Youth 2000 festival draws Catholic youth to Mount Saint Mary’s
At Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary Emmitsburg a three day Youth 2000 prayer festival ended with Mass a candlelit Virgin Mary statue and a rising chorus of guitars drums and rock beat Teens and priests joined in a hands raised moment as organizers noted the nationwide wave of spiritual events More organizer Brian Bashista said attendance this year surpassed last year and he believes the festival plants seeds for parish life Franciscan Friars of the Renewal led the event and explained their break from the Capuchins in 1990
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Emmitsburg
Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Brian Bashista
St. Francis of Assisi
New York City
PTA Advocacy Through the Decades in Frederick County
The article traces a century of PTA focus on child advocacy from the 1897 founding of the National Congress of Mothers, later PTA, to current efforts in Frederick County. Leaders emphasize coalitions, teamwork, and continued pursuit of programs like kindergarten, hot lunches, juvenile courts, vaccines, safety, and anti-drug and anti-violence campaigns amid rapid development.
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Washington
National Congress of Mothers
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Ptas
Marti Seraphin
PTA Council
Frederick County
Homeowners Oppose Sodium Street Lights in City
Members of the College Estates Homeowners Association told Mayor Jim Grimes and Alderman Fran Baker that they oppose high pressure sodium street lights. They urged hiring a lighting consultant and said the department misleads the public. Some residents cited light pollution and lurid glow. most College Estates lights remain incandescent while Wilson Place uses sodium fixtures.
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College Estates
Wilson Place
Yaphet Kotto Honored as Police Captain in Frederick Event
Yaphet Kotto the Homicide actor accepted a tongue in cheek honorary captaincy at Frederick City Police annual banquet. Chief Maj. Ray Raffensberger noted his TV role and the promotion theme while 125 attendees watched. The actor planned a return to Baltimore for a White House call that night.
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Ray Raffensberger
Frederick City
Yaphet Kotto
al Giardello
NBC
Homicide
White House
Raffensberger
Sile
Mr. Kotto
Civil War Museum Seeks Funds to Survive and Expand
National Museum of Civil War Medicine appeals for urgent funding to stabilize its 167 year old East Patrick Street building in Frederick. Director JaNeen Smith cites a $1 million grant hurdle, a $120,000 reserve, and 16 months to raise needed capital while outlining numerous infrastructure and security needs.
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National Museum of Civil War Medicine
JaNeen Smith
City of
Frederick
Museum Board
Jim Grimes
Nelson Plumbing
Bill Green
Scientists link asteroid with dinosaur extinction
Washington AP reports ocean core samples show proof positive of a massive asteroid colliding with Earth 65 million years ago and triggering a global extinction. Richard D Norris of the Ocean Drilling Program says three drill samples bear the unmistakable signature of an asteroid impact.
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Washington
Richard D. Norris
International Ocean Drilling Expedition
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