Copyright 2000 The Washington Post
The Washington
Post
April 9, 2000, Sunday, Final Edition
SECTION: METRO; Pg. C03; METRO IN BRIEF
LENGTH: 1031 words
HEADLINE:
METRO IN BRIEF
BODY:
THE DISTRICT
Boy in Critical Condition After Hit-Run
A 7-year-old boy
was in critical condition last night after he was hit by a silver car, which
slid in the rain, then raced from the scene in Southeast Washington, police
said.
Devin Mayrant, of Capital Heights, was crossing the 4200 block of
Southern Avenue with his 14-year-old cousin when a speeding car slammed into him
during the 4 p.m. downpour, said Lt. Bridget Sickon, of the D.C. police.
The boys weren't in a crosswalk when they dashed into the street, and
the driver of the silver Chevy Caprice may have tried to swerve at the last
minute to avoid them, Sickon said.
The car has damage to the rear panel
of its driver side and the front bumper of the passenger side, Sickon said, and
is missing two hubcaps. She said that the car appeared to be a 1995 model with
D.C. temporary tags and that three people may have been in the car at the time
of the accident. Devin was taken to Children's Hospital last night.
Anyone with information about the accident should call 202-727-1698 or
800-673-2777.
Disinfectant to Be Added to Water
Washington Aqueduct officials plan to add a new disinfectant to the
area's drinking water supply that they say could affect kidney dialysis patients
and fish.
To comply with new federal rules, the chemical chloramine will
be added starting Nov. 1, said Thomas Jacobus, chief of the Washington Aqueduct.
It will be added to lower the levels of byproducts produced by
the chlorine already used to treat water. The aqueduct supplies
water to about 1 million customers of the District, Arlington and Falls Church.
In other jurisdictions, Fairfax County has used chloramine for the past
five years, and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission will lower its
levels of the byproducts by decreasing the amount of
chlorine it uses in disinfection, Jacobus said.
Real Estate Executive Donates to AU
Washington area real
estate executive Robert Kogod and his wife, Arlene, have pledged an additional $
5 million gift to support American University's business school. Kogod
previously committed $ 5 million to AU's Kogod School of Business, named for the
family in 1979. He is co-chairman of the Charles E. Smith Realty Cos., a 1962
graduate of the AU business school and a former member of the board of trustees.
School officials said the latest Kogod gift will be used to create a
basic skills seminar to instruct undergraduates in negotiations, communications
and team building.
MARYLAND
Blood Tests to
Search for Marrow Donors
The families of a Bethesda man and a Washington
boy, in urgent need of bone marrow transplants, are sponsoring free blood tests
today in hopes of finding donors.
Daniel Brown, 32, a father of two
children, has been diagnosed with leukemia. Henry Strongin Goldberg, 7, has a
rare genetic disease called Fanconi anemia. The tests are being offered
throughout the Washington area in search of a match for their bone marrow type.
The two are appealing particularly to the Jewish community because it offers the
best candidates for a match since Brown and Henry are of Jewish ethnic ancestry.
Potential donors should be in good health and between the ages of 18 and 60.
For information on where to go for a test, call 301-652-8511.
Senate Approves Teacher Raise Measure
The Maryland
Senate yesterday approved a $ 43 million plan to help counties provide 5 percent
raises for public school teachers.
Under the measure, counties would be
required to grant teachers a 4 percent salary increase to be eligible for the
state funds. The state aid would then be used to give teachers an extra 1
percent. The state would fund the salary increase for two years, then the
counties would have to pick up the cost on their own. Montgomery and Prince
George's counties each could expect to receive more than $ 4 million.
The measure now moves to a conference committee.
Changes
in College Tuition Savings Plan
Participation in Maryland's college
tuition savings plan has been a disappointment since it began three years ago,
but officials hope legislation passed Friday will help make it the success it
has been in other states. The legislation sent to Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D)
for his signature after receiving unanimous approval in the Senate makes a key
change in the existing plan.
When the bill becomes law, the state will
for the first time guarantee parents that when their children enter college,
there will be enough money to pay tuition and fees. Until now, payment was
dependent on the earnings of the investment plan.
The bill also will
create a savings plan in which the agency will invest funds for parents who want
to save for items such as books, room and board.
VIRGINIA
Downed Power Lines Snarl Traffic
A truck brought down
power lines on busy Leesburg Pike in Fairfax County about 9 a.m. yesterday,
forcing westbound traffic to squeeze into one lane while the lines were
repaired.
The accident slowed traffic along Leesburg Pike between Beulah
Road and Colvin Run Road, a stretch of a little more than a mile. Eastbound
lanes remained open during the repairs, which lasted until late afternoon.
Charges against the truck driver are pending.
D-Day Memorial
Funded for Bedford
Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) plans to
provide $ 4.4 million for a D-day memorial in Bedford.
The money will be
administered by the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, a veteran and volunteer
nonprofit group.
With a population of only 3,200 in 1944, Bedford was
the home of Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment. The 21 deaths from Bedford
were the highest per-capita loss during the D-day invasion of any community in
the United States.
The memorial is expected to be completed by June 6,
2001.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"This is the biggest building
boom since Curley Byrd built the University of Maryland at College Park after
World War II."
-- Timothy F. Maloney, former chairman of a House capital
projects subcommittee and current member of the College Park Board of Visitors,
commenting on construction spending by the state legislature.
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