Newsletter
Mission Statement:” Bringing Business and the Community Together”…..
 To provide a networking opportunity for all businesses
 To promote open communication and support to all business and community leaders
 To be a resource for information generated from County, City and State levels that have a direct Impact on our Business Community
President’s Message:

The Overlea Fullerton Business & Professional Association will host its first “ReDiscover Your Business Neighbors “Wine, Cheese and Pizza Networking Social” at Amer’s Café on Thursday, May 10th at 4:30 PM. All OFBPA members are FREE. We welcome members from other business associations. Just bring your membership card and your cost is only $5. Cost is $10 for all non-members. So please mark the calendar and plan to attend. All updates are posted on our website at www.ofbpa.com.

The OFBPA Spring Business & Health Fair will be held on April 24th from 2:00- 7:00 pm. Our event is FREE to the community and is the biggest opportunity for your business to network. We are adding a health care component this year. The event will be held at Rosedale Gardens, located next to the Rosedale Fire Hall (8037 Philadelphia Road) approx. 5 minutes from Belair Road. Sterling Caterers will once again provide the food for our event. Cost is $35 to members and $60 to non-members. Vendor spaces still available. We ask all businesses to post a flyer in their window to help us promote the event. We are still in desperate need of volunteers to help at this event.

All business owners/manager and all community organization leaders are invited to our
next general meeting on April 18th at 4:30 pm at Brightview Assisted Living (8100 Rossville Blvd) Nottingham, MD 21236. Guest speaker will be Richard Mince from Passport Plus. Passport Plus is an affordable, local coupon book for all businesses.

Upcoming events planned for 2007 include an ice cream social meeting in July at the Meadows, our back to School Movie Day in August, Our Community Night and Chance Auction in September and a pre-holiday celebration in November.

For all events and for membership forms visit our website at. www.ofbpa.com.or Donna at 410-665-6551.

Donna Bethke, President

Monthly Meeting- April 18th 4::30 -6:00 PM

Brightview Assisted Living Nancy Tauschman 410-668-1588 (p)
8100 Rossville Boulevard (21236) ntauschman@bright-view.com
Guest Speaker: Richard Mince from Passport Plus, Inc.



2007 Calendar:
May 10th 4:30 -6:00 pm Amer’s Cafe Wine, Cheese & Pizza Networking Social
May 16th 7:30 – 9:00 am Eastern Savings Bank
June 13th 7:30 – 9:00 am
July 18th 4:30 -6:00 pm The Meadows (Walther Blvd)- Ice Cream Social –
August 1st 8:30 am- 12:00 pm Back to School Movie Day & Mini Business Fair
August 22nd 7:30 – 9:00 am
September 19th 7:30 – 9:00 am Taylor Park Apartments
October 17th 7:30 – 9:00 am Brightview Assisted Living
November 14th 4:30 -6:00 pm Amer’s Café Cost $5.00 –pre holiday buffet

If you can host a meeting this year, please contact Rachael Waters at 410-882-0915.

Minutes: March 18, 2007: (to be approved at the April meeting)
Officers and Executive Board in attendance: Donna Bethke, Darlene Conner, Patty Zimmerman, Kim Durham., & Rachael Waters
President’s Report- Made contact with (Rosedale) Route 40 Business & Civic Assoc; met with Bob S. from Parkville Business Assoc; attended PBA’s meeting last month; trying to contact Passport Plus; Out in the County Magazine- new publication; still trying to connect with MRN-have emailed and left messages; email to White Marsh police in ref to unsafe u-turns being made at Overton Ave.
Membership Report-49 members as of 3/18/07
Minutes – approved Feb. minutes. Motion to approve - Darlene 1st Rachael 2nd Approved
Treasurer’s Report-Income $691.50.00 Debits $1473.98 Ending Balance $5,266.33 Ac fundraiser profit was $535.00. Motion to approve.Kim1st Angela 2nd Approved
Hospitality Chair-still need host for meetings: Linover newsletter; HARBEL newsletter, Solutions for Today’s Growing Business’s hosted by M&T Bank, copy of SHA letter in ref. to new school flashing beacon at St. Michael’s, I-95 Ex. Toll Lanes
Old Business/New Business-New-
Spring Fair: Slavie will help be greeters/Linda Stark working on “goodie bags”/Darlene will help co-chair
Multi Vendor Bingo-still working on hall pricing and date confirmation.
HARBEL- request for donation-not approved.
Storyville at Rosedale Public Library- agreed to donate to this project –will determine which event to promote the donation of the proceeds.
Wine and Cheese Networking Social to be held in May—date selected as May 10th- will find a place to host.
SHA Presentation-review PowerPoint and blueprints
OTHER - Who has something to share? Upcoming events? Ideas/Suggestions
Next Meeting: April 18th at 4:30 pm Brightview Assisted Living. Wrap Up- Motion to Adjourn


Board of Directors 2007:

President Donna Bethke (410) 665-6551 Vice President Pat Zimmerman (410) 444-5555
Treasurer Darlene Conner (410) 661-4412 Welcome Chair Cathy Kratovil 443-520-7179
Directory Chair Kimberly Durham (888) 887-9297 ex. 41506 Secretary vacant
Hospitality- Rachael Waters 410-882-0915 Member at Large- Barbara Nash 410-488-4800



WE ARE STILL NEED OF HELP:
1) A prize committee—each vendor will bring a door prize that needs to be numbers upon arrival and put on display. Shopping for a few prizes might be necessary.
2) Day of Event- someone who can assist the vendors in finding their space ( this can be a vendor who can set up a bit earlier)

Welcome Membership 2007

Renewal .Tech Services LLC Zach John 410-254-2222 (p)
Renewal A Natural Way to Health Frances Thomas 410-325-6677 (p)
Renewal A-1 Bill & Earl's Auto, Inc. Earl Specher, Jr. or Marty 410-668-4100 (p)
New Accounting Outsource, Inc. Richard Beil 410-882-8485 (p)
Renewal Ace Web Hosting & Design Marty Schorr 410-374-9188 (p)
Renewal Adecco Employment Services Sharon Kozlowski 410-931-4009 (p)
New Amers Cafe Gretchen Amer 410-668-5100 (p)
Renewal Amica Mutual Insurance Company Kim Durham 1-888-887-9297x41506
Renewal Amore Travel, Inc. Lois Munchel 410-882-6800 (p)
New Apple Insurance Services, Inc. Angela Heydt 410-426-9852 (p)
Renewal Arbonne -Amy Foos Amy Foos 410-668-0108 (p)
Renewal Avon Products-Donna Bethke Donna Bethke 410-665-6551(p)
Renewal Baltimore County Councilman-6th District Joe Bartenfelder 410-887-5223 (p)
Renewal Bayview Medical- Homecare, Inc. Dan McLaughlin 410-665-0107 (p)
Renewal BeautiControl-Alyssa Bourne Alyssa Bourne 443-904-6054 (p)
New Beltone Hearing Center Warren Roth 410 256-7700 (p)
Renewal Bethlehem Christian Day School Alice J. Moore, Principal 410-488-8963 (p)
New Borden Insurance Agency, Inc. B.J. Borden 410-488-9400 (p)
Renewal Brightview Assisted Living Nancy Tauschman 410-668-1588 (p)
Renewal Brooke McDonald & Associates Brian Brooke 443-588-0101 (p)
Renewal Casper G. Sippel, Inc. William H. Doyle 410-668-3910 (p)
New Century 21/American Patriot Realty Michael Jednorski 410-882-7000
New Chesapeake Martial Arts Lisa Wamhoff 410-663-9123 (p)
Renewal Dennis M. Robinson Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP 410-347-8797 (p)
Renewal Eastern Savings Bank Darlene Conner 410-661-4412 (p)
Renewal Edward Jones Investments Steve Reed 410-663-2715 (p)
Renewal Equity Realty, Inc. Scott Brucker 410-665-0200 (p)
Renewal Franklin Square Hospital Center Kristi Rasmussen 443-777-7454 (p)
Renewal Frost Tour & Travel William Frost 410-682-2313 (p)
Renewal Fullerton Elementary School Susan Biscoe, Principal 410-887-5234 (p)
New Helping Hands Chiropractic Dr. Shane Nassipour 410-663-1000 (p)
Renewal J. Lee Gurley & Son, Inc. John Gurley 410-668-9627 (p)
Renewal Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Tom McLhinney 410-550-0289 (p)
Renewal Kent W. Neibaur Anne Neibaur 410-668-2452 (p)
New Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc. Fred Lassahn 410-665-2000 (p)
Renewal Linover Improvement Assoc., Inc. Carl (Bud) Herb 410-661-7274 (p)
Renewal Madison Square Fed. Savings Bank Barbara Nash 410-488-4800 (p)
Renewal Mary Kay Cosmetics Maria Rosier 410-661-3335 (p)
New Maryland Insurance Administration Molly Rogers 410-468-2024 (p)
Renewal McCloskey Group, LLC Brian McCloskey 410-661-4110 (p)
Renewal Melvin's Tire & Auto Service, Inc. Joe Melvin 410-661-3900 (p)
Renewal Memory Treasures, Inc. Lynda Polutanovich 410-663-6726 (p)
Renewal Miller Motors Buick Bill Paszynski 410-485-7300 (p)
Renewal Miller-Dippel Funeral Home John Evans 410-426-7171 (p)
New Most Inc.Contractor Lorie Keiser 410-668-6678 (p)
Renewal Obrecht-Riehl Properties Robin DeMarco/Susan Obrecht-Riehl 410-769-8300 (p)
Renewal Overlea Health & Rehabilitation Center Bobbie Rohe/Maureen Brown 410-426-1424 (p)
Renewal Overlea Lion's Club Bill Frost 410-682-2313 (p)
Renewal Premier Designs Jewelry Julia Bondar 410-592-5221 (p)
New Quick Care Clinic 410-665-6944 (p)
Renewal Robert Karl Fritzsche AIA-Architect Robert Fritzsche 410-665-4135 (p)
Renewal Senator Kathy Klausmeier 410-256-1353 (p)
Renewal Slavie Federal Savings Bank Patty Zimmermann 410-444-5555 (p)
Renewal St. Michael the Archangel School Corinna Sibiski 410-665-1054 (p)
Renewal State Farm Insurance James McCray 410-882-9433 (p)
Renewal Tastefully Simple Linda Stark 410-284-6450 (p)
New Taylor Park Apartments Rachael Waters 410-882-0915 (p)
New The Artist Corner Jessica Vittek 410-665-4633 (p)
Renewal The Clip Joint, Inc. Florence Wells 410-665-7387 (p)
Renewal Visuals Graphic Design Cathy Kratovil 443-520-7179 (p)
New Wilbur R. Roese, M.D. Michelle Applegate-Harr 410-661-7676 (p)
New Zysk Printing Service, Inc. Carol Zysk 410-882-8009 (p)

63 paid members as of April 10, 2007
Remember that all members get a free listing on our website and 3 free listings in our 2007-2008 Business & Community Directory. Discounted fees for all events are offered to those with paid membership for 2007.



…to send all your events to Donna Bethke so she can post on our website (Also, she will PR in the NE Booster)


Managing Your Business Records

Every business, regardless of size or industry, should consider implementing a records management policy. Haphazard recordkeeping may have costly implications. Not only can a records management policy save you time and money, it may also provide some protections if your business becomes subject to litigation. Your implemented policy also helps to ensure that you have the information you need when you and your customers or clients need it.

While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to meet the needs of all businesses, there are a few considerations that apply universally:

 What records do you have? Identify the nature and extent of your business records, and remember that records do not exist only in paper form. Many businesses routinely generate enormous amounts of electronically stored information.
 What is reasonable to keep? You probably do not have to keep every piece of paper or electronic file you ever create.
 Are there any legal requirements for keeping a record? There are legal requirements regarding the retention of certain types of records. Businesses should, of course, be guided by those requirements.
 What makes sense from a business perspective? Absent a legal requirement, consider whether it makes sense to keep certain records for an extended period of time.
Keep in mind that simply having a records management policy is not enough. A policy that is not documented, not communicated to employees, and not followed might be worse than having no policy at all.

Dennis M. Robinson, Jr. is an attorney with Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P.
For more information, contact Dennis at 410.347.8797 or drobinson@wtplaw.com.




Project: Storyville An Interactive Children’s Learning Center:
Storyville is an exciting new hands-on learning opportunity for young children in the Baltimore County Public Library service area. This free, museum-like service will encourage children and caregivers in the greater Baltimore area to explore the interactive exhibits featured in this unique townscape. Below are highlights of what this one-of-a-kind project will feature and accomplish.
This museum quality interactive townscape is designed to engage children (ages infant to 6) in activities that will develop early literacy skills and school readiness. The townscape will include:
o Baby garden with manipulative toys, textured flowers, squeeze sounds, mirrors, spinning flowers, mobiles, peek-a-boo window, contrasting visual patterns and board books for development of sensory-motor skills.
o Library stocked with picture books, picture non-fiction, concept books, folk and fairytale books, DVD’s, musical CD’s, Baby Booster kits and comfortable seating for adults to read with their children.
o Toddler Bay, designed to help develop motor and language skills, will include driftwood to crawl through, rocks to climb on, steps to climb in the lighthouse, a toy boat to rock, a tide pool to explore, objects to stack and sort, animal and environmental sounds, a fishing game and pull apart shells.
o Home Living area, designed for preschool-aged children will include props to imitate home life – preparing a meal, setting a table, sorting laundry, writing a grocery list, reading a cookbook, feeding a baby, listening to a story on the storyline phone or CD player or exploring a trunk in the attic.
o Store is designed so it can be changed periodically to such places as a grocery story, farm stand, a pet store or a restaurant by using props like a cash register, play money, sorting baskets, shopping carts, scales, magnetic letters and numbers, literacy props (signs, price tags, lists, open/closed sign)
o Construction site is home to interactive activities such as build-a-wall, a work bench, design a building, blocks, vehicles, town signs and road signs all to foster spatial relationship, numbering, counting, sorting, measuring and positioning skills.
o Theatre complete with changeable marquee, costumes, props, seating for an audience, puppets, puppet theatre and
stage with various sets will encourage story telling, role playing and improvising dialogue.

The adults accompanying the child will be encouraged to interact with the child and take advantage of the education information at each location to help promote optimum development. Books appropriate for the specific age group, and materials for parents will be placed at each location for easy access by adult and child.
This $550,000 (approx), 2,240 square foot townscape will be built inside the existing Rosedale Library branch. At our March meeting we voted to donate funds to the Storyville project in 2007. Details to be announced later. Their goal is an opening date of January 2008.




Commercial Revitalization of Belair Road: Thanks to all the business members who have been able to attend these past months as Carroll Pupa (chair) and myself try to bring everyone up to date now that we have blueprints of proposed changes and a PowerPoint presentation. If you would like a copy (too huge to email), please contact Donna and she will get a CD copy to you.
I’ve been in contact with the SHA folks, have contacted Dan Burden directly and gave him the traffic numbers on Belair Road (he did not have these figures when he did the walk through last April) and he would NOT recommend a 4 to 2 lane change. It also makes sense that if fewer lanes move traffic efficiently, we would not be constantly “adding lanes” to the beltway and I-95 (JMO) In regards to the roundabouts Dan Burden says “I can say that this is an important corridor and that a team that fully understands modern traffic engineering concepts review what is being recommended by the state”. He also would not dismiss the idea of a roundabout-again needs several engineering aspects to be on board with the study. I’ve also been in contact with a “roundabout expert” and he states that there are many characteristics to them and careful study is needed.


Code Enforcement: Inspector Scott has called several times in reference to the untagged cars at Midori. They had been cited and the untagged cars have been moved. However an unoccupied travel trailer seems to have appeared and she will look into that as well. We will continue to monitor the situation as needed.
ZONING: The new owners of the barber shop/credit union building have asked for a special petition for 7517 &7519 to be used as a car/auction business. Thanks to Bud Herb (Linover) and Jeff Stintz (OCA) we’ve asked for a meeting with their lawyer to get clarification of their plan and how it will impact our communities. Meeting is scheduled for 4/26. Also the new owners of the old Bromwell Inn have expressed an interest in putting a “high-end” Italian car sales lot and auto mechanic shop on this corner. We will also monitor this as well. We will not be in favor of this type of business