Guest Speaker

The chief of planning and construction for the county Department of Parks and Recreation will be the guest speaker Thursday at the Greater Pasadena Council meeting.Jack Keene will discuss the status of Fort Smallwood Park and the availability of boat ramps in Pasadena. The meeting will be held at 7: 30 p.m. at the Eastern District Police Station.For more information, call 437-2661.Pub Date: 4/23/96

HAVING ENDURED the Blizzard of '96 and the inevitable reshuffling of schedules, religious leaders in South Carroll gathered for the third annual Interfaith Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday at Wesley-Freedom United Methodist Church.The public was invited to join the group for an evening that included a potluck supper, a guest speaker, group discussions and singing.The Rev. Brian W. Jackson, pastor at St. Luke's and MountGregory United Methodist churches, was host for the celebration.

MARGARET AND JIM McManus (McKay) turned up last week as the honored guests at the 37th annual Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary luncheon at Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn.Jim was the guest speaker and Margaret presented certificates to the 20-some organizations that dressed dolls and teddy bears and stuffed 2,000 stockings for the Salvation Army's Christmas distribution to needy children. Ann Frame, chairwoman of the festival, and Libby Stoops, auxiliary president, have been instrumental in the continuing success of this event.

The long, lean young woman bounded down the aisle of the auditorium at Southwestern High School and came to a stop at the foot of the stage. She wore a cover-girl smile, slim blue jeans and a fashionable bolero blouse that tied at the waist to reveal a midriff interrupted by an eye-arresting scar.She waited to introduce herself to a guest speaker who moments earlier had finished a talk to an all-girl assembly on the importance of focus and setting goals in one's life. She was an enthusiastic young woman with dark, flawless skin and eyes that possessed the kind of clarity and sparkle that Mother Nature seems to reserve for the young and innocent.

CUB SCOUT Pack 663, sponsored by American Legion Post 276, will hold a Scout Night at 7 p.m. Thursday at Quarterfield Elementary School. Boys in first through fifth grade are invited to the Cub Scout Pack party. Parents can register their children and learn more about scouting from committee members.For more information, call Cubmaster Linda Fonteneau at (410) 315-8113.*The Greater Odenton Improvement Association will hold a general membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Odenton Volunteer Fire Hall on Route 175. James D. Schroll of the Anne Arundel County Traffic Division will be the guest speaker.

Members of American Legion Gold Star Post 191 of Mount Airy invite area residents to set aside a small portion of their holiday weekend to remember the many veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.On Monday, Mount Airy's 1995 Memorial Day Service will be held at 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Chapel on South Main Street.Ernest M. Snyder, a retired brigadier general and Thurmont resident, will be the guest speaker at the service, which has been a Mount Airy tradition since 1947.Mr.

Don't forget to get your tickets for the roast beef dinner sponsored by the United Methodist Men of Brooklyn Heights United Methodist Church, 110 Townsend Ave. Dinner will be served from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 6 to 12. Children age 5 and under get in free. The meal includes sliced roast beef, potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, an unlimited salad bar, bread, dessert and beverages. Live entertainment will be provided by the Sons of the Severn and the Baltimore Harbor Chorus and Quartet.

Maryland/Special Olympics held its annual Sports Leadership Conference recently at Dr. Lenny Berger's Sheraton Hotel in Ocean City. The weekend event gives volunteers from all over the state a chance to exchange ideas for the coming year.One of highlights of the weekend was the Sports Leadership Banquet, where Basketball Hall of Famer Wes Unseld, executive vice president of the Washington Bullets, was the guest speaker. Unseld will be working with this group next year as the Honorary Coach of Maryland Special Olympics Basketball.

An all-you-can-eat fried chicken and ham dinner will be held at Baust Church Parish Hall from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.Adult tickets are $7, and children's tickets are $3.50. Carryout will be available, as will a bake table.The church is at 2940 Old Taneytown Road (Route 832) in Tyrone.Information: 857-0416.*Taneytown will hold its annual Memorial Day parade and services beginning at 1:45 p.m. Monday.A brief service and wreath-laying at the monument in front of the Taneytown Bank and Trust Co.'s main office by members of American Legion Hesson-Snider Taneytown Post 120 will begin the ceremonies.

Raging hormones met intellectual confrontation yesterday in Timonium.The topic was AIDS, and nearly 100 student leaders from Baltimore County's 24 high schools were called upon to return to their classes as peer educators, credible sources of information speaking a language their friends can understood.The daylong seminar at a Holiday Inn was aimed a promoting students as positive role and dispelling the notion that most adolescents are engaging in high-risk behavior."The pressures on these young adults to grow up fast -- with the responsibilities and consequences -- are tremendous," said Dr. Randy Berger, director of the county Health Department's Division of AIDS Services.