Local Limelight: Movers & Shakers

(L to R) Club president Abby Hutchinson, host Sharon Kennedy, and public relations chair Alex Sears.

The Garden Club of Olde Annapolis Towne celebrates the arrival of spring with May basket judging all over Annapolis , followed by a May Day tea for blue-ribbon winners. This year's event, at the Bordley-Randall House in Annapolis , honored winners with tea and refreshments and displayed May baskets made by members of the Garden Club.

(L to R) Matt Anacker, honorable director, MD Arborist Assn.; Steve Castrogiavanni, secretary, MD Arborist Assn.; William S. Keys, historian, American Legion Post 141; John Ogle, second vice commander, American Legion Post 7; Tom Mayer, director, MD Arborist Assn.; and Damian Varga, president, MD Arborist Assn.

Maryland arborists volunteered to beautify Maryland 's World War II Memorial in Annapolis on April 28. Eighty volunteers converged on the site to prune, fertilize, clear, and restore more than 120 trees of various sizes. The highlight of the day was the dedication of one of two American red maples, ‘Red Sunset' variety, to Maryland veterans past, present, and future. Damian Varga, president of the Maryland Arborist Association says, “This was the most successful Arbor Day beautification project in the history of the organization.”

(L to R) Homeowners Brice and Donna Worthington with tour volunteer Bill Kerchner.

Historic Annapolis Foundation's recent fund-raiser, the 2007 Kitchens of Annapolis Tour & Design Seminar, on April 28, raised more than $30,000 to benefit the William Paca House, a historic landmark that was home to one of Maryland's signers of the Declaration of Independence and his family. Tour-goers got to visit more than a dozen innovative cooking spaces—those in private homes, the galley of a classic Trumpy yacht, and those in two luxury RVs parked at City Dock. Proceeds from the event will be used to create a family gathering space in the charming porch chamber, on the second floor, overlooking the family's “pleasure garden.”

(L to R) Melinda Davis of Archbishop Spalding High School , winner of the Junior League Volunteerism award, with Holly McDermott of the Junior League of Annapolis and Robert Heller, chairman, Scholarships for Scholars.

The Scholarships for Scholars Awards Ceremony was held on April 23 at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. The awards given to thirty-two graduating high school seniors from Anne Arundel County added up to more than $108,000 in scholarships. Every public school in the county was represented among the winnersand several private schools had award winners as well.