Miss Helen L Smith remembered as Frederick’s pioneer artist
Frederick remembers Miss Helen L Smith a 103 year old artist and gardener celebrated for a long life of art teaching and community service Her best known work Justice hangs in City Hall and she founded the Helen L Smith Endowed Scholarship Fund for Children and the Arts Her death mirrors the loss felt at the passing of Willem de Kooning.
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Frederick
Frederick's
Old County
Helen L. Smith
Hood College
Community Foundation of
Frederick County
Delaplaine Visual Arts
Helen
Maryland Institute of Art
Helen Smith
Willem de Kooning
New York
Remembering Tom Fichandler and Joy Zinoman at Arena Stage
The writer honors Tom Fichandler, cofounder of Arena Stage, praising his warmth, mentorship, and support during his nearly five decades in Washington theatre. He notes the transition to Joy Zinoman, who now leads The Studio Theatre era, and reflects on Fichandler’s death from a heart attack.
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Tom
Joy Zinoman
Tom Fichandler
Washington
Arena Stage
Rome
Tom Fichandier
James Earl Jones
Jane Alexander
Tom Eliot
Howard Sackler
Ed Sherin
Arena
Broadway
Alvin Theatre
New York
Zelda
World Bank
Burke Knapp
David Krieger
Hari-Kari
Fichandlers
Sharon
City of Angels
the National
Studio Theatre
Joy
Ms. Zinoman
P Street
Ethics and fears of human cloning in society
Verna V. Gehring argues that human cloning raises profound ethical questions about autonomy and personal identity. She cautions against viewing clones as mere younger twins and warns of societal pressures, scrutiny, and the risk of an Orwellian future if the quest for making copies erodes individual freedom.
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Verna V. Gehring
Hood College
Various Frederick County News Briefs Highlight Local Events
A batch of short notices covers a tiny delinquent tax list, a 1947 Frederick County Softball League meeting, a Brunswick Fire Department rescue of a fisherman in the Potomac, a rail crossing gate plan at Doubs, rainy spring weather, Brownie Troop cleanup volunteers, Miss United Teenager hopefuls, and a Columbus Ohio theater group resting in Frederick before touring.
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Frederick
Guy “Rabbit” Ramsburg
Frederick County
No Place for Them in Frederick County School Board Debate
A letter argues the Frederick County Board of Education should exclude groups like Sexual Minority Youth Crisis Assistance League and Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays from school forums. The writer claims these groups push political agendas and lack academic value, stressing parental knowledge and control over children’s education and noting possible curriculum influence on sex education classes.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Sexual Minority Youth Crisis Assistance League
Friends of
Not a big deal letter and teen drinking warning
A reader praises Christy Schultz for addressing teen alcohol issues in her Not a big deal letter. The writer reflects on underage drinking from adolescence to entering college, noting experimentation, frequent use, and memory gaps after sessions.
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Christy Schultz
Christy
Letters on drinking laws arts council and Weinberg Center
A letter reflects on past drinking and choosing abstinence for religious and personal reasons. It then critiques Frederick arts groups the Weinberg Center and the Arts Council for dysfunction while praising the broader Frederick County arts community and calling for support. Frank Duval signs.
Local arts community strength beyond center clashes
Speculation surrounds the Frederick County arts scene as critics blame factions at the Weinberg Center and the Frederick Arts Council. Yet the true arts community encompasses workers, dancers, students, and volunteers whose dedication sustains Delaplaine Visual Arts Center and statewide pride.
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Frederick County
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Weinberg Center
Frederick Arts Council
Correction to Dr. Ashwal letter on tobacco tax proposal
The March 20 letter regarding Governor Glendening's tobacco tax in committee is amended. The second paragraph states that the tax increase from 36 to 72 cents per pack is long overdue and will not only raise revenues but also reduce smoking rates, especially among children and adolescents.
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Joseph Ashwal
Glendening
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post
The Frederick News-Post invites exclusive signed letters with writer name address and phone numbers for potential publication. Due to high volume not all letters are published and poetry or verse is not accepted.
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Fredenck News-Post
News-Post
Maal
The
Frederick News-Post
Patrick Sr
P.O
Frederick
Fredericknevespast
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Roy Meachum
Tom and Joy
Wort Kwork
Bill Clinton
Verna Gehring
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company
Weverton
Potomac River
C.E. Wenner
A. Grant Hooper
Russell H. McCain
State Roads Commission
Doubs
Brownie Troop 243
Victor Cullen Center
Sabillasville
Judy Corpus
Missy Eiker
Christina Eiker
Kelly Fisher
Terri Stitely
Staci Martin
Ann Manahan
Nancy Harman
Dawn Shockley
Tammy Lind Main
Mount Airy
Donna Smith
Miss United
Columbus
Ohio
Rockville
Scarlet Pazdersky
Bethany Stevenson Frederick
Weinberg
Arts Council
Nando Amabile
Frank Duval Frederick
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