ROCKAWAY BEACH IMPROVEMENT ASOC. INC. TURKEY POINT IMPROVEMENT ASSOC.

C/O : 2023 NEWHAVEN DRIVE BALTIMORE, MD 21221

Summer 2013 info@turkeypoint.org

Community Newsletter
Prepared & Designed by: Kevin McDonough - Edited by: Kim Goodwin-Maigetter

Remembering Denise Woutila

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Officers
Kim GoodwinMaigetter President Bob Schweitzer Vice President Kevin McDonough Secretary / Web Administrator Chip Miller Sergeant at Arms

After Fighting through countless issues throughout her life to preserve and improve Essex and its surrounding communities, Denise Woutila lost her exteremly difficult battle with advanced breast cancer. She succumbed on Saturday, April 27th. She kept an amazingly positive attitude throughout the entire experience said RBIA/ TPIA Secretary, Kevin Mcdonough. Denise had been an offiver of that organization for seven years, serving as its secretary and most recently as its treasurer. [The] Turkey Point and Back River [communities] lost a longtime resident and important community activist, McDonough added. Even with her extensive involvement in the community,

Denise still found time for family. She maintained a marriage of 30 years to her beloved husband, bill, and raised two wonderful children son Jordan, a decorated paramedic and volunteer fireman, and daughter Tiffanie who is active in environmental preservation. Counted among Denises achievements are that she fought alongside Jackie Nickel on a number of developmental and zoning issues in the Essex and Middle River areas, as well as helped to save North Point State Park from development years ago. Denise was also instrumental in the creation and writing of the most recent Lower Back River Neck Community Action Plan. She had worked on the campaign to elect Sixth District councilwoman Cathy Bevins,

she worked to expose knowledge of asbestos by officials at Sussex Elementary School in the 1990s and most recently was pushing for increased transparency and oversight of Baltimore County Volunteer Fire Companies. Denise was also a supporter of the SATO Project which helps find homes for stray dogs in Puerto Rico. She adopted her dog, Josie, when first diagnosed with cancer. She was an inspiration to the community and to neighbors, McDonough expressed. The Rockaway Beach/ Turkey Point community mourns her loss, and in memory of Denise had draped our community sign in pink in her memory and for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Article By: Devin Crum East County Times Newspaper May 9,2013 Edition

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Denise Woutila, with her husband Bill, and son Jordan celebrating Jordans receipt of many firefighting / paramedic awards

Rockaway Beach Community Sign draped in Pink to Honor Denise

Denise and Daughter Tiffanie pose for a quick picture

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Annual Labor Day Raffle

Its that time of year again! The RBIA/TPIA Annual Labor Day Raffle is getting ready to kick into full swing! As has been done in the past two years, donations were solicited from local businesses to use as prizes for our communitys raffle. We are very thankful to them for their donations, sincerely appreciate our partnership with each one of them and urge you to patronize them with your business! Each household in our community will be given one book of five raffle tickets to sell to benefit the community, Members are encouraged to sell a minimum of 10 tickets. Tickets are $1.00 each. If each household in our community sells just simply $5.00 worth of tickets, we could easily generate over $1,000 from this years raffle. Last year came extremely close with a total of about $840 . All proceeds from the Raffle are used to cover the general operating expense of the Improvement Association, as outlined in our budget and to undertake small scale community projects from time to time such as tour most recent landscaping and renovation of the Rockaway Beach Community entrance Sign. Raffle Drawing will be held on the grounds of Eastern Yacht club at 7:00pm on Labor Day. Residents of the community are welcome to come and watch the drawing and have a drink at the Tiki-Bar!

Middleriverfireworks.com Or mail donations to: Attn: Middle River Fireworks 2330 Seneca Road Essex, MD 21221

Development Round-up
The largest concern that we as an organization have is the threat of large scale dense development that could threaten the integrity of our rural community and precious environment. At present time however, all undeveloped properties within our jurisdiction remain dormant with many of them currently listed for sale. The Mantz Property, Edgar Grove Property, and Schweitzer Property are all currently listed and to the best of our knowledge no offers have been made to purchase those and no changes to previously presented and approved/ agreed upon development plans submitted. Along with that, there are several other wooded parcels of land within our community that have the potential to one day be sold and developed which the Improvement Assoc. continues to keep a close eye on. Those particular parcels of land are mainly along Turkey Point Road and there is currently no plans by the private owners to sell or develop that we are aware of. While large development on the peninsula is always a concern, we have been focusing more lately on smaller scale development, as that is what is more appealing to builders and investors during these current economic times. A Proposal was submitted last year to Baltimore County to subdivide the parcel of property at the corner of Beck Avenue and Turkey Point Road. That application was denied by the county. After reviewing the plans that were submittedit appears that the owner wishes to divide the current .75 acre parcel into two lots for residential use. The Improvement Association has been in talks with the County regarding this proposed minor subdivision and will work to the best of our efforts to make sure whatever is decided is

Brent Dunkle and the Captain posing alongside of the newly renovated sign to showcase their carpentry skills. Thanks to Artist JoAnn

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truly in the best interest of the community. There are also two commercial properties within our community that are currently for sale that we continue to watch closely and stay updated on. Kristis Kitchen (Glories Place) is currently a foreclosure property and no longer has a liquor license associated with it. A few offers have been made on the property but none of which have been approved by the bank processing the foreclosure. The other property is Bobby Bs Placewhich has been on the market for a number of years now. Regardless of whether the property sells or remains in the hands of its current owner, we will continue to keep a watchful eye on that property and make sure it is up to County building, Health, and Liquor Board Codes.

EYC Event Calendar

**Tickets available! July 6th Middle River Fireworks August 17th Blues & Wine Festival ** Sept 2nd Family Day Picnic October 13th Gulls Crab Feast **

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Middle River Fireworks Donations Needed!

It was discussed at our October 2012 General Membership meeting that the Marie Trades Assoc., the group who had organized the Middle River Fireworks for the past 16 years would be withdrawing from the event, and passing the torch on to Eastern Yacht Club. Eastern Yacht Club, in turn looked to the community for help to plan and make the event successful by utilizing volunteers to staff subcommittees. The Improvement Assoc. was tasked with staffing a subcommittee responsible for fundraising for the event a feat which requires soliciting about $30,000 in private donations. Solicitations for that money are made in the name of The Fireworks Committee. We would like to take a moment to encourage all residents to donate to the Middle River Fireworksthis truly is a one of a kind event, that makes our community unique, and in order to keep it going, simply put we need money! Donations of any amount are extremely helpful to making sure the event is paid for and can continue for years to come. Even donations as little as $25 can help to contribute to the cost of the event. The address to which donations can be sent to can be found on page two of this newsletter. We would also like to extend sincere thanks to the following community members who have helped to make the fireworks a success by serving on our fundraising Sub-Committee: Carin Smith, Kevin McDonough, Darlene Baugher, Fred Puhl, JoAnn Weiland, Rebecca Machin, Mike Machin, Jack Weiland, Barb Norris, Pete Beyrodt, Gary Blankenship, Chip Miller, Regina Horst, Martha Spangler and Joe Eiben.

SAVE THE DATE

Dumpster Day & Movie Night

SatSept 14th
At the Baltimore Boating Center Sponsored by:

ATVs & Dirt Bikes

It is against the law to ride ATVs and Dirt bikes on public roads, on private property without the written and signed consent of the owner, and to operate them within 300ft of a residence. All residents are urged to call POLICE IMMEDIATELY upon seeing ATVs or Dirt Bikes in the community. It is not just a public safety issue, but they are damaging environmentally sensitive

Crime in the Community

This past winter, our community saw an uptick in crime in the form of home burglaries. Primarily homes on Tickwood Road, and Sue Creek Drive were the ones who fell victim to criminals, but burglaries were also scattered throughout other areas of the peninsula. To help combat this the Improvement Association has worked closely with the Police Department to increase police patrols and presence in our community to serve as a visual deterrent for potential criminals. A neighborhood watch was also formed by the Sue Creek Landing Community to help address the issue of crime in that particular development. Residents throughout the community are urged to remain observant of their surroundingswrite down and report tag numbers and vehicle descriptions of suspicious vehicles as well as descriptions of persons who look like they are out of place and appear up to no good. An open line of communication between residents and the police is imperative to keeping our community safe. Please kepe in mind that while our community does see very little crime usuallywe are not immune to bad things happening simply because we live in a good place. Even with the uptick in crime recentlycrime rates in our community remain much lower than in other areas nearby.

Essex Skypark Secures Its Future

With the help of our Councilwoman, Cathy Bevins and the Administration of County Exec. Kevin Kamenetzthe efforts from the Essex Skypark Assn. to secure the airports future have proven successful! The Essex Skypark has raised enough funds to secure and commit to a 99 year lease of the property associated with the Skypark. With that, the Skypark is here to stay as an integral part of our communitys history for the next 99 years! The Skypark hosts numerous events throughout the yearair shows, pancake breakfasts, etc. to showcase the park to the community and to drum up monetary support to help sustain what has become a landmark in the Essex Middle River Area. To find out more about the Skypark, visit their website: www.essexskyparkassn.org Sunset over Sue Creek Submitted by: JoAnn Weiland

VOLUNTEER!!
We are always looking for volunteers to help us out with everything from handling community issues to distributing flyers and newsletters. Even a half hour of your time is appreciated!

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RBIA Summer Kick-Off Party

A dedicated group of volunteers is working to revive what was once a longstanding community tradition many years agoA Summer Kick-Off Block Party on the RBIA BallField along Rockaway Beach Avenue. On Saturday, June 29th, at 3:00pm, all RBIA Members ad their families are invited to join us for the first of what is hoped to be an Annual Block Party, and the start to our summer season! Those coming are asked to RSVP to Kevin or the RBIA e-mail, rbiatpia@gmail.com with a head count. We are also asking each household attending to bring a food item, drink, or dessert to share and to include what that will be in with your RSVP. This helps us defray the cost of the event and really make sit a unique Community style event. The Association will be providing hamburgers and hot-dogs as well as a DJ playing music for the event. Those wishing to may being their own alcohol to the event to enjoy and share if they so choose. The field provides for plenty of ample parking, which will be within just feet of the festivities . Tables, chairs and canopies will be on site as well! We look forward to seeing everyone at this event, as it is a fantastic opportunity to gather as a community, meet and mingle with neighbors and foster the strong and vibrant community spirit that we are so very lucky to have as part of the Rockaway Beach and Turkey Point Community!

*SAVE THE DATE*

RBIA / TPIA General Membership Meeting

ThursJune 27th
At Eastern Yacht Club 7:30pm.Check-in beginning at 7:00 pm in the main clubhouse.

2013 Road Repaving

The Following Roads are to be repaved in the coming months per information from Balto. Co. Highways: -Old Turkey Point Road -Seneca Road -Greyhound Road -Bauernschmidt Drive -All Roads in Bauernschmidt Manor Community.

Dumpster Day & Community Movie Night

Once again this year, our community is scheduled to take part in Baltimore Countys Annual Community Clean-Up Program, by providing Dumpsters for the use of ALL residents on the peninsula to get rid of general household items that would otherwise have to be taken to the landfill. This years event is sponsored by the Baltimore Boating Center, and will be held on their grounds. Volunteers will engage in community clean-up activities and help unload residents cars. BBC will be providing refreshments for all of our volunteers! A Community Movie night will be held that evening at the Boating Center also! Bring the family out and have a GREAT time! Details to be released in

Balto. Boating Ctr. Offers Paddleboard Rentals

The Baltimore Boating Center, located along Turkey Point Road, just below Old Turkey Point Road is a small family owned and operated marina nestled on about 4 acres along Beautiful Sue Creek with longstanding ties to our community. While the boating Center is making amazing strides in going green as a recycling drop off site for used oil, zinc, shrink wrap, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and paint it also making some impressive strides in becoming a recreational hotspot for the residents of our area. The Baltimore Boating Center is now the proud home of Middle River Stand-Up Paddle Rentals(MRSUP)! Very similar to Kayaking, (except that you are standing while rowing) Stand Up Paddle Boarding is very simple and provides a Great workout and a unique way to explore our neighborhoods gorgeous waterways. MRSUP will be hosting once weekly guided excursions in Sue Creek, as well as providing rentals daily for anyone interested in venturing out on their own to get a great workout and explore Sue Creek! Fore details regarding rental prices, policies, info on guided excursions, lessons, etc. please contact the Baltimore Boating Center via telephone at: 410-687-2000 baltimoreboatingcenter.com Middle River Stand-Up Paddle Board Rentals Baltimore Boating Center

Encourage your neighbors to become RBIA members!!!!! $20 per household yearly dues

Turkey Point Trivia

How well do you know your neighborhood history? Try your hand at answering some of the questions below! (answers upside down) 1.) In what year was the Bauernschmidt Manor House constructed?____________ 2.) Name the island on which the Baltimore Yacht Club sits. ________________ 3.) To whom is the Rockaway Beach community sign dedicated? ________________ 4.) What neighborhood gathering place used to occupy this building? ___________________________________ 5.) TRUE or FALSE The Back River Schoolhouse used to sit where present day Chesapeake High School is. 6.) The Turkey Point community is referenced in what 1990s John Waters film? ________________________________ 7.) What was the name of the hunting club that owned the land comprised of present day Bauernschmidt Manor in the late 1800s? __________________________ 8.) What crop was the farm which sat on the Bills Property (directly across from Balto. Boating Ctr) known for growing? __________________________________ 9.) What was the name of the original realty company that sold lots in the Rockaway Beach subdivision in early 1900s? __________________________ 10.) How many years has the Middle River Fireworks Extravaganza been held at Eastern Yacht Club? ____________

Thank YousIt is through the hard work and dedication of these individuals that we are able to do all of the great things we do for our community. We would like to sincerely thank. Denise Woutila for her many years of service to RBIA/TPIA as secretary and then as treasurer. Your love for this community and for this organization did not go unnoticed. You are part of why we are where we are today. Scott Huffines for donating his time and talents as our go-to guy for anything tech oriented and for providing us with such an amazing website! Janice Misey, Bob Schweitzer, Jack Weiland, Woody & Unvi Proveaux, and Brian and Diane Robertson for their help keeping Turkey Point Road and Bauernschmidt Drive clean and litter free! Chip & Sharon Miller for their landscaping efforts on the community beach and for keeping it clean and free of debris! Darlene Baugher and Fred Puhl for the work on keeping the Rockaway sign well landscaped and beautiful! Terry Gerard for conducting an audit of our books as a volunteer effort using his knowledge as a retired accountant. Kim Goodwin for all of her work as our President. She has helped to bring us into the 21st century and lead us into some of the most successful years in our history. Brent Dunkle, and JoAnn Weiland for their generous donation of their time and talents to complete the restoration of the Rockaway Beach Sign. Kevin McDonough for all that he does to address complaints, concerns, issues, and keep things running smoothly. Rebecca Machin, Bob Schweitzer & Kevin McDonough for planning our Summer Kick-Off Party on the Field. Barb Norris, Rebecca Machin, Debbie & John Hoehn, and Terry & Mary Gerard for assembly and distribution of newsletters, flyers and publications throughout the year. Councilwoman Cathy Bevins Office, and County Exec. Kevin Kamenetzs Office for assisting us with complaints and issues throughout the community. Jim High, Brenda Wilmoth and the Baltimore Boating Center for agreeing to host this years Dumpster Day and Movie Night at the Boating Center! (Looking forward to it!!!) Eastern Yacht Club for allowing use of their clubhouse for all of our meetings. Our members and residents you all truly make this community the fantastic place that it is! Thank you for always volunteering and being actively engaged in your community. It is truly a privilege to be able to work with such great people!

6.) Cry Baby 7.) Planters Point Ducking Club 8.) Strawberries 9.) The Rockaway Beach Realty Company 10.) 17 4.) Ms. Dots Corner Store 5.) FALSE 1. ) 1910 2.) Sue Island 3.) Jackie Nickel Answers:

The following businesses are supporters of our community

Please patronize them with your business! They all have our highest recommendations

113 Back River Neck Road (410)-687-7733 www.pizzajohns.com

STEAMED CORN CATERING AVALIABLE

CRABS, SHRIMP SOFT CRABS, FISH 749 SUE GROVE ROAD - Baltimore, MD 21221 (410)-574-6759

WingPics Aerial Photography

Ron BergmanOwner & Photographer (410)-935-2219 www.wingpics.us

Crumbs Galore Bakery

7931 Pulaski Hwy. Balto. MD, 21237 (410)-686-1550

The following businesses are supporters of our community

Please patronize them with your business! They all have our highest recommendations

2015 Turkey Point Road (410)-687-2000 www.baltimoreboatingcenter.com

Jiffy Lube #100

213 Eastern Boulevard Essex, MD 21221 (410)-686-0511

Chip & Sharon Miller Owners Maryland Burglar Alarm Co. 629 Eastern Blvd Essex, MD 21221 (410)-780-3100