The weather for today will be mostly sunny during the day and clear in the evening with a high of 42 and a low of 32. Winter is coming!
Just heard that Friends of Deep Creek Lake will receive the Leadership for Service Volunteer Award from the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS). Congratulations for all you do!
Speaking of Friends of Deep Creek lake, they are asking all interested in the lake to rally and ask Governor Hogan to set-aside $25 million for lake restoration and sediment dredging. Read their latest newsletter for all the details.
And, speaking of the lake and awards, The Deep Creek Lake Property Owners Association just won the NALMS 2018 Lake Management Success Stories Award for their article discussing the effectiveness of public/private partnerships. The article may be seen here. We are fortunate to have such active, effective organizations supporting the lake, watershed and our community . Congratulations!
While it pertains to September’s designation, we just received this video of Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford showing some important “signs” for us in Maryland. I thought my readers would be interested and I certainly learned something from the video. Enjoy.
Garrett College Continuing Education and Workforce Development has scheduled a Commercial Driver’s License Learner’s Permit Prep Course on October 27th and 28th, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the College’s Mountaintop Truck Driving Institute in Grantsville. If you know someone looking for a job, truck driving can provide a nice living. For additional information contact Terry Beachy at 301.895.4700 or terry.beachy@garrettcollege.edu.
The League of Women Voters of Maryland (LWVMD) has published printable files of their nonpartisan Voter’s Guide for every Maryland county and Baltimore City on its website at https://www.lwvmd.org/2018_voters_guides. The LWVMD asked candidates to respond to questions relating to the duties of the office they are seeking, and also to list their websites and social media pages to provide voters with access to even more information. The Voter’s Guides also include information about state and local ballot questions.
So, you want to improve your mussel mass you say? Read this newsletter from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources that documents how the Patapsco River is doing just that!
