Thursday September 6

It was a nice day yesterday. Unseasonably warm with some localized showers in the evening. Today will be partly sunny, with a high near 79 and showers and thunderstorms likely, after 5pm — chance of precipitation is 50%. Tonight, a low around 64.

The Garrett County Health Department Early Care/Health Families Advisory Board meets today at the health department in Oakland today from 4:00pm – 5:00pm and the community is invited to participate. Call Theresa Cavalier or Maria Friend at 301.334.7720 or 301.895.3111 for more information.

Greater Oakland Business Association (GOBA) just completed another successful Little Yough Music Festival season downtown. The eight shows hosted about 2,000 people over the course 8 concerts this summer.

HART for Animals just posted their year-to-date numbers through August – HART does great work and deserves our appreciation, support and thanks:
Spays & Neuters:             516
Rescue & Transports:     209
Adoptions:                        269

The 51st Annual Autumn Glory festival is coming in October and the Chamber just announced the online copy of the guide to the whole event, which runs from October 10th through the 14th.

Note in the schedule that the Garrett County Arts Council is not holding the Heritage Craft Festival at Southern Middle School or Broadford Elementary this year. Rather, an art experience called SEYMOUR will be held in the Simon Pierce building.

Here’s something different for you dog lovers. The Frostburg Pool is inviting pet owners and their dogs to take a dip in the pool this weekend as part of Dog Splash 2018. It is $5 per dog and you must bring proof of rabies vaccine.

What’s the most germ-filled spot in an airport you wonder? Well the results of a study conducted by CNN might surprise you. One more reason to drive to Deep Creek Lake instead of flying to say, Tahiti or New Jersey!

Well, my cats Cashflow and Lucy let me have it!  They told me that I forgot to tell our readers that September is Happy Cat Month. I promised I would include it in today’s Daily Notes so here it is. I have also included a photo of my two girls below to make amends for my omission.

Lucy and Cashflow

 

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