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Montgomery Parks is hosting a Paint with your Pup event at Olney Manor Recreational Park on May 15.
The event will be taking place during National Pet Month. Dogs and owners will work as a team to make a piece of art.
Each dog owner will be given a small canvas, paint, a gallon-size plastic bag and sunflower butter. Owners will put paint on the canvas and then put the entire thing in the plastic bag. The sunflower butter will be spread over the plastic bag, and used to entice the pups to “paint.”
There will be three 30-minute painting sessions offered between 10 a.m. and noon. The event will be located in the picnic area across from the Olney Manor Dog Park.
‘Skip the Straw’ Campaign Begins Saturday
The “Skip the Straw” campaign beginning Saturday reminds Montgomery County restaurants and food service businesses to forego the extra plastic.
County Executive Marc Elrich proposed the law which prohibits straws given to dine-in customers, except on request or in compliance with federal disability rights laws. The Montgomery County Council approved the bill in December 2020.
The campaign is sponsored by the County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Single-use plastic straws have proven to be harmful to the environment by littering waterways and streets and jamming recycling machines.
Bill 32-20 will require businesses in the food industry to get rid of plastic straws and instead adopt degradable and compostable alternatives. The straws are said to be comparable in cost to the original plastic straws, according to Elrich.
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Raskin to Give Keynote Address at Universities of Shady Grove Graduation
Rep. Jamie Raskin will deliver the keynote address to The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) graduates at their May 7 virtual ceremony.
The graduation will begin at 7 p.m. with an opening speech from Gov. Larry Hogan. Other speakers include USG Executive Director Anne Khademian and four graduating students.
This year marks the 20th graduation ceremony and will honor around 1,000 students from USG and its nine partner institutions, which includes University of Maryland College Park, Salisbury and Towson University.
The graduation can be streamed on USG’s YouTube and Facebook pages.
If You’re a Fan of the 80’s, the Heat Is On This Week
Summer does not officially begin until June 20 but folks in the DMV will get a sneak preview this week.
Ready or not, temperatures will climb into the 8o’s Tuesday through Thursday.
Quite a departure from late last week when temps dipped into the 30’s.
D.C.-area forecast: Spring sunshine with summer warmth the next few days https://t.co/4VINa7FoZi
The 80s are back so get out your suspenders, and do your hair BIG. Today will be the first of 3 consecutive days with highs in the 80s so what looks good today will look even better tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/fVd5KQhxBh