Seeking Volunteers

Monitors sought for frog and toads The Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks is urgently seeking volunteers to participate in Frogwatch USA, a program that monitors frog and toad populations in the county. Volunteers are assigned to a pond and asked to conduct a minimum of two calling surveys a month, late February through July, at dusk. No experience is necessary. Information: Sue Muller, 410-313-4697. Lunchtime talk set for Feb. 14 The Howard County Association of Volunteer Administrators will hold a brown-bag lunch at noon Feb. 14 at the county Department of Recreation and Parks, 7120 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia.

Community pillars to mark Howard's 150th anniversary The Sesquicentennial Celebration will mark Howard County's 150th birthday with the Pillars of the Community Project. Fifty cylinders in various heights will be grouped by theme on public property throughout the county from July to July 2001. Participants are encouraged to decorate the pillars in a way that voices the hopes, wishes and memories of the county. Several workshops will be held to help participants with possible designs, which should reflect an aspect of the county's history.