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OMHS cOMmunity Food Pantry
Donations Needed!
Drop off at The Other Barn
during regular business hours
Please donate non-perishables by the close of business today (December 17th) so that the pantry is fully stocked for the next food pantry date of Dec. 19th, just before the holidays.
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The OMHS Food Pantry is held the 4th Thurs of each month and open to the cOMmunity. Tee December pantry date is Dec. 19 from 3-5 p.m. at OMHS. Find more details
HERE.
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Upcoming Events and Programs
at The Other Barn
Office Closed Dec. 24 through Jan.1, 2020
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January 14th, 7:00 p.m.
OMCA Board Meeting
January 17th, 10:00 a.m.
Lively Arts: Pam the Kindersinger
January 28th
6:00 p.m.
Education Committee Meeting
7:00 p.m.
OMCA Board Meeting
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Call Us!
410-730-4610
Send a Fax
Website
The Other Barn will be closed from December 24th to January 1st for the holidays.
Office Hours
*Please note that we will be closed some weeknights at 5 p.m. Please call before stopping by.
Mon - Thurs
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sandy Cederbaum
Village Manager
Brigitta Warren
Facility and Event
Coordinator
Amy Carpenter
Administrative Assistant
Covenant Advisors:
Karina Caico
(Property Concern Issues)
office hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs. 10-4
propertyconcerns@oaklandmills.org
Carrie Wenholz
(Exterior Alteration Applications)
(Letters of Covenant Compliance)
office hours: Tues - Thurs 11-4
OMCA Board of Directors
Jonathan Edelson, Chair
jledelson.omca@gmail.com
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Support our
OM Merchants
Visit the
OM Website
for a complete list of merchants and businesses.
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Celebrate Life's Events at
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Contact Brigitta Warren, Facility Coordinator, for details about renting this venue!
410-730-4610
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For our newest neighbors!
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New to the Neighborhood? Welcome hOMe to Oakland Mills! Please stop by The Other Barn to introduce yourself and pick up a Welcome Packet. We have lots of information to help you get acquainted with the community.
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Little Free Library at
The Other Barn
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Stop by our Little Free Library and browse through our selection of books. If you see one you like, please take it and enjoy!
The Little Free Library was established to foster the love of reading.
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Support Oakland Mills Schools!
Click on the school name to link to the school's website.
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Nursery Co-Op located in OM
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Located in the Thunder Hill Neighborhood Center
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Oakland Mills Neighborhood Community Resource Officer
For emergencies call
9-1-1
If You See Something, Say Something
For Non-Emergencies call
Other Useful Contact Info:
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Deer Management Dates
Blandair Park (North):
Bow Only 1/14/2020
The Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks has announced its fall/winter schedule for managing the deer population through bow and shotgun managed hunts. Each park will be closed on its scheduled days for all other uses from dawn until noon during the managed hunt operations. The managed hunt program gives specially-screened, approved hunters daytime access to various parks with a combination of archery equipment or shotguns. For more information, click HERE.
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Howard County Council Contact Info
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Oakland Mills is located in Council District 2 and represented by Opel Jones.
District 3 - Christiana Mercer Rigby
District 5 - David Yungmann
Website
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See Click Fix
is an interactive web site for Howard County residents to report issues to the County. Issues include, but are not limited to, roadway issues, missing street signs or fallen street signs, street tree issues, potholes, cracked sidewalks etc.
THIS IS NOT a site for 911 emergencies or police or fire issues.
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Check out Howard County Recycling's
December newsletter for a virtual tour of the Residents' Convenience Center, Christmas and New Year's Day collection dates, the county's Merry Mulch (Christmas tree recycling) program, and more!
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Department of Public Works Notification System
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Get email alerts for water outages, sanitary sewer overflows, and other general utility information. To sign up, click
HERE.
. For more information about County services
visit
www.howardcountymd.gov/
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Please remember to pick up after your pets!
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Fido is very cute but Fido's poop is very nasty.
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Beds for Children in Need
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Collection Bin located in the lobby of The Other Barn. Needed: new twin-sized bedding sets, sheet sets, and comforters.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a charity that builds beds for kids who don't have their own. If your child or a child you know is sleeping on the floor, a sofa, an air mattress, or with other siblings or parents, you can request a bed by visiting www.shpbeds.org/request-bed or emailing md-howardco@shpbeds.org. SHP delivers the bunks/single beds along with new mattresses, pillows, sheets, and comforters.
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A-OK Mentoring: Volunteers Needed!
A-OK volunteers serve as mentors and tutors
for preschool and elementary school children and middle school youth
in Howard County schools and in community programs. Volunteers must be at least 21 years of age and be able to work during weekday daytime hours.
443-895-2457 for more information.
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OMCA Board Meetings
and Announcements
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Oakland Mills Board of Directors
December 24th Board Meeting
has been cancelled due to the holiday.
The next OMCA Board meeting will be held on
January 14, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at The Other Barn.
All board meetings are at The Other Barn. Agendas for upcoming board meetings are posted 6 days prior on this
PAGE.
View past board meeting minutes
HERE
To contact the OM Board click
HERE
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Board of Directors Facebook
Discussion Page:
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OM Education Committee
Next Education Committee meeting: January 28th, 6:00 p.m.
Meetings held on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Other Barn.
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BWI Roundtable
Regional committee addressing
airplane noise issues.
Please visit the
BWI Roundtable committee tab
on the Oakland Mills website for updated information. If you have questions or would like details, please contact Paul Verchinski, Roundtable Committee and OM Board Member at
verchinski@yahoo.com.
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Resident Architectural Committee (RAC)
The RAC meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. The next RAC meeting will be held on
December 19th
at 7:30 p.m. at the Other Barn. Sign-in begins at 7:00 p.m. A list of applications for the meeting can be found
here
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SNOW SHOVELERS WANTED!
Get your name added to the list by providing your name, contact email and/or phone number, and the neighborhood(s) area that you are willing to shovel. to add your name to the list please send an email to
manager@oaklandmills.org.
DISCLAIMER: OMCA will only maintain a list of names. OMCA does not endorse nor will be OMCA liable for any thing that may occur by the use of this list. All arrangements must be made directly with the person(s) listed.
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Lively Arts Presents: Pam the Kindersinger
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NEW BLANKET BLITZ THIS WEEK!
Drop off at the OMHS front office
9410 Kilimanjaro Road, Columbia
Bring in NEW blankets for the Oakland Mills High School Freshmen PAC 40's Blanket Drive to benefit Howard County Grassroots. You may drop blankets off at the OMHS front office. Let's COVER our community for these approaching colder days. Call OMHS at
410-313-6945 with questions.
We Are
OM
...We Are Strongest Together!
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IN SEARCH OF BLUEPRINTS
The Oakland Mills office is searching for
blueprints of the interior of homes in Oakland Mills
that we can copy for our files. There is a potential program and possible grant funding for residents to make home modification for aging in place.
Oakland Mills currently does not have blueprints. Please look in your drawers and files to see if you have the blueprints of your house. If you do, we'd love to make a copy.
Paul Verchinski
, Oakland Mills Board Member and Senior Advisory Representative, is heading up this project. Please contact Paul if you have blueprints that we can copy. We will give you your original back and also a digitized version.
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CLICK on the links below to access detailed information:
Ice and Fire Festival
Saturdays and Sundays through December 22nd
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods
10431 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia
Stroll through the Light Forest, get lost in the Light Maze, and be enthralled by the Ice Fairy and her friends as they transform Symphony Woods into a Winter Wonderland. More info and tickets HERE.
Symphony of Lights
Now through January 1st
Weekdays: 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Weekends: 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Merriweather Post Pavilion,
Columbia
Wilde Lake HS Band's Jazz at the Lake
January 18th, 7:00 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theater
5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia
Tickets: $20 adults/$10 students
The largest and fastest growing choral music program for older adults in the country!
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Blessings in a Backpack for TSES
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Talbott Springs Elementary School is in need of monetary donations to support an increase (double!) of students receiving Blessings in a Backpack for the 2019-2020 school year. The cost to feed one child over the entire the school year is $130. Visit
blessingsinabackpack.org and specify that your donation is for Talbott Springs Elementary School, Columbia, Maryland. Donations are tax deductible.
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Columbia Association
News & Events
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CA Headquarters and CA Member Services Office:
6310 Hillside Court
Columbia, MD 21046
CA main number: 410-715-3000
Member Service number: 410-730-1801
2020 Student Exchange Trips to France and Spain
Info Sessions
January 15th and Februray 11th, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Columbia Association Headquarters
6310 Hillside Ct., Columbia
Maggie J. Brown Spirit of Columbia 2020 Scholarship Award
Application deadline: March 15, 2020
The Columbia Association scholarship program offers up to six $2500 education awards to graduating high school seniors who provide exceptional community service to the Columbia area. For more information and to apply, click
HERE.
Don't throw away Columbia's history: donate it!
Has spring cleaning had you digging through piles of paperwork, deciding what to get rid of and what to keep? Don't throw away Columbia's history - donate it to Columbia Archives! More info HERE.
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Youth and Teen Center @TheBarn
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