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Greater Annapolis LEGO Open Winners

Young builders hone their skills with bricks and blocks

Shelby Conrad
      If you need help building something new, ask a kid.       LEGOs provide endless stimulation to kids’ creation. That’s why Wayne Speight of Speight Studio Architects created GALO — the Greater Annapolis LEGO Open.
article –   –  by Shelby Conrad  – 1/10/19

Smiles on Board

Mobile Dental Van visits Deale
Kathy Knotts
      Can a bright smile determine a bright future? Yes, say organizers of a free dental health fair Saturday in Deale.
article –   –  by Kathy Knotts  – 1/10/19

Big Sister’s Best Present

If I got a Ginny doll, I’d never again want for anything. Life would be complete.

Sarah Birdsong
     ’Twas the week before Christmas, 1951, when Sandra unleashed a full-fledged crisis on her second grade classmates at Marlboro Elementary, announcing at recess that there was no Santa.       “He’s a fake. It was our parents who filled the stockings and put presents under the tree. But once we knew the truth,” she cautioned, “they’d likely stop, so we shouldn’t let on that we knew.”
article –   –  by Sarah Birdsong  – 12/20/18

The Colonel Gets His Drumstick

Even soldiers in Vietnam set the table for a Christmas feast

Leslie Dickey
     Christmas in Vietnam. Say or think what you want about the Army, good morale is what keeps it going. It does everything it can during the holiday season to raise the spirits of the soldiers, many away from home for the first time.
article –   –  by Leslie Dickey  – 12/20/18

The Christmas of Two Trees

I don’t remember if my parents laughed like my sisters did or if they just smiled

Bud Stupi
     It was Christmas in the early 1950s; people just getting over World War II. Wages were such that raising three children, paying for a house, heat, food and a car was stretching dollars to the limit.      I attended Catholic school in Baltimore, complete with Dominican sisters and priests of some order. I rode a bus to and from school as it was several miles away. We had a Christmas tree in the school hallway, decorated no doubt with ancient holy ornaments.
article –   –  by Bud Stupi  – 12/20/18

First Day Hikes

Start the new year out and active

Shelby Conrad
      Making resolutions to be more active in 2019? Start the New Year off on the right foot with a first day hike. Last year nearly 28,000 people welcomed 2018 by hiking a collective 66,000 miles across the country on January 1. 
article –   –  by Shelby Conrad  – 12/20/18

Koats for Kids

Calvert rallies to bring warmth to kids

Shelby Conrad
      Santa is checking his list, and Jack Frost is nipping at our noses, but it’s hard to bundle up against the cold without the proper gear. Calvert’s new Koats for Kids program hopes to give county kids all the bundling essentials this holiday season.       The program was born out of a partnership between Calvert Parks and Recreation and Maryland’s Department of Social Services. The partnership is new for Calvert, but community outreach is not.
article –   –  by Shelby Conrad  – 12/20/18

Confessions from a Crafts-Fair Sweatshop

Christmas crafting almost ruined my childhood

Audrey Broomfield
     From ages five through nine, I viewed the Christmas season with a mixture of delight and hesitation. There would be presents and cookies — and lots of work. As the child of a stay-at-home mom in a rural area in the 1990s, I became a worker in my mother and friend’s holiday craft sweatshop from the beginning of August well into November. 
article –   –  by Audrey Broomfield  – 12/13/18

Christmas Ornaments

We deck the boughs with tradition and meaning 

Kathy Knotts
     How do you adorn your Christmas tree? Are you a traditionalist with balls and garland? Or is your tree decorated from the artistic palette of children’s creations, salt-dough handprints and laminated artwork?       Whatever we hang on the boughs, we are telling our story. Many cultures share traditional stories, while our American trees reflect our individuality.
article –   –  by Kathy Knotts  – 12/13/18

Holiday ­Traditions

Each of our Christmas ­evergreens tells a story

Maria Price
      Early Americans celebrated a long Yuletide from December 15 to Epiphany on January 6. Europeans started earlier on December 6, Saint Nicholas Day. In every tradition, evergreens have been part of the celebration.      Why do we decorate our homes with boughs of pine and holly?
article –   –  by Maria Price  – 12/13/18
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