Carroll County Briefs

Lutherans to elect bishop at assembly

Three Lutherans with Carroll County connections will be among those who elect a new bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the ELCA Assembly from today to Aug. 22 in Minneapolis.

The local representatives are part of a 19-member delegation elected by the Maryland-Delaware Synod to attend the assembly.

Those attending include:

* Stanley W. King of Taneytown, representing the Westminster Conference of ELCA congregations.

* The Rev. Connie Bergdoll Miller of Hanover, Pa., paster of Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster for the past four years and pastor of other Carroll County County congregations for eight years before that.

* Peggy Faulkner Sheeler of Sykesville, a member of St. James XTC Evangelical Lutheran church of Rockdale in Baltimore County and former Congregation Council president.

Fund-raiser to help build amphitheater

Carroll Community College is launching an in-house fund-raiser for the construction of an amphitheater. The event will be at 11 a.m. Monday on the campus at 1601 Washington Road, Westminster.

The fund-raiser will be a silent auction of items that have been donated by college personnel and local businesses. A welcome back luncheon for faculty and staff will begin at 12:30 p.m., with entertainment.

The Carroll Community College Foundation has set a goal of $300,000 in private donations for the amphitheater. Donations have been categorized in a "levels of support" initiative that will recognize contributors on the college's "Showcase the Arts" chart.

Categories are: benefactor, $10,000 and above; producer, $5,000 and above; director, $1,500 and above; star, $500 and above; cast member, $100 and above; and audience member, up to $99.

All donors will be recognized on a plaque in the college's Learning Resources Center.

For information about donating to the amphitheater or the Aug. 21 activities, call 876-9639.

Public information office seeks award nominations

The Carroll County Office of Public Information is seeking nominations of county residents for the annual Maryland's Most Beautiful People Volunteer Award.

The program acknowledges the important contributions volunteers make to the community and state.

A panel of judges will review nominations and select a winner to be honored by the Carroll County Commissioners in September.