Yard sale planned

Christ Lutheran Church, 216 N. Cleveland Ave., Hagerstown, will hold its annual yard/bake/food sale Friday and Saturday on the church’s front lawn.

In addition to the yard sale, soup and sandwiches, cold drinks, and baked goods will be available for purchase. The event will be held each day beginning at 8 a.m. The sale will end in the late afternoon on Saturday. Parking is available on the lot in back of the church.


 For more information, call On Busy at 301-739-7925 (leave message).



Class of 1977 reunion

The Smithsburg High School Class of 1977 will hold its 35-year class reunion Saturday, Oct. 6, at 5 p.m. at the Cascade American Legion.

Tickets cost $35 per person, which includes a dinner buffet from GT’s Handymart in Cascade. The menu includes roast beef, fried chicken, meatless lasagna, mashed potatoes and gravy, baked macaroni and cheese, green beans, salad bar, dessert, coffee and iced tea. A cash bar will be available.

Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. DJ services by Mike Slate will provide the entertainment. The reunion committee is still looking for classmates.

For more information, call Peggy Rishell at 301-824-7101 or send an email to pegfizer@myactv.net or call Donna Shank Kline at 304-274-6350 or send an email to drohrer1@frontier.com.



Photo course offered by HCC

Hagerstown Community College will offer its advanced photography course, “Photography for Public Discourse,” on Monday nights from 5:30 to 9 p.m. beginning Aug. 27 and ending Dec. 10, in Kepler Center.

The course prepares students for professional commercial use of their art and covers topics such as commercial portraits, environmental or event portraits and street shooting.

Students will also take part in special projects and field trips where they will have the opportunity to photograph community events and events from their personal lives.

The course is taught by veteran photographer Benita Keller, a fine-arts photographer and photojournalist who has been photographing for more than 25 years and who has received numerous awards for her work.

“This course is really geared toward those who want to make important fine-art photographs of their families and friends or who want to become commercial or event photographers,” Keller said. “The class benefits new photographers as well as advanced photographers who want to develop their ‘eye’ and their skills for photographing people.”

Students who participate in the class will produce a portfolio of work and will be eligible to take part in the “The Eye Test” exhibit at the Washington County Arts Council in December.

For more information, send an email to Keller at bkeller@hagers towncc.edu.

To register, call 240-500-2238 or go to www.hagerstowncc.edu/registration/online.



Senior site

Smithsburg senior site calendar:

• Today — Bingo and trivia, 10 a.m. 

• Friday — Trivia and Uno, 10 a.m. 

• Monday, Aug. 20 — Nutrition education handout and No, 10 a.m.