Sykesville’s historic Colored Schoolhouse will hold a lemonade social from 1-4 p.m. Saturday.
The lemonade social serves as an open house for the building, 518 Schoolhouse Road, Sykesville, where people can come in and learn about the history of the building and the segregated times. Tours will also be available.
‘‘We’ll have a lot of games out that great-grandma and great-grandpa have played like jacks and jump rope,” said curator Pat Greenwald. ‘‘...The adults use the kids as an excuse of [playing].”
The schoolhouse will also dedicate a recently built rain garden to the late Harry Haight, who owned Haight Funeral Home, she said.
For information, e-mail Greenwald at patgreenwald@comcast.net or call 410-489-6540.
South Carroll gradawarded scholarship
Congratulations to South Carroll High School grad Kimberly Bittner of Westminster for receiving a $2,000 scholarship from Northrop Grumman.
While at South Carroll High, Bittner earned straight-A’s, earned numerous distinctions in school and in the community and was a member of the National Honor Society and was co-president of the National Art Honor Society.
Bittner plans to major in biology with a concentration in environmental studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
The Northrop Grumman Scholarship Program uses Scholarship America, an independent nonprofit organization, to process the applications.
Scholarship America selected students based on academic records, demonstrated leadership, and participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience and statement of goals and aspirations. Winners are children of full-time Northrop Grumman employeees.
Her father, David Bittner, works at Northrop Grumman.
Apple ButterMarket continues
The 2007 Sykesville Apple Butter Market is in full summer form, and the next market will be July 29.
The market features food from local farmers, cut flowers, antiques, artisans, fresh baked goods and more.
Markets will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month through October.
The markets are on the property of the former fruit canning warehouse off of West Friendship and Forsythe roads on Sykesville’s Howard County side.
New for this year will be performances by The Shakespeare Factory. The troupe is made up of students from Century High School.
A 10-foot-by-10-foot vendor space costs $20 per day, or $80 for the season. Registration is due two weeks prior to the market date.
Call Melissa Delbusso at 410-552-4849.
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