Sharpsburg Elementary School nominated 14 students for exemplifying all the character traits of a caring student. The students were served lunch at the Golden Table with counselor Jacklyn Kinzer, eating pizza to celebrate their accomplishments.
4-H club to hold breakfast
The Washington County 4-H Dairy Club will hold an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Saturday from 6:30 to 11 a.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center’s multipurpose building. Tickets cost $6 per person. Those 8 and younger will be admitted free. All proceeds will benefit the 4-H club.
For more information, call Matt DeBaugh at 301-465-9374.
Historical Society presents ‘Shopping in Sharpsburg’
The Sharpsburg Historical Society will present “Shopping in Sharpsburg” Monday at 7 p.m. at Sharpsburg Town Hall.
A panel of local residents who worked in the six general stores will talk about the “old days” before supermarkets. The meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 301-992-9767.
Joseph Stahl to speak at historical society meeting
Historian and author Joseph Stahl will speak to the Keedysville Historical Society Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Keedysville.
Sharpsburg Elementary School honors 14 students
Stahl will discuss Maj. Gen. E.V. Sumner’s 2nd Corps that marched through Keedysville en route to the Battle of Antietam. Stahl will also share his collection of I.D. discs.
Rural Heritage Museum to hold spring open house
The Rural Heritage Museum will hold a spring open house Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. The German Four Square Garden will be open Saturday with master gardeners available to answer questions about gardening. Children will have the opportunity to make a craft. Light refreshments will be served.
A face painter will also be in the main museum building. The event is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, call 240-420-1714, go to www.ruralheritagemuseum.org or send an email to eoverdorff@washco-md.net.
Keedysville to hold town elections May 7
The 2012 Keedysville election for registered voters will be held Monday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Keedysville Town Hall, 19 S. Main St., Keedysville. The election will be for mayor and one council seat.
Basket bingo planned
The Pythian Sisters of Keedysville will host a Longaberger basket bingo Sunday, April 22, at the Funkstown Fire Hall.
Tickets cost $20 for 20 regular games and five specials. Doors open at 11 a.m. Games begin at 1 p.m. Lunch can be purchased. A dessert table, tip jars, raffles and door prizes will be available.
Proceeds will benefit the Fisher House, a nonprofit facility in Rockville, Md., that provides temporary housing for families of wounded returning veterans.
The bingo event is smoke-free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling Jean Hanna at 301-733-1846 or Janet Bowen at 301-582-2520.
Rohrersville Cornet Band celebrates 175th birthday
The Rohrersville Cornet Band of Washington County will celebrate its 175th birthday at its Sunday, April 22, concert in the band’s 1916 rehearsal/concert hall on Main St., Rohrersville.
The program, which starts at 3 p.m., features music from the band’s extensive library and highlights eras from the mid-19th century to the present.
The concert is free and open to all.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 301-992-9767.
Boonsboro High to host yard sale
The Boonsboro High Student Government Association will host a community yard sale Saturday, May 12, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of the school.
