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IT'S A FOOT-STOMPIN', hand-clappin' celebration when the gospel music group The Fourth performs in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church.There is no admission fee to the concert, but a free-will offering will benefit the North County Emergency Outreach Network. Proceeds will be matched by the Aid Association for Lutherans Branch 1915. Donations of nonperishable food also are welcome.This will be the first time the Baltimore-based singers have performed at St. Paul's.

Students new to Glen Burnie High School this year are invited to an orientation seminar at 7 p.m. Aug. 24, in the school's main auditorium. Though the seminar is targeted at incoming ninth-graders, the information and tour will benefit all new students. Principal Oliver Wittig will address students and their parents.Although this is Dr. Wittig's first year as principal, his face is familiar to many of the staff. He was an assistant principal at Glen Burnie before leaving for his recent stint as principal of Severna Park High.

STARTING OCT. 1, the North County Library will accept reservations from area nonprofit groups for use of its meeting rooms.Anticipating the annual rush to secure prime dates, the North County staff will follow the procedures they have used in past years, said staff member Sandy Steere."

The West Columbia villages of Dorsey's Search, Harper's Choice, Hickory Ridge, River Hill, Town Center and Wilde Lake have joined together to sponsor a candidates forum to be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Oakland, 5430 Vantage Point Road.With the November elections approaching and the current political climate in Howard County in an apparent state of flux, tonight's forum, featuring the candidates for county executive, county council, state Senate and House of Delegates, should provide some informative fireworks.

Seminar to explore incentives for buying a home in BaltimoreThe Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors and the Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development will present a briefing on the home-buying incentive programs available in the city from 9 a.m. to noon Friday on the 13th floor of 417 E. Fayette St.Called "Tour of Baltimore City: In Action," the event will include information on the Settlement Expense Loan Program, Live Near Your Work, Buy...

"Gypsy," the rollicking play about the life of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, was a smash hit on Broadway. So, it is understandable why it is still a favorite of drama troupes and dinner theaters nationwide.Under the direction of Tracy Adler, the ever durable, irascibly funny "Gypsy" is this year's spring production of the Wilde Lake High School Drama Department.The cast includes Rachel Abrams as Mama Rose; Toby Morrison as Herbie; Amy Seth as Baby June; and Elise Oesterreicher as Louise (Gypsy)

County Executive Robert R. Neall has given eligible homeowners an extra 30 days to apply for deferrals on increases in residential property taxes.Applications for the deferrals will be accepted if postmarked by June 30.Homeowners are eligible to apply if their combined household income does not exceed $30,000 and if they have used the property as their principal residence for at least five years. Applicants must be at least 65 years old or be permanently and totally disabled.Rather than having to pay a higher property tax bill, a homeowner would havea lien attached to the property in the amount of the deferred taxes plus 6 percent interest for the duration of the program.

The Board of Education has scheduled two public showings of a nine-minute videotape proposed for use in high school freshman health classes.Board members delayed a vote on the tape last week until parents had a chance to see it and comment."

Q.I moved into a house with some large, healthy-looking shade trees. The leaves on the sycamores and maples are developing brown spots and some of the leaves seem to be curling and dying.Does this sound like a disease? Is it serious?A. You're observing the symptoms of a very common shade-tree disease - anthracnose. Spotting and curling occurs on the leaves of ash, oak, maple, sycamore, hickory and beech. This fungal disease is most severe during cool, wet springs.Mature trees can recover from the infection and leaf loss without fungicide treatments.

Harford sheriff's investigators are seeking information about the shooting of a Joppatowne man who was found dead Saturday of a gunshot wound to his head.Investigators said yesterday that Michael Cory Allendorf, 31, of the 400 block of Enfield Road had been to nightclubs in Hunt Valley and York, Pa., shortly before he died, but that they still lacked details of the events that led to his death.Mr. Allendorf's body was found at 7 a.m. Saturday on the road in front of his home. His 1968 white-over-red Ford Galaxy was parked nearby.