Reading skills decline sparks literacy conference urging action
Johns Hopkins professor Gilbert Schiffman warned of a national literacy crisis at Hood College where 250 attendees from Virginia to New England gathered for the Laubach Literacy Action Northeast Conference. He cited 22 million U.S. adults unable to read and urged better delivery of teaching amid distractions and ads shaping reading habits.
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Laubach Literacy Action
United States
Hood College
Mel Bennett
Frederick County Literacy Council
Sally Ann Waldschmidt
Molly Hahn
Frederick County Literace
Daniel Te
Robert Laubach
Frank Laubach
Marchia Harrington
Gilbert Schiff
Gilbert Schiffman
Schiffman
Johns Hopkins University
Virginia
New England
William Keough Jr
U.S. Department of Education
Firemen Carnival Season Kicks Off Across Counties
The 1983 area fire company carnivals bring home cooked foods, games, rides, and country music shows. Fireworks spark interest in Woodsboro on June 20 and Walkersville on July 4, with parades, band lineups, and nightly performances across Carroll Manor, Woodsboro, Walkersville, New Market, Middletown, Urbana, Thurmont, Jefferson Raritan, Libertytown, and Rocky Ridge throughout summer.
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Woodsboro
Walkersville
Carroll Manor
Junction Band
AC Star
Lee Brothers
All Star Band
Country Caravan
Midnight Express
New Market
The
Knight Brothers
Magnum
Browningsville
Carroll County Ramblers
Alliance
T&t
Urbana
Firehouse
MD. 355
Thurmont
East Mais Street
Memorial Park
Jefferson Raritan
Libertytown
Don Barnes
Countrymen
Johnson Mountain Boys
Ally Brown
Wishing Wells
Stottlemyer Family
Rocky Ridge
Tolstoy Farm residents rethink utopia in eastern Washington
Davenport, Washington AP reports Tolstoy Farm founders now in late 30s with families and jobs. experiment in shared living has given way to private homes and consensus governance remains. Open marriages faded as the community aged, with about 60 at peak and a school once run by residents.
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Davenport, Wash
Tolstoy Farm
Utopia
Davenport
Washington Wheat Country
Huw “Piper” Williams
Edwall
Wash
Washington, D.C
Williams
Leo Tolstoy
Atari Computer Club Meets Tuesday in Maryland
FACE Frederick Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Md schedules its next regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday June 21 in the Francis Scott Key Mall community room across from the theater. The nonprofit group opens membership to all Atari fans and will demo a new singing voice box device along with reports from other user groups and talks on hardware and software. Contact Mike Kerwin or Kurt Holter for details.
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FACE
Frederick Atari Computer Enthusiasts
Reguilar
Francis Scott Key Mall
Atari
Mike Kerwin
Kurt Holter
Copter to inspect area power lines this week
A Potomac Edison helicopter will check power lines in the area starting Monday and continue through the week weather permitting. A utility company spokesman says the preventative maintenance program aims to find anything that might eventually cause a problem.
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Potomac Edison
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