Dinner with my wife

Dinner with my wife

August 10, 2009 - August 13, 2009

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinner-with-my-wife.html

Dinner with my wife at Ledo’s. It must have been a mistake that neither Caroline nor I had a meeting last Monday evening and we could actually have dinner together. (On Twitpic here: http://twitpic.com/dftqm)

Of course, we took our child, Mr. Moose.

There were quite a few folks in the restaurant that enjoyed the fact that we took Mr. Moose with us. Mr. Moose has become quite a litmus test about people.

I frequently find it amusing to find folks who do not seem amused with Mr. Moose. For me, it is sort of a test as to who is human and who is not… And yes, I still deny that I am a cylon…q.v. http://tinyurl.com/ovlbrb and http://twitpic.com/8qsyp or http://tinyurl.com/psljze

However, some folks do not get it. Usually an indicator that such folks should get a life.

20090810 Cb Mr mb

20081205 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/06/although-he-denies-being-cylon.html

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/06/although-he-denies-being-cylon_29.html http://tinyurl.com/ovlbrb

http://twitpic.com/8qsyp Although he denies being a Cylon http://tinyurl.com/knpvh2 20081205 kedesm.jpg

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August 7 2009 from AfricaSinger

http://africansinger.livejournal.com/5309.html

http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/172736.html

Jamie's Mom, being the good Mom that she is: "Ok, this is Jamie's Mom. The team from Calvary just got back and Jessica and Jenny had some pics of Jamie on facebook. So, I borrowed the pics and here are a few on Jamie's blog. Please keep her in prayer...Jamie's Mom" ...

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Kevin Dayhoff: http://www.westgov.net/ Westminster Maryland Online http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/ http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

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A visit to Gettysburg College, June 30, 2009

A visit to Gettysburg College, June 30, 2009

A family will be beginning college this fall at Gettysburg College. She will be the fourth generation to attend. The family visited Gettysburg on June 30, 2009. Enjoy a few of the many pictures that I took that day.

20090630 fb sdosm (some twitp) Gettysburg visit pictures
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Babylon Family, Babylon Family MJD, Colleges Gettysburg, Dayhoff Daily Photoblog, Dayhoff photos, Dayhoff photos Gettysburg

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Frederick County Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band in New York City

Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band in New York City

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-m2_0-0Pw



The Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band
Spring trip: New York City,
St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 17th, 2009

Director Kevin Lloyd
Associate Director Damon Dye
Assistant Directors Jeremy Brown and Kara BoehneColorguard Instructors Kristen Bohner and Jordon Beck
Band Booster President Keith Prather

The Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band
http://www.linganoreband.org/
Linganore High School
5850 Eaglehead DriveIjamsville, MD 21754

Video by Kevin Dayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
www.kevindayhoff.net
www.youtube.com/kevindayhoff
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff
E-mail him at: kevindayhoff AT gmail.com

20090317 Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band in New York City

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Maybe it is time we all moved to Alaska

Maybe it is time we all moved to Alaska

Anchorage AK Homes for Sale

Bill Babylon: http://www.getrealalaska.com/

Bill Babylon
Direct: 907-273-7531
e-mail address: Billybabs AT gmail DOT com

Prudential Jack White/ Vista Real Estate
3801 Centerpoint Drive 200
Anchorage, AK 99503
Fax: 907-562-5485
Cell: 907-351-4762

Welcome to your one-stop source for real estate services covering the South Anchorage area. Real estate is one of the most exciting investments one can make, and it should be a fun and rewarding experience. Here you'll find everything you'll need to buy or sell a home, as well as learn about the market value of homes you may own in the area. It is my goal to provide you with superior service at all times, so please tell me more about you! Learn About Me.

Hello and thank you for visiting! It is my goal as your full service real estate company specializing in the South Anchorage area, to provide you with superior service at all times.

Here are some things you might like to know about my brother-in-law Bill Babylon:

An experienced leader and manager

Retired from active service with the US Army after 29 years. Managed a $50 Million business with 1200 employees during my last 7 years of service.

Experienced a dozen relocations during this career.

Reviewed construction progress on new homes for the last 3 years as a subcontractor to Northrim Bank’s Construction Loan Department, familiarizing me with the new home market in the Anchorage area.

An active member of the community

Currently serving as Treasurer of Amazing Grace Lutheran Church.

Served as Treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 209 in Anchorage, for 2 years. Still active on the Troop Committee. Conduct Scout training for the Personal Management Merit Badge.

An ethical real estate professional

Member of the Anchorage Board of Realtors®.

Acquired over 35 hours of continuing real estate education in the past 6 months.
As a holder of the Prudential Real Estate eCertified® designation, I apply the latest technology solutions to meet my clients' real estate needs.

I do what’s right for my clients—not what sells!

I am ready to help you find your next home!

Buying a home? I look forward to helping you select the home of your dreams by taking time to listen to your needs and desires.

Selling a home? My real estate expertise and many effective marketing programs will give you the exposure and edge you need to sell your home quickly for top dollar.

20081108 Maybe it is time we all moved to Alaska

Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio on Oct 31 2008

Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio on Oct 31 2008

Yes, dear reader, my extended family is the very essence of bipartisanism. For that matter, so is my extended network of friends and colleagues.

Pictured here is my cousin, Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio.

Photo caption: Senator Joe Biden, who is running as Senator Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate, during a rally at Trent Arena in Kettering on Friday Oct. 31. Teesha McClam photo

Dayton Ohio Dayton Dailey News 2008 Presidential Election

1,600 cheer Biden as he rips McCain, touts Obama

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/31/ddn103108bidenweb.html

Related content:
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1,600 attend event Photos Video

'The Boss' to join Obamas in Cleveland

Boehner calls Obama barnyard name

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By Lynn Hulsey and Jessica Wehrman Staff Writers

Saturday, November 01, 2008

KETTERING — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden painted a dire picture of the current state of the country, and placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of President George Bush and the Republican who wants to replace him, Sen. John McCain.

Biden, speaking Friday, Oct. 31, at Kettering Fairmont High School's Trent Arena called McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Bush's "economic sidekicks." Biden said there is no doubt that Americans are worse off today than four years ago.

"So the real question," said Biden, "is who is going to make you better off four years from now than you are today? And ladies and gentlemen, that answer is Barack Obama."

Biden drew a crowd of about 1,600 to the arena, which seats 3,600 and can hold 4,500 if people are standing on the floor. The crowd was much smaller than a Monday event at the arena with McCain, which drew an estimated 3,600.

But the smaller crowd didn't quash the enthusiasm of Obama/Biden supporters who attended the event.

[…]

Read the entire article here: Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio

20081031 Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio

David S. Babylon Jr. Memorial Community Building Groundbreaking

Westminster Mayor and Common Council
P.O. Box 710, 1838 Emerald Hill Lane,
Westminster, Maryland 21158-0710 410-848-9000

Westminster Fallfest, Inc.,
P.O.B. 805, Westminster, Maryland, 21158 (410) 848-9000

David S. Babylon Jr. Memorial Community Building Groundbreaking
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:30 p.m.
Westminster Playground, Westminster, Maryland

Westminster Dir. of Recreation & Parks Ron Schroers
Westminster Mayor Thomas K. Ferguson
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell District 5A, Carroll County
County Commissioner Dean Minnich
Fallfest Treasurer & Building Chair Marshall Green
Evelyn Fluck Babylon
Closing Ron Schroers
Cake

The building is being named in honor of David S. Babylon, Jr., who served the citizens of Westminster for twenty-five years as a distinguished member and President of the Westminster Common Council, was a life member of the Westminster Fire Department, and was a well-respected and successful Westminster businessman.

This new two-story building will replace the current outdated structure and is designed to continue to function as a snack shack and storage facility, but will also include a community meeting room and office facilities for Westminster Fallfest Inc.

The building will be owned by The City of Westminster and will be operated and maintained through a partnership with The City of Westminster, Westminster Fallfest, Inc., and The Westminster Optimist Club.

Funding for this exciting project was made possible by a lead private sector gift of $50,000.00 from the family of David Babylon, along with A State of Maryland Project Open Space grant of $59,470 and matching grants from Carroll County Government and The City of Westminster of $3,304.00 each.

Councilwoman Suzanne Albert and the Westminster based architectural firm of Dean Camlin & Associates, the Westminster based engineering firm of CLSI, and the Board of Directors of Westminster Fallfest, Inc. each have made important contributions to this endeavor.

If you’d like to contribute, checks can be made out to:
Westminster Fallfest “Paving the Road,”
Westminster Fallfest, Inc.,
P.O.B. 805, Westminster, Maryland, 21158
(410) 848-9000

Carroll County Board of Commissioners agenda for the week of September 22 2008

Carroll County Board of Commissioners agenda for the week of September 22 2008

Board of County Commissioners
Julia W. Gouge, President
Dean L. Minnich, Vice President
Michael D. Zimmer, Secretary
Carroll County Government
225 North Center Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-386-2043; 1-888-302-8978
fax 410-386-2485; TT 410-848-9747

Agenda for the Week of September 22, 2008

Please Note: This weekly agenda is subject to change. Please call 410-386-2043 to confirm a meeting you plan to attend. All meetings will be held at the Carroll County Office Building Room 311. (Unless otherwise noted)

Indicates Outside Activities

Monday September 22, 2008

10:00 a.m.
Marada Industries, Inc. Tour
Westminster, Maryland
Commissioners Gouge & Zimmer

7:00 p.m.
Union Bridge Community Meeting
Union Bridge, Maryland
Commissioners Gouge, Minnich & Zimmer

Tuesday September 23, 2008

9:00 a.m.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Old New Windsor School
County Government Offices & Presentation of Proclamation
for the Carroll County Public Library’s 50th Anniversary
New Windsor, Maryland
Commissioners Gouge, Minnich & Zimmer

11:00 a.m.

Board of County Commissioners Open Session

County Office Building Room 311
2009/2010 Budget Challenges
County Commissioners Office Mr. Steve Powell/
Department of Management & Budget Mr. Ted Zaleski

FOLLOWED BY:

Board of County Commissioners Administrative Session Closed
Westminster, Maryland

1:00 p.m.
Board of Education Meeting
Westminster, Maryland
Commissioner Zimmer

4:00 p.m.
Maryland Association of Boards of Education Conference
Ocean City, Maryland
Commissioner Zimmer

Wednesday September 24, 2008

8:00 a.m.
Maryland Association of Boards of Education Conference
Ocean City, Maryland
Commissioner Zimmer

10:00 a.m.
Issues & Insights with Mayor McCarron
Taneytown, Maryland
Commissioner Gouge

3:30 p.m.
Groundbreaking Ceremony for David Babylon Community
Building @ Westminster City Playground
Westminster, Maryland
Commissioners Gouge & Minnich

Thursday September 25, 2008

8:00 a.m.
Maryland Association of Boards of Education Conference
Ocean City, Maryland
Commissioner Zimmer

8:30 a.m.
Economic Development Commission Meeting
County Office Building Room 105
Commissioner Minnich

10:00 a.m.
Board of County Commissioners Roundtable Discussion
County Office Building Room 003
Commissioners Gouge & Minnich

11:00 a.m.
Board of County Commissioners Open Session
County Office Building Room 311
Commissioners Gouge & Minnich

Request Approval Town/County Agreements
Towns of Sykesville & Mt. Airy
Department of Management & Budget Mr. Ted Zaleski

Exercise Option to Purchase Daniel Shaffer Property
Greenwood Campus Option -
Department of Public Works Mr. J. Michael Evans
Department of General Services Mr. Tom Rio

Update on Carroll County Food Sunday -
Carroll County Food Sunday Mr. David Taylor

BCC signing of Bond documents for Issuance of Economic
Development Revenue Bonds for Fairhaven, Inc. and
Copper Ridge, Inc. -
County Attorney's Office Kim Millender, County Attorney

Request Approval of the Carroll County Sheriff's Department
FY 2009 Violence Again Women Act (VAWA) Award and
Operating Budget Resolution O-03 to Transfer Funds -
Carroll County Sheriff's Department Sheriff Tregoning/
Department of Management & Budget Mr. Ted Zaleski

Chief of Staff Time Mr. Steve Powell

Administrative Session Closed

Friday September 26, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Maryland Association of Boards of Education Conference
Ocean City, Maryland
Commissioner Zimmer

7:00 p.m.
Induction of Filipino Americans of Carroll County
Westminster, Maryland
Commissioner Minnich

Saturday September 27, 2008

Sunday September 28, 2008
8:05 a.m.
“The Commissioners’ Report” – WTTR
Commissioner Gouge

20080922 CCBOC agenda

20080701 Rev. Sarah Babylon Dorrance begins her first day at Taylorsville United Methodist Church

Rev. Sarah Babylon Dorrance begins her first day at Taylorsville United Methodist Church

Rev. Dorrance picks up the keys to the church

Taylorsville United Methodist Church
4356 Ridge Road
Mount Airy, MD 21771-8932

Phone 410-875-4101 Fax 410-875-4101

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.” Psalm 90: 1-2 NIV

July 2, 2008

On Monday, June 30, 2008 Pastor Sarah Dorrance picked up the keys to the Taylorsville United Methodist Church.

She began her first day in the office on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.

In her message to the congregation of Taylorsville United Methodist Church on the church’s web site, she noted:

This is a time of change at Taylorsville UMC.

Rev. Stephen White is retiring as of June 30th, and Rev. Sarah B. Dorrance will begin as pastor on July 1st, 2008.

It is the wish and desire of both pastors to make this transition as smooth and seamless as possible.

Take time to celebrate what each person in this church has done. Take time to celebrate the wonderful heritage that both pastors and congregation accomplished at Taylorsville—take time to thank God for all that God has done in the life of this congregation, and all that God will do in the future!

Rev. Dorrance was in international marketing prior to going into the ministry.

She graduated from Wesley Theological Seminary with a M. Div this past May and was be commissioned as a Probationary Elder of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.

Rev. Dorrance has a passion for mission, teaching, preaching and discipleship in the local church.

She has served on the Latino Advisory Board for the Frederick District, has been an intern at Faithpoint UMC, and was instrumental in bringing her home church, Calvary UMC in Mt. Airy, to a new level of serving in the mission field.

She has also directed the youth choir at Calvary UMC for the past 10 years. Rev. Dorrance recently co-authored a book titled “Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley’s sermons for Today.”

She is very excited about receiving her first full-time appointment at Taylorsville UMC.

Taylorsville United Methodist Church, in Mt. Airy, has been serving the people of western Carroll County for more than 125 years. The average worship attendance is 79.

The church’s United Methodist Men and Women serve the community and world through outreach programs, work projects, and mission activities. Church activities also include Vacation Bible School, a mother-daughter banquet, Christmas bazaar, Bible study groups, Friday Family Game Nite, and an annual church picnic.

The congregation supports missionaries in Alaska, Turkey, China and India. Taylorsville is continuing to search for ways in which they can reach out to the community to invite people to experience God’s love through the ministry of the church.

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Church web site: http://www.taylorsvilleumc.org/

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20080328 Linganore High School Band in Disney

Linganore High School Band in Disney

March 28, 2008

The Linganore High School Band from Linganore High School in Frederick County Maryland recently “perform(ed) in the Main Street Parade in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Wednesday, March 19, 2008” in Orlando Florida. ladorrance has a video up on You Tube:

Linganore High School Band in Disney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xonFPCvflQ

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20080310 Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville United Methodist Church

Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville UMC, Mt. Airy, Md.

March 10, 2008

Sarah Babylon Dorrance was in international marketing prior to going into the ministry.

She will graduate from Wesley Theological Seminary with a M. Div this coming May and will be commissioned as a Probationary Elder of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.

Dorrance has a passion for mission, teaching, preaching and discipleship in the local church.

She has served on the Latino Advisory Board for the Frederick District, has been an intern at Faithpoint UMC, and was instrumental in bringing her home church, Calvary UMC in Mt. Airy, to a new level of serving in the mission field.

She has also directed the youth choir at Calvary UMC for the past 10 years. Dorrance recently co-authored a book titled “Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley’ s sermons for Today.”

She is very excited about receiving her first full-time appointment at Taylorsville UMC.

Taylorsville United Methodist Church, in Mt. Airy, has been serving the people of western Carroll County for more than 125 years. The average worship attendance is 79 and in 2007 the church paid 100 percent of its apportionments.

The church’s United Methodist Men and Women serve the community and world through outreach programs, work projects, and mission activities. Church activities also include Vacation Bible School, a mother-daughter banquet, Christmas bazaar, Bible study groups, Friday Family Game Nite, and an annual church picnic.

The congregation supports missionaries in Alaska, Turkey, China and India. Taylorsville is continuing to search for ways in which they can reach out to the community to invite people to experience God’s love through the ministry of the church.

http://bwcumc.org/content/2008-appointments

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20080310 Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville UMC

20070319 African orphans make special visit

African orphans make special visit

Mar 19, 2007 3:00 AM
by Kelsey Volkmann , The Examiner

Bel Air, Md. - They watched Disney on Ice, shopped at a mall and rode escalators for the first time.

Maryland, after all, is far away from the girls’ home in Namibia, Africa the Children of Mount Zion Village, an orphanage established by Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Bel Air and still operating thanks to donations and volunteers from churches throughout the state.

“It’s a lot for them to take in,” said Sarah Dorrance, a seminary student and missionary advocate at Calvary United Methodist Church in Mount Airy, one of the orphanage’s sponsors.

Read the rest of the article here.

Disclosure: I volunteer with the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County and I kinda know the volunteer whose image appears in the photograph…

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The Sudoku Players

The Sudoku Players

December 25, 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff

Dayhoff Daily Photoblog

20061225 The Sudoku Players

The Smurf Family Mrs Owl

Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/

20060822 KDDC David S Babylon Sept 4 1923 to Aug 22 2006

David S. Babylon, Jr.
September 4, 1923 – August 22, 2006

Westminster City Councilman, 25 years: May 11, 1964 to May 19, 1989,
Council President, 16 years: May 1973 to May 1989

Terms of Office:
7 terms: One 2-year term, one 3-year term and five 4-year terms.
May 1964 to May 1966
May 1966 to May 1968
(changed to 1969 when terms were changed to four years)
May 1969 to May 1973
May 1973 to May 1977
May 1977 to May 1981
May 1981 to May 1985
May 1985 to May 1989
(Council President Babylon chose to not run for an eighth term).

Brief Bio as of May 19th, 1999

Mr. Babylon is retired. He was a self-employed accountant and tax consultant for 40 years.

He served as a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of The Carroll County and & Trust Company from 1961 until 1999 as well as Mason-Dixon Bankshares from 1991 until 1999.

He served as President and Board Member of the Westminster Hardware Company for many years. He was on the Board of Directors of Piney Branch Golf & Country Club, and the Raymond I. Richardson Foundation. He has been a member of the Westminster Lions Club for 51 years.

He has been a member of the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company #1 since June 1st, 1949 - - for over 50 years, serving many of those years as fund-raiser and as Treasurer.

Public service is not new to Mr. Babylon and the Babylon family. Mr. Babylon's Grandfather, F. Thomas Babylon, also served as President of the Westminster City Council, in 1898 and 1899. F. Thomas Babylon and David Snider Babylon, (Mr. Babylon's Father) also served as President of the Westminster Hardware Company and as Director and President of the Westminster Savings Bank, the predecessor of Carroll County Bank & Trust Company.

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20060823 David S Babylon Obit

David S. Babylon, Jr.

September 4, 1923 – August 22, 2006

Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home

91 Willis Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157

410-848-3933 Fax 410-876-3284

David Snider Babylon, Jr., 82, died at his home on Tuesday, August 22, 2006, after an extended illness.

Born on September 4, 1923 in Westminster, MD, he was the son of the late D. Snider Babylon and Marion Cover Babylon. He and G. Evelyn Fluck Babylon were married October 16, 1948 by her father, the Reverend Dr. William A. Fluck, in Hatfield, PA.

Mr. Babylon was a 1941 graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy. He was one of the youngest Captains commissioned in the U. S. Army during World War II. He graduated from Gettysburg College in January 1948 with a BA degree in Economics.

After graduation, he continued in a business, Cunocar Bookkeeping Service, begun in his college years. Many in Westminster have fond memories of Mr. Babylon’s green “office-on-wheels,” in which he would travel from business to business. He sold his business in 1986, to retire, travel, and enjoy his family and friends. He enjoyed entertaining family and friends at his home on Willis Street.

Much of life was dedicated to public service. He joined the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company #1 on June 1^st, 1949. Serving in the fire department was one of the passions in his life. He served for many years as secretary/treasurer. Some members still recall how he stopped by the station every morning to “match for coffee” – flipping a 1923 silver dollar.

Mr. Babylon served as a Westminster Common Councilman for 25 years, from 1964 to 1989; at which time, he retired. For 16 of those years, he served as the Common Council President as did his grandfather, F. Thomas Babylon, in 1898 and 1899.

Mr. Babylon was a member of Carroll Post 31 American Legion for over 60 years, as well as a member of the Westminster Elks Lodge 2277, and a member and past president of the Westminster Lions Club for over 50 years, for which he was named a Melvin Jones Fellow in 1994. He was a member and past president of the Westminster Riding Club; of which his sister, Eleanor Cover Babylon was a founding member.

He was also an active member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on Carroll Street in Westminster as was his family for two previous generations.

As a business professional, Mr. Babylon served as President and board member of the Westminster Hardware Company for many years. He served as a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Carroll County Bank and Trust Company from 1961 until 1999 as well as Mason-Dixon Bancshares from 1991 to 1999. His grandfather, F. Thomas Babylon and father, D. Snider Babylon, also served as President of the Westminster Hardware Company and as a Director and President of the Westminster Savings Bank, the predecessor of Carroll County Bank & Trust.

He was on the Board of Directors of Piney Branch Golf & Country Club, the Raymond I. Richardson Foundation for Bowling Brook School and the Albaugh and Babylon Grocery Co.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children, their spouses and six grandchildren. Marian Babylon Rognlien and her husband, Ronald L. Rognlien and daughter, Marnie, of Nokesville, VA. Col. William T. Babylon, US Army (Ret.) and his wife, Lt. Col. Patricia Jean Cronen Babylon, US Army (Ret.) and their children, Franklin Thomas and his fiancé, Rosalena Magroski; Elizabeth Anne; and David Snider Babylon III, of Anchorage, AK. Caroline Babylon and her husband, Kevin Dayhoff, of Westminster, MD. Sarah Babylon Dorrance and children Jamie and Melissa, of Mount Airy, MD.

He was predeceased by his stepmother, Caroline Billingslea Babylon, sister, Eleanor Cover Babylon, brother Thomas Cover Babylon, and son-in-law James Dorrance.

The family will receive friends at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home at 91 Willis Street, Westminster, MD from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8, Friday, August 25. The Westminster Fire Department will hold a memorial service at 8:15 p.m. Friday evening, August 25.

A memorial service will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street in Westminster at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 with the Reverend David B. Helfrich officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. before the service at Grace Lutheran Church. Entombment will be private at the family mausoleum at Krider’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Evelyn and David S. Babylon Community Fund, c/o The Carroll Community Foundation, 255 Clifton Blvd., Westminster, MD 21157.

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

Speaking of family, it is really hard to write a column when your wife keeps playing “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”, (by Gayla Peevey, 1953) on the computer next to you. “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue; Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do.”

Talk with you later. Many thanks to Rosa's fiance, (my nephew,) Frank Babylon for helping me set up this site.

KDDC 20051226

20040304 Linganore teens take a stand against further development by Brad Pierce, Gazette Staff Writer

Linganore teens take a stand against further development

by Brad Pierce, Staff Writer, Mar. 4, 2004

Public hearings for region plan updates tend to be long, boring affairs chock-full of talkative attorneys and property owners discontent with the invasion of bulldozers in Frederick County.

So it's unusual to see teenage girls hanging out at them.

And it is even more unusual to hear teenage girls speak about the planning process in such an earnest way that demands attention from everyone in the room. But at a New Market Region Plan public hearing held before the Frederick County Planning Commission last week, that's exactly what happened.

Several Linganore High students took the stand to speak about residential development in the area.

Jamie Dorrance, a 14-year-old freshman, talked about protecting the woodlands behind her house.

Sarah Lilly, a 15-year-old sophomore, spoke about the need for better schools.

And Amy Grimes, a 16-year-old junior who could not attend the public hearing, asked her mother to read into the record a letter Amy wrote about how important it is to improve roads.

"I was very impressed with their testimony," said Frederick County Commissioner Michael L. Cady, who attended the public hearing.

Although a teen lobbying for increased school funding at budget meetings is fairly common in Frederick County, Cady said seeing youths show up at a planning hearing is rare.

"I hope we'll see a great deal more of this," he said, adding that the girls set a good example taking an active role in community issues.

Frederick County Commissioner Jan H. Gardner, who also attended the hearing, said she thought it was wonderful to see teenagers get involved in planning issues.

The girls "demonstrated good citizenship," she said.

" ... It's important to engage our young people in the public process," she added.

The girls maintain their parents did not push them to the podium. And all three have stressed that they chose on their own accord to become involved because the county has neglected far too many problems for far too long.

"I just really think that it's a big issue," Lilly said, explaining that even as a teenager, she has a responsibility to take care of her community.

Farms are shrinking, forests are disappearing, and the county's wildlife is running out of room to live, Dorrance said, and it's all happening because development is moving too fast to consider the consequences.

Dorrance spoke out to protect 86 acres of woods behind her house from development, which she says would wreck her rural neighborhood.

"In 20 years, there's probably not going to be any woods left around here," she said.

The woods, like much of the land surrounding the girls' neighborhoods, is up for consideration to be re-zoned from agriculture to residential, which is why the girls sprang into action.

Last week's public hearing was, after all, held Feb. 25, a school night. There's homework to do, friends to talk to, and reality shows on television to watch. But instead of settling for the usual teens' Wednesday night, Dorrance and Lilly headed to Winchester Hall clutching speeches.

"I can't think of a better way to spend a Wednesday night," Dorrance said. "If I don't say anything, who's going to do it?"

Dorrance teamed up with Lilly and Grimes and got down to business. They did their research online, knocked on doors in the area, and circulated a petition to slow down development.

Even Dorrance's 13-year-old sister, Melissa, has gotten into the action by spreading the word at New Market Middle School. And after surveying residents, Dorrance said the trio couldn't find anyone who supported development of the woodlands.

"I haven't met one person who actually lives here who want it to be developed," Dorrance said. "Most people were violently against it."

And besides depleting the area's woodlands, further development in the area would cause an already damaged well system in the area to be stressed beyond the capabilities of underground water sources, Dorrance said.

Lilly also made a passionate plea last week for the county to take care of what it already has and accommodate its current residents before building more homes and worrying about new residents that development will bring.

"It's a really important issue," Lilly said. "If people don't speak out on this they'll just keep building more homes."

Linganore High is already at 120 percent capacity with 12 portables used as classrooms this year, she explained. Next year, five more portables will be added the school's collection of inadequate facilities, she said. Portables are not intended for long-term use, but at Linganore, that's exactly what they're set up for, she said.

"I've never gone to a school that doesn't have portables," Dorrance said.

Grimes could not attend last week's hearing because she was already committed to sing at a church, but her belief in speaking out on the poor conditions of roads in the area is just as deep as Dorrance's love for trees.

The two issues are connected, because, according to Grimes, development of the woods would further strain already busy and poorly maintained roads, mainly Sidney Road and Md. Route 144.

"Where the two roads intersect is a very dangerous place, as a new driver myself I can testify to having difficulty safely pulling out on one road to the other," Grimes said.

She explained that accidents are common; one neighbor recently fell due to the poor condition of the road and broke her leg.

"Doing anything that would increase traffic on these two busy roads wouldn't be good for anyone currently living in the area, as it is, these roads aren't safe for drivers or pedestrians," Grimes added.

A continuation of region plan public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the first floor meeting room at Winchester Hall.