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A seminar on the college athletic recruiting process will be held at 7 tonight in Centennial High School's auditorium. It is open to all students and parents.Centennial's Dave Greenberg and P. J. Kesmodel of Mount Hebron will coordinate the evening. Featured panelists are University of Maryland coaches Chris Weller and Dick Edell.Topics that will be covered include goals of the recruiting process, role of the NCAA and roles of the students and parents.

I DIALED a toll-free number and heard a cheerful, recorded voice."Hi! And thanks for calling the College Funding Seminar Hot Line," it chirped. "Discover the little-known, inside secrets to getting the most money possible to pay for your child's education. Receive all the details at our next free seminar that's saving other parents just like you thousands of dollars."Oh, dear. The old "secret scholarship" game, updated for the seminar age. The postcard promoting this seminar promised the "Shocking Truth!"

Transportation efforts topic of job seminar"Using Partnerships For Better Business" is the topic of a seminar to be presented by the Maryland Job Service Employer Committee from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Oct. 21 at the Business and Workforce Development Center, Ritchie Court, Suite 305, 877 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd.The seminar will feature Janet McGlynn, National Transit Resource Center director; Ruth F. Silverstone, Maryland Transportation Authority director of inter-agency programs; and Danielle Matland, Annapolis Department of Transportation director.

Breaking the news to parents that a child has a reading disability is hardly an easy job. But even more painful, remembers William Balant, a retired reading specialist who worked in Montgomery County schools, was the parents' reaction: tears and guilt."

You'd think a receptionist's duties would be limited to answering phones and greeting clients.According to a safety seminar held yesterday by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc., it appears the job description also includes preventing office theft, soothing disgruntled employees and asking for detailed information from those calling in bomb threats."

Free housing seminar is Thursday eveningTri-Churches Housing and First National Mortgage will conduct a free housing seminar from 6: 30 p.m. to 8: 30 p.m. Thursday in the lower hall of St. Jerome's Head Start Center, 765 W. Hamburg St.Seminar topics include an overview of the home-buying process, information about programs such as "Live Near Your Work" and Empowerment Zone grants and an introduction to the free counseling services offered by Tri-Churches.After...

Free workshops scheduled at woodworking showLocal woodworkers will conduct 14 free workshops during the Baltimore Woodworking Show, which runs Friday through Sunday at the Maryland State Fair Cow Palace, 2200 York Road in Timonium.The show will feature the latest in hand and power tools, machinery and supplies that can be purchased at "special show prices."Four full-day seminars on furniture-making fundamentals, picture framing, beautiful wood finishing and scroll saw techniques will be offered for $125 when registering at the show.

Rep. Weller to speak at seminar ThursdayRep. Jerry Weller, an Illinois Republican who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, will be the keynote speaker for a one-day seminar on alternative financing sources available for developers of low-income housing.Scheduled for 8: 45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Washington National Airport Hilton, the seminar will include information on housing tax credits and tax-exempt bonds. A continental breakfast, lunch and cocktail reception are included in the $295 cost.

A Westminster treatment center will hold a seminar Thursday to address mounting public concern about drugs since the overdose death of a high school student last month."

SPRINGFIELD Hospital Center is more than a facility providing mental health services -- it is an active and vital member of the southern Carroll County community.During the summer months, Springfield employs many students in various departments including dietary, groundskeeping, housekeeping, maintenance, nursing, rehabilitation, social work and the museum.From 2: 30 p.m. to 4: 20 p.m. Friday, Springfield will recognize 77 summer student employees at a reception in their honor in the facility's Administration Building.

Green roofs, solar energy, wind turbines, hybrid vehicles and recycling that encourages landfill-free manufacturing all figured into Harford County's first "Going Green," a seminar that gave business leaders an opportunity to show off their innovations and learn from others. Green initiatives create sustainable development, which calls for responsible use of resources that preserves the environment for future generations. "Going green is not a fad," said Mike Galiazzo, director of the Regional Management Institute of Maryland, who served as master of ceremonies for the discussion.

On a Wednesday evening in late summer, it's hard to tell who's interrupting whom: the people peppering Dexter Parker for advice on decorating their Baltimore homes or Parker, who is trying to finish his seminar on interior design in the allotted time. As Parker explains how furniture should fit with a room's size, questions hammer him from around this room in the Enoch Pratt Central Library, an upstairs auditorium to which the program was moved when far more than 20 people signed up. The free hour-and-a-half presentation drew 75 people, a substantial turnout of persistent questioners.

INDICATORS Tuesday -- October housing starts Wednesday -- October leading indicators, weekly jobless claims Events Tuesday Franchise seminar -- presented by Howard County Economic Development Authority, 8:30 a.m., Center for Business and Technology Development, 9250 Bendix Road North, Columbia. Cost is $59. To register, call Tasha Taylor at 410-313-6550 or e-mail: ttaylor@hceda.org Small business successes and failures -- lecture by John L. Herman, presented by Community College of Baltimore County, Dundalk, 11:15 a.m., in the student lounge, L-Building, 7200 Sollers Point Road, Dundalk.

The Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal Credit Union will offer a free educational seminar from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the credit union's Home Loan Center, 321 S. Main St., Bel Air. "Understanding Long Term Care Insurance" will include the basics of long-term care insurance, who will need it, costs associated with it and what Medicare will cover. Registration is required. Information: 410-893-7359.

Forget the beakers, test tubes and Bunsen burners. In Peter Craig's Kitchen Chemistry, the required lab supplies include a kitchen knife, tomatoes, onions and a cutting board. One of about 30 first-year seminars at McDaniel College this fall, Craig's course regularly brings food into the classroom, examining it down to the molecular level to understand its chemistry. "We're trying to sort of demystify the complex nature of our little subject," Craig said of chemistry. "A lot of the students see the subject as a sort of pre-med, pre-vet, pre-dentistry ... The idea is sort of to bring chemistry into the fold, that more than just chemists should be interested in it because it affects everybody."

Seminar to talk about child diets The nonprofit Feingold Association will hold a free seminar for parents and teachers about dietary options for children with learning or behavior problems from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. June 21. This event will be held at the Marriott SpringHill Suites at 899 Elkridge Landing Road in Linthicum Heights. This seminar will introduce guests to the low-additive Feingold Program, a dietary plan for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, autism, dyslexia and other problems.

Kitchen tour and design seminar -- Historic Annapolis Foundation will present the 2007 Kitchens of Annapolis tour and design seminar April 28 in the historic district and at Rockfish restaurant in Eastport. The kitchens tour from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. will feature cooking spaces in private homes, yachts and recreational vehicles. The design seminar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will feature chef Craig Sewell at Rockfish restaurant, 400 Sixth St. Tickets for the kitchen tour are $35 for nonmembers and $30 for foundation members; the cost of the design seminar is $45 (price discounted if purchased by today)

Seminar planned on starting businesses Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal Credit Union and Harford Community College's Small Business Development will offer a free seminar, "Smart Start Your Business," from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 24 at the APGFCU Home Loan Center, 321 S. Main St. in Bel Air. The program will provide an overview of ways to start a business, the skills and duties of a successful entrepreneur, how to write a strategic business plan and services...

Harford is set to announce tract purchase for sheriff's site Harford County officials are expected to announce today the $3.2 million purchase of a 7-acre parcel in Edgewood that will become the site of the southern precinct of the sheriff's office. The former truck stop, which many residents know as Bonnie Brae, is on U.S. 40 near Route 152 and within a few miles of Interstate 95. The state is using the property as the staging area for its highway beautification project. "This has been a long time coming with the sheriff operating in a small building that would hardly do," said Harford Councilman Dion Guthrie, who represents Edgewood and Joppatowne, unincorporated areas with a population of about 40,000.

AACC offers lecture on business budgets Anne Arundel Community College will offer a lecture from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in Room 242 at the Career Center, 101 College Parkway, Arnold. "Funding Your Business and Preparing a Budget and Pro forma Financial Statements" will teach how to manage a successful budget. The cost is $10 general admission and free to AACC students and employees. Reservations are required. Information: 410-777-2066 or www.aacc.edu/esi. Seminar's focus will be marketing The Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce will offer a seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Small Business Development Center, 2660 Riva Road, Suite 200. It will be presented by Hollis Minor of The Minor Group.