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Thursday, March 25, 2010

This week in The Tentacle

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Mount Airy Lottery
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The “awful aughts” were not kind to Mount Airy. The last decade seemed to have been on the minds of citizens who crowded into the Mount Airy town hall on March 8 to nominate candidates to vie for elected offices in the upcoming election.

The Seven Cannons of Sambas
Tom McLaughlin
Royal Palace, Sambas, Indonesia – Startled, Putri, the Sultan’s mother and caretaker, wondered how I knew about the seven cannons of Sambas. I told her my wife, of royal lineage, had heard stories handed down through her family.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Variety Show
Roy Meachum
John “Lennie” Thompson probably got it wrong again! As usual. He may have thought his motion for Frederick County to secede from the state has historical precedence. Legendary Jones County did not withdraw from Mississippi during the Civil War. Never happened. The phrase, “The Free State of Jones,” was casually tossed around way before what my ancestors called “The War for Southern Independence.”

A Sad Truth – A Day of Mourning
Farrell Keough
Sunday’s vote on healthcare, not only screwed up our capitalist system, but it also wreaked havoc on my intended topic for a column!

Monday, March 22, 2010
Spoiling a journey
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
They say a journey begins with the first step. This little essay describes a journey that began with a dinner conversation.

Campaign Diary – A New County?
Michael Kurtianyk
Tuesday, March 16 – Morning View – This was quite a day. The morning was spent watching the Board of County Commissioners proceedings on television.

Friday, March 19, 2010
Real “Green Zone”
Roy Meachum
*Friday is a day off from Lent, particularly in New Orleans where St. Joseph’s feast day is celebrated by tables loaded with food.

The Emperor’s New Clothes
Joe Charlebois
If you’ll recollect, the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” is the story centered on two suit makers or weavers, the Emperor, his court, the royal subjects and an innocent child, who eventually points out how the weavers swindled the Emperor by producing a “suit” made of invisible thread.

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Correct Change
Patricia A. Kelly
We all want it. We usually look down at our hands and count to make sure we have it. Instead of screaming epithets, maybe we should take just as careful a look at what is happening on our political scene.

What Price Glory?
Derek Shackelford
Fame comes with a price. It will cost all of us something. The prices are different in each circumstance. In many instances the price is constant media attention.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
At the Edge of the Cliff
Kevin E. Dayhoff
At the dawn of this New Year, many expected much more in the way of fireworks from the current 427th session of the Maryland General Assembly. It is an election year and the state is entering another fiscal year of huge budget deficits.

A Royal Home?
Tom McLaughlin
Sambas, Borneo Island, Indonesia – Sambas is a magical place where my wife’s family originated. The prospect of finding sultans, rajahs, palace intrigues and family connections sent us on a journey of a butt-numbing, 15-hour bus ride.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Vanished Snow
Roy Meachum
The snow finally vanished from my patio. It took seemingly weeks and weeks to be gone. For much of the past winter, as I remember now, Pushkin could not get enough purchase with a foot to bound into the usual area, in the farther corner, where he did his “business.” It felt like forever since the paving blocks and asphalt had last appeared in plain sight.

Life’s Successes
Nick Diaz
To educate children and adolescents, good schools know that they must also spend time educating parents. When parents are not on the same page with educators, children move through the conflicts of misaligned home and school life, receiving opposite messages rather than similarly focused ones from both sides. Accordingly, here are some observations that parents and educators can contemplate together.

Link list Mount Airy Carroll and Frederick Counties MD

20060331 March 31, 2006 - Mount Airy MD, where confidential memos are automatically forwarded to the public by Kevin Dayhoff on “Soundtrack”

20060615 "Mayor Frank Johnson and Deja Vu all over again" June 15th, 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff in "Soundtrack"

20070905 September 5, 2007 "Mount Airy: The Little Town That Could" by Kevin Dayhoff in The Tentacle

20070913 Recovery efforts underway from recent 3 alarm fire in Mount Airy: 09/02/2007 Mount Airy Fire Photos by SD and M Dorrance by Kevin Dayhoff in "Soundtrack"

20071205 December 5, 2007 President George W. Bush at Calvary United Methodist Church by Kevin Dayhoff in The Tentacle

20080331 March 24, 2008: "Re-elect WENDI W. PETERS for Mount Airy Town Council" by Kevin Dayhoff in "Soundtrack"

20080409 Wendi Peters – Mount Airy’s Steel Magnolia by Kevin Dayhoff in The Tentacle

20100324 March 24, 2010 "The Mount Airy Lottery" in The Tentacle by Kevin Dayhoff

Carroll County Government
Carroll County Times
Carroll Eagle
Carroll Media Center
Frederick County Government
Howard County Government
March 13, 2008 Four nominated for Town Council by Mankaa Ngwa-Suh Gazette Staff Writer
Montgomery County Government
Mount Airy Main Street Association
Mounty Airy Volunteer Fire Department
Mt Airy news and information on "Soundtrack"
Mt. Airy Messenger

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The Frederick News-Post
The Greater Mt. Airy Chamber of Commerce
The Grogg Report
The Hagerstown Herald-Mail
Town of Mount Airy, MD

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