Debates on Kindergarten Start Privately Explored
Readers discuss whether Ronny should start kindergarten early or delay. A mother recalls being youngest and small and suggests readiness matters more than age. A second letter shares a pet death after vet visit and urges action with humane society and medical board. A final note mocks anonymous love letters and invites mail for Abby’s booklet.
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Abby
Ronny
Lardo
Fatso
Mighty Mouse
Rain Problem Hits Midwest Farmers Hard
Midwest farmers face delays from heavy rains across Indiana Wisconsin and Arkansas. Mississippi floods tornadoes and wet spring slow planting with USDA predicting limited price impact unless floods worsen. Farmers report corn and soybean planting behind schedule and higher livestock feed costs amid drought fears. Turkiye note not connected to agriculture.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Jim Bell
Bloomington
Agriculture Department
Gregory Blaska
Marshall
Wis
Joseph Wankerl
Plain
Don Paarlberg
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Francis A. Kutish
Paarlberg
Arkansas
139 Students Graduate From Dowell Howard Vocational School
The first graduating class at Dowell J. Howard Vocational School in Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties includes 139 graduates. 130 completed a two year program and nine seniors finished one year with diverse courses across auto mechanics building trades data processing drafting electrical food services masonry metal trades pre clinical practical nursing stenography and office services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Melton Wright
Frederick County
Darrell Fanning
Handley High School
Nancy Farr
Clarke County High School
Coy Cunningham, Jr
James Wood High School
Mr. Wright
David B. Grim
Frederick and
David Scott Cornwell
James Wood
Edwin Lee Higgs
Mary Katherine Baughman
Wayne Dennis Fuller
Nathaniel Todd Lamar
William George Reilley
Virginia Pearl Dill
Judith Elaine Dill
Victoria Ann Bell
Handley
Singapore Revival Amid Raffles Free Port Founding
Singapore, an independent city state with about two million residents, once a thriving 13th century trade hub that faded to a small fishing village of 250. In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles purchased it from the Sultan of Johore and restarted its growth as an international free port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Malaysia
Britain
Sir Stamford Raffles
Johore
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Howard Vocational School
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
J. T
MR. T
Humane Society
Jack S. JR
Winston-Salem N. C
Los Angeles
Cal
Midwest
Republic of
Turkey
SEARS
Sears and Save
Loudoun St
Ist
Howard School
Auto Mechanics and
Barry Allen Barb
Clarke County
Paul Clarence Campbell
Richard Lawrence Carter
Thomas Edward Dadisman
Larry Eugene Depew
Frederick Lee Ferrebee
John Edward Hicklin
Edward Kirk Kenney
Gary Joseph Kerns
Russell Loring Morris Jr
Kenneth William Omps
Kenneth LeRoy Parrill Jr
Jon Christopher Hopkins
Gary Allen Smallwood
William Frederick Stinson
Joseph Elmer Webb
Steve Emer Adams
Curtis William Coffelt Jr
Allen Russell Conner
Frederick County Junior High
Coy
Emory Cunningham Jr
Darrell Len Fanning
Douglas Wayne Hardy
Arthur J. Keplinger
Garland Lee Meehan
Guy Randolph Nicholson Jr
Bruce Keith Triplett
Steven R. Wells
Gale Lucia Albright
Rosalind Yvonne Brisco
Alden Michele Clay
Wayne Nelson Hardesty
Ronnie Shawn Jensen
Edith Irene Jones
Sharon Virginia Madagan
Jerry Elwood Orndorff
Sandra Jane Richard
Judy Gail Southers
Ray Elmer Spitzer Jr
Michele Kay Teets
Joyce Irene Wolf
James Robert Barr
Boyd Gardiner Headley II
Eric Pembroke Reid
Donald Allen Ward
Robert Arthur Wells
Electricity-Electronics and II
Michael Lee Bedell
Daniel Lee Brown
Roy Lynn Flenner
Donald Lee Kerns
Gary Layne Lockridge
John Handley
Jesse Lee Mathias
Douglas Wayne Nicholson
Gerald Michael Raum
Zachary Augustus Thomas
Food Services
Harvey Henry Brooks
Pamela Winifred Carey
Kathy Reba Croson
Barbara Gail Johnson
Shirley Ann Liggins
Barbara Stephanie Nelson
James Edward Nowlin
Carol Gretchen Pendleton
Jayson Tyler Roberts
Stacey Montgomery Roberts
Deborah Ann Swartz
Samuel Junior Brown
Willie Clyde Brown Jr
Randy Stephen Littleton
John Wade Merriner
Dominic Joseph Paoli
Metal Trades
John Glendon Holliday Jr
Larry Keith Kirby
Jerry Wayne Linster
Damon Andrew Loy
Robert Lee McDonald
Greg Allen Palmer
William Thomas Painter
Sharon Delores Grimes
Phyllis Carter Armistead
Kathleen Faye Brogan
Warren County
Lenora Foltz Crim
Clarke
Lynn Reilley Davis
Lynette Arden Dellinger
Nancy Christine Dick
Warren
Donna Kay Dodson
Denona Via Embrey
Diane Brooks Fitzwater
Karen Kibler Fuller
Nancy Douglas Farr
Randolph Dale Gray
Jon Leslie Harrison
Janet Louise Bowman
Karen Kay Coward
Jane Alberta Hammack
Constance Ann Hottle
Teresa Marie Jenkins
Cynthia Lou Kenney
Deborah Dale Layman
Debra Jane Layman
Karen Rae Lineburg
Handsey
Gloria Jean Lowery
Linda Darlene Pittsnogle Luttrell
Mollie Louise Luttrell
Beverly Jean Maul
Terri Ann Patterson
Donna Gale Reid
Deborah Jean Shell
Cynthia Marie Beatty Sirbaugh
Susan Gail Teets
G Motors, Inc
N. Loudoun St
New & Used Car Dealer
Dad
Patton
Furniture
S. Loudoun St
Chapman Motor
West Boscawen St
Lice
Wwe
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