Middletown native earns scholarship

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005

Congratulations to Heather Molesworth of Middletown, one of three Frederick County residents who won a $2,000 Maryland State Fair scholarship, presented to 15 youths across the state.

Thousands of youths this year participated in the 2005 Maryland State Fair’s agricultural, home arts, farm and garden, livestock and other exhibitions, according to a press release from the Maryland State Fair Agricultural Society.

Molesworth will use the scholarship toward her tuition at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she is enrolled in the ‘‘two plus two” nursing program. After two years at UMBC, she will transfer to the University of Maryland Nursing School at the Inner Harbor for her final two years.

‘‘Scholarships will enable each of these outstanding students to develop their talents,” F. Grove Miller, Maryland State Fair chairman of the board, said in the press release.

He said the students will have a greater ability to ‘‘achieve their career goals and ultimately to serve the community.”

Molesworth, 19, has participated in 4-H since she was 9 years old, said her mother, Marcia Molesworth. At the Great Frederick Fair this year, she won a ‘‘Supreme Champion” award for her jersey cow. ‘‘That was quite an honor,” Marcia Molesworth said.

Molesworth has been named Maryland Swiss Miss and Maryland Jersey Queen and has served as a Dairy Maid, or spokesperson for the dairy industry, for several years.

She occasionally volunteers as an emergency medical technician for the Myersville Fire Company and works at Frederick Memorial Hospital in the transition care unit.

Her interest in nursing began when she volunteered in a nursing home in high school. She then enrolled in a special high school nursing program and earned two certificates for nursing.

Middletown arts fund started

A fund has been established to benefit arts activities in Middletown, through the Community Foundation of Frederick County.

Linda Adams, Middletown commissioner, and Cynthia Corcoran, chair of the Middletown Arts and Activities Council, requested the fund to support the Middletown Arts and Activities Council.

The council organizes activities that celebrate the arts, local heritage and culture of Middletown. The council will recommend disbursements from the fund .

‘‘We strive to provide as many different activities and events as possible to celebrate Middletown as the amazing community it is,” Corcoran said in a press release from the Community Foundation. ‘‘Establishing this new fund ... creates another option to seek out funds that will allow us to offer more wonderful opportunities.”

Jefferson lecture planned

Bill and Nancy Thrasher Cherry, who will soon live in Jefferson, this month will present the history of Jefferson as part of the Historical Society of Frederick County’s 2005 Lecture Series.

The program will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the Community Room of the C. Burr Artz Central Library at 110 E. Patrick St. in Frederick. The event is free.

The couple’s multimedia presentation will examine the history of the southern Frederick County community, from its founding in 1774 and its subsequent development as a town, including the years it was known as ‘‘Traptown.”

The program will include contemporary events, including the 1948 Field Conservation Day, the 1958 plane crash and the town’s current challenges associated with growth and planning.

The couple compiled a book on the community’s history in 1999 and has since conducted oral history interviews with dozens of area residents. They currently live in Beltsville and plan to move to Jefferson.

Nancy Cherry serves as the vice president of the Frederick County Genealogical Society. She is retired from a career at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

Bill Cherry is compiling a videotape library on the town of Jefferson that will include interviews with several citizens. He recently retired following a 38-year career with Westinghouse in Baltimore, where he designed the components for radar systems in battleships, aircraft and satellites.

Church plans country fair

St. Joseph’s-on-Carrollton Manor will hold its 11th Annual Country Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, at the church, 5843 Manor Woods Road in Buckeystown.

The family-oriented event will feature crafters, games, food, entertainment, a book sale and a large yard sale called Grandma’s Attic. Several raffles and a farmer’s market will be part of the day.

Performers include dancers from Dee Buchanan’s dance studio, the St. Joseph’s Gospel Choir, Tuscarora High School Titans Marching Band, St. Joseph’s Cabaret, folk singer Jessica Poduska-Folk and Christian singer Justin Orlando. The Tuscarora High School Drama Department will perform selections from the musical ‘‘Grease.”

Call the church at 301-663-0907.

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