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YESTERDAYS PRECIPITATION As of 5 p.m. Thursday . 0.00 in. Total for the month . . . . .0.27 in. Normal month-to-date . .0.93 in. Total for the year. . . . . . . 2.81 in. Normal year-to-date . . . .3.98 in. YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Normal high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Normal low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Record high . . . . . . . . 69 (2001) Record low . . . . . . . . . . -7 (1934) POLLEN FORECAST The pollen season has ended in the area. Forecasts will begin again in the spring.

Board hires two new employees

Weetman, Lyburn to fill economic development administrator positions
By ChristiaN alexaNderseN
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Student Taylor Snyder talks with 1Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for the United States FEB. 14 FEB. 21 MAR. MAR. 8 Department of Educations Office of Vocational and Adult Education, at the Career and Technology Center in SUNRISE AND SUNSET Westminster Thursday.

Technology Center gets visit from US Department of Education official

By alisha GeorGe
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Jobs of tomorrow
Sunrise today . . . . . . . . . 7:07 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow . . . . . 7:05 a.m. Sunset today . . . . . . . . .5:38 p.m. Sunset tomorrow . . . . .5:39 p.m.

As Taylor Snyder got ready for school Thursday, he didnt realize his day would include talking with an official from the United States Department of Education. Snyder, a Francis Scott Key High School senior, looked down at his Tshirt and jeans and said he didnt even prepare for the occasion. Snyder completed the Manufacturing and Machine Technologies program at the Carroll County Career and Technology Center and earned the National Institute for Metalworking Skills certification. On Thursday, Snyder gave a tour of the program facility to Brenda DannMessier, Assistant Secretary in the Office of Vocational and Adult Education for the USDE. It was a big honor, he said. Im really happy I was in such a good program. The Tech Center was selected as the first stop to be visited by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education during its month-long series of visits to model programs across the country in response to President Barack Obamas call in his State of the Union address for the great investment of funds to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. Dann-Messier said Carroll County

Rather than replace a single economic development director position, the Carroll County Board of Commissioners has hired two people to fill specialized positions that focus on industrial, commercial and small business development and retention in the county. The board made the announcement Thursday that it will not fill the open economic development director position but instead hire Jonathan Weetman and John Jack Lyburn as the countys new administrators of operations and small business development and strategic accounts and outreach, respectively. Both Weetman and Lyburn will begin their new duties by the end of the month. While the board has chosen to leave the economic development director position open for Fiscal Year 2013, Doug Howard, RDistrict 5, said it may be filled after that. The new administrator positions, Howard said, highlight the two areas of expertise that economic development has always needed to be successful. Lyburn will serve as the countys administrator of strategic accounts and outreach. His duties include strategic industrial and commercial business development, marketing and promotion of economic development and working to retain businesses currently located in Carroll. Retention is the No. 1 priority, Lyburn said. But after you keep businesses here, you have to go out and bring in new businesses. Lyburn previously served as the countys Please see Employees, A5

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Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for the United States Department of Educations Office of Vocational and Adult Education, vists the Career and Technology Center in Westminster Thursday.
was recommended by the state officials because it was the first high school program in Maryland to receive accreditation from the National Institute for Metalworking Skills. The school celebrated receiving the official accreditation last year, which is on a five-year certification cycle. The program and certification provided Snyder with training and tremendous opportunities, she said. While still attending school, Snyder Please see Jobs, A6

Falcons win region title

Winters Mill defends crown, advances to state duals. C1

hampstead Woman pleads guilty in embezzlement scheme SHA: Project 30 percent done

Hampstead resident stole from her former Forum engages employer, faces up to 25 years in prison community on B s. W C J . revitalization plan oNlINE T s W
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A Hampstead woman faces up to 25 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a scheme to embezzle more than $313,000 from her employer. Sandra Iris Klaus, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and filing a false tax return. Klaus faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for mail fraud, two years in prison consecutive to any other sentence imposed for aggravated identity theft, and three years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for filing a false tax return.

PDF of Klaus plea agreement: www.carrollcou ntytimes.com

As part of the plea, she is required to pay restitution of at least $313,225.56 that she stole from her former employer, Tri-County Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc., and $111,780 to the Internal Revenue Service. Sentencing has been scheduled for June 14. Please see Scheme, A5

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By Brett lake

HAMPSTEAD The design and engineering phase of the Hampstead Community Safety and Enhancement Project along Main Street is 30 percent complete, said State Highway Administration officials at Thursdays public outreach meeting. The meeting was held by SHA as a forum to engage the community on the in-theworks revitalization project along Main Street. Around 100

community members attended the meeting. The Main Street project has a lot to do with the future of our town, said Hampstead Mayor Christopher Nevin. The project is federally funded through the SHAs Community Safety and Enhancement Project fund, which has funded the $2.5 million for the design and engineering phase, according to Dave Coyne, district engineer of SHA. Funding has only been provided for the design and engineering phase of the project, according to Coyne. The project will address traffic demands while improving transportation along the north

and south connection to Main Street, said Project Manager Yuqiong Bai. The overview of the project includes: rehabilitating the roadway; providing sidewalks, curbs and gutters compliant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, improving sidewalk ramps, crosswalks, driveway entrances and pedestrian signals; addressing drainage concerns, upgrading the drainage system and providing new storm water management facilities; landscaping, modifying traffic signals, improving traffic signage and relocating utilities along Main Street wherever possible. The design and engineering Please see Project, A6

Follow our county government reporter on Twitter For meeting coverage and other updates from staff writer Christian Alexandersen visit www.twitter.com/cctchristian.

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