MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor: Jennifer P. Dougherty

CONTACT: Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer, 301-360-3842

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 15, 2003

CITY OF FREDERICK PRESENTS SERVICE AWARDS

Frederick, Md. --- Sixty City of Frederick employees will be honored with Service Awards at the City's Annual Employee Picnic next Friday. Service ranging from five years to 30 years of service will be recognized.

Recognized for five year of service to the City of Frederick were; Christian Bard -Community Action, Kimberly Bullock- Water Department, Chris Clark Sr. - Water Department, Terry Clingan - Parks, Michael Conover - Police, Marie Donoghue - Recreation, Patrick Grossman - Police, William Hall - Mayor's Office, Nancy Hannigan - Police, Vaughn Harper - Police, Herman King III -Youth Services, Randy Kline -Administrative Services, Fred Krzysiak - Golf Course, Michael Lee Jr. - Police, Ronald Luerson -Golf Course, Michael Lyles - Sanitation, Andrew McGilvray - Airport, Jason Michael - Sanitation/Wastewater Treatment, Debra Phebus - Recreation, Donna Ramsburg - Mayor's Office, Serina Roy - Police, Dwight Sommers - Police, William Springirth - Golf Course, Randall Sweeney - Administrative/Facility Maintenance,
Edward Swope Jr. - Administrative/Facility Maintenance, Nancy Twigg - Weinberg Center, Wayne R. Twigg - Engineering, Eric Whisner - Recreation, and Mark Zarick - Recreation.

Recognized for 10 years of service; Charles Abell Sr., - Airport, Gale Biehl - Police,
Doris Bonner - Purchasing, Jesse Goode Jr. - Recreation, Diane Griffith-Smoley - Permits and Code, Joseph Kundrat Jr. - Police, James Mathews - Water, Emma Ragan,-Public Parking, John Ramsburg Jr. - Streets, Thomas Sweeney -Streets, and Marian Waalkes - Community Action.

Recognized for 15 years of service; Michael Blank - Code Enforcement, Barbara Dunbar - Mayor's Office/Legal Services, William Forder - Police, Timothy Keepers - Sanitation/Wastewater Treatment, Thomas Pfarr - Police, Carolyn Rollins - Administrative Services, Stephan Scalf Jr. - Police, James Shugars - Water, Gregory Thomas Sr. - Recreation, Matthew Trageser - Police, and Gary Willard - Administrative/Facility Maintenance.

Recognized for 20 years of service; Frederick Burton III - Police, Kelly Russell - Police,
Clifton Slick - Police, and Stephen Tuel - Police.

Three individuals will be recognized for serving the City of Frederick for 25 years; Carleen Bowie, Lt. Thomas Chase, and Willis Hall, Jr.

Finally, William Scheetz was recognized for 30 years of service.