04-13-2023 Howard Magazine - Flipbook - Page 4
CONTENTS
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PEOPLE
FOOD &
DRINK
STYLE
CALENDAR
RETRO
HOCO
Phoebe Mackay, a member of Kangaroo Kids precision jump rope team, practices her individual skills at the Meadowbrook Athletic Complex.
PHOTO BY KENNETH K. LAM
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LEAPS &
BOUNDS
LEARNING
THE ROPES
COPING
CREATIVELY
Inclusive playgrounds provide
those with cognitive, sensory
and communicative disabilities
a place for fun exploration in
Howard County.
Precision jump rope team
Kangaroo Kids has been
competing and performing for
45 years from local elementary
schools to University of Maryland
halftime shows.
Michelle Paris has turned the
central tragedy of her life into a
darkly comic romantic novel.
Her debut book is a fictionalized account of her own abrupt
widowhood at age 40.
ON THE COVER : Jasim Newton, 4, plays at“Laura’s Place,” an inclusive playground at Blandair Regional Park with
components that address the needs of the disabled. PHOTO BY KARL MERTON FERRON
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