$300. >> reporter: the real price has been their lost sense of security and president mounting -- the mounting frustration. >> we learned more and more cars were hit which is so aggravating. >> reporter: in carroll county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> if you live in this area, you're asked to keep an eye out for suspicious cars. roll up the windows, lock the doors and remove valuables. the potentially dangerous parvo virus is starting to turn up in dogs. the doctor said you can't believe everything you read on the web. although it's highly contagious you don't need a special cleantor kill the germs. bleach can work. if your pup has symptoms start hydrating the dog with gatorade. just call a vet. >> make sure you have a good diet. the internet is a good place to get general information. >> you need to check with your local veterinarian and make sure you're following their guidelines. >> the best bet is to make sure they're vaccinated against the virus. many of our state legislators are back in session for the special session. item one, possible gambling exspafntle lawmakers are also considering adding a sixth casino in prince george's county. delegate ron george echoed the feelings already made by other lawmakers concerned about the impact of any decisions on their home counties. >> we want to work at how this will hold anne arundel harmless at the time funding has been cut. >> also on the agenda for the special session, how about taking on a controversial court ruling declaring pit bus as dangerous. lawmakers expect special session to take three to five days. everybody love last good deal. starting this sunday morning maryland's tax free week is back. that means savings on back-to-school clothing and shoes. the average person with a child in kindergarten through 12th will spend just over $688 for back-to-school shopping. our officials are hoping the vacation will not only save shoppers but will benefit stores. >> get off the internet. shop at these great stores. they employ our friends, neighbors, family members. >> if you need more information, just head to abc2news.com. you can find a link with a list of what types of items qualify on our home page under the featured stories. take advantage of that and think about sick -- picking up school supplies for those in need. abc2 is working with the preston mitchum foundation and the celebree learning center. the drive is starting right now. kelly swoope is live at sell le bree learning -- celebree learning center with more. >> my helpers have been busy packing bags. the drive goes through august 24th. i want to bring in pries ton -- preston mitchum. he started this. >> this drive is in its ninth year. on average we help out about 1200 kids a year. we are hoping to double or triple it. first time partnering with celebree but we have a lot of donations already. >> you can get involved. richard huffman from celebree, the president and ceo, tell me how you connected. >> preston said can we use your location to help raise school supplies. >> what has your response been so far? >> great. to see the little guys, preschoolers, school agers not only help but they get the less son of leeping other kids in need. >> why dead you decide to get involved? >> there's some lessons learned here. and as you heard kevin speak earlier, he knew exactly why he was doing. to watch that and knowing he's learning that lesson warms my heart. >> the kids kind of spearheaded the event. >> they made all the banners. >> there's lots of ways to help fill the box. we have a full screen. the basic school supplies, the composition notebooks, the pens, the pencils, the backpacks. when our kids head back to school, they can be prepared for the school year. you can check ot our website at abc2news.com/school supplies. you will find all of the locations throughout our area. you can go there and drop off the school supplies and find more information about why we're doing it and an opportunity for people to get involved and send the kids back to school prepared. jamie, back to you. >> great effort out there. thank you. >> listen, we're only about three weeks away from the second annual grand pri and you've -- grand prix and you've seen the roads. now the drivers are starting to make an appearance. we have a sneak peek. >> i think a lot of people saw the race on tv last year that's never been to baltimore and hopefully will be coming in. >> race organizers say last year more than 100,000 people turned out to watch the races but the organizers and city officials will have to wait until labor day weekend to find out if the turnout will be higher this year. this was 23 years ago that dave johnson made his first start at memorial stadium. we want to take you to the stands. see this guy next to grandma and sitting on the other side is mamma terra. tonight on this very night, 23 years to the night steve johnson will make his first career start for the orioles. think we're excited? see how he does. we're 24 hours away from the ravens first proseason game. they practiced in owe wig -- owe wing mills. he'll be there with scott garceau. >> it feels like it's unavoidable. you search the web and anycan figure out where -- anyone can figure out where you've gone. >> it as only wednesday but a look at some grilling techniques. >> i'm getting hockey ri already -- hungry already. 86 normal. we're guaranteed to 90, so within two degrees. marie, congrats. don't forget to check us out on mobile, your mobile device, even our news app. we're back with more coming up. let's go it beautiful bel air. they're getting ready for the barbecue bash. that's coming up on friday on abc2. you know about the don't did -- about the do not call list. abc2 news joce sterman has more in this week's scam alert. >> reporter: this online shop are was shocked the first time he searched a web looking for a certain product and found the same thing pop up on a different website eye felt like i was being follow -- i felt like i was being followed. >> you and others are quietly being followed. this specialized software lets you know how or a being tracked -- you're being tracked. >> it's being shared among hundreds of companies. >> reporter: the federal trade commission is creating a do not track self-the goal is to let you opt sut of online tracking. >> what the ftc has said is do not track should mean that information about where you go on the net is not collected by third parties with narrow exceptions for things like ensuring security. >> reporter: but the ftc said some companies want that you can opt out of ads and not data collection. they said they have to anonymout research. >> if you're a rental car company and you're getting a lot of clicks from a particular area, you might want to open up a new rental car agency in that area. >> reporter: the digital advertising alliance unveiled the opt out program. just click on icons like this one. you'll get ads but not targeted based on what you searched. some web browsers say you don't want to be tracked in privacy settings. mario is giving that a try. joce sterman, abc2 news. >> right now the do not track features are voluntary for companies to follow but members track not to -- promise not to track you if initiated. if companies adopt them a system will be in place by the end of the year. a couple hot hazy days and the million dollar question will we continue to see more of the same with the clouds around maryland but the showers staying to our south. we'll talk about it in one second. very limited rain. we see one shower popping up in western montgomery county just south of barnlsville. other than that a cloudy scenario from bell hair to manchester. you name it. the further west you go, for instance in carroll county, you saw it breaking through. it was tough top find any sunshine whatsoever throughout the entire day. right now conditions at bwi 86 degrees. humidity around 50% feeling more muggy than that 55 number would indicate. the problem is the humidity, the dew point numbers, the total moisture is very high. this feels like 97 even now in frederick. so it's heat plus humidity. the sun is out just west of the baltimore area. as you get out toward allegany county, garrett county, as close as hagerstown. we're on that boundary. that will be, i think, the story tomorrow. will this last into the weekend, no? there will be changes, especially friday night into early saturday. until then we were will be plagued by this shifting boundary, stalled pattern and i still think the bulk of the rain will be south of us. the bulk of the extreme humidity, the dry hair is knocking on our door but can't quite get in here. the high humidity from cape hatteras is on that cutoff. it reminds me of the reverse of winter. it's the last several days, even the last week or two we've often been on that boundary of the drier and less humid air. here's the deal tomorrow, pretty quiet. i think we could see a few showers come in with that boundary maybe backtracking, drifting further north. better chance for rain coming friday night. here's our new boundary. this system will continue to slight from west to east. so perhaps we get friday afternoon, friday evening plans, no trouble. that would be good for the barbecue fest. as we go into friday night and saturday we will look for that storm system to aright. ernesto making its first of two landfalls in mexico. you can see the center of the eye moving back over the deep southern gulf of mexico, the bay of campeche that will make a second landfall. we think it's a strong tropical storm. initially this was a hurricane as it comes in south of cancun, ernesto. overnight 70, partly cloudy. tomorrow we'll say 912 -- 92. we think we could get showers into tomorrow evening. the better chance will arrive into friday night into early saturday. that's going to be when we really could see some fairly active weather. the weekend looks relatively decent by saturday evening into sunday. come on, now. >> what do you put on the grill. what does wyatt everhart put on the grill? >> like to get a nice pork shoulder and smoke it up, just smoke it for hours. that's good eye know it's only mid-week, but he's getting us hungry. abc2 stopped by the farmers market to get some grilling tips and unusual ideas. >> my mission was to find out what i could buy fresh at a farmers market and put on my grill, something more than just hamburgers. >> look at that? >> honestly, eat it fresh out like that. >> now that's fresh but what about putting it on the grill? >> what i like to do is remove some of this. what i'll do is i'll leave this on the grill and we'll let this cook for generally about 10 to 15 minutes and we'll keep rotating around. >> what's the best tip for grilling meats? use a rub. >> coriander, cumin, cardamom. >> it as like curing the quicken as well. cutting fresh corn, zucchini and onions will make a great succotash. >> sometimes if you add oils or something to the peppers and put it on the grill, it gets too smoky and the car sin know gins build up. i try to go dry method. >> grilled fruits. >> it's all the sugars and everything. if you just marinade it a little bit and whatever you are marinading it in. >> you can do peaches or any kind of fruit. butter it up. put it were your favorite pound cake or ice cream, a great dessert for summertime. >> reporting for abc2 news. >> love it. now with that we need dessert. here's a birthday surprise, not for the scwee mish. this is mish -- squeamish. monte the python. everybody enjoyed the special activities, including the four-day fun. so happy birthday, aquarium, and keep it right here on abc2 when wyatt everhart will be doing a snorkel dive. all right. let's go outside right now. here we are looking at the weather at 6:22 and we'll be right back. i know this is your first year involved with the drive, but you guys are all about kids at celebree. >> we are. we have the mission to educate and nurture. >> all over, where are you located? >> 20 areas through out baltimore. >> what age. >> section weeks, baby, babies, after school programs. our mission is to make sure these little ones are prepared to enter kindergarten. that's why the drive was so important. >> got an open house coming up. >> we do, this saturday between 10:00 and 1:00. it's our big drive. each child who enrolls will receive a brad new ipad. >> you can bring a backpack. you know about next month's rollout about the iphone but have you hard about the ipad. keeping their clothes on. abc2 breaks down the risk of running barefoot. i know you will be at the aquarium. >> remember the famous video? >> they gave him keys to the place, actual keys. one night they walk in. opened up the door -- >> pretty much had the keys to the whole city. just a stray shower. i think we'll be dry most of the evening. tomorrow after a night in the low 70s, we're back pushing 90 my friend and, really, i think tomorrow could be the hottest day of the outlook. >> all right. we will see you tonight at 11:00. let's all route for steve johnson on the hill in a half an hour.