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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville

Related: Alexis de Tocqueville and Charles Carroll of Carrollton http://tinyurl.com/lyt9pw July 29 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff

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Translated by Henry Reeve eBooks@Adelaide 2008

This web edition published by http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/.

Rendered into HTML by Steve Thomas.

Last updated Sunday March 09 2008.

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Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley hires Thomas Russell campaign manager

O'Malley Hires Campaign Manager

From last week: Thursday, August 06, 2009 Scott Wykoff

While he hasn't announced his run for re-election yet, Governor O'Malley has hired a campaign manager for his re-election campaign.

The O'Malley-Brown Committee announced today that it has chosen Thomas Russell to serve as campaign manager for the 2010 re-election campaign. Tom Russell began working earlier this summer for the campaign.

Read the entire article here: O'Malley Hires Campaign Manager

Thursday, August 06, 2009 Scott Wykoff

http://wbal.com/apps/news/templates/story.aspx?articleid=32954&zoneid=2

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U.S. Web-Tracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

Can you only imagine the uproar in the elite Democrat-media industrial complex if this were to have occurred during the administration of President George W. Bush?

U.S. Web-Tracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

By Spencer S. Hsu and Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with "cookies" and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups.

A two-week public comment period ended Monday on a proposal by the White House Office of Management and Budget to end a ban on federal Internet sites using such technologies and replace it with other privacy safeguards. The current prohibition, in place since 2000, can be waived if an agency head cites a "compelling need."

Supporters of a change say social networking and similar services, which often take advantage of the tracking technologies, have transformed how people communicate over the Internet, and Obama's aides say those services can make government more transparent and increase public involvement.

Some privacy groups say the proposal amounts to a "massive" and unexplained shift in government policy. In a statement Monday, American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Michael Macleod-Ball said the move could "allow the mass collection of personal information of every user of a federal government website."

Even groups that support updating the policy question whether the administration is seeking changes at the request of private companies, such as online search giant Google, as the industry's economic clout and influence in Washington have grown rapidly.

Two prominent technology policy advocacy groups, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Electronic Frontier Foundation, cited the terms of a Feb. 19 contract with Google, in which a unnamed federal agency explicitly carved out an exemption from the ban so that the agency could use Google's YouTube video player.

Read the entire article here:

20090811 WaPo US WebTracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002743_pf.html

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Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops

Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops

By Frank Roylance Baltimore Sun “Maryland Weather” blog

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/rainy_spring_may_cause_vomitox.html

Retrieved August 10, 2009

Pictured is the Deoxynivalenol (DON) molecule (Click here for a larger image) http://twitpic.com/dp66h

The Maryland Department of Agriculture is warning farmers and grain elevator operators to check their wheat and barley crops for the presence of a fungus known as "vomitoxin" in their stored or unharvested grain. The troublesome pest does well when conditions are wet, as they were across much of the state this spring.

The fungus, more formally known as Fusarium head blight, or scab, produces a chemical called deoxynivalenol that renders the crop unmarketable, and unusable as feed. If animals eat enough of it, it causes excessive salivation, and irritated oral and gastrointenstinal tissues. The name alone suggests its symptoms.

Read the rest here: Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops

By Frank Roylance Baltimore Sun “Maryland Weather” blog

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/rainy_spring_may_cause_vomitox.html

20090810 Roylance Rainy spring brings vomitoxin to grain crops

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This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

http://www.thetentacle.com/

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Standing in the Battle Line
Chris Cavey
Occasionally in political life you have one of those “ah-ha” moments. Late Monday afternoon at Towson University was such a moment for me – and Sen. Ben Cardin, too.

Too Many Adventures and Then Some
Joan McIntyre
Let’s hope my daughters don't read this article. They hate when I talk about them. But, isn't that a mother’s prerogative in some twisted way. Don’t labor pains equate to the right to use your children for article material. Okay, so maybe that isn't an exact interpretation, but work with me here, please.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Free Speech was great while it lasted
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Maryland’s Democrat U. S. Senator Ben Cardin got quite an earful at a town hall meeting Monday night in Towson on healthcare reform. Although I choose not to attend, according to many published accounts, those who did go soundly jeered and booed him throughout the evening.

Of “Birthers” and “Blue Dogs”
Michael Kurtianyk
I love language. I especially like the etymology of words and phrases. Did you know, for example, that the “dog days” of summer actually relates to Sirius, the “dog star,” which rises and sets with the sun?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Poisonous Partisanship
Roy Meachum
The United States Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Despite GOP hard-core opposition, Sonia Sottomeyer was sworn in the day after the Senate approved her appointment, 68-31. On Thursday, the Senate passed the “refill” of “Cash for Clunkers,” 60-37. Republicans lost both times.

Cause, Effect, and Solution
Farrell Keough
We have seen this scenario played out before – in fact, the Holy Bible speaks to third generations not embracing the religion of their parents. In short, it is the values, traditions, and work ethic of our parents and grandparents being pushed aside for a more progressive vision.

Monday, August 10, 2009
Defining Activism
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
MoveOn.org, that bastion of liberal thinking, is now in the business of defining speech. They’ve always considered themselves better than everyone else, now they’re defining by just how much they are better.

Friday, August 7, 2009
Boring Politics
Roy Meachum
If the gods smile, as many as 20 percent may vote in next month’s Frederick City primary elections. Four registered voters will walk by every one that marches into the voting booth. Fellow columnist George Wenschhof puts the blame on the system that created Frederick’s stand-alone elections.

CARS Program’s Unintended Consequences
Joe Charlebois
On the surface the CARS program, better known as “Cash for Clunkers,” looks like a huge success. Traffic into American showrooms, according to reports, is at least double what it was previously. Sales of new vehicles are up substantially and on par with sales number prior to the downturn. So what could be wrong?

Thursday, August 6, 2009
Wrong About What’s Right
Patricia A. Kelly
The latest brain child from our president, Barack Obama, is the last straw for me. And it isn’t likely to be the last “idea” whose time has come for this candidate who promised “Change we can believe in.”

Healthcare and The Pittsburgh Pirates
Tony Soltero
When I was younger, the Pittsburgh Pirates were a model baseball franchise, a team that contended almost every year and won its share of championships in the process. Thanks in large part to the Roberto Clemente connection, the Bucs were very popular in Puerto Rico, where I grew up.

Summer Music List
Michael Kurtianyk
Ah! The joys of summer! As the days get longer and I am busy with work, I love listening to music as I drive in the car and head out on the road. Of course, this is in between the Bob Miller and Blaine Young shows! So, herewith is my current summer music listening list, as found on my IPod.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
R.I.P. – Dr. Ira Zepp
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Last Saturday word spread quickly throughout the greater Carroll County community that Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp, Jr., professor emeritus of the Religious Studies department at McDaniel College, had died peacefully at his home. He was 79 years old.

Rainforest World Music Festival
Tom McLaughlin
Santubong, Sarawak, Malaysia – Shhhhhh! It’s a secret! Don’t tell anybody! I want to hoard this event for just my friends! I don’t want anymore people to come. As far as I am concerned, there were just enough people here a weekend or two ago.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
“Uppity Negro” vs. “Racist Pig”
Roy Meachum
Any American who can see or hear knows exactly who are the “uppity negro” and the “racist pig.” That’s how each is described by radical elements in both camps. Their names may not be remembered. Their professions are: Harvard professor and Cambridge Police sergeant. The reality will probably offend more Henry Louis Gates, Jr., than James Crowley.

Motorcycle Touring – Part 3
Nick Diaz
Everyone needs to eat. On the road you, the touring motorcyclist, have two choices. You could buy food in a grocery store and prepare it yourself, or you can pay someone else to prepare the food. You cannot just go to the refrigerator and grab something, or drive to your favorite restaurant. While touring by motorcycle, you'll have to get food wherever you can.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Free Speech was great while it lasted

Free Speech was great while it lasted by Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ August 12, 2009 (Click here for a larger image)

Maryland’s Democrat U. S. Senator Ben Cardin got quite an earful at a town hall meeting Monday night in Towson on healthcare reform. Although I choose not to attend, according to many published accounts, those who did go soundly jeered and booed him throughout the evening.

It was apparently a scene that has been played-out across the country for the past several weeks.

Everyday working moms and dads – many of whom have never before been active politically – are showing up in droves to let their elected congressional representatives know that they are worried about the Democrat leadership’s plan for the government to take over healthcare.

The paradox is that during the presidential election last fall, many political observers surmised that it was the middle of the road, average working class moms and dads who put then-Senator Barack Obama over the top for an historic election victory.

Moreover, one may argue that the “independent, working class voters” are once again the very voters President Obama needs to win over in this latest go-round of what to do about a healthcare system in which costs continue to spiral out of control.

Read the entire column here: Free Speech was great while it lasted

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3307

http://tinyurl.com/lgts2t

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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police Department officer killed in motorcycle accident

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police Department officer killed in motorcycle accident

UPDATE: @CarrollEagle Westminster man who was a Metro officer, died today after Monday night motorcycle accident http://bit.ly/147SGs

Major Phil Kasten
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office
100 North Court Street
Westminster, MD 2157
410-386-2759

ADDITIONAL CONTACT:

Director Lisa Farbstein
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police Department
600 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-962-1051

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

“Westminster motorcyclist killed after being struck by pick-up truck”

Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, August 11, 2009 ---- At approximately 9:45 pm last evening Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to reports of a vehicle collision on Route 97 at Bartholow Road. Upon reaching the scene, deputies discovered a 2005 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle laying on the roadway against the guardrail on the southbound shoulder of Route 97, its driver was being treated by paramedics from the Winfield Volunteer Fire Company.

Sheriff’s Office investigation revealed the motorcycle had been traveling North on Route 97 when it was struck by a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado Pick-up Truck, which failed to yield the right-of-way as it crossed Route 97 Westbound on Bartholow Road.

The motorcycle’s operator, Dennis Michael Henley Jr. aged 32 of Westminster was transported by helicopter to York County Hospital and died early this morning as a result of his injuries.

The truck’s operator, George Chochos aged 49 of Westminster was released from the scene uninjured.

Alcohol is not considered a factor in this collision.

Henley, who is a Police Officer with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, was returning home after attending a training class at the Maryland Police & Correctional Training Commission Facility in Sykesville. Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Investigators are conducting a detailed investigation and reconstruction of the accident, which could take several weeks. Charges are pending the outcome of that investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident, or that may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Corporal Mike Zepp of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at 410-386-2900, or mzepp@ccg.carr.org. The Sheriff’s Office Investigation continues…

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20090811 DC Metro Transit Auth officer killed in motorcycle accident

@kevindayhoff RT @CarrollEagle Westminster man who was a Metro officer, died today after Monday night motorcycle accident http://bit.ly/147SGs

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Long-Ago Collapse of Hawaiian Monarchy Described As U.S.-Assisted ‘Regime Change’

(Pictured is a file photo of Queen Liliuokalani, who was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands, January 29, 1891 – January 17, 1893.)

Long-Ago Collapse of Hawaiian Monarchy Described As U.S.-Assisted ‘Regime Change’

Monday, August 10, 2009 By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

http://ow.ly/jyN9

(CNSNews.com) – A Senate bill establishing a Native Hawaiian government is necessary to reverse the United States’ role in the "regime change" that led to Hawaii becoming a state, the bill’s supporters said at a Senate hearing last week.

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on Aug. 6 on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009 (S. 1011), sponsored by Senator Daniel Akaka (D-Alaska).

The bill would allow Hawaii's indigenous people to establish a "government-to-government relationship with the United States," similar to the relationship that Alaskan natives and American Indian tribes have, Akaka says. But critics say the bill would establish a “race-based” government for native Hawaiians.

Read the entire article. It has a number of links to source materials and is a good read. It may be found here: http://ow.ly/jyN9

20090810 Long Ago Collapse Hawaiian Monarchy Descd Regime Chng

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The talking fingers

The talking fingers

August 11, 2009

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A colleague’s fingers do all the talking as they glide across the keyboard in an effort to keep up with reports and paperwork.

20090811 Talking fingerse

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Tiger Woods to not be fined after all

Tiger Woods to not be fined after all

August 11, 2009 5:37 PM

This just in from: Daniel - Community at Newsy http://www.Newsy.com

Hi Kevin,

I just saw you'd posted the news passed on by the AP about the fine that was reportedly to be charged to Tiger Woods, but in fact that report was erroneous, according to BetFirms, which quotes both Woods and Ty Votaw, a spokesman for the PGA, saying that there was never going to be a fine:

http://www.betfirms.com/tiger-woods-notfined-081109/

http://news.lalate.com/2009/08/11/tiger-woods-not-fined-by-pga/

I also thought if you're interested in Tiger Woods' progress you'd enjoy our video, which compares his record with that of all-time great, Jack Nicklaus. With only a few PGA wins and majors separating them, Woods may be poised to take his place as the greatest golfer of all time:

http://www.newsy.com/videos/has_tiger_earned_his_stripes

"Our approach to our stories is unique in that we provide depth by offering views on different facets of the discussion and inviting viewers to come to their own conclusions."

Daniel
Community at Newsy
http://www.Newsy.com

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Red Maryland: Debunking the Sun's Debunked Healthcare Myth

Red Maryland: Debunking the Sun's Debunked Healthcare Myth

The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board believes that it has debunked a so-called “myth” about the health care bill:

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That is technically true but that truth has a five-year half life. Read Section 102 pp 16-17 of HR 3200 and you will find that the bill sets up a five-year grace where you can indeed keep your healthcare. However, when that grace period expires, all plans must meet federally determined requirements, meaning that after five years your healthcare will change. And that means you won’t be able to keep the plan you have nor will you necessarily get a plan you like.

Be sure to read the entire article by Mr. Newgent.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies at Age 88

Washington Post News Alert

06:13 AM EDT Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies at Age 88, Family Says

By J.Y. Smith Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, August 11, 2009; 7:06 AM

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, died Tuesday morning at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., after a series of strokes.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com

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Linda Collison: “Star-Crossed”

Linda Collison: “Star-Crossed”

Posted August 11, 2009

For a larger image click here: http://twitpic.com/dhez8

Linda Collison’s - my Westminster High School Class of 1971 classmate - first novel, Star-Crossed (Knopf; 06) was chosen by the New York Public Library to be among the Books for the Teen Age -- 2007. For more information: http://www.lindacollison.com/

According to published materials:

“The novel was inspired by the three weeks she spent aboard the HM Bark Endeavour, a replica of Captain James Cook's 18th century ship. Linda is a mother and grandmother, and at long last chatelaine of her castle…

“Linda Collison is a jack of all trades and master of none, just as her mother feared she would become.

“Linda has managed to kluge a composite career, making a living as a registered nurse, skydiving instructor, waitress and shoemaker, to name a few of her occupations.

“She has published in a wide and sundry assortment of publications, from literary magazines to Ladies Home Journal.

“In 1992 her life changed dramatically (again!) when she married fellow skydiver Bob Russell. With Bob she wrote two guidebooks, Rocky Mountain Wineries; a travel guide to the wayside vineyards and Colorado Kids; a statewide family outdoor adventure guide (both books by Pruett Publishing.)”

20090810 sdosm Linda Collison Star Crossed

http://twitpic.com/dhez8 “Star-Crossed” a novel by Linda Collison: more http://tinyurl.com/kvtsmr Full http://www.lindacollison.com/

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MSP release sketch of female murder victim from skeletal remains

Maryland State Police release artist’s sketch of female murder victim from skeletal remains

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NEWS RELEASE
DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS: PIKESVILLE, MD 21208
(410)486-3101 TTY For Hearing Impaired (410)486-0677
Toll Free: 1-800-525-5555

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2009

ARTIST DRAWING OF CARROLL CO. SKELETAL REMAINS RELEASED

(Westminster, MD) -- Maryland State Police have obtained a forensic artist’s rendering of what a female murder victim may have looked like whose skeletal remains were found in Carroll County earlier this year.

The identity of the victim remains unknown. She is believed to have been a white female, possibly in her late teen’s or early 20’s, with a petite build.

On March 24, 2009, Maryland State Police were called to the 900-block of Baltimore Boulevard, Westminster. In an overgrown area where construction debris had been dumped years ago behind what is now a manufacturing company, troopers recovered the skeletal remains of the victim.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy. It was determined the victim had died as a result of homicide.

Since the remains were recovered, Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators have been working to identify the victim. Missing person files have been reviewed, police departments have been contacted throughout the country, and multiple dental record comparisons made, but no identity has been made.

State Police investigators obtained assistance from Detective Evelyn Grant, a certified forensic artist with the Baltimore County Police. Detective Grant examined the victim’s skull and through her expertise, was able to develop a composite drawing of what the victim may have looked like.

Investigators are still unsure of when the victim may have been killed and believe it could have been as long as decades ago. Anyone who may recognize the person in the drawing is urged to contact Maryland State Police immediately. In addition, anyone who remembers what the area of Rt. 140 just east of Westminster was like as far back as 25 years ago is urged to contact Maryland State Police investigators as well.

All calls should be directed to Sgt. Tina Becker, Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, at 410-386-3029. Calls may be kept confidential.

CONTACT: Greg Shipley- through HQ duty officer at 410-653-4236

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Tiger Woods to be fined for criticism of rules official

Tiger Woods to be fined for criticism of rules official

By: Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer August 10, 2009

CHASKA, MINN. — Tiger Woods will be fined by the PGA Tour for his public criticism of a rules official after winning the Bridgestone Invitational, a tour official said Monday.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/Woods-to-be-fined-for-criticism-of-rules-official-52927257.html

kevindayhoff RT @dcexaminer Tiger Woods to be fined for criticism of rules official: http://bit.ly/JFXDH

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Monday, August 10, 2009

How to lose your job on Facebook

How to lose your job on Facebook

August 10, 2009

Simply amazing! For a larger image click here: http://twitpic.com/dendz

How to lose your job on Facebook Hat Tip: “London Interesting” http://twitter.com/LDN Be careful what you post on Facebook http://bit.ly/COt9X (via @dudleywild) Find it here on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/3807697268/

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Falling Rocks

Falling Rocks

From Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/dddj4

Has anyone seen one of these signs before? ;) on Twitpic

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Drs. J. W. Hering and Ira Zepp, Sacred Places and Westminster City Hall

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/drs-j-w-hering-and-ira-zepp-sacred.html

http://tinyurl.com/nfe522

Pictured above is Westminster City Hall MD around 1953. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/ddez2

The death of Dr. Ira G. Zepp has reminded me of one of my columns which was published in http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on July 25, 2008. Find it here: http://tinyurl.com/6yb23j or find the full story on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ here: http://tinyurl.com/krebky

The column was titled, “Westminster's sacred places are shrines of community life,” and it was about a 1981 book by Dr. Ira Zepp and Marty Lanham, "Sacred Spaces of Westminster."

Concurrently, another local historian and I were recently discussing the work, “Recollections,” by Dr. J. W. Hering, from the mid-1800s; which also brought me back to the same column.

I am working on re-posting the longer, unedited-for-word-length, draft of the July 2008 column, until then; here is an interesting tidbit about Westminster City Hall and Dr. Hering:

Westminster City Hall is considered by many to be one of the many sacred places in Carroll County.

Westminster purchased it from the estate of George W. Albaugh in September of 1939 for $11,000. After extensive renovations and improvements, without impairing the original features of the structure, the City offices were moved there from the old Westminster Fire Department building at 63 West Main Street, during the administration of Mayor Frank A. Myers.

Once, while attending a council meeting I looked around and imagined all the history that room and the building we now know as Westminster City Hall has seen since it was built in 1842 by Colonel John K. Longwell.

I wonder what it was like to have lived there right after it was built by Colonel Longwell...

Or what it would have been like to have been there in August 1863?

That was when, as Frederic Shriver Klein writes in “Just South of Gettysburg” that over forty prominent Westminster citizens were arrested by Union soldiers on the charge of “general disloyalty.”

Those arrested included Dr. Mathias, Dr. Trumbo, Dr. J. W. Hering, Colonel Longwell - and their wives.

According to “Recollections” by Dr. Hering, at Mrs. Longwell’s “trial” on August 27th, 1863, in Westminster, she was told that “among other things, you are charged with feeding the rebel soldiers…”

“Well,” she replied, “I did, I would feed a hungry dog who came to my house. I would even feed you, if you came to my house hungry.” At that, it is reported that Mrs. Longwell’s husband, Colonel Longwell, “nearly collapsed.” Reportedly, Mrs. Longwell subsequently took the oath of allegiance. Others, however, did not and were imprisoned at Ft. McHenry.

Meanwhile: find the column, as published… here: http://explorecarroll.com/community/411/westminsters-sacred-places-are-shrines-community-life/

Or here: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2008/07/westminsters-sacred-places-are-shrines.html

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Still need a Tour de France fix? Leadville 100?

Sunday, August 9, 2009

The Tour is over, but for everyone who'd like to see just a little bit more of it, check out this link. I came across this while I was reading a posting …

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Two Killed In Carroll Co. Plane Crash

TWO KILLED IN CARROLL CO. PLANE CRASH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2009

(Keymar, MD) The investigation is continuing into this morning’s plane crash in northwestern Carroll County that took the lives of both persons aboard.

The victims are identified as Robert H. Kociemba, 61, of the 700-block of St. George-Barber Road, Davidsonville, Md., who is believed to have been the pilot, and Letty (nmn) Williams, 66, of the 3800-block of Glebe Meadow Way, Edgewater, Md. The two were said to have been friends.

Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene by members of the Taneytown Volunteer Fire Department. A forensic examiner for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene and ordered the bodies of both victims transported to Baltimore for autopsies.

At about 7:30 a.m. today, Maryland state troopers from the Westminster Barracks were dispatched to the area of Sharrett Road, just off Rt. 194 in Keymar, for the report of an aircraft crash. Arriving troopers found the two-seat aircraft crashed in a cornfield, about one-quarter mile from the Keymar Airpark, a privately owned airstrip southwest of Taneytown.

The preliminary investigation indicates the victims had taken off from the airpark just minutes before the crash. Their destination was unknown. Troopers contacted federal aviation officials who responded to the scene and are conducting an investigation into the cause of the crash.

The aircraft is believed to be a Golden Circle Air T-Bird II, classified by the FAA as a light sport aircraft. The engine and propeller in this type of aircraft are located behind the pilot and passenger.

Troopers learned from the owner of the airpark that Kociemba flew from his airstrip two to three times a week and had rented hangar space from him for about four years. Kociemba was said to have been an experienced pilot.

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CONTACT: Greg Shipley
Office of Media Communications & Marketing

20090808 Two killed in Carroll Co plane crash

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Drop Forged Chocolate

“Drop Forged Chocolate”

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/drop-forged-chocolate.html

http://tinyurl.com/ntd28z

February 11, 2009 – August 6, 2009

By Kevin Dayhoff

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Mooses Come Walking by Arlo Guthrie

Mooses Come Walking

by Arlo Guthrie

Mooses come walking over the hill
Mooses come walking, they rarely stand still
When mooses come walking they go where they will
When mooses come walking over the hill

Mooses look into your window at night
They look to the left and they look to the right
The mooses are smiling, they think it's a zoo
And that's why the mooses like looking at you

So, if you see mooses while lying in bed
It's best to just stay there pretending you're dead
The mooses will leave and you'll get the thrill
Of seeing the mooses go over the hill

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Westminster High School in the 1920s

Westminster High School, Westminster, MD, in the 1920s

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Catching with some old friends today, coupled with some recent reader questions, reminded me of a piece I wrote in March 2007 on the Westminster High School building on Longwell Avenue in Westminster.

The image above is from 1908, is the first Westminster High School building, 1898-1936, at Center and Green Street in Westminster, MD. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/d936f

This image is a 1977 picture of the second Westminster High School building, 1936-1971, at Longwell Avenue in Westminster, MD. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/d92z2

Westminster High School in the 1920s

March 28th, 2007 by (c) Kevin Dayhoff

East Middle School, located on Longwell Avenues just north of Westminster City Hall, originally opened as a new “Westminster High School” on November 30, 1936. It is one of two buildings in Carroll County built in the Art Deco style. The other is the Carroll Arts Center which opened as the Carroll Theatre on November 25, 1937.

Art Deco was all the rage from 1920 to 1940 but some argue that the style had a significant presence in architecture and art from 1900 to 1950. A highly decorative and elegant style, it was considered ultra-modern in its day.

The 1936 school building was not the “first” Westminster High School. The first was located at the corner of Green and Center Streets in Westminster and was built in 1898. By all accounts it was the first “public” high school built in Carroll County. It is accepted that the first “public” high school in Maryland started in Talbot County in 1871. By 1907 there were still only 35 public high schools in the entire state.

It was not too long after the 1898 structure was built that complaints began about the inadequacy of the physical plant. As with so many infrastructure improvements in Carroll County, getting a new high school built was fraught with a great deal of acrimony and dissent. In 1921, the Westminster High School yearbook, “The Mirror,” editorialized the increase in enrollment since 1898 with alarm. It had increased from “less than fifty” to over 260 students.

In those days the school housed all 11 grades. There were 7 students in the graduating class of May 1900. Compulsory school attendance was not passed into law until 1916; however, Lisa Kronman reported in an account entitled a “History of Public Schools in Westminster,” “the attendance rate was 93.8 percent of school age children.”

The Mirror lamented “we have seen the school out-grow its surroundings. The present building and equipment are entirely inadequate to the needs of the school…” The editorial explained dire consequences would result if the school were not replaced quickly. Of course, “quickly” in Carroll County took another 15 years.

According to historian Jay Graybeal, there were 139 schools in Carroll County in 1920. 107 had only one teacher. There were approximately 7500 students and 208 teachers. 158 of the teachers were female and only 9 were married as marriage was strongly discouraged for the county’s female teachers. As a matter of fact, a resolution, passed by the school board in the 1928 – 1929 school year, barred female teachers from getting married unless a special exception was granted.

Mr. Graybeal explained that high school teachers were paid an average $903.70 and “elementary teachers in white and black schools had average salaries of $537.85 and $431.87 respectively… Teachers who had served twenty-five years, reached the age of sixty, were no longer able to continue their duties in the schoolroom, and had no other means of comfortable support received $200 per annum” from a state financed pension system.

In 1920, the Carroll County public school budget was $204,000 and the school administration was a staff of four; Superintendent Maurice S. H. Unger, Miss L. Jewell Simpson, Supervisor; G. C. Taylor, Attendance Officer and Charles Reed, Clerk. In 1916, the state board of education was run by three individuals.

The Union Bridge Pilot reported on February 18, 1921: “Teachers' pay are being withheld owing in lack of funds and it appears the county has reached the limit of its credit.”

It is in this air, atmosphere, and environment that the county unsuccessfully tried three times, May 15th, 1922, September 26, 1927, and April 3, 1934, to get the voters to approve bond bills for roads and schools – to include a new Westminster High School.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
E-mail him at: kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com r visit him at http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/
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