Linthicum: Vacation Bible school programs start soon | Maryland Gazette (HometownGlenBurnie.com)

Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church, 200 School Lane, will host its vacation Bible school program, "Surfin' Through the Scriptures" from 9:15 a.m. to noon each day from Monday to July 11.

There is a $5 registration fee, and the program is for children who were 3 years old as of September 1 through fifth grade. Registration forms are available during the week from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the church office. Organizers also welcome walk-ins, who can sign up by going to the sanctuary at 9 a.m. on Monday.

For more information, call Traci Somers at 410-437-8220. Anyone interested in volunteering to help out with the vacation Bible school also can call Ms. Somers.

St. John's Lutheran Church, 300 W. Maple Road, will be holding its vacation Bible school from 9 a.m. to noon from Aug. 4 to 8. The fee is $5 per child, and children who were 3 years old as of Sept. 1 through fifth grade may attend. To sign up, pick up a registration form in the church's all-purpose room and fellowship hall, or send e-mail to stjohnsvbs2008@yahoo.com.

Library meetings

With the Summer Reading Club under way and the regular community meetings coming after Independence Day weekend, mid-to-late July is shaping up as a busy time at the Linthicum library, 400 Shipley Road. The following meetings are scheduled:

Summer Reading Club "Stevens Puppets" program - 10 a.m. to noon, July 9

Friendship Quilters of Linthicum - 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., July 12

Foundation Home and Community Agency - 6 to 8:45 p.m., July 14

Close Knit Group - 7 to 8:45 p.m., July 15

Summer Reading Club "General Foolishness" program - 3 p.m., July 17

Summer Reading Club "Unleash the Magic of Reading" program - 3 and 7 p.m., July 22

Crestwood Improvement Association - 7:30 to 8:45 p.m., July 24

P.C. Quilters - 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., July 26

East Coast Majestic - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., July 29

Paper Airplane Rally - 7 p.m., July 31

Park concert

The sounds of big band music will waft across Linthicum Park at 6 p.m. Sunday when the the Bayside Big Band goes on stage.

The show will be the latest installment in the 2008 edition of the Concerts in the Park series, presented by the Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights.

The 26-year-old band consists of 17 musicians and singers who perform across the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas. Their repertoire includes tunes of musicians from the 1930s through today: Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and the music from the "Tonight Show Orchestra," which performed on television.

The band's songs also include ones from the modern swing sounds of the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Linthicum Park is located on Benton Avenue. Visitors are welcome to take their own chairs and picnic items, but no alcoholic drinks are allowed at the concerts.

If it rains, the concert will be canceled.

For more information, call Jo Barker at 410-859-3308.

Open house

The Friendship Adventist Preschool and School, 901 Andover Road, will host an open house and registration for the upcoming school year from 1 to 3 p.m. on July 13.

Families are welcome to visit and meet the teachers and learn about tuition discounts. Refreshments will be served and there will be door prizes.

If visitors register now, they can save $50 on tuition for the 2008-09 school year. The facility also has openings available for this summer.

The preschool and school are operated through the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

For more information, call the school office at 410-859-3598.

Amateur radio classes

The Historical Electronics Museum, 1745 W. Nursery Road, offers classes in how to qualify for an amateur radio broadcast license.

Training classes are now forming. The sessions meet from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.

For more information, send an e-mail to Roland Anderson at roland.anders@ngc.com.

The museum hosts an amateur radio club that meets on the second Thursday of the month. For more information, send an e-mail to James Nowotarski, president of the club, at james.nowotarski@ngc.com.

Clubs and organizations in the Linthicum area can call Maryland Gazette correspondent David Craig at 410-766-3700, Ext. 2402, or send e-mail to dcraig.gazette@yahoo.com for publication of their news.