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Brownie Troop 247 talk with Major Amy
Bennett about being a female soldier in
today’s military.
Kids Give Back
Girl Scouts Anna Mowell, Emily
Vandewater and Lauren Kennedy
from Troop 1136 were recognized
for receiving the Girl Scout Gold
Award during a Scout Sunday service
at Faith Lutheran Church on Feb. 6.
The girls were part of a group of 20
girls and boys who took part in Scout
Sunday services at the church. Scouts
from kindergarten through 12th
grade were active participants in the
service with Mowell, Vandewater
and Kennedy giving a joint sermon
highlighting the history and values of
Girl Scouting. They also shared their
Gold Award Projects: Mowell renovated
the kindergarten kitchen and created
a “Cooking Safety Project” at St.
John’s Lutheran School; Vandewater
organized “Quilts of Caring” for
Lutheran World Relief; and Kennedy
completed a Garden Restoration
Project at Faith Lutheran Church.
“My project had special meaning
because I have been a member of Faith
Lutheran Church all my life,” says
Kennedy. “The community at Faith
has taught me the meaning of helping
others and leading by example. It was
rewarding to give something back and
bring people together to accomplish a
worthwhile goal.”
The Girls Scouts of Brownie
Troop 247 got a triple treat when
they sold the most cookies, 2,531
boxes, in the Hereford area this
year. As top sellers they earned a
bowling party at Stoneleigh Lanes
in Towson. And at a recent meeting
the girls got a special Skype call
from LTC, IN Michael Bennett
from Kuwait who’d bought cookies
from one of the Brownies. LTC
Bennett’s wife, Major Amy Bennett,
visited the girls to set up the Skype
connection and to share what it is
like to be a woman in today’s military.
The alto section wait for their part in
Our Lady of Grace’s “Can You Hear Me
Now?” Photo by Elaine Guarriello
On Stage
HHS Dance prepares for Dance
FEST 2011. Hereford High’s new
Dance Department is pulling out
all the stops as it plays host to
other Baltimore County dancers
for “Dance Fest 2011” on April 8.
“This is the first time the event has
been hosted by Hereford High,” says
instructor Erin Norton. The Festival
will take over the P.E. wing and
the school’s stage and will include
conditioning, ballet and modern
technique. Norton expects 10 local
schools plus the All County Honors
Ensemble to attend. She added
that “Windsor High School, from
Birmingham, England will be our
guests, and they will be performing
two pieces.” So the Festival will be
international this year. An evening
performance, which is open to the
public, caps off the event.
Our Lady of Grace presented a
musical reflection, Can You Hear
Me Now, on Feb. 12 to an audience
By Rita Baker-Schmidt
of about 100 people. It was the regional
premier of the piece written by
Francis Patrick O’Brien. It is “a beautiful
story of Eve, the serpent, Isaac,
Abraham, Mary, Mother Theresa,
and others throughout the ages who
have been called by God ...” said alto
Barbara Edwards, “and how they were
not so very different from us... They
hear His voice, but are distracted by
the world.” Both performers and audience
members were transformed by
the piece. “I simply found this experience
‘soul-shaking,’ ” said alto Theresa
Campbell. “In the humdrum of winter,
it inspired, uplifted and transformed
me.”
Middleschooler Sarah Gardner and her
dad, Doug, hit the dance floor at the
OLGS SnowBall.
Around the Zone
Our Lady of Grace School has
been named a STEM School. STEM
stands for Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics. There
are only seven STEM schools in the
Archdiocese of Baltimore. “There are
high requirements and expectations for
these schools,” says Byrdie Ricketts,
Principal of OLGS. She noted that
along with professional development
for all faculty, all students K-8 are
engaged in STEM projects and activities.
On Jan. 21, the young ladies of
OLGS put on their finest and invited
their fathers to an evening out for the
annual SnowBall. Girls from preschool
to 8th grade hit the dance floor with
their special fella. The event was put
on by the Parents’ Association, which
Chrissie Dreyer, Annie Rus and David
Rus volunteered at the Kids Table at
the Hereford Zone Business Association’s
Expo.
is looking forward
to hosting a Mother
and Son Baseball
Outing in the spring.
The Hereford
Zone Business
Association held its
Second Annual Expo
on Feb. 12. The free
event filled both
floors of Summit
Manor as 350 visitors
got a chance to
explore the wares
and displays of 63 local businesses, including Mason-Dixon
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Hereford High School is presenting “1776, the Musical”
on April 13-15. For tickets go to SeatYourself.biz.
Artistic Children’s Theatre (A.C.T.) is holding auditions
for the musical “Aladdin and His Wonderful Magical Lamp,”
April 4-6 at 19908 York Road, and at Saint James Academy
on April 8 & 14. The show will take place October 14-16.
For information and to audition, e-mail actwithchris@gmail.
com.
On April 29, the Young Life Capernaum Gala and
Silent Auction will be held at Martin’s Valley Mansion
in Cockeysville, 8-11pm. Tickets are $50 per person and
includes dinner, open bar, DJ and dancing, silent auction
and raffles. Cocktail attire is recommended. The event
supports Capernaum’s service to teens with disabilities
and their families in the Baltimore metro area.
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Battle at the Bee
The 2011 Baltimore Bee that took place at Towson
University on March 12 found two Hereford area kids battling
it out for the top spot. Robbie Palmisano, a student
at Hereford Middle School, and Elizabeth Bernatowicz,
who is home-schooled in Freeland, made it through 33
rounds of the spelling competition before Palmisano
pulled out the victory for the second year in a row.
Congratulations to all the students who participated.
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