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SMECO, Beretta, GACA, Perced Land Wanted, + more
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Joyce Dowling
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Sep 22, 2004 03:48 PDT
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In this edition:
Latest News
Announcements
Calendar
MORE EVENTS - Craft Fair, Colonial Day
Volunteer/Community Service Needed
County News
Norma Jean's Column - new site
Accokeek area stories in the local papers this
week can be found from
http://www.accokeekmd.com/news.html
SELECTED STORIES
SMECO Holds 66th Annual Meeting
Southern Maryland Online - MD,USA
Also featured were displays by several community
organizations, including the Accokeek Foundation
(National Colonial Farm)
<http://somd.com/news/headlines/articles/1375.shtml>
BERETTA USA receives federal funds to replace pistol magazines
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
...pistols have been made at the Beretta facility
in Accokeek since the 1980s," said Beretta
General Manager Jeff Reh. "Few families in
Southern Maryland have not...
<http://www.gazette.net/200438/princegeorgescty/updates/236529-1.html>
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Greater Accokeek Civic Association
Next Meeting Sept. 29, 7:30 at the Accokeek
Firehouse http://www.geocities.com/AccokeekCivic/
accokee-@yahoo.com or call Lona Powell at 301 292-5969
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From Accokeek-chat: Wanted: Perced Land
Looking for Perced land to build on... - Deb deb <jbha-@aol.com>
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PLANTING PARTNERSHIP Volunteers are needed to help
maintain our main planting partnership site on
Saturday, October 16, from 9 till noon. Meet at the
site on Hickory Knolls Road by the Farmington Woods
subdivision. We will be filling in plants that have
died with new plants and generally sprucing things up.
Please join us by becoming a part of this important
beautification effort. Contact Judy Allen-Leventhal at
301 203-2517 for more information.
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Voting Issues - Does your vote count? Are you and
your neighbors being targetted to suppress your
vote? How can you help?
http://www.pgcares.com/voting/voting.html
2004 Election - Links to parties, Candidate
information, News articles
http://www.pgcares.com/voting/2004election.html
Public Education: Why It's Not Being Funded
http://www.pgcares.com/education/public_schools_funding.html
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*** South County Economic Development Association of Ft. Washington ***
General Membership 10:15 a.m. in the Battersea
Room of the Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701
Livingston Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744, on
the following dates: September 25, October 16,
and November 20, 2004.
SEDAs Christmas Gala will be held at 7:00 p.m. on
Sunday, December 12, 2004, at Martin's Crosswinds
in Greenbelt, MD. Contact Caroline Wills at
301-203-6627.
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*** PUBLIC FORUM ON THE Public Safety Master Plan ***
PUBLIC HEARING DATE: Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 7:00 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING LOCATION: Council Hearing Room,
First Floor, County Administration Building,
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro,
MD
PURPOSE OF FORUM: To give all interested
persons the opportunity to express their views on
the needs and issues of a public safety master
plan.
The General Plan addresses the provision of
county public facilities (fire and rescue,
police, schools, parks, water and sewer, and
libraries) that will be needed to serve existing
and future residents and businesses. The public
forum is part of a process leading to the
approval of a plan that will amend the 1990
Public Safety Master Plan.
TO REGISTER TO SPEAK, CONTACT THE M-NCPPC PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT
301-952-4584/TTY 301-952-4366.
For further information, please contact the
M-NCPPC Countywide Planning Division at
301-952-3680 or e-mail at
chris-@ppd.mncppc.org.
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National Mobilzation for Great Public Schools
This Wednesday, September 22nd, parents,
teachers, students and concerned families will
come together at meetings in homes, schools and
churches across the country to launch a
citizen-led fight for our public schools. There
will be a meeting at 1615 Ferguson Lane in Fort
Washington, contact Carole Ranta at
carter-@hotmail.com.
<http://www.greatpublicschools.org >
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Recent House Votes:
Departments of Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Act, FY2005
Vote Passed (388-13, 32 Not Voting)
The House approved this $142.5 billion bill
funding the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services and Education for the 2005 fiscal
year.
Rep. Steny Hoyer voted YES
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act
Vote Passed (229-174, 30 Not Voting)
This House bill is intended to reduce the amount of frivolous lawsuits.
Rep. Steny Hoyer voted NO
Congressional Pay Raise
Vote Passed (235-170, 28 Not Voting)
By approving this procedural motion to debate the
Transportation and Treasury appropriations bill,
Congress voted to give itself a $4,000 pay raise
next year.
Rep. Steny Hoyer voted YES
Recent Senate Votes:
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, FY2005
Vote Passed (93-0, 7 Not Voting)
The Senate passed a $36 billion bill funding
homeland security efforts for the 2005 fiscal
year.
Sen. Paul Sarbanes voted YES
Sen. Barbara Mikulski voted YES
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On a zip code search of Localendar
<http://www.localendar.com/elsie?JSP=Search> this
week within 15 mi. there's:
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Sunny
88°F
7:30 PM
Greater Accokeek Civic Assoc. Meeting - CHANGED TO 29TH!
*23
Sunny
85°F
10 AM - 4 PM
Poplar Hill Landmark Tours
10 AM - 4 PM
This Fair Lady: The Life of Lettice Lee - Darnall's Chance House Museum
11 AM - 3 PM
Getting Out the Vote: The Political Scene in the 1800s
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
ADORE - A Dialogue On Race and Ethnicity
*24
Mostly Sunny
81°F
10 PM - 1 AM
UHC Co-op Class Orientation
10 AM - 4 PM
Poplar Hill Landmark Tours
10 AM - 4 PM
This Fair Lady: The Life of Lettice Lee - Darnall's Chance House Museum
10 AM - 4 PM
Darnall's Chance Museum House tours
11 AM - 3 PM
Getting Out the Vote: The Political Scene in the 1800s
*25
Partly Cloudy
79°F
10 AM - 4 PM
This Fair Lady: The Life of Lettice Lee - Darnall's Chance House Museum
12 PM - 4 PM
Getting Out the Vote: The Political Scene in the 1800s
12 PM - 4 PM
History Days at Home - Surratt House Museum
*26
Partly Cloudy
75°F
10:30 AM
Service: Hate Crushed to Earth
8 AM - 9:30 AM
Sunday Morning Worship Experience
10 AM - 4 PM
This Fair Lady: The Life of Lettice Lee - Darnall's Chance House Museum
10 AM - 3 PM
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Driving Tour
11 AM - 12:30 PM
Sunday Morning Worship Experience
12 PM - 4 PM
Getting Out the Vote: The Political Scene in the 1800s
12 PM - 4 PM
History Days at Home - Surratt House Museum
12 PM - 4 PM
Darnall's Chance Museum House tour
12 PM - 4 PM
Billingsley Historic House Tours
12 PM - 4 PM
Poplar Hill Landmark Tours
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Young Adults Group
1 PM - 2 PM
Arabic class
[Need volunteer to keep up our Accokeek Calendar. See below.]
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MORE EVENTS
Craft Fair Accokeek VFD October 23, 2004 8AM-3PM. 301-283-4456
"COLONIAL DAY" AT THE NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM; COME EXPERIENCE 18TH
CENTURY LIFE OF A MIDDLE CLASS FARMING FAMILY.
What were the necessary tasks and chores on a
tobacco farm in 1775? How did the typical
colonists prepare for winter? What processes and
tools were used to make the objects needed in
that society?
Learn the answer to all of these questions and more on Saturday, October
16th as you visit with our colonial renactors and demonstrators. Observe
onsite demonstrations of woodworking, blacksmithing, spinning, stripping
of tobacco, smoking of meat, stringing of vegetables and herbs, soap
making, candle making, broom making, baking, and laundering. Also enjoy
some colonial games, an 18th century magic show, and live folk music.
Rain or Shine. Admission: $2/ Adult and $.50 child
The National Colonial Farm is located in Piscataway Park, on the Potomac
River, directly across from Mount Vernon. This outdoor living history
museum was established by the Accokeek Foundation to educate the public
about life on a typical middle class tobacco farm in 1775. Guided tours
of the National Colonial Farm are available on the weekend and are lead
by skilled interpreters dressed in typical 18th century farm attire.
Visitors also explore various hiking trails, the native tree arboretum,
and the scenic Potomac River shoreline.
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Volunteer/Community Service work available. Work
at home or in my home office in Brandywine. Free
training. Internet news searching and/or calendar
posting (database entry). Middle or high school
student could receive credit toward community
service requirement, but any age may apply - it
could help your resume to add internet
experience. Reply to this email or call
301-372-9922.
For more news in Prince George's County see
http://www.pgcares.com/newsletters.html
Norma Jean's Column on her new web site.: http://www.freewebs.com/normajeanf
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Joyce Dowling
Your web host at AccokeekMD.com
http://www.accokeekmd.com/
301-782-9922
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