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Help raise money for Habitat for Humanity and tour the Poolesville home that was constructed on ABC TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" last year.
The home at 19505 Jerusalem Church Terrace will be open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Entry is $5 and visitors will receive a T-shirt, DVD copy of the Extreme Makeover show, a tour of the home and activities, such as a moon bounce and musical performances.
For more information, register at www.classicmd.net or call 301-251-2001.
Brain teasers
Twenty-six 4th and 5th grade students from Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary School in Germantown were among the nearly 150,000 students worldwide to participate this year in the Math Olympiads program, according to parent volunteer Melissa McDonald. They participated in weekly practice sessions under the supervision and coaching of teachers Joanne DiNovo, Marguerite Snipes, Beverly Skoczlas and parent volunteers Sharmila Gupte, Rajashree Purohit, Rebecca Tadesse and McDonald. They taught the children to solve unusual and difficult problems and to think creatively. The year ended with its 2nd annual exciting and fun math-related scavenger hunt within the school building.
The silver pin was awarded to the top 10 percent of the team, with Alex Hsu earning first place and Anisha Gupte earning second place.
The embroidered patch was awarded to the top 50 percent of all the participants, including Jackson Douglas, Anisha Gupte. Alex Hsu, Julia Jin, Gabriella McDonald, Siddharth Nayak and Anusha Patgiri.
The Math Olympiads serves more than 4,500 teams and 100,000 students nationally. Since 1979, it has provided challenging, thought-provoking problems that stretch the abilities of students. For more information, visit www.moems.org.
Music on the lawn
Grab a blanket and picnic and hit the lawn for BlackRock Center for the Arts' free summer concert series. The performances are 7 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 15.
On Aug.15, BlackRock, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown will launch the 2009–2010 season with the BlackRock Blast-Off!, a day of sample classes, exhibits and arts activities, culminating with a family performance by the Grammy Award winning folk duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer. The sample class portion of the day runs from 4:30–6:30 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7 p.m.
The following artists will perform during the free summer concert series:
Saturday: Get ready for a swinging luau with Hula Monsters
July 18: Feel the African dance and drumming beat of Soul in Motion.
July 25: Slow down a little and listen to the blues sounds of Cathy Ponton King
Aug. 1: Go back in time with some oldies from the U. S. Navy Cruisers
Aug. 8: The Nighthawks offer blues and rock
Aug. 15: Fourth Annual BlackRock Blast-Off! with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
For more information, call the center at 301-528-2260 or visit www.blackrockcenter.org.
Human-rights history
Woody Guthrie, Jackie Robinson, and Eleanor Roosevelt — reformers and champions of human rights —will come alive this week at Montgomery College's 11th annual Chautauqua celebration at the Germantown Campus.
Actor/scholars will portray the historical figures, bringing to life this year's theme of "Rights and Reformers." The free performances are sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council.
The Chautauqua program will begin at 7 p.m., underneath a tent at the Germantown Campus, 20200 Observation Drive. In case of rain, the performance will be held inside Globe Hall, located within the campus's High Technology and Science Center.
Each Chautauqua program begins with a short musical performance. Next, an actor/scholar takes the stage to portray Woody Guthrie, Jackie Robinson, or Eleanor Roosevelt. The performers are in costume and in character to give audiences the illusion that they are listening to the actual historical figure.
The 2009 program schedule is:
7 p.m. today: Musical performance by Andrew McKnight. An Evening with Woody Guthrie, portrayed by David Fenimore.
7 p.m. Thursday: Musical performance by Soul in Motion. An Evening with Jackie Robinson, portrayed by Gregory Gibson Kenney.
7 p.m. Friday: Musical performance by Paula Monks. An Evening with Eleanor Roosevelt, portrayed by Suzan King.
For more information, call 240-567-7746 or visit www.montgomery
college.edu/chautauqua.
Blood donors needed
The Friends of the Library, Germantown Chapter are sponsoring a blood drive Saturday at the library,19840 Century Blvd.
Schedule an appointment to donate blood from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. There is a shortage of blood during the summer months, according to a statement from the group. There is an urgent need for O negative blood. Call 1-866-256-6372. The Inova Blood Donor Services bloodmobile will give T-shirt to thank those who want to donate blood. Visit www.inova.org/
donateblood for more information.
Take a chance
Raffle tickets on two condominium apartments in downtown Hagerstown are being sold to raise money for Operation Second Chance, a nonprofit organization that helps wounded service men and women staying at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and their families.
Tickets are $100. Order forms, rules and regulations at www.operationsecondchance.org.
If at least 4,251 tickets are sold by July 15, the drawing will be held that day; otherwise, the raffle will be postponed until Sept. 15. A maximum of 5,000 tickets will be sold. Money will be returned if enough tickets are not sold.
since the program began in 1999, and about 75 percent of schools get recertified every four years. There are 24 green schools in the county, according to outdoor education's Web site.
Other county schools recognized are Lakewood Elementary School in Rockville and Rosemary Hills and Woodlin elementary schools in Silver Spring.
Send submissions to Melissa A. Chadwick at mchadwick@gazette.net, fax at 301-670-7183 or mail to The Germantown-Boyds-Poolesville Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.
