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Showing posts with label Medicine Health Alcohol abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicine Health Alcohol abuse. Show all posts

Sunday, January 01, 2017

Do not drink and drive. Your dog would not understand why you never came home.

Do not drink and drive. Your dog would not understand why you never came home. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/01/do-not-drink-and-drive-your-dog-would.html


Dec. 31, 2016 - Do not drink and drive. Your dog would not understand why you never came home. I mean, I can explain to your family, friends and loved-ones that you had a terrible accident – but how will I be able to tell your dog? Help me out here – do not drink and drive. Give it a rest. Give me a break. Give the keys to a designated driver. Just saying. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209669173819709&set=a.1514955267414.75651.1040426835&type=3&theater

  
Dec. 31, 2016 - Happy New Year from "A" shift at the Westminster Fire Dept. and Thomas. Don't drink and drive. You might not make it home and your dog will miss you. Besides we're the folks that will scoop you off the road... 31Dec2016 https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10209667034766234?pnref=story 

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Happy New Year from "A" shift at the Westminster Fire Dept


Happy New Year from "A" shift at the Westminster Fire Dept. and Thomas. Don't drink and drive. You might not make it home and your dog will miss you. Besides we're the folks that will scoop you off the road... 31Dec2016

Do not drink and drive. Your dog would not understand why you never came home. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/01/do-not-drink-and-drive-your-dog-would.html #HappyNewYear

Dec. 31, 2016 - Do not drink and drive. Your dog would not understand why you never came home. I mean, I can explain to your family, friends and loved-ones that you had a terrible accident – but how will I be able to tell your dog? Help me out here – do not drink and drive. Give it a rest. Give me a break. Give the keys to a designated driver. Just saying. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209669173819709&set=a.1514955267414.75651.1040426835&type=3&theater

Dec. 31, 2016 - Happy New Year from "A" shift at the Westminster Fire Dept. and Thomas. Don't drink and drive. You might not make it home and your dog will miss you. Besides we're the folks that will scoop you off the road... 31Dec2016 https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10209667034766234?pnref=story


Tuesday, March 18, 2014

STATE POLICE ARREST MORE THAN 100 DRUNK DRIVERS THROUGH WEEKEND

Maryland State Police Press Release
03/18/2014 13:06

STATE POLICE ARREST MORE THAN 100 DRUNK DRIVERS THROUGH WEEKEND

PIKESVILLE, MD) – State Police drunk driving patrols in every Maryland county during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend led to the arrests of more than 100 people who are suspected of driving under the influence.

From Friday, March 14th, through Monday, March 17th, Maryland state troopers arrested 120 drunk drivers during sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and regular road patrols throughout the state. These efforts were in direct response to the known increase in drinking and driving resulting from holiday celebrations.

Troopers at the Berlin Barrack in Worcester County led the 22 State Police barracks with 17 DUI arrests, followed by the Golden Ring Barrack in Baltimore County with 13 arrests. The JFK Highway Barrack, where troopers patrol I-95 north of Baltimore and the Rockville Barrack in Montgomery County totaled 11 arrests each.

The full-time drunk driving enforcement team of troopers known as the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort, or S.P.I.D.R.E., also made 11 DUI arrests during the period. The S.P.I.D.R.E. Team is funded by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office.

Troopers also dealt with situations that were reminders of why drinking and driving must remain an enforcement priority. On Saturday, troopers from the Frederick Barrack found a vehicle that had driving off Interstate 70 into the median. The driver was arrested for DUI, which troopers learned was her fifth DUI arrest in the past year. In Harford County early Sunday morning, troopers responded to a crash that occurred when a drunk driver ran into the back of another vehicle on Rt. 7. Also that morning, a trooper in Charles County spotted a car traveling south in the northbound lanes of Rt. 301. The trooper found the driver was under the influence and arrested him for DUI.

Last night, a trooper from the North East Barrack responded a single vehicle crash on Rt. 285 in Chesapeake City and arrested the driver for DUI. Just after midnight, troopers in Queen Anne’s Co. responded to a single vehicle crash on Rt. 8 at Matapeake Middle School. The driver was arrested for DUI. 
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

What you don't know about drinking and pregnancy: Four mothers tell their stories - Anchorage Daily News


What you don't know about drinking and pregnancy: Four mothers tell their stories
Heavy drinking by a pregnant mother, even just a party or two, can do lifelong damage to an unborn baby when the embryo is no larger than the period...
Jamie Gagnon says she struggled with alcoholism and a difficult home life while she was pregnant with her second daughter. Now she says her daughter, who was diagnosed with an FASD in 2012, inspires her to stay away from alcohol. She has been sober for nearly five years, she says.
Anchorage public to legislators: 'Support Education!'
Anchorage residents continued the conversation with legislators Saturday where they left off in January: decrying the lack of state support for education...
Outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage on Saturday,  protesters rallied for an increase in state education spending while lawmakers conducted a public forum inside.
Police: Man in critical condition after crash that closed Glenn Highway early Sunday
Two people were hospitalized, one of them in critical condition, after a crash that closed outbound lanes of the Glenn Highway at the Birchwood exit early Sunday, Anchorage police said.
STATE NEWS
BUSINESS
SPORTS
Sweep for South ski teams, sweep sorrow for South coach
The South Wolverines swept the team titles Saturday at Kincaid Park, where the state ski championships ended with relay races won by the Service girls...
Anne Raup / Anchorage Daily News

Service High School's Taryn Hunt-Smith leads the field out of the stadium in the 4x3 K relay race at the  State Skiing Championship Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Kincaid.
Aces win over Reign had the intensity of a playoff game
In a game replete with big hits, hurt feelings and sharp play from the ECHL's two best teams, the Alaska beat Ontario on Saturday night.
OPINION
Cartoons for the week of 2/16/14
Editorial cartoons from newspapers across the nation.
Kevin Siers / The Charlotte Observer (February 21, 2014)
OUTDOORS
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Friday, January 06, 2012

Harris faces report of underage drinking by intern

Harris faces report of underage drinking by intern



Rep. Andy Harris came under fire Tuesday for an incident last summer in which an underage intern was allowed to drink alcohol at a farewell party on a veranda of the U.S. Capitol.
A spokesman for Harris, Ryan Nawrocki, confirmed that the party took place but said aides in the office did not realize the intern, a senior in college, was under 21. When the incident was brought to light, Harris, a Republican, disciplined his chief of staff, Kevin Reigrut, though Nawrocki would not say what action was taken.
“When [Harris] found out about the incident … he made it very clear that no alcohol was to be consumed in any of his offices, period,” Nawrocki said. “There was immediate and appropriate disciplinary action taken.”

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A Welcomed Trend: Sober Campus Living



Friday, September 23rd, 2011

There are a growing number of services aimed at helping college students who are in recovery or struggling with a drug or alcohol problem. It’s no surprise since the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration( SAMHSA) reports that Americans aged 18-24 are the fastest growing demographic group seeking treatment for substance abuse. SAMSHA data also indicates that the rate of heavy alcohol use is highest among Americans aged 20-22 and of that group, college student consumption is heaviest.

In an effort to accommodate the college student subset seeking treatment, we’re beginning to see more campuses support alcohol-free lifestyles. As of today, 20 colleges have collaborated to form the Association for Recovery in Higher Education and welcome sober students. Some of the participating schools include: ....  http://intervene.drugfree.org/2011/09/a-welcomed-trend-sober-campus-living/


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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Julie Bykowicz: O'Malley's daughter, 18, found unconscious, briefly hospitalized

New graduate said to appear intoxicated at Inner Harbor

first lady calls it 'teachable moment'

Julie Bykowicz: O'Malley's daughter, 18, found unconscious, briefly hospitalized

May 28, 2010|By Julie Bykowicz, The Baltimore Sun

The day after Gov. Martin O'Malley's 18-year-old daughter was briefly hospitalized, apparently after drinking alcohol, the first lady called the incident a "teachable moment."

"We … encourage all parents and teenagers to be safe this graduation season," Katie Curran O'Malley said in a statement Friday.

Tara O'Malley, the second-eldest of the governor's four children, graduated Wednesday from Notre Dame Preparatory School and had been at a celebration Thursday. A Baltimore police officer found her "apparently unconscious" with a friend at the Inner Harbor about 7:30 p.m. She was treated at Harbor Hospital and released that night.

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Read the entire story here: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-05-28/news/bs-md-ci-omalley-daughter-hospitalize20100528_1_underage-drinking-binge-drinking-o-malley-backed

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Community Reporter Jan. 11, 1974: Adult Ed Course offered on Alcohol

Community Reporter, January 11, 1974. http://tinyurl.com/y8v7r6m

Adult Education Course Offered On Alcohol Problem

Possibly the first course like it in the State of Maryland will be offered in the Carroll County School system through the Adult Education Division. The title of this course will be "Alcohol and Adolescents."

Its subject is a comprehensive look at the drug alcohol, its effects psychologically, sociologically and physically on humans, including an understanding of the disease of alcoholism, its effects on families and communities, plus a glimpse at its treatment.

This course will be aimed at helping parents feel more comfortable with communicating with their children around the inevitable contact the children will have with alcohol.

Community Reporter, January 11, 1974.


19740111 Community Reporter Adult Ed Course offered on Alcohol History 1970s, History 1970s Westminster, History This Day in History, Law Order Alcohol enforcement, Medicine Health Alcohol abuse

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Sunday, October 04, 2009

“Homeless man recovering at Shock Trauma following assault”

http://twitpic.com/k7wyj Westminster MD: One arrested - Homeless man recovering at Shock Trauma http://tinyurl.com/y9s2nf2

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Carroll County Sheriff’s Department: Homeless man recovering at Shock Trauma - Troy Thomas Haller aged 29 of no fixed address, arrested, charged… (All photos courtesy of the Carroll County Sheriff's Department...)

Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, October 3, 2009 ---- At approximately 6:55p.m., Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputies and members of the Westminster Volunteer Fire Company responded to the railroad tracks along Route 27 beneath the Route 140 overpass for a report of an injured person.

Arriving deputies found a group of apparently intoxicated homeless persons at a makeshift campsite approximately 75 yards from the roadway.

Among them was a semiconscious middle aged man lying atop a pile of garbage below an eight foot tall retaining wall at the site, he was later identified as George Herbert Smith Jr. of no fixed address.

Suffering from severe head and facial injuries, paramedics transported Smith to a nearby landing site where he was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment.

Smith remains in serious but stable condition.

During their investigation, deputies learned that Smith had been laying atop the retaining wall when Troy Thomas Haller aged 29 of no fixed address began punching Smith in the head and face approximately 9 times, before kicking him in the ribs until Smith fell from the wall.

Witnesses reported the attack was unprovoked.

Consequently, Haller was arrested and transported to Carroll County Central Booking where he was charged with the following criminal law violations:

· First Degree Assault
· Second Degree Assault
· Reckless Endangerment
· Disorderly Intoxication

Haller is currently awaiting a bail review before the District Court Commissioner.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Stem of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at 410-386-2900. The investigation continues…

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Saturday, October 03, 2009

Big Think: Getting Drunk at The New York Times

Getting Drunk at The New York Times

September 28, 2009

Getting Drunk at The New York Times Gay Talese describes the tobacco-filled and liquor-drenched newsrooms of The New York Times in the sixties—where men passed out on typewriters, and no one was quite sure just how the paper actually got out.



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20090928 Big Think Getting Drunk at The New York Times
Hat Tip: Ryan Marshall
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Even when Carroll County was dry, it really wasn't


Even when Carroll County was dry, it really wasn't

Kevin Dayhoff kdayhoff AT carr.org Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 1/21/09

The Union Bridge Pilot carried a curious news story on Jan. 21, 1921, under the heading of "Local Items," about a gentleman "who had violated the Anti-Saloon League's ideals ..."

It seems that earlier in that week, this fellow "was found on the railroad tracks near town in the evening perfectly oblivious to the workings of the outside world, and particularly to the workings of a steam locomotive, one of which was due within a short time.

"When found he was lying crosswise of the track and, had not help reached him when it did, he would doubtless have continued to dwell in oblivion."

One can only imagine that he did not freeze to death because of the amount of "anti-freeze" in his system.

I thought of the Union Bridge Pilot article recently when the word "saloon" came up in a conversation with six artist friends. A group of us -- 20 artists in Carroll County -- have formed an art co-op called "Off Track Art."

After an organizational meeting, several of us adjourned to Wine Me Up, on East Main Street for pizza and conversation.

One of the conversations was about how to remember to spell words that are similar in sound; such as "desert" (as in the Sahara Desert) and "dessert" (as in ice cream and cake). I always recall that "dessert" has two s's -- as in "I'll have two desserts."

Another spelling rule that came up in the conversation was how to tell the difference in spelling "salon" and "saloon."

Of course, my mind drifted to the work of the "Anti-Saloon League" in Carroll County.

It was a national organization that existed from 1893 to 1933, and was quite active in Carroll County. As one can easily understand from the name, the Anti-Saloon League opposed the sale of alcohol and, by January 1919, had been successful in getting 75 percent of the states in our country to pass laws that prohibited the "sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors."

Locally, Mary Bostwick Shellman was noted as being determined to banish Westminster's 21 saloons, according to Nancy Warner's book, "Carroll County Maryland, A History 1837-1976."

Bear in mind that during this period, Westminster had approximately 3,000 citizens. That's about 140 persons per saloon.

Carroll County went "dry" in 1914. Six years later, on Jan. 29, 1920, prohibition took affect for the rest of the United States. The passage of the Volstead Act as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited alcohol use except for when it was used in religious ceremonies.

No information is available as I write as to how many folks gained a renewed interest in religion as a result of prohibition.

And one wonders how it is -- or where -- the gentleman in the 1921 Union Bridge Pilot article found his religious elixir.

I should mention that according to an account that appeared in the Pilot on July 8, 1921, four stills, a quantity of corn whiskey and 150 gallons of mash were seized by police officers at a local church.

Deacon Willie Brown, in whose room the distilling was being carried on, was arrested. Brown admitted in police court that he had been tempted by the devil.

No mention was made in the article as to how popular Communion services were at the "Church of the Holy Moonshiners."


Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at kdayhoff AT carr.org.

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Even when Carroll County was dry, it really wasn't
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Monday, November 24, 2008

“Munchie run” by a Salisbury University student from Westminster leads to MTV infamy


“Munchie run” by a Salisbury University student from Westminster leads to MTV infamy

Lindsey Staymates, 20, of Westminster, talks to Deputy First Class Rob Parker of Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office near Salisbury University. Staymates’ appearance on the MTV show “Busted” garnered her the dubious distinction of “Miss Busted 2008.” ((Photo courtesy MTV))

November 23, 2008

Score another great story by talented Explore Carroll writer Charles Schelle. If you are not reading Mr. Schelle’s stuff on http://www.explorecarroll.com/, you’re missing out…


First the video that Mr. Schelle found:

Munchie Run

After receiving a DUI just two days earlier, a 19-year Lindsay is again stopped by an officer, this time for underage drinking while walking.



Now Mr. Schelle’s article in the Sunday Carroll Eagle:


'Munchie run' gone bad leads to MTV infamy

Westminster native 'Busted' on reality TV By Charles Schelle
schelle@patuxent.com Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 11/23/08


Lindsey Staymates of Westminster was just "walking on the feet" to the "hungry store."

But she wound up on MTV with a ticket from police. Now, she's Miss Busted 2008.

"I actually don't regret it all," said Staymates, 20, a sophomore at Salisbury University. "I just see it as another life event."

Staymates received nationwide attention for her comical, yet eye-opening, appearance on the MTV show "Busted." The show is a sort of "Cops" for a younger generation, featuring footage of crimes committed by 17- to 25-year-olds and the consequences they face. In Staymates case, she says she was starving on May 11 after a night of drinking and headed to Hardee's. But after being previously cited for driving under the influence, she decided to jog to Hardee's.

That's when Deputy First Class Rob Parker of the Wicomico Sheriff's Office -- and an MTV crew -- spotted her.

The deputy performed a preliminary breath test, and Staymates blew a .16, twice the legal limit if you're 21. (The legal limit for people under 21 in Maryland is .00.)

But Staymates didn't see what was wrong with jogging to Hardee's, even if she was drunk.

"I was walking ... on the feet!" she told Parker in a plea that started her 15 minutes of fame. "I was hungry! ... I'm like, 'I'm walking to the ... hungry store!' "


Today, in retrospect, Staymates said she wasn't sure what would come out of the episode, mostly because she's not sure what happened.

"I didn't have any idea of what I said," she admits.

But suddenly, people recognized the Westminster High School graduate at Salisbury -- and back home in Westminster.


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Read the entire article by Mr. Schelle here: 'Munchie run' gone bad leads to MTV infamy

http://explorecarroll.com/news/1628/munchie-run-gone-bad-leads-mtv-infamy/

20081123 Munchie run by Wster Sbury U student leads to MTV infamy

Monday, November 10, 2008

Recent Westminster Eagle and Sunday Carroll Eagle columns by Kevin Dayhoff


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Junction and Lenny Moore explain what teens are thinking



Published November 5, 2008 by Westminster Eagle


On Thursday, Nov. 6, Junction Inc. will host a substance abuse and awareness program sponsored by the Board of County commissioners at 6 p.m....



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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Westminster Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint

Westminster Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint

WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
36 LOCUST STREET
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-848-4646

JEFFREY SPAULDING
CHIEF OF POLICE

MEDIA CONTACT

Captain Gerry Frischkorn
Administrative Bureau
Westminster Police Department
36 Locust Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
(410) 848-1638

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 10, 2008

The Westminster Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint sometime during the weekend of Friday, September 12 through Sunday September 14, 2008. The checkpoint is part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce initiative.

The exact location and time of the Sobriety Checkpoint is not being disclosed, however the location was chosen due to the number of alcohol related arrests and crashes in and around the Sobriety Checkpoint site.

The Sobriety Checkpoint location will be clearly marked and staffed by uniformed officers from Westminster City and other law enforcement jurisdictions within Carroll County.

Individuals who do drive into the Sobriety Checkpoint will be stopped for a brief period so that an officer can determine if the operator’s ability to drive is impaired. Drivers who display signs of impairment as the result of alcohol or drug consumption will be directed to the roadside for further evaluation.

Individuals who do not wish to drive through the Sobriety Checkpoint will be provided with an alternative route around the checkpoint.

This is the first Sobriety Checkpoint conducted by the Westminster Police Department. The Department joins a growing list of jurisdictions both locally and nationally that use this effective tool to combat drunk and drugged driving.

Statistical results for the Sobriety Checkpoint will be issued in a follow up media release.

WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
TIPS LINE—-(410) 857-8477

20080912 Westminster Police Department Sobriety Checkpoint

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

20080516 The Sunday Carroll Eagle: Alcohol, prohibition, mysterious women and the roaring '20s by Kevin Dayhoff

05/16/08 EAGLE ARCHIVE by Kevin Dayhoff

Prohibition became the law of the land after the 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 16, 1920, but Carroll Countians had already voted to outlaw the sale of alcohol six years earlier in 1914.

Throughout the roaring '20s, until prohibition was repealed on Dec. 5, 1933, by the 21st Amendment, many legendary accounts of stills, moonshiners, speakeasies and enforcement raids became a part of a folklore and story-telling tradition in the county.

If only half of the stories are true, Carroll County must have been an interesting place back then.

A May 18, 1923, newspaper account stirred the kettle about one such event -- a May 5 raid on the North Branch Hotel by prohibition agents.

As a result, the paper reported: "More than 300 signatures were attached to a petition filed Tuesday in the office of Amos W. W. Woodcock, United States District Attorney, asking for the closing of the North Branch Hotel, at North Branch, on the border of Baltimore and Carroll counties."

Even before that, on Dec. 15, 1922, the old Democratic Advocate railed about the "law of unintended consequences" in an editorial titled, "Does Prohibition Prohibit?"

It says, "The United States has now been subject to constitutional prohibition for nearly three years. During that time there has been more drunkenness, more deaths from alcoholism, more theft, more robbery, more murders and other heinous crimes, than ever transposed in the history of the United States during a similar period prior to the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment.

"Young men and boys who were never seen at a saloon during the old wet regime now get gloriously hilarious on home brew home-made wines and last, but not least, hard cider.' "

Certainly Carroll Countians did not find these events "gloriously hilarious" and they were in such an uproar over concerns about lawlessness, crime and enforcement of prohibition that a "Law and Order League for Carroll County" formed in August 1926.

An Aug. 6, 1926, newspaper account reported the "executive committee of the Law and Order League for Carroll County met in the Community Room, 3rd floor, Wantz Building, Monday evening, August 2nd. In attendance was a list of who's who in the county, including a representative of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

"Mr. George Mather, president of the organization, presided. Rev. E. R. Spencer, pastor of the M. E. Church, in Mt. Airy, led in prayer."

High spirits, indeed

From prayer and booze we get to bravery and last week's Sunday Carroll Eagle trivia question, which asked: Who was the Confederate cavalry commander who was delayed on his way to the Battle of Gettysburg by "Corbit's Charge" as his unit came through Westminster on June 29, 1863?

Many folks got it right.

Elaine and Bob Breeding, Herb Howard, Matt Candland, Robbie Foster, Ruth Anderson and Mike Devine all knew that it was Major General, CSA, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, who died at the age of 31 on May 12, 1864.

His wife, Flora, "wore the black of mourning for the remaining 49 years of her life," according to Civil War historian Derek Smith.

This week's winner of the coveted Sunday Carroll Eagle mug is none other than Matt Candland, who also happens to be town administrator for Sykesville.

He may very well be one of the few folks in Carroll County who are aware that on April 17, 1931, the portion of Sykesville located in Howard County since 1904, seceded from the town and "unincorporated." But that's another story.

For this week's trivia question, let's stick with storytelling and booze.

Who was the Baltimore writer who earned fame for his detective novels written between 1923 and 1934? Here's a hint: Alcohol, prohibition, and mysterious women played a prominent role in his classics, which included "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."

I have often wondered just how much the newspaper accounts of the distillery raids, bootleggers, robberies, and mayhem in Carroll County influenced his work.

Just imagine Sam Spade roaming around Carroll County looking for the black figurine in "The Maltese Falcon." Perhaps the hotel that the character, Joel Cairo, was staying was really the North Branch Hotel in Carroll County.

At any rate, this author maintained a torrid romance with Lillian Hellman for 30 years until his death in 1961.

Can one imagine this writer and Ms. Hellman sitting at the counter at Baugher's for lunch as they visited for a day in the country? I certainly can.

If you know who this famous author is, drop me a line at kdayhoff@carr.org, and I might just pull your name for the coffee mug. And please put Sunday Carroll Eagle in the subject line. Thanks.

When not reading old detective novels, Kevin Dayhoff can be reached at kdayhoff@carr.org.

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20080516 The Sunday Carroll Eagle: Alcohol, prohibition, mysterious women and the roaring '20s by Kevin Dayhoff

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

20071017 Rider University Statement on the Death of Student from Columbia Maryland

Rider University Statement on the Death of Student from Columbia Maryland

October 17th, 2007

Our hearts and prayers go out to the Warfield family and their friends and family in Columbia Maryland.

(A member of my family attends Westminster Choir College and we received this e-mail earlier…)

The Westminster Choir College has gone above and beyond the call of duty to address the dangers posed by the drinking behaviors engaged by too-many college students today. This is terrible shame for a student to have the talent to attend Westminster Choir College only to have a promising career cut short.

Dear Family Members,

We are deeply saddened to inform you of the death of one of our students, Justin R. Warfield, an 18-year old Westminster Choir College freshman from Columbia, Maryland. We know that we speak for the entire University when we extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family.

At approximately 5 a.m. this morning a 911 call was placed from an apartment on the 200 block of Witherspoon Street in Princeton. An ambulance arrived and police and the first aid squad administered CPR. At about 6 a.m., Justin was pronounced dead at University Medical Center
at Princeton.

An investigation is under way to determine the cause of death. We understand from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office that they believe alcohol and drugs may have played a role, and we will await the findings from the medical examiner.

This fall, Rider implemented a number of steps to discourage alcohol and drug abuse on our campuses. We had hoped we would never again have to experience another tragedy involving one of our students. We remain vigilant and determined to educate our students about the dangers of excessive drinking and will continue to do so.

Drinking on college campuses is a national crisis and we will continue to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that we provide an even safer learning environment for all of our students.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Justin's family. Counseling and campus ministry staff continue to be available for all students, faculty and staff on both campuses.

Mordechai Rozanski, President, Rider University

Robert Annis, Dean, Westminster Choir College

2083 Lawrenceville Rd.

Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Monday, May 22, 2006

20060522 KDDC Every month is Alcohol Awareness Month for teenager

20060522 KDDC Every month is Alcohol Awareness Month for teenagers




Every month is Alcohol Awareness Month for teenagers

May 22nd, 2006 By Kevin Dayhoff

April was “Alcohol Awareness Month” and I wrote a couple of columns on the subject.

On Wednesday, April 19th, 2006, my Westminster Eagle column was: “April is for Alcohol Awareness, but issue of underage drinking lives with us daily.” Another link can be found here.

My Winchester Report post for April 25, 2006 was: “Community Leaders take action against underaged drinking .” Another link for that post is here.

For the Winchester Report posting, my Westminster Eagle editor, Jim Joyner, reworked the warning signs box, for which I was very appreciative.

I would think that the prom season is winding down and now many young adults are looking forward to the end of the school year or graduation ceremonies, err – parties.

Again, this brings with it another set of challenges for young adults who may be exposed to alcohol at these parties.

What can be troubling about this cocktail of alcohol and young inexperienced adults, who nevertheless, “know all the answers,” is the fact that a mistake with alcohol can be life altering or worse yet – fatal. When folks are young and think that they are invincible – the danger is even greater.

Pop culture and Hollywood romanticizes alcohol to the point that many young adults are not aware of the unromanticized and unsanitized pitfalls of alcohol abuse.

It does not necessary sink-in when rock stars, hollywood types and artists are all featured in their rock-bio-documentaries of having awkward moments and problems from drug and alcohol abuse.

After-all, young adults are invincible and “it won’t happen to them,”

In my experience, today’s teenagers are wonderful. Fortunately, you can hear this repeated throughout the community often.

From observing the children of our community involved in, for a few examples, scouting, the Children’s Chorus, 4-H and sports; we can confidently look forward to handing over the future leadership of our country to a very capable and responsible generation.

Former Westminster mayor Ken Yowen would sing the praises of today’s youth often in public and it was one of the many leadership attributes that I tried to emulate when I was an elected official.

Now that I have passed the half-century mark, it is asked in many casual conversations, “wouldn’t you like to be younger?” For right now, we’ll overlook that one thing this question means is that some folks think that I am old…

No way.

I grew up in a simpler and far different Carroll County and I would have no interest in trading in my childhood in the Westminster of the 1950s and 60s for all the tea in China. Sure, as a teenager in Carroll County in the 1960s, the community and our world were changing rapidly. There was turmoil. But it was still a wonderful place to grow-up. For example, I actually remember the 1960s.

Today, Carroll County is still a wonderful place to grow-up.

Often, it is fun to ask a teenager, what do you want to be when you grow-up? The answers are encouraging. So often the answers involve wanting to make a difference and contribution and make the world a better place.

With some segments of today’s teenagers, you’ll hear; I want to be an artist, a writer, a rock musician… or even president?

A writer like Dylan Thomas, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac or maybe even Edgar Allan Poe? Recently there was a movie about Truman Capote, which sparked much interest in Mr. Capote’s writings and life.

Who wants to be a star musician when they get older? Like the legendary blues singer, Billie Holiday? Steve Clark, the guitarist with Def Leppard? Or John Bonham, the drummer with Led Zeppelin? Who wants to be Roy Buchanan, the legendary guitar virtuoso and blues musician who lived much of his life right down the road in Washington, DC?

Who wants to be the artist, Jackson Pollock. It is reported that Mr. Pollack visited Clyfford Still in New Windsor on several occasions.

How about aspiring to be a famous actor like Errol Flynn or William Holden?

Maybe you want to be president of the United States, like our fourteenth president, Franklin Pierce?

All the folks just mentioned are some of the most talented individuals in our nation’s history. And they all have one thing in common, their lives and careers, (with the exception of Mr. Still,) were cut short because of alcohol poisoning or alcoholism.

The tragedy of their untimely death is only surpassed by the loss of their talent on the world. Especially in the instances of alcohol poisoning, the death was avoidable, unpleasant and unplanned. Duh.

Alcohol kills. Like - forever dead.

It only takes one bad experience. One bad day. One bad decision… Parental and interested adult attention to the challenges of teen drinking is critical. Keep prominently in mind, that good kids can make bad decisions and alcohol does not care who it kills or what are the extenuating circumstances.

How often have we heard: “I didn’t know there was going to be alcohol at the party.” Or, “I was only going to try a drink or two.” “I was only about a mile from home… I was late and I thought that I could drive that far without a problem.”

Recently there have been deaths at the hands of alcohol that have alarmed the community. This is not a problem “somewhere else.” It is here in Carroll County. “It” can happen to your child, your friend, your sister or brother. The responsibility to prevent a tragedy is no-one’s but yours. You. Me. Everybody’s.

In an article by Westminster Eagle writer, Heidi Schroeder on November 2, 2005, “Survey offers warning in teen trends,” in a December 2004 survey it was revealed; “46.9 percent of Carroll County seniors … said they had used beer or wine coolers in the past 30 days.

“Statewide, 38.5 percent of seniors had used beer or wine coolers in the past 30 days.

Mark Yount, substance abuse prevention coordinator for Carroll County, said that data is consistent with some of the trends they are seeing at Junction, the county's substance abuse treatment facility.

"Data will tell you one thing, but by the time you get the data things are already happening," Yount said.

Two significant trends in the survey that Yount said is reflected in the young people coming through Junction is alcohol and narcotic abuse.

Yount noted that culturally, alcohol is often separated from drugs in the mind of the community. But he warned, "Alcohol is not a benign substance.

"There is no safe level of alcohol for teens," Yount said.

Now, one cannot imagine that a teenager gets up in the morning and says to themselves, I have plans next week or this summer but this evening I am going to get together with some good friends, get wasted and die.

Heck, even if you don’t die from that one bad experience with alcohol, who wants to get together with friends next week or this summer and re-live drinking to the point where you vomit all over your friends all evening. Now isn’t that a special experience.

One of my favorite musicians was “chicken pickin,” blues, slide guitarist, Roy Buchanan – and his 1953 Telecaster guitar, named “Nancy.” Although he was born September 23, 1939 in California, he settled down in the Washington, DC area in the mid-1960s. He was living in Reston, Virginia when he passed away.

He gained a great deal of attention by way of a PBS documentary in the early 1970s called, “The Best Unknown Guitarist In The World.” He played a lot of the clubs in the DC area, often with “The Snakestretchers.” He toured nationally and internationally in the 1970s.

He recorded about 18 albums before his death. A number of albums have been released posthumously. Perhaps my favorite is “You’re Not Alone,” released in 1978 on Atlantic records.

Mr. Buchanan would be still greatly contributing to the music world if he had not had alcohol and substance abuse problems throughout most of his adult life. Apparently, untreated, the problems only got worse and certainly were not helpful in his marriage with his wife, Judy.

On August 13th, 1988, Mr. Buchanan got into another domestic dispute, after according to the Web-site, “Sweet Dreams of Roy Buchanan,” he came home “from the local bar with some male person, who then along with Roy acted up, so Judy threw them out, then called the cops. The cops picked up Roy and, the county sheriff tells Jim Buchanan, he was jovial when locked up. Sheriff says they didn't even arrest and book him and told him to sleep it off. A routine check supposedly found Roy hanging from his shirt in the cell…

On August 14th, 1988, Roy Buchanan, perhaps one of the greatest guitar players ever, died in a police cell.

Next time, you have plans to go out and get wasted, pull out a couple Led Zeppelin CDs and play the "Immigrant Song" from “Led Zeppelin III;” "When the Levee Breaks" from “Led Zeppelin IV,” "Kashmir" or "Misty Mountain Hop."

These are the Led Zeppelin tunes that especially feature the talent of Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham.

As you crank it up, keep in mind, John Bonham died on September 25, 1980.

According to numerous published accounts, (I have used Wikipedia’s account because it was convenient and matched some old notes,) Led Zeppelin was rehearsing for the band’s upcoming U.S. tour when John Bonham passed away.

On the way to the recording studio, Mr. Bonham had a breakfast of about sixteen shots of vodka. “He then continued to drink when he arrived at the studio.” That evening, it “was rumored that he had a total of forty shots…” before he was taken to bed.

The next morning, at the age of 32, he was found dead. “The cause of death was asphyxiation caused by choking on his own vomit. A subsequent coroner inquest found no other drugs in Bonham's body.”

Bummer. Just think, this could be you.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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