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Residents braved the cold and snow on Valentine's Day for O'Hair Salon and Spa's "Hearts for Haiti" fundraiser.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, the downtown Frederick salon performed more than 20 services and raised about $1,400 for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Haiti, according to the salon's director, Roxanne Pugh. Haiti was devastated by an earthquake on Jan. 12.

The salon donated all proceeds from services they performed, including haircuts, shampoo/blow-dry, makeup application, quick-fix treatments and seated massages. The salon also held silent auctions on products, raffles and a donation drive.

"When the whole event happened in Haiti, everyone said, ‘What can we do?'" Pugh said. "[We said] ‘this is something we do for a living, let's give it away for a day.'"

Pugh said that poor weather conditions and difficult parking due to ice and snow caused the salon to fall short of its goal, but the staff was grateful to clients who braved the conditions to come out and give.

"We wanted to keep it on Valentine's Day, because we felt like people would be in a very loving, caring mood and we figured we'd spread that to the Red Cross," she said.

FCC dean's list honors southeastern county students

Several southeastern Frederick County residents were named to the fall 2009 dean's list at Frederick Community College, which recognizes students who have earned more than 12 credits, including six credits that semester, and who have achieved a GPA of at least 3.5.

The following local students were honored:

From Ijamsville, Zachary T. Bean, Abigail L. Bishop, Margaret-Ann B. Brownson, Mark T. Casagrande, Jonathan F. Chmelik, Chancelor Claypool, Sean P. Cole, Toni R. Cook, Olivia R. Didion, Elisha A. Eastlake, James W. Eaton Jr, Benjamin L. Harris, Bonnie J. Hines, James A. Hoffman, Michael J. Koehnlein, Jeremy Krones, Megan A. Kuehner, Karen W. Macfarlane, Shannon H. McKenzie, Hannah Parsons, Micah Parsons, Kimberly R. Petrlik, Michael W. Reed, Robert L. Rettig, Lisa Z. Rowe, Jamie N. Schwartzbeck, and Andrew G. Tomasello;

From Libertytown, Kenneth P. Glass, Jacob Hurd, Andrew V. O'Connor, and Jennifer S. Stevens;

From Monrovia, Jenna K. Abbott, Catherine V. Becker, Mary C. Bridenhagen, Sarah E. Brown, Joselyn M. Coakley, Kathryn H. Coakley, Matthew C. Drury, Joseph A. Duda, Erin K. Guercio, Robert J. Hancock, Dara L. Herndon, Jessica L.R Hoffman, Andrew J. Kausch, Brenton C. Knott, Zachary C. Mahall, Casey A. Martin, Pamela V. Menge, Carly M. Psioda, Amanda F. Pyne, Shahrzad M. Razavi, Benjamin A. Reid, Victoria Serrano, Rebekah D. Sherman, Tim Summers, Cristen Waters, Kyle A. Willoughby, Bryan J. Wise, and Kimberly A. Wright;

From New Market, Paul J. Abel, Nicholas P. Adkinson, James P. Andrews, Michael Andrews, Christopher J. Battaglia, Amy Beech, Joren A. Bender, Dena Borchardt, Holly M. Burkhardt, Zack W. Burns, Matthew B. Buzdygon, Amber T. Cook, Allyson K. Davis, Kevin E. Delaney, Ashley N. Felter, Jessica T. Frishkorn, Joseph W. Frishkorn, Corinne M. Glover, Ashley L. Guilday, Kenneth A P Hamilton, Eileen M. Hickey, Christopher M. Hubbard, Odette J. Katz, Christine N. Korotky, Farzad H. Moosvi, Carolyn B. Nasuta, Bryan V. O'Keeffe, David Ovenshire, Vincent J. Perella, Leigh Ann Rawlins, Grace Schall, Kimberly A. Shifflett, Margaret S. Suever, Nicole A. Tepper, Monica L. Thomas, and Ashley Traylor;

And from Urbana, Xinxin Chang, Michelle L. Talley, Paulette A. Torres, and Fatime T. Yoda.

Mass celebrates 200 years

of Catholic education

Two-hundred years ago, Elizabeth Ann Seton welcomed the first three students into St. Joseph Free School and Academy. That school evolved into Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg.

The special anniversary will be celebrated in the form of a Mass on Monday, to mark the exact date the school opened.

The Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski will officiate at the ceremony, which will be held at 10 a.m. in the Basilica of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg.

"This is really important to us because it is the kick-off of our bicentennial," said Angie Hamlin, the school's director of development. She said the staff also has other events planned for this year in celebration of the 200 years of success in Catholic education, including a homecoming social in April for past students and members of the school community.

"We've been preparing for this, oh, a good two years," Hamlin said.

Sister JoAnne Goecke, the school's principal, said a Mass is appropriate to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the school since the Catholic ceremony is what drew Mother Seton to the religion in the first place.

"What attracted her was the belief that Christ becomes very present to us in a very personal way as we ... gather to celebrate the Mass," Goecke said.

Marriage Savers' essay contest extended

Middle and high school students can still enter an essay contest explaining whose marriage they admire to the Marriage Savers of Frederick County.

The deadline for the essay contest has been extended to Feb. 26, the organization announced. Marriage Savers seeks to raise awareness about the importance of marriage through faith-based and community initiatives. Any Frederick County middle and high school student is eligible to participate in the contest. Participants should write a 200- to 300-word essay that answers the question, "Whose marriage do you most admire and why?" The essay must focus on a Frederick marriage.

The winner of the contest will receive two tickets to Adventure Park USA. The couple whose marriage the writer admires will receive a free meal from the Red Horse Inn, and pair of 14-carat diamond earrings from Wholesale Diamond Consultants.

Those interested in entering should go to the Marriage Savers of Frederick County Web site at www.marriagesaversfrederick.org. On the site, go to "Contact Us" and enter your name, e-mail address and essay in the body of an e-mail.

For more information, contact Marriage Savers executive director Robert J. Donk at 301-898-8917 or 301-524-8800 or e-mail him at Bob@MarriageSaversFrederick.org.

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