ADD concerns and PSA reassurance in reader letters
A reader asks about possible ADD in a 9-year-old grandson and current treatment with Ritalin. Dr Gott warns overdiagnosis, lists alternative causes, and urges professional evaluation. A separate letter from a 77-year-old man asks about rising PSA after prostate cancer surgery. the doctor reassures that PSA remains below 4.0 and no immediate anxiety is needed, with routine checks advised.
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Journaling as memory aid for seniors urges graceful aging
In a Senior Forum column, J B of Oregon argues journaling strengthens memory through repetition and connections between personal events and world history. He notes decades of notebooks, from Armstrong on the moon to 1930s tales, plus weekly reading and memory games with peers.
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Countryside Artisans Spring Tour features six studios April 3-5
April 3 to 5 10 am to 4 pm six cottage studios open in Poolesville Barnesville Boyds and Monrovia with fleeces yarns sketches prints paintings jewelry handbags mohair merino woven scarves fused glass wind chimes dolls bears antiques honey plants and fresh herbs. Call 301-972-3452 or 301-972-8089 for details.
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Scotland
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Barnesville Station
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Rosswood Drive
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Sister’s guilt over death by own action prompts Abby reply
DEAR ABBY letters discuss survivors guilt after a suicide and the reader Sandy from Stuyvesant critiques the column. Absent understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome CFIDS is highlighted with notes from TIOMAS E. SMITH and contacts for CFIDS advocacy groups. Readers advised to seek medical info and support.
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Civil War Lovers to Marry in Living History Tent Vow
The couple, both Baltimore natives with Confederate roots in Front Royal, Va, plan a 19th century style wedding with pound cake and a tent wedding night. Re enactors will hold a living history demonstration on Sunday, reflecting their Civil War interests and heritage.
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Civil rights heroine seeks to close classes as tale expands
The author notes high demand in classes and plans a sequel to From the Mississippi Delta while a firebombed past looms. Her mother died shortly after the Ku Klux Klan arson that left her home burned. On her deathbed she urged voting by saying Tote me to vote.
Teen asks parents to fund nose job and social life
A 16 year old asks how to persuade parents to fund cosmetic nose surgery after grandmother offers to pay. Dr Wallace suggests parent involvement through consultation, noting the impact on self esteem. The column also covers teen drug and alcohol perceptions and a teen saver’s gripe about banked earnings and allowances.
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Sugarman Exhibit Opens at Frederick College Gallery
The Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery at Frederick Community College presents Twenty Plus Years by local artist Christopher Sugarman. The show runs April 4 to 30 with a 5 to 7 pm reception, featuring three art periods from early portraits to 1980s fire and a 1990s shift under external drive.
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Frederick Community College Arts and Student Center
Christopher Sugarman
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Special exhibit at Shepherdstown Museum opens April 4
The Historic Shepherdstown Museum at the Eutler Hotel unveils Distant Voices The Words of West Virginia's People, a traveling exhibit with nine freestanding panels. It highlights John Brown, Civil War life, and famed West Virginians through drawings photographs letters and autographs. Open Saturdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Call 304-876-3407 for details.
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Benefit art show and auction by Lake Singapore Association
Lake Singapore Association teams with Heisman Fine Arts Gallery Inc to stage a fundraising art event on Saturday April 18 at the Holiday Inn in Frederick. Preview at 7 pm auction at 8 pm features oils watercolors enamels etchings lithographs and graphics with opening bids 60 to 150. Proceeds fund path paving in Meadows of Lake Singapore. Tickets 10 each or 15 for two with hors d oeuvres and cash bar. Call 301 831 3337 for tickets.
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Holiday Inn
U.S. 40
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Gorman
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Frommer's Travel Guides Author at Barnes and Noble
Frommer's travel guides author Bill Goodwin speaks at Barnes and Noble Montrose Crossing April event. He discusses Frommer's South Pacific Florida and Virginia guides, shares travel insights from Tahiti to Fiji and Florida's west coast, and offers tips for planning tropical vacations. The talk is free. call 301-881-0237 for details.
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History Society offers genealogy and family history classes
The Historical Society of Frederick County announces two four week genealogy courses for beginners refreshers and skill builders. Instructors include Al Werking with sessions at 24 E Church St Frederick. fees 40 for members 50 nonmembers.
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Engagement and wedding notices submission guidelines
The Frederick News-Post announces that engagement notices must be received at least three months before the wedding, while wedding and anniversary notices should be submitted within three months after the event. Include printed names and signatures of both parties, addresses, and daytime telephone numbers for verification.
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Hood lecture on Tocqueville analyzes the democratic age
Georgetown professor Joshua M Mitchell will speak at Hood College on April 18 at 1 p.m. in the Whitaker Campus Center about Alexis de Tocqueville and the anxieties of the democratic era. The talk covers liberty, loneliness, toleration, and the future of democracy with refreshments provided and free access. For more information call 301-696-3800.
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Alexandria
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Notable 1980 Baltimore histories and related works
Expanded edition of Baltimore: The Building of an American City traces urban growth and ongoing challenges from 1980 through modern times. It notes environmental degradation poverty unemployment racial tension and renewal efforts. Also highlights naval football legends Navy Football and Sam the Chesapeake Bay rockfish tale and Harrer Seven Years in Tibet audio version.
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Johns Hopkins University of Press
Sherry H. Olson
Johns Hopkins Unversity
Commission On Historic Preservation
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