Community dialogue over church outreach and neighborhood safety in Frederick
Downtown Frederick faces a clash between the need for church outreach to alcohol and drug problems and concerns by residents about unsavory visitors near Frederick Presbyterian Church. Church leaders report up to 20 meetings weekly, prompting calls for increased police patrols to reassure residents and deter crime.
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Frederick
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Alcoholic Anonymous
Lost dogs return hints from weekend escape in Old Car
In a Friday incident Roy Meachum details the disappearance of his dogs Truman and Boomer after a gate mishap and Sweetie the foxhound. Neighbors reported no stray sightings as Meachum and wife Sharon search Old Car, fearing dognapping, with a hint of a resolution to come in Monday’s column.
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Truman
Boomer
Clinton
Sweetwater
Frederick
Sharon
Sweetie
Mr. Clinton
Sheriff's Office
Pointer
Square Corner
Humane Society
Old Car
Roots of homelessness debated amid economic myths
The author recounts sleeping at Grand Central Station to examine homelessness, arguing most wanderers suffer mental illness or substance abuse rather than economic displacement. He criticizes advocacy voices for framing homelessness as an economic issue and contends personal dysfunction, not recession, drives many cases.
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Ronald Reagan
America
New York
Grand Central Station
You
Wall Street Journal
Homelessness debate centers on poverty and mental health
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty argues poverty drives homelessness and urges use of vacant bases, jobs programs, income support, care, and voting rights. It contrasts Clinton's order with its own plan and supports the view that mental health and substance abuse are core causes, not merely economic factors.
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Law Center
Clinton
America
Gasoline Supply Outlook Grows Dimmer In Frederick County
Gasoline distributors in Frederick County report supplies still tight with no normal distribution in sight. Local service stations say conditions have eased but remain day to day and tank to carburetor. Police capture gang that drugged and robbed servicemen and Merchant Marines. two men and a woman arrested after interstate investigation. A fire at 243 East Second Street started by a Sunlight and a mirror ignited a third floor apartment. fire crews managed to extinguish by disposing of a smoldering object from a window.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
John A. Cooney
Independent, United and Citizens Companies
East Frederick Elementary students build garden tool shed project
Fourth to sixth graders in East Frederick Elementary's Construction and Building Skills club built a garden tool shed under Bernard L. Droneburg of Floyd L. Culler Inc who donated his time. Materials came from Wickes Lumber Ingalls Lumber Caveo Building Center Cavetown Planing Mill Floyd L. Culler Phillip H. Zimmerman & Co. Frederick Brick Works and Southern States Inc. Also noted are TV actress Jean Stapleton dining at South Mountain Inn with William Patch and guests and LINGANORE High freshman gymnast Cindy Newcomer winning and placing in a county meet coached by Gail Quick.
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East Frederick
Bernard L. Droneburg
Floyd L. Culler Inc
Wickes Lumber Co
Ingalls Lumber and Supply Co
Caveo Building Center
Cavetown Planing Mill Co
Phillip
Students shine at Walkersville Safe and Sound party
Karen M Howser applauds Walkersville High School graduates for June 1 event. She commends planning parents and especially the Class of 1993 for exemplary behavior and positive conduct, urging wider recognition of their decorum and responsibility.
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Walkersville High School
Safe & Sound
Defend Your 2nd Amendment Rights Protest Letter
A reader defends gun ownership and resists calls for tighter gun control. The writer argues politicians misrepresent the majority, emphasizes constitutional rights, sentimental value of semi automatic weapons, and distrust of leadership efforts to restrict firearms. The letter laments perceived erosion of freedoms and urges defense of the Constitution.
Letters push to preserve rights and urge civic action
The letter argues against removing the second amendment and calls readers to contact senators and legislators. It praises Frederick County teachers for dedication and challenges comparisons with other counties, noting funding disputes and high performance in assessments.
Taxpayers get a bargain in local education says letter
A letter by Lucille Gibson critiques a list of 28 percent days off from public schools as misleading. It argues most days involve only conferences, staff development, or curriculum meetings with teachers paid and operations paused, asserting no extra taxpayer cost and that no 180 day requirement is violated.
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Lucille Gibson
Gibson
Charity call amid Letters to the Editor debate
Carla Dazzi criticizes readers for denying aid to the poor in recent Letters to the Editor. She cites Lynn Stull on free reduced fee prenatal care and Tinker Schetrompf on keeping Narcotics Anonymous meetings in downtown churches. She urges compassion over self righteousness.
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Lynn Stull
Tinker Schetrompf
Narcotics Anonymous
America
How to send letters to the Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites reader letters. Send typed letters with name and address, include a phone number for verification though not published, to 200 E Patrick St Frederick MD 21705 or fax to 662 8299.
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Joseph Perkins
U.S. Conference of Mayors
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South Mountain Inn
Edith
Archie Bunker
Totem Pole Playhouse
Fayetteville, Pa
Linganore High School
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Gail Quick
Catoctin High School
Karen M. Howser
Walkersville
Cindi Powell Frederick
Maryland
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