Hagerstown Lioness Club to meet Thursday

The regular meeting of the Hagerstown Lioness Club will be Thursday at the Academy Theatre Banquet & Conference Center in downtown Hagerstown. Doors open at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

Cancellations or additional reservations should be called to 301-733-8647.

The guest speaker will be Miss Maryland 2011, Carlie Colella. Carlie graduated from North Hagerstown High School as an honor student and is now a senior at Hood College studying business management.


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She is a member of the soccer team and plans to graduate in May.

She was a participant in the 2012 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, and will speak to the chapter about her experience.

Five new members will be inducted into the Lioness Club.

The Community Service Committee has requested that members bring items for the Community Free Clinic.

Happy birthday, Girl Scouts

The Girl Scouts organization turns 100 years old on March 12.

In celebration of the milestone, Washington County Girl Scouts are inviting all Girl Scouts, former Girl Scouts and parents to attend the 100th birthday celebration on Monday, March 12, at 6:15 p.m. at the J.C.Penney Court at Valley Mall. 

The ceremony will start at 6:30 p.m.

The plan is to create a large friendship circle, light a birthday candle, and sing a song. 

Anyone who still has a Girl Scout sash or pins is encouraged to bring them to the celebration.

For more information, call Teresa Rossiter at 301-733-1273.

Trip to flower show

The Crossroads Garden Club invites the community to take a bus trip to the Pennsylvania Flower Show in York, Pa., on Friday. 

The bus will leave Long Meadow Shopping Center at 9 a.m.

The trip costs $32 for the bus, and tickets to the flower show cost $10 for adults, and $8 for students and those 62 and older. 

Reservations are required.

Checks should be made payable to Crossroads Garden Club and sent to the Women’s Club, 31 S. Prospect St., Hagerstown, MD, 21740.

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