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Sandy Spring Museum recently received a set of resources that officials there hope will help its volunteers and staff provide professional-level service for collections and researchers.
It received a copy of the "Connecting to Collections Bookshelf" from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The collection includes "an essential set of books, online resources and a user's guide on caring for documents and artifacts," museum officials said.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services program, which began in 2008, has provided 851 sets of the bookshelf to museums throughout the country.
Support for the bookshelf project itself comes from national foundations, including the Getty Foundation, the Henry W. Luce Foundation and the Samuel Kress Foundation.
For more information, call the museum at 301-774-0022 or visit www.sandyspringmuseum.org.
Blake library program honored
with state award
The Maryland Association of School Librarians recently recognized James Hubert Blake High School for its school library media program with the Mae I. Graham Award for 2008-2009.
The award is given every third year to a Maryland high school library media program that shows evidence of teaching and learning for all students. The award letter cited Susie Treat for her collaborative work with teachers and parents.
In addition, the onsite reviewers applauded Treat and her team of Janet Smith and Edie Woods, media assistants, and Ian Carpency and John Ovington, media services technicians, for the condition of the library and its collection.
Treat and the principal, Carole C. Goodman, are invited to the fall conference at Francis Scott Key Conference Center in Frederick to receive the award Oct. 15.
Mae I. Graham was the first branch chief at the Maryland State Department of Education.
The award rotates yearly among elementary, middle and high school programs.
Businesses needed to collect school supplies for students
Housing Opportunities Community Partners, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, will hold a school supply drive beginning Monday and continuing through Aug. 14.
The partners are looking for businesses willing to place collection boxes for school-supply donations in their stores or offices for the six-week period.
The supplies collected during the drive will help children and teens living in subsidized housing return to school well prepared, supplied with notebooks, backpacks, pens and other supplies.
"This year has been especially hard for low-income families in our county who are struggling with job losses and the rising cost of living in our area," Stephanie Semones, HOC special events coordinator, said in a prepared statement.
Last year, the partners were able to send nearly 2,000 Montgomery County students back to school with new supplies and many with new backpacks, HOC reported.
For more information, call Semones at 301-355-7399 or visit www.hocommunitypartners.org/
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On campus
-Patrick Daniel Dummer of Olney graduated May 23 from St. John's College in Santa Fe, N.M. His senior essay was titled "Stepping over the Threshold: A Study of Morality and Psychology in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment."
-Rachel Jennifer Kauffman, daughter of Board of Education member Phil Kauffman (At large) and Beth Kauffman of Olney, graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., on May 17 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. She completed two internships with Transitions of Allentown, a program for adolescents returning to school after hospitalization. She is a 2005 graduate of James Hubert Blake High School and will begin doctoral studies in psychology next fall.
If you have an interesting note about the people and the events of our community, send it to Judith Hruz, Editor, The Olney Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, Md. 20877, or e-mail it to jhruz@gazette.net. Our fax numbers are 301-670-7182 or 301-670-7183. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday for consideration for the following week. All items are subject to space availability.
-Federal, state and county offices are closed Friday for Independence Day.
-Banks, libraries and courts are closed Friday and Saturday.
-MCPS administrative offices are closed.
-Recycling and trash pickup - regular collection. County's waste transfer station open Friday, closed Saturday.
-Ride On and Metrobus will operate on Saturday schedule.
-Metrorail will operate on Saturday schedule Friday, supplemental service Saturday.
-MARC trains will not run.
-County liquor stores are open Friday. Saturday, all stores open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
-Parking is free at county lots, meters and garages.