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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Fantastic YouTube Find: A Historical View of Main Street Westminster

Kym Byrnes | Sep 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

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Gerry Wiseman created and posted this great video montage on YouTube.

To go along with the historical video montage, here are some highlights of Westminster's founding.
According to a History of Westminster written by former Westminser Mayor Kevin Dayhoff, William Winchester of England founded Westminster in 1764.
Winchester originally named the community "Winchester's Town" but in 1768 the town name was changed to Westminster because the mail was often accidentally delivered to the town of Winchester in Virginia, according to Dayhoff's article...

Free Movies at Carroll Community College

Kym Byrnes | Sep 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

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Catch a free flick at Carroll Community College.

Ten Years Since 9/11: Reflecting on Where We've Been

Kym Byrnes | Sep 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

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McDaniel College professor Pam Zappardino recounts flying over New York the morning of 9/11 and contemplates the U.S. response following the attacks.

Citizens Form Organization, Weigh in on Commissioner Decisions

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Citizens are creating a group called Citizens United for Carroll to fight for what they believe is the right direction for the county.

Get Your Tastebuds Ready, It's Maryland Wine Festival Time in Westminster

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Tens of thousands will travel to Westminster this weekend to enjoy wine from around the state.
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Carroll County Maryland Ten-Year Remembrance ceremonies Photo by Ken Koons



Photo Ken Koons - http://tinyurl.com/4xxuswd Westminster 9/11 Remembrance article by Peter Panepinto http://tinyurl.com/4xxuswd

Carroll County Maryland Ten-Year Remembrance ceremonies — The Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association held a 9/11 remembrance on Sun., Sept. 11, at 1 p.m., in front of the County Office Building, 225 N. Center St., Westminster.




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Ken Koons/Staff Photo: Westminster 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony - C. A. Ray 3rd, with the Hampstead fire company, and Kevin Dayhoff, with the Westminster fire company, present a memorial wreath during the Westminster 911 Remembrance Ceremony at the County Office Building in Westminster on Sunday. http://tinyurl.com/4xxuswd - - http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/gallery/news/carroll-county-ceremonies/collection_fa507a4e-dce1-11e0-bd41-001cc4c002e0.html



"This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world." - President Bush on 9/11/10

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

CULLETON: They who fail to learn from history are doomed to butcher it


The history of Carroll County is enshrined in records somewhere, and columnist Kevin Dayhoff reminds us of interesting or amusing tidbits in his space here in The Eagle.

He follows a tradition of reciting facts so the current generation doesn't forget -- or worse, distort -- what came before.

But not everyone has Kevin's respect for the historical record. One of the items that is to be cut from Maryland's education budget is a mandatory test in government, what we used to call "Civics." … http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion/5167/they-who-fail-learn-history-are-doomed-butcher-it/

20110211 ExpCar Culleton They who fail to learn history are doomed


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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

This and That

This and That

August 9, 2010

Roaming around the web and stumbled upon this…

Westminster Mayors & Burgesses, Carroll County, Maryland L. Conaway 1989-1994 W. Benjamin Brown 1994-2001 Kenneth A. Yowan 2001-2005 Kevin E. Dayhoff 2005-2009 Thomas K. Ferguson 2009- Kevin R. Utz Maryland Constitutional Offices & ... http://www.msa.md.gov/...37mun/westminster/html/wmayors.html

jmnov2003.pmd "You see the intricacies of the machinery of the judiciary in motion." Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff L-R: Prince George's County Councilman David Harrington, Prince George's ...http://www.msa.md.gov/...0/001213/unrestricted/20053480e.pdf

Latin Name 35' 48' 140 Walton Residence Prince George's Buxus sempervirens Boxwood 3' 0" 22' 18' 62 Kevin E. Dayhoff Carroll Carpinus caroliniana Musclewood 4' 2" 56' 45' 117 Howard Co Rec & ... http://www.msa.md.gov/...0/002156/unrestricted/20063010e.pdf

C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\2002 Big Tree Champions.wpd 48' 140 Walton Residence, Prince George's Buxus sempervirens Boxwood 3' 0" 22' 18' 62.5 Kevin E. Dayhoff, Carroll Carpinus caroliniana Musclewood 4' 2" 56' 45' 117.3 Howard Co ... http://www.msa.md.gov/...0/000380/unrestricted/20040751e.pdf

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Monday, March 05, 2007

20070221 Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate


Black History Month: Common Council hopeful’s family rooted in politics

JEFFERY DIXON

Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate

Ashley Reams 21.FEB.07

Jeffery Dixon lost when ran for a seat on the Westminster Common Council in 2005, but he’s hoping for an opposite outcome in this year’s election.

Although Dixon has not yet filed, he said he plans to run for city council again in May, and he said he’ll count on his community involvement and the relationships he’s built with local residents since his first campaign to get him in office.

“I’ve had the last two years to engross myself in the city and really understand how it works,” he said.

Dixon, 32, and his wife, Heather, both grew up in Westminster and moved back to the city from Silver Spring in 2003. They wanted to start a family, Dixon said, and they thought Westminster was the perfect place.

He began attending city council meetings to get a better feel for the community, he said. He also became a member of the Charles Street Improvement Association, a group dedicated to addressing issues in their community.

[…]

He has also become a member of the Boys and Girls Club Advisory Council and will soon begin spending time with kids in the Westminster unit. He said he might also begin teaching a monthly science class there.

Dixon is a defense systems analyst at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, where he is leading a multi-million-dollar project.

If elected, Dixon would be the first black council member, according to Kevin Dayhoff, local historian and former Westminster mayor.

Politics run in Dixon’s family. Dixon’s uncle, Richard Dixon, was Carroll County’s first black delegate. He served from 1983-96.

[…]

Dixon graduated from Westminster High School in 1992 and the U.S. Naval Academy in 1996.

After serving on two ships, Dixon entered the Navy Reserve in 2001.

Read the entire article here: Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate

20070221 Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate

Thursday, December 15, 2005

20051214 McDaniel students tackle bioterrorism scenario by Heidi Schroeder for The Westminster Eagle

20051214 McDaniel students tackle bioterrorism scenario by Heidi Schroeder for The Westminster Eagle

McDaniel students tackle bioterrorism scenario

12/14/05, By Heidi Schroeder

Members of the Carroll County emergency response team gathered at McDaniel College last week to discuss the release of an aerosol of plague at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.

But not to worry - there were no patients flooding area hospitals, nor emergency notices being released to the public.

Instead, experts gathered at McDaniel for a bioterrorism exercise in a class, "National Security in a Changing World," hosted by Dr. Volker Franke.

The exercise is a cumulative project for the 14 upperclassmen enrolled in Franke's class this semester. In the scenario, each student is assigned the role of a member of the county's emergency response team.

Members of the Carroll County emergency response team, including emergency management coordinator Bill Martin, health officer Larry Leitch, HAZMAT team chair Jeff Kreimer, hospital infection control coordinator Brenda Kitchen, and Westminster police chief Jeff Spaulding and public works assistant director Jeff Glass, also took part in the project, as students took those roles in the class.

Each student was assigned a role on the response team, and interviewed their corresponding official in preparation for the Dec. 7 exercise.

For the drill, students were broken into two teams of seven and asked to prepare for a briefing to the mayor of Westminster. Former mayor Kevin Dayhoff reprised his role for the exercise - becoming mayor again for the night.

After an initial briefing, each team was given two updates on the scenario and five minutes to strategize solutions to each.

Over the course of two presentations, each team created a response to the possible spread of the plague.

In the mock scenario, nearly 3,000 guests of the Meyerhoff are "exposed" to the aerosol during a sold-out performance.

Students proposed everything from road blocks and quarantines to hiding emergency responders in an underground bunker to avoid media scrutiny.

At the end of the evening, the officials in attendance credited the student for their research and solutions.

"I truly believe that scenarios are more difficult to deal with than the real thing," Spaulding said, explaining that there are hard facts in a real incident - which are not always evident in an exercise.

Senior Alicia Feuillet played the role of Carroll County Hospital Center's infection control coordinator. She complimented the members of the county's emergency response team on hand - including Martin, Leitch, Spaulding, Kreimer and Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association liaison Leon Fleming - on the challenges of their jobs.

"We definitely learned to respect what you guys do," Feuillet said after her team's presentation.

Class after Sept. 11

After teaching national security classes at George Washington University and having prepared national security case exercises for Syracuse University for years, Franke first offered his national security course at McDaniel in the fall semester of 2001.

But before the semester was a month under way, four planes were hijacked in real life, and Franke's class changed - along with the rest of the world.

"Sept. 11 made me change the class and focus on terrorism," he said.

With this new focus, Franke contacted Westminster's then-mayor Dayhoff about participating in and helping to prepare an emergency response exercise at a local level.

"I wanted to show (the students) that terrorism is not just important when you live in New York City or Washington, D.C.," Franke said.

Franke credited Dayhoff with sharing information about who would be involved in an emergency response and for his continued participation in the class each year.

"Now, we actually have a following," Franke said.

One of those participants is Spaulding, who said afterward that he was impressed with students' responses, given that they had only their research to rely on.

"I think that they did their homework and they were very analytical in their approach," Spaulding said. "It's always good to hear other people's ideas.

This was the first year for Martin to fully participate in the exercise - in the past he had only participated in interviews, not in the actual briefings - but said he is already looking forward to next year.

"Exercise is becoming the norm," Martin said of the county's own attempts at emergency preparedness.

He said the students performed well both in research and under pressure.

"You're taking a bunch of young adults who have more than likely not been exposed to problems of that nature, particularly to that depth," Martin said. "I thought they did very well."


E-mail Heidi Schroeder at
Heidi Schroeder@patuxent.com

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Monday, December 12, 2005

20051211 McDaniel students are tested on their studies by responding to a mock biological attack by Gina Davis for the Baltimore Sun

20051211 McDaniel students are tested on their studies by responding to a mock biological attack by Gina Davis for the Baltimore Sun

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/carroll/bal-ca.bioterror11dec11,1,4787835.story?coll=bal-local-carroll

A practical exam for disaster

McDaniel students are tested on their studies by responding to a mock biological attack

By Gina Davis, Sun Reporter, December 11, 2005

It's two days after a sold-out concert at the Joseph B. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, where more than 2,000 music lovers were serenaded - and, unwittingly, poisoned at the hands of a bioterrorist who had covertly released an aerosol of plague.

Members of a Westminster emergency response team are huddled with the local mayor, cobbling together the city's strategy to deal with a possible outbreak of the pneumonic plague. They must put their heads together to present a solid plan to community officials and to reassure a near-panicked public.

For a group of
McDaniel College students, the team effort is the culminating exercise of a class called National Security in a Changing World. It's their chance to put the book knowledge they have acquired during the past semester into practice.

"The goal is that students learn about national security and learn how to translate the classroom into a practical experience," says Volker Franke, a national security expert who has been teaching the course at McDaniel since 2001.

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - which occurred during the course's first semester - Franke included further discussion about government response to terrorism.

"We had talked about terrorism, but it used to be two or so lectures," says Franke, who is also a case director for the National Security Studies program at Syracuse University in New York. "I revised the course to address those issues. Terrorism has become a bigger part of the course."

He says that in 2002 he incorporated a bioterrorism exercise in the class, but it was an ungraded discussion. Since then, he has developed a simulation exercise for students that takes them out of the classroom and engages them with community officials as they research the roles they must assume for the project.

Franke says he discussed his idea with then-Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff and came up with a list of roles for the students.

"I asked him, 'Who would your team be?" Franke says. "That's how we came up with the list of emergency responders. Then [Dayhoff] contacted other agencies within the county."

Dayhoff enlisted volunteers from various Carroll County offices, such as the health and public works departments.

The roles that Franke and Dayhoff decided would be critical to an emergency response team included: county emergency management coordinator, county health officer, city police chief, fire department spokesman, hazardous materials team chairman, city public works director and Carroll County Hospital Center's infection control coordinator.

This semester, the 14 students in Franke's class were divided into two teams and each participant was assigned one of seven roles on the emergency response team. During the course, they interviewed their real-life counterparts to gain an understanding of their roles and prepared descriptions of what they would bring to the situation.

"National security is not just about missiles, tanks and Marines," Franke says as the students arrived last week at a lecture room in Hill Hall for their mock disaster response planning drill, which counts for 15 percent of their grade.
"It starts at the local level," he says. "We have to bring it down to the level that pertains to them on a daily basis."

The exercise focuses on public officials' response to a bioterrorism attack in a command-center style arrangement. The students - in their roles as emergency responders - are seated at a semicircular table on one side of the room, while the real-life emergency responders are seated at an identical table across from them.

As part of the exercise, the real-life emergency responders listen as the students brief them on the status of the bioterror attack and the ensuing panic. The students then field a volley of questions from the experts.

"Mr. Incident Commander, you have thousands of people waiting for antibiotics and now you don't have enough. What's your plan?" Jeff Spaulding, Westminster's police chief, asks Mike Habegger, who has assumed the role of county health officer and director of the emergency response team.

"This is kind of unexpected," Habegger answers. "We will urge people to stay out of public places. It's very disturbing that people have not heeded our messages to stay home."

When one student suggests that local officials use a school as a quarantine site, the county's real health officer, Larry Leitch, questions that advice.

"Do you think it's wise to use a school building as a quarantine site?" Leitch asks. "Don't you think parents will be afraid to send their children back into that school?"

Students, undeterred, say they could use a large area, such as the gym, and install filters that would prevent bacteria from spreading to other parts of the building.
At two points in the exercise, students are given new information that they must quickly assess to reformulate their response plans.

In the end, the real-life emergency responders critique the students' response plans and their reactions to the evolving crisis. They tell the students how they would've responded had the exercise been real.

The students describe the exercise as eye-opening.

"With national security, you usually think, 'What can we do to prevent terrorism?' " says student Donnie Bell. "But there's really not much we can do other than try to stop it. What we have to do is figure out how to react."

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Friday, September 09, 2005

20050908 Loose pigs no longer terrorize Marston

Loose pigs no longer terrorize Marston area

By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer

Carroll County Times

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Residents in Marston say they haven't seen any loose pigs in their neighborhood since the county Right to Farm Reconciliation Committee made its ruling five months ago stating that the loose pigs were probably wild.

Elizabeth Cavey, of Bowersox Road, said she had seen the pigs last winter when they were running loose and tearing up people's lawns, but said she hasn't seen any since the reconciliation committee meetings. Cavey, who said she never believed the pigs were feral, thinks local landowners may have shot and killed all of the loose pigs.

Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited the Marston area about six weeks ago in search of feral pigs, said Bill Powel, county ag preservation administrator and supervisor of the ag reconciliation committee. Four people searched the woods and farms in the area for several hours and were unable to find any pigs or recent evidence of pigs, he said.

The USDA officials have offered the county to search the area again later this fall to look for more evidence. Powel said the date of that investigation has not been set.

Powel said that he has not had any residents call him to report loose pigs or other livestock roaming through their yards. He said it's possible that between the Humane Society of Carroll County trapping the pigs and the local landowners shooting them, there may not be any more feral pigs.

Richard Spriggs, a Marston Road resident, said he has lived in the area for more than 30 years and he had never heard of wild pigs living in Marston before this case came up last winter. Spriggs said that regardless of where the pigs came from, he hasn't seen any in a long time.

While Marston residents haven't reported any more problems with loose pigs or other livestock coming from the Schisler farm, the Schislers have still had problems with their neighbors. On Aug. 28, the Schislers reported to the Maryland State Police that someone had shot one of their cows.

According to the police report with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, Carroll Schisler Sr. said he was walking through his field at about 2:20 p.m. on Aug. 28 when he saw a calf standing near a Brahman cow that was lying on its side. Schisler told the police he approached the cow to investigate its health and saw that it had been shot in the head. He called the police to report the incident, which is still under investigation.

The Schislers could not be reached for comment regarding the incident, but Carroll Schisler Sr. did testify during the ag reconciliation meetings that he had had problems during the winter with neighbors shooting his livestock on his property.

Powel said he had not heard about the Schisler's cow being shot, and said he was sorry to hear that the incident had happened. Assistant County Attorney Tim Burke said that the law states that people may not shoot trespassing animals unless the property owners are in imminent danger, and shooting animals that are not trespassing is not allowed.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to call Deputy Sherri Martin at 410-386-2900.

Story so Far

More than a dozen residents gave testimony to the Right to Farm Agricultural Reconciliation Committee between January and March about loose pigs trespassing on their property, uprooting their grass with their snouts and chasing the homeowners and their children.

Residents testified that they believed the pigs were coming from Carroll Schisler Sr.'s farm in the 2500 block of Marston Road. Several residents said they had confronted the Schislers about the pigs and the Schislers offered to shoot the pigs for them, which residents took to mean that the Schislers owned the pigs and were responsible for them.

Agricultural experts from the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension testified that the pigs in the photographs provided by neighbors did not look like the quality of pig a farmer would raise to make money from, and said that the pigs possibly were feral, probably having escaped from a farm at some time and reverted to a wild state.

In addition, the two experts visited Schisler's farm and examined his pigpen. They determined that it was an adequate pen that should be able to contain his pigs.

The reconciliation committee decided that the pigs were likely feral pigs. However, regardless of whether the pigs belong to Schisler, the committee ordered the Schislers to repair their fence to the standards appropriate for the types of animals he pens - sheep, goats, horses and cattle - to the recommendations of the cooperative extension.