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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1993
Page
6
Enrollment trends favor Frederick Community College as a convenient and cost effective step for students. Despite past shifts, public schools expect FCC to draw more graduates seeking affordable, academically challenging paths before moving to four year programs.
Roy Meachum argues that the rising new morality linked to anti-Klan protests and pro-life violence threatens religious liberty and democratic stability. He cites firebombings, assassinations, and political rhetoric as evidence of growing extremism eroding lawful speech and civil discourse.
A non custodial parent vents about the Office of Child Support in Prince Georges County. The piece argues the system penalizes paying parents and strains parent child bonds and questions fairness and involvement. It urges recognition of loving non custodial parents amid guidelines that raise financial hardship.
A Frederick reader L Laura Kyle questions the fairness of child support rules, noting that custodial parents seem protected when unemployed or bankrupt while non custodial parents face punishment. She argues for accountability in spending, accessible remedies for visitation interference, and a more equitable system that avoids stigmatizing non custodial parents while they balance work, schooling, and parenting across Montgomery County.
The region saw the heaviest rainfall in nearly three months with two inches on Delmarva and an inch in Baltimore. In Cumberland and Hagerstown half an inch fell, Frederick received .30 of an inch. Police and fire crews responded to a fire at Snow White Grill on 7 E Patrick St as an overheated refrigerator compressor ignited, entrance forced due to locked doors, and the blaze controlled with power cut.
In Emmitsburg on October 2, 1973 a surprising turnout produced a 244 to 85 vote against the annexation of Viking Ventures. Frederick County MSC faced sustained pressure from Ballenger Creek attorneys and developers over a private treatment plant for about 1,600 housing units. Tense exchanges occurred as Richard Zimmerman urged MSC members to act, while Lawrence Johnson told him to sit down and shut up. Douglas Sherwood spoke briefly as an observer and Crown Oil and Wax’s John Gilece dismissed his remarks as mundane.
Warren G. Dorsey urges Frederick voters to judge candidates by qualifications, not race. He cites a KKK themed vehicle at the Frederick Fair and condemns race baiting as divisive, urging decisive, community-focused leadership to prevent race-based manipulation.
Downtown Frederick faces change as city planners seek a large developer to tear down the South Carroll Street antiques and flea market area. The market, long profitable and stable, draws tourist money and local business, but residents fear displacement and loss of a historic urban lifeblood.
Bernard Poch of Boyds argues against city planing to replace Jenkins Cannery with offices hotels and parking decks. He warns of loss of Frederick’s character and high rents harming small businesses and urges citizen involvement and a stance against special interest influence ahead of elections.
A reader notes letters are fulfilling their role by prompting concise positions. They argue abortion and economy are linked, warn of loss of national direction, and say society must guard against easy solutions while self interest should serve all. Public awareness and commitment are needed to steer right.
Dorothy E Ensor of Gaithersburg praises the September edition articles on faith and social adaptation, commending constructive editorials that promote moral values and a hopeful outlook for the future.
The notice explains how readers may submit letters and notes limitations. It lists editing for space and taste, prevents publication of phone numbers or poetry, and provides the mailing address and a fax number for submissions. It emphasizes not printing the writer’s phone or personal details and mentions redaction of copied letters.
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