The Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania • 7

The Evening Sun Monday, December 17, 2001 A-7 STATE REGION MARC line links Frederick to D.C. RIEFS erick as an outer Washington suburb instead of a destination for tourists. Without weekend service that would bring tourists to Frederick for day trips, the economic benefit to downtown will be less than leaders ha(l hoped. MARC officials say weekend service to Frederick, if it happens, could be years awa) "Weekend service probably could done, but it's money, and a lot of it," saiI Kathryn Waters, manager and chief operating officer for MARC. "Thats a few millioji dollars more than MARC has in the bank.

A federal appropriations bill paid $45 mi -lion of the $56 million project. The rest cam from state funds, For now, the Frederick extension offers three morning trains from Frederick anji three afternoon runs from Washington. Introductory fares include a $10.25 daily round-trip and $143 monthly pass, later set to go to $1 1.75 and $164. Fares are cheaper for shorter trips. FREDERICK, Md, (AP) The expansion of MARC train service set to begin today in Frederick marks a major leap forward for a city that leaders say is becoming more a part of metropolitan Washington.

The first MARC train from Frederick to Union Station in Washington was set to leave at 5:17 a.m. City business leaders envisioned the new train station to be a nexus of a new gateway to Frederick with shoppers strolling along landscaped walkways to a convention center and a nearby hotel. That vision hasnt materialized, but city leaders still say the 13.5-mile extension of the commuter rail is a long-awaited reflection of the realities of a rapidly growing city. Weve looked at ourselves as part of the metropolitan Washington region for a long time, as opposed to being part of rural Western Maryland, said David Lingg, who chairs a local citizens advisory board for transportation issues. "This puts a rubber stamp on it.

The expanded line disappoints many in the city, who say the service should run more often, should run on weekends, and should be cheaper. But those who have been commuting by car to Washington often a two-hour rush-hour trip via Interstate 270 say the 90-minute rail ride to Washington will be a relief. Its not perfect, said Frederick resident Manuel Farlan, but it's faster than what Im doing now. Farfan, 27, leaves home before dawn to commute to Washington for his job as a computer engineer with the District of Columbia public school system. For him, the rail will cut an hour off his four hours of travel each workday.

About 40 percent of Fredericks workforce commutes out of town, many to Washington or Montgomery County. The city of 52,000 has grown 30 percent since 1990. The line also is drawing criticism from city business leaders, who say it paints Fred Lawsuits filed in death of former aide to lawmaker HOLIDAY SALE! across portions of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia on Friday night and Saturday morning. Wind began pummeling the region just after 6 p.m. Friday and continued through early morning hours.

The National Weather Service reported winds of 60 mph at one point. Allegheny Power had as many as 21.000 customers without power by early Friday evening, said spokeswoman Sandy Kiebler. About 800 customers remained without power Saturday afternoon, she said. All of those customers should have power restored shortly," she said. Kiebler said outages were scattered across the region, but the greatest concentration was in Westmoreland County.

A fire at a Duquesne Light Co. substation caused an outage to about 4.000 customers and blackened traffic lights in several Pittsburgh area neighborhoods, according to John Lau-denslager, a company spokesman. He also said about 3,000 additional customers were without power because of downed power lines. Another 2,000 costumers lost power in Beaver County when swaying trees knocked down power lines. Darby mayor under investigation PHILADELPHIA (AP) The mayor of Darby Borough is under investigation for how she handled the finances of a 90-year-old constituent she befriended last year, authorities said.

Michael Martyszko, a retired sheet-metal worker, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Mayor Paula Brown had used his checking account without his permission and had taken some of his money to pay her own bills. Prosecutors are examining how Martyszko's savings account plummeted from $8,428 on Sept. 7 to less than $5 on Oct. 31; and whether Brown benefited from her handling of the account, according to Delaware County prosecutor Jackson Stewart. Brown met Martyszko after a burglary and fire at his home in January 2000 and helped him find housing while his home was repaired.

Three months later she was granted power of attorney for Martyszko a legal designation that gave her the right to manage his finances. Brown told the Inquirer she took care of Martyszko for months, drove him to the supermarket, paid his bills and managed his records. She said she had done nothing wrong and denied that she was under investigation. Stewart said several checks, endorsed by Brown, were being examined. Among the payments questioned by investigators, he said, are a $300 car payment for Brown's 20-year-old daughter, $441 In bills from a trip to the New Jersey Shore, a $1,000 cell phone bill, a $277 bill for women's clothing purchases and another $7,740 in checks, debit purchases and ATM withdrawals.

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The fire, sparked when a janitor put a bottle of cleaning fluid on an electric hot plate, damaged a kitchen, roof and loft in the office of Justice George A. Zozos, firefighters said. Zozos's handles between 8,000 and 9.000 cases a year, said Phil Intrieri, Dauphin County district justice administrator. Hearings scheduled for this week have been canceled and Zozos's cases have temporarily been transferred to other justices. The justice's offices were built just one year ago, Intrieri said.

Newspaper finds campaign violations BALTIMORE (AP) Dozens of Marylands most prominent individuals and corporations have violated a state law that limits political campaign donations, according to a report in The (Baltimore) Sun. The Sun reported Sunday that almost 40 companies and individuals have surpassed donation limits to candidates, parties and political action committees. The list includes Baltimore Ravens owners Art Modell, Orioles owner Peter Angelos, and Manekm Corp. Chief Executive Officer Richard Alter. Their total contributions exceed the maximum $10,000 that any individual or company may give to Maryland campaigns during a four-year election cycle.

The current cycle began in 1999 and runs through the November 2002 elections. Angelos donated $11,300 through his law office and $12,250 individually, according to records analyzed by The Sun. Angelos says the excess donations are an accounting error. If a mistake was made, Angelos said, we'll be mad as hell about it." Several of the companies told The Sun they will be asking political parties and candidates for refunds of excess donations. They said the laws govern-, ing campaign donations In Maryland are complicated and that bad bookkeeping in may instances led to the infractions.

I'm not aware of the $10,000 limit, said Edward Dopkin, co-owner of Classic Catering People in Owings Mills, who gave $1 1 ,750. There was nothing intentional. I just didn't understand. Some of the violators say the persistence of political fund-raising efforts in many cases led to the infractions. Once a party or candidate identifies someone as a donor, theyre contacted repeatedly to buy tickets to fund-raisers and make other donations.

CMU to open campus in Silicon Valley PITTSBURGH (AP) Carnegie Mellon University has plans to join other East Coast schools that have opened campuses in Silicon Valley. The Pittsburgh school is negotiating with NASA to lease two buildings at the Ames Research Center to offer graduate and executive education classes and research. Carnegie Mellon, known for computer programming and robotics, has 2,753 alumni in the Silicon Valley and for the past six years it has been the third-most popular locale for graduates. Carnegie Mellon officials are also working with NASA and some California schools, including the University of California at Santa Cruz and San Jose State University, on a 213-acre research and education park. Other Eastern schools, such as Harvard and Dartmouth universities and the University of Pennsylvania, have started campuses in California.

Grand jury appearances delayed for Chester men PHILADELPHIA (AP) The federal grand jury appearances of three Chester city officials whose houses were searched by the FBI last month has been postponed indefinitely, their attorney said. Federal prosecutors told defense attorney Anthony List on Friday of the delay, List said. This chills our hopes for a speedy resolution of this matter, he said. In November, the homes of Chester Health Commissioner Irshad Shaikh, his brother, Masood Shaikh, who works in the city's lead abatement program, and Chester city accountant Asif Kazi were searched by officials apparently looking for evidence connecting the men to the manufacture or use of chemical or biological weapons. The men, all natives of Pakistan, were also questioned, but have denied they were connected to terrorism.

The trio was originally told they would face a grand jury in Philadelphia on Dec. 20. No new date has been scheduled, List said. The government never named the three men as suspects and has yet to specify what prompted the search. U.S.

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