Another Holiday Vendor Fair This Saturday

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: November 18, 2008

Last weekend was a busy one around town with many different holiday bazaars. In case you missed it, there is a second weekend of the Glenwood Community Center’s Holiday Vendor Fair, so be sure to stop by Saturday, Nov. 22 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. There will be new vendors present this weekend, so whether or not you attended the event last weekend, there will be new things to see. The event is free for shoppers.

Comment on this entry • No responses

Meet “Survivor: Africa” Winner Ethan Zohn This Friday

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: November 18, 2008

Are you a fan of the TV show Survivor? If so, you may be interested to know that Ethan Zohn, winner of “Survivor: Africa” (from 2001) will be visiting Glenelg High School Friday, Nov. 21. Ethan left Boston Aug. 20 leading a 500-mile Dribble Campaign (with a soccer ball) that will end Dec. 1 in Washington for World Aids Day 2008.

Zohn will be at Glenelg High School in the Media Center from 2:45 to 4 p.m. Glenelg High School Key Club President Brad Carpenter got the idea to invite Zohn to stop by the school when he learned that his Grassroots Soccer Campaign would be traveling through Clarksville. While at Glenelg, Zohn will be sharing the story of the Grassroots Soccer Campaign he has started in Africa.

The Grassroots Soccer mission is, “Using the power of soccer in the fight against AIDS, Grassroot Soccer provides African youth with the knowledge, skills and support to live HIV free”.

To support this mission the Glenelg High School Key Club will be hosting a Loose the Shoes event in December, for more information log on to www.freewebs.com/glenelgkeyclub. The GHS Key Club hopes to see everyone there.

Comment on this entry • No responses

AT&T Community Meeting at Glenelg High School this Saturday

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: November 17, 2008

AT&T has been looking at the possiblility of placing a telephone tower on the property of Gethsemane Baptist Church (located on Burntwoods Road). There will be a community meeting with AT&T Saturday, Nov. 22 to discuss possibility of tower placement at the church. The meeting will take place at Glenelg High School beginning at 9 a.m.

Comment on this entry • No responses

Concert to Benefit Nick Antlitz This Sunday

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: November 13, 2008

Glenelg United Methodist Church will be hosting a special free benefit concert on Sunday, November 16 at 4 pm. The concert will benefit the NTAF Mid-Atlantic Spinal Cord Injury Fund in honor of Nick Antlitz, a local youth and church member who was injured in an accident in July. You may recall reading about Nick in one of my previous columns.

Nick is a 2006 Glenelg High School graduate, who was tragically injured in early July in Bethany Beach while playing basketball with friends. He climbed to the top of the rim to swish the ball as it was tossed, slipping and falling. Nick broke his neck and shattered the patella in his knee. He has suffered permanent damage to his spinal cord as a result of this accident.

Although his neck (C6) and knee were reconstructed, Nick remains paralyzed from the chest down. The benefit concert will feature renowned concert pianists Saar Ahuvia and Stephanie Kai-Win Ho, along with trumpeters Vince DiMartino and Doug Burian, and organist Richard Cartwright.

The concert is free, but donations will gratefully be accepted. Glenelg United Methodist Church is  at 13900 Burntwoods Road in Glenelg. Come join in for an afternoon of wonderful music for a wonderful cause.

Comment on this entry • No responses

Flu Shot Clinic at Glenwood Senior Center this Thursday

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: November 11, 2008

The Glenwood Senior Center will be holding a Flu Shot Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 13, from noone to 4 p.m. Brought to you by the Mayo Clinic, the cost for a flu shot is $25.00 or bring your Medicare Part B card. Pneumonia shots will also be available for an additional $30. If you have heart disease, you should get an annual flu shot. That’s the message put out by the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology.

Studies have shown that death from the flu is more common among people with cardiovascular disease than among people with any other chronic condition. According to the CDC, the flu is estimated to cause more than 36,000 deaths in the United States. In addition it sends 225,000 people to the hospital. The rate of flu related complications is even higher for people with heart disease.

Comment on this entry • No responses