20031013 Westminster Choir College by The Daily Princetonian

Westminster Choir College by The Daily Princetonian

Higher Education in Princeton — The other institutions

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/10/13/page3/

Westminster Choir College

By Zack Surak, Princetonian Senior Writer

Imagine walking on to one of the smallest campuses you've ever seen. As you walk into a dramatic hall — similar in beauty and presence to Princeton's Nassau Hall — images of venerated men and women stare at you from the depths of the canvases that line the walls. History resonates from the soul of the building.

The rest of the interior is reminiscent of the elegant beauty of Prospect House with antique artifacts indicating a rich history. But the setting is not that of Prospect House or Nassau Hall.

As you ascend to the main lobby up a story from the entrance, a wall of singing suspends you in your tracks. Peering into the room awash with late afternoon sunlight, you see a woman — no more than 25 years old — standing adjacent to a black grand piano. She is sweetly singing an aria from an opera that this writer never had the privilege of hearing. The notes range at least three octaves and the emotions of the lyrics are played out on the singer's face.

Then, the surreal scene is interrupted. A member of the small audience calls out, "More legato . . . suspend . . . suspend . . . and release."

[…]

Westminster is a small music college with an undergraduate program of roughly 330 students pursuing scholarship in music. Classes include music education, organ performance, piano, sacred music, theory and composition, voice performance and music theater.

At the graduate level, Westminster also has about 110 students who are working towards a Master of Music degree.

The story of Westminster began in 1920 when John Finley Williamson established the Westminster Choir at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio. Within a few short years, Williamson had his volunteer choir singing at a professional level at national venues.

The early success motivated Williamson to start the Westminster Choir School in 1926 to professionally train musicians. The school moved to Ithaca, New York, in 1929 and became part of Ithaca College.

Then, in 1932, the institution moved to be close to major cities with symphonic orchestras and to a seminary that would complement the school's study of sacred music. With the help of Charles Erdman, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary, the Westminster Choir School moved to Princeton and was renamed Westminster Choir College.

At the time, Princeton President John Hibben helped Westminster's move as he lobbied the New Jersey governor for approval of college's charter. In those first years, Hibben also made the University chapel available for choral services and allowed the college to use University grounds for Westminster's annual spring festival. Close ties were forged between the University and Westminster.

Westminster continued to expand its renown during the 20th century, attracting many prominent musicians to its conservatory and faculty.

Then, in 1992, Westminster merged with Rider University.

Today, Westminster continues to attract topflight musicians. The school is home to musicians from 40 states and 18 countries.

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20031012 Councils standing up to county executives sun

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Across the suburbs, councils standing up to county executives

Miscommunication, tight finances inspire struggles over control

By Ryan Davis Sun Staff October 12, 2003

In Baltimore's largest suburban counties, where the county executives carry most of the clout, the counties' part-time councils are testing the limits of their power.

Anne Arundel County Council members, already complaining of being powerless, were shocked to learn this month that the county had hired a new $90,000-a-year manager for a position they didn't know existed.

They passed legislation Tuesday to prevent a recurrence.

Baltimore County Council members have sought the power to reject any new position proposed by the county executive, with whom they have clashed, and they derailed one of his top nominees.

Even in Howard County, where the council members say they are content with the status quo, the balance of power will be debated in the coming months.

Where the politicians have butted heads there are two common ingredients: communication troubles and tight finances.

"You get more of that sort of stuff during tough times," said Michael Sanderson, legislative director for the Maryland Association of Counties.

Most debates over the balance of power center on who controls the purse strings. Children learn in grade school how a bill becomes a law. It's basically the same everywhere.

But how a state or local government passes a budget is a different story. There's little uniformity, so there's room to fight about it.

It is generally accepted, Sanderson said, that Maryland's governor has the most budgetary authority of any in the United States. That power structure largely carries over to the executives in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties, as well.

"The executives run the show, and the council is a policy-making body," said Victor Tervala, a consultant with the University of Maryland's Institute for Governmental Service.

It's different from the way local governments operate in many other states, where an appointed, full-time county manager runs the day-to-day government, but that manager must answer to the elected council members.

It also differs from the system used by most of the 17 smaller counties in Maryland. In counties such as Carroll, the powers of the executive and legislative branches are combined in a county commission.

And it's even different from more populous Montgomery County, where the council wields far more power.

In Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore counties, the executive develops a budget, the council reviews it and adopts it. But there is little the council can do to change it.

Battles for control, Sanderson said, typically focus on three issues:

 What the council can add and subtract from the county executive's proposed budget. Howard and Anne Arundel county councils can cut money from the budget and then add dollars back to the school board budget. Baltimore County's council can only cut.

 Position control, where the council has authority over not only how much money a county department gets, but also how many - and what type of - employees it gets. None of the three counties has this power, though Baltimore County sought it this year and Anne Arundel passed legislation seeking it Tuesday.

 Line-item veto, which allows the county executive to cut parts of a passed bill - a power that pertains to more than just budget issues. Only Anne Arundel's county executive has this power.

Though squabbling over control can turn public, as it has in Baltimore County, it often goes undetected.

Anne Arundel County Council members lamented last week that hundreds of residents will pack their chambers for a vote on new development. But only five people watched as they debated usurping some authority from County Executive Janet S. Owens.

"This is much more important," said Anne Arundel Republican Edward R. Reilly of Crofton.

The debate has not always followed partisan lines.

In Baltimore County, County Executive James T. Smith Jr. is a Democrat, and so are six of the seven council members. When the Anne Arundel County Council voted Tuesday to give itself increased oversight of Democrat Owens' budget, two of the council's three Democrats supported the bill.

Instead, budget and communication problems ignited power struggles. "In some circumstances the communication is not quite as good as it should be," said Anne Arundel County Councilman Ronald C. Dillon Jr., a Republican.

Tervala, the Maryland government consultant, said power struggles are typically personality-driven, and several former county executives agreed.

"I don't think the structure is nearly as important as the people involved and whether they have an earnest desire to make the system that exists work," said former Anne Arundel County Executive Robert R. Neall.

The friction can increase when there isn't much money to go around, said Sanderson of the counties association. If fewer programs are funded in a budget, it's more important to the politicians who decides what makes it into the spending plan, he said.

Council members in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties have said their goal is to win more checks and balances on the size of government.

Owens' administration argued last week that by taking control of how many employees can work in a department, the part-time legislators on the council are trying to cross the line from policy-making into managing.

"On the one hand they're saying they don't want to micromanage, but this is micromanaging," Owens said.

Baltimore County's Smith declined to comment for this article, but he has said that giving the council control of each government position would be disastrous for efficiency.

Former Baltimore County Executive Donald P. Hutchinson said the stability of the region's county governments starts with having one person responsible for spending. And the county executive is the only politician accountable to all of the county's voters, not just one district.

"Generally speaking, everyone who runs for political office wants the power," Hutchinson said. "In some cases you want more power than the office is supposed to have."

In Howard, the county is entering its charter review process, which occurs every eight years. One proposal would give County Executive James N. Robey line-item veto power in exchange for allowing the council to add to the budget in more areas than education.

However, County Council members said they are not seeking change.

Council Chairman Guy Guzzone said the council has occasional miscommunication with Robey, but said, "It shouldn't lead to governmental structure changes just because you have a gripe because you didn't hear about something from the executive."

Baltimore County has weighed structural change this year. The council members, most of whom adopted former County Executive C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger's "teamwork" approach, said they have experienced repeated communication problems with Smith, a former judge in his first year as executive.

Councilman T. Bryan McIntire said Smith hasn't changed his style from that of a judge who makes decisions without consulting others.

The friction began, McIntire said, before Smith took office. Voters passed a council-backed referendum last year that has forced Smith to seek council approval of his appointees and their salaries.

Smith's nominee for his No. 2 post withdrew from consideration after the County Council complained about her and her proposed $140,000 salary.
Relations got worse when the council made what Smith called a naked power grab that would limit his ability to hire.

The council backed away when Smith agreed to provide a quarterly report on who is making what. But if that report proves insufficient, council members McIntire and Stephen G. Samuel Moxley said, they will revive the issue.

The power struggle has moved beyond control over the budget. The most recent hot issue is whether Smith should be allowed to appoint Orioles principal owner Peter G. Angelos to the county's Revenue Authority board.

In several ways, Anne Arundel's council is following Baltimore County's lead in seeking more power. But the Anne Arundel council may reach further.

The issue emerged in

Annapolis after the county endured a tumultuous budget process this spring. The administration surprised the council, telling its members what officials had known for months: A new law enforcement communications system had more than doubled in price from $15 million to $35 million.

Even though the council made budget cuts to avoid Owens' proposed pay freeze, she laid off 18 employees while keeping money in contingency accounts. Though several council members disagreed, they were powerless to stop her from doing so.

That prompted a council push for a charter amendment next year that would allow the council to cut from one part of the budget and add to any other.

Then, last month, Anne Arundel County hired John P. O'Connor, former secretary of the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, as an assistant personnel manager. Before hiring O'Connor, the county reclassified the vacant position into a higher salary range, paying $90,000 a year. The Owens administration said the council should have been aware of the change, but council members insist they weren't.

Citing O'Connor's hiring as an example of unchecked spending, the council voted Tuesday to give itself more control. Under the passed legislation, Owens would need council approval to reconfigure or increase staffing.

The bill's sponsors, Reilly in particular, said they wanted to spark a philosophical debate. Instead, it turned into a yelling match between the council's vice chairman and the county's budget officer.

"Simmer down," council Chairwoman Cathleen M. Vitale told them.

But even though the bill passed, the county executive says she will not only veto it, she is also exploring if it was legal for the council to pass such a bill.

"You've got so many elected officials," Owens said. "They all want to be county executive, and I think they all should run."

Copyright © 2003, The Baltimore Sun

4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County

4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County

January 21st, 2001 - 20031008 KED Mucking Out Stalls.JPG

The 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program is always seeking volunteers, ages 14 and up, to help with lessons at the 4-H arena at the Agriculture Center in Westminster. Horse experience is a plus, but is not required. for more information go here http://www.trp4h.org/index.html or call 410-876-1760.

4-H Therapeutic Riding provides a program of therapeutic horseback riding to children and adults with disabilities.

For over 20 years, this all-volunteer organization has served more than 1,500 individuals with a wide range of disabilities.

Therapeutic riding uses horses to make positive contributions to the physical, cognitive, emotional and social well being of individuals with disabilities.

The program serves as a training center for Special Olympic athletes competing locally and at the Special Olympic World Games.

Following standards of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, adaptations are made to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in various riding activities.

The program emphasizes cognitive, behavioral, psychological and physical goals for each participant.

My wife, Caroline, serves as a volunteer NARHA certified instructor, Board member and Treasurer. She also serves on the Carroll County Agriculture Center Board representing 4-H Therapeutic Riding and as the Ag Center Treasurer.

I volunteer also – mostly in a grounds maintenance – property management capacity, but I been known to do whatever I’m asked.

I designed the original landscape design for the property and, along with Caroline and many other volunteers, helped install the plants and build run-in sheds.

I grew up participating in 4-H.

In the past, I have taught many classes for the Cooperative Extension Service, served on numerous committees including: the Carroll Co. Agriculture Program Advisory Committee of the University of MD Cooperative Extension Service; the Cooperative Extension Service Maintenance Conference Planning Committee. I also served on a special Carroll & Frederick County agricultural community advisory taskforce for Dr. Raymond J. Miller, University of Maryland Vice Chancellor for Agricultural Affairs in the 1980s.

January 21st, 2001

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20031008 Two Cows

TWO COWS

October 8^th, 2003

Political humor with an edge – the story of two cows…

DEMOCRAT

You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office that put a tax on your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money, buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous. Barbara Streisand sings for you.

SOCIALIST

You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.

REPUBLICAN

You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So?

COMMUNIST

You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE

You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE

You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE

You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours the milk down the drain.

AMERICAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself, and do an IPO on the 2^nd one. You force the 2 cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses. Your stock goes up and you sell out and retire rich.

FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch. Life is good.

JAPANESE CORPORATION

You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school.

GERMAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.

ITALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows but you don’t know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman. You break for lunch. Life is good.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You drink more vodka. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. You produce your 10^th, 5-year plan in the last 3 months. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.

TALIBAN CORPORATION

You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two. You don’t milk them because you cannot touch any creature’s private parts. Then you kill them and claim a US bomb blew them up while they were in the hospital.

POLISH CORPORATION

You have two bulls. Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.

FLORIDA CORPORATION

You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people, who like the brown one best, vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for neither. Some people can’t figure out how to vote at all. Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best-looking one.

NEW YORK CORPORATION

You have fifteen million cows. You have to choose which one will be the leader of the herd, so you pick some cow from Arkansas

Rec’d 20031008

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20030928 Longwell Family Center during Fallfest

Longwell Family Center during Fallfest

Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland

City of Westminster Old Armory Building - Longwell Family Center. Pictured here during Westminster Fallfest September 28, 2003 by Kevin Dayhoff

Fallfest

Westminster City Recreation and Parks

Daily Photoblog

20030926 List of Carroll County Volunteer Fire Departments and the Chief of each Department

20030926 List CC Vol Fire Departments

List of Carroll County Volunteer Fire Departments and the Chief of each Department

Carroll County Volunteer Fire Fighter Departments

As of September 26, 2003

Fire Departments http://www.carr.org/ccg/emerserv/firedept.htm 20030926 Gamber - Co. 13 Chief: Todd Leppert 410-795-3445 Hampstead - Co. 2 Chief: Herb Raver 410-239-4280 Harney - Co. 11 Chief: Donald Yingling, Sr. 410-635-6373 Lineboro - Co. 7 Chief: Shawn Utz 410-374-2197 Manchester - Co. 4 Chief: Donald Nott 410-239-2286 Mount Airy - Co. 1 Chief: Gene Mellin 301-829-0100 New Windsor - Co. 10 Chief: Rick Fritz 410-635-6373 Pleasant Valley - Co. 6 Chief: Mike Gist 410-848-1977 Reese - Co. 9 Chief: Marion Davidson, Jr. 410-848-7172 Sykesville/Freedom - Co. 12 Chief: Bob Chesney 410-795-8021 Taneytown - Co. 5 Chief: Brett Six 410-756-6253 Union Bridge - Co. 8 Chief: Chad Green 410-374-2197 Westminster - Co. 3 Chief: Kevin Utz 410-848-1800 Winfield - Co. 14 Chief: Greg Dods 410-795-1333

20030917 Halloween Trick or Treating memo for October 31, 2003

Westminster, Maryland Halloween Trick or Treating

MEMORANDUM – September 17^th, 2003

TO: Council Members

Thomas Beyard

Laurell Taylor

Dean Brewer

Joe Urban

John Walsh

Carroll County Times

The Baltimore Sun - Carroll County

WTTR Radio

SUBJECT: HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREATING

Each year, The Mayor and Council designates a night for Halloween Trick or Treating. Pursuant to your approval at the Council Meeting of September 22^nd, 2003, I would like to recommend that Halloween Trick or Treating take place on the evening of Thursday, October 31, 2003.

Trick or Treating should be conducted between the hours of dusk and 8:00 p.m. and be restricted to children age 12 and under plus accompanying parents or adult guardians. Residents who wish to participate by providing treats to the children should turn on their outside light. Children are advised to wear some light colored clothing so as to be more visible to motorists and to go to homes in their immediate neighborhoods with lights. Motorists should pay particular care on the evening of October 31^st with so many children walking around City streets.

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Westminster Mayor

20030827 Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Rollingstone.com: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

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The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Aug 27, 2003

Update: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

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20030827 Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

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Summer 2003 Carroll Co Volunteer Fire Company Series by Jamie Schmidt

Summer 2003 Carroll Co Volunteer Fire Company Series by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer May 18, 2003 - August 17, 2003

Union Bridge Fire Company: Union Bridge marking 116th year A fire in 1868 that destroyed the Western Maryland Railroad shops lives on today as one of the worst in the town's history, and one that sparked the creation of a Union Bridge Fire Department. May 18, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Gamber and Community Fire Company: Gamber among newest companies A barn fire started it all. May 25, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


New Windsor Fire & Hose Company: Growing from humble beginnings Forty-one years passed from the time residents first organized until the New Windsor Fire and Hose Company No. 1 was admitted to membership in the Carroll County Fireman's Association. June 1, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Taneytown Volunteer Fire Company: A history of service to Taneytown Residents started talking up a Taneytown fire company in the 1830s, though the department didn't join the Carroll County Fireman's Association until almost a century later. June 8, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Harney Volunteer Fire Company: Small company with a big mission Harney was home to about 250 people in 1951 when the volunteer fire company organized in town. June 15, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Sykesville Freedom District Fire Company: Providing service to South Carroll Sykesville's fire company started in 1933, after a blaze drew out firefighters from Ellicott City and Mount Airy. No one in the department remembers anymore what burned down, but the event was enough to prompt a few business owners to band together and establish a new company. Sunday, June 22, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Manchester Fire Department: Serving the Manchester area since 1893 Incorporated in 1893, Manchester's Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 is among the oldest in Carroll County. The Manchester Academy Building on York Street, which was used as a high school building at the time, was used as Manchester's first firehouse in the early days. In 1898, a building which is the present site of the company, was purchased for $725. The building needed $350 of repairs, and then the new firehouse was dedicated in 1899. Sunday, June 29th, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Winfield Fire Department: Company nears four decades of service The Winfield Community Volunteer Fire Department first formed in 1964, after residents grew tired of waiting for fire companies nearly 10 miles away in Sykesville and Mount Airy to answer calls in the Winfield area. At first, the company had no firehouse or equipment to work with. July 6, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Reese Volunteer Fire Company: Company celebrating 55th year It was 1948 when nine people in the Reese area joined together to start up a company. July 13, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company: Servicing a growing population After facing two devastating fires in the town's business section in the early 1900s, resident Charles Glover realized that Mount Airy needed fire protection. Firefighter Don Brightwell, who joined the company in 1968, said that a few residents had meetings under Glover's guidance in the early 1920s, but efforts fell apart when he died. July 20, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Pleasant Valley Community Fire Co.: Protecting the Pleasant Valley area It was 1931 when 30 residents joined together to start a fire company in Pleasant Valley. July 27th, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Lineboro serves Mason-Dixon line Lineboro citizens were called to action in 1915, after a group gathered at a schoolhouse to talk about fire protection. August 3, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer


Westminster service spans 180 years The Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company No. 1 began in 1823, when members erected a plain board fire house built with two large doors, no windows and a shingle roof. The first building stood on Church Street, and it was only large enough to hold a hand engine, according to company history. August 17, 2003 by Jamie Schmidt, Times Staff Writer

20030817 20030518 Summer 2003 Carroll Co Vol Fire Co Series by Jamie Schmidt

Fire CC Depts History, Fire CC Depts 01 Mount Airy, Fire CC Depts 02 Hampstead, Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster, Fire CC Depts 04 Manchester, Fire CC Depts 05 Taneytown, Fire CC Depts 06 Pleasant Valley, Fire CC Depts 07 Lineboro, Fire CC Depts 08 Union Bridge, Fire CC Depts 09 Reese, Fire CC Depts 10 New Windsor, Fire CC Depts 11 Harney, Fire CC Depts 12 Sykesville, Fire CC Depts 13 Gamber, Fire CC Depts 14 Winfield

20030809 Newt Gingrich Visit to Union Mills, Carroll County Maryland

Union Mills Newt Gingrich Visit

August 9^th, 2003

The Union Mills Homestead

Carroll County Maryland

Built 1797

http://www.unionmills.org/gingrich.htm

In the picture to the left: left to right - James Shriver III, Mayor Kevin Dayhoff of Westminster, Newt Gingrich, Caroline Babylon, Carroll County Commissioner Julia Gouge and Tom LeGore

Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, St. Martin's Press, (June, 2003). Fictional account of the battle, set along the Pipe Creek Line at Union Mills. See especially the photo gallery for pictures of Newt at Union Mills during research for the book.

20030926 Westminster Fallfest September 26th through 28, 2003

Westminster Fallfest September 26th through 28, 2003

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A compilation of my photos and videos from the September 2003 25th annual Westminster Fallfest celebration…



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19720925 Jane Fonda in North Vietnam transcript

Jane Fonda in North Vietnam transcript

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19-25 September 1972

June 30, 2003 SEA - Jane Fonda Radio Hanoi Broadcast

The following public domain information is a transcript from the US Congress House Committee on Internal Security, Travel to Hostile Areas, HR 16742, 19-25 September, 1972, page 671.

"This is Jane Fonda. During my two week visit in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, I've had the opportunity to visit a great many places and speak to a large number of people from all walks of life--workers, peasants, students, artists and dancers, historians, journalists, film actresses, soldiers, militia girls, members of the women's union, writers."

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"Broadcast Over Radio Hanoi

To American Servicemen Involved In The Indochina War

by Jane Fonda

American Actress, Political Activist

August 22, 1972 - The following public domain information is a transcript from the US Congress House Committee on Internal Security, Travel to Hostile Areas, HR 16742, 19-25 September, 1972, page 671.

This is Jane Fonda. During my two week visit in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, I've had the opportunity to visit a great many places and speak to a large number of people from all walks of life--workers, peasants, students, artists and dancers, historians, journalists, film actresses, soldiers, militia girls, members of the women's union, writers.

I visited the (Dam Xuac) agricultural co-op, where the silk worms are also raised and thread is made. I visited a textile factory, a kindergarten in Hanoi. The beautiful Temple of Literature was where I saw traditional dances and heard songs of resistance. I also saw unforgettable ballet about the guerrillas training bees in the south to attack enemy soldiers. The bees were danced by women, and they did their job well.

In the shadow of the Temple of Literature I saw Vietnamese actors and actresses perform the second act of Arthur Miller's play All My Sons, and this was very moving to me--the fact that artists here are translating and performing American plays while US imperialists are bombing their country.

I cherish the memory of the blushing militia girls on the roof of their factory, encouraging one of their sisters as she sang a song praising the blue sky of Vietnam--these women, who are so gentle and poetic, whose voices are so beautiful, but who, when American planes are bombing their city, become such good fighters.

I cherish the way a farmer evacuated from Hanoi, without hesitation, offered me, an American, their best individual bomb shelter while US bombs fell near by. The daughter and I, in fact, shared the shelter wrapped in each others arms, cheek against cheek. It was on the road back from Nam Dinh, where I had witnessed the systematic destruction of civilian targets-schools, hospitals, pagodas, the factories, houses, and the dike system.

As I left the United States two weeks ago, Nixon was again telling the American people that he was winding down the war, but in the rubble-strewn streets of Nam Dinh, his words echoed with sinister (words indistinct) of a true killer. And like the young Vietnamese woman I held in my arms clinging to me tightly--and I pressed my cheek against hers--I thought, this is a war against Vietnam perhaps, but the tragedy is America's.

One thing that I have learned beyond a shadow of a doubt since I've been in this country is that Nixon will never be able to break the spirit of these people; he'll never be able to turn Vietnam, north and south, into a neo-colony of the United States by bombing, by invading, by attacking in any way. One has only to go into the countryside and listen to the peasants describe the lives they led before the revolution to understand why every bomb that is dropped only strengthens their determination to resist.

I've spoken to many peasants who talked about the days when their parents had to sell themselves to landlords as virtually slaves, when there were very few schools and much illiteracy, inadequate medical care, when they were not masters of their own lives.

But now, despite the bombs, despite the crimes being created--being committed against them by Richard Nixon, these people own their own land, build their own schools--the children learning, literacy--illiteracy is being wiped out, there is no more prostitution as there was during the time when this was a French colony. In other words, the people have taken power into their own hands, and they are controlling their own lives.

And after 4,000 years of struggling against nature and foreign invaders--and the last 25 years, prior to the revolution, of struggling against French colonialism--I don't think that the people of Vietnam are about to compromise in any way, shape or form about the freedom and independence of their country, and I think Richard Nixon would do well to read Vietnamese history, particularly their poetry, and particularly the poetry written by Ho Chi Minh."

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20030629 Westminster Mayor's Proclamation for Corbit's Charge Day, June 29, 2003

MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION

Corbit’s Charge Day, June 29, 2003

WHEREAS, from 1861 to 1865, our nation fought in a Civil War to rid our nation of the scourge of slavery. Westminster, although a divided community, came together to see our community through the horrors of war, and played a role in the successful outcome of the war, thereby affecting the course of history for our great nation; and

WHEREAS, Captain Charles Corbit led Companies C and D, First Delaware Cavalry, in a skirmish against General J.E.B. Stuart’s Cavalry Division on June 29, 1863 in Westminster, Maryland; which was a factor in General Stuart’s failure to reach the Gettysburg Battlefield before July 2, 1863; and

WHEREAS, The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster applaud the humanitarian efforts of Westminster’s citizens, who selflessly came together to the aid of the casualties of both Armies engaged in the conflict; and

WHEREAS, the end result of the American Civil War was that these United States became THE United States as the American Civil War helped to define our identify as a nation. The penalty for our sins, as a nation for allowing the scourge of slavery, was The American Civil War – but The Good Lord had a plan as providence saw through these terrible events in our great nation and our great community to accomplish great things; and

WHEREAS, The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster wish to commemorate the 140^th Anniversary of Corbit’s Charge and pay homage to the bravery of the soldiers, from the North and the South and to our community’s citizens, who came together in the face of hardship and adversity.

NOW, THEREFORE, let it be known that I, Mayor Kevin E. Dayhoff, do hereby declare Sunday, June 29, 2003 in Westminster, Maryland as:

“CORBIT’S CHARGE DAY”

In honor of the soldiers who fought here so valiantly

and the sense of a community that came together as a result

of the horrible events of that day fateful 140 years ago.

Signed at City Hall this Twenty Ninth day of June

in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Three

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, Westminster Mayor

20030629 Berlin Mayor Dr. John William Pitts and Corbit’s Charge

20030629 Berlin Mayor Dr. John William Pitts and Corbit’s Charge

Dr. John William Pitts[1]

By Kevin Dayhoff © June 29th, 2003

The first Mayor of Berlin, Dr. John William Pitts, had a small role in Corbit’s Charge in Westminster Maryland on June 29th, 1863.

In 1863, young Private John William Pitts, from Worcester County, was serving in Company K 1st Va. Cavalry (almost all the men in Company K were from southern Maryland). Private Pitts had been attending the University of Virginia as a medical Student and enlisted in the Confederate Army.

The morning after the conflict, June 30th, 1863, Co. A of the 3rd Pa. Calvary came sweeping into town thinking that there was a continued substantial Confederate force still in town, when in reality there were only stragglers left behind. The morning began with the Union Forces firing a few artillery rounds across the town to lay the ground work for a clean-up operation. Private Pitts was one of 25 Confederates captured around 7:30 AM and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, just outside of Wilmington, Delaware and subsequently released. (He somehow later returned to duty.)

After the war, Dr. Pitts became prominent in Maryland in the medical field and later distinguished himself by becoming the first Mayor of Berlin, when Berlin formed in 1896. He also remained in the service, becoming a captain in the Maryland National Guard, and was vice president of the C. B. Taylor Banking Company. He served eight years on the Democratic Central Committee and reportedly voted the Democratic ticket all his life.[2]

[1] G. Thomas LeGore, phone interview, 29 April 2003

[2] “Men of Mark in Maryland”, Volume IV, B. F. Johnson, Inc. 1912, page 91.

20030629 Berlin Mayor Dr. John William Pitts and Corbit’s Charge

20030618 George Street Community Association Meeting

20030618 George Street Community Association Meeting

GEORGE STREET COMM. ASSOCIATION MEETING


DATE: June 18, 2003

IN ATTENDANCE: Major Dean Brewer, Town Planning – Shawn Siders, Tom Thompson, Marie Close, Marleen Gawel, Shirley Haas and Mayor Dayhoff

George Street, Westminster, MD July 18th, 2003 6 PM – Kevin, Brian, Jeff and Shawn met with the George Street Association to discuss placement of trees. The issue distilled down to whether to place them on the properties in back of the sidewalks or cut a 36” x 36’ tree well in the sidewalk, and adjust the sidewalks to facilitate ADA standards of 36” clearance.

Disposition: The George Street Association will mark where they propose to place the tree wells and how they will adjust the sidewalks to allow 36’ pathway clearance.

SHIRLEY HAAS PRESENTATION:

Improve neighborhood, improve community relations, neighborhood beautification, police presence – wants more foot patrol

*TREES:
Talked with Katmna and Brian several years ago – got nowhere
Talked with me at Prayer Breakfast – I referred her to Shawn

SOLUTION – Get together and have a meeting and mark where we can plant trees.

*TRASH:
Dumped, stored on S.L. Co. property … Code enforcement issue ….
(TOM – trash not coming from George Street – Constant vigilance ... observe and call police with information)

*TRASH:
Cans stored just below 2,4,6,8 – Dean will talk with property owner

*GEORGE STREET Clean Up Idea

*INCREASE foot patrol – Dean will look into

*l be invited to future George Street Comm. Assoc.

*SPEED Limit and Special Issues . . .
Paint line down the center of the street
Ideas of trees down the center of street – NO
Speed bumps – NO
Speed Trailer – Dean will look into

*PARKING spaces are marked completed

*We’re looking forward to a playground – need research

*Paint George St of SL Co Property – SL Co Donate paint and material – George Street will paint …

*Put trees there

*I’ll talk with Mike Bennett

*MD Historic Trust Issue with Shirley Haas

*BGE Property

*Neighborhood permitting

*Upgrade lighting

1842 History of Westminster City Hall

HISTORY OF EMERALD HILL, LONGWELL PLACE AND WESTMINSTER CITY HALL[i]

What is now known as Westminster City Hall was a large brick mansion, with wide porches on three sides, built by Colonel John K. Longwell in 1842.

It was not realized at the time that one hundred years after its construction, this building was to become "City Hall" and remain a showplace of the City of Westminster, as it was when first completed.

The land on which the home was built, and referred to as "Emerald Hill" was Colonel Longwell's home. It was purchased from trustees of the Estate of David Fisher, and was a part of all the tract which now comprises West Street, Willis Street, Center Street, North Street, Longwell Avenue and extended to the Railroad Tracks.

When the home was completed, Colonel Longwell called it his "Mansion House," and it was considered one of the finest in the county. A plat of this area surveyed in 1907, referred to it as "Longwell's Addition to Westminster." Subsequently, with changes in ownership, the property became known as "Longwell Place."

Colonel John K. Longwell was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1810, and was educated in an academy of that town, which is believed to have been the beginnings of what we now know as Gettysburg College.

As a young man, he learned the printing trade and in 1832 he published the "Maryland Recorder" in Taneytown.

He published this paper for about one year and then moved his plant to Westminster, where he established "The Carrolltonian." Colonel Longwell played the leading role in the formation of Carroll County out of parts of Frederick and Baltimore Counties, and took an active part in all of its affairs. He became widely known as a civic and financial leader in the county.

Following the death of Colonel Longwell in 1896, the family continued to occupy the mansion until the death of his daughter, Sallie (Mrs. Sarah Longwell having preceded her daughter in death), at which time the property was transferred to the Albaugh and Babylon Grocery Company of Westminster, by a deed dated January 22, 1909, from Joshua W. Hering, Trustee for the Estate of Sallie Longwell.

It remained the property of Albaugh and Babylon Grocery Company for twenty years, during which time Mr. George W. Albaugh and his family were the occupants.

On June 4, 1929, Mr. Albaugh purchased Longwell Place from Albaugh and Babylon Grocery Company and continued to reside there until his death on May 30, 1933.

Following his death, two granddaughters, Ruth and Margaret Gillelan, and a distant relative, Miss Frances Thomson, were the remaining members of his family who continued to live there until June of 1934.

From that date, Longwell Place was vacant until The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster purchased it from the George W. Albaugh Estate 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 from the old Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co., No.1 building at 63 West Main Street, to the recently acquired building during the administration of Mayor Frank A. Myers, and it became known as "City Hall."

In August of 1993, The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster approved a major contract to provide for renovations and improvements to portions of City Hall.

This was the first major change to City Hall since the original work was completed in 1940 when it first became City Hall.

A Council Chamber was constructed on the first floor, with beautiful furnishings and modern features in a period style. Additionally, a new entrance and modern restrooms were constructed on the first floor.

Finally, an elevator was installed to provide complete access to the disabled to all levels of City Hall. An interesting feature of the construction was that the outside appearance of the elevator shaft was designed to look like a chimney so that this feature would not conflict with the appearance of City Hall.

City Hall, still affectionately referred to as "Emerald Hill", has been preserved for future generations to enjoy and yet still remains a viable and heavily used City facility.

In keeping with this historical flavor, the name of the street that runs past City Hall was changed to "Emerald Hill Lane" and the street address of the building was changed to "1838 Emerald Hill Lane", reflecting the year of Westminster's Incorporation.

[i] A Westminster Informational Brochure - assembled from multiple sources –

no claim to original authorship is either claimed or implied. It was entered into a Microsoft Word document on May 26th, 2003 by Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff, from a document that it is believed to have been used for the June 11th, 1994 10 AM “Westminster City Hall Dedication Ceremony and Open House” brochure.

At that time some photos were added to the document. The base for the 1994 document appears to be a similar document from 1976 entitled “Emerald Hill, Longwell Place and City Hall”.

Most of the information for 1976 and 1997 documents appears to have come from an undated (c.1945?) newspaper article by Dorothy Elderdice entitled “History of Carroll. John Longwell: A Founding Father”.

Another source of information appears to have come from an article by J. Leland Jordan in The Times in Friday, August 7th, 1942 entitled “Westminster’s City Hall”.

20030523 The Atheist and the Bear

The Atheist and the Bear

May 23^rd, 2003 - (See other posts on "

An atheist was walking through the woods one day, admiring all that evolution had created.

Suddenly he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. Turning to look, he saw an 8-foot grizzly bear beginning to charge toward him.

He ran as fast as he could down the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was rapidly closing on him.

Running faster yet, he looked again and the bear was even closer. His heart was pounding in his chest. He tried to run faster. But alas, he tripped and fell to the ground.

As he rolled over to pick himself up, the bear was right over him, reaching for him with its left paw and raising its right paw to strike him.

“OH MY GOD! ...”

Time stopped.

The bear froze.

The forest was silent.

Even the river stopped moving.

As a brilliant light shone upon the man, a thunderous voice came from all around.

“YOU DENY MY EXISTENCE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, TEACH OTHERS THAT I DON’T EXIST AND EVEN CREDIT CREATION TO SOME COSMIC ACCIDENT. NOW, YOU EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU OUT OF THIS PREDICAMENT?

AM I TO COUNT YOU AS A BELIEVER?”

Difficult as it was, the atheist looked directly into the light and said, “It would be hypocritical to ask to be a Christian after all these years, but perhaps you could make the bear a Christian?”

“VERY WELL,” said the voice.

The light went out.

The river ran.

The sounds of the forest resumed.

... and the bear dropped down to his knees, brought both paws together, bowed his head and spoke:

“Lord, thank you for this food which I am about to receive.”

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20030512 City of Westminster Statement of Election Return

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND

MAY 12, 2003

QUORUM:

A meeting of The Mayor and Common Council was held in the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 1838 Emerald Hill Lane, on the evening of May 12, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Dayhoff; Council President Halstad; Council Members Albert, Chiavacci, Ferguson and Wack; Department Heads Beyard and Urban; City Attorney Walsh; and Westminster City Police Chief Joneckis were present. …..

Chief Election Judges Nancy Smelser and Susan Thomas submitted the 2003 election results for the Westminster Common Council:

STATEMENT OF RETURN OF ELECTION

To the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster

We the undersigned Judges and Clerk of the Biennial Municipal Election, held in the City of Westminster, Maryland on Monday, May 12, 2003 between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. for the election of three Council Members to serve on the Common Council for the City of Westminster for four years commencing on the third Monday of May, 2003, do hereby certify that the polls were opened at 7:00 A.M. and closed at 7:00 P.M. on this 12^th day of May, 2003, and that at said election the number of votes cast was 578, and of that number those cast for the candidates for the respective offices was and is as follows:

FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS: NUMBER OF VOTES:

Suzanne Albert 326

Thomas K. Ferguson 379

Robert D. Miller 124

Joseph D. Mish, Jr. 238

Josephine Velazquez 148

Robert Wack 369

And it appearing that

THOMAS K. FERGUSON, ROBERT WACK, AND SUZANNE ALBERT were the three candidates who received the highest number of votes cast for Common Council, we do hereby declare that they will hold office for the four years.

And we do further certify that the above statement is correct in all and every respect, and that notice has been given to the candidates of their election.

Witness our hands this 12^th day of May 2003.

________/s/_______________________ _________/s/__________________

CHIEF JUDGE CHIEF JUDGE

I am a Republican because:

I am a Republican because:

I believe the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.

I believe government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.

I believe the proper role of government is to provide only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and that the best government is that which governs least.

Finally, I believe the Republican Party is the best vehicle for translating these ideals into positive and successful principles of government.

20050503 I am a Republican because

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