Salute

I am going to have to apologize because I do not have a setlist and I don't really know the names of the songs but does that matter? ZZ Top is the longest running rock 'n' roll band with its original lineup in history and they certainly wouldn't fault me or you or anyone for not knowing what their songs were titled. I feel that I could guarantee that if you cornered guitarist Billy Gibbons and asked him very specific questions about very specific songs he would be bored out of his beard and possibly, politely, move on to another conversation.

HAMPSTEAD - The Tri-District Republican Club will conduct a salute to Commissioner President John L. Armacost for his years of conservative leadership in the Republican Party at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Hampstead Volunteer Fire Co.This event also will recognize and honor former Republican County Commissioners Scott S. Bair Jr., 1966-1970; Justus Denner, 1962; J. Norman Graham, 1970-1982; William V. Lauterbach Jr., 1982-1986; Robert McKinney, 1962-1970; John...

Cargo rules. The military-style, deep pocketed shorts are big sellers this season, rating high among those eager for comfort and style.Look around - in Gap stores, L.L. Bean catalogs, Guess ads - and you'll see them nearly everywhere. Although cargo shorts are defined by their side pockets, variations abound. At Ocean Pacific, where the style is the best-selling bottom of the season, choices include shorts or skirts, twill or corduroy, and pockets that zip, press or button shut.The cargo look origin-ated with the military, where extra storage space was a necessity.

Calling all upper crusts."Mr. and Mrs. Oscar de la Renta and the Thirteen/WNET Gala Committee invite you to salute a cast of legendary talent," read the invitation to a black-tie fund-raising dinner and dance at New York's Plaza Hotel on behalf of the city's public-television station earlier this summer.Peter Duchin and his orchestra would provide the music for these society swells. Table cost: $1,000 to $25,000.Studio photographs of the evening's five honorees bannered the invitation below their names: Brooke Astor, a prominent philanthropist; Joan Ganz Cooney, head of Children's Television Workshop, which begat "Sesame Street"; Beverly Sills, opera's transcendent super-diva; Gay Vance, wife of former Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance; and Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

A nice crowd gathered under sunny skies at the William Humbert Amphitheater in Bel Air's Shamrock Park Saturday morning for the town's annual Flag Day ceremony. Traditionally, Flag Day is recognized on June 14; however, the town coordinates the scheduling of this ceremony with Bel Air High School's band and chorus to ensure the event does not interfere with their end-of-year studies and final exams. The band and chorus once again played and sang patriotic songs. The Flag Day Ceremony featured the poem "Our Flag" recited by poet Samuel B. Fielder of Forest Hill, a former Army sergeant who is a veteran of the Korean War. Retired Army Col. John F. Kutcher was the featured speaker and County Councilman Jim McMahan was master of ceremonies.

Taking refuge in Harborplace's Light Street Pavilion from a sudden downpour yesterday evening, Mayor Martin O'Malley and others officially welcomed the Volvo Ocean Race to Baltimore. A three-piece band led a procession of the eight racing teams around the pavilion's food court before race officials, businessmen and local dignitaries took to the podium before a crowd of onlookers to thank those who had brought the international sailing race to Maryland once again. The rain storm caused some booths at the accompanying Baltimore Waterfront Festival to shut down and visitors to flee.

Marilyn Monroe on a subway grate, skirt billowing in its updraft. Judy Garland, Diana Ross and Frank Sinatra boogieing in neon go-go cages. A psychedelic scene from a '60s-themed flick? Naw. Just Everyman Theatre's "10th Anniversary Salute." Impersonators only fleshed out the transformation of the Charles Street theater to an old Hollywood-style cabaret -- say, the kind where Sinatra's rat pack hung out. This time, this pack included some 300 theater supporters, such as Martha Weiman, event chair; Donald Hicken, Mary Ann Masur and Steve Yeager, event committee members; Gordon Becker, Everyman board chair; Jeannie Howe, board president; Kathy Abbott, Gina B. Hirschhorn, Jonathan Melnick and Lindy Small, board members; Vincent Lancisi, Everyman artistic director; Zelig Robinson, Gordon Feinblatt partner; Dr. Gary Pushkin, Franklin Square orthopedic surgeon; Jaye Alison Moscariello, Los Angeles artist; Rhea Feikin, Maryland Public Television personality; David Kuryk, Baltimore lawyer; Julia Bush, Rosemore Inc. executive assistant; Byrl Hendler, Diversified Insurance Industries Inc. vice president; Linwood Dame, Linwood's / Due owner / chef; Mary McNally, Deutsche Banc Alex.

Annapolis city officials are getting ready to don their blue and gold for a giant pep rally Thursday to salute the midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.The rally at City Dock will kick off "Midshipmen Appreciation Days," three days designated by Annapolis Mayor Alfred A. Hopkins to recognize the efforts of the midshipmen.Last spring, engineering students at the Naval Academy helped build a series of trails and bridges in a citywide park system that is under construction.Other midshipmen volunteer with city agencies and help children improve their reading, math and science skills.

In an effort to recognize some of the many individuals and groups who volunteer their time and talent to enhance the lives of others, at the end of each year the Harford County Sun selects several "unsung heroes." This by no means represents a complete roster of the many area residents committed to helping others and their communities, but we hope the stories on the following pages will serve as an inspiration for all of us.

Although Baltimore City College was founded as a public high school in 1839 by an ordinance of Mayor Sheppard C. Leakin, it wasn't until 1896 that the school turned out its first yearbook, called "The Green Bag." G. Warfield Hobbs Jr., a member of that year's graduating class, organized the staff and edited that first issue. This year the school is celebrating the 100th issuance of "The Green Bag," which through the years has chronicled the graduating class and the student life of the nation's third-oldest public high school.