Yesterday certainly was snowy and brisk. Today’s weather will be mostly sunny with highs near 43 but wind chills at around 0. Windy.
The February schedule for pickleball has been set: Pickleball will be played at the Oakland Community Center gym (the old armory) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:00pm to 5:00pm beginning on February 2nd. Contact the College at 301.387.3069 for more information.
A very rare and interesting phenomenon happened this morning but, with cloud cover, we missed it: The rare blue blood supermoon eclipse. This hasn’t happened in over 150 years!
Sorry to hear that the Family Dollar discount store in downtown Oakland has closed. I hope we get a new enterprise in its place soon.
The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division of Garrett College will be offering Scottish Country Dancing at their main campus in McHenry on Fridays, February 16th to March 16th, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Call 301.387.3069 for more information.
Our congratulations to Mr. Gary Thompson a teacher at Southern Middle School. He was just honored by our State Delegates and Senators at a ceremony in Annapolis as Maryland History Day Teacher of the Year 2017. The program was part of the 19th annual Maryland History Day coordinated by Maryland Humanities. I had Mr. Thompson in school (…circa 1998 maybe) and he was an excellent history teacher!
Throughout the years Deep Creek has claimed vehicles, several lives, and even some of our pets, all because of thin ice or no ice at all. Here are a few precautions and thoughts as provided by the Deep Creek Lake Property Owners Association this week:
- Places where streams flow into the lake there is quite often open water.
- Runoff/road salt on the bridges also causes ice melting under the bridges
- The same is true for underwater springs where the ice is thin or melts, creating open water. Under the west end of Glendale Bridge is a good example.
- Along the shore – The ice usually melts first causing open water as it does so and as the lake level starts to rise.
- Wind shifts – The wind can move large areas of ice and, if during the day the wind shifts into an off-shore direction, it can move the ice away from where it was accessed. This situation can require a boat to exit the ice.
- Open water – If the lake has areas of open water, it is wise not to go on the ice at all.
There was another spectacular sunrise this morning!
Check out our photo gallery and photo of the month today to see January’s pics and check-in again tomorrow for our February edition for new pics/video!
