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The Knights of Columbus Monsignor Ripple Council 5370 will host the breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 11. Proceeds will benefit the church.

On the menu will be pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage hash browns toast and fruit salad. Beverages will include coffee, milk and juice.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 6 to 12. Breakfast is free for diners ages 5 and younger. There will be tickets on sale after all Masses today and tomorrow .

In addition to the meal, there will be raffles, a cake wheel and a silent auction of sports memorabilia.

For more information, call 410-850-4488.

Preschool openings

Preparing to begin its 41st year of service to the community, St. John's Nursery School, 300 W. Maple Road, is accepting registrations for this fall.

The cooperative school says it still has a few openings in the program for 4-year-olds, which is offered daily from 12:15 to 2:45 p.m. To be eligible, the pupils must have been born between Sept. 2, 2003, and Sept. 1, 2004.

"The kids enjoy several field trips. They perform in a circus and have a wonderful graduation, complete with caps and gowns," registrar Lisa Marshall wrote in an e-mail.

As a cooperative nursery school, parents participate and help with the teaching.

To register or for details, call Ms. Marshall at 410-850-0860. Additional information is available at www.stjohnsnurseryschool.com.

Wine tasting

There will be a wine tasting and tour of the Historical Electronics Museum at 6 p.m. on Wednesday to benefit the museum's educational programs.

Museum director Michael Simons is scheduled to give a tour of the museum at 1745 W. Nursery Road, and a representative of the Maryland Wineries Association will participate in the tasting.

Tickets are $16 for members of the museum and $25 for non-members.

For tickets or more information, call Anne Mech at 410-765-0230 or send e-mail to anne.mech@ngc.com.

The museum's Web site is www.hem-usa.org.

Quilting program

The Friendship Quilters of Linthicum will demonstrate how to prepare a quilt for long-arm quilting and ripple-free borders during a program open to the public at the Linthicum library, 400 Shipley Road.

The program gets under way at 10 a.m. on May 10.

In addition, the guild will have space available in the library for quilters to work on personal projects.

For details, call Allison Bachmann at 410-437-6283 or visit www.friendshipquiltersoflinthicum.org.

Clubs and organizations in the Linthicum area can call Maryland Gazette correspondent David Craig at 410-766-3700, Ext. 2402, or send e-mail to dcraig.gazette@yahoo.com for publication of their news.