The Rev. Kevin Farmer, a 1983 Glenelg High School graduate and the son of John and Rosemary Farmer of Glenwood, is the youngest priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.
At 8 p.m. May 26 he will deliver a nonreligious baccalaureate address to members of the Glenelg class of 1994 in the school auditorium.
The students planned this voluntary part of graduation activities for themselves and the community. Ralph Cullison III, father of graduating senior Ralph Cullison IV, will preside at the baccalaureate, which will be an inspirational time for graduating students to reflect on their achievements and their futures. This event is not sponsored by the Howard County Public Schools or Glenelg High School.
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"Mathematics is the queen of the sciences," said Carl Friedrich Gauss more than a century ago. Math students at Glenelg High School must agree.
The Glenelg High Math Team was invited to attend the regional Capital Area Math Meet in Washington, because of its high scores at eight math meets this year.
Josh Ring, John Habert, Matt Ashmore and Andrea Bedingfield make up the team. Five students from Glenelg qualified for the American Invitational Math Examination, according to math team coach Linda Hartnett. Josh was the school's top scorer, followed by Matt, William Bradbury, John and Brad Jenkins.
Josh received the highest score of any student in Howard County in the annual scholarship exam at the University of Maryland.
His combined scores in multiple choice and free response earned him an honorable mention in that competition.
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"It was a humbling experience," confessed Pam Kafer, after she, her husband, Gus, their sons -- Ryan and Chris -- along with Steve, Donna and Josh Bracken handed out lunches to the homeless in front of Baltimore City Hall on Sunday.
Sunday School students from the Glenelg United Methodist Church brought in supplies and prepared 600 lunches, and the Kafers and Brackens made the deliveries.
For many months the Sunday School children have prepared 60 lunches for the homeless monthly.
This month, they decided to do more. Joan LaHayne and Sue Ellen Polise, who organize the monthly lunch donation, arranged this massive food preparation.
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Mary Cage, who lived in Glenelg for 17 years, invites friends to a memorial service for her husband, William A. Cage, who died New Year's Day.
The Cages moved to Port Orange, Fla., in 1986, and they have kept in touch with their Howard County friends. The service will be held at the Glenelg United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Memorial donations in Mr. Cage's honor may be made to the Glenelg United Methodist Church.
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David Eric Frisvold will attend Wake Forest University next year, thanks in part to a $2,000 scholarship from the Clarksville Lions Club.
David received the Clarksville Lions Club Atholton High School Educational Partnership Scholarship for his academic achievement, his community service while in high school and his positive character.
The Lions Club interviewed applicants for the scholarship, and they were impressed with the students' self-confidence and wide experience, says Diane Fohl of the Lions Club.
This is the second year that the Clarksville Lions Club has awarded a scholarship to an Atholton student.
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Mount View Middle School students are very proud of the playhouse they designed and built this year.
The Victorian cottage-style children's playhouse, which is on display this week at the Columbia Mall, is being raffled off to raise funds to help abused and neglected children through the group, Voices for Children.
Design and construction, under the guidance of teachers Rick Frankle and David France-Kelly, was a total school project.
Several area businesses, including Jeschke and James Interior Design Associates, helped the school produce the playhouse.
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The Cheryl Primrose Nursing Fund is nearly out of money. Mrs. Primrose of Woodbine was paralyzed in an accident last fall. She and her husband, Mickey, need money to pay for nursing care, so he can go to work, rather than stay home to take care of his wife.
To help, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is having a flea market to benefit the nursing fund.
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 18 at Union Chapel on Route 97 in Glenwood, church members will sell attic treasures.
If you'd like to donate some collectible clutter from your home, you may call Janice Stanton at (301) 854-6418. There is no table space available, but the church members hope you will stop by the flea market to find something for your home.
If you would like to contribute to Cheryl's nursing fund, make a donation at Citizens Bank in Glenelg or at the St. Andrew's flea market.
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Tuesday was Young Astronauts Day at Glenelg Country School.
After a year of fun and learning, members of the Young Astronauts Club, led by June Frisby, reviewed the year's activities and built and inflated a space bubble.
This year, students in the lower, middle and upper schools have made and launched mini hot-air balloons and gliders, have figured out how telescopes work, visited the Hubble Space Telescope repair crew and gone on many pleasurable and interesting field trips.
Their crowning experience was inflating their space bubble in the commons area of the upper school.
The bubble was large enough to hold all 30 club members. T. Wendell Butler, president of the Young Astronauts International Council, attended the event and spoke with the students about the International Conference of Young Astronauts to be held in Washington this July.
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Howard County 4-H clubs were well represented at the recent Regional Food and Nutrition Bowl Contest.
For the juniors, the Poplar 4-H club with Pam Brozowski, Ellen Regennitter and Rebecca Mesa competed. In intermediates, the Poplar 4-H Club with Molly Regennitter, Autumn Anderson, April Jackson and Jodi Ellenwood competed.
Both Poplar teams were coached by Mary Jo Regennitter and Laurie Brozowski.
Seniors were represented by the Green Thumb Club with Jill dTC Rupprecht, Alison Brown, Lara Haase and Robbie Anderson, coached by Diane Brown. All three teams placed first in the regional contest and will attend the State Bowl Contest during the Maryland State Fair in August.
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If you're at Pointers Run Elementary School tomorrow, you'll see students dressed in sporty jerseys, pants and hats.
The student government designated tomorrow as School Spirit Sports Day, a day to wear sporty clothes.
At 7 p.m. Monday, the Pointers Run PTA will hold its final meeting of the year, which will feature a talent show. During the school day Wednesday, students and staff will enjoy Unity Day, rescheduled from the winter we want to forget.
During Unity Day, students will have opportunities to make new friends by pairing with a student in another grade. They will attend workshops and hear presentations much of the day.
At 7 p.m., the instrumental music students at Pointers Run will present their spring concert, under the baton of band director Kendall Davis.
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Peter Zanger of Clarksville Elementary School won a gift certificate for his school for his exceptional artistic entry in the River Hill Garden Center Spring Flower Show.
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Congratulations to first-grader April Dorsey and fifth-grader Elizabeth Shields. They are the citizens of the month at Bushy Park Elementary School.