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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1993
Page
3
Local officials and governors push back on state mandates that cost money while lawmakers claim to cut mandates. Fifteen bills seek new state rules for schools, from painted bus phone numbers to African Diaspora curricula, highlighting tension between promises to reduce mandates and continued imposition without funding.
A letter responding to The Frederick News-Post article questions the decision to use steel over all wood for Loy's Station Covered Bridge restoration. It cites expert input from Arnold Graton and Emory Kemp, notes the county’s role, and urges attendance at a March 9 session in Winchester Hall to discuss authenticity, costs, and heritage preservation.
A reflective piece imagines prison life as a chance to master knowledge using the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The author riffs on reading volumes from A to Z and becoming endlessly informed, citing Isaac Asimov and Harry Reasoner as exemplars, while acknowledging personal memory gaps and the risk of being released still uninformed.
Fragmentary OCR note references a girl or woman and a news feature from a local paper, unclear names or dates, with garbled wording and partial phrasing. The readable bits suggest an internal newsroom item about a reported loss or misprint affecting coverage.
Council reports show Freder ick’s Red Cross War Fund reached about nine thousand dollars of an eighteen thousand dollar goal as local units display windows in seven leading stores and drive progress continues. Six Judicial Circuit judges oppose a Bond Commission plan to shrink Maryland Court of Appeals from eight to five members and relax geographic restrictions. Family of SFC Carroll Flora waits up all night after he lands in the Philippines as a POW release. Frederick Memorial Hospital outlines meetings on a plan to double size and services over 15 to 20 years. County health officials urge a site for dumping sewage effluent from septic tanks during wet season. Nursing home officials discuss future elderly care use of Montevue as a nucleus.
Kathy Marks of South Carroll High argues that Frederick County should adopt Carroll County’s harsher 45 day or season suspension policy for students using alcohol tobacco or illegal drugs. She criticizes leniency in Frederick and urges stricter penalties to deter teen substance abuse and protect athletic futures.
A reader commends Cheryl Leatherwood of the Catoctin Youth Association Thurmont for a simple eloquent point and praise. The writer questions who deserves a person’s attention amid modern world angst and serious 1990s solutions.
A reader argues about ducks starving in a moderate winter and calls attention to human hunger and lack of health care. He contrasts wildlife observations near Culler Lake in Baker Park with social needs, urging level headed leadership for Frederick's growth and urban challenges. The letter mentions Daniel H. Creamer of Walkersville and Steve Hurley of Buckeystown.
I attended a Maryland congressional delegation meeting with the governor on March 3. The main thrust was direct talks between the governor and congresspersons and district related questions. Congressman Roscoe Bartlett disparaged Westinghouse scholarships as un American, offending me and others. Ians Mendelsohn Baltimore.
Readers weigh Jennifer Dougherty’s bid for Frederick mayor amid concerns about schools water and sewer, crime and development. A letter writer supports Dougherty’s focus on city problems while urging broader leadership, noting downtown growth and public needs beyond new shops.
The Frederick News-Post invites readers to share opinions and provides mailing and telephone contact options. It lists the address at 209 South Patrick Street and P O Box 478, Frederick Maryland, plus a phone contact for submitting letters.
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