Brookeville native named Teacher of the Year

She also balances her teaching with part-time graduate studies at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., her father said.

According to the June 13 edition of Powhatan Today, this was Bates’ second nomination for Teacher of the Year honors.

Meals on Wheelsin desperate need of help

The Meals on Wheels program that serves the Leisure World area of Aspen Hill is in critical need of volunteers to deliver meals to individuals who are homebound, frail and elderly.

To volunteer or for more information, call Karen Saul at 410-730-9476 or toll-free at 1-866-558-0827.

For more information on Meals on Wheels, log on to www.mealsonwheelsmd.org.

Meals on Wheels Programs in other areas of Montgomery County are also seeking volunteers to pick up and deliver meals to homebound older adults and to serve as board members.

Programs in Rockville and Wheaton have immediate needs for drivers, kitchen helpers and board members.

For the Rockville Meals on Wheels, contact Judy Henry at 301-765-0540 or send an e-mail to dhenry.fam@comcast.net.

For the Wheaton Meals on Wheels, contact Mary O’Brien at 301-942-1111 or send an e-mail to mowofwheaton@comcast.net.

For the Jewish Social Services Meals on Wheels, contact Diane Hays-Earp at 301-816-2639 or send an e-mail to dhaysearp@jssa.org.

Olney Help remindsresidents it can help

Olney Help, an all-volunteer organization that provides individuals and families with short-term emergency assistance, want to remind area residents that is can offer assistance during trying times.

The organization provides fresh and non-perishable food items, limited financial aid to avert eviction and⁄or utility termination, essential medication, and access to resources for additional services from private and governmental agencies.

Olney Help provides more than 20,000 food items annually to residents in Olney, Ashton, Sandy Spring and Brookeville.

For more information, call Bruce Gibbs, food coordinator, at 301-774-4334.

On campus

*The Sandy Spring Civic Association awarded its first Ross Boddy⁄Carolyn Snowden Scholarship for $500 to Marvin Sorto, a 2007 graduate of Sherwood High School. Sorto will attend Montgomery College in Rockville, majoring in automotive technology.

*Three area resident were recently inducted into Kappa Delta Pi international honor society in education at Salisbury University. They include Rebecca Donovan, daughter of Christine and Thomas Donovan of Olney; Lauren Ojalvo, daughter of Philip and Catherine Ojalvo of Olney; and Vanessa Goldey, daughter of Richard and Diana Kubu of Brookeville.

*Olney resident Kevin Fields is one of eight recipients of a Canisius College Raichle Pre-Law Scholarship. Fields is a political science and urban studies major and was also inducted into the DiGamma Honor Society. He will begin his senior year at Canisius, located in Buffalo, N.Y., this fall.

*Leah Mines of Olney was a producer of a radio program at Susquehanna University that took third place in the 2006 Pennsylvania Associated Press News Awards. The station was recognized for its live play-by-play broadcasts of the Susquehanna University at Albright College football game on Sept. 16, 2006. Mines majored in English and secondary education. A 2003 graduate of Sherwood High School, she is the daughter of David Mines of Olney and Anna Koutelos of New Jersey.

If you have an interesting note about the people and the events of Olney, Brookeville, Sandy Spring and Ashton, send it to Judith Hruz, Editor, The Olney Gazette, 1200 Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, Md. 20878; or e-mail it to me at jhruz@gazette.net. Our fax numbers are 301-670-7182 or 301-670-7183. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday. Include a daytime phone number for clarification. All items subject to editing and space availability.