Liberty High School was recently the scene of one of the season's first indoor color guard competitions. The show included majorette, percussion, drill team and guard competitions.
Twenty-three groups from Pennsylvania and Maryland participated in the event, the first in which Liberty High was the host.
The competition was divided into three levels -- gold, white and blue -- based on the experience of the groups participating.
Units competing in the gold division are typically new to indoor guard activity. Competitors in the white category have some previous indoor experience, while groups in the blue level are frequent indoor participants.
In the majorette portion of the competition, three Harrisburg, Pa., area schools came out winners. Vandalia High School took first place in the gold division, with Lower Dauphin High School capturing first in the white division. Central Dauphin High School won the blue division competition.
Walkersville High School, from Frederick County, placed first in the new category of standstill percussion.
The drill team from Mechanicsville (Pa.) High School took first place in the drill team competition.
A very close contest in the guard category saw Chambersburg (Pa.) High School edge Frederick County's Linganore High to capture first in the gold division.
Walkersville High School came out on top in the white division and North Penn High School, near Harrisburg, took the blue division.
The evening concluded with an exhibition performance entitled "Life's Adventures" by members of Liberty High's indoor guard.
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Eldersburg welcomed its newest family amusement spot last week when the revamped Fun Quarters opened in its new location in Carrolltown Center.
The Fun Quarters moved from a small location in the mall to a 10,000-square-foot location near Peebles department store.
The family fun center features a kiddie raceway, baby bulldozer, fitness maze, arcade, party rooms and concessions.
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Many still consider space to be the final frontier. Students at Piney Ridge Elementary had the opportunity to bring space a little closer to home recently when Ronald Ernst, a representative of NASA's Aerospace Education Services Program, visited the school.
Mr. Ernst presented a lecture describing our country's past, present and future explorations of space. Some basic principles of rocketry, aeronautics and astronomy were explained using photos from outer space and models of rockets.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aerospace Education Services Program provides a one-day school visit for students and teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade. The program is offered free to requesting organizations.
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Children 7 to 9 are invited to learn about trees at a Piney Run Nature Center program called "Sleeping Giants," tomorrow at the Nature Center from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Information: 795-6043.