Bon Secours Hosts Father’s Day Cookout June 21

By Cassie Felch
Posted: June 18, 2009

Celebrate Father’s Day this weekend in the beautiful setting of Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 1525 Marriottsville Road in Marriottsville.

BSSC invites all dads and families to attend a Father’s Day Cookout on June 21, from noon - 2 p.m. The meal includes barbecue pork, ribs, sirloin burgers, kielbasa with peppers and onions, roasted corn, baked beans, pasta salad, watermelon, sheet cake and beverages.

Adults cost $13.95, Seniors cost $10.95, Children ages 3-12 cost $8.50, and children younger than 3 are free. To register, call 410-442-1320, or go to www.bonsecoursspiritualcenter.org.

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MRHS and RHHS Present ‘Blithe Spirit’ June 25-27

By Cassie Felch
Posted: June 12, 2009

How reassuring to know that one can venture out into the world and yet still return to the security and familiarity of home. The River Hill High School Theater Arts Department thus presents its 2nd annual performance of the You Can Always Come Home Players. The group appears this year in Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit,” a light-hearted comedy about a novelist haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

This collaborative effort between River Hill and Marriotts Ridge high schools features past and present fine arts students under the direction of MRHS theater arts teacher Sally Livingston and assistant Cara Antico (MRHS Class of ’08).

Cast and crew include Rocky Bostick (RHHS ’09), Mike Brophy (RHHS ‘09), Jamie Driskill (RHHS ’04), Gabe Fremuth (RHHS ’07), Jimmy Hession (RHHS ’09), Robert Kubisen (MRHS ’09), Jonathan Kwolek (MRHS ‘10), Pam Land (RHHS Director of Theatre Arts), Mike Leon (RHHS ’07), David Llanso (RHHS ’12), Amanda Ogorzalek (RHHS ‘08), Martin Proulx (RHHS ’10), Abby Schwarz (MRHS ’08), Michelle Shankar (RHHS’08), Sara Vanasse (RHHS ’09), and Nick Woodhouse (RHHS ‘09).

Performances take place June 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. in the RHHS auditorium, and tickets cost $10. Proceeds benefit the “You Can Always Come Home Players” Fine Arts Scholarship Fund. To purchase, visit the RHHS front office from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday – Friday, or go to the box office 6-7:30 p.m. on show nights. For more information, call Nancy Duffy or Carla Styczynski at 410-313-7120.

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4-H Offers Ag Safety Day June 29

By Cassie Felch
Posted: June 12, 2009

Howard County 4-H invites youth ages 8-13 to participate in a Progressive Agricultural Safety Day at the Howard County Fairgrounds on June 29 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The event, which costs $5, covers such topics as fire, water, sun, and road safety, and it includes snacks, lunch, a T-shirt, and a take-home bag of safety materials.

To print a registration form, go to www.howard4-h.org. Space is limited to the first 50 applicants.

Contact Howard County 4-H Extension Educator Sheryl Bennett at 410-313-1912 or sherylb@umd.edu for more information.

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“Make Summer Count” by Volunteering for Neighbor Ride

By Cassie Felch
Posted: June 12, 2009

Neighbor Ride invites you to “Make Summer Count” by bringing the kids along as you help transport a local senior. The nonprofit Neighbor Ride organization aims to decrease isolation and improve the quality of life for Howard County residents, age 60 and older, by providing low-cost rides to appointments, classes, social activities, religious services, and other area destinations.

If you would like to participate in this flexible and gratifying volunteer experience, call Rosemary Noble at 410-884-RIDE or volunteer@neighborride.org.

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Conservancy Seeks Volunteer Gardeners

By Cassie Felch
Posted: June 12, 2009

The Howard County Conservancy, located at 10520 Old Frederick Road in Woodstock, seeks drop-in gardeners (all skill levels welcome) on Wednesday mornings to help maintain the property’s many thematic and native gardens.

For more information, call Chris Garbart at 410-465-8877. The Conservancy Web site is www.hcconservancy.org.

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