Elder Expo aids Frederick seniors with care options
At Frederick Community College the fifth annual Elder Expo by the Elder Services Provider Council of Frederick offered booth information, door prizes, lunch and corsages, plus health screenings for blood pressure vision hearing diabetes and cholesterol. Local services included geriatric evaluations by the health department, free loaned home care equipment, and nursing assistant services at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick Community College
Council of Frederick
FCC
Frederick High School
Future Farmers of America
Frederick County
Federated Charities Corporation
Ci Frederick Memorial Hospital
For Your Own Good editorial on rights erosion
An extended critique of the phrase for your own good used to justify curbing liberties. The writer warns of a slippery slope from seatbelts to surveillance, urging vigilance against legislatures and editors pushing gradual rights loss.
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Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
United States Congress
Congress
The Time Bind insights on family life and work balance
Lilce Russell Hochschild explores a Fortune 500 firm dubbed Amerco to reveal how family friendly policies clash with workplace culture. Employees praise programs yet fear career penalties for reduced hours while home life grows stressed and under valued, prompting calls for a time movement toward shorter hours and stronger community life.
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Lilce Russell Hochschild
Hochschild
University of California, Berkeley
Amerco
Newspaper Enterprise Assoc
Frederick High School Honor Society picks 13 graduates
Gary Boyer led a list of 13 Frederick High School graduates selected as local members to inaugurate a branch of the National Honor Society. The group includes William Browning, Kenneth Brachey, Doris Carpenter, Joseph Clem, Patsy Corum, John De Rose, Martin Ellin, Nelson May, Dorothea Ranck, James Ranek, John Thompson, and Dorothy Zimmerman. A separate note covers city police efforts to protect wildlife, Weinberg Center for the Arts fundraising drives, a retirement luncheon for 18 educators with 424 years of service, and sporadic showers easing drought in Frederick County.
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Gary Boyer
Frederick High School
William Browning
Kenneth Brachey
Doris Carpenter
Joseph Clem
Patsy Corum
John de Rose
Martin Ellin
Nelson May
Dorothea Ranck
James Ranek
John Thompson
Dorothy Zimmerman
Name calling not persuasive in Frederick County debate
James Slusher III insults Frederick County voters who backed the current Board of County Commissioners. He calls them not well educated and informed. Voters respond that promises to fix county finances matter, and name calling is not persuasive for swaying public opinion.
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James Slusher III
Frederick County
Board of County Commissioners
Slusher
Air Force Hatchet Job Critique of Roy Meachum’s Flinn Piece
A reader denounces Roy Meachum’s May 28 column on Lt. Kelly Flinn as biased and inaccurate. The letter argues she served as co pilot on a B 52 with an experienced commander and criticizes claims of Navy budget advantage and double standards.
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Roy Meachum
Kelly Flinn
Air Force
Flinn
Meachum
Navy
USAF
Air Force Academy
Air Force Vets Duel Over Military Justice And Honor
Retired Colonel Henry Shane defends UCMJ and laments Meachum comments while recalling WWII air service. Claire M Twig g also voices personal experience as a single mother addressing discipline, education, and school bias. The letter condemns corporal punishment and urges open discussion on parenting and child welfare.
No Bad Kids or Rotten Parents Claim Draws Reader Debate
A reader challenges a May 20 letter by Christopher Filby arguing modern parenting differs from the Cleavers. The writer, a 40-year-old single mother of four, moved from Montgomery County to Walkersville seeking escape from ongoing societal pressures.
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Christopher Filby
June
Ward Cleaver
Montgomery County
Walkersville
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post
The Frederick News Post invites exclusive signed letters with writer name home address and phone for verification. Space constraints mean some letters are abridged and not all submissions can be published.
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Frederick Mews-Post
News
Lput
Frederick News-Post
Patrick
Frederick
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Anne L. Ferguson
Margaret S. Stauffer
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Alice A. Dodd
Lavenia H. Marsh
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Frederick L. Smith
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