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		<title>Casino Grant Requests: Church, Con-Man&#8217;s Charity Seek $ from Cecil County Impact Aid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Commissioners are scheduled on Tuesday to review aid requests from non-profit groups for pieces of a $500,000 pie of local impact aid from the Hollywood Casino in Perryville, including a church seeking a new roof and a youth-oriented group&#8211; founded by a convicted federal felon and con-man&#8211; that has amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars in other local and state grants in the two years of its existence. A small advisory group recently reviewed applications for the local non-profit grants, which for the first time were opened up to organizations and programs from throughout the county. Last year—the first time such grants were offered—the grants were limited to western Cecil County groups only, located near the casino. Unlike last year, when all applicants were assigned points ratings on the basis of local impact criteria, this year’s recommended list does not provide relative rankings. Instead, the County Commissioners were presented on 7/3/12 with a recommended list of grantees in categories such as public safety, “prevention, education, training, youth” and “public service, economic/ community development.” Most of the applicants are well-known local charities and groups with a solid record of community service. For example, the highly-regarded Ray of Hope Mission—which [&#8230;]]]></description>
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