The Greater Elkridge Community Association has rescheduled its community meeting to allow members to attend a Howard County Council hearing on zoning map amendments for Elkridge and the U.S. 1 Corridor planning areas.
The council hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Banneker Room of the George Howard Building, 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City.
The association's meeting will be Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Elkridge firehouse, 6275 Old Washington Road. A panel discussion of the plan to build a ReVisions group home on Bauman Drive in Elkridge is planned. On the panel will be representatives from ReVisions, public officials and a neighborhood police officer.
The public is welcome.
Elkridge firefighters seek youths for junior program
The Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department's Junior Firefighter Program seeks new members, ages 9 to 15, to learn basic firefighting skills.
The Junior Firefighter Program, which meets from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays of each month, does its own training and fund raising, and assists with department functions at the fire station.
Information: 410-966-2831.
Military
Graduates: Airman Jennifer B. Deane, daughter of James Deane of Elkridge and Deborah Deane of Columbia has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. She is a 2000 graduate of Howard High School.
Births
Emily Claire: To Brian and Heather Thomas of Ellicott City on June 23.
Mia Isabel: To Chip and Pamela Abrams of Ellicott City on Aug. 10.
Adam Joshua: To Jamie and Gail Goldstein of Ellicott City on Aug. 12.
Joseph Lee Parks Jr.: To Joseph Parks and Karen Wolfram of Elkridge on Aug. 18.
Peter James Alman: To Philip Alman and Genevieve Eichman of Ellicott City on Aug. 31.
Around town
Practice English: The Miller library branch, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, will hold its English Conversation Club for non-native speakers from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and Sept. 29. Speakers for whom English is a second language can practice listening and speaking in a supportive setting. Registration is not required. 410-313-1950.
Peer support: The Department of Citizen Services' Office on Aging will sponsor a 10-week SPRING peer support group with the theme "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive!" from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursdays, starting this week, in the community room of Colonial Landing Apartments, 6391 Rowanberry Drive, Elkridge. The free group, SPRING Sunbeams, will focus on creating positive relationships with family and friends, and is open to older adults from the Elkridge area. 410-313-7466.
