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U.S. Marines evacuate 59 Americans from p. 2 A The August 6, 1990 Easton, Maryland Thirty-five Cents 4 Cambridge readies for 'Night Out' Maternity leave benefits vary on Mid-Shore YJ5 i ii, i 11 I 4 Jf Photo by Ted Mathias I 1 CAMBRIDGE Tuesday from 6 to 10 p.m. residents here will be turning' on their porch lights, locking their doors and heading outside in an effort to solidify opposition to crime in their community. The citizens of Cambridge will be participating in the seventh annual National Night Out, a nationwide campaign expected to involve 21 million people throughout the United States, its territories and military bases.

National Night Out is designed to heighten awareness of the public's role in crime and drug abuse prevention; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community relations; generate support for local anti-crime programs; and send a message to criminals letting them know neighbors are organized and fighting back, according to Matt Peskin, the national coordinator of the project. Locally, the program is being organized by the Cambridge Police Department. It's part of the department's effort to work with the community to deter criminal activity in the city. Like the department's Neighborhood Watch program, which encourages neighbors to look out for each other and their property, National, Night Out is based on the philosophy that people can make a difference in preventing crimes from occurring in their community. Neighbors who are aware of what is usual and unusual along their streets are among the most effective deterrents to crime, according to Detective Bruce Jones of the Cambridge Police Depart-Please see NIGHT.p.lOA without pay.

She will be able to return to her job after the personal leave period ends, said Miller. "The personal leave applies for fathers or adopting a child or any other personal reasons," Miller explained. Among 975 employees at the hospital, 75 percent are women. "We have a high concentration of female employees. I think our policy is comparable to a lot of employer's.

I would say our policy is a competitive one," said Miller. The employees at Waverly Press also can receive disability policy benefits. A new mother can take six to eight weeks disability leave with 70 percent of her salary. "After the disability period, the woman can also request an additional leave up to six weeks. But we cannot guarantee the same job when she comes back to work," said Bob Meade, human resources manager at Waverly Press.

The company has 300 employees and 40 percent of them are women, said Meade. According to Jeanne personnel employment manager at Dorchester General Hospital, many employees accumulate sick leave to collect full salary during their pregnancy disability period. "We provide 12 sick days per year. So some women ac-. cumulate enough to cover three to six weeks," said Foxwell.

After all sick leave is used, the employee can request a short-. Please sLE A VE.p.lOA By ERIKO WADA Staff Writer Following President Bush's veto of the Family Leave Bill, there is no chance this year for a federal law requiring employers to give unpaid leave for child birth or family illness. Now it is up to each company whether its employees are given such leave. Without the federal law, women could lose their jobs after childbirth. A survey of employers showed that maternity leave benefits vary, but few workers have to worry about losing their jobs Memorial Hospital at Easton has a relatively generous maternity leave, policy.

"Maternity leave is considered as temporary disability," said Jim Miller, assistant vice president of human resources at the hospital. "You can save up sick leaves and vacation days to get paid full salary. And after you use up all the paid leave, if you have a note from a doctor, you will be considered temporary disabled and can collect disability pay." Miller said the amount of disability pay depends on how many years the worker has with the hospital. "If you have worked at the hospital less than five years, you get 60 percent of your full salary. If you have worked more than five years, you get 80 percent of your full salary." In addition to the disability period, if the woman decides to stay home to take care of the newborn, she can request a personal leave of up to six months t'f 'i an old Wurlitzer steam organ, 7 'i i imi i i i Thii Ready to roll Nick and Trey Morris, brothers from Queenstown, enjoy playing on an old Case tractor at the 30th annual Wheat Threshing Steam and Gas Engine Show near Federalsburg.

The show featured old threshers, gas Md. colleges searching for qualified students Maryland. 'She said the college decided not to lower its admissions standards. Two catholic colleges Loyola in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg are projecting increased enrollments through more aggressive However, both expect to see the average college entrance test score of their incoming freshman classes decline by 10 to 20 points.

Most public universities said they expect increases in incoming freshmen classes and with a student profile that is the same or better. Tnwsnn State University's freshman class will be stable or slightly higher, some seeing enrollment declines. line is, we have to work much Richard M. Fuller, director of admissions Hopkins University, which counts reputation in recruiting. kids Hopkins wants to enroll can go said.

150 more students than 1989, including had been on a waiting list, to keep number stable. It postponed a in undergraduate students this matched last year's class of 840 in despite a tuition increase to Fuller said. is Goucher College, which had problems would be solved admit men for the first time four By The Associated Press Colleges and universities across Maryland are having a tougher time finding qualified students this year, prompting them to try a number of unique methods to keep enrollments up. Admissions officers say a shrinking pool of 18-year-olds is the main cause, coupled with an inability of students, increasingly from minority families, to pay high tuition costs. As a result colleges are hiring marketing experts, sending out faculty members for personal visits with prospective students, and offering more scholarships.

Some are hiring pollsters to ask students who turned them down why they went somewhere else. A few have been forced to lower their admissions standards. While public institutions have been able to- keep years ago. This year Goucher's freshman class is 157 down 25 percent. The private liberal arts college in Towson has ordered a 5 percent cut in its operating budget, hired a marketing firm to help attract students and begun to talk about dipping into its generous endowment to finance scholarships, paid internships abroad and other enticements.

"I think we would all agree, Goucher is in serious difficulty," Richard Pringle, chairman of the faculty and associate professor of psychology said recently. Western Maryland College in Westminster projects 273 freshmen-this fall. That's down 28 percent from last year's class of 379 freshmen. The total undergraduate population will remain constant because fewer students have dropped out. "At this point, nobody has panicked," said Caryl L.

Connor, admissions director at Western about the same size, but will be made up of better students with broader backgrounds, officials said. This was the result of more "blood, sweat and tears," said Linda Collins, Towson admissions di- PleaeeeSEARCH.p.10A 4-H no longer just agriculture Dorchester hosts annual fair and steam engines, antique cars, even LUIS LUNA 1st District Republican candidate today CA CA v4- Maryland Saturday 3-digit; 360. i Md. Lotto: 02-07-11-16-41-49. Delaware Saturday 3-digit: 080.

Delaware Saturday 4-diRit: 0419, Maryland Sunday 3-digit: 821. i Maryland Sunday 4-digit: 6036. Vf their enrollments private colleges are "The bottom harder," said at the Johns heavily on its "The kinds of anywhere," Fuller Hopkins admitted 100 who its final enrollment planned increase year. In the end, it number and quality $15,000 annually, Not so fortunate hoped its enrollment when it decided to Luna addresses Jaycees By DENNIS SULLIVAN Staff Writer EASTON Luis Luna, a 1st District Republican candidate, urged the Jaycees Thursday night to help reduce the demand for illegal drugs by setting a positive example and educating schoolchildren. The drug problem "is not going to be solved by stopping the flow of drugs into the country as long as there is a demand for drugs there is going to be a supply, Luna said at the Easton Jaycees' meeting at the Tidewater Inn.

Also at the meeting were. Pleate tee LUNA.p.lOA inside Ann Landers Astrograph 8A Classifieds Comics 8.9A Editorial 4A Family 6A Life on th Short Maryland nam SA NattonAWorlJ 2A Obituaries 5 A Regional SSStE- 1 "very well taken care of." Bill Hanna, department chairman of the pet show, was pleased with this year's entries. "We had everything from land, water and air," he said. "We had mostly rabbits last year. "I'm very pleased with it," Hanna said.

"We also had a good range of ages participate. Exhibits inside the center included food, clothing, flower arrangements, photography and crafts. Each club also entered a project describing 4-H. In addition to being a club leader, Barnett also organized one of this year's new clubs. "My son wanted to join a club, so I decided to start one," she said.

"We had no trouble getting good membership." She was "just thrilled" that 12 out of 13 children in her club entered exhibits in the fair. The emergence of these clubs demonstrates the changing role of 4-H, according to Dorchester County 4-H extension agent Conrad Arnold. What started as a rural farm organization "has made a lot of changes." Although today fewer than 20 percent of 4-H members nationwide come from farms, the public still tends to have the image of 4-H as "all cows and agriculture and cooking and sewing," Arnold said. Now the organization offers over 150 project ideas, including computers, public speaking, and science. Please see BY JILL FLEMING Staff Writer HURLOCK might be encroaching on rural lifestyles, but Dorchester County's annual 4-H fair Friday and Saturday showed that the organization hasn't lost its attraction.

"We are very pleased with the participation because we had three clubs begin this year," said Connie Barnett, a club leader and home economist for the Dorchester County Cooperative Extension Office. "The kids did a lot of hard work fast to get ready," said Barnett. She heads the Town and Country 4-H club in Cambridge. While some members prepared for the horse show Saturday morning, others entered their favorite animals in the pet show. Jesa Lewis, 14, of Church Creek, did both.

just like animals," she said. Jesa has been involved with 4-H for two and one-half years riding horses. Pets can participate in 4-H projects too, as demonstrated by Heather Nabb of Cambridge. She decided to teach her eight-month-old Dalmation puppy Rudy dog obedience. "I haven't had much time to work with her," Heather said.

Even so, her project has gone well, she said. After awarding ribbons in the pet show, judge Christy Asplen of the Dorchester County Humane Society pronounced the animals WW PbotobyJUlFlemiM Heather Nabb of Cambridge gives her Dalmation puppy Rudy a treat before the pet show at the Dorchester County 4-H Fair Saturday. Joani Cook and Aubrey Cariwan look on..