BHCA’s safety committee gets grant for lighting project
BGE has given a $10,000 grant to BHCA to underwrite small lighting subsidies to residents aimed at making neighborhood dark spots safer and brighter. The money is to be used for lighting alleys and other obscured areas. Residents can apply for funding.
An initial kickoff neighborhood meeting to discuss lighting needs will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 5-6:30 p.m. at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Lafayette Street entrance). Jim Prost leads the safety committee. Don Feuerstein and a bevy of volunteers conducted a Bolton Hill-wide lighting census earlier in the year.
Among other things, the grants will support the distribution of energy efficient dusk-to-dawn light bulbs.
MICA and BHCA hosting Oct. 3 concert at the MICA train station
On the heels of the ten summer concerts called Arts in the Parks, BHCA and MICA will co-host a free fall concert on Friday, Oct. 3 on the eve of Festival on the Hill. The 6:30 p.m. event on the hillside at MICA’s train station will feature saxophonist Greg Thompson and his quartet.
“It’s possible these concerts will become regular fall events,” said BHCA President Lee Tawney. Years before Artscape came to the neighborhood, MICA hosted “Monday Night at the Station” concerts regularly. This concert coincides with MICA weekend, bringing together alumni, families, students, faculty, and friends for two days on campus packed with workshops, open studios, gallery exhibitions, alumni reunions and family programming.
Freddie Courpas, a 50-plus-year resident, died during the summer.
Fredericka Kirk Elliott Courpas passed away peacefully on July 29 with her children by her side. She was 93. She raised her family on John Street, where she lived from 1958 to 2017. She worked as the church secretary at Memorial Episcopal Church, sang in the choir at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church and tutored students at Mount Royal Elementary School, which her children attended. Recently she lived at Edenwald, a retirement center in Towson.
Freddie was raised on a working farm near Pottstown, PA, where she developed a lifelong love of the natural world and animals. She won the top prize in chemistry at Sullins Boarding School in Virginia before attending Carleton College in Minnesota. In 1978, Freddie earned a BA in theater arts from Towson State University. She was a gifted actor, costume designer, seamstress and makeup artist for productions at Towson and at Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University).
She is survived by her children Evangelos (Geli) Courpas (Kathleen Thum, Central, SC) and Maroudia (Mira) Courpas (Jonathan Puth, Washington, DC); their father, Constantine A. (Gus) Courpas, who is 95 years old and living at Oak Crest in Parkville; her brother, Jim Elliott (Trout Creek, MT); and a host of grandchildren, nieces and great-nieces.
A private interment will be held at a later date. Gifts in Freddie’s memory may be made to Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church’s music program or to The Edenwald Scholarship Fund, 800 Southerly Road Attn: Resident Association, Towson, MD 21286.
Betty Cook jewelry auction to benefit MICA
One year after the death of celebrated jewelry designer Betty Cooke, who died at 100, hundreds of pieces of her jewelry and other creations are going on up for sale in an auction that will benefit students at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
“The Estate of Betty Cooke” is the name of the sale by Alex Cooper Auctioneers. Online bidding began on Sept. 11. A live auction begins on Sept. 24 at noon.
About The Bulletin. . .
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The Bolton Hill Bulletin is published monthly, except for July and August. It is designed by Elizabeth Peters. Paula Jackson is our proofreader. We invite others to help with writing, editing, photography or work on the business side. Contributors this month were, among others, Kevin Cross, Sally Ramirez Cross, Ed Gunts, George Lavdas, Francine Marchese, Deborah Morris, David Nyweide, Sallye Perrin, Jim Prost and Lee Tawney. Errors and omissions are the responsibility of the editor, Bill Hamilton. Comments are welcome at bulletin@boltonhillmd.org.
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