Water Garden

In Sunday's Howard section, an incorrect phone number was listed for Fish, a non-profit organization. The correct number is 377-1827.The Baltimore Sun regrets the errors.Name: Carroll Kitzmiller, a 31-year resident of Dayton.Activities/Hobbies: Mrs. Kitzmiller works for the Election Board six months every other year and loves gardening. She is cultivating a water garden with plants and many goldfish. She also enjoys aerobics and sewing.Organization's comments: Mrs. Kitzmiller volunteers for Fish, a non-profit organization that has been in the county for 18 years.

FOR MOST OF us, summer passes too quickly. For Century High School's principal, David Booz, this summer is racing even faster - toward Aug. 27, when the doors open to the new high school on Ronsdale Road. Booz, a Carroll County principal the past 14 years, is well aware of the high expectations held by students, parents and teachers for the high school, and he and the staff will focus on helping students achieve success. Booz is on hand to oversee the delivery of desks, bookshelves and filing cabinets.

Antiques and fabrics get togetherIt's an interesting partnership. Fitzgerald's (15 E. Chesapeake Ave.), an antiques shop that opened recently in Towson, and the nearby Calico Corners (305 York Road), a store that specializes in fabrics for the home, have begun exhibiting their wares in each other's stores.Fitzgerald's might, for instance, display swatches of beautiful indoor/outdoor fabrics with its garden furniture. Calico Corners enhances its High Country tea-stained fabrics with an antique country armoire.

Scale model trains It's all aboard this weekend at the Great Scale Model and Train Show. More than 400 vendors from all over the nation will present not only trains, equipment and other accessories for purchase, but also booths selling clothing, books and DVDs. Visitors can sell their unwanted equipment at the white elephant tables as they shop. Clinics and demonstrations throughout the day will show how to improve train-modeling skills. Rare train movies, cartoons and feature films will be shown.

The Hatton-Regester Green next to the B & A Trail Park in Severna Park will be dedicated May 2 with the help of County Executive Janet S. Owens.The 1.5-acre green at the Old Severna Park railroad station is the culmination of more than two years of work by the Friends of the B&A Trail Park, which designed it, got it approved by the county and raised the money to pay for it.The organization is turning over the green with its tree-shaded pathway, thematic gardens,...

John and Judy Hasler's house would be perfectly at home in Colonial Williamsburg -- stained a traditional yellow with green shutters with a steeply pitched cedar roof and dormer windows.But the owners are quick to dispel the notion that the house is 18th-century perfect."This is definitely not a reproduction of a Williamsburg home, but its style is greatly influenced by the 18th-century homes of Tidewater Virginia," says Mrs. Hasler, 57. "We adapted it for the way we wanted to live."Working in close collaboration with Baltimore architect Wesley Burton, the Haslers helped create the ambience of a Colonial home while incorporating a floor plan that lends itself to a comfortable 1990s country lifestyle.

The sight and sound of moving water can be such a balm to the human spirit that it is a wonder, in these troubled times, that we all do not move beside the nearest stream. It is a testament to human ingenuity that homeowners have found ways to bring that moving water to them. Manmade ponds, streams, waterfalls and fountains have become as common as birdbaths. There are container water gardens with a handful of papyrus and a couple of goldfish that are perfect for a condominium balcony.

Richard Rist often asks visitors whether they feel as if they're in the city when offering tours of his 1 1/4 -acre back yard of old and exquisite landscaping. In the Hamilton area of Northeast Baltimore, the former owners of Rist's home nurtured boxwood, magnolia trees and holly bushes bursting with bright red berries. The expansive front lawn is dressed in old trees but sports a major man-made addition: a life-size bronze sculpture of a year-old horse. "This is The Yearling by P.J. Mene," says Richard Rist, 42, who owns a software company and works out of his home.

With the Fourth of July only a few weeks away, it's time to think about the safe use of Maryland legal fireworks. If your holiday plans include using sparklers or ground-based fountains, always remember the following safety tips from the National Council on Fireworks (www.fireworkssafety.org): •Never let small children use fireworks of any kind. •Be sure to closely supervise older children when they light fireworks. •Alcohol and fireworks do not mix. Designate a sober adult to light the fireworks.

John Bevans "Punkey" Foard III, the co-founder of Valley View Farms who later introduced Christmas decorations and water gardens to the business, died March 21 of a heart attack at St. Clair Medical Center in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago. He was 75. Mr. Foard, who lived in Parkton, was vacationing in Trinidad and Tobago when he was stricken with the fatal heart attack. Born and raised on his family's farm in Hydes, he was a graduate of Staunton Military Academy in Virginia, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1955 from Rutgers University's College of Agriculture.