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Tuesday, October 29, 2002

20021017 Halloween Trick or Treating memo for October 31, 2002

Westminster Maryland Halloween Trick or Treating

MEMORANDUM - October 17, 2002

TO: Council Members

Thomas Beyard

Laurell Taylor

Chief Roger Joneckis

Carroll County Times

The Baltimore Sun - Carroll County

WTTR Radio

SUBJECT: HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREATING

Each year, The Mayor and Council designates a night for Halloween Trick or Treating. Pursuant to your approval at the Council Meeting of October 28, 2002, I would like to recommend that Halloween Trick or Treating take place on the evening of Thursday, October 31, 2002.

Trick or Treating should be conducted between the hours of dusk and 8:00 p.m. and be restricted to children age 12 and under plus accompanying parents or adult guardians. Residents who wish to participate by providing treats to the children should turn on their outside light. Children are advised to wear some light colored clothing so as to be more visible to motorists and to go to homes in their immediate neighborhoods with lights. Motorists should pay particular care on the evening of October 31st with so many children walking around City streets.

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Mayor

Saturday, October 26, 2002

20021025 Stull connects with farmers by Andrew Symonds Frederick News-Post Staff


Stull connects with farmers

By Andrew Symonds Frederick News-Post Staff

October 25, 2002

Paul Stull

In a county with a large farming population, Republican Paul Stull feels his background as a "farm boy" allows him to appreciate the concerns and problems of District 4A's farming community.

"I've been big on agricultural issues," the eight-year delegate said. "I like to work for the dairy farmers and I like to work for agriculture throughout the state.

"We have some issues that really need to be worked on as far as the nutrient management program goes. I think it's too stringent, I think they have a lot of foolish regulations there that are being dictated to farmers. I tried to modify that last year, but it got held up in the Senate at the 11th hour and never made it out," he said.

Mr. Stull said he takes a personal interest in agricultural issues and works hard to research them.

"A couple of years ago, I worked day and night on the Northeast Dairy Compact to get farmers a better price for their milk. And we made it through. It passed both houses and it was signed into law, but because of other issues on a federal level, we couldn't implement it."

Getting legislation passed in Annapolis is a priority to Mr. Stull, who said he has taken a proactive approach in the past to get backing for his projects.

"I had the big idea that in order to get more in the rural areas, we would form a caucus in western Maryland, southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore. It worked a number of times when they could collectively bring together those regions. We commanded quite a number of votes.

"On big issues we still had trouble because we were outvoted by metropolitan areas, but in some issues we could convince people that -- hey, they do deserve some recognition in the legislation that they are proposing," he said.

"I think it was a big plus for us during my tenure in Annapolis and I pushed for that quite a bit. If I make it back I'll be a big advocate to help pull together different caucuses for legislation. I think it's one of the ways we can make a difference in the legislation that comes out," he said.

"I don't look at it as being a Republican issue, a Democratic issue. I look at it as being issues that are going to help voters and constituents in Frederick County, western Maryland and in the rural areas."

Because of the high growth rate in Frederick County, Mr. Stull said the area is in a difficult position when education funding is calculated.

"Those formulas were fine, but they didn't take into account Frederick County when we're growing so fast," he said. "The formula lagged back one or two years and we needed the buildings now, and without upfront funds we've fallen behind.

"The new Thornton Commission is taking into account the richer counties as opposed to the poorer counties and trying to work this up."

But Mr. Stull questions the new revenue sources used to fund that plan.

"Your biggest factor is the 34 cents that was set aside for the tobacco tax, but now we're hearing that the sale of cigarettes, because they're so high, is tapering off. Because we, as a small state, live so close to border states, you can go buy your cigarettes cheaper in Virginia or Pennsylvania. Our businesses are losing money."

Mr. Stull said that Maryland is losing other revenues to neighboring states as well and may need to allow slot machines.

"With that in mind I have changed my mind somewhat in the area of slots and gambling."

Sunday, October 20, 2002

20021019 Freestate Spectacular XVI Marching Band Competition


Freestate Spectacular XVI Marching Band Competition

October 19, 2002

Picture caption: Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff in the mid 1960s in a William F. Myers and Sons Band uniform with my trumpet case.

Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff, c. 1968 Marching with the Westminster High School Band

Dear Competitors, Judges, Parents, and Spectators:

On behalf of the City of Westminster, welcome to today’s Freestate Spectacular XVI Marching Band Competition.

Veteran band parents and marching band enthusiasts know full well, while newcomers or “rookies” should be made aware of the fact - that today’s performances are the result of long hours of disciplined preparation during the late summer months.

Band directors, instructors, students, and parents have put in countless hours of practice and preparation to make today’s competition possible. The fine performances you will view on the contest field are just the tip of the iceberg called high school marching band. Thousands of dedicated hours of rehearsal and an inestimable amount of love for the activity have been willingly logged in - well before today’s event.

Competition is a wonderful thing! - It causes each of us to excel beyond our previous achievements. It can become an invidious and negative thing when it causes us to resent the achievements of others; however, you will not find any of that sort of thing here today.

While the competition is intense and only one band receives the 1st Place Trophy per band group classification, everyone participating in today’s Maryland State High School Band Championships is truly a winner. Each band and guard member is a winner because they genuinely strive for excellence while cheerfully recognizing the excellence on the part of other performers. This requires good character, and band and guard members are usually distinguished by great character.

How do I know? I, and members of the Westminster City Staff have participated in the activity as far back as high school, of which one still is active in the Tournament of Bands judging community.

Please enjoy the contest and your time in Westminster!

Best wishes,

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Mayor

KED/str

20021019 Freestate Spectacular XVI Marching Band Competition


Tuesday, October 01, 2002

20021000 About McDaniel College

1871 Graduating class of McDaniel College

About McDaniel College

October 2002

This material is from the web site of McDaniel College.


McDaniel College 2 College Hill Westminster, Maryland 21157 USA

410-848-7000
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For more information, please go to: http://www.mcdaniel.edu/

About McDaniel Updated November 1st, 2006:

McDaniel College is a private, selective college of the liberal arts and sciences offering a life-changing education to undergraduate and graduate students. One of the first things you'll notice is the sense of community that defines McDaniel. Professors are first and foremost teachers and mentors: you'll see them cheering from the sidelines of a soccer match or chatting with students over lunch in the Pub...

Other life-changing opportunities: classes that average 17 students; more than 100 clubs, organizations, and athletics teams; and the opportunity to study at the only U.S. college campus in Budapest, Hungary.

Just wait until you see our campus in Maryland: a spectacular hilltop setting with a view of the Catoctin Mountains, yet close to the vast resources of the nation's capital in D.C. and the city of Baltimore.

Questions? Please contact us.

About McDaniel College

October 2002

McDaniel College is a private, selective college of the liberal arts and sciences offering a life-changing education to undergraduate and graduate students. One of the first things you'll notice is the sense of community that defines McDaniel. Professors are first and foremost teachers and mentors: you'll see them cheering from the sidelines of a soccer match or chatting with students over lunch in the Pub...

Other life-changing opportunities: classes that average 17 students; more than 100 clubs, organizations, and athletics teams; and the opportunity to study at the only U.S. college campus in Budapest, Hungary.

Just wait until you see our campus in Maryland: a spectacular hilltop setting with a view of the Catoctin Mountains, yet close to the vast resources of the nation's capital in D.C. and the city of Baltimore.

Questions? Please contact us.

McDaniel College is a private, selective college of the liberal arts and sciences where students from 23 states and 19 countries prepare for lives of leadership and service. Flexible programs of study at both undergraduate and master’s degree levels, strong teaching, and ideal location—near Baltimore and Washington, D.C.—provides students with an outstanding learning experience. A two-year branch campus in Budapest, Hungary, gives McDaniel College a unique, global perspective.

The First Principles

McDaniel College believes that liberally educated men and women think and act critically, creatively, and humanely. They take charge of their lives and develop their unique potentials with reason, imagination, and human concern.

McDaniel College accepts the challenge to provide an academic and social environment that promotes liberal learning. We strive to place students at the center of a humane environment so that they may see and work toward their personal goals while respecting others and sharing responsibility for the common good. We provide a foundation of knowledge about the past and present so that students may be informed about the world. We provide various approaches to knowledge and personal achievement so that students can think critically about, respond creatively to, and form sensitive, intelligent decisions concerning the world and its future. We provide instruction in fundamental skills so that students can express themselves for their own satisfaction and to the larger community.

We provide solid and respected professional programs for the committed student, and, more important, we provide a liberal arts education as an integral part of professional training so that students will be more flexible, more successful, and happier in the world of work. In the classrooms, in the residence halls, in the laboratories, on the playing fields, and in the lounges, McDaniel College works to disseminate these First Principles.

Our History

Shortly after the Civil War, Fayette R. Buell, a Westminster teacher, embarked on his dream of founding a small private college. He purchased a tract of land — a hill overlooking the town — and issued a prospectus in search of support for his dream. Although financing was slow to materialize, he did receive generous support from two of the community leaders: the Reverend J. T. Ward, of the Methodist Protestant Church, who would become the College’s first president, and John Smith, president of the thriving Western Maryland Railroad and a resident of nearby Wakefield Valley.

Mr. Smith, who became the first president of the College’s board of trustees, suggested that the College be named after the railroad, which maintained an important terminal in Westminster. On the day in 1866 that the cornerstone was laid for the Western Maryland College’s first building, free rail passage was granted to everyone who attended the ceremonies. Eventually, the Western Maryland Railroad became extinct after merging with another company.

The first building on the Hill was completed in September, 1867; 37 men and women were enrolled in eight areas of study. Already, the new college was in many ways ahead of its time. In the original Charter, the founders and the first board of trustees clearly reflected their intentions that the College be an innovative and independent institution.

The College was founded "upon a most liberal plan for the benefit of students without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, which students shall be eligible for admission to equal privileges and advantages of education and to all social activities and organizations of the college, without requiring or enforcing any sectarian, racial or civil test, and without discrimination on the basis of sex, national or ethnic origin, nor shall any prejudice be made in the choice of any officer, teacher, or other employee in the said college on account of these factors."

The College was the first coeducational college south of the Mason Dixon line, and one of the first coeducational colleges in the nation. Since its inception, it has been an independent liberal arts college with an autonomous Board of Trustees. A voluntary fraternal affiliation with the United Methodist Church existed from 1868 until 1974; today there are no ties to any denominational body. Control and ownership are fully vested by the Charter in the trustees, under Maryland state law.

On January 11, 2002, the trustees announced their unanimous decision to change the name of the College. The decision came after decades of discussion and surveys that confirmed the confusion surrounding the name. The College often was not perceived as what and where it is: a private institution within an hour's drive of Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

On July 1, 2002, WMC officially became McDaniel College. The new name honors William Roberts McDaniel, whose 65-year association with the College helped shape its destiny and today personifies its mission.

In its 135-year history, the College has had only eight presidents: Dr. Ward, Dr. Thomas Hamilton Lewis (1886-1920), Dr. Albert Norman Ward (1920-1935), Bishop Fred G. Holloway (1935-1947), Dr. Lowell S. Ensor (1947-1972), Dr. Ralph C. John (1972-1984), Dr. Robert H. Chambers (1984-2000), and Dr. Joan Develin Coley (2000-present). Under their guidance, the College has assumed a place among the quality liberal arts colleges in the nation, developing programs and material and physical assets that fulfill the vision of its founders.

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