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Leonard Kirk poses with his Prisoner of War Medal Tuesday. Kirk, 86, was a prisoner of war of the Germans duringWorld War II. He remained at German prison camps for seven and a half months.

Memories relivedeteran speaks about experiences asmedic, POWduringWWII

BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

ELDERSBURG Its taken a lot for LeonardKirk, of Eldersburg, to get to the point where hecan discuss his service in World War II.

Six years ago, he would have never been able todiscuss the horror of serving as a medic on the

front lines of the Anzio beachhead in Italy or histime as a prisoner of war in Germany, Kirk said.Though counseling sessions at various VA hospi-tals have helped, Kirk said images of World War IIcontinue to haunt him.

Kirk, 86, still has nightmares and certain thingstrigger war memories. Watching war movies, Kirksaid, is sure to give him nightmares and sleeplessnights.

But, as he haslearned, with time and the supportof his family, talking about his service helps himcope with his past.

Kirk, who grew up in Nottingham, Pa., in ChesterCounty, was drafted into the Army in 1943 follow-ing his graduation from Rising Sun High School.After basic training in Butner, N.C., Kirk was trans-ported to Norfolk, Va., and then sent to northAfrica.

After two weeks in Africa, Kirk and the rest of

the 45th Infantry Division was sent to Italy for Op-eration Shingle.

Anzio Beach

Kirk landed on the beachhead in Anzio in January1944.The purpose of Operation Shingle was to over-power the Germanforces on the Anzio and Nettunobeachheads to enable an Allied attack on Rome.

Leonard Kirks journal is shown. Kirk was given a blank book by theRed Cross upon entering a prison camp in Muhlberg, Germany. Heused the book as a journal to record everything that happened tohim throughout the war.

Hill waives right to speedy trial, March date set

BY RYAN MARSHALLTIMES STAFF WRITER

A trial is scheduled in Marchfor a Baltimore man accused oftrying to shoot a Carroll CountySheriffs Department deputyduring a traffic stop in June.

Brian Hill, 27, made a brief ap-pearance in Carroll County Cir-cuit Court Wednesday to waivehis right to a speedy trial in

order to give his attorney moretime to prepare his defense.

Hill faces charges including at-tempted first-degree murder,first-degree assault and recklessendangerment.

Defense attorney Alex Cruick-shank told Hill that to ade-quately prepare for the trial,scheduled for March 7-9, as wellas a motions hearing scheduled

for Feb. 24, it would be necessaryto waive his right to a speedytrial.

Maryland law would have re-quired Hill to be tried beforeFeb. 9, unless he agreed to waivethat right.

Judge Michael M. Gallowaytold Hill that, while he couldntguarantee there wouldnt be an-other postponement, he washopeful Hill could be brought to

trial in March.

Hill allegedlytr ie d to s ho otDeputy First ClassBrant Webb afterWebb pulled overthe Ford Explorerhe was driving onOld WestminsterPike near West-minster around 2:30 a.m. June 14.

As Webb was at the window tocollect his personal information,Hill allegedly pointed a handgun

out the window and tried to fire

a shot.The gun misfired, and Webb

fired a shot from his pistol asHill drove off.

Hill fled after the vehicle over-turned in the front yard of ahome, and was arrested inHagerstown June 18.

Reach staff writer Ryan Mar-shall at 410-857-7865 or ryan.marshall@carrollcountytimes.com.

BY ALISHA GEORGETIMES STAFF WRITER

A lawsuit was filed in the Carroll Countycircuit court Wednesday against BaughersOrchard and Farm involving pending alle-gations that their unpasteurized apple cidecaused a specific strain of E. coli infectionsin seven people.

According to the complaint for damagesfiled by Maryland-based Ward and KleinLaw Office and Seattle-based Marler Clark,attorneys at law, Baltimore residentNicholas Fickel consumed samples of applecider while visiting Baughers farm on oabout Oct. 17. At that time, he purchased ad-ditional apple cider to take home.

After continued consumption of the applecider, Fickel began to suffer from intensegastrointestinal symptoms that includedstomach cramps and diarrhea on or aboutOct. 21.

He then sought medical treatment for theworsening symptoms on or about Oct. 22.Tests later confirmed he suffered from theE. coli 0157 strain.

Fickel is asking for compensation to ex-ceed $30,000 or for determined fair com-pensation for damage incurred now and inthe future.

Wed like to start figuring out how thishappened, Colin Caywood, a lawyer repre-senting Fickel from Marler Clark, attorneysat law, said Wednesday.

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