Child care volunteers needed

Learn to manage

personal finances

Learn how to manage your finances through a 13-week personal finance program held 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays at Forcey Memorial Church. The classes, which start Sept. 8, will be taught by Dave Ramsey, who has a nationally recognized "financial peace university" program. Applicants must apply by Aug. 24. Cost of materials is $100 per family for new participants and child care is available with advance notice. A 20-minute video and downloadable registration form is available at http://Forcey-FPU.org. Forcey Memorial Church is located at 2130 East Randolph Road. For more information, e-mail FPU@Forcey.org or call Mark Doore at 301-830-2250.

Donate books

for local collection

Local authors, both published and self-published, are invited to donate their work to the Marilyn J. Praisner Library for its new local authors' collection.

Adult and children's material, both prose and poetry, will be set up this fall in the front of the library for anyone to check out. There is no deadline to turn in material because the collection will be ongoing, librarian Ann Geht said.

For more information, call Geht at 240-773-9453.

County to hold

solar car derby

Children ages 8 through 14 are invited to enter the 2008 Solar Car Derby, an event highlighting clean energy use. From 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 23, participants will assemble a working, solar powered model car and, if the sun's out, race them. The event is sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and the East County Regional Services Center. It will be held at the regional services center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring.

Participants must register. The program is limited to 22 children, all of whom must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is a Montgomery County resident. Participants must arrive by 10 a.m. at the latest. To enter, contact DEP at 240-777-7700 or askdep@

montgomerycountymd.gov with the participant's name, the parent or guardian's name, address and home phone number.

Paint Branch

drive-in movie night

The Paint Branch High School after-prom committee will host a drive-in movie night showing "Spiderman 3" on a large outdoor screen 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at Paint Branch High School, 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville.

Cars are welcome around 7 p.m. There will be outdoor speakers for people sitting outside cars to hear the movie. Admission is free, but a $20 per car donation and $5 walk-in donation is recommended. Proceeds will go to the May 2009 junior-senior prom. Paint Branch High School is located at 18401 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville.

On campus

Jonathan Nogay, a Silver Spring resident and 2006 graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School, was awarded a petroleum research fund scholarship to help research the advancement of energy. The Denison University junior will be one of 117 students interning on the school's Granville, Ohio, campus in faculty-led research.

Marilyn J. Praisner

Library events

Join the adult evening book discussion club 7 p.m. today for "We Need to Talk About Kevin," by Lionel Shriver. Registration is required.

Children in grades 4 to 6 are invited to play a game of book bingo 2 p.m. Aug. 21. Participants try to remember their favorite book characters. Registration is required.

Learn how to use your computer or the library's on programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel 7 p.m. Thursday and again 9 a.m. Aug. Saturday. Registration is required.

The library is located at 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. To register for programs, call 240-773-9460.

White Oak Library events

Bring toddlers to pre-school story time 10:15 a.m. Thursdays. There will be stories, songs and a simple craft.

There will be a mystery book discussion 7 p.m. Tuesday on "Deja Dead" by Kathleen Reichs.

Join a beginner's class for catalog and Internet training 9:15 a.m. Saturdays. The class will cover Web page basics and how to access the library's catalog and databases. Registration is required.

To register for programs, call 240-733-9555.

Tutor program

needs volunteers

The OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program is looking for tutors at its 27 Montgomery County Public Schools. OASIS, a national senior organization, provides volunteer tutors for students in kindergarten through third-grade reading.

Fall training will be held Sept. 9-10 at Macy's Home Store in Montgomery Mall and later in September or early October at North Creek Community Center in Montgomery Village.

Contact OASIS tutor coordinator Kay Meek at 301-588-5416 or krm5416@aol.com or call Marge Feldman at 301-869-1638 to sign up for training or for more information.

Holy Cross seeking

local artists

Holy Cross is looking for local artists to show their work in the hospital's Community Art Gallery next year. Applications will be accepted through Sept. 15. Artists with drawings, mixed media, digital graphics, photography and pieces using oil, watercolor, charcoal or acrylic will be considered. The gallery is located in the lobby concourse of the Professional and Community Education Center. Shows at the gallery would run from March 2009 through August 2010. The hospital is located at 1500 Forest Glen Road in Silver Spring. For more information on applying, visit www.

holycrosshealth.org/

about_facility_artexhibition.htm.

Church golf tournament

It's time to start planning for the Colesville United Methodist Men's third annual golf tournament. This year's Colesville Golf Classic will be held 9 a.m. Sept. 3 at the Hampshire Greens Golf Course, 616 Firestone Drive in Silver Spring. Proceeds will benefit the church ministries and community outreach programs.

Provide a guest list of players by Aug. 15 and a check of $120 per person, made out to Colesville United Methodist Men. There are also corporate and business sponsorships available for $100; memorials, birthdays and anniversary signs for $50; and prizes for winning foursomes. Call Earl McCurty at 301-384-6497.

Send news items, announcements and community events to Amber Parcher at aparcher@gazette.net, or call her at 240-473-7563. Send them by mail to Burtonsville Gazette, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707.