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Showing posts with label MD co Frederick Co Emmitsburg. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Jennifer Mellor, 2013 candidate for Emmitsburg Frederick County Maryland Commissioner September 2013

Jennifer Mellor, 2013 candidate for Emmitsburg Frederick County Maryland Commissioner

September 2013


Jennifer Mellor has been a resident of Emmitsburg in the Silo Hill community since 2000.  She is currently a member of the parks committee and has previously participated in the citizen’s advisory committee.  She and her family have been active in the community as supporters of the community trail, participants in the baseball/softball programs, and assistants in maintaining the community gardens.

Ms. Mellor has extensive experience with municipal government obtained by her work with the City of Westminster’s Recreation and Parks Department.  In 1998 she was hired as a seasonal pool manager, which resulted in permanent full-time employment as a recreation attendant.  Over the years she moved up the ranks to become the Assistant Director of Recreation.

Her responsibilities included the planning and implementation of a variety of special events and children’s programs, supervision of employees and volunteers, management and oversight of parks and facilities as well as assistance with the development of the departmental budget and its daily operating expenses.  She participated in the safety and downtown marketing committees and also chaired the website committee.

Ms. Mellor also served as a member of the Westminster Fallfest Board of Directors where she chaired the entertainment, parade, vendors, and marketing committees.  She was the event chair in 2010.  She has worked with countless numbers of volunteers to include service learning students, service clubs, and nonprofit organizations.

She received the Maryland Municipal Employee of the Year award from the Maryland Municipal League in 2010.  Ms. Mellor completed Leadership Carroll in 2012 and the Maryland Municipal League Academy for Excellence in Local Governance in 2011. She enrolled in the Recreation Parks and Tourism program at CCBC in 2006 and received an A.A.S. in 2010.

She is currently employed with Playground Specialists, Inc. in Thurmont as the marketing manager and provides general office/sales support.

Ms. Mellor is blissfully married to husband Bob, 13 years, and has two children.  Her daughter Sidnee is 16 and is a senior at Catoctin High School, and her son RJ is 12 and is a 7th grader at Thurmont Middle School.  She spends her free time gardening, bicycling, and enjoying time with her family.

She hopes to increase communication that will result in the participation and utilization of current resources and activities to foster a greater sense of community.

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Spiritual and historical pilgrimage to the Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg


Spiritual and historical pilgrimage to the Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg

December 4, 2012 update: The links to the column on ExploreCarroll.com no longer work - (*&^$##$%^%!!. When I get a chance, I will post the long version of my entire column here....

http://explorecarroll.com/community/3333/spiritual-historical-pilgrimage-seton-shrine-emmitsburg/ http://tinyurl.com/la5yjf

Eagle Archives By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 8/30/09 (489 words)

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Last Sunday my family and I went on a history exploration trip to nearby Emmitsburg to visit the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

We are fortunate in Carroll County to have so many great places to visit nearby.

This summer, instead of a big vacation, we opted to spend our time -- and money -- close to home to the benefit of our local economy.

Day trips may be as simple as exploring the history of a local town or traveling to national and international destinations -- such as the Gettysburg or Antietam Civil War battlefields, or the Eisenhower National Historic Farm, also in Gettysburg.

Other great history excursions here in Carroll include the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Shriver Homestead, in Union Mills, the Historical Society of Carroll County, in Westminster, and the Strawbridge Shrine -- birthplace of American Methodism -- also in New Windsor.

Because Carroll has such a large Catholic population, many folks are familiar with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, or simply Mother Seton as she is more often referred to locally.

For those who are not: Mother Seton is the first native-born U.S. citizen to be named a saint. She was canonized by Pope Paul VI on Sept. 14, 1975.

For everyone who has benefited from a Catholic school education, Mother Seton is the spiritual founder of Catholic school education in the United States,

Of course, for television trivia aficionados, the plot of the old television show starring Sally Field, "The Flying Nun," centered on a fictional nun who belonged to Mother Seton's order. The show even contained an occasional reference to Emmitsburg.

Read the entire column here: http://explorecarroll.com/community/3333/spiritual-historical-pilgrimage-seton-shrine-emmitsburg/

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