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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Mona Becker McDaniel College Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair

http://www.mcdaniel.edu/information/media-center/experts-sources/expert-mona-becker

May 14, 2015

Topics she can discuss include:

Climate Change

Environment

Environmental Education

Environmental Policy

Geology

Sinkholes

Stream Health

About Mona Becker

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair Mona Becker teaches courses in Introductory Environmental Science, as well as upper-level classes in Environmental Geology, Chemistry and Climatology. Her research with students focuses on anthropogenic effects in streams and soils. Recent projects undertaken with students have included the creation of a sinkhole density map for Carroll County, Md., evaluating the use of biosludge in agricultural practices, determination of pathogens in contaminated stream water in McDowell County, W.Va., and reforestation mapping.

An avid proponent of service learning, Becker encourages students to become engaged in the community in which their research is taking place. She has supervised service-learning in Westminster, Md., as well as community projects in McDowell County, W.Va., where the poverty rate for families is 30 percent.

Becker has published several research articles in academic publications and frequently presents papers at conferences, often with her student collaborators. She is the 2014 recipient of the Service Learning and Civic Engagement Faculty Award, Maryland-DC Campus Compact. She is advisor to the Green Life club on campus.

She serves as a member of the Westminster City Common Council. She also served as Past-President of the Maryland Association of Science Teachers and President of the Maryland Association of Science Teachers.

Becker received a bachelor’s degree in Earth Science with a concentration in Engineering Geology from Millersville University, a master’s in Geology from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Geology from SUNY Stony Brook.

In the News

Elections results: Westminster, towns pick new council Carroll County Times article about Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, being elected to the Westminster City Council. (May 13, 2015)

Becker picked for council vacancy The selection of Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, to the Westminster City Council is covered in the Carroll County Times. (Dec. 9, 2014)

Organic farming reaps benefits The Carroll County Times publishes a letter written by Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, about how organic farming can help with climate change. (Oct. 6, 2014)

Environmental Film Festival, meetings, and other Maryland green events
The Baltimore Going Green Examiner blog mentions that Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, is speaking at a Sierra Club event in Westminster, Md. (March 16, 2014)

Anti-climate change stance disturbing
The Carroll County Times publishes a letter written by Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, about the Carroll County Commissioners anti-climate change agenda. (Jan. 11, 2014)

Crews fill 5-foot deep sinkhole near The Arc Carroll County
Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, is quoted in the Carroll County Times about the prevalence of sinkholes in Carroll County, Md. (Oct. 29, 2013)

Man discovers hole near Sykesville train tracks
The Carroll County Times quotes Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, about a sinkhole near train tracks in Sykesville, Md. (May 22, 2013)

Groundbreaking Research: McDaniel student maps sinkholes for senior project
Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, comments in the Carroll County Times on a McDaniel College student's senior capstone project on sinkholes in Carroll County, Md. (April 6, 2013)

McDaniel students do five-week research projects during summer break
Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, is quoted in the Carroll County Times about student-faculty summer research. (July 8, 2012)

Planet Carroll brings discussion on sustainability, climate change to local level
The Carroll County Times mentions that Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, is speaking on climate change at Planet Carroll environmental conference. (April 16, 2012)

Master gardeners, McDaniel team up on Westminster wetlands project An article in the Carroll County Times mentions Environmental Studies students at McDaniel College taught by Mona Becker, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Department Chair, helped to rehabilitate a wetlands area in King Park, Westminster, Md. (April 6, 2012)

February 27, 2005 Baltimore Sun: Maryland braces for the arrival of much-feared soybean disease

May 14, 2015 - - A reader recently asked about this and sadly the link to the story is dead. Ten years ago, one of the big Ag stories in Maryland was the concern over Asian soybean rust coming to Carroll County and Maryland… I am not sure that I am knowledgeable enough about soybeans to write a follow-up, but I will look into it…

The story was reported by Ted Shelsby for the Baltimore Sun. I’d simply link to the story but the link is dead…

Maryland braces for the arrival of much-feared soybean disease

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.ag27feb27,1,3281526.story?coll=bal-local-harford Dead Link

On The Farm

By Ted Shelsby, Sun Staff, February 27, 2005

Maryland farmers are preparing for an invasion of the dreaded soybean rust.

What sounds like something from a grade-B horror movie actually represents a potentially devastating economic problem for one of the largest segments of the state's agriculture industry - soybeans.

Soybean rust, or Asian soybean rust, is a highly contagious fungal disease that has been steadily creeping toward Maryland from the Deep South since it was discovered in Louisiana a little more than a year ago.

In other parts of the world, including southern Africa and South America, it has reduced soybean yields by as much as 80 percent when left untreated.

"Yeah, we know we face the threat," said Lewis R. Riley, Maryland's agricultural secretary. "There's a chance that it will show up here this year, but we are hoping it won't."

Farmers need to be prepared and they will have to keep a sharp eye out for the fungus," Riley said. "You have really got to get out into the field, part the plants and look at the leaves down near the roots. That's where you are going to see the first signs of an infestation.

"If you see it [signs of an outbreak] while driving by your field in a pickup, it is too late. It has gone too far for any remedy," he said.

So far, soybean rust has been confirmed in nine states: Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Maryland officials have watched it spread state-by-state, the most recent being Tennessee, and wonder when the first signs of a blight on soybean plant leaves will show up in fields here.

"It is something we are watching very closely," Riley said.

The fungus poses no threat to humans, but it can have a serious economic impact on farming.

To help fight the battle against the spreading disease, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the use of more than a half-dozen fungicides.

"We don't know how effective they will be," Riley said. "But there are indications that if a farmer catches the problem early, these sprays can be very helpful."

Soybean rust is spread by the wind.

Agricultural scientists said the fungus most likely made its way into the United States last year from South America by catching a ride on the winds of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan.

It was discovered in Japan in 1902. It moved through Asia, Australia and Africa before making its way to Brazil and Argentina in 2000.

Agricultural officials warn that the windblown fungus can travel more than 1,000 miles a year, well within the range of Maryland grain fields this year.

There is also concern that it could affect other plants, such as green beans and snap beans. "We grow a lot of green beans in Carroll and Frederick counties and lima beans on the central Shore," Riley said. "That's another reason to watch the spread of this disease very, very carefully.

"We don't know that soybean rust will spread to Maryland in the next year or so, but we have been preparing to handle such a situation for some time."

Riley said the department, working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland, "scored high marks" during an exercise last year simulating the detection of the disease in the soybean-producing region of Delmarva.

Despite its long history, scientists are not sure how the disease will affect the big U.S. soybean crop.

"So many factors potentially make the management of soybean rust different in the United States than in Asia," said Erick De Wolf, a plant pathologist at Penn State University. "This is a new disease on this continent, so a lot will be determined by where the rust survives, how it moves and which crops are affected."

U.S. farmers planted 74 million acres of soybeans last year, valued at $18 billion.

About 500,000 of Maryland's 1.6 million acres of cropland are planted in soybeans each year. Soybeans, most of which provide feed for poultry and livestock, accounted for $86 million in farm income in 2003 and ranked fifth in farm income behind poultry, greenhouse/nursery, dairy and corn.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

At Birdies for an emergency coffee

And to see Phil Grout's awesome new art photography show - www.birdiescoffee.com

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

At Birdies for an emergency coffee

And to see Phil Grout's awesome new art photography show - www.birdiescoffee.com

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Westminster Md. City Elections

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 election results

With a total vote count of 788 the results of the General Election of three Common Council members is as follows:

Dr. Mona Becker = 474

Joseph Burns, Jr. = 251

Nathaniel Costley, Sr. = 222

Gregory Pecoraro = 429

Dr. Robert Wack = 552

Paul Whitson = 324

Congratulations to the new members of the Common Council: Dr. Mona Becker, Gregory Pecoraro, and Dr. Robert Wack.

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/05/westminster-md-city-elections.html

Related: https://youtu.be/qKYAXAgJsBs

Candidate Profiles

Click each name below to watch the Candidate Profile video.

Dr. Mona Becker

Joseph Burns, Jr

Nathaniel M Costley, Sr

Dr. Robert Wack

Paul Whitson

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Lonely is the runner

This is a 5 to see if I am smart enough to post a picture to the family website with my new Samsung S5 smartphone. Just saying.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Lonely is the runner

This a test to see if I smart enough to post a picture to my websites from my new Ssung S5 smartphone...

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Lonely is the runner

This a test to see if I smart enough to post a picture to my websites from my new Ssung S5 smartphone...

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Test to see if I can post a picture to my Westminster Md community website

Saturday, May 09, 2015

May 9, 2015 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival

The Flower and Jazz Festival is an annual event held in downtown Westminster the Saturday before Mother's Day. Main Street will be filled with craft and commercial vendors, food vendors, and nursery and flower vendors. It is a great event for all the family with special appeal to moms, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, etc.

The City of Westminster Recreation and Parks Department do a great job in putting this annual event together. The event occurs every year in May the Saturday before Mother’s Day in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland.

For more information go to www.westminstermd.go Westminster Annual Events: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Westminster%20Annual

Westminster Annual Flower and Jazz Festival: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Westminster%20Annual%20Flower%20Jazz

May 9, 2016 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival www.kevindayhoff.org

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Westminster Patch: http://patch.com/users/kevin-e-dayhoff?page=1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Monday, May 04, 2015

Grace Lutheran Church newsletter: Grace Notes

21 Carroll Street

Westminster, MD 21158

(410) 848-7020

http://gracelc.org/news/grace-notes/

Grace Notes Newsletter

· May 2015

· April 2015

· March 2015

· February 2015

· January 2015

2014

· December 2014

· November 2014

· October 2014

· September 2014

· No August 2014 newsletter

· June-July 2014

· May 2014

· April 2014

· March 2014

· February 2014

· January 2014

2013

· December 2013

· November 2013

· October 2013

· September 2013

· August 2013

· June-July 2013

· May 2013

· April 2013

· March 2013

· February 2013

· January 2013

2012

· December 2012

· November 2012

· October 2012

· September 2012

· August 2012

· June-July 2012

· May 2012

· April 2012

· March 2012

· February 2012

· January 2012

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Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

21 Carroll Street

Westminster, MD 21158

(410) 848-7020

The Reverend Kevin Clementson, Senior Pastor

The Reverend Martha Clementson, Senior Pastor

http://www.gracelc.org/

http://tinyurl.com/njw8fyu

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/05/grace-lutheran-church-21-carroll-street.html

For pictures and stories about Grace Lutheran Church: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Religion%20Grace%20Lutheran%20Church

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Religion Bible Luke,

Carroll Co Community Events, Religion, Religion Grace Lutheran Church, Dayhoff photos, Dayhoff photos churches, Dayhoff Daily Photoblog,

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Don't Judge Blacks Differently by Chloe Valdary, a student at the University of New Orleans

Published on Apr 27, 2015

https://youtu.be/xl7Q36V9pg4

Does race trump truth? In a confrontation between police and perpetrators, what is more important? Facts or skin color? When protests morph into riots, do we excuse bad behavior based on race? If we do, how are we ever going to end racism? Chloe Valdary, a student at the University of New Orleans, confronts these critical questions and offers a compelling answer.

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