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Sunday, July 17, 2005

20050707 Gazette article by Judson Berger: Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady to be appointed MML president

Gazette article by Judson Berger: Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady to be appointed MML president

by Judson Berger Staff Writer , July 7, 2005

Eleven years of involvement with the Maryland Municipal League will culminate this week for Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady (At-large), who after a week as first vice president will be named president.

The appointment comes as Havre de Grace mayor and recently-elected MML president David Craig is tapped for the County Executive seat in Harford County.

No longer a municipal leader, Craig will be forced to leave his MML position, and Brady will step in.

"This is a culmination of 11 years of being involved," Brady said Wednesday. He served as an at-large board member for five years, and was elected as first vice president at the end of June. "I feel I've got something to give to the group, and I think it benefits the city."

Brady said once in his role as president, he will start lobbying in Annapolis for municipal funding.

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20050707 Gazette article by Judson Berger: Bowie Councilman Dennis Brady to be appointed MML president

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Friday, July 15, 2005

20050714 Westminster prepares to survey employees cct

20050714 Westminster prepares to survey employees By Robert Brodsky for the Carroll County Times

Westminster prepares to survey employees By Robert Brodsky for the Carroll County Times

Westminster prepares to survey employees

By Robert Brodsky, Times Staff Writer

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Hey, Westminster City employees. How do you like your job? Do you feel appreciated by your supervisor? Are you overworked? How about underpaid?

City workers will have the opportunity to answer questions like these and others as Westminster prepares for its first employee opinion survey.

The survey, which will be done by a yet unselected private consulting firm specializing in human resources work, will look at how the city's 160 employees view their jobs and examine what can be done to improve worker satisfaction, said Westminster Mayor Thomas Ferguson.

"It's a physical checkup of the [city's work force] environment," he said.

The employee opinion survey was a central point in Ferguson's campaign for mayor last spring. He said morale among employees had declined in recent years and wanted to find a way to improve relations between the city and its work force.

"One of the major reasons in doing this is to send a message to employees that we will listen to what you have to say," Ferguson said.

The survey's success will be based on two essential elements, Ferguson said. Employees must be assured their answers will be kept confidential and that they will result in meaningful change.

"If nothing comes of it, they're going to say 'Don't ask us again,'" Ferguson said. "We're planning to take these answers and factor them into our strategic planning process."

The survey will not result in any hirings or firings, nor any immediate shift in how the workforce is structured, Ferguson said. Rather, the survey could help determine which departments are lacking adequate equipment, which personnel may need increased training and whether employees as a whole believe they are fairly compensated and appreciated for the work they perform.

The city has received four bids by firms interested in performing the survey, Ferguson said. The bids range from $7,500 - a questionnaire that would be sent to all employees and then analyzed by the firm - to a $27,000 proposal that would include one-on-one interviews, group meetings and focus groups.

The city's personnel committee, composed of Finance Director Joe Urban, City Councilmembers Robert Wack and Suzanne Albert and Human Resources Administrator Darlene Childs, will hear presentations from the four consultants Monday and Tuesday.

Urban anticipates the committee will make its decision based not only on cost but on the services that would be most beneficial to city employees.

"Just mailing out a questionnaire may not inspire the most amount of confidence from employees," Urban said. "We want to structure the process to create the highest level of confidence from employees."

The city plans to pay for the survey by diverting resources from a $100,000 fund set aside to cover the cost of potential salary increments that could be suggested in an upcoming salary study, Urban said.

That study, which will be conducted by a different firm, will compare the salaries of Westminster City employees to those in the private sector and in other neighboring cities.

If needed, funds for salary increases could be supplemented through the city's emergency fund or through it's unappropriated surplus, Urban said.

The personnel committee plans to make a decision on a consulting firm for the employee opinion survey next week. The proposal would then go before the Westminster City Council on July 25.

If approved, the study could start in August and take between 60 and 90 days to complete.

Reach staff writer Robert Brodsky at 410-857-7865 or Rbrodsky@lcniofmd.com.

20050714 Westminster prepares to survey employees By Robert Brodsky for the Carroll County Times


20050715 Mr. Moose goes traveling


July 15, 2005

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

20050713 Today’s Youth – They are Fantastic

Today’s Youth – They are Fantastic

Westminster Advocate

July 13th, 2005 by Kevin Dayhoff (528 words)

Four stills and a quantity of corn whisky were seized by police officers Tuesday morning at a local church. Deacon Willie Brown was arrested. Brown admitted in court that he had been tempted by the devil. Now that I have your attention, I should mention that the “Church of the Holy Moonshiners” incident occurred in 1921. In the July 8th, 1921 Union Bridge Pilot article I read, no mention was made as to how popular services were at the church...

However, this column is not going to be about history. It is about our future. Today’s column is about one of my favorite soapbox topics - today’s kids. I think they are fantastic.

Over the years, I have been very fortunate to have many great opportunities to spend time with young folks in our community; whether it is attending a Carroll County Children’s Chorus event, visiting or reading in schools, 4-H activities, Scouts or just spending time with my nieces and nephews.

Whether they are still in school, or in college, just joining the workforce or serving in uniform, today’s youth are an inspiration for us all. Today’s youngest generation is doing great things and I, for one, really appreciate it and want to thank them. And not just when I need them to teach me how to program my cell phone.

According to the United Nations Statistics Division, 21 per cent of the US population is under 15 years old. Thirty-four per cent of our population is over 60. That 21% is sure going to have to work hard to take care of that 34%. Might be a good plan to spend some time with them now. I don’t know about you, but with the way food is currently packaged, when I grow older, I’ll need some help with the circular saw and hammer necessary to break into my food.

Over and over, I am greatly impressed by the number of adult volunteers and teachers and youth leaders who give of themselves tirelessly, to give our youngest generation a leg up on the many challenges they will face.

Moreover, speaking of volunteering, perhaps we should all take note of the example today’s fantastic youth are setting for us. According to “Youth Service America”, youth volunteering is up 12% over the last 10 years. 73% of America's 60 million young people believe they can make a difference in their communities. Teenagers volunteer 2.4 billion hours annually. Teenage service is worth $34.3 billion to the US economy. Youth who volunteer just one hour a week are 50% less likely to abuse drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, or engage in destructive behavior. Youth who volunteer are more likely to do well in school, graduate, vote, and be philanthropic.

There are so many great organizations in our community that are making a difference and enabling our children to make a difference. Please find one for which you can donate your time or your money. Moreover, take time to thank a teacher, a choir director, a Scout leader or a volunteer today. They aren’t doing it for the money. They are making a huge investment in our future for which we are all benefiting.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at: kdayhoff AT carr DOT org
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005

20050712 This Year Halloween Comes Early in Maryland

This Year Halloween Comes Early in Maryland

July 12th, 2005 by Kevin Dayhoff (739 words)

Who among us has not heard of the Salem witch hunt trials of 1692 in Massachusetts? Did you know that in Maryland, we had a few witch hunts between 1665 and 1686, one in 1712 and apparently, another hunt is scheduled for the summer of 2005?

According to a Carroll County Times article on October 31st, 1993, “Belief in witches and supernatural spirits were part of the Pennsylvania German culture brought into this area by the settlers.” Apparently, some folks in Maryland still believe in hunting witches.

The Times article mentions that in the December 1936 edition of Maryland Historical Magazine, Judge Francis Neal Parke wrote an article entitled "Witchcraft in Maryland."

Judge Parke was one of Maryland’s most celebrated jurists. He was born in Westminster in 1871 and admitted to the bar in 1893. He was appointed Chief Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 1924 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1941. He returned to private practice on Court Street, in Westminster, until his death in 1955.

In his article, Judge Parke discussed that the “earliest cases [of alleged witchcraft] involved the hanging of women assumed to be witches while aboard ships traveling from England to the colonies in 1654 and 1658” shortly after Maryland was founded in March 25th, 1634. Judge Parke reports five additional cases of alleged witchcraft. “The first four cases occurred between 1665 and 1686, and the fifth was in 1712.”

Back to the future, I read an Associated Press article in the Carroll County Times the other day that House Speaker Michael E. Busch has actually, for real, I’m not making this up, named a “committee of four Democrats and two Republicans to join six state senators in an inquiry into the personnel polices of the Ehrlich administration.”

In a published account last May in the Washington Times, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., said, “A lot of people have indicated they want to testify before a commission… It is not going to be a witch hunt.”

Oh, I feel better all ready.

Perhaps the team of Miller and Busch feel a good witch hunt, every 300 years or so, does a state good. According to an account of the Salem witch hunt trials, that I have in my library, by Douglas Linder, in the summer of 1692 nineteen men and women were convicted of being witches and hung. An 80 year old was crushed to death under some heavy rocks for refusing to agree to go on trial. Take heed, if anyone out there is considering not playing along with the Annapolis version of “Salem 2005”; I suggest that you re-read the previous sentence.

The senators and delegates named to the committee are some of the most talented and capable elected officials in Annapolis. I just wish that they weren’t wasting their time on a witch hunt.

Perhaps, our Maryland General Assembly leaders aren’t aware of some of the other challenges facing us in the State of Maryland.

For example, how about a committee on the continuing crisis in health care? A little committee on the cost of prescription medicine? How about a small committee on the state’s continuing structural budget deficit? School construction? Road congestion and transportation needs? How about the challenges in our juvenile justice system? Attracting new business to Maryland? Business retention? Teacher compensation and retention?

For all you folks reading this at home, these issues are affecting your quality of life and mine. Do not, for one minute, think that this little parlor game of political charades is none of your concern.

The state workforce includes 80,000 employees. According to a Washington Times article on May 25th, 2005, “Lawrence J. Hogan Jr., the governor's secretary of appointments, said the Ehrlich administration in three years has fired 280 of its 7,000 at-will workers. Mr. Ehrlich's Democratic predecessor, Gov. Parris N. Glendening, fired 309 at-will workers in a single year from the Department of Transportation alone…”

Paul E. Schurick, the governor's communications director, said it better than I could in a June 3rd, 2005 Gazette article by Thomas Dennison: "The double standard is as gross and as egregious as I have ever seen. The fact of the matter is, dozens of legislators have made a career of trying to influence the hiring and firing of state employees."

Happy Halloween. Shenanigans like this out of Annapolis sure aren’t a treat and the trick is on us.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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Saturday, July 02, 2005

20050702 Langdon’s “Direct To You station turns 50” by Kristin DeIuliis Carroll County Times

Langdon’s “Direct To You station turns 50” by Kristin DeIuliis Carroll County Times

Direct To You gas station turns 50

By Kristin DeIuliis, Times Staff Writer Saturday, July 02, 2005

Jim Langdon is proud that his family business has been around for 50 years.

[…]

Jim Langdon's father, James Langdon, opened the gas station, which is on George Street in Westminster, in 1955. Originally, Direct To You also ran an ice cream stand next to the station, but that closed in 1964 to devote more time to the gas station.

The station doesn't offer ice cream anymore…

"We'll do anything for our customers," Langdon said. "We know that people don't like pumping their own gas. They don't want to smell like the pumps."

[…]

One event Langdon remembers particularly well was the oil crisis in 1973, when OPEC refused to ship oil to countries that had supported Israel in its conflict with Egypt. The consequence was a severe oil crisis in the United States.

[…]

Langdon's wife, Margaret Langdon and son, Michael Langdon, 29, also help run Direct To You Gas. Margaret keeps the books and Michael is the general manager.

[…]

Fuel prices

When Direct To You Gas opened in 1955, it sold fuel for 19.9 cents per gallon.

When Jim Langdon started working full time with his dad in 1970, gas was about 30.9 cents per gallon.

Today, Direct To You Gas sells regular fuel for about 2.17 per gallon.

Read the entire article here: Direct To You gas station turns 50

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Friday, July 01, 2005

19950701 The Big Tree Champions of MD DNR

1995 The Big Tree Champions of MD DNR

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/trees/champs.html

The Big Tree Champions of Maryland 1995


The trees listed are organized by alphabetically by scientific name. The group below is A to Cha. Included in the listing are: firs, maples, buckeyes, tree of heaven, mimosa, hazel alder, serviceberry, hercules club, paw paw, birch trees, mulberrys, boxwoods, musclewoods, hickorys, chestnuts, catalpas, cedars, hackberries, katsuratrees, redbuds, and cedars. Section 2, Section 3, and Section 4 list other trees. So if you do not see the tree you are looking for check out the other sections and you will find what you need.


Species : Balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 4"
Height: 70'
Crown spread: 35'
Points: 166.8
Owner and location: Bernard C. Boykin, Ruxton, Baltimore Co.

Species : White fir (Abies concolor)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 4"
Height: 70'
Crown spread: 35'
Points: 166.8
Owner and location: St Mary's Catholic Ch., Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.

Species : Fraser fir (Abies fraseri)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 4"
Height: 70'
Crown spread: 35'
Points: 166.8
Owner and location: Philip V. W. Dodds, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co.

Species : Grand fir (Abies grandis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 4"
Height: 102'
Crown spread: 48'
Points: 226
Owner and location: Phil and Karen Saba, Olney, Montgomery Co.

Species : Nordman fir (Abies nordmanniana)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 2"
Height: 86'
Crown spread: 37'
Points: 205.3
Owner and location: Franz Burda, Easton, Talbot Co.

Species : Grand fir (Abies grandis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 4"
Height: 102'
Crown spread: 48'
Points: 226
Owner and location: Phil and Karen Saba, Olney, Montgomery Co.

Species : Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 3"
Height: 61'
Crown spread: 35'
Points: 180.75
Owner and location: Henry and Josephine Magness, BelAir, Harford Co.

Species : Paperback maple (Acer griseum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 2' 6"
Height: 27'
Crown spread: 18'
Points: 61.5
Owner and location: City of Baltimore - Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, Baltimore City

Species : Chalk maple (Acer leucoderme)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 1' 8"
Height: 29'
Crown spread: 17'
Points: 53.3
Owner and location: Howard Co. Rec & Parks, Ellicott City, Howard Co.

Species : Boxelder (Acer negundo)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 15' 0"
Height: 78'
Crown spread: 84'
Points: 279
Owner and location: O'Brien Reality, Dunkirk, Calvert Co.

Species : Black maple (Acer nigrum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 8' 4"
Height: 81'
Crown spread: 62'
Points: 196.5
Owner and location: Harford Glen Env. Ed. Ctr, Bel Air, Harford Co.

Species : Italian maple (Acer opalus)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 1' 6"
Height: 18'
Crown spread: 16'
Points: 40
Owner and location: City of Baltimore - Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, Baltimore City.

Species : Cutleaf maple (Acer ornatum dentatum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 2' 10"
Height: 22'
Crown spread: 40'
Points: 66
Owner and location: Anthony Ladd, Oxford, Talbot Co.

Species : Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 12' 0"
Height: 17'
Crown spread: 56'
Points: 175
Owner and location: Richard H. Farquhar, Ashton, Montgomery Co.

Species : Japanese cutleaf weeping maple (Acer palmatum ornatum dentatum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 1'10"
Height: 15'
Crown spread: 19'
Points: 41.8
Owner and location: Dr. William Gatewood, Darlington, Harford Co.

Species : Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 16' 1"
Height: 71'
Crown spread: 84'
Points: 285
Owner and location: Mrs. Thomas Cadwalder, Joppa, Harford Co.

Species : Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 15' 2"
Height: 90'
Crown spread: 84'
Points: 293
Owner and location: RR. J. Angermier, Greenock, Anne Arundel Co.

Species : Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 25' 5"
Height: 84'
Crown spread: 103'
Points: 414.75
Owner and location: John Henrici, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co.

Species : Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 22' 5"
Height: 51'
Crown spread: 47'
Points: 331.8
Owner and location: Richard Cropp, Kitzmiller, Garrett Co.

Species : Painted maple (Acer truncatum mono)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 2' 6"
Height: 33'
Crown spread: 30'
Points: 70.5
Owner and location: City of Baltimore Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, Baltimore City.

Species : Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 14' 2"
Height: 82'
Crown spread: 66'
Points: 268.5
Owner and location: Mrs. Sophia Powell, Cumberland, Allegany Co.

Species : Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 13' 5"
Height: 89'
Crown spread: 57'
Points: 264.3
Owner and location: David Banner, West River, Anne Arundel Co.

Species : Yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 12' 6"
Height: 91'
Crown spread: 54'
Points: 254.5
Owner and location: Milton J. Fiery, III, Glencoe, Baltimore Co.

Species : Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 2' 7"
Height: 27'
Crown spread: 32'
Points: 76
Owner and location: Mrs. Wilcox, Port Republic, Calvert Co.

Species : Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 12' 7"
Height: 90'
Crown spread: 73'
Points: 259.25
Owner and location: Grace Dowell, Sunderland, Calvert Co.

Species : Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 2"
Height: 39'
Crown spread: 69'
Points: 166.3
Owner and location: Grant Tate, Eldersburg, Carroll Co.

Species : Hazel alder (Alnus serrulata)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 0' 10"
Height: 21'
Crown spread: 14'
Points: 34.5
Owner and location: Colby B. Rucker, Arnold, Anne Arundel Co.

Species : Serviceberry (Amelanchier aborea)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 10' 1"
Height: 39'
Crown spread: 30'
Points: 167.5
Owner and location: State of Maryland, Grantsville, Garrett Co.

Species : Hercules club (Aralia spinosa)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 1' 3"
Height: 22'
Crown spread: 14'
Points: 40.5
Owner and location: Mrs. Wilfred B. Hathaway, Churchville, Harford Co.

Species : Paw paw (Asimina triloba)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 2' 4'
Height: 35'
Crown spread: 26'
Points: 69.5
Owner and location: Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, Prince George's Co.

Species : River birch (Betula nigra)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 17' 3"
Height: 81'
Crown spread: 96'
Points: 312
Owner and location: Mitchellville, Prince George's Co.

Species : Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 5' 11"
Height: 49'
Crown spread: 46'
Points: 131.5
Owner and location: Richard Anderson, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co.

Species : European white birch (Betula pendula)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 3' 10"
Height: 49'
Crown spread: 20'
Points: 100
Owner and location: Richard Allen, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co.

Species : European white birch (Betula pendula)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 6' 4"
Height: 49'
Crown spread: 54'
Points: 138.5
Owner and location: Scientists Cliffs Association, Port Republic, Calvert Co.

Species : Grey birch (Betula populifolia)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 8' 7"
Height: 68'
Crown spread: 50'
Points: 183.5
Owner and location: Mrs. James D. Spruill, Parkton, Baltimore Co.

Species : River birch (Betula nigra)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 17' 3"
Height: 81'
Crown spread: 96'
Points: 312
Owner and location: Mitchellville, Prince George's Co.

Species : Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 5' 11"
Height: 49'
Crown spread: 46'
Points: 131.5
Owner and location: Richard Anderson, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co.

Species : European white birch (Betula pendula)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 3' 10"
Height: 49'
Crown spread: 20'
Points: 100
Owner and location: Richard Allen, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co.

Species : European white birch (Betula pendula)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 6' 4"
Height: 49'
Crown spread: 54'
Points: 138.5
Owner and location: Scientisis Cliffs Association, Port Republic, Calvert Co.

Species : Grey birch (Betula populifolia)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 8' 7"
Height: 68'
Crown spread: 50'
Points: 183.5
Owner and location: Mrs. James D. Spruill, Parkton, Baltimore Co.

Species : Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 6' 6"
Height: 59'
Crown spread: 36'
Points: 146
Owner and location: City of Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore City Co.

Species : Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 2' 6"
Height: 31'
Crown spread: 22'
Points: 66.5
Owner and location: Kevin E. Dayhoff, Westminster, Carroll Co.

Species : Musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 4' 2"
Height: 56'
Crown spread: 45'
Points: 117.3
Owner and location: Howard Co. Rec & Parks, Ellicott City, Howard Co.

Species : Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 12' 7"
Height: 125'
Crown spread: 42'
Points: 286.5
Owner and location: Dr. Hiroshi Nakazawa, Baltimore, Baltimore Co.

Species : Pignut hickory(Carya glabra)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 8' 6"
Height: 127'
Crown spread: 60'
Points: 244
Owner and location: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Prince George's Co.

Species : Pecan(Carya ilinoensis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 15' 4"
Height: 134'
Crown spread: 95'
Points: 341.8
Owner and location: Hampton Nat. Hist. Site, Towson, Baltimore Co.

Species : Shellbark Hickory(Carya laciniosa)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 10' 6"
Height: 87'
Crown spread: 68'
Points: 330
Owner and location: A.D. Farquar, Sandy Springs, Montgomery Co.

Species : Red hickory(Carya ovalis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 8"
Height: 80'
Crown spread: 55'
Points: 185.8
Owner and location: Southeast Washington, Keedysville, Washington Co.

Species : Shadbark hickory(Carya ovata)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 14' 9"
Height: 90'
Crown spread: 116'
Points: 296
Owner and location: James and Kathleen Suite, Edgewater, Anne Arundel County.

Species : Pale-leaved hickory(Carya pallida)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 11' 4"
Height: 100'
Crown spread: 62'
Points: 251.5
Owner and location: State of Maryland, St. Leonard, Calvert Co.

Species : Mockernut hickory(Carya tomentosa)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 14' 10"
Height: 108'
Crown spread: 65'
Points: 302.25
Owner and location: MNCPPC, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.

Species : Japanese chestnut(Castanea crenata)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 11' 3"
Height: 47'
Crown spread: 54'
Points: 195.5
Owner and location: M. Dorsey Wright, Centerville, Queen Anne's Co.

Species : American Chestnut(Castanea dentata)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 3"
Height: 75'
Crown spread: 36'
Points: 171
Owner and location: American Chestnut Land Trust, Port Republic, Calvert Co.

Species : Chinese chestnut(Castanea mollissima)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 17' 0"
Height: 53'
Crown spread: 62'
Points: 272.5
Owner and location: MD Dept. of natural Resources, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.

Species : Allegheny chinkapin(Carya ovata)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7"
Height: 16'
Crown spread: 16'
Points: 27
Owner and location: Southern Middle School, Lusby, Calvert Co.

Species : Southern catalpa(Catalpa bignonioides)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 17' 2"
Height: 68'
Crown spread: 73'
Points: 292.3
Owner and location: Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Curlett, Ruxton, Baltimore Co.

Species : Northern catalpa(Catalpa speciosa)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 18' 1"
Height: 76'
Crown spread: 79'
Points: 312.75
Owner and location: Darnestown Civic Association, Darnestown, Montgomery Co.

Species : Blue atlas cedar(Cedrus atlantica)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 7"
Height: 52'
Crown spread: 76'
Points: 186
Owner and location: Landmark Sta. Townhomes, Germantown, Montgomery Co.

Species : Deodar cedar(Cedrus deodara)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 4"
Height: 76'
Crown spread: 40'
Points: 174
Owner and location: McCrilis Gardens, Bethesda, Montgomery Co.

Species : Lebanon cedar(Cedrus libani)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 11' 4"
Height: 64'
Crown spread: 78'
Points: 219.5
Owner and location: Hampton Nat. Hist. Site, Towson, Baltimore Co.

Species : Hackberry(Celtis occidentalis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 18' 0"
Height: 87'
Crown spread: 82'
Points: 325.5
Owner and location: Howard Williams, Boyds, Montgomery Co.

Species : Kasuretree(Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 7' 9"
Height: 59'
Crown spread: 40'
Points: 162
Owner and location: Park Raven Apartments, Baltimore, Baltimore City Co.

Species : Redbud(Cercis canadensis)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 3' 2"
Height: 28'
Crown spread: 39'
Points: 75.75
Owner and location: William Flury, Bethesda, Montgomery Co.

Species : Port-orford cedar(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 9' 5"
Height: 61'
Crown spread: 39'
Points: 183.75
Owner and location: Jack Schumacher, Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co.

Species : Japanese falsecypress(Chamaecyparis pisifera)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 6' 4"
Height: 63'
Crown spread: 23'
Points: 144.75
Owner and location: Tracy Batteson, Port Republic, Calvert Co.

Species : Atlantic white cedar(Chamaecyparis thyoides)
Circumference at 4 1/2 ft: 8' 8"
Height: 73'
Crown spread: 28'
Points: 184
Owner and location: City of Salisbury, Salisbury, Wicomico Co.

19950701 The Big Tree Champions of MD DNR

Agriculture Nursery Stock and Landscaping Big Tree Champions

Maryland Department of Natural Resources