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Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Kevin Dayhoff - Eagle Archive: Celebrating Carroll County at the 4-H and FFA Fair
Eagle Archive: Celebrating Carroll County at the 4-H and FFA
Fair
By Kevin Dayhoff July 30, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/opinion-talk/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0729-20120725,0,418259.story
Carroll County Agriculture Center
has been a beehive of activity in preparation of the annual Carroll County 4-H
and FFA Fair, which officially opened on July 27.
Historically, the summer and end of harvest events have
always played an important role in Carroll County because of the region's
agricultural roots.
Prior to 1865, the business of farming was, for the most
part, our subsistence existence. Farmers were essentially self-sufficient.
However, after the Civil War, farmers became increasingly
"dependent on creditors, merchants and railroads for their
livelihoods," according to James Stewart of Reed College, who has
concentrated his studies on this period of agriculture and economics.
"These relationships created opportunities for economic gain, but also
obligations, hardships and risks that many farmers did not welcome."
In Carroll, this period evoked celebrations of the farming
way of life. A "program of events" found in an 1871 publication of
the oldAmerican Sentinel refers to a "Grand Exhibition of Farm
machinery under the auspices of the Carroll County Agriculture Society on the Fair Grounds, Westminster, MD."
Actually, the first authoritative mention of an organized
agricultural fair event in Carroll County occurs in 1869. Nancy Warner writes
in her book, "Carroll County Maryland, A History," that on Jan. 11,
1869, the Carroll County Agricultural Society was organized "at a meeting
at the Court House."
"Capital of $25,000 was raised through the sale of 500
shares of stock at $50.00 per share. Thirty acres of land was bought between
the present Fair Street and Malcolm Drive," Warner wrote.
It is believed that the first agricultural fair in Carroll
County may have taken place on July 4, 1869, on East Main Street in Westminster
— though the current Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair celebrates its roots going
back to a picnic held Aug. 14, 1897, at the Otterdale Schoolhouse, in
Taneytown.
The fair moved to Westminster in 1954. The Carroll County
Agriculture Center was established as a private organization on March 20, 1954,
by a group of visionary leaders who purchased the land at the end of an old
dirt lane off Gist Road, way outside of town — or at least it was back then —
with their own money.
This year's fair runs through Saturday, Aug. 4, with racing
pigs, the annual Combine Demolition Derby, Wild West Night, Car Demolition
Derby, Lawn Mower Racing, Tractor Pull and more. Many are looking forward to
seeing country music singer and songwriter Kip Moore on Aug. 4, at 8 p.m.
For a calendar of events and more information, go to
carrollcountyfair.com.
See you at the fair.
When he is not eating his way from one end of the fair to
the other, Kevin Dayhoff …
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Paula Waterman Opening Reception at Off Track Art Friday, July 27, 2012 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Opening Reception at
Off Track Art
Friday, July 27, 2012
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Paula Waterman
Meet the Artist, and view her exceptional wildlife
portraits!
Paula Waterman can’t remember a time she wasn’t making art.
For the past decade she has been doing just that as a full time artist working
in scratchboard, oil painting, and most recently in bronze sculpture. Her
subject matter is mostly the animals she sees in the wild and in the company of
people. She has a particular interest in birds, and of dog subjects, though
landscape and marine subjects are also important to her.
A common thread in all her work in all media probably is the
critical importance of light source and light color; in fact she feels that
light is the true subject in all her work.
(from www.paulawaterman.com)
Please join us!
See our art at
"OFF TRACK ART"
an Artist Cooperative
at 11 Liberty St--side entrance
in downtown
Westminster, MD
Open: Wed-Fri. Noon
to 6 PM, Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/
or www.offtackart.com
[20120727
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Marilyn Corrine Reichert 66 City of Westminster
Marilyn Corrine Reichert, 66 of Westminster, died Wednesday
July 25, 2012 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. Born January 14, 1946 in
Westminster, she was the daughter of the late Howard Richard Niner and Mary
Madeline Bixler Niner. She was the wife of Joseph Reichert Jr.
Before retiring she worked for the City of Westminster in
the water department. She was a member of Westminster First Church of God.
Surviving in addition to her husband are daughters and
sons-in-law Amy Bryson, Ann and Dennis Weidner, Laura and Joseph Rogers, all of
Westminster, sister and brother in law Susan and Bruce Dell of Westminster,
three grandchildren Andrew Stewart Jr., Tabitha DeCoursey, and Kayla Baker, and
a nephew Matthew Dell all of Westminster.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at
Fletcher Funeral and Cremation Services, P.A., 254 E. Main St., Westminster
with Pastor Sharon Meyer officiating. Interment will follow in Deer Park
Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 3-5 and 7-9 on Friday
at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice, 292
Stoner Avenue, Westminster, Md., 21157.
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
Recent ChangeMaryland Press Releases
Recent ChangeMaryland Press Releases:
For this and much - much more go to: http://www.changemaryland.org/
Maryland Leading the Nation in Job Loss in 2012
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Statement from Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan on U.S. Department of Labor State Unemployment Report
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O’Malley Continues False Petty Attacks on Hogan, Change Maryland
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In Case You Missed It: Change Maryland/Larry Hogan
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O’Malley Admits to Falsifying Data on State Website
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Change Maryland Responds to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Political Attack
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Change Maryland Releases County-by-County Analysis of Tax Base
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
1931 Maryland State Firemen’s Association Convention
By Kevin Dayhoff July 15, 2012 Westminster Patch
A lengthy July 17, 1931 newspaper article describes the
Westminster Municipal Band and the Westminster Fire Department arriving home
from participating in the Maryland State Firemen’s Association annual
convention earlier that July “in a jubilant mood, as the band brought home $100
for the best band in line of parade…”
The history page from the Frostburg Maryland Fire Department
reports that it was one of nine member fire companies that organized the first Maryland
State Firemen's Association convention in Frederick in June 1893.
In 1899 the convention was held in Westminster. A June 8,
1899 Baltimore Sun article, “Have A Hot Time In Westminster And Make Brave Show
MANY DROP OUT OF RANKS Twenty-Six Companies And Forty Organizations In The Line
Of The Great Parade” observed:
“…From 10,000 to 12,000 people were in Westminster for the
opening of the seventh annual convention of the Maryland State Firemen's
Association. From midnight until noon today trainloads of people arrived. By
everyone it is conceded to have been the greatest day in the history of
Westminster...” … http://westminster.patch.com/blog_posts/1931-maryland-state-firemens-association-convention
The 1931 newspaper article described the trip to Ocean City
in the days long before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was built. “The firemen and
band left Wednesday morning at 6:35 and arrived at Ocean City at 12:15 p.m. in
a Blue Ridge line bus. They traveled by Green Spring Valley to Towson to Havre
de Grace, Elkton, Dover to Ocean City, about 190 miles…
“Thursday passed off in sight-seeing with a pajama parade by
the Westminster Band at 11 o'clock at night which was followed by several
hundred people cheering as they passed down the board walk…” The band also gave
concerts on the boardwalk and at the Del-Mar-Va Hotel and Hastings Hotel.
One of the biggest attractions at the end of the convention
is the grand parade which is described in great detail by the 1931 newspaper
account, “On Friday morning at 11 o'clock the firemen's parade was the feature.
The parade was led by Gov. Ritchie, Comptroller William S.
Gordy, and Mayor William W. McCabe. Twelve hundred firemen, representing 83
Maryland and Delaware fire units, paraded.” The parade extended over 2 miles
long that year.
According to the newspaper article, “Members of Westminster
Fire Department taking part in the convention were Frank T. Shaeffer, Michael
E. Walsh, Edw. O. Diffendal, Francis N. Keefer, J. Floyd Diffendal, Frank B.
Dillard, James Pearre Wantz, Jr., Ralph Royer, Edward B. Orendorff, Wilbur
Weller, J. H. Ryland and Claude Buckingham.”
“The $100 purse was a princely sum in 1931,” says local
historian Jay Graybeal. “In this early year of the Depression, a pound of
coffee cost 20 cents; a pound of peanut butter, 21 cents; and two cans of
tomatoes were 15 cents.”
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Cross Purposes: Somebody Got Somebody's Attention
Cross Purposes: Somebody Got Somebody's Attention: The Democratic monopoly in Annapolis regards the state’s outgunned Republican Party and its ideological allies as little more than irritant... http://rjc-crosspurposes.blogspot.com/2012/07/somebody-got-somebodys-attention.html
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Somebody Got Somebody's Attention
The Democratic monopoly in Annapolis
In the rare instance in which Democrats choose to respond to a volley from the other side, it tends to be of the dismissive variety, like a hand lazily swatting at a pesky insect.
So, when the Democratic establishment actually chooses to engage its ideological foes in a substantive manner, it is a noteworthy development.
That’s what happened recently when the O’Malley Administration returned fire on an organization headed by a frequently mentioned possible 2014 candidate for governor.
ChangeMaryland, which bills itself as “the grassroots movement fighting to bring fiscal responsibility and common sense to Annapolis
The organization, which has over 14,000 followers on Facebook, is a burr in the saddle of the O’Malley Administration, frequently criticizing its policies in the areas of taxation, the budget, and the state’s job growth and retention efforts.
Recently, ChangeMaryland released a study in which it maintains that 31,000 high income citizens disaffected by Governor O’Malley’s tax and spend policies fled the state between 2007 and 2010, taking $1.7 billion in lost tax revenue with them... http://rjc-crosspurposes.blogspot.com/2012/07/somebody-got-somebodys-attention.html
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