Middletown Elementary PTA earns top national honor
The Middletown Elementary School PTA is named one of the country’s top 10 PTAs and will travel to Oregon in June to receive a national award. In July, they are also named one of Maryland’s Most Outstanding PTAs for child advocacy and community efforts.
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Middletown
Orbeisestly Association
PTA
Nocnaweele Ea
Oregon
Natio Organization
Middletow
Ptas
South End
Tom
Frederik City
The Times of My Life and My Times with The Times
A book review reflecting on Max Frankel's memoir The Times of My Life and My Times with The Times. The reviewer discusses Frankel’s career at The New York Times, his relationship with Abe Rosenthal, and the memoir's candor about newsroom politics, personal traumas, and professional evolution. The piece situates the work as essential reading for aspiring journalists.
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Chevy W Chase
Bob Semple
New York Times
Fredenck News
Max Frankel
Johnny Walker
Times
Man
Max
Manhattan
Hamptons
Andre Gide
the Times
Germany
Hitler
Random House
Washington
New York
Abe Rosenthal
Mr. Rosenthal
Tom
Y2K secrecy sparks small Virginia paper storm
The Potomac News ran a front page photo captioned Y2K mot training showing a Maine private forced backward through Marines at Quantico during a civil unrest exercise. Marines deny the event. reporter Dave Ellis insists on the tale, while debates over public panic and government preparedness swirl amid Y2K anxieties.
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Virginia
Potomac News
Maine
Quantico Marine Corps Base
Quantico
Dave Ellis
Y2K Fears Drive Military Plans for Social Unrest Response
Jack Anderson and Jan Moller report that U S military planners are quietly shaping a social response to potential Y2K breakdowns, warning computer problems may be less severe than social disruption. Senator Bennett chairs a special committee urging practical preparation for worst-case scenarios including health care, public safety, and utilities outages. FEMA will run a drill linking emergency and military resources, while a federally covert Domestic Preparedness Office operates without full budget approval.
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Robert Bennet
Utah
Bennett
Thomas Barnett
U.S. Naval War College
Department of Defense
Barnett
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
National Guard
FBI
Janet Reno
Congress
Delaplaine Plaque Unveiled at Frederick Airport Dedication
Four year old Billy Brittain unveiled the Delaplaine memorial plaque during the Municipal Airport dedication at Francis Scott Key Hotel. The plaque honors Lt. William T. Delaplaine Jr. the first Frederick flyer to die in World War I and was placed in the airport administration headquarters. Captain Hesbin Foster of Frederick recently graduated from the Air Force Communications School at Scott Air Force Base. About 700 people attended a heated public hearing on the proposed Frederick County school budget before Winchester Hall, with crowding causing minor gate crashing incidents. Governor Thomas Johnson wrestler Mark Powell earned an appointment to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. Diane Becheler and Adam Edelman won the Alvin G. Quinn Memorial Award for 1978-1979 at the Frederick County YMCA Youth Swim Team Awards Banquet. Emergency medical services in Frederick County added esophageal obturator airways to county ambulances. The Emmitsburg Public School Chorus, directed by Pamela Gibboney, performed at Sabillasville School with Barbara Shriver and other students.
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Billy Delaplaing Brittain
Warney L. Brittain
Delaplai
Francis Scott Kay Hotel
William T. Delaplaine Lil
Frederick Flier
Winchester Hall
Thomas Johnson High School
Mark Powell
Beverly Byron
US Naval Academy
Annapolis
Diane Becheler
Adam Edelman
Alvin G. Quinn
Frederick County
Extent of training behind school killings sparks debate
The writer argues that violent acts by youths in Littleton Pearl Miss W Padu Ky and Jonesboro Ark result from early training and exposure to media violence. They blame TV movies and video games for shaping behavior, urging recognition of media influence over authorities and society.
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Littleton
Cole
Pearl
Miss
Paduca
Jonesboro
Ark
Amenca
Letters criticize county leadership and call for reform
The letter writer denounces Deputy State's Attorney Charles Smith and Lt. Harold Domer as being subsidized by their spouses and mocks Commissioner John Thompson's remarks about Ron Hart. The piece argues for an elected county manager, inspector general, civil service oversight, a Frederick County Police Department, and a reform party to replace Republicans. It urges rein in of local Republicans and broader government reform in Frederick.
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Charles Smith
Harold L. Domer Jr
Domer
John Thompson
Ron Hart
Frederick County
Civil Service Oversight Board
Reform Party
Republican Party
Buyers beware ordinance praised as overdue initiative
Timothy A Florian supports Alder Blaine Young for pushing a buyers beware measure in Frederick. He notes Alderman Joe Baldi suggested allowing buyers three to five days to review papers and potentially refuse, while warning against watered down small print. He argues the ordinance is a step toward better planning.
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Frederick
Blaine Young
Alderman Young
Joe Baldi
Missing Parents Reflections After School Bomb Incident
A seventh grader from Ballenger Creek Middle School questions how Colorado school violence could occur locally. The writer mourns youths who died and criticizes inaction by adults, asking where the parents were and why bomb materials were allowed near students.
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Ballenger Creek
Colorado
Maryland
Reining in rogues in Frederick County hiring row
A Frederick County Commissioner鋃 s pay discussion centers on two hires, one well qualified and the other seen as a good old boy with questionable credentials. Commissioner Terre Roy Rhoderick offers theories of personnel management, noting the new comptroller’s salary is higher than Browning’s due to Browning’s retirement subsidies. The writer accuses nepotism and suggests Rhoderick’s wife works for the school system, calling for salary reductions.
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Frederick County
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Rhoderick
Browning
Eureka
Frederick
Terre Ray
RBI Camp Will Be Missed By Young Camper and Volunteer
A letter from a 14 year old eighth grader reflects on RBI Camp’s cancellation. He credits baseball skill growth and sportsmanship, recalls returning as a volunteer, and expresses deep disappointment at not running the camp this summer.
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Beth Rhodes
RBI
Pro-Life Voter Criticizes Delegate Sue Hecht
Mount Airy resident Liz Dodson criticizes Sue Hecht for voting against banning partial birth abortion, claiming Frederick County elected a pro-life delegation and characterizing the vote as extreme and immoral. She states her disappointment and urges accountability.
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Sue Hecht
Frederick County
Annapolis
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post
The Frederick News Post invites letters exclusive to the paper and requires signatures with the writer’s name address and phone number. Due to high volume not all letters can be published. to send a letter use address fax or mail details provided.
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Fredenck News Post
Lemers
Wriers
Ark
Frederick News-Pont
Patrick St
P.O
Frederick
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Feds
Arie
Jack Anderson
Jan Moller
United Feature Syndicate
Rae
Hesbin, Foster
John H. Foster
N. Market St
Air Force Communicatio School
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Student League
Frederick High School
Washington, D.C
Emmitsburg
Sabillasville School
Pamela Gibboney
Barbara Shriver
Debbie Wivell
Traci Bollinger
Cindy Johnson
Tina Sander
John 1. O'Neill Erick
Burke Miller Frederick
Timothy A. Florian
Liz Dodson
Mount Airy
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