Tuesday June 26

Yesterday was really nice. The weather for today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Tonight could have scattered showers, mainly after 11pm a low around 61.

The political advertising from candidates has been heating up, with signs, billboards and ads all over the county leading up to today’s primary.  Fortunately, it has been a very civil race so far, and I would expect nothing less for Garrett County.

Here’s a quick link to the Garrett County Board of Elections home page. It shows the various ballots for today’s primary election. PLEASE VOTE!

Butterflies are free! And, so is the Butterflies and Flowers Walk at the Discovery Center today at 2:00pm. Observe butterflies and learn about native and non-native plants in Garrett County.

The second of four Deep Creek Lake hydrilla herbicide treatments is scheduled to take place today. During the process, boaters are asked to stay clear of the treatment boat. Please be alert and note that the schedule might change due to weather.

Back to elections for a second, just in case you were wondering, the earliest state primary, held on March 6th is in Texas, and the latest is September 13th in New York. Now you know!

Not a sure if there is space available, but there is a camp for kids at Camp Deep Creek in Accident starting today and running through the 29th.

The Race Across America concluded over the weekend. The world’s toughest bike race, is a bicycle race where racers cover over 3,000 miles as they travel from Oceanside CA to Annapolis MD rarely sleeping and rarely getting off the bike. You may have seen the timestation / checkpoint in Deep Creek near Trader’s Coffee house. Christoph Strasser won the men’s single category and completed the continuous race in 8 days, 1 hour and 23 minutes.

AAUW Garrett College Student Chapter has sent students to a national leadership training.

OK, one more late-breaking factoid on the election. According to the Baltimore Sun online, it appears that, due to a computer error, up to 80,000 Maryland voters will have the wrong information in the system and will have to cast a provisional vote today. This is due to a problem with data collected by the MVA; all votes will count.

The Garrett County Arts Council is hosting an Arts Connection event for artists and those interested in the arts, on June 28th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.  The event will be held at the Drane House, in Accident, the oldest house in Garrett County. Call GCAC at 301.334.6580 for more information.

A Swiftwater Rescue Technician class was held over the weekend with members from Kitzmiller, Bloomington, Oakland and Harford Fire Departments participating. All members completed and obtained their certifications. Thank you to Kitzmiller Volunteer Fire Department for sharing the photo below:

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