Pointers Run Elementary School second-grade team leader Shari Hofmann has been selected a Howard County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Educator. Nancy Utley, whose daughter Julia was in Mrs. Hofmann's class last year, nominated Mrs. Hofmann for this distinguished award.
Parents, students, former students, former student teachers, the administrators at Pointers Run and Mrs. Hofmann's colleagues overwhelmingly seconded her nomination. Pointers Run Principal Andy Barsinger notes Mrs. Hofmann's enthusiasm. He says that Mrs. Hofmann notices and praises everything her students do. Assistant Principal Joanne Ferguson adds, "You can feel her love for the students the instant you walk into her room. She loves the children, and they return her love."
Mrs. Hofmann, who has taught at several elementary schools in Howard County, lives in Clarksville with her husband, Lee, and daughter Megan.
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The halls at Glenwood Middle School are festooned with fliers inviting students, parents and friends to see "the basketball game of the year." It's a game featuring the "Glenwood Super Teacher Team" as they take on the "Mount View Marshmallow Teacher Team" at Glenwood.
Some say this will be just a friendly rivalry, but the Glenwood and Mount View teachers have been practicing hard.
Mount View staff member Tony Holland responds, "We're not marshmallows. We're going out on the court to show Glenwood that the Mount View team is the toughest."
This is going to be a fun evening, with the Glenwood Jazz Ensemble adding some hot music to the mix. Proceeds from the $1 admission charge and the sale of refreshments will benefit the Glenwood students' Christmas in April fund.
Introductions for the big game begin at 7:15 p.m. and tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
Call 313-5520.
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Good luck to the music students from Western Howard County who will fill Mount Hebron High School with wonderful sounds Saturday.
For months, hundreds of instrumental music students, 29 from Glenwood Middle School alone, have rehearsed solos and ensembles for the annual Howard County Solo and Ensemble Festival.
Saturday, they will play scales and their carefully prepared pieces for a judge. Every 12 minutes in each room of the school, judges will assess the performance of another student or small group. Music teachers will spend the day rushing from room to room to offer encouragement. Musicians will leave with a certificate, a sheet of their judge's comments, and a feeling of a job well done.
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Mark your calendar and start cleaning out your closets. The Goodwill organization will be collecting usable household goods, clothing and appliances at the Alpha Ridge Landfill at 2350 Marriottsville Road in Marriottsville from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. this Saturday and next.
You may donate clothing, accessories, jewelry, shoes, toys, books, knickknacks, dishes, linens, kitchenware, glassware, small working appliances and electronic items.
For information, call 313-6444 or 313-SORT.
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Opportunity knocks with a chance to see fine family entertainment right in your own neighborhood. The students and staff of Glenelg High School will present "Big River," which is "Huckleberry Finn" in musical form, at the school Wednesday and Feb. 24, 25 and 26. Jeb Stuart Johnston as Huck, Jamie Hill as Jim, Chris Connolly as Tom Sawyer and Tom Kouyeas, Wes Curtis, Kathleen Dwyer, Jason Murray, Zack Guerra and Suzie Wolfinger will lead a cast 52 students strong.
Glenelg English teacher Ethel Roberts will guest star, singing "The Crossing." Don't miss this sparkling musical. Tickets are only $5 per person, available at the door. Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. The Sunday performance is at 3 p.m.
Call 313-5528 for more information.
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Gretchen Mobberly is president of the Howard County Horse Show Association. With the HCHSA board members, she is busy planning the 1995 HCHSA season. The group usually puts on 16 to 20 shows each year, and this year there will be some new shows and new locations.
Nonmembers are welcome to show in any HCHSA event, and new members are always welcome. The organization has divisions for just about any riders.
L For more information, call 410-379-6328 and leave a message.
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How can you and your family enjoy dinner out without paying a fortune? Go to the spaghetti dinner sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary to the 5th District Volunteer Fire Department in Clarksville.
For just $5 for adults and $2.50 for children (under 4 free), you can feast on spaghetti with meat sauce or sauce without meat, salad, garlic bread, dessert, iced tea and coffee.
It's from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Banquet Hall at the Clarksville fire station at the intersections of Routes 108 and 32 in Clarksville.
For more information, please call 531-3984.
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We've all heard of kitchen showers for brides and grooms. Now there is a kitchen shower for a church. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the United Methodist Women at Linden-Linthicum United Methodist Church will gather to socialize and shower the church kitchen with coffee pots, cooking pots, cleaning products and kitchen linens.
If you have something to donate to the church kitchen or if you'd like to attend the shower, call 531-5653.
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Members of the Happy Hounds 4-H Club continue to win awards. The club is particularly proud of Ian Boyer and his mixed breed Labrador and German shepherd, Lady.
Last month they won the 1994 American Mixed Breed Obedience Registration (AMBOR) Eugene Trophy. AMBOR awards this trophy to the second-highest-scoring Junior boy handler in the nation.
At the January meeting, Happy Hounds installed new club officers. They are: President Marianne Russo, vice president Dorothy West, secretary Catherine Clark, historian Sarah Curtis, treasurer Susan Speight and reporter Milena Boyer. Happy Hounds meets tonight at 7 p.m. The club welcomes visitors and new members.
Call (301) 854-5509.
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Bushy Park Elementary School second-grader Justine Mantua and fourth-grader Allison Biggs were Citizens of the Month in January.