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August already? Just can't believe it! The school buses start running locally on August 26. I know it's not over yet, but I can't help but wonder where the summer went. Summer weather seemed to finally kick in during July as we had some warm summer days. July 4th was a total wash out, but the fireworks were spectacular on July 5! Over 5 inches of rain fell in July -- mostly during evening thunderstorms. We did have a tornado touch down on July 30 in the Friendsville and Accident area. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
Our local delegate, Wendell Beitzel, was appointed to the state Gypsy Moth Task Force. Congratulations to him. On that note, I think the spraying really worked this year. A lot of the areas devastated last year seem to have bounced back quite well.
Congratulations to the top fundraisers for the 2008 Passion for Pets Guest Bartender Nights. Silver Tree & Railey Mountain Lake Vacation Rentals came in 1st place with $2,938. Pine Lodge Steakhouse came in 2nd with $1,916. Overall, $9,408.81 was raised for Garrett PAWS (Partners for Animal Welfare and Safety).
Alpine Lake Road has been, and will be closed until August 15 for bridge repair. Visit their website for alternate directions on reaching the resort.
I saw the crew of Humberson Homes beautifying their adopted road along Deep Creek Drive. Thanks to them!
The results of the first annual Deep Creek Adventure Games can be found here. Good to see some of our local athletes on the leader board.
Very exciting that we had the USA Olympic Kayak/Canoe team training here at ASCI! Two staff members from ASCI, Casey Eichfeld and Rick Powell, are members of the team. Good luck to the team in Bejing!
We were sorry to hear of the closing of Kathy's Furniture last month. Kathy has been an advertiser with us since our humble beginnings and we've been a customer to her. We wish her good health and good luck!
Welcome to Silver Tree Inn and Harbor Bar as new advertisers! Good to have them on board and be able to tell you about their live jazz every Thursday night, Working Women's Wednesday drink specials and Godfather nights on Tuesdays. Great specials, great food and great company. Stop by soon!
My neighbor Mark Scalettar said some of his friends bought property at the lake and used Pat McLaughlin as their realtor. They recommend her highly according to Mark. Sara King, a sophomore at Southern High School, recently won a gold medal in the 2008 United States National Aerobic Gymnastics Championship in Las Vegas. Congratulations to her and her coaches at Brenda's Body Shop. Over $21K was presented to the Garrett County United Way. The proceeds are from the First United Bank & Trust golf tournament held last month at Oakland Golf Club. My daughters and I have been trying to guess what may join the Lowe's location. There are 6 outparcels for lease. Any guesses? Make the best of the rest of your summer! Until next month. See you on the mountain!
Marta
Schroyer
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Mountain
Lake Park artist, Laura Stutzman, is the illustrator of the new flag
stamps for the U.S. Postal Service (at left). Stutzman used
the colors from our local skies at sunrise, noon, sunset and night
to design the stamps. Her husband, Mark, was the creator
of the Elvis stamp released in 1993. Visit their website --
Layla
Lewis had her first boat ride on Deep Creek Lake. Her mother
Kerri sent in a picture of the big event!
Garrett
County Girl Scout Troop 55006 of The Black Diamond Council len
