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President’s Message
The
April VOMCA meeting will be at Old Mill Senior High School at 7:00 p.m. on April 7. Please make some time to
come out and support your community.
There
was no quorum for a VOMCA general meeting or board meeting in March. We are in
the process of seeing what needs to be done to approve the 2010 budget since it
was not voted on by a quorum.
I
would like to let everyone know that the Olde Mill Swim Club has sent out the
membership packets for 2010. If you make the payment early there is a discount
that is offered. If anyone would like to volunteer to assist getting the pool
ready this year, please contact Rick Behringer or myself. We can always use
assistance in preparing the facility for the upcoming swim season.
I
thank all the volunteers who worked to again make the annual Easter egg hunt
successful. The volunteers, led by Sarah Hakulin, really made this day possible
for the children of Olde Mill. Your efforts are much appreciated!
We
are always looking for volunteers in the community. If you could help out at
the Olde Mill Swim Club or within the community, please contact one of the
board members or a pool committee member.
Again,
to all of you who support your community, thank you!
―Tom
Stag, President
Sun Shines on Annual Easter Egg Event
Saturday, March 27, was a beautiful sunny
day for Olde Mill’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. Even though the temperatures were
on the chilly side, 80 children and their parents came to see the Easter Bunny
and find treats in colorful eggs strewn around Barlowe Field. 21 prizes were
awarded to lucky children finding the winning eggs while a Moon Bounce provided
fun for all the youngsters.
FOOM (Friends of Olde Mill) held a plant and
Easter basket raffle to help support playground
upkeep. Sandy Sacra made two pineapple
upside-down cakes and cookies on a stick
which disappeared quickly. All told, about $200 was made, including
donations―the most for any Easter Egg Event here.
The community wishes to thank everyone who
contributed their time to make this a successful day. A big thank-you to the
Girl Scouts who have volunteered to hide the eggs for the last couple years.
Thanks to all the parents who came out to support the community and enjoy an
hour of fun with their children. And thanks to the Easter Bunny who has made an
appearance at the event for the last four years.
A gallery of photos from the 2010 Olde Mill Easter Egg Event:
 
 
Important Info on Mosquito Spraying Program
Once again this year, the Maryland Department
of Agriculture will be spraying for mosquitoes in our community. Please review
the County letter and opt-out form included below in this Crier for detailed information regarding this service.
May 1 Community Yard Sale Planned
The annual Community Yard Sale, sponsored by
VOMCA, will be on Saturday, May 1, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in your
very own front yard. VOMCA will pay for advertising in the Pennysaver
and Maryland Gazette, and signs
will be posted in the neighborhood..
Olde Swim Team Car Wash Set for May 1
The Olde Mill Swim Team will sponsor a car wash
on Saturday, May 1, at the Olde Mill Swim Club at Barlowe Field. The car wash
will run from 8:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Donations benefit the Swim Team.
The Community Needs You―Really
Olde Mill needs you to join your community association
and to volunteer to run for office. We need your presence in order to
conduct business . . . 11 members are required for a quorum. We now have 115
member families, but can’t seem to attract even a dozen people at our monthly
meeting. There are 1300 eligible families in Olde Mill. $15 is a small price to
pay to support your community. Go to www.vomca.org
for more information about our organization and an application you can send to
us with a check, or pay by using PayPal.
Officers 2010
President
Tom
Stag
Vice President
Rick Behringer
Secretary
Vacant
Membership Vacant
Treasurer Sarah Hakulin
Board Members 2010
Term expired 2009: Tom Malloy; Sandy Sacra
Term expires 2010: Colleen Flack; vacant
Term expires 2011: Al Miller
Treasurer’s Report
VOMCA Members: 115 families Savings balance: $3,066.38
Checking balance: $6,659.14
SWIM CLUB Members: Active
93 families; Inactive 46 families for 2010 so far.
Please remember to join your
swim club this year.
Checking: $29,913.47
Savings: $19,126.89 Additional money to be deposited at later
date
Letter and Statements About State Mosquito Spraying
Program
Maryland Dept. of Agriculture
Mosquito Control Section
Season 2010
Dear Community Association
Officer:
Your
community participated in the 2009 adult mosquito surveillance and control
program offered by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Mosquito Control
Section. This letter is to extend that same opportunity for the 2010 season.
The amount of service provided will depend on renewal of funding sources.
If you are no longer the representative for
your community, please forward this to the appropriate individual, or contact
us immediately.
This
year your application must be postmarked by May 3, 2010; your space in the
program cannot be guaranteed beyond May 3 and may be offered to a community on
the wait list. Please be advised that this application is for adult mosquito
control service only; an application is not necessary for larval surveillance
and control.
Program information can be found on the
enclosed sheet entitled Standard Mosquito Control Operating Procedures. More
specific information including an assigned spray night of the week will be
forwarded after applications have been returned. It is the responsibility of
the city/town or community association to make available to all residents
information regarding mosquito control activities, policies and spray
schedules. Residents that wish to have their property excluded from adult
mosquito control services must notify the Maryland Department of Agriculture by
submitting a completed exemption form. The Department’s policy on objection to
adult mosquito control services and the exemption form are enclosed, and is
also on our website at www.mda.state.md.us/pdf/mcsprayexemption.pdf
Please note that ULV spray treatment of
adult tiger mosquitoes is most effective when conducted in conjunction with
community cleanup efforts. The effective way to control mosquitoes in your
neighborhood is at the community level. We encourage home owners and
communities to be proactive in their efforts to control mosquitoes by becoming
aware of backyard breeding sites.
Due to the number of participating
communities e-mail is the suggested method of contact; however e-mail access is
not required. If you have any further questions or concerns, or would like us
to meet with you and your community members, please feel free to call or e-mail
me. For additional information on mosquitoes, mosquito-borne diseases,
insecticides, and tips to reduce mosquito breeding areas in your yard please
visit our website; www.mda.state.md.us/plants-pests/mosquito_control/.
I look
forward to working with you and the members of your community association this
season.
Sincerely,
Katie A. Brewer
Mosquito Control Section
Phone: 410-841-5870; Fax:
410-841-5734
BrewerKA@mda.state.md.us
STANDARD MOSQUITO CONTROL OPERATING PROCEDURES - 2010
The Anne Arundel County &
City of Annapolis Mosquito Control Program is conducted by the Mosquito Control
Section of the Maryland Department of Agriculture, located in Annapolis, under
cooperative agreement with the County and City Governments.
The following services will
be conducted in the indicated time frames:
- County-wide Surveillance
and Control of Larval Mosquitoes: March - October
- Regular Surveillance and
Control of Adult Mosquitoes: Starting June 1, 2010-September 2010
OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR
SPRAYING OF ADULTICIDES/LARVICIDES
Spraying for adult mosquitoes
will be done only if a Maryland Department of Agriculture Inspector determines
it is necessary.
Nuisance Abatement Thresholds
for Ground Based ULV Treatments:
Landing Counts: 3 mosquitoes in a 2 minute
count
Light
Trap Collections: 12 female mosquitoes in an unbaited light trap
24 female mosquitoes in a baited light trap
SPRAY/APPLICATION SCHEDULE
FOR LARVICIDES/ADULTICIDES:
Larvicides (Treatment for
mosquito larvae)
Monday
- Friday
Adulticide (Treatment for
adult mosquitoes)
Sunday-Thursday (a night of the week will be
assigned to your community)
Spraying takes place after
7:30 p.m. Spraying will not be conducted during rain, in wind speeds exceeding
12mph, or in temperatures above 89°F.
LARVICIDES/ADULTICIDES TO BE
USED:
Larvicide Formulations
Bacterial Larvicides:
VectoBac and Aquabac:
Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis
Liquid, Granular
Vectolex:
Bacillus sphaericus Liquid, Granular
Insect growth regulator:
Altosid (Methoprene) Liquid, Charcoal
Briquet or Pellets
Adulticide Formulation
Biomist 30+30: Aerosol
Permethrin mixed with
Piperonyl Butoxide 0.0036 lbs/acre (Ultra Low Volume application) and
Mineral Oil
The Mosquito Control Program
does not spray for Midges that swarm on homes, boats, trees and shrubs along
many Anne Arundel County creeks and rivers. These non-biting insects develop in
mud bottoms of slow moving water ways of low dissolved oxygen and will decline
in numbers within a few weeks after they first appear.
Program Supervisor:
Katie
Brewer, Agricultural Inspector
BrewerKA@mda.state.md.us
Phone:
(410) 841-5870, Fax: (410) 841-5734
Monday
– Friday, 8.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
For more information,
insecticide MSDS and labels, please visit our web site at:
www.mda.state.md.us/plants-pests/mosquito_control/
MOSQUITO CONTROL POLICY STATEMENT ON
OBJECTION TO ADULT MOSQUITO CONTROL
The policy of the Maryland
Department of Agriculture regarding an objection to adult mosquito control by
truck-mounted ultra low volume (ULV) application of insecticide is as follows:
- An individual may have
his/her owned or leased real property and a surrounding buffer up to 300 feet
on all sides of the property excluded from ground based ULV adult mosquito
control.
- Each individual requesting
this exclusion must submit the request in writing to the Maryland Department of
Agriculture and provide copies to the appropriate community association or
city/town. The request must provide the address of the property to be excluded
and must be signed by the owner(s) or leasee(s). This request will be
acknowledged in writing by the Department.
- If the number of individual
objectors, and the location of excluded properties, precludes an effective
mosquito control adulticide service in a community, the service in that
community will be suspended. Service may be reinstated upon the written request
of the community and approval by the Department.
- A city/town or community
association may request the Department to rescind or modify a spray exclusion
zone if the local authority believes the exemption unfairly impacts other
residents who desire adult mosquito control service. Requests to rescind or
modify spray exclusion requests must be made in writing and delivered to the
Secretary of Agriculture.
- The Department periodically
will verify the continued occupancy/ownership by objectors of properties
excluded from ULV ground spraying to determine if the objection continues.
- In the event of
mosquito-borne disease or conditions that threaten public health, the
suspension of mosquito adulticide service in an area due to objectors will be
discontinued and the full range of mosquito control procedures available will
be utilized.
PUBLIC INFORMATION NOTICE
Your request for exemption
from adult mosquito control services by the Maryland Department of Agriculture
WILL NOT be processed unless ALL of the information requested has been
supplied. You have a right to inspect, amend, or correct this information.
Under State Government Article, 10-617, Annotated Code of Maryland, this
information may be generally available for public inspection. This information
is not routinely shared with state, federal or local government agencies.
Individuals should direct
correspondence regarding this issue to:
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Mosquito Control Section
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM ADULT MOSQUITO CONTROL
SERVICES
This application must be
completed by the individual residing within a community participating in the Mosquito Control
Program who wishes to have his/her property excluded from adult mosquito
control pesticide applications by truck-mounted ultra low volume (ULV)
sprayers. The attached statement entitled “Objection to Adult Mosquito Control”
explains the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s policy on individual
objectors. Please retain it for your files.
Please complete all
information below. Please read the “Public Information Notice” on the attached
policy statement. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Please print or type:
Name :
____________________________________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________________
City:________________________County:____________State:________Zip:____________
Telephone No. Day __________
(Include area code) Evening
_______________________________________
Name of your Community
Association : _______________________________________
Name of the Subdivision in
which you reside: _____________________________________
Signature:
______________________________________
(I have read MDA’s Adult
Mosquito Control Objection Policy)
Your city/town or community
association will receive notice of the scheduled night for surveillance and
spraying. It is the responsibility of the city/town or community association to
notify the residents of the schedule. Spraying will be conducted only if needed
and will be done on the same day (as the above mentioned survey) of each week.
Please feel free to contact us if you have further questions at 410-841-5870.
Application should be sent
to:
Program Supervisor
Mosquito Control Section
50
Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Village of Olde Mill
Community Association
2010 Membership Renewal
Please join your community association
today. To join, complete this form, or visit the website www.vomca.org
and join using PayPal. Please print the names of all members of your household
who are 18 years of age or older, and mail it with one check for $15.00, payable to “Village of Olde Mill Community
Association” to VOMCA, P.O. Box 366, Millersville, MD 21108. Membership card(s)
will be mailed to you.
Association meetings are
the 1st Wednesday of each month at Old Mill High School (June-Sept. meetings at
the community pool at Barlowe Field).
Names
of Adults in Household: ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Street
Address: _______________________________________________________________
Phone
Number:_______________ (Unlisted?____) Village Crier* Sign-up Yes___ No___
Email:
___________________________ Occasional Volunteering: Yes____No_____
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*Note:
Our community newsletter, The
Village Crier, is published online. You will be signed up automatically,
via the email address you provide,
unless you indicate that you do not wish to receive the publication. You can
also read it by going to the VOMCA website at www.vomca.org.
VOMCA has made it possible to secure
grants from the State and County for projects like the repair of sidewalks,
repaving our pool road, installing speed humps, and other community improvements.
If we did not have an association and volunteers, we could not secure many of
these benefits or services.
- We sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt, Santa
Visit, Community Carnival, and Community Yard Sale. With more members and
volunteers, we could do even more.
- We’ve been keeping up with what’s
happening concerning the new development on the Wade property at Old Mill
and Oakwood Roads. Learn more, come to a meeting.
- We work with local government
concerning issues that affect our community.
- Elections are held in October for
members of the Board of Directors. In order to vote, or to run, membership
dues must be mailed and postmarked by September 1.
Occasional one-time
projects at the pool and Barlowe Field come up. If you can volunteer please
email board at vomca dot org or call 410-987-0316.
Thank you,
The
Village of Olde Mill Community Association
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