The Presidents Day holiday is a welcome relief from Tuesday's lovefest.
There's no token of love to buy. No special treats to prepare. No expectations to fulfill, just a long weekend to shop or go on a quick getaway, all thanks to our founding fathers.
Keep an eye out for bargains and those charge cards ready.
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North Arundel Hospital's new Nighttime Pediatric Urgent Care facility is having a free children's health fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Free health screenings for blood pressure, pulse and height and weight measurements and displays about first aid, X-rays and laboratory work will be featured.
The Nighttime Pediatrics office is in the Festival at Pasadena, at the corner of Ritchie Highway and Jumpers Hole Road. It is open weeknights from 5 p.m. to midnight and from noon to midnight on the weekend. For more information, call 544-NITE.
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The local bull and oyster season is in full swing with three more just added to the calendar.
* The Pasadena Business Association is having its annual scholarship fund-raiser from 7 p.m. to midnight Feb. 25 at the Earleigh Heights fire hall on Ritchie Highway.
Tickets are $22 per person. The event feature a menu catered by Tall Oaks Restaurant, with beer sodas, setups and a disc jockey.
Proceeds will be used to help pay for two scholarships awarded annually to seniors at Chesapeake and Northeast high schools.
For tickets, call 255-1300 or 987-4887.
JTC * American Legion Post 277 will have its roast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 26 at the post home on Carbide Road. Tickets are $20.
Proceeds will help send two local students to the Legion's Boys State program in June.
For tickets, call 360-0880.
* The Mountain Road Kiwanis Club will have its roast from 7 p.m. to midnight March 18 at Kurtz's Beach. Tickets are $22.
Raffle tickets will be sold. The grand prize is two Orioles tickets or $250 in cash.
To order tickets, call 768-2545.
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Inclement weather has forced the Greater Riviera Recreation Council to schedule a late registration session for a number of organizations. The sign up will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow at Sunset Elementary School on Fort Smallwood Road.
Programs participating in the sign up are: Havenwood Little League, Riviera Little League, Riviera Girls Softball League and Pasadena Clinic League.
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The Chesapeake High School theater group is looking for donations of '50s-style clothing, furniture and accessories to use in its April production of "Bye, Bye Birdie."
The group needs pink poodle skirts, crinolines, letter sweaters, long, full skirts, saddle shoes, bulky sweaters, men's cardigans and suspenders and jewelry. Furniture items needed are: rotary phones, a moose head, Shriner hats, dressers, large suitcases, sofas and chairs, lamps and old cameras with flashes.
The young actors and actresses also need hand or power tools, lumber, hardware, coffee cans and paint to build scenery. To donate, call Vicky Weedon, 255-4722.
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Organizers are preparing for the third annual Downs Park spring craft fair on April 22.
The event, held as part of Earth Day activities, will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the waterfront park.
The fair is a juried event, and artisans who wish to participate must submit an application with photographs of their crafts.
The cost is $20 for one space and $30 for two spaces.
/# Call 222-6230 for more details.