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Have you considered volunteering your time on behalf of your community? The current two-year terms of office for three Village Board seats expire on April 30, 2019. Village Board members attend one meeting a month where they oversee village finances, advise and take action on such matters as street and house maintenance, and advocate for changes that will benefit Harper's Choice. The nomination period runs from March 1 - March 14, 2019. Information and nomination petitions will be available at Kahler Hall and for download on our website at www.harpershoice.org on March 1; a maximum 150-word CANDIDATE'S STATEMENT is due at Kahler Hall by 5:00 pm on March 14. The STATEMENTS may be emailed to [email protected], preferably in a MS Word document. For more information, contact Village Manager Steve Ingley at 410-730-0770 or via
email.
HCCA is looking for volunteers to help us count ballots on Election Day, Saturday, April 27 at 3:00 pm at Kahler Hall. If you are available and would like to assist the Election Monitor Committee with this task, please contact Village Manager Steve Ingley at 410-730-0770 or
[email protected]
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Registration Open: Guiding Good Choices - Parenting Program
Howard County parents/guardians of 9 to 14 year olds
are invited to join HC DrugFree and the Howard County State's Attorney's Office for our next Guiding Good Choices parenting 4-week program. Participants will learn the skills to reduce the risk that their children will use drugs.
After completing the program, families will be able to: Influence their children to help prevent drug use and other risky behaviors. Develop clear family guidelines and expectations about drug use. Teach children how to stay out of trouble, keep their friends and still have a good time.
Classes will be held on Tuesdays, March 5, 12, 19 and 26. Adults are expected to attend all sessions. Unless otherwise notified, all meetings will be held at the Elkridge Branch of the Howard County Library from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Looking for Creative Howard County Teens
Once again, HC DrugFree is proud to partner with the HoCo Student Film Festival. This year, HC DrugFree is looking for teens to create short public service announcements (PSAs) focused on vaping or Juuling in Howard County.
Be sure to visit our website at www.hcdrugfree.org/hoco-filmfest, visit www.hocofilmfest.com and contact our office at [email protected] to request our logo and ensure you have all the needed information. The deadline to submit films is Friday, April 5. The festival will be held on Friday evening, April 26 at the Charles E. Miller Library in Ellicott City.
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Joining in celebration of National Celebration of Women's History Month, the Columbia Art Center will present the first
VISIONARY WOMEN. The Journey: Art About Women by Women
visual arts show. Forty five female visual artists from throughout Maryland will be featured. Juror awards will be presented by Robin Holliday, curator and owner of HorseSpirit Arts Gallery. Everyone is invited to the official opening reception on Friday, March 8 from 6:00-9:00 PM which will include performances by dancer Megan Atkinson of the Collectif Project and reading by poet Vanita Leatherwood.
On Sunday, March 17, "Voices of the Jour
ney: Expression of Art About Women By Women" discussion will be held from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM. Lela Sewell Williams, Director of the Columbia Archives will be leading the exchange among exceptionally talented women in our community.
All takes place at the Art Center-6100 Foreland Garth, Columbia, MD 21045. Gallery Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9:30 AM-8 PM; Fri & Sat 9:30 AM-5 PM; Sunday 11 AM-5 PM.
No admission fee
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Columbia Solar Cooperative
Are you thinking of going solar? The Columbia Solar Cooperative - a combined initiative of Columbia Association and Civic Works' Retrofit Baltimore for the Columbia Solar Cooperative - will host an information session on Thursday, February 28 from 7-8pm at the Owen Brown Community Center, 6800 Cradlerock Way. Save approximately 20% off the cost of solar panels for your home and enjoy the many benefits of going solar, including lower electricity bills and increased property value. For more information, visit
retrofitbaltimore.org/rsvp-columbia.
Columbia Cleanup Day
Columbia Cleanup Day will take place on Saturday, March 30, with volunteers picking up trash that has accumulated in open space throughout the community. For times and locations, please contact your local village community association.
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Covenant Corner
BE BAY-WISE
Most Village residents live within a half-mile of a storm drain, stream or river. Nearly all of those waterways eventually drain into the Chesapeake Bay. What we do to maintain our own landscapes can affect the health of our local waterways (drainage ditches, streams and rivers), the Chesapeake Bay and our environment. By changing a few simple landscape practices, you and your family can make a difference in your own back yard! Go to
http://www.baywise.umd.edu/ to learn more.
Although yard waste collection won't officially resume until April 1, residents can recycle leaves and other yard waste items (such as those spiky gumballs from the street "Sweet Gum" trees) by placing them in the green bin provided by the County for food scraps, in paper bags, or open trash cans, and take them out curbside on your recycling day.
PROPER STORAGE OF TRASH AND RECYCLING BINS
Are you storing your trash and recycling bins properly? Take a look at where your cans and bins are located. Are they in your driveway or in the front of your home? Recycling, food scrap bins and trash cans must be stored out of view from the street and neighboring properties at all times, except when placed out for pick up the evening prior to your collection day, as per County Code and the Harper's Choice Village Covenants.
Please do not store any cans/bins in the front of the house, on a front porch or in a driveway. If cans are stored outside of your home, they must be shielded from view by landscaping or an enclosure previously approved by the Architectural Committee. An
Exterior Alteration Application
form may be used to apply for approval. By keeping your property tidy and cans and bins out of view, you help keep Harper's Choice the BEST Choice!
BULK ITEM & SCRAP METAL COLLECTION
If you have large items taking up space in your home that really need to go to the landfill, don't pay to have them hauled away. Call the County or go online to schedule a bulk item pick-up, curbside, in front of your home. Up to four items per household per collection; any items too large to be collected by two workers will be tagged and left for the homeowner to remove. For a list of items that will not be collected or to schedule a pick-up, call 410-313-6444 or visit
HowardCountyBulkPickup.org.
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Please join us on Facebook for up-to-date information about what's happening in and around the Harper's Choice Community.
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Architectural Committee Meetings
Changes made to the exterior of homes in Harper's Choice require approval of the Village Architectural Committee (AC).
The AC will meet on Tuesday, February 26th at 7:30 PM to review applications.
The deadline to submit applications for approval is two weeks prior to the next meeting date.
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Village Board Meetings
The next meeting of the Village Board is scheduled for March 5th at 7PM. Approved Agendas and Meeting Minutes are/will be available on our website.
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