Friday, September 17, 2010

2010 Westminster Fallfest is fast approaching

September 17, 2010

2010 Fallfest: 9/23, 6pm - 10pm; 9/24, 6pm - 10pm; 9/25, 10am - 10pm; 9/26, 12pm - 6pm; 2010 Parade Date: Thursday 9/23/10 at 7PM

http://westminsterfallfest.com/

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Dear Friends of Fallfest,

Retrieved September 17, 2010

Westminster Fallfest, Inc. began as an autumn celebration in historic downtown Westminster, growing over time to operate throughout the year, sponsoring various fundraising events, all to benefit charities and service organizations within our community.

Our signature event is our annual Westminster Fallfest, Carroll County’s largest community charity event. Each September, Fallfest draws over 40,000 people to historic downtown Westminster. Families enjoy our festival midway and rides, while others come for the great food, unique shopping, and heart-stopping entertainment. Our event begins with a parade, followed by four days of non-stop fun.

Fallfest is more than a festival midway or great place to find one of a kind crafts and gifts. It’s an exciting time to share with our families and friends, and at the same time, give back to our great community. Whether you join us for the fabulous food, the sights and sounds of our great entertainment, shopping, volunteering on-site, or providing vital sponsorship dollars to make the event happen—Westminster Fallfest is glad to have you!

Jennifer Mellor

Westminster Fallfest, Inc.

2010 Festival Chairperson

Westminster Fallfest, Inc. P.O. Box 804, Westminster, MD 21158 www.westminsterfallfest.com August 28, 2004 Westminster Fallfest started in 1978 to promote the awareness for the renewal of the downtown shopping district, in which our fundraising efforts center today. During the 1980's volunteers that organized Fallfest realized excess funds from vendor fees and other activities. The volunteers decided to distribute these funds to support local charities. After receiving positive responses from charities, the volunteers decided to broaden their efforts. Over the years we have evolved into a multi-cultural and multifaceted organization known as Westminster Fallfest, Inc. Fallfest operates 12 months a year organizing and providing the community and local non-profit charities the opportunity to apply and be interviewed to receive excess proceeds from our various fundraising activities. (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E19B659C904D590C)

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2010 Westminster Fallfest is fast approaching

Click HERE to view pictures from the 8/2010 Bud's Event.

Click HERE to view pictures from the 6/2010 Sock Hop.

Click HERE to view pictures from the 2009 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.

Click HERE to view pictures from the 2009 Fallfest.

Click HERE to view pictures from the 2009 Fallfest Fall Car Show.

Click HERE to view a short video of the 2009 Fallfest Fall Car Show.

Click HERE to view pictures from the 2009 Fallfest Gala.

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Sherri Hosfeld Joseph - Birdie’s coffee café grand opening celebration September 17, 2010

Sherri Hosfeld Joseph - Birdie’s coffee café 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD

Birdie's Café: has Westminster MD's Main Street percolating once again

Hi Folks,

Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, the owner of Birdie’s Café at 233 East Main Street, asked me to invite you to her grand opening celebration tomorrow, beginning at 6 pm.

Join Sherri and the Birdie’s crew for music by Ellen Cherry, coffee tastings, samples of their food and baked goods, and more.

Hopefully, I’ll see you there!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/37642626/Sherri-Hosfeld-Joseph-Birdie%E2%80%99s-coffee-cafe-grand-opening-celebration-September-17-2010

Sherri Hosfeld Joseph - Birdie’s coffee café grand opening celebration September 17, 2010

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/37603216/Birdie-s-Cafe-has-Westminster-MD-s-Main-Street-percolating-once-again

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Birdie's Café e-mail address: coffeebird@comcast.net

Birdie's Café phone number: 410-848.7931

Location: 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

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Birdie's Café: has Westminster MD's Main Street percolating once again

Hi Folks,

Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, the owner of Birdie’s Café at 233 East Main Street, asked me to invite you to her grand opening celebration tomorrow, beginning at 6 pm.

Join Sherri and the Birdie’s crew for music by Ellen Cherry, coffee tastings, samples of their food and baked goods, and more.

Hopefully, I’ll see you there!

http://www.explorecarroll.com/business/4590/birdies-cafeacute-has-east-main-street-percolating-once-again/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/37603216/Birdie-s-Cafe-has-Westminster-MD-s-Main-Street-percolating-once-again

Birdie's Café: has Westminster MD's Main Street percolating once again

Sherri Hosfeld Joseph - Birdie’s coffee café 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD

http://www.birdiescoffee.com/ 410-848.7931 Explore Carroll: Kevin Dayhoff: Birdie's Café: has Westminster MD's Main Street percolating once again shar.es/0WVqU

Birdie's Café website: http://www.birdiescoffee.com/

Birdie's Café e-mail address: coffeebird@comcast.net

Birdie's Café phone number: 410-848.7931

Location: 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyn_OJF7AC0

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Rev. Eugene R. Alexander April 10, 1937 - September 16, 2010

The Rev. Eugene R. Alexander

(April 10, 1937 - September 16, 2010)

http://www.myersdurborawfh.com/index.cfm

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The Rev. Eugene R. Alexander, age 73 of Eldersburg died Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born April 10, 1937 in Cumberland, MD the son of the late George R. Alexander and Anna V. Jones Alexander Roberts. He was the husband of Constance Ann Coleman Alexander, his wife of 48 years. He was a graduate of Ft. Hill High School, Class of 1955 in Cumberland.

He was a graduate of Gettysburg College, Class of 1959 and the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Class of 1962.

He was an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Pastor mission developer and the first Pastor of Epiphany Lutheran in Burtonsville, MD. He served the Calvary Lutheran Parish for churches, St. Peter’s in Alesia, St. Abraham’s in Upper Beckleysville and St. Mark’s in Snydersburg; Messiah Lutheran Church in Barrett; the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Glen Burnie, Reformation Lutheran Church in Baltimore and Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Eldersburg. He was an Interim Pastor at St. John’s (Leisters) Lutheran Church in Westminster and the Interim Pastor, Interim Assistant and Sr. Interim Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

He was the National Church Development Trainer Specializing in Evangelism for the Delaware/Maryland Synod and the ELCA. He served as Dean of Baltimore South Conference and two terms as Dean and Secretary of the Westminster Conference. He served as Chaplain of the Sykesville Freedom Volunteer Fire Department.

He was the elected Representative for the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2001 and served on the Board at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster. He enjoyed spending time with his family, listening to classical music and jazz. He was also interested in national churchwide activities and politics, an avid golfer, a gourmet cook and enjoyed traveling. In addition to his wife, he is survived by children, Brian and wife, Wendy Alexander of Catonsville, Jeffrey Alexander and fiancee’, Miriam Goldberg of Pittsburg, PA, Conni A.B. and Damon B. of Manchester and David and wife, Lauren Alexander of Hampstead; grandchildren, Brandon David Alexander, Sarah Ann Brisson, Madelyn Campbell Alexander and Aurora Brownley.

A funeral service will be held Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 4:00 P.M. at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Interment will be private.

The family will receive friends Saturday 2:00 to 4:00 pm and 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis Street, Westminster. Memorial contributions may be made to ELCA Disaster Relief, 8765 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631; ELCA Fund for leaders in Mission, 8765 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631 or The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 43025, Baltimore, MD 21236.

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The Herald-Mail: One in seven Americans living in poverty

The number of people living in poverty has climbed to 14.3 percent of Americans, with the ranks of working-age poor reaching the highest level since at least 1965.

The Census Bureau says that about 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty last year. That's up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

DAYHOFF: All of Westminster got fired up over 'Defense Day' in 1924

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By Kevin Dayhoff

Posted 9/12/10

http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/4714/all-westminster-got-fired-up-over-defense-day-1924/

On Sept. 12, 1924, Carroll County celebrated "Defense Day" in Westminster with singing, parades, a prettiest baby contest, speeches and a beauty contest, of which the prize was $25. (No one entered.)

Much of the day's festivities took place on the Hoffa football field at what was then Western Maryland College -- now McDaniel College.

And oh, by the way ... one of the highlights of the day featured shooting up the field with machine guns. (Maybe it was the machine guns that inhibited the county's most beautiful women from entering the beauty contest?)

More research is needed to understand what "Defense Day" was all about. We obviously no longer celebrate it.

On Aug. 4, 1924, a piece in Time magazine notes that: "The project of holding a National Defense Day on Sept. 12 has met considerable opposition from pacifist bodies. President (Calvin) Coolidge undertook last week to uphold the propriety of the proposed 'Day' in a letter to the National Council for the Prevention of War ..."

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Dayhoff: The Tentacle - The 100 percenters and the seethers

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The 100 percenters and the seethers

Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3960

Now that Maryland’s primary election is over and the general election is only six-plus weeks away, I only have one question left for some candidates and single issues interest groups: Is there anyone left you can annoy – friends, family, poisonous reptiles?

I have come to an age in which I do not want to wish my life away. I am not quite to the age where I avoid buying green bananas, but I am at a point where I have redoubled my efforts to enjoy and appreciate each and every day I have left on this planet.

I suspended those thoughts for the last few of weeks and have prayed that September 14 would come and go quickly.

By the time you read this, Maryland’s primary election will be history. For many, yesterday could not have come soon enough.

For others who study the day-to-day comings and goings of political candidates and what passes as a general discourse on current issues, the weeks and months leading up to yesterday’s primary were one giant headache.

Every election cycle ebbs and flows to the degree with which various people with the IQ of a desk chair and the warmth of a water moccasin engage in certain passions.

Some elections are more civil than others, but so far this election season is best described as an evolutionary breakthrough in ugliness. The threshold of my amazement has been moved once again.

It may be time that we collectively consider bringing back the monarchy... http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3960

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

September 14 2010 Election Day This and That from the Baltimore Sun

Strength of Md. Tea Party to be tested Tuesday Conservative movement weaker here than in other states By Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-tea-party-20100908,0,340485,full.story

Md. primary to determine key races - Chunks of state legislature to be decided by voters By Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-primary-preview-20100913,0,5137192.story

McCain backs Ehrlich in GOP primary: Former presidential candidate John McCain supports former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in the Republican primary, the Associated Press is reporting. Posted by Julie Bykowicz http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/2010/09/mccain_backs_ehrlich_in_gop_pr.html

Legislative primaries to watch Restless electorate has enticed many primary challengers By Julie Bykowicz, The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-primary-contests-20100912,0,4476108.story

September 14 2010 Election Day This and That from the Baltimore Sun

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Polling places for the September 14, 2010 primary election in Carroll County

DISTRICT	PRECINCT	ADDRESS	CITY/TOWN
1	1	NORTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA 99 KINGS DRIVE TANEYTOWN MD 21787	TANEYTOWN
2	1	FRANCIS SCOTT KEY HIGH SCHOOL BAND ROOM 3825 BARK HILL ROAD UNION BRIDGE MD 21791	UNIONTOWN
2	2	RUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 3000 LANGDON DRIVE WESTMINSTER MD 21158	UNIONTOWN
3	1	CHARLES CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 3719 LITTLESTOWN PIKE WESTMINSTER MD 21158	MYERS
4	1	SANDYMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2222 OLD WESTMINSTER PIKE FINKSBURG MD 21048	WOOLERY'S
4	2	FAITH FAMILY CHURCH SOCIAL HALL 4150 SYKESVILLE ROAD FINKSBURG MD 21048	WOOLERY'S
4	3	MECHANICSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 3838 SYKESVILLE ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	WOOLERY'S
4	4	MECHANICSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 3838 SYKESVILLE ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	WOOLERY'S
5	1	SYKESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM 7301 SPRINGFIELD AVE. SYKESVILLE MD 21784	FREEDOM
5	2	LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL GYM 5855 BARTHOLOW ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	FREEDOM
5	3	OKLAHOMA ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA 6300 OKLAHOMA ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	FREEDOM
5	4	CARROLLTOWNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 6543 RIDGE ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	FREEDOM
5	5	PINEY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 6315 FREEDOM AVE SYKESVILLE MD 21784	FREEDOM
5	6	FAIRHAVEN ASPEN BUILDING 7200 THIRD AVENUE SYKESVILLE MD 21784	FREEDOM
6	1	MANCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 3224 YORK ST MANCHESTER MD 21102	MANCHESTER
6	2	NORTH CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM 2401 HANOVER PIKE HAMPSTEAD MD 21074	MANCHESTER
7	1	CRANBERRY STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 505 N. CENTER STREET WESTMINSTER MD 21157	WESTMINSTER
7	2	WILLIAM WINCHESTER ELEM. SCHOOL CAFETERIA 70 MONROE ST WESTMINSTER MD 21157	WESTMINSTER
7	3	FRIENDSHIP VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 1100 GIST ROAD WESTMINSTER MD 21157	WESTMINSTER
7	4	WESTMINSTER WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA 60 MONROE STREET WESTMINSTER MD 21157	WESTMINSTER
7	5	CARROLL LUTHERAN VILLAGE KRUG CHAPEL 300 LUTHER DRIVE WESTMINSTER MD 21158	WESTMINSTER
7	6	CARROLL CO CAREER & TECH CENTER CAFETERIA 1229 WASHINGTON ROAD WESTMINSTER MD 21157	WESTMINSTER
7	7	WESTMINSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 811 UNIONTOWN ROAD WESTMINSTER MD 21158	WESTMINSTER
7	8	ROBERT MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 1413 WASHINGTON ROAD WESTMINSTER MD 21157	WESTMINSTER
8	1	HAMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3737 SHILOH ROAD HAMPSTEAD MD 21074	HAMPSTEAD
8	2	NORTH CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA 1400 PANTHER DRIVE HAMPSTEAD MD 21074	HAMPSTEAD
8	3	SPRING GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 700 BOXWOOD DRIVE HAMPSTEAD MD 21074	HAMPSTEAD
9	1	WINFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 4401 SALEM BOTTOM ROAD WESTMINSTER MD 21157	FRANKLIN
9	2	WINFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 4401 SALEM BOTTOM ROAD WESTMINSTER MD 21157	FRANKLIN
10	1	ELMER WOLFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 1 119 NORTH MAIN STREET UNION BRIDGE MD 21791	MIDDLEBURG
11	1	NEW WINDSOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA 1000 GREEN VALLEY RD NEW WINDSOR MD 21776	NEW WINDSOR
12	1	ELMER WOLFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM 2 119 NORTH MAIN STREET UNION BRIDGE MD 21791	UNION BRIDGE
13	1	MT AIRY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA 102 WATERSVILLE ROAD MT AIRY MD 21771	MT AIRY
13	2	MT AIRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 405 NORTH MAIN STREET MT AIRY MD 21771	MT AIRY
14	1	LINTON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA 375 RONSDALE ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	BERRETT
14	2	SOUTH CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM 1300 WEST OLD LIBERTY ROAD SYKESVILLE MD 21784	BERRETT

Polling places for the September 14, 2010 primary election in Carroll County

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Katherine Heerbrandt: Debate on proposed alcohol tax increase turns personal

Debate on proposed alcohol tax increase turns personal

Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010

Frederick commissioner questions restaurateur's bankruptcy, credibility on business matters by Katherine Heerbrandt | Staff Writer

http://www.gazette.net/stories/09092010/mounnew164225_32545.php

A Frederick County restaurateur said he is learning the hard way that engaging in a war of words with county Commissioner John L. Thompson Jr. can leave battle scars.

Gary Brooks, who criticized Thompson (R) for supporting a proposed alcohol tax increase in The Gazette on Sept. 2, was stunned when an e-mail exchange he had with Thompson last week deteriorated into what he called a "personal attack" involving a failed business endeavor.

The e-mail recipients included members of the media and a number of Frederick County residents.

"These e-mails included personal attacks on myself and many other citizens," said Brooks, who operates Barley and Hops on Urbana Pike, in a written statement. "While Mr. Thompson's references ‘may' have been accurate, they did not include all the information, and hence created a circumstance of innuendo. In short, the implications were that myself and other citizens did not have good standing in the community, as the information was too limited."

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