>Senator Mikulski Visits Garrett County
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United States Senator for Maryland Barbara Mikulski held a round table discussion yesterday at the industrial park complex in Accident before meeting with local student participants of the Garrett Engineering and Robotics Society. Directing the talk, Mikulski asked the opinions and advice of numerous Garrett County educators, business owners, and government officials concerning the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, its effects, and possible reforms to the bill. The effort is part of the senator’s education tour and a preamble to the senator’s plans to reauthorize the ESEA. The group focused its discussion on the needs of rural educators and students, and the achievements made by local students in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math. Mikulski was recently appointed chairwoman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families. The HELP committee will play a major roll in the reauthorization of the ESEA, a bill signed into law in 1965 and reauthorized in 2002 as the No Child Left Behind Act, which deals with equal access to education and establishes standards for students and educators. Mikulski is shown above observing a demonstration of battle robots by GEARS students. Pictured left to right are: Mikulski; Arlene Lantz, GEARS instructor; GEARS students Kendrick Bender and Kevin Maust; and Mario Cardona, an associate of the senator.
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>Mikulski Continues Education Tour of State, Hosts Roundtable with School Leaders in Garrett County
>Jun 02, 2011 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) — WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today continued her education tour of the state by hosting a roundtable with teachers, principals, students and administrators in Garrett Count. The group talked about the needs of rural educators and students, and the achievements Garrett County Schools have made in the area of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
This was the fifth in a series of roundtables Senator Mikulski is convening around the state as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
“I always say, ‘The best ideas come from the people,'” Senator Mikulski said. “Washington doesn’t have all the answers when it comes to improving our schools. That’s why I came to hear what the teachers, principals, students, administrators and nonprofit partners at the Garrett Engineering and Robotics Society think about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. I want to listen to their suggestions and concerns and get their advice as Congress works to reauthorize this federal law. A good education can look different depending on where you are. I want to help rural schools continue educating students and preparing them for successful careers.” Senator Mikulski recently was appointed Chairwoman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ (HELP) Subcommittee on Children and Families. The HELP Committee will play a major role in reauthorizing ESEA.
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>Conservancy Group Sounds Alarm Over Invasive Plant
>Posted: 6:27 pm EDT June 2, 2011
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — A conservancy group in Montgomery County is sounding the alarm over an invasive plant.
The Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy says the Perkiomen and Unami Creeks are under attack from the European water chestnut.
The plant spreads very rapidly and it reduces oxygen levels for native plants and animals….
…It says plants have also been found upstream in Finland, Bucks County and Deep Creek Lake.
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>Wins Gold At States
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Jun. 2, 2011
Northern High School’s Chelsi Kling is Garrett County’s newest state champion, having captured first place in the girls’ long jump event at the Maryland 1A State Track and Field Championships this past weekend. Her winning leap of 17 feet, 5½ inches is also a new record for Northern High, as is her triple jump distance of 30 feet, ½ inch, which was good for sixth place at the state event. Kling and three teammates, pictured in the sports section, also placed fifth in the girls’ 400-meter relay event, and Northern’s Eric Maxim finished sixth in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles. Southern High School’s Mikey Skipper placed seventh in the 110 hurdles.
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>Park Quest 2011: Four down, and only 20 to go
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June 1, 2011
Park Quest 2011: Four down, and only 20 to go
Four parks down, 20 to go on my marathon Park Quest 24/7 to complete the challenges at 24 state parks — from Garrett County to the Atlantic Ocean in seven days.
So far, I’ve hiked following compass bearings to answer questions, paddled a canoe while staying on a GPS-set course, found letterboxes that taught me about natural resources and history and hiked to a cemetery, an aviary and a dam.
I’m sitting on the veranda at Rocky Gap State Park, enjoying a freshening breeze — don’t worry, it’s heading your way, Baltimore.
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>$10,000 rockfish awaits a lucky angler
>State kicks off annual hunt for ‘Diamond Jim’
By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications Published 06/01/11
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If you get one
•Tagged rockfish: Do not remove tag. Keep the fish and call the number on the tag so a state official can come and verify your catch. Your fish could be Diamond Jim, worth at least $10,000, or an imposter worth at least $500.
•Citation-worthy fish or crab: You can check in your catch at a number of fishing and sports shops around the state. For a full list of citation sizes and locations of citation award centers, and full rules of the contest, visit the Diamond Jim website at www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/challenge.
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Fishing could be quite a profitable hobby this summer.
The state launched its seventh annual Maryland Fishing Challenge yesterday, and once again, there are tagged “Diamond Jim” rockfish swimming around the Chesapeake Bay worth up to $10,000.
Eight boats ferried Department of Natural Resources biologists around the bay yesterday as they caught and tagged 200 rockfish.
“We’re not trying to make this a reason to go fishing, it just makes it more fun,” said Marty Gary, a DNR fisheries ecologist who runs the contest.
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>Park Quest 2011: Second stop
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1) A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
2) Turtles can breathe through their butts.
3) Butterflies taste with their feet.
4) Paddling into a stiff head wind on Deep Creek Lake without Ranger Mark Spurrier in the stern providing the muscle is a futile exercise that is likely to result in negative mph.
I learned the first three facts from a poster in the Discovery Center bathroom at Deep Creek Lake State Park.
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>Sen. Mikulski shares ideas for rural education during visits to 2 western Md. counties
>First Posted: June 01, 2011 – 12:20 am
Last Updated: June 01, 2011 – 12:20 am
ACCIDENT, Md. — U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is sharing ideas for improving rural education during a visit to far western Maryland.
The Maryland Democrat meets Wednesday in Accident with Garrett County educators, parents and students. The visit follows a similar meeting Tuesday in Allegany County.
Mikulski sits on the Senate Rural Education Caucus. She also chairs a subcommittee that she says will play a major role in rewriting the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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>24th Annual McHenry Highland Fest This Weekend At Fairgrounds
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Jun. 2, 2011
The 24th McHenry Highland Festival will open tomorrow, June 3, and run through Sunday, June 5, with entertainment, activities, and exhibits at the Garrett County Fairgrounds and other locations.
All Saturday festival events will be at the fairgrounds, located along Rt. 219 in McHenry.
The festival will open with a Celtic concert by the Burning Bridget Cleary band on Friday, June 3, at Wisp Resort. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets should be purchased in advance online at online at www.highlandfest.-info, at Gregg’s Pharmacy in Oakland, or at the Visitors Center in McHenry.
More info & full schedule here.
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>Happy Day After Memorial Day!
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What a beautiful weekend! I think temperatures actually reached the 90’s here in Garrett County & Deep Creek Lake. Lots of people in town enjoying the lake, the state parks and the spectacular weather. Feel free to share stories & pictures to the I Love Deep Creek Lake & Garrett County group on Facebook!
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