I would like to personally thank everyone who came to help Frostburg celebrate its bicentennial birthday! It was so nice to see so many people in town enjoying all the festivities offered by the Bicentennial Committee and the town.
The block party was fun for all, the parade was magnificent, the fireworks were spectacular, the barbeque on Sunday was a pleasant end to the weekend and the weather cooperated too! What more could you ask!
The only disappointment was that someone felt the need to help themselves to eight of the street flags put out in honor of the celebration by Farrady Post 24 American Legion.
Our men faithfully display these flags for every holiday and it is disheartening to think that people have so little respect for what these flags represent.
I would ask that if by chance you should come across any of these flags, four U.S. flags and four Maryland state flags on poles, that you would please bring them to Post 24 at 27 W. Main St. in Frostburg.
It would be greatly appreciated and there will be no questions asked.
Happy Birthday, Frostburg
Josephine Coburn
Frostburg
Editorials
The celebration was great, but there was no need to take flags
- Editorials
-
-
Better ‘Click It’
If you notice more police on the highway this week, it’s for a couple of reasons.
-
They do bite
This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. For anyone thinking that is not such a big deal, consider that 4.7 million Americans annually are bitten by dogs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
-
Stop buying licenses; let them find the money somewhere else
A few months ago, I received two cards from the National Rifle Association. These were dealing with a legislative alert.
They asked that I should contact Sen. George Edwards and Delegate Kevin Kelly concerning the anti-gun legislation. -
Strength of gun laws is not reflected in grisly statistics
According to the FBI’s uniform crime reports, California had the highest number of gun murders in 2011 with 1,220, which makes up 68 percent of all murders in the state that year and equates to 3.25 murders per 100,000 people.
-
An old story
What for years has been an on-again, off-again battle over funding between the Allegany County Commissioners and the Allegany County Board of Education seems to be growing even uglier.
-
‘Forgotten warrior’ not forgotten
The Korean War is often called “The Forgotten War.” My generation remembers the Battle for LZ X-Ray at Ia Drang, The Tet Offensive, and Khe Sahn of the Vietnam War.
-
Organization needed to help utilize the Potomac River
I am a committee remember on the Tamiami Trail Scenic Highway which stretches from Palmetto to Venice, Fla.
-
Reducing meat consumption can help ease climate change
A review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15 issue of “Environmental Research Letters,” found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities.
-
Editorial Cartoon - 05/18/2013
-
Maryland has stopped being “The Free State”
I am a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and, last but not least, the National Rifle Association. I am a yearly member of the American Legion.
- More Editorials Headlines
-
