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>Plans Being Finalized For 23rd Annual Kitzmiller Homecoming

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Jul. 14, 2011

The town of Kitzmiller will hold its 23rd annual Homecoming Celebration the weekend of July 22-24. The festivities will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 22, with a firemen’s parade along Main Street.

Following the parade, the Kitzmiller Empowerment Group will sponsor a Family Fun Night on the Kitzmiller Elementary School grounds. The Fun Night will feature games for all ages, concessions from several local organizations, and music by DJ Jonny Rock. Friday’s schedule will culminate with a fireworks display over the Potomac River at dusk.

The Saturday, July 23, events will get under way at 11 a.m. with a brief welcoming assembly. Games and inflatable rides will be available throughout the day. The Kitzmiller Lions Club will serve its annual barbecued chicken dinner. Other concessions will be provided by the Kitzmiller Little League and Helen’s Concessions.

Horse-drawn carriage rides operated by Pleasant Valley Dream Rides and high-lighting the community’s history will also be available.

The horseshoe tournament competition will begin at 11 a.m. The annual greater Kitzmiller area Duck Race will be held at 3 p.m. on the rapids of the Potomac. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place, and for the “lame duck.” Plastic ducks will be available for purchase along with community merchandise at the Town of Kitzmiller tent.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will present its Scales and Tales program, affording the opportunity to see wildlife “up close and personal” at 1 p.m.

The Garrett County Sherriff’s Office will provide a K-9 dog demonstration at 2 p.m. Musical entertainment will be staged throughout the afternoon by Rodney Durst and Friends.

New to Homecoming this year will be a presentation concerning World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. The session will detail the horrific experience of 11 African-American soldiers from the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, a unit that was overrun in the opening stages of the battle.

Butterflies protected at Kitzmiller sanctuary

Baltimore checkerspot, state insect, found on 15-acre property
For the Cumberland Times-News
Mon Sep 20, 2010, 07:53 AM EDT

— KITZMILLER — Land-owners in the Kitzmiller area operating as Woodhill, LLC have decided to protect 15 acres that are home to rare butterflies through a conservation easement with the Maryland Environmental Trust and the Allegheny Highlands Conservancy.

Woodhill Sanctuary contains habitat for several rare, threatened or endangered butterfly species, including the official state butterfly.

The Baltimore checkerspot was designated the official insect of Maryland in 1973, and while once common in the region, the species has experienced significant de-clines in recent years. Woodhill Sanctuary is now one of only eight known Baltimore checkerspot colonies remaining in Maryland.

According to Jennifer Frye, ecologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Re-sources, the protection of Woodhill Sanctuary “ensures the preservation of this critical and uncommon habitat which currently supports at least five butterfly species included on the list of rare, threatened and endangered animals in Maryland.”

LLC trustee Vlad Dupre and his late wife, Elizabeth, have stewarded the property for more than 25 years. Though Dupre was unaware of the unique nature of the habitat on the property, he was pleased to learn of the option to protect the property with a conservation easement. The easement protects the rare habitat by requiring a habitat management plan to guide the maintenance of the area.

“My family and I are thrilled to contribute to the preservation of these endangered species of butterflies,” said Dupre. “We consider it a privilege to be a part of the efforts of the Maryland Environmental Trust to maintain and manage natural habitats for the people of Maryland to enjoy and learn from.”

Gov. Martin O’Malley joined the conservation groups in thanking the Garrett County landowners for their foresight.

“I want to thank Woodhill LLC for their generous donation,” said O’Malley. “By preserving this butterfly sanctuary we are helping ensure that future generations fully experience Maryland’s rich wildlife and natural wonder.”

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Kitzmiller homes to get public water

June 18, 2010

Some wells getting little or no water due to abandoned mines
Megan Miller
Cumberland Times-News

KITZMILLER — Garrett County plans to extend public water service to about 22 homes in an area that has suffered for several years from chronic water problems caused by abandoned coal mines.

The project will install public water to replace wells for about 20 existing and two planned residences located along Pee Wee Hill Road, Linda Lindsey, director of the Department of Public Utilities, told the County Commission Tuesday. The services will be an offshoot of the water system in nearby Kitzmiller.

Mike Garner, chief of the Abandoned Mine Lands division of the Maryland Bureau of Mines, said some of the residences have had no problems with their wells, but others have no water at all.

“The Bureau of Mines has drilled wells up there … with little success,” Garner said. “They have one well that’s over 1,000 feet, and I think it recharges 1 gallon per minute. So it’s expensive to try to drill wells, and we started looking at trying to extend the public water.”

One surface mine is still active on Pee Wee Hill, but Garner said an investigation by his office found that the active mine was not at fault.

“What’s at fault is there’s three levels of underground abandoned deep mines,” he said. “They had wooden props in there. The props are deteriorating, the roof is collapsing and that collapse makes its way to the surface.”

The project will be funded through a grant from the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Garner said.

“The grant’s in and we’ve asked them to expedite it,” he said. “If that gets approved, then we’ll jump right into design.”

These types of projects normally take about 2 years to develop, he said. But officials are trying to fast track the project and launch it by the end of the state fiscal year, which is June 30.

His office will work with county officials throughout the design and construction process “so that they get the end product that they want.”

The project will require the installation of a water tank and booster pump. Lindsey said the Kitzmiller system should easily handle the additional load.

The Pee Wee Hill extension will be considered its own separate service area, she said, and those residents will be charged the same rates as other public water customers countywide.

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