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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1998
Page
4
A brief archival snippet notes George E. Randall and Michael Powell as key figures with roles as General Manager and Managing Editor in a Frederick Maryland publication dated May 2 1998.
Frederick County celebrates Hillcrest Elementary principal Carol Young for the Maryland Distinguished Principal Award, honoring 34 years in education and her exceptional leadership of the district’s largest elementary school with 850 students.
In Frederick County officials and educators urge stronger emphasis on science and math in upper grades after a mostly elementary exhibit at the county science fair. Earl Robbins, a long-time Board of Education member, criticizes low high school participation, noting only ten high school projects. A cable TV History Channel segment recalls Adm. Winfield Scott Schley and Civil War era events tied to Frederick heritage, including local ties to Schley's family and a Century Ago blockade. Two recent items honor Frederick culture: the end of the Frederick Community Concert Association after six decades and a revival of interest in local bands, plus a forthcoming Civil War Inns and Destinations guidebook by Ballantine.
Dale Van Atta’s book accuses the AARP of wasteful membership drives and misdirected mailings while detailing a rise to power as a lobbying force in Washington. The piece highlights lavish fundraising, questionable mailing practices, tax-exempt status, and calls for curtailing subsidies, framing the AARP as both influential and vulnerable.
Frederick High School senior cast members Sally Stunkle Martha Ann Brittain Martha Beck Dorothy Frye Osborne Wachtel Sherwood Simmons Dorothy Snyder Robert Carpenter Ellen Kehne George Baker Barbara Spencer Robert Lambert Doris Lease performed in A Full House. Frederick Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles trustees Brachey Bell Blumenauer Fisher Talley bought two East Patrick Street properties for a new Eagles home as Scouts aided Overseas Relief drive under Chamber leadership. David Snell of Mount Airy joined Sun Day observance at the Washington Monument with solar tech details. Acting Gov Blair Lee signed two county bills in Annapolis, one $12 million jail measure and blue law changes. Cassandra Reed, 5, of Frederick, home from two weeks with a broken foot after car door incident, with Get Well cards from North Frederick Elementary classmates.
Valerie Legore of Woodsboro urges editors to omit explicit details in front page reporting about an incident at Jefferson School. She argues for informative coverage without graphic description to protect readers including children.
Readers from Mount Airy Union Bridge Libertytown weigh in on tearing down the Sebastian Derr House. Arguments cite age nearly 230 to 250 years, safety concerns, housing development, and a Maryland Historical Trust teardown permit. one letter urges preservation as Frederick history.
Readers urge preserving the 250 year old Derr House as Frederick history with museum potential. Other letters attack Rep Bartlett, defend pork-barrel restraint, and call for civic engagement and proper letter submission guidelines.
Hood College students organized Take Back the Night a campus march to protest rape and sexual assault. Suzanne Western led as organizer and described the event as empowering and healing with students and community members bearing slogans and candles.
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