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Food Collection Event Includes Blood Drive
Congregation B'nai Tzedek, at 10621 S. Glen Rd. in Potomac, will host a public charity event Sunday.
The congregation will accept frozen turkeys or Giant Food gift card donations, which the Manna Food Center will distribute to people in need. A refrigerated truck will collect the turkeys from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Red Cross Blood Mobile will also be onsite from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to receive blood donations. To schedule an appointment, contact Jamie Perkins at 301-299-0225, Ext. 301, or jperkins@bnaitzedek.org.
For information, call 301-299-0225, or visit http:/
State Agency Cautions Firewood Purchasers
With the arrival of cold weather, many Maryland residents are turning on their furnaces and buying firewood.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture recently issued an advisory about the state's regulations governing the measurement and sale of firewood.
There is a quarantine in Prince George's and Charles counties prohibiting the movement of ash wood materials and all hardwood firewood out of those counties. The restriction is designed to prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer, an invasive species that kills ash trees.
Maryland regulations require that firewood sold in the state be offered by the cord or fractions of a cord. Any other term -- such as truckload, rack, face cord or pile -- is illegal.
"Most consumers do not understand the meaning of a cord, or they are unaware of the many ways wood can be stacked to look like a cord when it isn't," said Will Wotthlie, chief of weights and measures.
A cord is the amount of wood stacked in a well-compacted manner in a space of 128 cubic feet, typically in a stack measuring 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 4 feet high, with no internal gaps.
Bulk sales of firewood are supposed to be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the date of delivery, the name and address of the seller and buyer, the quantity of wood delivered, the cost of the wood, the type of wood delivered, and the license number or other identifying number of the vehicle that transports the wood.
