Move over Madame Tussaud. The students at Mount View Middle School are waxing nostalgic this week as they stage a Wax Museum depicting famous Freedom Fighters from the past.
Mount View eighth grade students have researched the biographies of freedom fighting heroes and crafted informative and motivational speeches for presentation in their "living wax museum" gallery.
The community is invited to come out to Mount View Middle School on June 9 and 10 for performances in classrooms 7 and 8, throughout both days at 7:45 and 10:20 a.m. and 12:40 p.m.
West Friendship Elementary students are having the time of their life. These last weeks of school have seen a flurry of activity for the kids with school picnics, Spirit Days, the annual fifth grade Simulated Congress program, Band and Strings Concerts and more. The students await that fabled last day of school on June 19.
Speaking of West Friendship Elementary. Congratulations to the school's band teacher, Amy Syversen, who along with her husband Eric welcomed new baby girl Addison Catherine on May 22. Addison was welcomed home that very evening by her big sister Camden. Students and band parents at West Friendship know how organized Amy is as an instructor. Giving birth was no different as she drove home after the students concert rehearsal, headed to the hospital, gave birth and was home seven hours later. Congratulations to the Syversen family.
Area walkers are ready to move all night during the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of western Howard County on June 12, 6 p.m. to midnight, at the western regional park on Carrs Mill Road in Woodbine. Pledges are pouring in and participants are ready with luminaries to honor the memory of lost loved ones during the stirring luminary event at 9 p.m.
Local volunteer Suzy Hill has been planning her annual survivor's dinner, Zumba session, Pet Rock Band and more. Proceeds from Suzy Hill's bake sales, plant sales and individual pledges from within the community have been aimed at filling the till. Questions may be directed to Suzy at 443-253-1054 or by email to shill28@verizon.net.
The "cabbagers" of the Pink Cabbage at Triadelphia Road and Route 144 invite the community to the annual Funky Flea sale. The indoor and outdoor flea market will be held on June 6 , 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and is set, as usual, to be a sale with over 60 "fab and funky" vendors, live music, barbecue, jewelry, shabby chic and more right here in West Friendship. Yummy snacks, friendly banter, bargains galore and a benefit for the American Cancer Society.
West Friendship Livestock 4-H Club reporter Eric Fiege sends word of the recent happenings during the club's May 20 meeting. Project talks included discussion of home environment, poultry and goats with demonstrations on poultry science and chicken ownership. New members are always welcome to this long standing local 4-H club. The next meeting is June 17, 7 p.m., in the 4-H building at the Howard County Fairgrounds.
Don't forget that Glenelg United Methodist Church runs a food pantry open on the third Saturday of each month from 9 to 10 a.m. Glenelg United Methodist has partnered with the Howard County Food Bank to act as a pantry in the western end of the county for those in need of food assistance.
Glenelg United Methodist Church is at 13900 Burntwoods Road. Questions? Wish to donate nonperishables to the pantry? Call 410-489-7260 or email glenelggumcpantry@gmail.com.
Love big machines? Come out to the Farm Heritage Museum in West Friendship on June 13 for a family day that includes "Power of the Past" Antique Construction Equipment field day with demonstrations of operating shovels, cranes, track loaders, crawlers, and graders from the 1900's to the 1960's. Powerful machinery to gain the awe of the youngest members of the crowd.
A lawn mower race, great food and museum tours are part of the planned activities beginning at 10 a.m. The museum is at 12985 Frederick Road (Route 144), just across from the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship.