Challenges and Triumphs From Polar to Local Heroics
Norwegian explorer Boorge Ousland completed a 1800 mile solo Antarctic crossing in 64 days on skis towing supplies, facing 40 below temperatures and the 9,800 foot South Pole Plateau. American Steve Fosser set a 9000 mile balloon distance record with a six day 2 hour 54 minute endurance, landing in India after limited sleep. Back home in Brunswick, 16 year old Christina Shorten, blind since birth, graduates early, aims to study foreign languages and become a Russian or German interpreter, earning a 1230 SAT and earning National Scholar status. Her story notes her memory work and chart visualization aiding studies and the impact on peers and teachers.
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Boorge Ousland
Antarctica
South Pole
Steve Fosser
India
Christina Shorten
Brunswick
Christina
Doug Tallman
Washington
Celia Kirby
Frederick County
Frederick row over privatizing county government in Annapolis
The Frederick County scene in Annapolis featured Commissioner Mark Hoke lambasting Sen. Tim Ferguson and fellow delegates over funding and ECDC privatization plans. The dispute, with tensions involving Sen. Jack Derr and others, spurred cancellation of a hearing as local leaders debated creating a semi private Economic and Community Development Commission funded by about 400000 dollars.
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Mark Hoke
Tim Ferguson
Annapolis
Hoke
Frederick
Jack Derr
Winchester Hall
Economic and Community Development Commission
Calvin Coolidge
ECDC
Ron Sundergill
Sundergill
New Commissions
Mr. Hoke
Hona Hogan
Terre Rhoderick
Bruce Reeder
David Gray
GOP
Sue Hecht
Washington
Del
James E. McClellan
General Assembly
McClellan
Galen Clagett
Clagett
Ebonics debate and standards in reading and speech
Ann Hall Marshall argues that listening drives speech and that teaching grammar alone fails to produce fluency. She supports recognizing Black English as a bridge to standard English for beginning readers while stressing oral reprogramming is hard and motivation crucial.
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Thesr
Oakland School Board
Ebonics
Oakland
Ann Hall Marshall
Emmitsburg
Windy day hits Frederick area and landmark sign removed
A cold windy day caused minor damage across Frederick County. The old Frederick News sign on North Market Street was twisted in a gale and removed with a power boom. Local Confederate groups marked Robert E. Lee's birthday with a luncheon at the Key Hotel. A Lee relative attended a milk producers luncheon at Hotel Frederick. The Frederick County Homebuilders Association accused zoning changes of enabling trailers and mobile homes on many lots, while building industry representatives heard engineer Harry Lucas warn that rising regulations leave developers “walking on thin ice.” He likened regulatory shifts to a baseball game where rules keep changing.
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The
Frederick News
North Market Street
News-Post
North Court Street
Earl H. Cline
Alexandria
Frederick County Homebuilders Association
Frederick County
Harry Lucas
Lucas
Reader letter criticizes sensational Free Catholic Church piece
Mary Schmidt of Silver Spring objects to the Jan 13 story about Rebel Catholics and LGBTQ members, saying the article misrepresents facts and labels her group unfairly. She notes she left Rome’s church years ago and argues the piece should be less sensational and more accurate.
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Free Catholic Church
Selective racism in flag plate flap
An editorial critiques the Confederate logo license plates issued in small numbers as insensitive and divisive. It notes the recall by the MVA and questions First Amendment implications amid arguments over racism and free speech. The piece mentions the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a protest labeling white absence at a demonstration.
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MVA
American Civil Liberties Union
MWA
Howard University
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Letters on Civil Rights and Confederate Flags
The writer argues that white Americans supported civil rights before the Civil War and condemns hate rhetoric from extremes on both sides. It urges restraint in displaying Confederate flags while opposing selective racism and overreliance on the First Amendment or courts when it benefits one side.
Creationist views clash with Darwinism in Rasbury letter
Andrew M. Rasbury contends Genesis aligns with evolution on long geologic time and human emergence. He rejects Soule’s view of Darwinian missing links, argues creationism and science both deserve study, defends constitutional teaching of religion, and labels “creation science” as an oxymoron.
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Earth
Mr. Soule
Darwin
Soule
James Madison
Congress
Supreme Court
Mankind
Debated Street Lights Moratorium and Demonstration
Citizens protested ugrification of Frederick night lighting prompting a temporary halt on sodium bulbs. Officials approved a demo along Schley Park streets to restudy sodium versus clear lights under the 1991 energy act and decide whether to lift the moratorium. Nando Amabile
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Frederick
Schley Park
Rockwell Terrace
College Avenue
No Place for Creation Science in Public Schools
Virgil H. Soule’s letter argues against introducing creation science in public schools. He contends that presenting secular assumptions about religion and science on January 13 misuses educational space.
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Virgil H. Soule
Letters to the Editor for The Frederick News-Post
Readers are invited to send exclusive letters signed with the writer name and contact numbers for verification. Due to high volume not all letters are published. abridgment may occur and poetry or religious verse is not printed.
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Frederick
Maal
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick
P.O
Frednewspost.com
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Roy Meachum
Tisarship
Kou
Mary Schmidt
Leo Sperling
Andrew M. Rasbury Frederick
Nando Amabile
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