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Baugher’s Restaurant in Westminster and Caroline Babylon
raise money for Red Cross Hurricane relief
On October 26, 2004 Caroline Babylon teamed-up with
Baugher’s restaurant and John Jordan, then the Baugher's manager, to raise
money for the Red Cross for hurricane relief. My wife is awesome. Just saying.
“Recently Baugher's Restaurant in Westminster helped raise
money for American Red Cross Hurricane Disaster relief. Pictured above are
Baugher's Manager John Jordan giving American Red Cross DAT Member Caroline
Babylon the generous donations collected by the restaurant. These contributions
will help those whose lives were devastated by the recent Florida hurricanes.
Picture Date: October 26th, 2004”
Baugher’s Restaurant in Westminster and Caroline Babylon
raise money for Red Cross Hurricane relief
On October 26, 2004 Caroline Babylon teamed-up with
Baugher’s restaurant and John Jordan, then the Baugher's manager, to raise
money for the Red Cross for hurricane relief. My wife is awesome. Just saying.
“Recently Baugher's Restaurant in Westminster helped raise
money for American Red Cross Hurricane Disaster relief. Pictured above are
Baugher's Manager John Jordan giving American Red Cross DAT Member Caroline
Babylon the generous donations collected by the restaurant. These contributions
will help those whose lives were devastated by the recent Florida hurricanes.
Picture Date: October 26th, 2004”
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It would not be odd to see a farmer, a cow, a horse, a deer, corn stalks or a bird in Carroll County — just maybe not all in a corn field at one time.
A depiction of all these figures, meant to symbolize the many creatures that consume corn, can be found in a corn field near the Carroll County Agriculture Center and Shipley Arena in Westminster. The center used the help of GPS technology to mow the figures, which encompass roughly three miles, into the field as the route for their fourth annual corn maze.
“It’s gone well,” said agriculture center board member Caroline Babylon, of the corn maze over the years. “It’s a major fundraiser for us.”"
Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 By Adam Bednar, Times Staff Writer
Some state dollars are on the way to help pay for capital improvements in Carroll.
The General Assembly amended the state’s Capital Budget Bill to include $150,000 for the Carroll County Agriculture Center.
Sen. Larry Haines, R-District 5, said that he was happy the ag center is receiving state funding this year.
Both the House and Senate each funded $7.5 million in legislative projects for the 2010 session.
According to a list of bond bills being funded, the General Assembly reviewed more than $35 million in requests.
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The bond money will be used on capital improvements at the agricultural center, said Caroline Babylon, the center’s treasurer. However, the specific uses haven’t yet been decided by the center’s board, she said.
Carroll Hospital Center also was awarded $700,000 to help pay for creating extra space for Access Carroll on its campus. However, these funds were included in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s capital budget and were not considered a legislative project, said Sen. David Brinkley, R-District 4.
The use of smokeless tobacco in CarrollCounty for people younger than 18 has increased significantly since 2000, according to state statistics.
According to statistics from the Maryland Adult Tobacco Surveys and Maryland Youth Tobacco Surveys conducted by the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Carroll saw an 18.7 percent increase in tobacco use among underage youths between 2000 and 2006.
Barbara White, coordinator for the Carroll County Health Department’s Cigarette Restitution Fund Program, said the program is working to address the problem.
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White and her co-workers presented the latest statistics at a meeting Thursday in Westminster.
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Hegg had Caroline Babylon make a presentation about how she used a grant from CRFP at the event Thursday morning in Westminster.
Babylon, who is treasurer at the CarrollCountyAgricultureCenter, was given a grant to provide anti-chewing information at the Ag Center this year.
Babylon set up a table with candy for children and tobacco-free products that resemble smokeless tobacco for those who chewed tobacco. The information was available at bull riding events and a tractor pull.
The nontobacco products were meant to be used as a way to satisfy the habit of chewing without the dangers of tobacco for people attempting to quit, Babylon said.
“On an average night, 100 to 140 people saw the display,” she said. “I think we at least planted the seed and gave people a tool [to quit].”
White said she hopes to have more programs like Babylon’s that focused on smokeless tobacco in the coming years.
Maryland General Assembly: HB134 Transporting Pets (and wives) in trucks
Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl
Earlier today Mrs. Owl emailed me a PDF copy of “News and Views You can Use,” distributed by Equiery.I cannot find the newsletter on the Equiery web site…
Mrs. Owl wrote “One of several silly aspects of legislation I'm sure,” as she called to my attention commentary on HB134…
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Upon reading the newsletter I found the column of which Mrs. Owl was referring on page one: “Maryland General Assembly Session: Opened like a lamb, now roaring like a lion,” by Nancy Hill. She calls to our attention “HB134 - Vehicle laws, Transporting pets in trucks or trailers.”
Ms. Hill writes, “What is quirky about this bill is that ‘people’ over the age of sixteen are allowed by state law to ride in the back of an open truck.As one Senator said, ‘If this bill passes, I'd have to put the dog in the front with me and my wife in the back of the truck.’[…]”
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 132/97 – CGM) and sure enough the synopsis of the bill reads:
“Prohibiting a person from transporting pets in or on a truck or trailer on a highway unless the truck or trailer is enclosed on the sides and the top in a manner that safely prevents the pet from falling, jumping, or otherwise exiting the truck or trailer or unless the pet is confined by a device designed to safely prevent the pet from falling, jumping, or otherwise exiting the truck or trailer; providing that a violation of the Act is not considered a moving violation for specified purposes; defining "pet"; etc.”
And by the way – it passed the House on third reader on March 20, 2008 (127-7)
To sure, a quick search on the internet indicates that a number of state and local governments throughout the nation have such dog tethering laws on the books…
Hey, I’m just as sappy about pets, animals, and dogs as the next person…
Nevertheless, considering the economy; the dynamic that Maryland is currently engaged in driving folks and businesses out of the state with a new and improved version of tax-hell; and last, but not least, are the recent statistics that Maryland is one of the most dangerous states in the union - - is protecting dogs while they ride in a truck what we really need our legislators to be doing these days.
I had all but finished the video below, about the April 18th, 2007 Main Street Mile, some time ago… In the video please notice the quintessential Dave Herlocker moving the race finishers along at the finish line…
Dave Herlocker and Caroline Babylon keep the finish line moving at the annual Westminster, Maryland Main Street Mile on April 18, 2007.That’s Dave on the left in the blue pants, yellow shirt and green sleeves.
Carroll County Times photographer, Kyle Nosal, runs to get a photo…
Carrie Ann Knauer, Carroll County Times Staff Writer, covering the event…
Her article: “Road runners” appeared in the Thursday, April 19, 2007 edition of the Carroll County Times…
Westminster Police officer Tony Ott (gray shirt - center) kept everything moving smoothly throughout the event…
Anyone who has spent anytime around horses – this video is for you.Ms. Stacy Westfall performs complicated horseback riding and western reining bareback without any bridle – at the 2006 “All American Quarter Horse Congress.”
Le Tour de France, en partenariat avec le Ministère de l'éducation nationale, le Ministère des Sports, de la Jeunesse et de la Vie associative et la Fédération Française de Cyclisme, se tourne vers les enfants avec une vaste campagne d'information et d'animation axée sur la découverte du sport cycliste et de son épreuve phare.
Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.
These 20 stages have the following profiles:
11 flat stages
6 mountain stages
1 medium mountain stage
2 individual time-trial stages
Distinctive aspects of the race
3 mountain finishes
2 rest days
117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed
All of us can sense it: in early July, the Tour de France will open up a new chapter in its history. The departure will be unlike anything that has ever been seen before-extraordinary in the literal meaning of the word.
The desire of Mr Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to welcome the world’s greatest cycling race with all the honors due its rank, his goal of encouraging more people to ride bicycles in his city, and the British capital’s power and prestige will make the 2007 Tour stand out from all those that have preceded it.
London is offering us its heart, most beautiful landmarks and emblematic sights as the set piece for a departure that is already arousing unprecedented excitement. The city won over everybody who took part in our scouting and study trips. The Londoners’ enthusiasm has convinced us that this event must not be missed under any circumstances! From Trafalgar Square to TowerBridge, the presentation of the teams, the official departure ceremony beneath Big Ben and the ride past BuckinghamPalace and through Hyde Park, the 2007 Tour de France will be one of the most exciting events in recent memory.
Nous le ressentons tous : le Tour de France va vivre, début juillet, une page nouvelle de son histoire. Un Grand Départ hors du commun, « extra-ordinaire », au sens premier du terme.
Le désir du maire de Londres, Ken Livingstone, d’accueillir la plus grande course cycliste du monde avec les honneurs dus à son rang, sa volonté de développer la pratique du vélo dans sa ville, ainsi que le prestige et la puissance de la capitale britannique confèrent à la Grande Boucle 2007 une dimension exceptionnelle.
On June 19, the streets of Westminster will be filled with more than 60 Model T Fords as the antique cars, and their owners, journey down Main Street as part of a weeklong summer tour hosted by the Blue & Grey Chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America (MTFCA).
Vernon Keeler of Keymar is a member of the Blue and Grey Chapter, and expects to be on hand with his family's 1926 Model T Roadster pickup.
According to Keeler, the chapter is based in Hagerstown, but has members throughout the region, including his wife, Dottie Keeler, who is the current president.
For the summer tour, though, Model T owners come from as far as Colorado, Arizona, Maine and Florida, and spend the week, June 17-22, traveling to different locales in Maryland.
On Tuesday, June 19, members will travel to Westminster to visit the WheelerAutomotiveMuseum on Railroad Avenue, arriving at an estimated time of about 10:30 a.m.
[…]
… Keeler, who said Model Ts move at about 35 miles per hour…
(Editor’s note: Which seems a bit slow but many folks are unaware that 35 mph was the national speed limit during World War II…)
This post is for my wife.Read it quickly before it is prevailed upon me to amend it or take the post down.
Me: spiders gotta live somewhere.I just Zen them.As long as they don’t change the settings on my computer or eat my ice cream – I’m good.Whatever.
My wife:Spiders seem to make my normally unfazed, calm, and sedate wife go from zero to animated in a nanosecond.I know of nothing else that bothers my wife (except liberals… fortunately she doesn’t feel the need to squish them… .)
It is somewhat the source of amusement with me.Trust me, my amusement is not shared by my wife, and I have long since learned to adjust my approach.[Soccer Dad doesn’t wear paisley (My goodness that was an ugly tie.) - - I take spiders seriously – when they are the source of my wife’s undivided attention…]
Me to wife:Wife, I just saw on Nancy Grace that Anna Nicole Smith is still dead and the world is going to come to an end.Could ya please help me grab my computer before we go to the bomb shelter?
Wife:I don’t care - - There’s a spider in the house!Get it.
Over the years we have come to a sorta agreement.Found spiders in the house are not to be killed.They are to be invited to go outside…This seems to work as long as the spider is cooperative.
For the safety of spiders, I have posted a sign at the back door that our house is not safe for spiders.It seems to have worked.
Perhaps Jeremy Bruno up at Voltage Gate (Besides, Mr. Bruno has not one article about spiders on his blog.What gives”) may have to interpret some of this for us, but according to Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Mar 21, 8:45 AM ET :
While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together.
Social behavior is extremely rare in arachnids, a group of critters typically defined by their aggression, clever hunting methods and even predatory cannibalism.
"This was the best example I had ever seen of friendly behavior in an arachnid," said lead study author Linda Rayor, a CornellUniversity entomologist.
