8 Perfect Summer Lake Towns - Yahoo Travel
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The marina at Deep Creek Lake rents everything from canoes to powerboats, plus kid-friendly toys like water trampolines.
Photo: Courtesy Garrett County Chamber of Commerce/Timothy Jacobsen
Oakland, Md.
on Deep Creek Lake
At the southern end of Deep Creek Lake, Oakland is home to Lakeside Creamery, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor dishing out 90 flavors to flocks of visitors. The peach ice cream, made from fresh local fruit and milk sourced from area dairy farms, is a perennial summer favorite. Right next door, Copper Kettle Popcorn sells the standard sweet-salty version and regional specialties like popcorn sprinkled with Old Bay, plus homemade fudge and chocolate-dipped pretzels. You can get to both by car, but it’s more fun to arrive by water and pull up to the boat slips. Deep Creek Marina rents everything from canoes to powerboats, plus kid-friendly toys like water trampolines. If it’s swimming you’re after, try the mile of shoreline at Deep Creek Lake State Park. Naturalists often lead free nature hikes and evening campfire talks centered around the area’s black bear population. Rest your head at the Lodges at Sunset Village, tucked deep in the woods about eight miles from Oakland. The cabins sleep four to 10 people and have working fireplaces, rustic knotty-pine furniture, and kitchenettes.
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Barefoot water-skiing at Jennings Randolph Lake
Deep Creek Lake isn’t the only lake to enjoy water activities in Garrett County – Jennings Randolph Lake & Yough Lake offer boaters a chance to water-ski, wakeboard, wakesurf, and tube!
Courtesy of Times-News
Bobby Poland of Frostburg skis barefoot Sunday at Jennings Randolph Lake. The 952-acre lake, named for the late U.S. Sen. Jennings Randolph, is located on the North Branch of the Potomac River in Garrett County and Mineral County, W.Va., and opened in 1981.
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Random Photos of a farm setting in Accident
These are some random photos from a house on Brobst Rd in Accident. It was a hot & hazy day, but I loved the way the mountains looked with the fields, trees & the big red barn in the distance…I LOVE Garrett County farms! I hope to have one of my own one day…
Other than the extremely hard work (that is never ending), I have always liked the idea of growing my own food, raising livestock and ‘working the farm’. A seemingly simpler life 🙂
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Confluence artist takes art to another dimension - Garrett County Native
Friday, July 9, 2010 10:45 PM EDT
(Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles that feature artists in the Turkeyfoot Highlands.)
By RICK KAZMER
rickk@dailyamerican.com
Connie Stark is taking her art to another dimension — sort of.
She dabbles in painting, but the two-dimensional art hasn’t drawn her complete attention. Stark’s artistic passion is knit bears, and she has made them by the thousand.
“It is kind of a different way to go because it is three dimensional,” she said of the unique mole-hair creations.
The Confluence resident draws on a lifetime of artistic interest to complete each intricate cuddler. She is a native of Michigan where she went to school for graphic art. Stark and her family lived in Garrett County, Md. before moving to the Turkeyfoot Highlands in 2005. The bears have been in the making for decades.
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Pittsburgh Symphony Returning To Wisp; Lawrence Loh To Conduct
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Garrett Lakes Arts Festival (GLAF) has announced the return of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to the Wisp Resort for a fourth summer. Conductor Lawrence Loh (pictured) will also return, leading the orchestra on Friday, July 16, in a pops presentation, and on Saturday, July 17, in a classical concert. Both will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lodge at Wisp.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been a vital part of the city of Pittsburgh’s heritage for more than 100 years, a spokesperson said.
“Beginning in the early 1900s, the PSO confirmed its ranking as a world-class orchestra, earning critical acclaim for its fine conductors and musicians, and its strong commitment to artistic quality and excellence,” the spokesperson said.
Loh was promoted to resident conductor of the PSO in the 2007-2008 season. An open rehearsal will be offered Saturday morning for Garrett Mentors and other children accompanied by parents or chaperones. (Persons who wish to attend this event may call the GLAF office at 301-387-3082 to reserve a seat.)
Tickets for these evening concerts are $35 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children 5 years and younger (tickets are required). Tickets may be purchased by calling the GLAF office at 301-387-3082, or through the GLAF web site, located at www.artsandentertainment.org
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Commissioners Expand Scholarship Prog. To Include Occupational Training
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Jul. 8, 2010
The county commissioners announced yesterday the expansion of the Garrett County Scholarship Program to include support for students pursing noncredit occupational training offered by Garrett College’s Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development as well as continued support for students enrolling at the college in academic programs.
Established in 2006, the Garrett County Scholarship Program has been successful in encouraging more local high school graduates to pursue college study, the commissioners noted in a press release.
The aim of the expanded scholarship program is similar: to increase the number of individuals in Garrett County who are prepared for skilled jobs related to energy production, transportation, manufacturing, medical services, and other contemporary fields.
The new occupation scholarship will cover training and testing costs for an industry related certificate program. Students will have a maximum of two years to complete the program selected.
The existing academic scholarship covers Garrett College tuition up to a maximum of 64 credit hours or degree completion, whichever comes first. Other sources of financial aid must be applied before the county scholarship is utilized, which keeps the program cost-effective and leverages outside funding, the commissioners noted.
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Wind Turbine Opposition Group Pens Official Letter
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Jul. 8, 2010
Save Western Maryland, a group of persons working against the proliferation of wind turbines in Garrett County, joined the Maryland Conservation Council and several concerned citizens in penning a letter late last month to wind proponents. The letter gives “official notice” to Constellation Green Energy LLC, Clipper Windpower Inc., Criterion Power Partners LLC, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Inc., and the Garrett County commissioners that the installation and operation of the Constellation Wind Energy project will violate the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
“Available evidence demonstrates that the Constellation wind project will almost certainly result in unauthorized ‘takes’ of Indiana bats and Virginia big-eared bats, triggering criminal and civil enforcement actions,” a spokesperson for the group said. “Upon expiration of a 60 day period, suit may be filed in federal court.”
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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.
Watch the grand finale of the Deep Creek Lake fireworks here.
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