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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1994
Page
6
Frederick city and county state governments weigh buying land once occupied by the burned Seventh day Adventist Church near U S 15 and Interstate 70. Rezoning to business use could boost value, affecting what tax dollars might fetch or cost. City Hall contends for fair price and public benefit.
Thomas A Keenan argues in Middletown that science and religion inform each other, noting progress in science through Einstein and Newton, while cautioning against literal Bible readings. He contrasts scientific change with religious revisions, cites Descartes to Armstrong, and questions fundamentalist literalism and heliocentrism.
The piece rejects sweeping social lessons from the Nancy Kerrigan case and argues most crimes are committed by a small minority of incompetents. It asserts amateurs should avoid professional crimes and notes common misdeeds like purse snatching or breaking a storefront window.
The piece argues that small-time crime thrives on bravado and poor training while serious offenses require discipline and organization. It notes amateur burglars brag and talk, leading to arrests, and contrasts them with the failed ethics of the Kerrigan case. It also suggests finding dependable help is increasingly hard and cites Tonya Harding as washed up.
Keller Shank was elected president of the nine county Western Shore Commissioners Association during a reorganization in Frederick. Other officers include A Grant Hooper vice president Paul Kuhns treasurer and Norman Hess secretary. The group favored continuation of the teachers bonus and opposed welfare payment stabilization. Frederick High students raised 54 858 95 in war bonds and stamps and continued fundraising for the Fourth War Loan drive. Congressmen Byron introduced land acquisition legislation for a Civil War Monocacy Battlefield historic park. Dick Wachter complained rains again flooded his Evergreen Point lot due to a dike like Md 85 road. County officials received a draft report on alternate sites for the county state courthouse from Melvin Ginsberg.
The call urges end to politics as usual and a shift by the state legislature to redirect funds from Baltimore toward transportation, school construction, and public safety. It advocates governor and lawmakers elected in the fall to address long-delayed needs in rapidly growing rural areas and stressed residents deserve accountable state leadership.
The News-Post faces criticism for a Sound Source poll asking readers if Rep. Roscoe Bartlett should be impeached amid defense of his integrity. Critics note Bartlett donated 80,000 pounds of food in Allegany County and gave after tax salary to a scholarship fund from January to October 1993.
Letters praise Dr Bartlett for selfless service and strong resume as a citizen legislator. The writer defends his two committee assignments while criticizing misleading polls and urging realistic questions reflecting the news.
The speaker questions if justice prevailed after Paul Broberg’s sentencing for a fatal DWI crash that killed Tommy Blank. They note Broberg’s high intoxication 0.17 BAC and prior 1988 DWI, arguing the judicial system failed with an apparently light eighteen month sentence despite an innocent victim and ongoing alcohol issues.
In a Frederick case the defendant faces 60 days in jail followed by work release and plans an appeal. Critics ask if remorse is genuine and what lesson the sentence sends to youth and repeat offenders. Local programs like MADD SADD and A A fail to sway the judiciary, observers say.
John C. Laughland argues that funerals should center on mourning rather than celebration. He criticizes the idea that services are not for mourning and suggests many deaths deserve outward, visible mourning as a cultural norm.
The Frederick News-Post invites letters with name address and phone for verification. Publication not guaranteed due to high volume. some letters edited for space or taste. Poetry religious verse and letters to others are not published.
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