Standards for extra curricular eligibility set by board
At Walkersville High School a Monday hearing drew little opposition with four testifiers. The plan requires a 2.0 GPA and no F grades for students to participate in after school activities, including sports, stressing that participation is a earned privilege and that funds and resources are taxpayer assets. The emphasis remains on learning as the primary student duty, with extracurriculars as a bonus earned after satisfactory performance.
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Board of Education
Walkersville High School
Frederick County
Tips and wages in restaurant work shed light on tipping norms
Christina Ellis of Frederick explains how tipped workers survive on 2.13 per hour, relying on customer tips. She details how 10 to 15 percent often hurts workers, why pooled tips affect servers, and urges fair tipping while noting customers' influence on income and dining choices.
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Christina Ellis
Frederick
Clinton signs repeal of helmet and speed laws amid budget crisis
Ann McFeathers notes President Clinton caved to lawmakers and attached helmet and 55 mph repeal to a spending bill. The White House disputes safety claims, DOT warns of deaths, and critics call it a death warrant for Americans while broader Bosnia and budget concerns take precedence.
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Senate
Richard Nixon
U.S
Ann McFeathers
Scripps Howard News Service
Snowfall hits Frederick County peaks in hill country
Maryland weather fronts shift as Baltimore observers expect a mild gale. Frederick County reports one to five inches of snow in the mountains. Local civic groups finish a handicap access survey of twenty buildings. A study is approved to evaluate water service for Urbana Leisure Tech and Urbana Estates. Jaguar Magazine identifies model Babbette as Charlene Jacobs, a Thomas Johnson High School graduate.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Leisure Tech
Justin Segal
Metropolitan Commission
Urbana Area
Urbana Estates
Jaguar Magazine
Babbette
Charlene Jacobs
Chevrolet-Cadillac
Parents expose social stereotypes in school behavior study
A veteran teacher urges involvement in the Frederick County Board of Education discussion, arguing that many behavioral groups share similar appearances and that parent groups should decide for themselves what the data implies after 31 years in the classroom.
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Frederick County
Democrats accuse Republicans of fear tactics on welfare and Medicare
A persuasive political column accuses Democrats in the Clinton era of misrepresenting GOP Contract with America efforts. It argues there are no actual cuts, only slowed growth in Medicare, welfare, and school lunch funding, while Republicans say the plan trims growth as needed.
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Clinton
Congress
America
Readers’ Letter Attacks Medicare Debate and Democrats
A reader denounces the Medicare reform debate, accusing liberals of flip flopping and condemning the current administration and several Congress members. The writer, identifying as George W. Davis of Frederick, expresses disgust with Democratic policies and laments past voting choices.
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Congress
Proposed constitutional fix to fund shutdowns by pay deductions
Asks for a constitutional amendment penalizing hours of government shutdowns with daily pay deductions for senators representatives the president and vice president and imprisonment for stopping the clock. Also asserts branches cannot override it and references gun violence and calls for solutions beyond more firearms with a personal note from John L Ditman in Adamstown.
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House
Senate
Not anti gun but anti murder letter reaction
Sam replies to Catherine Ditman letter to the editor in The Frederick News Post dated November 18, objecting to her position on guns. He states he takes exception to her view and presents his reasoning that she does not support a key point.
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Sam
Catherine Ditman
Frederick
Mighty Duck Savers Promote humane duck care in Frederick
The Frederick County Humane Society praises the Mighty Duck Savers at St John School for studying the Baker Park duck population issue and launching an educational campaign with the city and Department of Natural Resources. Citizens are asked to learn why feeding ducks is not humane.
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Baker Park
Frederick County Humane Society
Mighty Duck Savers
St. John's School
Frederick
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post outlines submission rules for letters including required name address and phone number, verification use, and note that not all letters are published. Letters may be edited for space and taste and must not be addressed to others or include pastry content.
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Frederick
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