NEWS YOU CAN USE FROM WICOMICO SCHOOLS (Part 3 of 3)

Applications Now Being Accepted for the 2015 Maryland General Assembly Page Program

Wicomico County seniors may now apply for the 2015 Maryland General Assembly Page Program. Interested students must be seniors and at least 16 years old, and must submit an application. Please check with your school for more information.

This program provides students with a valuable, hands-on experience regarding the day-to-day intricacies of the legislative process in the state of Maryland. Each year, 120 student pages and 36 alternates are selected by local school systems to participate in the Maryland General Assembly Page Program. Selected pages work for two non-consecutive weeks at the State House in Annapolis and are assigned to either the House of Delegates or the Senate and perform duties such as run errands, distribute materials on the floor, and obtain additional legislative materials as necessary.

In Wicomico, a Student Page Selection Panel of teachers, parents, and students from each of the county’s high schools interviews page applicants who meet the academic requirements and have expressed an interest in government and politics. The panel annually recommends two pages and an alternate to represent Wicomico County. The President and Speaker of the Maryland General Assembly will notify students who are accepted into the Page Program by Nov. 15.

NAACP to Hold 9th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet Oct. 4

The Wicomico County Branch of the NAACP will host its 9th annual Freedom Fund Banquet at noon Saturday, Oct. 4 at the First Baptist Church Family Life and Cultural Center located on the corner of Booth Street and 528 Delaware Avenue, Salisbury.

The keynote speaker, Donald L. Cash, will speak to the theme, “Moving Forward from the Past to the Future: The Next 100 Years.” Cash is president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s Minority Coalition, and a founding member and current president of “Faces of Our Children,” a non-profit organization he created to raise awareness, support and funding for the fight against sickle cell disease. For more than 40 years, he has been a champion of worker and civil rights. In 2001, Mr. Cash was awarded the prestigious Benjamin Hooks “Keeper of the Flame Award” by the National NAACP.

The Wicomico County Branch will also honor several individuals and organizations at the Freedom Banquet: Del. Rudolph Cane, Marion and Judge Norma Lee Barkley, Sandy Fitzgerald-Angello, Fred Mason, Bishop Leon Wilson, the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore, Stop the Violence in Wicomico County, and the Salisbury High School Association.

Tickets are $35 for adults and $25 for youth (age 12 and under). All tickets must be purchased in advance: no tickets will be sold at the door. For more information, please contact Mary Ashanti at 410-543-4187.