Dayhoff Westminster Soundtrack: 08/01/2015

Monday, August 31, 2015

Brad Paisley at the American Saturday Night Live from the Grand Ole Opry #OPRY

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My copy editors at the American Saturday Night Live from the Grand Ole Opry #OPRY

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Darius Rucker at the American Saturday Night Live from the Grand Ole Opry #OPRY

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Brett Eldridge at the American Saturday Night Live from the Grand Ole Opry #OPRY

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Greetings from a front row center seat at the Grand Ole Opry.

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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Feb. 15, 1960, 124 students were involved in a sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in Nashville.

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Caroline was wondering if the horse from the "Five & Tenn will fit in the overhead bins on the airplane?

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Nashville Fire Dept. fireboat. I think we need a fire boat in the Westminster Md vol. fire dept. Aug. 30, 2015

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‘Bacon chicken mac ‘n cheese,’ at Rock Bottom Restaurant, 2nd Ave N and Broadway, Nashville TN

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Glass art in the lobby of the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. Fri. Aug. 28, 2015

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Friday eve., Aug. 18, 2015, we at a Mexican restaurant

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Opryland is huge complex of 4 sections in addition to the convention center.

The four sections are Delta, Magnolia, Garden, Cascades.

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Our bus driver and the Opryland country Christmas shuttle bus from the airport to the Gaylord. Aug. 28, 2015

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The General Jackson turning on the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. Carol

The General Jackson turning on the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville.
Caroline

Arrived at the Cascades Depot at the Gaylord Opryland. Aug. 28, 2015

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On our way to Opryland. Aug. 28, 2015

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Welcome to Nashville. Aug. 28, 2015

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Dinner on an airplane. Aug. 28, 2015

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The French Boys' Choir at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

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The French Boys' Choir at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

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Leslie Petite Chanter de Paris France in concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster August 26, 2015 www.petitschanteursdefrance.fr

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Leslie Petite Chanter de Paris France in concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster August 26, 2015 www.petitschanteursdefrance.fr

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The French Boys' Choir share a meal with parishioners before this evenings concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

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The French Boys' Choir share a meal with parishioners before this evenings concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

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The French Boys' Choir share a meal with parishioners before this evenings concert at Grace Lutheran Church.

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The French Boys' Choir share a meal with parishioners before this evenings concert at Grace Lutheran Church.

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French Boys’ Choir to perform Wednesday, August 26, at 7pm at Grace Lutheran Church

Les Petits Chanteurs de France to perform Wednesday, August 26, at 7pm at Grace Lutheran Church http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/08/french-boys-choir-to-perform-wednesday.html

Grace Lutheran Church will be co-hosting, with the Children’s Chorus of Carroll County, a performance by Les Petits Chanteurs de France in the Sanctuary on Wednesday, August 26, at 7pm, as part of our Pot Luck and Song series.

Les Petits Chanteurs de France is a French Boys’ Choir consisting of 22 boys from the ages of 7 to 17 performing classical repertoire as well as folk, Broadway and even Disney tunes.

They have received notoriety through their many concerts in prestigious places, TV shows, national and international tours, radio broadcastings, religious ceremonies, charity galas, etc (http://www.petitchanteursdefrance.fr/).

Please do not miss what will truly be a memorable musical event for Grace Lutheran Church!

http://www.petitschanteursdefrance.fr

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http://gracelc.org

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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf

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Hellen C. Widerman, 87, of Westminster, Maryland died Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Hellen C. Widerman, 87, of Westminster, Maryland died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/08/hellen-c-widerman-87-of-westminster.html

http://www.myersdurborawfh.com/obits/obituary.php?id=566635

Hellen Widerman

Born: Wed., Dec. 7, 1927

Died: Tue., Aug. 25, 2015

Visitation

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Fri., Aug. 28, 2015

Location: Westminster Location

Memorial Service

11:00 AM Fri., Aug. 28, 2015

Location: Westminster Location

Hellen C. Widerman, 87, of Westminster, Maryland died peacefully Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Born December 7, 1927 in Melrose, she was the daughter of the late John and Mabel (Anderson) Chamberlin.

Hellen was a secretary, having worked for Atty. Ralph G. Hoffman, and as a civil and criminal clerk in District Court. She retired in 1991 while serving as secretary for the Honorable Luke K. Burns, Jr. She was the first woman named to the Board of Carroll County General Hospital, where she also volunteered for many years and served as president of the Hospital Auxiliary. Hellen was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster. She taught Senior High Sunday School at Leister’s Lutheran Church for many years.

Surviving are daughters, Carol S. Richard and husband Clayton E. Richard, Jr. of Birmingham, AL, and Connie S. Buczkowski and husband Ron Buczkowski of Westminster; grandchildren, 1st Lt. Jade C. Hill, USMC, of Okinawa, Japan, and Molly Hill of Westminster; and great-grandchildren, Landon G. McQuin and Ella R. Harris; and step-son, Ronald Siegman and wife Joanne of Westminster. She is also remembered by devoted friend and long-time companion, John V. Lowe, of Westminster. She was predeceased by son, James Allen Siegman; first husband, George C. Siegman; second husband, Bernie Widerman; and brother, James Chamberlin.

A memorial service to celebrate Hellen’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, August 28, 2015 at Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis St, Westminster, MD, with the Rev. Kevin Clementson officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD, 21157.

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August 26, 1939 History.com First televised Major League baseball game

This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-televised-major-league-baseball-game

On this day in 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets–there were only about 400 in the New York area. Not until 1946 did regular network broadcasting catch on in the United States, and only in the mid-1950s did television sets become more common in the American household. Read more:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-televised-major-league-baseball-game August 26, 1939 History.com First televised Major League baseball game

August 26, 1939 History.com First televised Major League baseball game http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-26-1939-historycom-first.html

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The Washington Post is reporting WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward shot and killed during a live interview in southwest-Virginia

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/08/26/tv-camera-crew-caught-in-active-shooter-situation-in-southwest-virginia/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-local%252Bnational

This is nuts.... Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and colleagues of Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward who were shot and killed during a live interview on TV this morning in at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, which is located in Franklin County in southwest-Virginia.

According to an article in the Washington Post by By Dana Hedgpeth August 26 at 8:56 AM: “CBS News said in a Twitter message that a gunman killed a reporter and a videographer in a shooting while they were doing a live TV report in Southwest Virginia.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/08/26/tv-camera-crew-caught-in-active-shooter-situation-in-southwest-virginia/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-local%252Bnational

The Washington Post is reporting WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward shot and killed during a live interview in southwest-Virginia #WDBJTV http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/08/wdbj-tv-journalists-alison-parker-and.html

Washington Post reporting WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker & Adam Ward shot & killed #WDBJTV http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/08/wdbj-tv-journalists-alison-parker-and.html

Update:

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The Washington Post
News Alert
Wed., Aug. 26, 2015 12:09 p.m.
Suspect in death of TV news crew shoots self
Vester Lee Flanagan, the suspect in the fatal shooting of two television station reporters in Southwest Virginia, shot himself on Interstate 66 in Fauquier County. His condition wasn't immediately known.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

» ‘The rapacious Ms. Huffington seems to believe that journalism skills are worth nothing’ JIMROMENESKO.COM

» ‘The rapacious Ms. Huffington seems to believe that journalism skills are worth nothing’ JIMROMENESKO.COM:

"‘THE RAPACIOUS MS. HUFFINGTON SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT JOURNALISM SKILLS ARE WORTH NOTHING’

David Sze, who works for Arianna Huffington, sent this note to veteran journalist Lauren Lipton last week:"

This. is. epic. What a great response. Lauren Lipton spoke for all of us, "I am very, very good at what I do. Unfortunately, your boss’s predatory business practices have deeply undercut the ability of all reporters, writers and editors to make any kind of living wage. The rapacious Ms. Huffington seems to believe that journalism skills are worth nothing, and that my beleaguered colleagues and I should be thrilled to help her make hundreds of millions of dollars in return for “exposure.”

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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalistsand journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maioremDei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf

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Richard Devilbiss stops to chat after a long day at Westminster Transmission.

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Checking out all the pretty flowers (and hot babes) at Birdie's in Westminster.

Checking out all the pretty flowers (and hot babes) at Birdie's in Westminster; where the coffee is always great, the conversation enlightened and the scenery is awesome.

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Checking out all the pretty flowers (and hot babes) at Birdie's in Westminster.

Checking out all the pretty flowers (and hot babes) at Birdie's in Westminster; where the coffee is always great, the conversation enlightened and the scenery is awesome.

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I love visiting my friend Steve Allgeier, the county hoticultural University of Md extension agent.

I love visiting my friend Steve Allgeier, the county hoticultural University of Md extension agent. His office is awesome and Steve is always so much fun. I always learn something.

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I love visiting my friend Steve Allgeier, the county hoticultural University of Md extension agent.

I love visiting my friend Steve Allgeier, the county hoticultural University of Md extension agent. His office is awesome and Steve is always so much fun. I always learn something.

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Thanks to the state trooper who went beyond the call of duty - Opinion - The Cumberland Times-News

Thanks to the state trooper who went beyond the call of duty - Opinion - The Cumberland Times-News: "Letter to the Editor | Posted Yesterday [Retrieved August 25, 2015]

http://m.times-news.com/opinion/thanks-to-the-state-trooper-who-went-beyond-the-call/article_cadbbddc-4830-11e5-8cfe-c3351e316371.html?mode=jqm

I was at the house of an elderly couple I work for, and while I was there they came home followed by a Maryland state trooper.

I thought maybe she had made a wrong -lane change or something of this nature. I made my way up from behind the house to see what was going on.

I was very surprised to see the trooper helping the elderly wife get her husband and into a wheelchair."

Read more: http://m.times-news.com/opinion/thanks-to-the-state-trooper-who-went-beyond-the-call/article_cadbbddc-4830-11e5-8cfe-c3351e316371.html?mode=jqm

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Life in Carroll County midway through August meant riding shows and tractor pulls

Life in Carroll County midway through August meant riding shows and tractor pulls http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/08/life-in-carroll-county-midway-through.html

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Life in Carroll County midway through August meant riding shows and tractor pulls http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-ridingclub-0812-20150816-story.html

In a longer version of my story that did not make it to publication in The Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-ridingclub-0812-20150816-story.html, I wrote, “Of course, not to be overlooked, it is also Madonna’s birthday. The pop singer was born in Michigan on August 16, 1958. Now you know.

Nationally, it was on this day in 1966 that over 50 people were arrested when they disrupted the proceedings of the House Un-American Activities Committee as it began investigating Americans who were believed to be actively engaged in aiding the Viet Cong. In an unrelated matter, the first color cartoon, “Fiddlesticks,” was made by the American animator Ubbe Eert Iwerks, a friend of Walt Disney’s and a co-creator of Mickey Mouse.

In the mid-1950s, the Westminster Riding Club abandoned its horse activities and began the construction of a swimming pool. The clubhouse in the background of this picture was dedicated May 13, 1939, by Westminster Mayor Frank Myers. The swimming pool was built around 1957. Photo courtesy of Evelyn and Caroline Babylon.

August 16, 2015 by Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-ridingclub-0812-20150816-story.html

On this date, August 16, 1946, in years past, a tractor pull at the county fair, a horse show at the Westminster Riding Club, and the opening of the Carroll County Vocational Technical Center were all in the news.

In 1946, the Democratic Advocate observed that a large crowd attended the twelfth annual horse and pony show at the Westminster Riding Club. "There were 76 ponies and horses shown on the picturesque show grounds…”

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Immediately beside the Riding Club is the historic location of the storied 'Fair Grounds' where agricultural fairs took place in the second-half of the 1800s. This was the site of large and long horse stables which lined North Colonial Avenue and East Main Street — and the location of a large racetrack. Yes, that is the origin of what we now know as Fair Avenue.

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Today, most folks associate the Riding Club with the swimming pool or a social occasion at the "club house" banquet hall. The roots of the club are in horses and equestrian activities, just as the name implies. The grounds of the Riding Club were once the location of a nice riding arena located just beyond the edge of town — the focal point of the club's social and equestrian activities.

In 2010 I wrote about the Riding Club for The Baltimore Sun. In that story I wrote, “The swimming pool was built around 1957, and I should note that retired local physician Dean Griffin, now a gentleman asparagus farmer, was the first lifeguard and taught many classes. He also started the club's first swim team…

The riding club's history goes back 75 years to March 14, 1935, according to Reifsnider. She wrote that it was on that date that "a group of horse lovers under the guidance of Mrs. John L. Bennett and (Reifsnider), organized the Westminster Riding Club. ... (T)he Charter membership list (included) F. Kale Mathias, Eleanor C. Babylon, John L. Reifsnider, Jr., Joseph L. Mathias, Sr., Dr. Charles H. Kable, George R. Mitchell, Ralph S. Reifsnider, Catherine Baumgartner, Mrs. Paul M. Wimert, Albin N. Duvall, Sidney Hausman and Bruce T. Blair."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-ridingclub-0812-20150816-story.html

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Life in Carroll County midway through August meant riding shows and tractor pulls

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

On this date in years past, a tractor pull at the county fair, a horse show at the Westminster Riding Club, and the opening of the Carroll County Vocational Technical Center were all in the news.

WESTMINSTER

Official: Westminster fires intentionally set

MICHEL ELBEN

Two shed fires that occurred in close proximity and just a few hours apart early Thursday morning in Westminster were intentionally set, likely by the same person, according to a spokesman of the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

WESTMINSTER

Westminster mayors often had short terms in office

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

Though it had happened more than a week earlier, in early August of 1981, the greater Westminster and Carroll County community was still mourning the death of Joseph (Jack) Hamilton Hahn, Jr.

WESTMINSTER

Roots of a county fair in Carroll hard to follow before the Civil War

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

All last week, preparations were in full swing for this year's annual Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair that set up at the Agriculture Center, just south of Westminster. This year's fair will continue to Saturday morning, Aug. 8.

CARROLL COUNTY

Fire damages vacant cabin in New Windsor

TIMES STAFF

A fire that burned late Tuesday night in the 1300 block Western Chapel Road in New Windsor damaged a vacant cabin that was being prepared for demolition according to a State Fire Marshal's office press release.

WESTMINSTER

Sheriff's Office took long road to leading role in Carroll County law enforcement

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

The idea to develop a Carroll County police force began as a whisper campaign in the mid-1960s. It would take a half a century of studies, commissions, elections, and acrimony to finally decide to make the county sheriff's department the lead police agency in the county.

WESTMINSTER

Memories of Henryton State hospital fading with buildings demolished

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

It was 30 years ago that Henryton State Hospital was closed by the state of Maryland. The sprawling facility included 19 buildings with a total footprint of 30 acres in Marriottsville, about seven miles from Sykesville in southern Carroll County.

WESTMINSTER

Annual commemoration brings home Carroll County connection to Civil War

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

By July 5, 1863, the horrific results of one of the most cataclysmic events of the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, were really settling in on that small town in southern Pennsylvania.

WESTMINSTER

Remembering Carroll's statuesque and statue sculptor

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

Many would be surprised to learn that Blaze Starr, who passed away on June 15, is not the only creative statuesque figure with a Carroll County connection.

WESTMINSTER

Shrine in New Windsor honors site where Methodism got its start

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

On June 18, 1937, the Strawbridge Shrine Association was formed just outside of New Windsor, where many historians believe the origins of Methodism in America are located.

WESTMINSTER

Study of schools in Carroll provides an interesting education

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

The first weeks of June are a time when many young adults in Carroll County look forward to the end of the school year and graduation ceremonies.

WESTMINSTER

Memorial Day and memories of native son killed in Vietnam nearly 50 years ago

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

On May 25, the 148th Carroll County Memorial Day observances in Westminster were once again organized by Carroll Post 31 of the American Legion.

WESTMINSTER

Efforts in Carroll County to build harmony from diversity honored [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Eagle Archives

WESTMINSTER

Carroll County pays last respects to emergency responder [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Friends, family, colleagues and law enforcement officers from throughout the central-Maryland region filled Legacy Hall at the Sykesville Freedom District Volunteer Fire Department recently to pay their last respects to fellow firefighter and EMS provider Robin Flater Chenoweth.