Dayhoff Westminster Soundtrack

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Prevent Medical Bills From Spoiling Credit | Bankrate.com

Prevent Medical Bills From Spoiling Credit | Bankrate.com:

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit/prevent-medical-bills-from-spoiling-credit.aspx?ec_id=cmct_01_comm_PF_mainlink

"Prevent medical bills from spoiling credit
By Liz Weston • Bankrate.com

Medical bills that wind up in collections hurt your credit scores more than they should.

That was the conclusion the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reached after studying 5 million credit reports. The federal regulator tracked how well credit scores predicted people's future creditworthiness after medical bills showed up on their reports.

The answer: Not that well. The CFPB says people with medical collections generally paid their other obligations on par with those whose credit scores were 10 points higher. And those who paid off their medical collections should have received scores 16 to 22 points higher on average."

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit/prevent-medical-bills-from-spoiling-credit.aspx?ec_id=cmct_01_comm_PF_mainlink

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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Historical Society of Carroll County MD Box Lunch Talk by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff

Celebrating 250-years of Westminster MD history

TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014 Historical Society of Carroll County MD Box Lunch Talk: William Winchester founded the city of Westminster MD 250 years ago in 1764 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZJszwlbyA&list=UU3II1CrxPqubFKXY6D8p7WQ

Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Westminster!

Westminster was founded in 1764 by William Winchester (1711 – 1790) of England. This year, we celebrate the 250th anniversary, or sestercentennial, of our great City’s founding with many wonderful events. http://westminstermd.gov/369/Celebrate-250-Years

A Storied History - Watch an historical presentation on the City of Westminster, presented by Kevin Dayhoff (Mayor, 2001 - 2005) by clicking here (YouTube video.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZJszwlbyA&list=UU3II1CrxPqubFKXY6D8p7WQ

In 1764 William Winchester developed a plan to sell forty-five lots along “King Street” on a sixteen-acre portion of the northern end of “White’s level” on the main road to Baltimore Town. The “piece of ground” was to be called “Westminster.” Come celebrate the 250^th anniversary of Westminster with local Baltimore Sun history writer Kevin Dayhoff as he traces the storied history of Westminster, the Carroll County seat of government.

Historical Society of Carroll County Box Lunch Talks: http://www.hsccmd.org/programs-box-lunch-talks.asp

The Box Lunch Talk (BLT) program attracts scores of local history enthusiasts every month! These hour-long events – easily our most popular – begin promptly at Noon on the second Tuesday of every month in Grace Hall, Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. http://gracelc.org/

Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Carroll Street.

Past topics include The Wines of Central Maryland, Past Present & Future; Historic Barns of Carroll County; andWhere is Grandma Hiding?, which showed guests how to explore their genealogy.

Participating is inexpensive and easy! Guests bring their lunch and enjoy a small selection of beverages and dessert. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.

To see our current BLT schedule, pick up a copy of our newsletter The Courier, check out our calendar online, or give us a call at 410-848-6494. Programs are subject to change without prior notice.

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Noon-1 p.m., in Grace Hall at the historic Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street in Westminster. Lunch is not available for purchase; participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert are provided. Admission is $2.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $5.00 for non-members.

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Water shut-offs are hate crimes: Netroots Nation progressives protest in Detroit.

Water shut-offs are hate crimes: Netroots Nation progressives protest in Detroit.:

By David Weigel

"DETROIT—One of the truly great things about Netroots Nation is the annual move to a brand-new city. Only Las Vegas has hosted two of these conventions. Every other year, the circus tents have plunked into a union-friendly state (Michigan was until fairly recently) and been flavored by the local progressive movement. Last year Northern California, this year Michigan.

I think that adds to the thick aura of populism. After listening to Rep. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Gary Peters, and Mark Ruffalo (an anti-fracking campaigner, if you didn't know), anyone who was so moved could join the National Nurses United in a protest of the city shutting off water for people who hadn't paid their water bills. "

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Park designation for July a signal for Carroll residents to get out and move

Park designation for July a signal for Carroll residents to get out and move

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-park-month-0713-20140706,0,7254716.story

By Katie V. Jones, July 6, 2014

Since 1985, July has been declared National Parks and
Recreation Month by the National Recreation and Park Association.

For residents of Carroll County, the designation is another
signal that it's a great time to take advantage of the many outdoor facilities
both the county and local municipalities offer.

"It's a good to get outside," said Jeff Degitz,
administrator for the Carroll County Recreation and Parks, citing fitness and
social benefits as well as learning more about the environment and world.
"I encourage everyone to come out and hit the trails and use our
parks."

Several special programs are being offered by both the
county and City of Westminster to encourage people to enjoy the outdoors. The
offerings are the result of some get-togethers, sharing of ideas and evaluating
past suggestions.

"We get together and brainstorm," said Kristi
Turgeon, administrator coordinator for Westminster's Department of Recreation
and Parks. "What kind of stuff went well? Anything we want to change?
Anything new we can bring?"

As a result of the brainstorming, the city offers an
activity every day, from free snow cones at Locust Lane Park on Wednesdays, to
free Zumba and yoga classes. While last year's outside movie night had some
issues, they decided to give it another try this year, she said.

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Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff

The Historical Society of Carroll County The Shop at Cockey's Newsletter July

July 2014

The Shop at Cockey's Newsletter

Your Hometown Shop for Unique Gifts, Books,

Jewelry and More.

Featuring the works of local artists and artisans.

Located on Main Street in the beautiful historic

1820s Cockey's Tavern.

June

Everything Historical

What's on Your Reading List?

Give the Gift of Choice!

Everything Historical

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That's everything Historical Society!

Visit our discount table and find a variety of HSCC items at20% off!

We have hats, shirts, toys, ornaments, cups, and more available in the Shop. This offer cannot be combined with membership discounts or other discounts.

HSCC Logo Shirts

HSCC Cups and Shellman Plate

Collectible Toy Truck

HSCC Hats

The Shop at Cockey's is also online at

www.TheShopAtCockeys.org

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NEWS!

We are now offering 15% discounts on select items for all active HSCC members.

To receive your membership discount, you must present your membership card at the time of purchase. Discounts cannot be given on our select merchandise without proof of membership.

Don't have a membership? No problem! You can purchase one online right here!

What's on your reading list this month?

Here are some summer reading suggestions!

Images of America

The Images of America series chronicles the history of small towns and down-towns across the country. Each title features more than 200 vintage images, capturing often forgotten bygone times and bringing to life the people, places, and events that defined a community.

Take a look into the past with our selection of titles:

Westminster, Taneytown, Sykesville, Farming in Carroll County,

Carroll County, and Then and Now: Carroll County.

Find your favorite Images of America book HERE!

20% Off

Carroll County Physicians of the

Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

You can find these and other great books at

The Shop at Cockey's online!

Give the Gift of Choice!

Don't know what to buy for that special someone? Stressed about giving a gift they may not want? We've got the answer!

Give them a gift certificate for The Shop at Cockey's and let them enjoy the atmosphere of our shop while browsing for the perfect gift. You can't go wrong with the gift of choice!

Come and share your thoughts with us on Facebook!

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216 E. Main Street

Westminster, MD 21157

410-848-6494

Open: Tue - Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Killing of Palestinian Youth Puts an Israeli Focus on Extremism - NYTimes.com

Killing of Palestinian Youth Puts an Israeli Focus on Extremism - NYTimes.com: "By STEVEN ERLANGER JULY 10, 2014"

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/world/middleeast/killing-of-palestinian-youth-puts-an-israeli-focus-on-extremism.html?emc=edit_th_20140711&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=45685287&_r=2

JERUSALEM — Even as the Israeli public offers strong support for airstrikes on Hamas fighters and their weapons stocks in Gaza, there is a good deal of reflection over the coldblooded killing of a Palestinian teenager that helped lead to the latest increase in violence.

Brutality against innocents is not new on either side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But, despite a court order that bans the disclosure of information in the case, Israelis have been discussing links between the suspects arrested in the killing of the teenager, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, and Israeli right-wing extremist groups that have at times operated with impunity.

Very little about the six suspects has been confirmed, because of the court order. But several Israeli media outlets have linked them to extremist groups, describing them as “shababnikkim,” pejorative Hebrew slang for right-wing extremist youth from ultra-Orthodox homes on the fringes of Orthodox society...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/world/middleeast/killing-of-palestinian-youth-puts-an-israeli-focus-on-extremism.html?emc=edit_th_20140711&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=45685287&_r=2

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Camp Upshur welcomes all units for training > Marine Corps Base Quantico

Camp Upshur welcomes all units for training > Marine Corps Base Quantico > News Article Display:

"Crossroads of the Marine Corps"

Camp Upshur welcomes all units for training By Tiffiney Wertz | Marine Corps Base Quantico | July 10, 2014

"MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- About 10 miles past the Ponderosa Gate, empty roads snuggled between thousands of acres of training and live-fire ranges, sits Camp Upshur on the grounds of what was, in 1942, the home to The Officer Candidates School."

... http://www.quantico.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/10834/Article/167227/camp-upshur-welcomes-all-units-for-training.aspx

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The endless, excruciating idiocy of the Internet — in one very stupid viral photo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/07/11/the-endless-excruciating-idiocy-of-the-internet-in-one-very-stupid-viral-photo/

The endless, excruciating idiocy of the Internet — in one very stupid viral photo

.... Sadly, this is not unbelievable...
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Monday, July 14, 2014

Wesley Theological Seminary: Dr. Mary Alice Douty Edwards, professor emerita of Christian education passed away on July 10 at age 100.

Wesley Theological Seminary

7 hours ago

We are mourning the loss of Dr. Mary Alice Douty Edwards, professor emerita of Christian education, who passed away on July 10 at age 100.

She taught at Wesley from 1957 until 1983. She served as interim dean when Dr. Phil Wogaman stepped down. President Doug Lewis remembers her dedication to her students, her love of the institution and her firm resolve.

She was the last surviving faculty member who taught in Westminster, Maryland before the seminary moved to Washington in 1958. "It was a smaller group in those days. But, like our faculty today, Mary Alice exemplified the essential quality of this community: the care professors have for their students," says Wesley President David McAllister-Wilson.

There will be a service celebrating Dr. Mary Alice Edward's life at Wesley's Oxnam Chapel on Tuesday, September 2 at 4:30 p.m. We hope you can join us for this service.

Wesley Theological Seminary: Dr. Mary Alice Douty Edwards, professor emerita of Christian education passed away on July 10 at age 100.
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Liberty Reservoir Day celebrates local watershed [Eagle Archives]

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, July 11, 2014

On July 26, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works
will again celebrate Liberty Reservoir Day in the recreation area right above
the reservoir dam on the North Branch of the Patapsco River.

Last year's Liberty Reservoir Day event was well attended and according to Kurt Kocher, the department's spokesman, the department would like to build upon last year's success.

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"Baltimore and Westminster have a long standing partnership that goes back decades," said Westminster public works director Jeff Glass. "Maintaining a sustainable water supply for all our
customers is a constant focus."

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The free event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the dam on Liberty Dam Road off Wards Chapel Road. Parking is free. For information, call 410-545-6541 or go to http://www.baltimorecity.gov.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the dedication of Liberty Dam, which is located in eastern Carroll County at the border with Baltimore County.

According to a history of Liberty reservoir written for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Mary Ann Ashcraft several years ago in the Carroll County Times, "Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. dedicated Liberty Dam on September 21, 1954 …."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/eldersburg-sykesville/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0713-20140709,0,894842.story

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Thousands of Maryland drivers get only days' notice to renew registration

Agency says high-capacity mailer failed, delaying reminders

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun

July 8, 2014 - See more at: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/search/bs-md-mva-notice-delay-20140708,0,6408712.story

When Jim Maguire returned to his Pikesville home recently after a week out of town, he found a reminder from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration to renew the registration on his car waiting in the pile of mail.

"I was just going to set it aside and look at it in another month," the longtime Marylander said. "I just assumed it didn't apply to me immediately."

Luckily he didn't, because it did.

Maguire, 53, was one of thousands of Marylanders who were sent notices to renew their vehicle registrations days before their tags were due to expire. Ordinarily, the Motor Vehicle Administration sends such notices between 45 and 60 days before expiration.

A spokesman for the agency blamed a problem with a high-capacity mailer, a machine it uses to send out the notices. - See more at: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/search/bs-md-mva-notice-delay-20140708,0,6408712.story

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Gregory Lynn Haifley, 60, of Manchester, died suddenly Saturday July 5, 2014

Gregory Lynn Haifley (January 17, 1954 - July 5, 2014)

Gregory Lynn Haifley, 60, of Manchester, died suddenly Saturday July 5, 2014 at his home.

Born January 17, 1954 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Richard E. and Margaret R. Hess Haifley.

He was the husband of the late Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Nusbaum Haifley who died in 2012.

He was an estimator for Mahogany Inc. Years ago he worked for Leonard Kraus Construction. He graduated from Westminster High School Class of 1972.

He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church where he sang in the choir. He was a member of the Westminster Jaycees, the Gettysburg Civil War Trust Foundation, and the Baltimore Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni.

He is survived by his children Krista Haifley of Manchester; and Brian Haifley and wife Lauren of Churchville, his siblings Kathy Voight of Westminster, and Jodie Haifley of Texas; his grandchildren Corey Haifley, Madison, Kayla, Shawn Pittinger and Beth Haifley.

The family will receive friends 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Eckhardt Funeral Chapel P.A., 3296 Charmil Drive, Manchester where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 3184 Church St., Manchester.

Interment will be in New Lutheran Cemetery, Manchester.

If desired, donations may be made to the Gregory Haifley Memorial Fund at PNC Bank, 2325 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, MD 21074.

Online condolences may be made to www.eckhardtfuneralchapel.com.

http://www.eckhardtfuneralchapel.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2593818&fh_id=11311

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Daniel E. Katz appointed director of the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division

Maryland State Police Press Release
07/10/2014 08:28

NEW STATE POLICE FORENSICS LAB DIRECTOR APPOINTED

(Pikesville, MD) – Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Marcus L. Brown today announced a veteran forensic scientist with a broad range of expertise including DNA technology has been appointed as the new crime laboratory director.

Daniel E. Katz has been appointed director of the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division. Katz has worked in the Forensic Sciences Division since May 2007. Since January 2014, he has served as Acting Director of the Forensic Sciences Division, following the retirement of former Director Teresa Long.

“Dan Katz is an outstanding leader with significant credentials and experience who has already had an integral role in helping develop our lab into the preeminent scientific facility it is today,” Colonel Brown said. “The Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division is vital to the state’s crime fight because of the evidence analysis support the dedicated scientists there provide to any requesting police department. Dan will continue to build on the foundation of scientific excellence already established there and will work to expand the lab’s capabilities and services to Maryland’s law enforcement community.”

“I am grateful for this opportunity and the honor to lead the committed scientists, crime scene technicians, and support personnel who are a part of the Forensic Sciences Division,” Director Katz said. “This Division will continue to be a leader in forensic sciences support as we work together to unlock the secrets of crime scene evidence to identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent.”

The Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division currently consists of 92 employees who include scientists with specialties in a variety of forensic fields, crime scene technicians, police photographers, inventory control officers, and related support staff. Facilities include the 68,000 square feet crime laboratory in Pikesville and two satellite labs in Berlin and Hagerstown. The State Police lab is nationally accredited through the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board.

The State Police Forensic Science Laboratory conducts a full-range of scientific and forensic analyses. The lab not only analyzes evidence from Maryland State Police cases, but provides services for any requesting police department in the State. Last year, more than 70 percent of the evidence the State Police lab analyzed was from allied law enforcement agencies in Maryland.

Katz joined the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division in May 2007 as a forensic sciences manager, overseeing employees in the Forensic Biology Section, including those responsible for Maryland’s DNA database. During his tenure, with the support of the O’Malley-Brown Administration, an inherited backlog of 24,000 convicted offender DNA samples were analyzed and uploaded to Maryland’s DNA database. Since that time, the DNA database has operated at peak efficiency and, just last month, made its 3,500th positive DNA comparison.

In March 2009, Katz was appointed deputy director of the Forensic Sciences Division. He was responsible for the operation of the Scientific Analysis Branch of the Division and coordinated all grants and information technology activities.

Prior to joining the Maryland State Police, Katz oversaw the DNA Unit in the Delaware Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for seven years. Before that, he worked as a nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyst for the Armed Forces DNA Laboratory.

Katz holds an undergraduate degree in biotechnology from the University of Delaware and a graduate degree in forensic science from the George Washington University. He earned a certificate in forensic laboratory management from the University of California at Davis.

Katz is currently a commissioner on the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission. He is a past president of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, a fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. He has given dozens of scientific presentations and authored three journal articles dealing with DNA.

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A very short history of the very weird horse mask meme - The Washington Post

A very short history of the very weird horse mask meme - The Washington Post:

By Abby Phillip July 10

"On Tuesday, President Obama shook hands with a man wearing a horse head mask. In doing so, he provoked much concerned speculation over how a masked man (woman? child? tower of cats wearing a trench coat?) could get so close to the leader of the free world without a guy with an earpiece intervening. He also gave one of the Internet’s oldest, weirdest memes its most glorious day in the sun."

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