rbia-tpia 2013 newsletter

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After Fighting through count-

less issues throughout her life

to preserve and improve Essex

and its surrounding communi-

ties, Denise Woutila lost her

exteremly difficult battle with

advanced breast cancer. She

succumbed on Saturday, April

27th.

She kept an amazingly posi-

tive 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 importantcommunity activist,

McDonough added.

Even with her extensive in-

volvement in the community,

Denise still found time for fam-

ily. She maintained a marriage

of 30 years to her beloved hus-

band, bill, and raised two won-

derful children son Jordan, a

decorated paramedic and vol-

unteer fireman, and daughter

Tiffanie who is active in envi-

ronmental 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 RiverNeck Community Action Plan.

She had worked on the cam-

paign to elect Sixth District

councilwoman Cathy Bevins,

she worked to expose knowledg

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 Can-cer Awareness.

Article By: Devin Crum

East County Times Newspaper

May 9,2013 Edition

Remembering Denise Woutila

Community Newsletter

R O C K A W A Y B E A C H I M P R O V E M E N T A S O C . I N C .T U R K E Y P O I N T I M P R O V E M E N T A S S O C .

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Summer 2013

[email protected]

Officers

Kim GoodwinMaigetter

President

Bob Schweitzer

Vice President

Kevin McDonough

Secretary / Web Administrator

Chip MillerSergeant at Arms

Connect with us!

RockawayBeach TurkeyPoint

@rbiatpia

DID YOU KNOW?The Rockaway BeachImprovement Assoc. was orig-inally incorporated in 1955.

Denise Woutila, with her hus-band Bill, and son Jordan cele-

brating Jordans receipt of many

firefighting / paramedic awards

Rockaway BeachCommunity Sign draped in

Pink to Honor Denise

Visit us online: WWW.TURKEYPOINT.ORG

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

Denise and Daughter Tiffaniepose for a quick picture
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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, do-nations were solicited from

local businesses to use as prizes

for our communitys raffle. We

are very thankful to them for

their donations, sincerely ap-

preciate our partnership with

each one of them and urge you

to patronize them with your

business!

Each household in our commu-

nity will be given one book of

five raffle tickets to sell to ben-

efit the community, Members

are encouraged to sell a mini-

mum 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 Im-

provement Association, as out-

lined in our budget and to un-

dertake small scale community

projects from time to time

such as tour most recent land-

scaping and renovation of the

Rockaway Beach Communityentrance 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 watchthe drawing and have a drink at

the Tiki-Bar!

Middleriverfireworks.comOr mail donations to:

Attn: Middle River Fireworks2330 Seneca RoadEssex, MD 21221

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 morelately on smaller scale develop-

ment, as that is what is more

appealing to builders and inves-

tors during these current eco-

nomic 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

truly in the best interest of the

community.

There are also two commercial

properties within our communi-

ty that are currently for sale thatwe continue to watch closely

and stay updated on. Kristis

Kitchen (Glories Place) is cur-

rently a foreclosure property

and no longer has a liquor li-

cense associated with it. A few

offers have been made on the

property but none of which

have been approved by the

bank processing the foreclo-

sure. The other property is Bob-

by 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 cur-

rent 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.

The largest concern that we as

an organization have is the

threat of large scale dense de-

velopment that could threaten

the integrity of our rural com-

munity and precious environ-

ment. At present time howev-er, all undeveloped properties

within our jurisdiction remain

dormant with many of them

currently listed for sale. The

Mantz Property, Edgar Grove

Property, and Schweitzer Prop-

erty are all currently listed and

to the best of our knowledge no

offers have been made to pur-

chase those and no changes to

previously presented and ap-

proved/ agreed upon develop-

ment plans submitted.

Along with that, there are sev-

eral 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

Development Round-up

Annual Labor Day Raffle

Community Newsletter [email protected]

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HAVE OLD PHOTOS?

We are always looking to

compile an archive of old

photographs from around

the peninsula. Submit yours

today!

Drop us an e-mail or give us

a call. All photos are re-

turned once copies are made.

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

**

Brent Dunkle and the Captain

posing alongside of the newly reno-vated sign to showcase their car-

pentry skills. Thanks to Artist JoAnn


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monetary support to help sus-

tain what has become a land-

mark in the Essex Middle River

Area.

To find out more about the

Skypark, visit their website:

www.essexskyparkassn.org

community to serve as a visual

deterrent for potential crimi-

nals. 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 com-

munity are urged to remain

observant of their surround-

ingswrite down and report

tag numbers and vehicle de-

scriptions of suspicious vehi-

cles as well as descriptions of

persons who look like they are

out of place and appear up to

no good. An open line of com-

munication 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 happen-

ing 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.

It was discussed at our October

2012 General Membership

meeting that the Marie Trades

Assoc., the group who had or-

ganized the Middle River Fire-works 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 subcom-

mittee responsible for fundrais-

ing 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 Fire-

works Committee.

We would like to take a mo-

ment 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 or-

der to keep it going, simply put

we need money! Donations of

any amount are extremely help-

ful to making sure the event is

paid for and can continue for

years to come. Even donations

as little as $25 can help to con-

tribute to the cost of the event.The address to which dona-

tions 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 havehelped to make the fireworks a

success by serving on our fund-

raising 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, Re-

gina Horst, Martha Spangler

and Joe Eiben.

property associated with the

Skypark. With that, the Sky-

park is here to stay as an inte-

gral 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

With the help of our Council-

woman, 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

This past winter, our communi-

ty saw an uptick in crime in the

form of home burglaries. Pri-

marily 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 Im-

provement Association has

worked closely with the Police

Department to increase police

patrols and presence in our

Essex Skypark Secures Its Future

Crime in the Community

Middle River Fireworks Donations Needed!


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It is against the law to ride ATVsand Dirt bikes on public roads, on

private property without the writ-ten and signed consent of theowner, and to operate them within300ft of a residence.

All residents are urged to callPOLICE IMMEDIATELY uponseeing ATVs or Dirt Bikes in thecommunity. It is not just a publicsafety issue, but they are damag-

ing environmentally sensitive

ATVs & Dirt Bikes

Sunset over Sue Creek

Submitted by: JoAnn Weiland

VOLUNTEER!!

We are always looking for volun-

teers to help us out with every-

thing from handling community

issues to distributing flyers and

newsletters. Even a half hour of

your time is appreciated!

SAVE THE DATE

Dumpster Day & Movie Night

SatSept 14thAt the Baltimore Boating Center

Sponsored by:


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rentals daily for anyone inter-

ested 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. pleasecontact the Baltimore Boating

Center

via telephone at: 410-687-2000

baltimoreboatingcenter.com

otherwise have to be taken to

the landfill.

This years event is sponsored

by the Baltimore Boating Cen-

ter, and will be held on their

grounds. Volunteers will en-

gage in community clean-

upactivities and help unload resi-

dents cars. BBC will be provid-

ing 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 GREATtime! Details to be released in

A dedicated group of volun-

teers is working to revive what

was once a longstanding com-

munity tradition many years

agoA Summer Kick-

OffBlock Party on the RBIA Ball-

Field 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,

[email protected] with a

head count.

We are also asking each house-

hold 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 provid-

ing 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 festivi-

ties . Tables, chairs and cano-

pies will be on site as well!

We look forward to seeing eve-

ryone at this event, as it is a

fantastic opportunity to gather

as a community, meet and min-

gle with neighbors and foster

the strong and vibrant commu-

nity spirit that we are so very

lucky to have as part of the

Rockaway Beach and Turkey

Point Community!

for the residents of our area.

The Baltimore Boating Center

is now the proud home of Mid-

dle River Stand-Up Paddle

Rentals(MRSUP)!

Very similar to Kayaking,

(except that you are standingwhile rowing) Stand Up Paddle

Boarding is very simple and

provides a Great workout and a

unique way to explore our

neighborhoods gorgeous wa-

terways.

MRSUP will be hosting once

weekly guided excursions in

Sue Creek, as well as providing

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 withlongstanding ties to our com-

munity.

While the boating Center is

making amazing strides in go-

ing 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 be-

coming a recreational hotspot

Once again this year, our com-

munity is scheduled to take part

in Baltimore Countys Annual

Community Clean-Up Pro-

gram, by providing Dumpsters

for the use of ALL residents on

the peninsula to get rid of gen-

eral household items that would

Balto. Boating Ctr. Offers Paddleboard Rentals

Dumpster Day & Community Movie Night

RBIA Summer Kick-Off Party


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The Following Roads are to berepaved in the coming months perinformation from Balto. Co. High-ways:

-Old Turkey Point Road

-Seneca Road

-Greyhound Road

-Bauernschmidt Drive

-All Roads in Bauernschmidt

Manor Community.

2013 Road Repaving

Middle River Stand-Up Paddle

Board Rentals

Baltimore Boating Center

Encourage yourneighbors to become

RBIA members!!!!!

$20 per householdyearly dues

*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.


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It 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 communi-

ty. We would like to sincerely thank.

Denise Woutilafor 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 Huffinesfor 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 Robertsonfor their help keeping Turkey

Point Road and Bauernschmidt Drive clean and litter free!

Chip & Sharon Millerfor their landscaping efforts on the community beach and for keeping it clean and free of debris!

Darlene Baugher and Fred Puhlfor the work on keeping the Rockaway sign well landscaped and beautiful!

Terry Gerardfor conducting an audit of our books as a volunteer effort using his knowledge as a retired accountant.

Kim Goodwinfor 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 suc-

cessful years in our history.

Brent Dunkle, and JoAnn Weilandfor their generous donation of their time and talents to complete the restoration of the Rockaway

Beach Sign.

Kevin McDonoughfor all that he does to address complaints, concerns, issues, and keep things running smoothly.

Rebecca Machin, Bob Schweitzer & Kevin McDonoughfor planning our Summer Kick-Off Party on the Field.

Barb Norris, Rebecca Machin, Debbie & John Hoehn, and Terry & Mary Gerardfor 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 Centerfor agreeing to host this years Dumpster Day and Movie Night at the

Boating Center! (Looking forward to it!!!)

Eastern Yacht Clubfor 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!

Thank Yous-

Turkey Point TriviaHow 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 BauernschmidtManor House constructed?____________

2.)Name the island on which the Balti-

more Yacht Club sits. ________________

3.) To whom is the Rockaway Beach com-

munity sign dedicated? ________________

4.) What neighborhood gathering placeused to occupy this building?

___________________________________

5.) TRUE or FALSEThe Back RiverSchoolhouse used to sit where present dayChesapeake High School is.

6.) The Turkey Point community is refer-

enced in what 1990s John Waters film?________________________________

7.) What was the name of the hunting clubthat owned the land comprised of presentday Bauernschmidt Manor in the late

1800s? __________________________

8.) What crop was the farm which sat onthe Bills Property (directly across fromBalto. Boating Ctr) known for growing?

__________________________________

9.) What was the name of the originalrealty company that sold lots in theRockaway Beach subdivision in early1900s? __________________________

10.) How many years has the MiddleRiver Fireworks Extravaganza been held

at Eastern Yacht Club? ____________

Answers:

1.)19102.)SueIsland3.)JackieNickel

4.)Ms.DotsCornerStore5.)FALSE

6.)CryBaby7.)PlantersPointDuck-

ingClub8.)Strawberries9.)TheRock-

awayBeachRealtyCompany10.)17


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(410)-574-6759

The following businesses are supporters of our community

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

Crumbs Galore

Bakery

7931 Pulaski Hwy.

Balto. MD, 21237

(410)-686-1550

CRABS, SHRIMP

SOFT CRABS, FISH

749 SUE GROVE ROAD - Baltimore, MD 21221

CATERING

AVALIABLE

113 Back River Neck Road

(410)-687-7733

www.pizzajohns.com

WingPics Aerial Photography

Ron BergmanOwner & Photographer

(410)-935-2219

www.wingpics.us


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2015 Turkey Point Road

(410)-687-2000

www.baltimoreboatingcenter.com

Maryland BurglarAlarm Co.

629 Eastern Blvd

Essex, MD 21221

(410)-780-3100

Jiffy Lube #100

213 Eastern Boulevard

Essex, MD 21221

(410)-686-0511

Chip & Sharon Miller

Owners

The following businesses are supporters of our community

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

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