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Funding Awarded To Expand Garrett Co. Trails System

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Jul. 8, 2010

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $30,000 grant to expand the trails system in Garrett County, U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin announced Tuesday.

The funds will be used to conduct a feasibility study of a looped trail system in the county. The route will connect the county’s existing trails to other public parks and regional trails, including the Great Allegheny Passage.

The study will also explore options for developing 75 miles of new trail that will maximize use of the county’s large amounts of publicly owned land.

The project will be administered by Garrett County Trails. In addition to ARC funds, Garrett Trails will provide $20,000, and the Maryland Program Open Space will provide $10,000, bringing the total project funding to $60,000.

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Black Bears at Youghiogheny Mountain Resort

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A mother and three of her “kids” showed up in the yard of Mike and Melanie Cooper and basically made themselves at home at their Youghiogheny Mountain Resort residence. The mama bear and three cubs stopped by several mornings, and on this particular visit the sow ventured up the front-porch steps to smell the hanging baskets of petunias. Meanwhile, two of the cubs had fun playing “tether ball” with an empty bird feeder.

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More on the fireworks from the Republican

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Jul. 8, 2010

In many locales, the skies above Garrett County were filled with fireworks over the July 4th holiday weekend, to the delight of thousands of residents and visitors, and pictured above is a “behind the scenes” look at what is involved in presenting such a display. Milton Proudfoot, Oakland, who has been a fireworks shooter for over 40 years, is shown preparing some of mortars that sent 597 individual shots of fireworks into the sky above Broadford Lake on Saturday. Proudfoot noted that the largest supply of fireworks in the world was destroyed in a massive explosion in Hong Kong a few years ago, causing a huge shortage at that time. But he said that today there is a surplus of fireworks because of the faltering economy and resulting cancellation of many displays. Photo courtesy of Erin White.

Read the article here.

Watch the grand finale of the Deep Creek Lake fireworks here.

Art in the Park – Deep Creek Discovery Center

From the Discovery Center website:

*Service charge applies for entrance*

July 10, 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
July 11, 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Over 40 artists exhibit and sell their original artwork at this annual event sponsored by the Western Garrett County State Park Volunteers, Inc. to help local businesses and non-profits, provide environmental education, and fundraise for the Forest Canopy Walkway Project at the Discovery Center. Vendors at Art in the Park typically donate something to be auctioned off on behalf of the WGCSPV, Inc. to raise funds towards the forest canopy project and community members provide a ton of volunteer hours to make this event successful every year.

The WGCSPV, Inc. also hosts a Tye Dying Station where you can make your one of a kind Art in the Park T-shirt for $10. Proceeds benefit the Forest Canopy Walkway Project. The Discovery Center also hosts a booth with volunteers, where community members can observe the birds from the aviary up close and can even get a chance touch a range of different animals like snakes and frogs. The animals change every few hours, so visitors check in to see what is new.

Vendors/businesses include dixieland music, food, pottery, jewelry, photography, woodworking, watercolor and oil paintings and much more. If you are a vendor/business and would like to have a booth at this years Art in the Park, please call the Discovery Center ASAP. First come first serve. Spaces are limited!

Come by boat or car to the event. A service charge applies for entrance this year. Call 301-387-7067 or 301-387-7314 for more info.

Sponsored by the Western Garrett County State Park Volunteers Inc. and
Garrett County Arts Council

International Interest in U.S. Homeownership Increases – Reuters

Reuters – US Edition (NY,NY) via World Wide Web 07/07/2010
Source Website: www.reuters.com

International Interest in U.S. Homeownership Increases, Realtors(R) Report

Wed Jul 7, 2010 2:24pm EDT

WASHINGTON, DC, Jul 07 (MARKET WIRE) — International home buyers are increasingly attracted to property in the U.S., according to the National Association of Realtors(R)’ 2010 Profile of International Home Buying Activity. Several factors, including the strength of the dollar, the value and desirability of U.S. real estate, and the emerging economic recovery, continue to drive international interest in owning a home in this country. “While all real estate in the U.S. is local, the same is not true for property owners,” said NAR President Vicki Cox Golder, owner of Vicki L. Cox Real Estate in Tucson, Ariz. “The U.S. continues to be a top destination for international buyers from all over the world. Foreign buyers understand the value of owning a home in this country and can rely on Realtors(R) to help guide them through the complex process of buying property in the U.S. With expertise, knowledge and experience, Realtors(R) have a global perspective.” The survey, released today, covers the period between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010. During that time foreign buyers, including those with residency outside the U.S. as well as recent immigrants and temporary visa holders, are estimated to have purchased $66 billion of U.S. residential property, or 7 percent of the residential market. Slightly more than a quarter of Realtors(R), 28 percent, reported working with at least one international client in the past year. This is a significant increase from the 2009 report, when 23 percent of Realtors(R) worked with foreign clients. Eighteen percent of all Realtors(R) were estimated to have completed at least one sale, compared to 12 percent last year. “Several factors have contributed to an increase in international buyer interest in the U.S.,” said Golder. “A large majority of Realtors(R) report the changes in value to the U.S. dollar have had a strong impact on the international real estate business. In addition, perceptions abroad about trends in the U.S. real estate market have led many international clients to believe purchasing a home in the U.S. is more affordable than in their country and holds more value.”

Read more here.
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Central Maryland now in agricultural drought

Most of Central Maryland, incuding Baltimore and the surrounding counties, are now, officially, experiencing a moderate agricultural drought (tan on the map), according to the Drought Monitor map released Thursday by NOAA.

Portions of southern Anne Arundel County, Calvert and small sections of Prince George’s, Charles and St. Mary’s counties, are coping with severe drought (orange), according to the map.
Only Garrett County continues to enjoy normal conditions. The rest of the state (yellow)is rated as “abnormally dry.”

In all, 64 percent of Maryland is now classified as being in drought, up from 37 percent last week. About 4 percent is in severe drought for the first time this year.

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Horse rescue farm gets help from inmates – Garrett County horse follow up

Seems like the rescue horses are doing much better and they’re making new friends;

from the Baltimore Sun:

Even as she toiled at a Woodbine farm Thursday in the relentless heat and humidity, Paula Jordan said she and three other female inmates were grateful to the owners for allowing them “a little taste of freedom.”

Jordan, a 41-year-old Baltimore resident convicted of second-degree assault, is a member of a newly formed crew dispatched from the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women to pitch in twice a week with maintenance on the 58 acres of rolling pasture at Days End Farm Horse Rescue.

The nonprofit organization long known for giving horses second chances at life is turning a spotlight on prisoners in need of the same opportunity.

“I made wrong choices and I’m paying the consequences,” said the single mother of three who is serving a six-year sentence at the Jessup prison and is slated to be released in October 2011.

“We accept that we will be working in the fields for now, but I love animals,” Jordan said eagerly. “We met some of the horses Tuesday and learned the ways they communicate. This will be a good learning experience.”

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Riding the wake on a Rotax – AOPA Pilot Blog

Interesting comparison between flight and the experience of riding a personal watercraft (PWC) on Deep Creek Lake. From the article:

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Riding a PWC this week on Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland, I found the craft being sucked into the wake of boats when riding parallel to the wake, as we do when flying in formation. The result was a rolling motion that seemed to take control of the PWC, making me feel as if I were along for the ride. Turning to cross the wake at 90 degrees led to a more thrilling, jolting ride, but one where I felt more in control…

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Author, artist at Deep Creek event – Art in the Park

Cumberland Times-News

DEEP CREEK LAKE — Award-winning children’s book author Melinda Chambers of Romney, W.Va., will attend Art in the Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Deep Creek Lake State Park’s Discovery Center. She will be autographing her books, audio books and T-shirts.

Ashley Teets of Terra Alta, W.Va., an award-winning children’s book illustrator and artist, will be painting children’s faces in Chambers’ tent near the Discovery Center.

For more information, call 301-387-7067 or log on to www.discoverycenterdcl.com

If you are thinking of buying or selling real estate in Garrett County or Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, call Jay Ferguson of Railey Realty for all of your real estate needs! 877-563-5350

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Going camping this summer? Top five tips for a great trip

Deep Creek Lake gets a plug in this camping piece….

Posted: 07/08/2010
By: Roosevelt Leftwich

Earleville, MD – Wouldn’t it be nice to relax on a nice sunny beach.

Well for some folks this thought stinks.

They’d rather be out roughing it in the woods.

But then others would rather be out doors but have a nice RV to climb into at night.

Tip number one….pick the right camp,

“It’s very much like picking a hotel there are certain people that have brands that they like and locations that they like it’s the same thing with camping we have locations that range from Deep Creek Lake area to Saint George’s island surrounded by the Potomac camping on a beach or camping in a luxury cabin with Wi-Fi and cable.” Maryland Campgrounds Association President Deb Carter says.

Read the rest here.

Funding Awarded To Expand Garrett Co. Trails System

Black Bears at Youghiogheny Mountain Resort

More on the fireworks from the Republican

Art in the Park – Deep Creek Discovery Center

International Interest in U.S. Homeownership Increases – Reuters

Central Maryland now in agricultural drought

Horse rescue farm gets help from inmates – Garrett County horse follow up

Riding the wake on a Rotax – AOPA Pilot Blog

Author, artist at Deep Creek event – Art in the Park

Going camping this summer? Top five tips for a great trip

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