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Nick Reider, right, gives a trumpet lesson to sixth-grader Jack Schreck at the Friends School of Baltimore inBaltimore Wednesday. Reider will travel to Qatar over the holidays to perform for U.S. troops stationed there.

For the troopsBY MEGAN MCKEEVER

TIMES STAFF WRITER

Two days before Christmas, Mc-aniel professor Nick Reider will take

he longest flight of his life, travelingrom Washington, D.C., to Qatar.

Once there, Reider, 33, will spend theollowing two weeks performing for

.S. troops stationed at a base in Qatar,ust east of Saudi Arabia.

Overall, Im definitely excited with

little bit of nervousness, said Reider,

an instructor of jazz trumpet at Mc-Daniel College. I think I have an ideaof what its going to be like, but I dontreally know.

Reider will be traveling with vocalistJenny Boyle, of Baltimore, and her six-piece band, including saxophone,drum, guitar, bass and keyboard play-ers, as well as Reider on trumpet.

This will be Boyles ninth tour over-seas since 2004.

The music business is a pretty self-

ish business in general, so its really

awesome to have an outlet that sup-ports other people, said Boyle, 31.

The performers are strictly volun-teers and receive accommodations anda small stipend for their costs abroad.

They could probably make more[money] staying home and playingtheir gigs over the holidays, Boyle said.But they realize its important to sup-port our troops.

Reidersaid the decisionto go overseas

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HolidayHope donations reach $46KSTAFF REPORT

A $1,500 donation from Au-drey Trumpower in memory ofHarold Trumpower was among28 donations that have broughtthe amountraised in this yearsHoliday Hope campaign to$46,072.

Holiday Hope is a programin which the Carroll CountyTimes teams up with areaagencies to help the less fortu-nate. This years goal is to raise$70,000 for Carroll CountyFood Sunday, Neighbors in

Need, Carroll Hospice and Ac-cess Carroll.

Other donations received in-cluded $200 in memory of Jimand Rita Lankford, $100 fromKass Reiker in memory of FredaBoden and Stanley Reiker Sr.,$100 from Sterling Carr and fam-ily in memory of Clara Carr, $100from Gary and Marion Kerns inmemory of Doris Kerns, $50 inmemory of Julie Stambaugh, $50from Tom and Norma Taylor inmemory of Michael Bloom,

Poisoningfrom gas

preventableBY CARRIE ANN KNAUER

TIMES STAFF WRITER

After two men died this weekend in a Pikesvillehome from carbon monoxide poisoning, officialsare reminding people to take steps to prevent sim-ilar accidents this winter.

We see this every year in Maryland, said Clif-ford Mitchell, assistant director of environmentalhealth and food protection at the Maryland De-partment of Health and Mental Hygiene.

From 2001 to Oct. 26, 2010, there have been86 deaths where the cause of death involved car-bon monoxide and the manner was determined as

accidental, according to the Maryland Office of theChief Medical Examiner.

It is not an uncommon occurrence, unfortu-nately, but it is a preventable occurrence, and thatswhat we want to get across to people, Mitchellsaid. In almost every case, they are totally pre-ventable deaths and illnesses.

Rise indevelopment feespossible

BY CARRIE ANN KNAUERTIMES STAFF WRITER

UNION BRIDGE Up-

ront fees for new develop-ents in Union Bridge could

e increased if the Unionridge Town Council decides

o go forward with somehanges recommended by aown consultant.

The Union Bridge Planningommission will be review-

ing some possible changes tothe towns development re-view fee structure tonightafter the Union Bridge TownCouncil reviewed a report onthe issue at its Monday nightwork session.

Ned Cueman, a town con-sultant, said he did a study ofthe development review feesat other Carroll municipali-ties and the county level at

the request of the town to seeif Union Bridges rates arecomparable.

At its current rates, UnionBridge charges $100 per planplus $5 to $7 per lot for resi-dential developments foreach stage of review, includ-ing concept, preliminary andfinal plans, as well as formajor revisions.

Those are the standard

fees, but the town has a pol-icy of charging the actualfees incurred for the projectthroughout the reviewprocess.

Union Bridges standard

rates are the lowest in thecounty, Cueman said, usingan example with real figuresfrom the proposed The Vil-lages at Union Bridge devel-opment that is in the worksfor the town.

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