Bowie Baysox Benefit Game

Friday May, 14 2010
Baysox Stadium
4101 Crain Highway
Bowie, MD

Bowie Baysox Game Friday, May 14 at 7:05pm

Join us for a great family evening with the Bowie Baysox! The Baysox will be playing the Erie Seawolves. Don’t miss the FIREWORKS after the game.

General admission tickets only $9.00

A portion of the proceeds from your ticket price will go to Patuxent Riverkeeper. Click on SHOP or contact the Park with your order. Call 301-249-8200, ext. 6 or 9 (Lauren or Nancy)

4101 Crain Highway (U.S. 301 North) Bowie, MD

Bolding mine. Bowie Baysox is a good time and helping the Patuxent River is a good thing.

The yellow shaded area represents the range of monthly mean values that have occurred from 1985 to 2008. The blue line shows the monthly mean values for each month over that same time period. The red line shows what the current years conditions are and how they compare to the range and the average values we’ve seen.

To convert temperature to Fahrenheit, use the conversion tool below.

2010 Surface Water Temperature
Patuxent River / Jack Bay (LE1.1)

Legend Range 1985 to 2008 2010 Mean

Surface Water Temperature (�F) Patuxent River / Jack Bay (LE1.1)
Month	Minimum	Mean	Maximum	2009	2010
January	33.80	39.07	45.32	39.74	37.94
February	33.26	39.08	46.04	34.70	34.52
March	41.36	45.18	49.46	43.88
April	51.53	55.86	60.17	55.31
May	61.16	66.36	74.21	65.30
June	70.43	75.15	79.61	75.74
July	77.45	81.55	86.99	78.71
August	76.55	81.16	85.82	83.03
September	71.24	75.74	79.88	75.56
October	59.18	65.46	70.88	69.26
November	43.70	52.86	59.18	58.10
December	33.80	44.69	55.58	51.62

NOTE: Results displayed are provisional and have not undergone full Quality Assurance procedures. Although Maryland DNR believes the data presented here are correct, we cannot guarantee their accuracy at this time.

Looks like it’ll be early to mid-May before I can start open water swims in the Patuxent river. A month before Eagleman 70.3?? That’ll work. (please no jellyfish, please no jellyfish)

Motorists must give 3ft to bikes in Maryland

By Kirsten Robbins

Maryland increases safety for bikes on its roadways. (baudman)

Motorists are now required to leave at least 3ft of space when passing cyclists on streets in the US state of Maryland.

The state’s senate approved House Bill 461 last week and motorists in violation will be fined a maximum $500 misdemeanor charge.

The Bill requires that drivers, when overtaking a bicycle, an Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD) or a motor scooter, must pass safely at a specified distance, except under specified circumstances.

It also requires motorists to yield the right-of-way to a person who is riding a bicycle, an EPAMD or a motor scooter in a bike lane or shoulder under specified circumstances. A House of Delegates committee will review the conditions of the new measure this week.

“Delegate Jon Cardin has been one of the main drivers behind this very important bike safety rule,” said Bill Kelly, chairman of the College Park Area Bike Coalition in Ellicott City, MD.

“The House Bill 461 was needed to make and keep cyclists safer on our busy roadways [and] also, to encourage folks to ride their bikes sometimes and not their autos to benefit all of us. There are five or six related Bike Safety Bills in this session.”

College Park Area Bike Coalition (CPABA) is a group that is devoted to bicycle advocacy, education and safety, and it backed the new piece of legislation.

“The 3ft bike clearance was requested several years ago and was a composite of many approaches to keeping cyclists safer when they biked on the roadways,” Kelly said.

“Some autos and motorists seemed to want to play chicken with bikes to see how close to the handlebars they could come and scared the cyclist into not riding on the road which is their right because bikes are a legal vehicle in all 50 states. Without a stated Three Foot Bike Clearance Law the police could not charge the errant motorist.”

This is not the first time the Maryland Senate has reviewed a bill to protect cyclists. In 2008 a similar version, House Bill 143, was also designed to force motorists to provide 3ft of space when passing cyclists and to yield to cyclists riding in a bike lane at intersections. However, it did not pass.

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Good, about time and I hope it’s strictly enforced. Some knucklehead says or does something just about everytime I ride or run roadway shoulders.

EDWARD T. HALL AQUATIC CENTER
130 Auto Drive, Prince Frederick, MD  20678

The Calvert County Division of Parks and Recreation has established fees and operational hours for the soon-to-be-completed Edward T. Hall Aquatic Center in Prince Frederick.  The center is expected to open in spring of 2010. As soon as a definite date is established, it will be announced and posted to the county Web site.

The facility will include a 50-meter competition pool, leisure pool with slides, therapy pool, spa/hot tub, fitness room and meeting and party rooms for rent.

Passes will go on sale starting February 1, 2010, at the main office of the Division of Parks and Recreation at 205 Main Street  in Prince Frederick, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Passes will be available at the Hall Aquatic Center once it opens.

GENERAL ADMISSION

• Adults                             $6.00
• Children (3-17)**            $4.00
• Children (1-2)                  $2.00
• Children (Under 1)            Free
• Seniors (60+)                   $4.00

**Children 12 years of age and younger require supervision by a responsible person 16 years of
age or older.

SEASON PASSES

Passes will be available for singles, seniors/children and households of up to five people at the following rates:

PASS TYPE	Household (up to 5)	Add’l  Houshold Members	Single (Adult)	Senior/Child**
Annual	$475.00	$45.00	$300.00	$225.00
Winter	$375.00	$35.00	$285.00	$185.00
Summer	$240.00	$20.00	$225.00	$145.00