Bargains Galore in West Friendship on July 12

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: July 7, 2008

The Hill and Associates Auction Company will hold its final Howard County fairgrounds sale of the summer Saturday, July 12 at 10 a.m.

According to Auctioneer Ellen Hill Kilby, this is the one sale of the year where bargain basement applies.

“We have to clear out the building before the Howard County Fair, so everything is priced to go,” Kilby said. “Come out to the fairgrounds and enjoy our customer appreciation day.”

Country collectibles, jewelry, furniture, vintage books, crystal and sterling silver are all part of the items up for auction.

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So many dogs, So little time

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: July 2, 2008

If you love dogs, then this one’s for you. Promoters of the Dog Cluster Show at the Howard County fairgrounds, in West Friendship, this week and weekend, promise more than 2,000 dogs. Four kennel clubs will participate in four different shows, strutting more than 140 different breeds from Thursday, July 3 to Sunday, July 6, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. More than 40 vendors will be selling dog related items.The show is free to the public.

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Cutting of the Wheat coming July 5

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: July 1, 2008

Members of the Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club, in conjunction with the Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association, will hold the fifth Annual Cutting of the Wheat Saturday, July 5.

Members invite the community to join in the old time fun at the Living Heritage Farm Museum as club members cut the wheat that was planted last fall. This is a full-blown family event which will highlight the old-time custom of a wheat cutting event.

Demonstrations on cutting, threshing and baling, along with horse pulls, wagon rides, Bluegrass music and tractor displays. Oh, and of course, there will be plenty of goodies to munch on at the club’s concession stand.

Bring the whole family to this signature West Friendship event. The Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum is at 12985 Frederick Road (Route 144), just across from the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship.

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Hold That Trash

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: June 30, 2008

In case you were planning a clean the house cull this weekend, this just in from our Howard County Government: On July 4, the Howard County offices and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be closed. There will be no trash or recycling pickup Friday, July 4. Trash collection will resume Saturday, July 5. Recycling collection will take place Friday, July 11.

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Lots of Locks - all for Love

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: June 29, 2008

Shannon Blee, a fifth-grader at St. Louis School, sits with hair stylist Christina Bower at Studio 10, in Glenelg, as Shannon shows off the hair she will donate to Locks of Love.

Young Shannon Blee, a fifth-grade student at St. Louis School, has beautiful hair and a beautiful heart. The swimming team champ and all around great kid had the idea, like many of her peers, to donate her long tresses to the Locks of Love organization. The nonprofit makes wigs for children with health problems from the donated hair the organization receives.

Shannon came to Studio 10, in Glenelg, June 27 and gladly allowed stylist Christina Bower to shear her long hair into a shorn off braid suitable for mailing to the Locks of Love organization.

The sweet youngster was accompanied by her mother, Jan Blee, who said she was delighted to have her daughter participate in such a worthy cause.

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