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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Recent articles in Explore Carroll by Kevin Dayhoff

Recent articles in Explore Carroll by Kevin Dayhoff  http://tinyurl.com/3a69wdt

    A Tribute to former Westminster City Clerk John D. Dudderar
    Published August 25, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... on my desk contained John's notes from the previous council meeting.  Instead, it was a handwritten note from John."Dear Mayor Dayhoff, I intend to retire from the City of Westminster on Feb. 1, 2002.  It has certainly been a pleasure working for the ... ...
    Former Westminster City Clerk John Dudderar dies
    Published August 24, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... , Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 N. Caroline Street #5064, Baltimore, MD 21287. Arrangements are by the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Westminster.Visit explorecarroll.com to read more from Kevin Dayhoff about the life and times of John Dudderar....
    DAYHOFF: Change is coming, but not as much as we've already seen
    Published August 22, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    ... districts, along with 36 election precincts and 14 election districts. I wonder how long this latest experiment will last. When he's not busy keeping track of who's on first and what's on second, KevinDayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. ...
    State trooper shoots, wounds Mount Airy man
    Published August 21, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    A Maryland state trooper shot and wounded a Mount Airy man Friday night after witnesses said the man refused to drop a gun and pointed it at the trooper, police said.The officer, Trooper First Class Edward J. Witanowski, a five-year veteran, was ... ...
    Freight train injures woman in Westminster
    Published August 17, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
    A westbound freight train passing through Westminster struck and injured a woman standing the in the middle of the tracks Monday evening.After the Maryland Midland train slowly passed the intersection at Main Street in Westminster and passed underneath ... ...
    DAYHOFF: Mike Eaton Room to be dedicated at the Historical Society of Carroll County on Aug. 22
    Published August 16, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    Most folks in Carroll County have “indubitably” heard of William Granville “Mike” Eaton at some point in their life.“Well, I do declare,” if you are not familiar with Eaton or his extensive legacy in our community, “this too shall pass,” as I will, may “God help ... ...
    DAYHOFF: 'Mike' Eaton Room is fitting addition at historical society
    Published August 14, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... . For more information, contact Timmi Pierce, the executive director of the Historical Society, at 410-848-6494. When he is not busy sharing Mr. Eaton memories, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. Photo of Mike Eaton by Kevin Dayhoff. ...
    DAYHOFF: Clock docs make house call to fix historic Westminster clock tower on Main Street
    Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    ... of Carroll County, 255 Clifton Boulevard, Westminster, Md. 21158. When he is not fighting the ravages of time himself, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com.
    Birdie's Cafe; has Westminster's Main Street percolating once again
    Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    Sherri Hosfeld Joseph sat with a sigh and a big smile. “Hi.  How are ya?  How’s the coffee?”To the delight of many a Westminster caffeine addict, Hosfeld recently opened a coffee shop — Birdie’s Café — in an historic brick building at 233 E. Main St.After a run of ... ...
    Busy night in Westminster area for Carroll County fire companies
    Published August 5, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
    Wednesday night and early Thursday morning proved to be a busy time for Carroll County fire companies, as firefighters first responded to a roof fire at a Westminster area shopping center — then were called several hours later to basement fire south of ... ...
      Crash queen's debut among highlights of Carroll County fair demolition derby
      Published August 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
      Her black, hulking 1971 Cadillac was frightfully banged up as it sat off to the side of the arena at the Carroll County Ag Center in Westminster.And when all the crashing and banging stopped, out from among the burley men in dirty, torn T-shirts and ... ...
      Parade of agriculture and civic pride at Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair
      Published August 2, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
      Bunnies, dogs, chickens, horses, ponies, tractors, trucks, proud moms and dads and plenty 4-H children and young adults were on display at the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair parade Sunday evening.The hour-long parade featured some 31 floats, according to ... ...
      Combine Demolition Derby is smashing good time at the Carroll 4-H and FFA Fair in Westminster
      Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
      The afternoon at the annual Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair started out tame enough. Children were giggling. There was ice cream, burgers and french fries to eat; the weather was appropriately hot, and antique tractors were performing the stylized minuet of ... ...
      DAYHOFF: Buell College in Westminster started with 8 acres and $10,000
      Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
      ... for clarifying -- I appreciate the feedback. In a future column, I'll go over more of the history of Westminster Theological Seminary. When he is not being told, "Get thee to a nunnery," KevinDayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. ...
      Carroll County Sheriff's Office: Inmate accidentally released from jail and captured again
      Published July 30, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
      The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced that they have an inmate back in custody after he was accidentally released from the county detention center just before noon Friday.Thomas Manley Raver, 42 of the 100-block of Pennsylvania Ave. in Westminster, ... ...
      DAYHOFF: WMC renovation project marks birthplace of McDaniel College
      Published July 25, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
      ... pick up the story in our next class. For your homework assignment, who can tell me why Buell's college was named "Western Maryland College?" Class dismissed. When he's not in summer school, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com....
      State police recover body from Liberty reservoir near Finksburg
      Published July 20, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
      The body of a Catonsville man who disappeared Sunday under the surface of Liberty Reservoir in Finksburg was recovered today around noon by dive team members from the Maryland State Police and the Baltimore County Police, according to Maryland State ... ...
      Maryland State Police continue search for missing swimmer in Liberty Reservoir
      Published July 19, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
      FINKSBURG — Maryland State Police report tonight that the search for a Catonsville man who disappeared Sunday under the surface of Liberty Reservoir in Finksburg was temporarily suspended late Monday evening.“State Police and search teams are expected to ... ...
      EAGLE ARCHIVE: From the rails to the pews, new churches are big deal in Carroll County
      Published July 18, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
      ... the building fund of the new church; a nickel and a copper coin of 1897 ..." I wonder if the church has ever re-opened the time capsule? When he is not sitting in a pew all the way in the back, KevinDayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com....
      Ehrlich joins the party for Manchester's 125th anniversary
      Published July 11, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
      Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert L. Ehrlich and his lieutenant governor running mate, Mary Kane, visited Manchester Volunteer Fire Department’s 125th annual carnival on Saturday night.The weather gave those attending the carnival a brief ... ...
        ARCHIVE: Cornerstone for St. Paul's was celebrated across Carroll County
        Published July 11, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        ... better to stick to my historical sermon, and I'll tell more about the laying of the cornerstone for St. Paul's in July 1897. When he is not eating all the cookies in the greeting room before church, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com....
        Haddad to step down as Carroll County Chamber of Commerce president
        Published July 10, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        The president of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, Richard Haddad, 68, has announced that he will be stepping down from his post.Haddad, who has held the reins of the chamber since he was hired on February 27, 2006, is looking forward to ... ...
        George H Miller, 'true patriot' of Westminster, dies at 89
        Published July 6, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        Friends and family gathered at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home June 30 to say goodbye George Henry Miller.  He died at his home June 24, 2010.  He was 89.Miller wore many hats over the years and was known by many as a tireless supporter of the community.  He ... ...
        Freedom is truly not free, and it carried a hefty price in 1863
        Published July 4, 2010 by Carroll Eagle
        ... �� remember freedom isn't free. Much of it came at a high price, and it sure was messy. When he's not "mustering" a hot dog, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com....
        History and humor prevail at annual Corbit's Charge weekend
        Published June 29, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        The smells of campfires, gun smoke and southern fried chicken joined forces with the sounds of children and minstrel musicians playing last Saturday at the Corbit's Charge encampment at 224 N. Center St. in Westminster.All were smothered with the sticky ... ...
        EAGLE ARCHIVE: Tale of a long and bitter rivalry in the heart of Westminster
        Published June 27, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        ... Pennsylvania Avenue by way of zoning. Some would say out of spite. Others would say it was to remove the competition. Pennsylvania Avenue never recovered. When he's not praying for peace in our time, Kevin Dayhoff can be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com....
        Dr. Douglas Chilcoat, 71, formerly of Westminster, dies in Alaska
        Published June 24, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        Dr. Douglas Chilcoat, 71, a longtime veterinarian in the Westminster area, died unexpectedly June 17, 2010, at his home in Talkeetna, Alaska.Chilcoat began practicing veterinary medicine in the early 1970s in Westminster.  For more than 30 years, he ... ...
        Man struck and killed on Route 97 north of Westminster
        Published June 21, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        State police were searching Monday for a driver who they say struck and killed a Carroll County man along Route 97 (Littlestown Pike) north of Westminster — possibly in the early morning hours of Sunday.Shortly before 2:45 p.m. Monday afternoon, a police ... ...
        Attempted murder suspect returned to Carroll County
        Published June 21, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        Brian Joseph Hill, who was arrested last Friday in Hagerstown, Washington County, for the alleged attempted murder of a Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy during a June 14 traffic stop, has been delivered to the Carroll County Detention Center.Hill had been ... ...
        EAGLE ARCHIVE: Westminster Riding Club has been galloping through history
        Published June 20, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle
        ... 's first swim team. For 75 years, the club has contributed to our community and remains woven into our social fabric. Happy trails, and happy 75th birthday. When he is not racing around in circles, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com....

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Colorado Tea Party Candidate Suggests Biking Is Gateway Drug to Communism

Colorado Tea Party Candidate Suggests Biking Is Gateway Drug to Communism

 By Scott Cooney | August 9th, 2010  21 Comments

The Colorado governor’s race is still in primary season, but the barbs, predictably, are already flying between the likely candidates.  Republican front-runner Dan Maes, a darling of the Tea Party movement, will likely win the the GOP nomination to square off against Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, a popular and well-liked Democrat who has advocated a sustainable city plan for Colorado’s biggest city.
Recently, Maes cast his strongest accusation at Hickenlooper to rile up the Republican base:  Hickenlooper apparently has had the audacity to make Denver bicycle friendly. According to Maes, it’s not “just warm, fuzzy ideas from the mayor,” but rather a conspiracy plot that “could threaten our personal freedoms,” and “convert Denver into a United Nations city”.  The conspiracy theorist Maes continued to unravel the twisted threat of anti-Americanism that bicycling represents:  “This is all very well-disguised, but it will be exposed.” [...]  http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/08/republican-tea-party-candidate-suggests-biking-is-gateway-drug-to-communism/

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Fishbowl's Finest: Ylan Q. Mui

Fishbowl's Finest: Ylan Q. Mui

By Betsy Rothstein on Aug 26, 2010 02:33 PM

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WaPo's Ylan Mui is a unique beauty in Washington's journalism community. But she's not a willing participant in Fishbowl's Finest. When we informed her she had been chosen, Mui replied, "I'm very flattered but I think I'll take a pass on participating."
Fortunately for readers, we don't allow people to turn down their beauty -Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie and Robert Pattinson can't shun Peoplemagazine, and Ylan Mui can't run from the honor now.
So let's get down to business. Mui covers the "business of shopping" forWaPo's Financial section...  http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/fishbookdc/fishbowls_finest_ylan_q_mui_171923.asp

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Red Maryland: Desperate Dems by Mark Newgent

Red Maryland: Desperate Dems by Mark Newgent

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010


Desperate Dems

Clearly Martin O'Malley and the Maryland Democratic Party have moved from fear to desperation. They spent millions of dollars spinning lies about Bob Ehrlich only to drop precipitously in the polls.

So what is their response? Double down on the very actions that brought them to this point.
O’Malley surrogates are harassing small business owners.
And now, instead of passive surveillance, Democrat operatives are acting as outright provocateurs.


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Of course, Salazar doesn’t mention that it was O’Malley who tried to strong arm state businesses into more draconian unemployment insurance regulations during the 2010 legislative session. To their credit the business community stood up to O’Malley and fought off his attempts to screw them yet again.

Salazar, you’ll recall was the guy, who back in January slandered hundreds of tea party protestors as racists.

We are witnessing the actions of an arrogant Democratic monopoly desperate to hold on to power.

On a side note, O’Malley spokesman Rick Abruuzzese flat out lied when he said the O’Malley campaign has not been tracking Ehrlich. Here is a photo of an O’Malley campaign worker recording Ehrlich at the Tawes crab feast in Crisfield last month. Notice the poorly hidden green O’Malley campaign T-shirt...  http://redmaryland.blogspot.com/2010/08/desperate-dems.html
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Scientists Warn of Smith Island's Demise, Residents Are Skeptical

Chesapeake Bay

Scientists Warn of Smith Island's Demise, Residents Are Skeptical

http://chesapeakebay.umd.edu/index.php?q=article/scientists-warn-smith-islands-demise-residents-are-skeptical
Article | 04.20.10
The town of Ewell, on Smith Island
Waterways thread through the land near Ewell, one of the three towns on Smith Island. Water has crept closer to the town as it erodes the island's shores. (Photo by Ben Giles)

By Ben Giles
Maryland Newsline
SMITH ISLAND, Md. - Capt. Larry Laird ferries passengers and cargo to and from Smith Island twice a day, each time navigating the narrow channel that grants passage to his boat through the shallow Chesapeake Bay waters.
 A wrong turn to the left or right, and he’ll run his vessel aground.
Shallow waters are part of daily life on Smith Island, the last inhabited island on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay that has no roads connecting it to the mainland. For generations, the water has been the source of the island residents’ livelihood, providing crab in one season and oyster in another.
But now, erosion and rising sea levels in the Chesapeake threaten the island’s existence.
“In the worst-case scenarios, Smith Island could be gone in, let’s say by 2025, 2030 or so,” said Raghu Murtugudde, professor at the University of Maryland’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center...

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What Is It About 20-Somethings?

What Is It About 20-Somethings? By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
August 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html

Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?

This question pops up everywhere, underlying concerns about “failure to launch” and “boomerang kids.”

Two new sitcoms feature grown children moving back in with their parents — “$#*! My Dad Says,” starring William Shatner as a divorced curmudgeon whose 20-something son can’t make it on his own as a blogger, and “Big Lake,” in which a financial whiz kid loses his Wall Street job and moves back home to rural Pennsylvania. A cover of The New Yorker last spring picked up on the zeitgeist: a young man hangs up his new Ph.D. in his boyhood bedroom, the cardboard box at his feet signaling his plans to move back home now that he’s officially overqualified for a job. In the doorway stand his parents, their expressions a mix of resignation, worry, annoyance and perplexity: how exactly did this happen?

It’s happening all over, in all sorts of families, not just young people moving back home but also young people taking longer to reach adulthood overall. It’s a development that predates the current economic doldrums, and no one knows yet what the impact will be — on the prospects of the young men and women; on the parents on whom so many of them depend; on society, built on the expectation of an orderly progression in which kids finish school, grow up, start careers, make a family and eventually retire to live on pensions supported by the next crop of kids who finish school, grow up, start careers, make a family and on and on. The traditional cycle seems to have gone off course, as young people remain un tethered to romantic partners or to permanent homes, going back to school for lack of better options, traveling, avoiding commitments, competing ferociously for unpaid internships or temporary (and often grueling) Teach for America jobs, forestalling the beginning of adult life.

The 20s are a black box, and there is a lot of churning in there. One-third of people in their 20s move to a new residence every year. Forty percent move back home with their parents at least once. They go through an average of seven jobs in their 20s, more job changes than in any other stretch. Two-thirds spend at least some time living with a romantic partner without being married. And marriage occurs later than ever. The median age at first marriage in the early 1970s, when the baby boomers were young, was 21 for women and 23 for men; by 2009 it had climbed to 26 for women and 28 for men, five years in a little more than a generation.

We’re in the thick of what one sociologist calls “the changing timetable for adulthood.” Sociologists traditionally define the “transition to adulthood” as marked by five milestones: completing school, leaving home, becoming financially independent, marrying and having a child. In 1960, 77 percent of women and 65 percent of men had, by the time they reached 30, passed all five milestones. Among 30-year-olds in 2000, according to data from the United States Census Bureau, fewer than half of the women and one-third of the men had done so. A Canadian study reported that a typical 30-year-old in 2001 had completed the same number of milestones as a 25-year-old in the early ’70s…  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html

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Kevin Dayhoff: Historic changes in Carroll County government are coming

Historic changes in Carroll County government are coming

Sunday, August 22, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

The 2010 primary election on September 14 is fast approaching and with it, the next step in Carroll County’s great experiment in governance will come one-step closer.

Barrels of ink and antacid has been spilled on the discussions, hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the five-commissioner form of government that has had the county transfixed for over twelve-years.

The idea was first publicly floated several years before the failed attempt in a 1998 referendum. That initiative came after years of whispers of discontent in the hallways of power.

This is not the first time folks in Carroll County have changed our form of government – and chances are it will not be the last.

From 1659 to 1837, the eastern half of Carroll County was governed by Baltimore County.  From 1695, Prince George's County governed the western portion of Carroll County until December 10, 1748 when Frederick County was formed.  (When "Whites Level," which later became part of Westminster, was purchased in 1733, it was actually part of Prince George's County.)

As early as 1785, citizens petitioned Maryland Gov. William Paca to form "Paca County" from parts of Frederick and Baltimore counties.

In the Nov. 25, 1813, issue of the "Engine of Freedom," a newspaper in "The Forks,” later known as Uniontown, wrote that a petition was being forwarded to the Maryland General Assembly to form "Union County," with the county seat in Uniontown.  The effort failed

On March 2, 1833, a bill passed the General Assembly authorizing a vote on forming Carroll County in October 1833.  The vote failed, 593 to 554; although it was later speculated that it failed because of voter irregularities in the Baltimore County portion.

Finally, a bill was introduced in 1835 and passed the General Assembly on March 25, 1836 to form Carroll County.  

This act was confirmed on Jan. 19, 1837. It only took about 50 years, but Carroll Countians had finally changed their government.

From 1837-51 the governing body of Carroll County was called the "Levy Court."  It consisted of nine individuals; one from each of the nine existing election districts in Carroll at the time.  They were appointed by the governor of Maryland.

The Maryland Constitution of 1851 changed the "Levy Court" to the "Commissioners of Tax" and from 1853 to 1891, there were three at-large commissioners elected to two-year terms.  From 1893 to 1921 the county elected one commissioner every other year for a six-year term.

In 1926, the county fully transitioned to electing three commissioners for four-year terms.  In 1968, voters in Carroll County rejected both charter government and code home rule.  In 1984, code home rule was defeated.  In 1992, charter government was defeated at the ballot box.

In 1998, voters rejected a referendum to increase the Board of Commissioners to five at-large members and rejected a charter form of government.

According to an old Baltimore Sun article by John Murphy on November 29, 1999, “In 1998, the proposal for five at-large commissioners carried four precincts: three in Eldersburg and one in Mount Airy, where some residents seek better representation in Westminster, the county seat.  The five-commissioner proposal failed, 11,151-6,860.”

Undaunted, on Dec. 8, 1999, State Delegate Don Elliott brought the five-commissioner idea back up at a joint meeting of the county's state delegation and the commissioners.

On November 2nd, 2004 Carroll voters decided to approve a referendum to form a five-commissioner board elected by district rather than having three commissioners elected at large. 

But wait, it took another four-years - until Monday, April 7, 2008, before the Maryland General Assembly approved Senate Bill 675 on Option 1 to draw the boundaries of the five commissioner districts among the eight municipalities, 36 election precincts and 14 election districts in the county.

I wonder if anyone will dare to venture a guess as to how long this latest experiment will last.

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