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7A Monday, September 16, 1996 Page Shore Tdloy Eastern Jt i ZZ1 Wirflv a rads relish diplomas 1 i- INFORMATION WELCOME i SI Si CI. tit ft, I jirt a Wm The Star Democrat welcomes contributions to the calendar. COMMUNITY and NON-PROFIT organizations planning events open to the public may send information in writing to Calendar: The Star Democrat, P.O. Box 600, Easton, Md. 21601, or fax items to 820-6519.

Regular club meetings or gatherings not open to the public will not be published. Send notices two weeks before the event. Include a telephone number. Events are published as space allows. today FEDERAL FURNITURE of the Chesapeake, slide lecture with Elaine Hawes, 11 a.m., Talbot County Historical Society Auditorium, Easton.

Bring bag lunch. Admission. For information call 822-0773. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING for beginners, 7 9 p.m., at Cross Court Athletic Club, sponsored by Scottish Country Dancers of the Eastern Shore. Everyone welcome.

For information call 745-6323 ACT "FOR COASTAL BAYS presentation by Marie Youngs, director, Assateague Coastal Trust, 7 p.m., Talbot Library. Easton. Sponsored by Eastern Shore Group, Sierra Club. Public welcome. Information, 226-5401, 822-1496.

17 BEREAVED PARENTS Support Group; education, sharing, 7:30 9 p.m. St. Mark's Methodist Church, Easton. For parents with recent, past losses of children. Professional facilitator.

Talbot Hospice, 822-6681. ALZHEIMER BEGINNING Caregiver Support group (ABCG), 1:30 p.m., third floor lounge, 'William Hill Manor, Easton. For information call 820-8715. 1 DEMOCRATIC CLUB of Queen Anne's County 7 p.m., V.F.W., Grasonville. Speaker, Steve Eastaugh, candidate for Congress.

Public welcome. SEPT. 18 CH.A.D.D. OPEN HOUSE, ChildrenAdults with Attention Deficit Disorder, 7-9 p.m. Easton Town Office Lending library teacher packets, literature, available.

Everyone welcome. For information call 745-9666. BAYSIDE QUILTERS, 9 a.m., Londonderry social center, Easton. Scrap Quilts by Stephanie Goddard. Beginners welcome.

Guild meets third Wednesday For information call 820-8897. LUPUS SUPPORT Group, 7:30 p.m., St. Mark's Ministry to Aged, Bay Street, Easton. For information call 822-4452. PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES International, Tidewater Chapter, 5:15 p.m., social time, dinner and meeting.

Speakers, Paige Kingsbury and Holly Johnson, postmasters. Public welcome. Reservations required, 822-4223. MEETING, Talbot County Dep't Social Services advisory board, 7 p.m., 10 S. Hanson Easton.

Public welcome. Handicapped assistance arranged. For information call 820-6682 or TTY GIRL SCOUT REGISTRATION, South Dorchester Elementary School (library meeting center), Church Creek Rd. 7 p.m. HUMANE SOCIETY of Caroline County, 7 p.m., Courthouse, Denton.

Public welcome. For information call 479-3911. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Dickens of a Christmas in East" ona.Festival parade; children's activities, street JL Kaneka Scott, left, Josh Freed and incentive to go back. She hopes to continue on with technical training, specifically engineering, at Lincoln-Tech in Baltimore. Josh Freed said his independence was most important to him when he made the decision to quit high school in 1993.

But he soon realized that any field of interest required him to have a high school diploma before he could enter into a training program. "Last September I started a job where they will be putting me through training; but not without my high school diploma," said Freed, 20, of Centreville. Freed said evening high school was a lot harder then he thought it would be, especially while holding down a full-time job. "I would've stayed in school if I knew it was that' hard to get your diploma," he Brenda Search display their high school diplomqs at Jufs ceremonies. Evening program gives new nope to some who might not have finished school By ROSE G.

SPIK Staff Writer STEVENSVILLE As the school year gets under way for Queen Anne's County students, the graduates of, the county's evening high school are preparing to move on with their diplomas securely in hand. The evening high school program has been in existence for five years and has been quite successful, according to coordinator and teacher Marlyn Friedman. Friedman, a math teacher at Queen Anne's County High School, said the program attracts a potpourri of students, but' all of them have one thing in common they want their high School diploma. "It's all up to 'them; whether or not they fail Is their decision," she said. 4 Four students graduated from the program at the ceremonies on July 30 at the high school; Earlier in the spring the its first, more ceremonies for three other graduates, at a Board of Education Kaneka Scott, of Grasoriville, a July graduate, said she knew all along that she wanted to'gef that diploma.

But at the end; of her second semester of Jlty grade she made the decision1 'todrw out. "More me and there was more' time 'taken with each of us, said 18-year-old Scott, referring to the one-on-one attention she received at the evening classes. "I got more interested in school when I started going to night school. During regular school, in one class (biology) I had no idea what I was doing. It seemed like everyone else understood," Scott said.

But knowing she was going to get her diploma gave her the Color guard in nation EASTON Members of the Blake Blackston Post Sons of the American Legion Color Guard recently returned from a national competition in Salt Lake City, Utah as national champions in the Open Military class. The group competed against 28 other teams to win the national title. They are also current state champions in the same class, and placed first in the color guard competition at the annual Sons of the American Legion Detachment Convention in Hagerstown in June. Guard Capt. Charles Smothers said the state championship was a first, for the Eastern Shore, and now the national award is another first, Other members of the, team first more; Interested? Meet at 8 pimv, Call iv' asou.V.

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY to trt i.i ii id r.i rU at xl A ai ai ti i rf if i P. at to i fil It A la said. But, he said, now that he has it there is no stopping him in the job market. Medical and health problems forced Brenda Scharch to quit in the middle of her senior year in 1995. "I was missing too much school but I always planned to get my diploma," said Scharch, 19, who works for a company in Fel-ton, Del.

"It felt great to get that diploma and I want to go to college," she said. Scharch found the evening classes fit perfectly into her schedule because she was working a graveyard shift at the time. "I would come home from work and sleep awhile, then went to school and to work," she said. The evening hieh school nro- gram is funded through a cooperative effort of the Private civic functions. As representatives of their squadron, post, the North Eastern Shore District and the Detachment of Maryland, they make presentations to local schools and other groups on flag etiquette, and they welcome the community's continued interest.

County High School, Centreville. Bus transportation leaves William Hill Manor at 7 p.m. Reservations required. Call 822-2072 SEPT. 19 DRADA MEETING, Depression and Related Affected Disorders Ass'n, for those with depression or manicdepression and the families, 7:30 p.m., St.

Mark's U.M. Church, Easton. For information call 820-6097. NEW QUILT GUILD, 7-8 p.m., Talbot Community Center, (Hog Neck), Easton. Everyone welcome.

For information call 819721 or 745474. EMBROIDERERS' GUILD of America, Eastern Shore Chapter, 10 a.m., Centreville Library. Program, embroidering. a hat band. New members, guests welcome.

For information call 745-5327 or 648-5344. FAMILY AND CAREGIVERS Support Group, sponsored by Alzheimer's Family Support Group, 4:30 p.m., Caroline Medical Adult Day Care, Denton. Public welcome. For information call 479-2672. 55 ALIVEMATURE DRIVING two-day session, Sept.

19, 20, 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Nick Rajacich Center, Memorial Hospital, Easton. Fee. To register call 822-1000, ext.

5322. QUEENSTOWN HOMEMAKERS Club, noon, covered dish luncheon, Calvary U.M. Church. New members welcome. Fo information call SEPT.

20 CRAB CONTRAS traditional country dance, 8 -11 p.m., Christ Church Parish House, St. Michaels. Greg Frock, caller; Liz Donaldson, piano; Andrea Hoag, fiddle. Everyone welcome. Call 822-4581 or 745-6080.

EVOLUTION OF DECOY CARVING, From Marsh to Museum, exhibit by Ward Museum, decoys, miniatures, decoratives, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton. Through Nov. 10. Admission. Information, 822-0773.

MM Photo by CATHY QUESENBERKY Industry Council and the Board of Education. Brenda Marzucco, director of the Youth Program for PIC, said the evening high school Erogram provides an option. "Just ecause a student drops mean they can't learn, they just are not learning in the traditional method, she said. Looking at methods of alternative learning is just one of the youth program's goals, she said. By holding traditional ceremonies, like the graduation at the high school, the evening students achievements are given the recognition they deserve, said Marzucco.

"Dr. (David) Jones was there and members of the Board of this is just as after all it is their day," she said. Dancers coming to local theater The Itinerant Dance Theater, a Sessional company based in laware, will perform at the Church Hill Theatre on Sept. 21, at 7:30. Several dance styles, including; ballet, modern, jazz, and ethnic, will be represented.

Choreographers are the Director, Catherine Samaradza, of Marydel, Michelle Martin, of Milford, Del. and Susanna Organek of New York City. Local dancers include Catherine Samardza and Michelle Martin, and apprentices Monica Starr Biener, Kim Sels and Aubrey Western. Ian Betts, Katy DeBra and Susanna Organek, from New York City, will be making special appearances. These three dancers worked with Catherine Samardza when she was dancing and teaching in New York City from 1976 to 1991.

Members of the Dance Dimensions Youth Ensemble will also be Bsrforming with the Itinerant ance Theater in their Church Hill performance. The Youth Ensemble is the resident company of Dance Dimensions of Mil-ford, Del. Catherine Samardza, Michelle Martin and Gayle Gardiner are co-directors of Dance Dimensions. The program on Sept. 21 will include "The Valentino Tango," "At the Hop," Samba," "Scottish Highland Dances," and "Contraridance." Catherine Samaradza will be offering dance classes in conjunction with the Church Hill Theatre, beginning in October.

Her work will be beautifully showcased in this performance, which is free to children, $5 for adults. For further information on the program and the upcoming classes, call the Church Hill Theatre at 410-758-1331. HIDDEN FENCE SYSTEMS ySffSet Your Dog Free. Chestertown, MD 822-7233 Historical Society Auditorium. ORCHESTRA, Qiieen 'Anne's'1 National Champion Color Guard Team from the Blake Blackston Post No.

77 Sons of the American Legion leads the Queenslown Volunteer Fire Department's September Fair Parade. They received the Judges Trophy in the parade. Woman's Club officers installed Festival volunteers sought for 'Dickens of a Christmas' include Freddie Taylor, Artney Miller, Francis Allen, Elmer Dob-son, George Wilson, Oscar Cooper, Marshall Taylor, and Rudy Russell Sr. The guard participates in parades throughout the Mid-Shorej as well as posting colors for various American Legion, S.A.L. and, .1 v- rfrS A EASTON Volunteers are needed for the "A Dickens of a Christmas" festival here this upcoming holiday season.

The festival will commence the first week 6f Ddcembef ''with the Hanging of the 'Green's1 ifihd a Dickens Family 1 PflracteP Numerous children's eVenri'larW scheduled including a "Drawing Dickens" art exhibit to be held: at the Academy of the Arts. Also new to this year's festival will be The Old Curiosity Museum and Gallery Shoppes tAtt For Giving), The Dickens Jingle Bell Walk. Run, Toddle for all ages, and the Dickens Feast. In addition, committees have been formed to work on costumes, pubilicity and marketing, street events, Dickens merchandise, and fund raising. Help is needed on all committees.

If you'd like to help, a meeting has been scheduled at the Historical Society Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 6 p.m., or contact Eileen A. Deymier at 410-820-9318. Recently installed officers of the Eastern Shore Branch, Maryland Federation of Woman's Clubs are shown top row, left to right, treasurer Susie Booze of the Woman's Club of Denton, corwponding secretary, Brenda Bennett, Junior Woman's dub of Pocomoke City, recording secretary. Esther Henry, of Talbot County Women's Club and seated, left to right, vice president, Ann Miles of the Woman's Club of Denton and Talbot County Women's Club, and president, Sylvia Butler of the Woman's Club of Denton.

Not present for the photo was director of Junior Clubs, Kim Roop of Pocomoke Gty. Easton Mayor Eugene Butler, right, presents A Dickens of a Christmas Festival co-directors Sharon Goebei, left, and Eileen Deymier, center, with a check from the Town Council in support of the festival. ll.