Gulf Events

Thursday: "Beyond Politics . . . Feeling Responses to War," a Howard County General Hospital open forum for adults, will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Health Education Center at the hospital, 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia. Facilitator Ellen Talles will help adults clarify and address feelings about the gulf war and techniques to manage reactions in adults and children. The program is free of charge. To register, call 740-7600.Send listings of events related to the Persian Gulf war to Gulf Events, Features Dept.

Rally for the troopsOn Sunday, a rally to support troops serving in the Persian Gulf will be held from noon to 3 p.m. in Veterans Park on Dundalk Avenue.Representative Helen Delich Bentley, R-2nd, will be the guest speaker as well as Representative Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., of the Armed Services Committee.Kristi Gordon and Friends will sing "Santa, Can You Bring My Daddy Home." There will also be a banner to sign to be sent to the troops in the gulf.Food and patriotic items will be available for sale.

March 8: Experience the musical talents of Baltimore Count politicos while helping financially support the local families of Gulf troops by attending a dance held at Essex VFW Post 2621, 206 Riverside Road, from 8 p.m. to midnight. "The Baltimore County Band" includes County Executive Roger Hayden on trumpet and state Sen. Norman Stone on alto sax. Admission is $12 per person, including hot food, live music, beer, and soda. For more information, call 682-6186.Send listings of events related to the Persian Gulf war to Gulf Events, Features Dept.

March 8: Experience the musical talents of Baltimore Count politicos while helping financially support the local families of Gulf troops by attending a dance held at Essex VFW Post 2621, 206 Riverside Road, from 8 p.m. to midnight. "The Baltimore County Band" includes County Executive Roger Hayden on trumpet and state Sen. Norman Stone on alto sax. Admission is $12 per person, including hot food, live music, beer, and soda. For more information, call 682-6186.Send listings of events related to the Persian Gulf war to Gulf Events, Features Dept.

*Thursday: A peace support group will have its first meeting at noon at the Unlimited Range restaurant at Barclay and E. 32nd streets. To attend the meeting or for more information, call 367-4167.*Sunday: Live entertainment and celebrity auction to benefit the USO at the Last Chance Saloon, 5888-A Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $20 (or an item to be auctioned of at least that value). Call 730-5656.Send listings of events related to the Persian Gulf war to Gulf Events, Features Dept.

* March 1: Teymour Daghastani, assistant director of the Jordan Information Bureau, will discuss "Jordan's Position vis-a-vis the GulfWar" at 6 p.m. in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Free.*March 3: Rally to support U.S. troops in the gulf begins at 1 p.m. at Cox's Point Park in Essex (take Eastern Avenue to Riverside Drive). Free admission, parking and entertainment. This rally, sponsored by the Essex Recreation Council, is to show support of the troops and their families.

*Operation Desert Love -- a support group for people with family members in the gulf -- meets every other Wednesday, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Red House Run Elementary School, 1717 Weyburn Ave, Rosedale. The next meeting will be Wednesday. For more information, call 866-5109 or 893-0376.*Support and informational group open to all, including family and friends of military personnel in the gulf, will meet Friday evenings beginning tomorrow from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Logan Elementary School, Merritt Boulevard in Dundalk.

* A teach-in on the war in the Middle East will be held at 5 p.m. today at Gilman Hall on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Faculty and community speakers will discuss various topics related to the war.The Central Maryland Red Cross will offer free support counseling for all military families, beginning today from 6 p.m. to p.m. at the chapter headquarters at 4700 Mount Hope Drive in the Seton Business Park of Northwest Baltimore. Support groups will be available for children 6 to 11, adolescents and adults.

As the Persian Gulf war continues, people at home are organizing events from prayer vigils to blood drives. Send information on such events to: Gulf Events, Features Dept., 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21278; or fax it to (301) 783-2519.*Today: An all-night vigil begins at 7 p.m. at the Church of SS. Philip and James, 2801 N. Charles St. Billed as a "non-political" event, "From Discord to Harmony, Toward Healing the Wounds of War" is intended to deal with the emotions brought on by the Persian Gulf war. The public is invited; refreshments and breakfast will be served.

Rally for the troopsOn Sunday, a rally to support troops serving in the Persian Gulf will be held from noon to 3 p.m. in Veterans Park on Dundalk Avenue.Representative Helen Delich Bentley, R-2nd, will be the guest speaker as well as Representative Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., of the Armed Services Committee.Kristi Gordon and Friends will sing "Santa, Can You Bring My Daddy Home." There will also be a banner to sign to be sent to the troops in the gulf.Food and patriotic items will be available for sale.

Thursday: "Beyond Politics . . . Feeling Responses to War," a Howard County General Hospital open forum for adults, will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Health Education Center at the hospital, 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia. Facilitator Ellen Talles will help adults clarify and address feelings about the gulf war and techniques to manage reactions in adults and children. The program is free of charge. To register, call 740-7600.Send listings of events related to the Persian Gulf war to Gulf Events, Features Dept.

* SERVICES SCHEDULE* St. Augustine's Church, 5976 Old WashingtonRoad, Elkridge. Mass, 7 a.m. every day. Information: 796-1520.* Glen Mar U.M.C., 8430 Glen Mar Road, Ellicott City. Prayer sessions, 10:15-10:45 a.m. every Sunday. 465-4995.* St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 11795 Route 216, Fulton. Special prayer services, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 725-0241.* St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, Robert Oliver Place, Columbia.Mass, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. 964-1425.

* March 1: Teymour Daghastani, assistant director of the Jordan Information Bureau, will discuss "Jordan's Position vis-a-vis the GulfWar" at 6 p.m. in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Free.*March 3: Rally to support U.S. troops in the gulf begins at 1 p.m. at Cox's Point Park in Essex (take Eastern Avenue to Riverside Drive). Free admission, parking and entertainment. This rally, sponsored by the Essex Recreation Council, is to show support of the troops and their families.

*Thursday: A peace support group will have its first meeting at noon at the Unlimited Range restaurant at Barclay and E. 32nd streets. To attend the meeting or for more information, call 367-4167.*Sunday: Live entertainment and celebrity auction to benefit the USO at the Last Chance Saloon, 5888-A Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $20 (or an item to be auctioned of at least that value). Call 730-5656.Send listings of events related to the Persian Gulf war to Gulf Events, Features Dept.

Look for Homefront Journal -- a collection of information, local events and Marylanders' efforts around the Persian Gulf war -- in the Today section.Current eventsThe discussion of the F-117 Stealth fighter is worthy of a high school ROTC class, but these pupils are 10- and 11-year olds in Joseph Twyne's special education class at Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary School in South Baltimore, a facility for pupils with learning problems.A veteran of 23 years' teaching, Mr. Twyne has the seven boys and one girl in the class listen daily to the news of the Persian Gulf war on the radio and television as part of their homework.

* A teach-in on the war in the Middle East will be held at 5 p.m. today at Gilman Hall on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Faculty and community speakers will discuss various topics related to the war.The Central Maryland Red Cross will offer free support counseling for all military families, beginning today from 6 p.m. to p.m. at the chapter headquarters at 4700 Mount Hope Drive in the Seton Business Park of Northwest Baltimore. Support groups will be available for children 6 to 11, adolescents and adults.

* Daily: St. James Episcopal Church, 8301 Liberty Road, has begun making its sanctuary available to the public for daily prayer during the gulf war. The church will be open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and on Fridays until 7 p.m. Also, at noon on Fridays, the Rev. Charles Frederick will conduct a prayer litany for peace. St. James also is maintaining a weekly prayer list for men and women who have been called up and are now stationed in Saudi Arabia. Families are invited to add names to the list by calling the church office at 922-3137.

*Operation Desert Love -- a support group for people with family members in the gulf -- meets every other Wednesday, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Red House Run Elementary School, 1717 Weyburn Ave, Rosedale. The next meeting will be Wednesday. For more information, call 866-5109 or 893-0376.*Support and informational group open to all, including family and friends of military personnel in the gulf, will meet Friday evenings beginning tomorrow from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Logan Elementary School, Merritt Boulevard in Dundalk.