January 2011 – Page 9 – Jay's Real Estate Blog

Ask Outdoors Girl – Deer Hunting

Gene Boyd is 73 and lived in the Baltimore area from 1956 to 2004. A deer hunter who called Garrett County his favorite spot, Boyd asks: Years ago, white-tailed deer season for firearms started on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It was changed to Saturday, the story goes, because wives complained that their husbands were going hunting rather than spending the holiday at home. Can you tell me when this change took place?

Outdoors Girl searched the Sun archives and asked veteran hunters if they could recall a Friday opening day, to no avail. She asked Bob Beyer, the institutional memory of DNR’s Wildlife and Heritage Program, who said the agency has no record of it ever starting on a Friday. Can anybody out there with a better memory than Beyer and me solve this mystery?

If you have an outdoors question in search of an answer, send it to candy.thomson@baltsun.com

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Farewell, 2010 – The Republican Newspaper

When the “sun sets” on the year 2010, some New Year’s Eve revelers will bid a fond farewell to a year filled with accomplishments and joy – the birth of a child, a healthy recovery, a financial boon. Others will pray quietly, hoping the new year will bring comfort and relief from the heartbreaking losses they endured in 2010. The Republican staff wishes all our readers a safe, prosperous, and healthy new year. Those who plan to venture out on New Year’s Eve are reminded not to drink and drive, and to be cautious of other drivers. Photo by John McEwen.

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Top 10 stories of 2010 – PittsburghLive.com

By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Saturday, January 1, 2011

February snowstorm: What began with a mad rush for milk, bread and other essentials ended with stranded motorists, abandoned cars and thousands of homes and businesses without power when a storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the region Feb. 5 and 6

Wet snow and falling tree limbs cut electricity — and with it, heat, and in some cases, water — to about 188,000 homes. Gov. Ed Rendell and local officials declared states of emergencies. Authorities urged people not to drive but invited anyone without heat to huddle in “warming centers” inside churches, government buildings and senior citizen centers.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl was snowed in with family and friends in the Laurel Mountains, celebrating his 30th birthday. He tried to return to Pittsburgh, “but it just isn’t safe out there,” he said. Outraged residents criticized city officials for failing to clear many streets.

Snowfall totaled 21.1 inches at the National Weather Service in Moon. The amount varied across the region: 17 inches measured in Greensburg, 15.5 inches in Kittanning, 19 inches in Monessen, 22 inches in Mars and 11 inches in Punxsutawney,
the weather service said. Friendsville in Garrett County, Md., reported 35.5 inches.

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A journey across the state – Outdoors Girl

By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun
January 1, 2011

You made me cry.

Of course I made myself cry, too.

Knife wounds, insect attacks and tandoori-hot temperatures aside, my favorite story involved me and you and the outdoors. In July, during one of the hottest stretches in a summer of hot stretches, I compressed a season’s worth of state park visits into one week. Twenty four parks, seven days, from Deep Creek Lake to the Atlantic Ocean.

The stunt was to promote the Maryland Park Service’s “Park Quest” family challenge, the best idea to come out of Annapolis since the coining of the state motto: “Manly deeds, womanly words.”

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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

Month: January 2011

Ask Outdoors Girl – Deer Hunting

Farewell, 2010 – The Republican Newspaper

Top 10 stories of 2010 – PittsburghLive.com

A journey across the state – Outdoors Girl

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