Frederick County Leader, The (Newspaper) - February 18, 2000, Frederick, Maryland Please send your calendar items in a timely manner to The Frederick Box 578 Frederick Md 21705 Calendar of Events or e-mail Dance Heart Fund Dance Feb 19 9 at the Eagles Club Frederick Music by Roll the Dice band donation Proceeds to the American Heart Foundation Second Chance Sweethearts Dance Feb 19 9 p.m at the Crossroads Inn 6694 Middleburg Rd Keymar Corner of Md 194 and Middleburg Rd Music by CJ and the Dance Connection Special Valentine's Dance Walkersville Ballroom Feb 19 p.m at the Walkersville Town Hall Features foxtrot lesson All levels welcome Dances held every first third and fifth Sat Valentine's Dance singles and couples come Feb 19 at FOP Lodge 91 16 W St Frederick 7 p.m Adv West Coast Swing p.m Survival East Coast Swing p.m dance Steve Carey DJ Tickets in adv or at the door Singles Dance Feb 20 p.m at Inn Dillsburg 301 U.S 15 North Dillsburg Pa Music by Ben Barber DJ Country Dance Alan Gedance to call the dances Feb 26 at the William R Talley Adult Rec Center Bentz and Second streets Frederick By the Folk Arts Council Beginners workshop 7 dance p.m disc for city residents arid members of the or or Westminster Sunday Singles dance Feb 27 p.m Best Western Inn Md 31 and 140 Westminster Music by Easy Street Free advanced El Paso dance p.m Dances held every second fourth and fifth Sun Entry or TAWA 2000 Dance Company in mance March 3 and 4 8 p.m at the Cultural Arts Center of Frederick County 15 W Patrick St Frederick or Country Line Dancing every Thurs 7 p.m at Pepe's 611 N Market St Frederick 4866 Two by Fours Square Dance Club dances every first and third Fri at the Poolesville Elementary School Poolesville Mid Week Singles dance every Wed p.m at Inn Dillsburg ballroom 301 U.S 15 North Dillsburg Pa Ben Barber DJ Admission Friendly Folks Square Dance Club dances every second and fourth Sat p.m at the Town Hall Primarily plus with round dancing 301 Learn to Square Dance Join the Friendly Folks Square Dance Club lor beginning classes at the Evangelical Reformed Church United Church of Christ 15 W Church St Frederick at 7 p.m Frederick Dance Assoc dance every Wed at Independent on Lane Frederick Lessons p.m open dancing p.m members others SB or 5505 Square Dance with the Frederick County Promenaders every first and third Fri p.m Ballenger Community Hall Mainstream with announced plus tips lines and rounds Frederick Singles dances held every first third and fifth Sun at Holiday Inn Md 85 at the FSK Mall Frederick p.m Doors open P.m No denims DJ music and up or Over 30 Singles and Social Club meets every Fri at the Oldies Music Legends Hampton Inn Frederick 9 or Dance Connection every Mon and Tues p.m at Tennis Banquet Center 11411 Gas House Pike New Market New hardwood dance floor Regulars 55 Southeast YMCA Country Line Dancing every Mon p.m held at Green Valley Elementary School 1 1501 Fingerboard Rd Monrovia For more information Frederick Scottish Country Dancing every Wed p.m at Hood Dance Studio Gambrill Gymnasium Hood College Beginners welcome Advanced Square Dance with the Yellow Rockers every first third and fifth Fri p.m at Whittier Elementary School Frederick through June 16 Caller Bob Falconi Swing Dancing with John McCalla every Wed at FOP Lodge 91 16 W 7th St Frederick Beginner 7 p.m intermediate 8 p.m dancing 11 p.m Entry 35 Swing Dance Friday Night at Walkersville Town Hall 9 Free basic swing lesson p.m Refreshments Entry or Coast Swing every Tues at Ballenger Creek Middle School Frederick p.m level II p.m ner 301 -831 -3540 West Coast Swing dancing every Thurs at FOP 91 Lodge 16 W 7th St Frederick Beginner and adv beginner p.m diate Dance p.m Drop-in lesson and dance dance only West Coast dash of country Adult Singles Dance every second and fourth Fri 8 at the Inn Dillsburg ballroom 301 U.S 15 North Dillsburg Pa Ben Barber DJ Admission or 1795 The Alternative Inc singles dances ed Fri 9 at the Knights of Columbus Pike Hagerstown Mix and mingle p.m Coast Swing West Coast Swing every Tues at Ballenger Creek Middle School p.m level II p.m beginner p.m ner West Coast 301 -831 -3540 Music Livingston Taylor opening act Christopher Williams Feb 18 p.m Weinberg Center for the Arts Frederick Tickets Shenandoah Coffeehouse Series Feb 19 8 p.m War Memorial Bldg 102 W German St Shepherdstown Laurie Rose Griffith and Peter Mealy Bruce and Gaye Dalzell and Pat Spider White Admission or Beck in concert Feb 19 8 p.m Patriot Center GMU Fairfax Va Tickets Chopin Marathon Feb 22 7 p.m Levine Recital Hall WMC Westminster Celebrate the birthday ol composer Frederic Chopin Free Guarneri String Quartet open rehearsal Feb 22 7 p.m Ulrich Recital Hall Tawes Fine Arts Bldg University of Maryland at College Park Free Cuban traditional guitarist and singer Continued on Page 3 This is a partial list of entertainment events in and around the Frederick County area A complete list appears every Friday in The Frederick FREDERICK COUNTY EADER a publication of Featured inside today Heartly House begins fund-raising Page 2 Covering cities towns and communities throughout Frederick County Md and nearby counties Vol 14 No 51 Frederick Maryland 21705 Friday February 18 2000 250 Staff photo by Green Terry Reimer center works with Judy left and Clyde Kernek teers assisting with data gathering for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine's database By KAREN GARDNER Assistant Family Editor Diaries letters and journal articles fill two filing cabinet drawers at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine waiting to be condensed into quick information These documents will add to the museum's cache of historical information available to researchers filling in names regiments tals battle locations and other pertinent mation Someone will be able to type in a name and a database will come up with every source that con- tains that said Terry Reimer director of public relations and research coordinator for the museum The museum has 20 volunteers who will review the 400 to 500 documents and record important sections of those for the database Some of the documents seem pretty routine For instance one article lists the types of uni- forms various soldiers wore Altogether er the information will help to paint a picture of the Civil War and its complex medical history A photocopy of a letter from a hospitalized soldier named Cockrill said Dear Sallie For the third time I write to you without ing one line am sick and hardly able to only I had a little box of something from home The letter was written in Louisville Ky and dated 1862 Overall handwriting was good and his spelling was very good except for the word wright Sometimes you'll run into some that are phonetic and those are very hard to Ms Reimer said Handwritten letters are usually not as difficult to read as many handwritten items of today she said There were a number of illiterate people but the people who could write could write she said They knew how to turn a phrase Most of the letters the museum has are of originals which is what museum officials want Photocopies help add to the museum's research bank while allowing ers to retain the original copies Often the ters have been handed down through the and people are reluctant to give them up By providing the museum with photocopies however the information is preserved and available to all researchers Fortunately for the museum bureaucracy was as prevalent during the Civil War as it is today There were official discharge forms forms filled out when a patient was admitted to a hospital forms filled out each month so diers could get paid forms filled out when a patient died The musuem has copies of dis- charge forms including one in which a man's name is spelled three different ways on the form and a fourth in a board pictured with the photo One original document in the museum's archives that volunteers will need to record involves a list of questions for medical students from 1858 One question was How are nitrates distinguished from other while another was Name the diseases of the skin Some of the documents are much more recent Articles in medical scientific or cal journals or magazines specializing in the Continued on Page 2 Raw Bar beckons seafood music lovers Bentz Street Raw Bar 6 S Bentz St Frederick Web 11 to 2 Visa MasterCard American Express Handicapped accessible Like the sultry siren she is the mermaid calls Etched on the plate glass at the Bentz Street Raw Bar she beckons to seafood lovers Come in come in And they do for the fresh and expertly prepared shrimp clams mussels oysters lobster hard and soft shell crab oysters and fish raw as in sushi and in filets as in swordfish der and tuna If you like it cooked you can get it baked steamed or grilled here The seafood is as good as you can get in the restaurants by the docks in Ocean City although the closest the Raw Bar gets to water is the nearby Carroll Creek Owner Rick Ehardt opened the Raw Bar in 1986 in the tiny little niche known for years and years as The Blue Bird Restaurant He concentrated on the bar a complete full-service restaurant with beer wine and liquor Next door was the City Auto Radiator Works in business since 1926 With an eye for expansion Ehardt took over the garage room around 10 years ago and began ing well-known jazz musicians that draw the crowds on weekends The atmosphere is casual and funky Ehardt wisely flavors his establishment with years of what came before The floors in the garage are concrete and the original brick walls are decorated with neon signs The expansive garage room seats about 125 easily Picnic tables covered in brown paper bring on the steamed crabs and matched plastic patio furniture reinforce the ambiance The large garage door makes up the entire wall fronting Bentz Street A bar area is off to one side and the stage to the rear definitely takes prominence in this room As you enter the Raw Bar from the street parking here always seems to be iffy but we found a place on the street right by the door you first enter the smaller dining and bar area Here glossy wood tables high enough for bar stools line the one side of the narrow area The bar nates the other side There is just space to walk through Veer left and you are in the cavernous comparison garage room Keep going straight and you come to the bathrooms a pool table area aind another larger room to the rear On the Saturday night my husband and I visited the Raw Bar we sat in the garage room which can be a bit chilly on a cold ter night I'm sure once the band starts playing the place heats up quite a bit We arrived a little after 7 p.m and were surprised to find very few people in the place In the absence of a hostess or ress we wandered through and sat at one of the round plastic white tables and waited Being a casual place it was hard to tell who was working and who was a regular We sat there wondering for a minute until the bartender brought us menus and asked for our drink orders The restaurant's website features a complete menu with descriptions and prices a listing of the music for the month a page of photos of patrons enjoying the Raw Bar a sushi site and links to the Scott Ambush Group and Whop Frazier Friends By Choice Apropos for a bar the menu starts with munchies like baskets of chips pretzels peanuts chips and salsa nachos white pizza and a cheese plate Prices range from around up to Appetizer prices begin around and top out at more than for the combination of oysters Rockefeller clams casino and stuffed mushroom caps I was seriously considering ordering this trio of tasty items but decided to share the hot crab dip with my band passing also on the smoked blue fish and the shrimp cocktail My husband had been hoping for a bowl of cream of crab which was on the website menu However this Maryland delicacy was not on the menu in hand You could order seafood chowder or Maryland crab by the cup starting around or by the bowl more than The Raw Bar which opens for lunch at 11 also offers chili an assortment of sandwiches prices range from for a hot dog to about for a crab cake and a variety of salads like seafood tuna chicken supreme and Caesar With dinner served from 5 to 10 p.m you get a garden salad a choice of starch and vegetable of the day Although the website menu says you get a roll and butter we didn't Knowing what we wanted I ordered the crab cakes and my husband the stuffed flounder both with the baked potato Other specialties of the house include seafood Norfolk scallop scampi shrimp swordfish or tuna filet lobster surf and turf baby back ribs New York strip steak and Continued on Page 3 What's Going On in the Frederick Area Parents Support Meeting Frederick County Public Schools invites parents interested in knowing more about service learning and parents who wish to support service learning in the schools to a Parent Support Meeting on Tuesday Feb 22 at 7 p.m The meeting will take place at 7630 Hayward Road Frederick For more information contact Connector Corps Coordinator Brenda Davis 19th century sewing seminars The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is hosting a series of 19th century sewing seminars last Sunday of February through April Feb 27 March 26 April 30 from 10 until 3 p.m at 100 Adventist Drive in Frederick The seminars will be presented by Nanci McDonald the retired owner of The Frederick Ladies Emporium and a student of the Parsons School of Design They will be hands-on working seminars individualized to each needs and talent level Class size will be limited to 8 people per class Each seminar costs and a pre-registration deadline is required in order to distribute pre-registration ages Participants are required to bring their own sewing machine and a bag lunch Soft drinks will be provided For tion information please contact The National Museum of Civil War Medicine at or email questions Adoption seminar March 19 for the matinee at p.m The show is Oliver Tickets are for show tax and tip Last call for reservations is Monday Feb 21 because seating is space available Payment is due to Ruth by March 3 Please call Ruth or Dottie if you have not already signed up and wish to go Stencil Artisans League planned For the Love of a Child Adoption Agency Inc is sponsoring an information meeting on Wednesday Feb 23 at 7 p.m at 4 E Church St in downtowri Frederick This meeting is for individuals who want to learn more about the agency and international adoption particularly from Russia Kazakhstan and Vietnam Individuals interested in attending should contact Lisa or Sharon at Rainbow Belles The Belles will be going to Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre on Sunday The Cumberland Valley Chapter of the Stencil Artisans League will hold an open meeting Feb 21 at p.m at Borders bookstore in Frederick The Stencil Artisans League Incorporated is a it organization for stenciling professionals hobbyist and enthusiasts Anyone ed in stenciling or faux finishes may join The organization also sponsors a national convention early July The Cumberland Valley Chapter meets the third Monday of each month in the area to explore stenciling related topics and projects The meeting on Feb 21 will include a display of some of the members recent projects an overview of plans for the upcoming year and review books related to stenciling and faux finishes some of which have been written by members Of SALI For more information contact the chapter president Michelle Venable at Frederick Babe Ruth registration Frederick Babe Ruth baseball tions for are scheduled for the following Feb 19 20 26 and 27 from p.m and Feb 22 and 24 from p.m Registrations will be held at the Frederick Moose Family Fraternity 371 828 E Patrick St Please use the front entrance Fee is Please pay at Bring xeroxed copy of birth certificate Any questions call Continued on Page 2 This is a partial list of community events in and around the Frederick County area A complete list appears every Monday and Thursday in The Frederick
