Literacy Works

Moving from a suburban bookstore to a swanky ballroom, this year's Book Bash will feature nearly 50 authors, including historians, actors and writers of children's books. After more than 600 people attended last year at the Greetings and Readings in Hunt Valley, organizers moved tonight's event downtown to the Tremont Grand. This year, a bigger space, a jazz band and flutist, caterers and presentations by authors Chip Silverman and Michael Tucker (of L.A. Law fame) may mean an even larger turnout, said Caryn Sagal, the event's publicity chair.

Children's book author Jerdine Nolen remembers the first time she saw her name in print. As a second-grader, she wrote a Thanksgiving poem that was published in the school newspaper, and she kept her eyes glued to the pink publication while walking home. "It was really a moment to behold to see my name in print," said the special-education teacher at Mount Hebron High School, who has published about a dozen books and picture books. Her latest work, a novel titled "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary," is one of five books nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work — Youth/Teens.

On February 1, 2003, EDNA L. GOLDERMAN, employee of Black & Decker from 1941 to 1981. Daughter of the late Ray mond and Catherine Golderman, sister of Mary E. Emmart and the late Louis Golderman, aunt of Michael, Daniel, Thomas and Glenn Emmart, Joyce Schulte and Linda Brzeczko. She is also survived by several grand-nieces and one grand-nephew, step-sister of Al Wehner. A Vigil Service will be held at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck Inc. Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Rd., (at Echodale) on Tuesday, at 3 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Dominic Church on Wednesday at 12 noon.

What A benefit for Literacy Works Inc. When 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. next Sunday Where Greetings and Readings bookstore in the Hunt Valley Towne Centre, 118-AA Shawan Road, Cockeysville Authors 50 writers, including romance novelist Mary Jo Putney, gift-maker and businesswoman Sandra Magsamen, children's author Laura Amy Schlitz, biographer Molly Bruce Jacobs and war novelist Dan Fesperman Food Items from area chefs and restaurants, including beef medallions...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a man suspected in the stabbing of a Denny's restaurant manager this week, officials said yesterday. David Theodore Burton, 28, who has no fixed address, is wanted on charges that include attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, and first-degree assault, county police said. About 9:30 a.m. Monday, Denny's manager Michaele Frederick, 51, of North East walked out of the establishment in the 8000 block of Belair Road in the Fullerton area to make a bank deposit when he was approached by an attacker, police said.

EVENTS All-American wine -- Taste wines from about 20 small-production U.S. wineries at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Star-Spangled Banner Museum and Flag House, 844 E. Pratt St. $50. Benefits Fisher House, a program that serves military personnel. Call 443-844-8267 or visit localwine events.com. Book bash --Cookbook authors Kerry Dunnington, Jules Shepard and Bonny Wolf will appear from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Acquisitions Structural Preservations Systems, a Baltimore-based specialty contracting company, acquired Delta Pacific Builders Inc.. a California concrete restoration and coating firm. Awards Visicu Inc., which sells systems to remotely monitor critical care units, was named Innovator of the Year by the steering committee of the Innovation 2007 conference for chief executive officers of health care-related industry segments. Corporate Office Properties Trust received the CEL & Associates ranking of Best In the Industry for commitment to quality service for tenants.

What: A benefit for Literacy Works Inc. When: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Shops at Kenilworth, 800 Kenilworth Drive, Towson Admission: $50 in advance; $60 at the door. Call: 410-887-2001 Alice McDermott, 1998 National Book Award winner and Book Bash honorary chair, Child of My Heart, fiction Madison Smartt Bell, Anything Goes, fiction Connie Briscoe, P.G. County, fiction P.M. Forni, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, social science Von Hardesty, Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero, history Herbert Harwood Jr., Royal Blue Line, transportation/history Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall, Growing Up in a Korean Kitchen, cooking Haynes Johnson, The Best of Times, social history Laura Lippman, The Last Place, mystery Antonio J. and Jonna H. Mendez, Spy Dust, true life/politics Claire Messud, When the World Was Steady, fiction Paul McMullen, Maryland Basketball: Tales from Cole Field House, sports/regional Jerdine Nolen, Plantzilla, children's Ted Patterson, Golden Voices of Baseball, sports Michael H. Rogers, Answering Their Country's Call, history Gilbert Sandler, Small Town Baltimore, regional Elizabeth Spires, Now the Green Blade Rises, poetry

The Literacy Council of Carroll County Inc. will have a prospective tutor orientation from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday and tutor training workshops from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 18 and Oct. 2 at the council office in Westminster.The purpose of the workshop is to train adults to tutor other adults and older youths, who would normally be out of school, in such areas as phonics, reading, writing and spelling.No previous experience is necessary, but sensitivity, patience and time to devote to helping others is essential.

Approximately 650 guests sampled sweet indulgences at the eighth annual Chocolate Affair at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. But no one worried about calories while savoring the irresistible treats created by 39 area restaurants, caterers and chocolatiers -- it was all for a good cause.The evening of decadent delights, which also included a silent auction, raised a record $60,000 for the Center for Poverty Solutions, a charitable organization dedicated to eliminating the root causes of poverty.