Feb 4, 2020
The weather for today will be wet, with showers forecast. Expect a low of 35 and a high of 51, with wind up to 15 miles per hour.
Had a nice trip to Annapolis yesterday where I had a confirmation hearing in the Maryland State Senate as a new member of the Maryland Venture Fund Authority. I was appointed by Governor Hogan. I am honored and will continue to do my best to support small business and small business formation in our state and especially our mountain region. There’s lots of opportunity out there for entrepreneurs.
Here’s a cool photo of Wisp back in the day. I found it on a historic photo site where it was uploaded by Offlake Realty. Note the vehicles and the limited trees…
Wisp Back in the Day
Did you see that whale surfacing at the lake the other day? OK, we all know there are no whales at the lake, but I also know many of our readers are keenly interested in the environment and bio-diversity/mass reductions of species. Here’s a brief piece on efforts between the US and Canada to save the North Atlantic Right Whale population. Check it out if you have a minute. We can all make a difference at many different levels and in many different ways.
Hunters reported taking 82 wild turkeys during Maryland’s 2020 winter turkey season, which was open statewide January 23rd – 25th. Garrett and St. Mary’s counties had the most birds harvested. Here’s the details.
I hope you all have a better day today than those wild turkeys did! Gobble the day up…
Feb 3, 2020
Written By: Mike Tumbarello
Since February is the month with Valentine’s Day in it, I thought I would write about “love” in this month’s Cover Story. But unlike the love we normally associate with Valentine’s Day – love of another individual – I thought I would touch on love of “place.”
In this case, I wanted to specifically get readers thinking about their attraction to and love for the Deep Creek Lake area of Western Maryland. If you read Deep Creek Times, you likely are a resident, second homeowner or visitor in the area. We find many of our readers have a true “love and devotion” for Deep Creek, including its many natural wonders, its destinations, its peaceful, real-world beauty, its adventure activities, its serenity, and its people and its varied communities that dot the mountain landscape.
I will list my favorite things about the Deep Creek Lake area that make me love living and working here and writing about it in Deep Creek Times. I will also list a piece from way back in 2010 that was written by an author I do not know on a site I am not a reader of…. But when searching the Internet for thoughts for this article, I came across this piece on what appears to be a site on environmental causes and thought the feelings expressed by their readers were interesting and worth sharing.
First, why I love the Deep Creek Lake area:
- The natural beauty
- The lack of congestion
- The variety and number of things to do
- The people and institutions
- The safety and serenity I find here
- The simplicity and integrity I often find
- The chance to witness nature up-close and personal
- The wildlife
I pulled Sarah in to list her favorite things about living in the Deep Creek Lake area, too:
- The four distinct seasons
- The best road biking on the East Coast
- The large network of trails to hike
- The best “swimming hole” at Swallow Falls State Park
- The small-town, quiet feeling; the street-lights flashing after 10pm
- The water: in all its forms — the abundance of lakes, streams, sparkling ice, and snowfall
- The deep, starry night sky
- The community of non-profits, small mom and pops, and large businesses working to “do good”
- The close-knit folks who will do anything to lend a hand
(recently, I had an acquaintance drive by my house, see me unloading a truckload of bricks and stop to help…. he and I unloaded every last one of them!)
- The friends who become family
What do you love about the lake area and why you visit or make it your home?
Here’s the link to the article I told you about, written by Sarah Goodyear of Grist and titled “Why You Love the Places You live, in Your Own Words.” It includes short pieces from a diverse number of people on why they love their home city.
https://grist.org/article/2010-12-01-our-readers-tell-us-why-they-love-the-places-they-live/
Enjoy and I hope you all find and have love this month and forever!
Mike
Feb 3, 2020
Yesterday was a nice, bright day, with a lot of the snow that fell Saturday night, and previously, melted. Today will be partly sunny, with a high near 56 and a low around 43. West wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph, and with a chance of showers in the wee hours of the evening.
Please don’t forget that you can get the complete, multi-faceted weather summary and forecast on our weather page. We believe it is the most complete weather report for around the lake-area as we use a number of sources, including National Weather Service reports and the local weather station at Garrett College. Click here to check it out.
The lake has not completely frozen over yet, but some of the coves had ice during the recent cold spell. A number of hardy ice fisher(wo)men ventured out Saturday and there were even a few left on Sunday afternoon. Here’s a photo of the fishermen along Cherry Creek Cove taken by my wife on Saturday. It’s a bit fuzzy but it shows the level of activity there. Please be very careful out there as there is plenty of open water on the lake.
Ice Fishing at Cherry Creek Cove
Happy Black History Month folks. First proposed in 1969 by educators at Kent State University, and then practiced at various educational and other institutions, it was then recognized by president Gerald Ford as part of the Nation’s bicentennial celebration.
After months of training, the Office of the State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad is prepared to deploy its newest bomb disposal robot – the new Telerob Telemax PRO. The robot will be placed into service and ready to mitigate possible explosive hazards as of today. It cost $400,000 but that is a small price to pay if it can safe just one life.
Hungry? Don’t forget that today is Half-Price Monday (for pizza) at Brenda’s Pizzeria. There are those and other specials to be found on our events and dining specials pages. They are just a click away. Tell them Mike at Deep Creek Times sent ya!
The Board of County Commissioners is holding a public meeting this afternoon starting at 3:00 pm at the County Courthouse. Here’s the agenda.