This will be a Cornhole Tournament that will benefit Jared and Jill Meese.

Due to some emergency surgeries with no health insurance, they have been under a huge amount of emotional and financial stress. The running total for their shared medical expenses is over $12,000, and they have not yet received every bill. We are hoping this event will be a way to show our love and support for friends in need, and have a great time doing it!

The Tournament will be on Saturday, September 11th, 2010 at Hemingway's on Kent Island.

It will be $25 per person, or $50 per team to enter into the Tournament.

The winning team will receive $100 and a "Cornhole for a Cause" Trophy.

We want to try and give as much notice as we can so more people can come and have a great time supporting good people in need in the community.

If you think you may not be able to make it, but want to support Jared and Jill, we welcome donations. We are going to try and set up an account at a local bank, but until then just contact me and I'll make sure it goes into the fund.

* Thank you in advance for your support!

Greg Harrell
443.786.1489
gmh81887@yahoo.com

Senator Pipkins office offers annually a Senate Scholarship that is awarded each year to graduating seniors who are attending a Maryland college or university. 2011 applications will be available in early January 2011 for the 2011-12 academic year. Scholarships are generally about $500/year.

Write to:
Senator Pipkin
36th Legislative District
416 James Senate Office Building
Annapolis, MD 21401-1991

My sister Sharon Hyson will be celebrating her 60th Bithday on Monday, August 30th.
Happy Birthday Sissy!
Love Always, Mom, Donna and Ria

Register Online:

http://www.active.com/running/centreville-md/gunston-centennial-5k-runwalk-2010

OR

http://www.trisportsevents.com/index.cfm?ref=50200&ref4=2010-10-02

Maryland is one of the states along with: AK, CO, DE, HA, MA, NY, RI, WA and WI. WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED! Check out the rest of the MVP Project website for more info, they need our help! The concern is that these states have had more than a year to either: Mail out their absentee ballots within the federally mandated time frame; move their primary; or add an extension to time allowed for receiving absentee votes for the general election, yet they did not. So now they are requesting waivers from the federal law forcing them to mail absentee ballots 45 days in advance to serving Men/Women overseas.

They failed to adhere to a federal mandate and our now asking government to approve the denial of hundreds of thousands of American Citizens who are facing death for this country the right to vote?? Here is the website for more information: http://www.mvpproject.org/mission.html

Dash Plaques will be presented to the first 50 car show registrants. Trophies will be awarded to the top 30 cars as voted on by the car owners. Registration includes one free lunch voucher per registered car. Registration for the car show is $10 in advance or $12 on the day of the event. Admission is free and everyone is welcome!

In addition to the car show, Gunston’s Centennial Celebration will also feature a 5K Run/Walk, a rummage sale, boat tours of the Corsica River, a used book sale, great food, and much more!

For more information, please call 410-758-0620 or visit our website www.gunstondayschool.org.

Island Bay Day is the areas largest outdoor music festival and you can be a part of it! This year Island Bay Day benefits wounded soldiers who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and need our help. We have 11 bands playing including "Kix" and "No Pets For Noah". Tickets are selling fast, so it will be a good turnout. This year's location is the 8 acre field behind the Kent Island American Legion on Rte 8 in Stevensville. We will have 3 stages, tents, and plenty of live music. Food vendors include "It's The Pits", "Papa Johns", Big Bat's Cafe', and the American Legion. Bands are all booked, now we are looking for vendors. If you sell a product that you think will fit in with a huge music festival with 4000 attendees, contact us now. The Kent Island Online office phone number is 410-604-1-KIO and our Email is islandbayday@kentisland.org. More information about Island Bay Day is available online at IslandBayDay.com

Island Bay Day is a Kent Island Online event and is the largest charity festival in the area! See you October 9th at 11AM!

Transportation to and from M&T Bank Stadium for Ravens home games $15.00 per person call Bob 410-726-3990 or Email kentislandshuttle@verizon.net

Crafters wanted for Kent Island American Legion Craft Show. The KIAL Ladies Auxiliary is looking for crafters for the Annual Craft Show on Nov 6 -7. The proceeds from the table rentals are used for outreach to Veteran’s groups and the Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence as well as local food banks. Call 410-643-9746 or visit http://kialpost278.homestead.com/The-Legion-Auxillary.html for info.

The Sudlersville Volunteer Fire Company will be hosting an all you can eat breakfast the first Sunday of every month. Bingo is every Wednesday with doors opening at 6pm. There will be a youth dance on Friday, June 11th from 7-10pm for ages 6-15. Cost is $5. CRAFTERS are wanted for the Christmas in July Craft Show. Call 410-708-5177 for more info about the craft show. The Annual Fireman’s Carnival will be held July 13-17. Visit our website at www.svfc6.com for more info on the carnival.

We are interested in trading our luxury home in The Rim Golf course in Payson AZ for a home on Kent Island (or near-by). It was built in 2008 for a total cost of $1,250,000. Because of the down market we were able to obtain it for 800K. It is ~3100 sq ft on a beautiful wooded lot with a slight view of Hole 18. Wonderful walking trails. Only about 1 1/2 hour easy 4 lane drive from the Metro Phoenix/Scottsdale area. We have family on Kent Island and are motivated to get back to that area.

It is listed on www.GoSwap.org (ID number 7321):

Below link is for the Photo Bucket:
http://s593.photobucket.com/albums/tt17/gehrandt/Rim%20Club%20Dr%20Payson/

Bill & Julie Chitwood
928/474-3477

Chesapeake Voyagers, Inc. (CVI) seeks volunteers to serve on its Board of Directors. Board members must live in the mid-shore region and have an interest in mental health. Preference is given to applicants who are receiving or have received mental health services. The Board of Directors, composed of both consumers of mental health services and other residents of the region having a professional or personal interest in mental health, is responsible for the governance of the organization.

CVI, a non-profit organization (501 (c)(3) pending), advocates for and supports consumers of mental health services in the mid-shore region. It provides peer support through formal programs and informal group and individual interaction at its wellness and recovery centers in the mid-shore region.

To apply for appointment to the Board of Directors, please send a letter of interest and a resume or bio to Sheila Tolliver, President, Chesapeake Voyagers, Inc., 342-C North Aurora Street, Easton, MD 21601 by June 6, 2010 (or email to sheilatolliver@gmail.com).

Have you been desiring private education for your kids but realize the lack of local choices? I have the experience, talent and desire to start a private school on Kent Island but lack the partnership of family support. If you would like to be of Kent Island Academy, please email me at pcipriano80@hotmail.com

Bayshore Soccer Club Tryouts for Boys and Girls - times are 10am-12pm (Registration 9:30am-10:00am) and the location is White Marsh Fields in Centreville. Who is eligable: U8 – U19 (Aug. 1, 2002 – Sep. 31, 1990).

Equipment: shinguards, socks over shinguards, cleats, appropriate athletic attire, water bottle, soccer ball Size 4 (U8-U12) / Size 5 (U13-U19).

Evaluations to be completed by local college players and coaches.

For more information, contact Brad Smith at development@bayshoresc.org or 410.262.6575 Bayshore Soccer Club – http://www.bayshoresc.org

Lost 10 month old shitzu/cairn terrier mix. Long hair, brown / black/ tan. Answers to Phinny. Missing from Batts Neck Road area of Romancoke Road. Last seen 04/11/10. Please call 410-533-2800.

Co-sponsored by Galley Creative Group, Studio 180 Dance hosted a Dance-A-Thon on February 28th to raise funds for Haiti at Studio 180 Dance on Gibralter Avenue in Annapolis, MD. We raised $3,552 and donated 100% of proceeds directly to The American Red Cross. Faculty members ran 3, hour long classes in the forms of Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical dance, Zumba® and Zumbatomic®.. Students, family, and friends of the studio contributed by dancing and pledging. Studio 180 Dance, Galley Creative Group and Jason Weigle of TrayPML sponsored the Dance-A-Thon.

Galley Creative Group and Studio 180 Dance are committed to our communities, our nation and the world at large. Fundraising is a wonderful way to bring communities together and touch people's lives. Faculty members, participant dancers, and students were thrilled to dance their way to aiding in this humanitarian emergency.

For more information about Studio 180 Dance, call 410-268-5299, visit www.studio180dance.com or stop by to see the studio. For more information about The Galley Creative Group, call 410-997-7777 or visit www.galleycreativegroup.com. For more information about TrayPML visit http://www.traypml.com.

Maryland native and Army Captain Ferris Butler was deployed with the 10th Mountain Division to Iraq when he was left a double leg amputee after an IED explosion in the Sunni Triangle in December 2006.

Homes For Our Troops a national non-profit would like to build a specially adapted home for CPT Butler and his wife to help them move forward on his recovery. But we need your help!

We are actively looking to partner up with local contractors,suppliers and professional trades in the area. If you or anyone you know may be interested please contact us. CPT Butler has given his service to our country. Now is the time to give back!

For a complete list of project needs and to sign up to help with this specially adapted home please click on the following link. http://www.homesforourtroops.org/butler

Queen Anne’s County Independent Soccer Club, a non-profit organization and the leading recreational soccer club on the mid-shore, today announced that it is expanding it’s charter to also include travel team play. As part of the expansion the club, it is also modifying its name to Queen Anne’s Soccer Club.

For over 20 years, the club has been providing Centreville and the surrounding communities a place for local youth to learn and play soccer including both boys and girls 4 to 14 years old. “There has been a terrific commitment from the community including parents and volunteers, over the years”, says Joe Grabis, past president. Joe also added, “We’ve seen the club grow from a couple hundred to over 600 players today”.

The expansion into travel team play for the club is to build upon the club’s desire to provide the youth of the local counties a high quality, safe, friendly and rewarding outlet through soccer that includes both recreational and competitive travel teams. “With the growth of soccer not only here, but throughout the state and nation, we were seeing kids leave our club and area to pursue more competitive alternatives to what we were offering”, according to Willy Agee, President of Queen Anne’s Soccer Club, “We saw that we needed to grow to keep up with the evolving needs of the families area”.

Queen Anne’s Soccer Club now offers two fully resourced soccer divisions:
1) a Recreation Division for kids interested in learning and enjoying soccer. The recreation division is open for girls and boys in the following age brackets: 4, 5/6; 7/8, 9/10 and U15.

2) a Travel Division for kids interested in more competitive and developmental play. Travel teams for boys and girls will be available in the U-10 and U-12, and U14 age groups.

Additionally, there will be a new website at ( www.qasoccerclub.org ), coaching development program, need based scholarships, great uniforms and awards, and fun for all.

The club is always looking for interested parents, coaches, referees and volunteers. Board meetings are generally held the 3rd Monday of each month at the Centreville Free Library.

For more information contact: www.qasoccerclub.org

About Queen Anne’s Soccer Club:
Queen Anne’s Soccer Club is the leading non-profit community soccer organization on the mid-Eastern Shore. The club’s vision is to provide families with a complete range of youth soccer opportunities in a safe, friendly and rewarding environment. For more information visit Queen Anne’s Soccer Club website www.qasoccerclub.org.

Local marina in search of anyone interested in running a swim team and or participating in a swim team for the summer in our Grasonville location. If you would be interested in this opportunity please contact me via Email at: terri@mearspoint.com

Vendors Wanted for the Sudlersville Volunteer Fire Company Christmas in July Craft Show - Call 410-708-5177 for more information or go to our website at www.svfc6.com.

Queen Anne's County RESET Program offers parents an opportunity to enroll their children who are "at risk" of becoming involved or who are involved with alcohol and minor drug use. The RESET Program mission is to change attitudes and behaviors through education. RESET serves parents, Courts, Juvenile Services, Teen Court, Board of Education, Health Department and the State's Attorney's Office in providing an intervention education for those who have been found/suspected of being involved in drug and alcohol related incidents. RESET conducts four classes (3 Friday nights and one Saturday night) providing education of short term and long term effects involving alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and prescription medication as well as informing the students how these drugs effect the family and the community. A visit to the Chester River Hospital educates our students learn what occurrs from accident scene to shock trauma and how drugs and alcohol may interfere with treatment. A visit to the Circuit Courtroom allows our students to learn the laws and penalties involving drugs and alcohol from State's Attorney Lance Richardson and Agent Broughton from Parole and Probation. Guest speakers also share personal experiences to provide our students with "real life" experiences from community members. A tour of the Queen Anne's County Detention Center allows our students to understand how their lifes will change and hear the details of prison life from the inmates. RESET involves homework and 100% involvement by the student. Student fee: $130. Classes are from 5:45 pm until 9:00 pm. For more information: Terry Ober 443-995-5367. Classes are conducted quarterly or as needed.

I work at NIH and am interested in ride-sharing with anyone working at NIH or on the BNH campus. You can contact me via e-mail at tlwilliams923@yahoo.com or by phone at 360-349-9577.

The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring for the following positions for Census 2010:
Office Clerk
Administrative Assistant
Recruiting Assistant
Crew Leader
Assistant Crew Leader
Enumerator

Call Toll Free to schedule a basic skills test - 1-866-861-2010

For more information download the Census Flyer here: Census Flyer.pdf.

"I Love Someone With Lymphoma" - Supporting Sarah Meyers:
Date: Ongoing in 2010
Please help local resident Sarah Meyers!

To donate directly please send to:
Sarah Meyers Fund
P.O. Box 224
Chester, MD 21619
Thanks to everyone in the community for helping out!
-Kent Island Online

CONFLICT HAPPENS:
Ongoing in 2009
Community Mediation Upper Shore can help with free, confidential mediation services in Queen Anne's, Kent and Cecil counties. Call 410-810-9188 or E-mail cvcms@verizon.net for more information.

"Ride Share to DC"
Posted October 23, 2009

Anyone interested in sharing a ride to work from Kent Island to Washington, DC on a daily basis? Share gas and expenses and we can use the commuter two-man express lanes. I presently work in Anacostia, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC. If interested, please call 703-643-7073.

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