New book offers kids' adventures around Annapolis
The Annapolis Department of Transportation and the Chesapeake Children's Museum have published the third edition of a local children's activity book in time for summer vacation.
Titled My Annapolis Adventure: Long Ago Is Closer Than You Think, this installment is a follow-up to the popular My Annapolis Adventure: Passport to Discovery books published in 2003 and 2004.
The books went on sale last week at the Maritime Museum's Summer Lunchtime Concert series held at the Annapolis City Dock. The $4 price includes free museum admission, a parking pass, class discounts and Annapolis Transit bus rides.
The books are designed for children between second and fifth grade, to spur interest and knowledge in southern Anne Arundel County history, culture and the environment. It includes illustrations of the William Paca House and Gardens, Historic London Towne and Gardens, Edgewater's Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the Annapolis Maritime Museum, the Chesapeake Children's Museum and the Captain Salem Avery House.
The book includes historic photographs, graphics and hand-drawn illustrations by noted local artists and history writer Ginger Doyel. A color map helps readers locate sites and describes how to use Annapolis Transit to get to some featured attractions.
In addition to being sold at the Children's Museum, the books will be available at the Annapolis Department of Transportation, Historic Annapolis Foundation sites, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the Captain Salem Avery House and other locations. Information: 410-990-1993 or 410-263-7964.
Scholarship forms due Friday
The Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship is taking applications through Friday. The scholarship will award $362,400 in the 2005-2006 academic year.
The Conroy Memorial Scholarship, administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, is available to children or spouses of public safety employees or select members of the armed forces whose death or 100 percent disability was directly caused in the line of duty.
The award also extends to the spouses and children of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Veterans who have a disability of 25 percent or greater and have exhausted or are no longer eligible for federal veterans' educational benefits are eligible for the scholarship, as are prisoners of war.
