Published on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

By Norma Jean Fazenbaker

Tea Time

It’s time for the annual First Ladies Tea at the Marietta House Museum in Glenn Dale. This event will take place on March 27 at 1 p.m. Special guests will include Martha Washington and Dolley Madison. Admission is $22 and reservations and payment are required in advance. To make a reservation, call 301-464-5291, TTY 301-446-3302. If you need a disability accommodation, please register at least two weeks in advance.

Dancing

An evening of instruction, ballroom dancing, and a reception will be held Saturday, March 27, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church on Temple Hills Road. Admission is $20 per couple, $12 for singles. For information, call 301-449-4308.

eWomen Network

The next eWomen Network “Accelerated Networking” Luncheon is being held March 17 at Maggiano’s in Tyson’s corner with Dawn McCoy. Dawn is a nationally recognized speaker and author of “Leadership Building Blocks: An Insider’s Guide to Success.”

You will learn how to connect with people, lead courageously through social entrepreneurship, and achieve better personal and company result with leadership short-cuts without sacrificing quality. Call 1-866-662-0562, ext. 4 or e-mail susanwight@ewomennetwork.com.

Law enforcement memorial

As the National Law Enforcement Offices Memorial Fund prepares to release the preliminary 2009 law enforcement fatality report, two headlines emerge: One is that, compared with 2008, the total number of line-of-duty deaths is down about five percent this year – to the lowest number in five decades, and two, the number of officers shot and killed is up in 2009, driven by an alarming rise in incidents in which multiple officers were targeted.

The encouraging news on officer safety is offset by a sharp increase in ambush- and rampage-style assaults on officers in five particular communities—Oakland, Pittsburgh, Okaloosa County, Florida, Seminole County, Oklahoma and Lakewood, Washington.