Scholarship Fund

The college in tiny St. Mary's City has changed a lot since Martha Myers Yeager was a student there in the early 1940s. Back then, it was the St. Mary's Female Seminary Junior College and consisted of a few buildings; now it's St. Mary's College of Maryland, a much larger coeducational public four-year college that is among the most selective in the state. But one thing hasn't changed, Yeager says. It's still a good place for a city-raised student to go to college, as she did when she left Baltimore to attend St. Mary's more than 60 years ago. That is why, Yeager said, she is giving St. Mary's College of Maryland $100,000 to create a scholarship fund in her late husband's name to help Baltimore students attend the school.

Rosa Pryor wanted to make a difference.A decade ago, after having several heart attacks and leaving the work she loved, "I felt that there was something missing," says Pryor, whom many know as "Rambling Rose," the byline for her weekly entertainment column in the Baltimore Afro-American.The thing is, the former singer, promoter and manager wasn't a rich woman. After a divorce, she'd worked hard to raise four kids. All she had was a passion for music and a desire to help her community.In her small, West Baltimore apartment, where the walls are filled with certificates of appreciation, Pryor, now 54, recalls that a friend suggested she start a scholarship fund.

Using two pieces of Thomas Kinkade art as the prizes in a raffle, the family of Nathan Blizzard hopes to raise money for a scholarship fund that was established in his memory. The Nathan A. Blizzard 4-H/FFA Memorial Scholarship fund provides several scholarships each year to Carroll County students currently or formerly involved in 4-H or Future Farmers of America programs. The goal is to sell 500 raffle tickets and raise $5,000 for the fund. "We have maintained the fund and not taken a penny out of it for anything but scholarships," said Nathan's father, Mel Blizzard Jr. of Westminster.

The fourth annual Dancing for Dancers held Saturday at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts raised about $7,000 to benefit the Edward Stewart Memorial Scholarship Fund. Stewart was the founder of the Ballet Theatre of Annapolis (later the Ballet Theatre of Maryland) and served as the company's director for 22 years until his death from lung cancer in July 2002. He had expressed his wish to establish a scholarship fund to provide financial assistance for classical ballet training for promising students in Maryland.

For the second consecutive year, Howard Community College will hold its annual horse-riding competition off-site. The college booted the community event from its highly visible location on the campus grounds last year in favor of adding 535 parking spaces. The 23rd annual Grand Prix, which is open to the public, will take place Saturday at Marama Farm, a 100-acre spread in Clarksville purchased by longtime supporters George and Marilyn Doetsch just months before college officials went looking for a new venue.

A scholarship fund for displaced homemakers has been established at Anne Arundel Community College in the name of Carole B. Baker, the United Way of Central Maryland's manager of regional services and former eight-year member of the Anne Arundel County Council.The Carole B. Baker Endowed Scholarship Fund for Displaced Homemakers will be awarded to a displaced homemaker who would be unable to attend the community college otherwise. The fund will pay for tuition and fees, textbooks, child care and transportation.

WESTMINSTER - For the third consecutive year, C & P Telephone Co. has made a contribution to Carroll Community College's general scholarship fund.Frances B. Liggon, senior account executive for C & P in Baltimore, and Alfred Boyer, manager of Government/Community Relations for C & P in Frederick, presented a check for $1,600 to CCC's interim executive director, Alan Schuman, for the scholarship fund.In making the contribution, C & P continues to "recognize the interdependence of business and education and to take an active part in providing academic excellence," company officials said.

A memorial service for Wendy Robinson, a ballet teacher who died of cancer Feb. 2, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the George Peabody Library, 17 E. Mount Vernon Place.An endowed scholarship fund at the Peabody Preparatory has been established in Ms. Robinson's memory to support scholarships for teacher training in her specialty, the style of ballet taught and performed in Great Britain and known as the Royal Academy of Dancing.Donations to the scholarship fund can be made payable to the Peabody Institute and sent to the Peabody Preparatory c/o Dean Fran Zarubick, 21 E. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore 21202.

Annual gala event to benefit chamber's scholarship fund "Saddle Up for Scholarships!" is the theme for the Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce Foundation's annual gala, to be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Feb. 26 at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum. The event will benefit the chamber's scholarship fund. The evening will include dinner, casino entertainment, dancing and a silent auction with a Western motif. Those who attend will receive a commemorative old-time photo. Tickets are $95, and $900 for a table of 10. Sponsorships range from $300 to $3,500, with a variety of recognition opportunities.

On March 8, 2005. JAMES ROBERT "Jim" WHITEHURST, of Bel Air, MD. Husband of the late Harriett C. Whitehurst. Father of James P. Whitehurst and his wife, Karen, and Kristin E. Whitehurst and her husband Todd Keenan. Brother of the late D. Keith Whitehurst, and brother-in-law of Shirley M. Whitehurst. Also survived by grandchildren James J. Whitehurst, Jonathan A. Keenan, Katherine E. Keenan, and many nieces and nephews; and a friend, Patti Brazier, of Fallston. A Memorial Celebration will be held at Bel Air United Methodist Church of Bel Air on Friday, March 11, 2005 at 3 P.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to The Jim Whitehurst Athletic Scholarship Fund, c/o Bel Air High School, 100 Heighe Street, Bel Air, MD 21014; or, The Camp Shohola Scholarship Fund, c/o Marc Roth, 43 Hickory Lane, Doylestown, PA 18901.