Footprints/Blizzard Dance Studio Open House

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: August 27, 2008

Still looking to get your child involved with an activity for fall. It is not too late! FootPrints/Blizzard Dance Studio, located in the Ten Oaks Plaza in Glenelg, will be holding an open house and fall registration Saturday, Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Classes begin Monday, Sept. 8.

Studio founder and director Jennifer Blizzard Sisk has local roots. A Glenelg High School graduate, Jennifer began studying dance at an early age and has quite a resume of performances, including representing the United States in the Children’s Banner of Peace Assembly, in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1985.

Now in it’s 15th year, FootPrints/Blizzard Dance Studio will offer classes in ballet, modern dance, jazz and tap for preschoolers through adults. The studio also offers yoga/pilates classes.

For additional information on the fall class lineup, call the Footprints/Blizzard Dance Studio at 410-992-8105.

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Glenwood Library Book Clubs - September

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: August 27, 2008

Back to school time is a great time to check out some of the programs offered at the local library. Why not get involved in a book club? There are plenty to choose from. New this fall, the Glenwood Branch Library will offer a Biography Book Club.

Meeting on the first Wednesday of each month, the group will have their first meeting on Wednesday, September 3 at 7 p.m. to discuss “His Excellency: George Washington,” by Joseph Ellis. The Contemporary Fiction group will be meeting Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. to discuss “The Double Bind,” by Chris Bohjalian.

Also Sept. 3, the Western Howard County Seniors Book Club will meet at the library at 10 a.m. This month, this group of retired women will be discussing “The Senator’s Wife,” by Sue Miller. A book club also meets at the Glenwood Community Center the second Wednesday of each month. On September 10 at 10 a.m., the group will be meeting to discuss “Snow Flower and Secret Fan,” by Lisa See.

For more information on any of these library programs, call 410-313-5577.

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Fundraising Cookout for Nick Antlitz

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: August 26, 2008

I recently received word about Nick Antlitz, a 2006 Glenelg High School graduate, who was tragically injured in early July in Bethany Beach, DE. Nick was playing basketball with friends and climbed to the top of the rim to swish the ball as it was tossed.

He slipped and fell breaking his neck and shattering his patella in his knee. He suffered permanent damage to his spinal cord as a result of this accident. Although his neck (C6) and knee were reconstructed, he remains paralyzed from the chest down.

Nick currently is a patient at Kennedy Krieger Institute, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury in Baltimore, Maryland, where he is undergoing intensive physical rehabilitation and learning to cope with his disability. Throughout his recover, Nick has demonstrated extraordinary courage and declares he will reach deep within himself to fight his way back and be everything he can be, “one step at a time” (Nick’s motto).

To help defray costs to the family for uninsured therapies and injury related expenses, friends of the family have put together some special fundraising efforts. Friends will be hosting a cookout “Nick Style” Sept. 14 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Circle D Farm to benefit the NTAF, Mid-Atlantic Spinal Cord Injury Fund In honor of Nick Antlitz.

Cost for the cookout is $50 for ages 21 and older or $25 for ages 13-21. Children 12 and younger eat free. The evening will feature traditional barbecue fare, beer and soda. There is also a 50-50 raffle planned. For planning purposes, R.S.V.P. by Sept. 7 to Jennifer Kraemer via E-mail: JenniferKraemer@verizon.net, however walk-ins are also welcome. In addition, a fundraising campaign has also been established with the NTAF Catastrophic Injury Program in Nick’s honor.

For more than 20 years, the nonprofit NTAF has been working with the organ/tissue transplant community. In recent years, they have expanded their mission to assist those who have sustained a catastrophic injury. All contributions are administered by NTAF exclusively for injury-related expenses. Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

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Girls Travel Basketball Tryouts

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: August 21, 2008

Do you have a middle school girl who will be attending Glenelg High School in the future? If so, you may be interested in the Glenelg Titans 13-under girls travel basketball team. Coaches David Ebbe and Jason Beall have sent out notice of tryouts, which will take place the week of September 8th in the Glenwood Middle School gym.

The Glenelg Titans is a year round basketball program. Ebbe, who also coaches during the offseason for the Glenelg High School Girls basketball team, along with Beall coached the Glenelg Titans team last year and had a very successful season, winning the fall league as well as the Mid-Maryland Division III championship in the winter.

The Titans prepares girls to be as successful as possible for future basketball endeavors. Made up of mostly eighth-grade girls, although there are some sixth- and seventh-graders, this team is unique, as it is made up solely of players who live within the Glenelg High School district. The girls are taught many high level skills, techniques and principles, which makes them very successful against most challengers.

Ebbe and Beall work to make the girls the best they can be, preparing them for a future of high school basketball, and beyond. The team will consist of eight to 10 girls, and practices will take place twice a week from late October through March, reducing to once a week in September, early October, April, May and June.

If you are interested in learning more about the Glenelg Titans or attending tryouts, e-mail Ebbe at david_ebbe@yahoo.com by Aug. 31.

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Band Carnival coming Aug. 28

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: August 20, 2008

Are you the parent of a fourth- or fifth-grade student who would like to join the band? Dayton Oaks Elementary School will be participating in a special Join the Band: Carnival and Instrument Petting Zoo Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Manor Woods Elementary School. The event will allow students and parents to get to know all the band instruments and learn about the Dayton Oaks Elementary School band program

Students will have the opportunity to play actual band instruments and decide which is the right one for them. Band teacher Amy Bejm, along with other band teachers, private instructors, performers and other band students will be present to lend a hand and answer questions on anything you ever wanted to know about being a member of the band. A quick parent meeting will also take place during the carnival.

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