Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist
Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Washington Post News Alert: Russian forces break into Ukrainian base

Russian forces break into Ukrainian base

Russian forces used at least two armored vehicles to break into the Ukrainian air base in Belbek after an hours-long tense standoff at the gate. Gunfire and explosions could be heard as the vehicles broke down the gate where Ukrainians had been refusing to allow them entry. 

Read more at: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/monitors-set-to-deploy-to-ukraine-to-try-to-contain-crisis/2014/03/22/742e4898-b1a4-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html 
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For Anyone Who's Ever Had To Say Goodbye To A Common And Extraordinary Man - Trending Now on Patch - Skokie, IL Patch

For Anyone Who's Ever Had To Say Goodbye To A Common And Extraordinary Man - Trending Now on Patch - Skokie, IL Patch:

Read more; http://skokie.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/for-everyone-whos-ever-had-to-say-goodbye-to-a-common-and-extraordinary-man?yPos=100

By Mandy Meisner I say goodbye to someone special.
I wrote this eulogy for my grandfather.  He was 85 when he died, in general good health, sitting at his kitchen counter reading the mail. His last few years were spent taking care of his wife who is living with Alzheimer's. 
Brian Gilson had been part of my life for as long I've lived.  From the day I came home through having children of my own, he had always been there.  But the truth is, I hardly knew him. He lived a long time and was many things to many people, I was privy to knowing only a slice of what would make up his life, one version in a long evolution.
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Female lawyers: Still must dress conservatively to impress judges.



Female Lawyers Who Dress Too “Sexy” Are Apparently a “Huge Problem” in the Courtroom

By Amanda Hess
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 "Judges who school female attorneys on how to dress are annoying, and the limitless choices of the female wardrobe are confusing. But having the opportunity to dress differently can also have its benefits. Lynn told Farmer that while a bold fashion choice was a risky move, it “could draw attention to you and away from your opponent” in a positive way. 

A recent Harvard Business School study found that while dressing distinctly might compromise a person’s access to “shared group identity and automatic group trust,” it can also make her appear confident and influential. In 2009, a federal judge complained that he’d seen an attorney argue her case looking like she’d stopped in “on her way home from the gym.” Then again, that woman won her case. "

Read more:  http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/21/female_lawyers_still_must_dress_conservatively_to_impress_judges.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=8a4a616e2d&mc_eid=b27361148d

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Marines at the Pentagon on 9/11 - National Historic Americans | Examiner.com

Marines at the Pentagon on 9/11 - National Historic Americans | Examiner.com:

http://www.examiner.com/article/marines-at-the-pentagon-on-9-11?CID=examiner_alerts_article

 "March 22, 2014 A chaplain assigned to the Pentagon, told of an incident which happened right after Flight 77 hit that structure on 9/11.

The daycare facility inside the Pentagon had many children, including infants in heavy cribs. The daycare supervisor looked at all the children needing to be evacuated and was in a panic over what could be done. Most of the children were toddlers, with a number of infants as well who would need to be taken out with the cribs. There was no time to try and bundle the infants into their carriers and strollers.

As despair began to set in for the supervisor, a young Marine came running into the center and asked what they needed." Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/marines-at-the-pentagon-on-9-11?CID=examiner_alerts_article


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Friday, March 21, 2014

L'Wren Scott, and the awful truth about women's obituaries-Well written By Stassa Edwards March 20, 2014 Just saying

L'Wren Scott, and the awful truth about women's obituaries-Well written By Stassa Edwards March 20, 2014 Just saying


Coverage of the fashion designer's passing was just the latest example of a sad journalistic tradition

By Stassa Edwards March 20, 2014

When news broke that respected fashion designer L'Wren Scott had passed away on Monday, The New York Times noted her suicide with the regrettable headline "Mick Jagger's Girlfriend Found Dead."

The Times wasn't alone in its faux pas; the Associated Press dutifully tweeted, "BREAKING: Law enforcement: Mick Jagger' [sic] girlfriend, L'Wren Scott, found dead in NYC of possible suicide." Though the AP managed to slip Scott's name in the headline of the report, both news organizations seemed to agree: Scott's death was newsworthy only because of her romantic association with a legendary rock and roller. Editors at neither The New York Times nor the Associated Press seemed to grasp that Scott's untimely death was newsworthy because of her professional accomplishments.

One would think that after the stroganoff incident, the Gray Lady in particular would have found a better way to note the passing of accomplished women, but it clearly hasn't. The poor handling of Scott's death speaks more broadly to the difficulty of recounting a woman's life — namely the determination of a hierarchy of facts, a project that should seem gender neutral but rarely is. It often seems natural enough to define women by their relationships — wife, mother, girlfriend, etc. — and let famous men be memorialized for their accomplishments, their family lives taking a backseat. This was certainly the case with the aforementioned stroganoff incident, in which the Times' obituary writers downgraded Yvette Brill from rocket scientist to pretty good cook.


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Thursday, March 20, 2014

North Carolinians complain about this credit-card company the most - Dawn Kurry Charlotte Business Journal Morning Edition

Charlotte Business Journal Morning Edition

Jan 15, 2014 Dawn Kurry, Triangle Business Journal

North Carolinians complain about this credit-card company the most

Are you complaining about what’s in your wallet? Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) is the most complained-about credit-card company among North Carolinians, according to a report released Tuesday by the N.C. Public Interest Research Group's Education Fund.


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Bloomberg Business Week: Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data

Bloomberg Business Week: Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data

Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data Reblogged 5 hours ago from newsweek

http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/80106052145/newsweek-the-biggest-retail-hack-in-u-s
newsweek:

The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success. In the days prior to Thanksgiving 2013, someone installed malware in Target’s (TGT) security and payments system designed to steal every credit card used at the company’s 1,797 U.S. stores.
At the critical moment—when the Christmas gifts had been scanned and bagged and the cashier asked for a swipe—the malware would step in, capture the shopper’s credit card number, and store it on a Target server commandeered by the hackers.
Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data
The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success. In the days prior to Thanksgiving 2013, someone installed malware in Target’s (TGT) security and payments system designed to steal every credit card used at the company’s 1,797 U.S. stores.
At the critical moment—when the Christmas gifts had been scanned and bagged and the cashier asked for a swipe—the malware would step in, capture the shopper’s credit card number, and store it on a Target server commandeered by the hackers.


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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Suspect fatally wounded by Maryland State Trooper in Salisbury, Wicomico County, MD

Maryland State Police Press Release
03/19/2014 13:52

SUSPECT FATALLY WOUNDED BY TROOPER IN WICOMICO CO.
(SALISBURY, MD) – Maryland State Police continue their investigation into a trooper involved shooting which fatally wounded a man who struck and dragged a trooper with his car to avoid further police investigation last night, at the Salisbury Barrack.

The deceased is identified as Winfield C. Fisher, 32, of the 6100 block of Westbrooke Drive, Salisbury, Md. Fisher was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center by emergency medical personnel from the Wicomico County Fire Department. He was pronounced dead by medical personnel at the hospital. The deceased will be transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

The preliminary information indicates Fisher entered the Salisbury Barrack around 8:30 p.m. on March 18, 2014 and asked the duty officer to check a vehicle repair made after receiving a safety equipment repair order. The duty officer went outside to the parking spaces in front of the barrack with the Fisher.

Moments later, the duty officer came back inside and requested the dispatcher to call for back up. As he returned to the vehicle, the dispatcher immediately contacted another trooper who had just left the barrack. That trooper returned to assist.

Details are preliminary but it is believed both troopers fired their Department issued pistols. The duty officer was found lying along the edge of the parking lot near the entrance to Rt. 13. He had sustained injuries consistent with being struck and/or dragged by a vehicle.

Fisher was found in his vehicle about 150 yards north of the barrack on Rt. 13. His vehicle had struck the center median guardrail on the northbound side of Rt. 13.

EMS personnel responded and transported the suspect and the duty officer to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Fisher was pronounced dead at the hospital. The duty officer has been treated and released.

Maryland State Police investigators obtained a search warrant for the vehicle. State Police crime scene technicians processed the vehicle and the barrack parking lot for evidence. Marijuana was recovered from the suspect’s vehicle.

Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit responded and are conducting the investigation, which is procedure in police involved shootings. They will be reviewing evidence developed in this investigation. Investigators will also present the Wicomico State’s Attorney’s Office with their completed investigation for review, which is also procedure in police involved shootings.

Corporal Anthony Meyers is a nine-year veteran of the Maryland State Police. Trooper Jeffrey Wilkins is a three year veteran of the Maryland State Police. Both have been placed on routine administrative leave, which is procedure in police involved shootings. The State Police Internal Affairs Unit will also be conducting an investigation. 
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Introducing 'AnonyWatch': Tracking Nameless Quotations in The Times

Introducing 'AnonyWatch': Tracking Nameless Quotations in The Times (NYT / Public Editor's Journal) 

New York Times columnist Margaret Sullivan launched an effort Tuesday to point out some of the more regrettable examples of anonymous quotations in the TimesMediaite An initial example of the pervasive phenomenon is Ginia Bellafante's column about Mayor Bill de Blasio's trip to Albany in which a "Democratic insider" says the mayor thinks he and the New York governor are friends "but Andrew Cuomo doesn't really have friends." FishbowlNY 

Another article Sullivan called out was even worse. In a piece on the Malaysian Airlines plane, an anonymous quote was issued on an anonymously sourced theory that someone on the plane made abrupt shifts in altitude to "depressurize the cabin and render the passengers and crew unconscious." 
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AP Pushes Bid for Independent Coverage of Obama

AP Pushes Bid for Independent Coverage of Obama (The Associated Press) 

The Associated Press is seeking to broaden independent news coverage of the White House under an administration that is hypersensitive about its image and which frequently bars the press from events involving President Barack Obama. 


AP White House correspondent Julie Pace and chief White House photographer Charles Dharapak described the AP's efforts Tuesday at the Newspaper Association of America's mediaXchange 2014 convention in Denver. Those efforts include ongoing negotiations for greater access by photographers to events the White House deems private. Poynter / MediaWire 

Media organizations have criticized the Obama administration for restricting access to many presidential events and meetings, including with foreign leaders like the Dalai Lama in February. The White House News Photographers Association urged members not to publish the official image of the meeting distributed by the administration. 
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Suspect fatally wounded in trooper involved shooting in Salisbury

Maryland State Police Press Release
03/18/2014 22:40

SUSPECT FATALLY WOUNDED IN TROOPER INVOLVED SHOOTING

(SALISBURY, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a trooper involved shooting that fatally wounded a man who may have struck or dragged a trooper with his car while trying to avoid further police investigation at the Salisbury Barrack tonight.

Details are few and are preliminary at this time. Maryland State Police investigators from the Homicide Unit and Criminal Enforcement Division are on the scene conducting the investigation. Crime scene technicians from the Forensic Sciences Division are processing the scene, which includes the front of the Salisbury Barrack and a segment of Rt. 13, requiring both north and southbound lanes to be closed. State Highway Administration personnel are on the scene and have arranged a detour.

The preliminary information indicates a man entered the Salisbury Barrack shortly before 8:30 p.m. tonight and asked the duty officer to check a vehicle repair he had made after receiving a safety equipment repair order. The duty officer went outside to the parking spaces in front of the barrack with the man.

Moments later, the duty officer called for assistance outside the barrack. Another trooper who had just left the barrack returned immediately to assist. At this time, it is believed both troopers fired their Department issued pistols.

The duty officer was found lying along the edge of the parking lot near the entrance to Rt. 13. He had sustained injuries consistent with being struck and/or dragged by a vehicle.

The man who had come to the barrack was found in his vehicle about 150 yards north of the barrack on Rt. 13. His vehicle had struck the center median guardrail on the northbound side of Rt. 13.

EMS personnel responded and transported the man and the duty officer to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital. The duty officer is being treated for injuries.

State Police investigators are conducting interviews and preparing a search warrant. Their investigation will continue through the night.

Members of the Salisbury Police Department and the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene to assist. An assistant Wicomico County state’s attorney is on the scene for consultation with investigators. When this investigation is complete, it will be presented to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney for review.

Further information, including the identity of the deceased man, is expected to be provided tomorrow. The investigation is continuing. 

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STATE POLICE ARREST MORE THAN 100 DRUNK DRIVERS THROUGH WEEKEND

Maryland State Police Press Release
03/18/2014 13:06

STATE POLICE ARREST MORE THAN 100 DRUNK DRIVERS THROUGH WEEKEND

PIKESVILLE, MD) – State Police drunk driving patrols in every Maryland county during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend led to the arrests of more than 100 people who are suspected of driving under the influence.

From Friday, March 14th, through Monday, March 17th, Maryland state troopers arrested 120 drunk drivers during sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and regular road patrols throughout the state. These efforts were in direct response to the known increase in drinking and driving resulting from holiday celebrations.

Troopers at the Berlin Barrack in Worcester County led the 22 State Police barracks with 17 DUI arrests, followed by the Golden Ring Barrack in Baltimore County with 13 arrests. The JFK Highway Barrack, where troopers patrol I-95 north of Baltimore and the Rockville Barrack in Montgomery County totaled 11 arrests each.

The full-time drunk driving enforcement team of troopers known as the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort, or S.P.I.D.R.E., also made 11 DUI arrests during the period. The S.P.I.D.R.E. Team is funded by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office.

Troopers also dealt with situations that were reminders of why drinking and driving must remain an enforcement priority. On Saturday, troopers from the Frederick Barrack found a vehicle that had driving off Interstate 70 into the median. The driver was arrested for DUI, which troopers learned was her fifth DUI arrest in the past year. In Harford County early Sunday morning, troopers responded to a crash that occurred when a drunk driver ran into the back of another vehicle on Rt. 7. Also that morning, a trooper in Charles County spotted a car traveling south in the northbound lanes of Rt. 301. The trooper found the driver was under the influence and arrested him for DUI.

Last night, a trooper from the North East Barrack responded a single vehicle crash on Rt. 285 in Chesapeake City and arrested the driver for DUI. Just after midnight, troopers in Queen Anne’s Co. responded to a single vehicle crash on Rt. 8 at Matapeake Middle School. The driver was arrested for DUI. 
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Baltimore’s Rosewood scandal: Wealthy families sprang asylum inmates to be servants.

Baltimore’s Rosewood scandal: Wealthy families sprang asylum inmates to be servants.: "Crooked lawyers sprang inmates from an asylum to make them slaves.

By Jesse Bering"


http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/03/baltimore_s_rosewood_scandal_wealthy_families_sprang_asylum_inmates_to_be.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=f6af3629f2&mc_eid=b27361148d 

The Rosewood Center (née the Maryland Asylum and Training School for the Feeble Minded, est. 1888) is an abandoned mental hospital on the outskirts of Baltimore. The state closed its doors only in 2009 after a mountain of angry complaints involving understaffing, patient abuse, and neglect. Much of the rotting old bedlam now lies in ruins or is caked in thick soot, the aftermath of a recent suspected arson. But even in this dilapidated state, its imposing presence stirs up a sense of the foreboding.
Like many overwhelmed psychiatric facilities built around the turn of the last century, Rosewood had been dogged by shameful accusations for a long time. The most scandalous—the one that sets Rosewood apart from other asylums—was made by Leo Kanner on May 13, 1937. Before a hushed gathering at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Pittsburgh, Kanner shared the shocking tale of “the Rosewood girls.” It’s not a story most people know about today, but it’s an important reminder of just how destructive an upper class with an unchecked sense of entitlement can be, and how vital it remains to safeguard the interests of those who can’t do so for themselves. It also forces us to revisit an uncomfortable moment in our nation’s history when the practice of eugenics—human breeding for socially desirable attributes, such as intelligence—was viewed by even the most progressive human rights advocates as humane and ethical.
Read more; http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/03/baltimore_s_rosewood_scandal_wealthy_families_sprang_asylum_inmates_to_be.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=f6af3629f2&mc_eid=b27361148d  

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Historical Society of Carroll County calendar of events March through December 2014

Historical Society of Carroll County calendar of events March through December 2014


MARCH 2014

TUESDAY, MARCH 11
Box Lunch Talk: Indentured Servitude 1646-1946

Indentured servitude, an English common law tradition, became prevalent throughout the American colonies and continued for centuries. In Carroll County, the last indentures were recorded in 1946. George Murphy examines the Carroll County Book of Indentures and explores what it tells us about the system’s lasting consequences. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
Past Times for Children: Businesses throughout Carroll County in the 1800s

There were many businesses that sprang up throughout the county during this time period. Children will learn about some of these businesses through creative play, stories, pictures, and activities that resemble the businesses. They will also create a business of their own. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29
Maryland and the Civil War: A Regional Perspective

Join HSCC and Carroll Community College for this annual one-day event examining Maryland's role in the Civil War and the war's impact on the state. Held at Carroll Community College. Registration includes general and concurrent sessions, continental breakfast and lunch. Details at www.carrollcc.edu/civilwar.

APRIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 8
Box Lunch Talk: Carroll County Voices: At the Front and on the Home Front

The Fleagle family of Carroll County contributed four sons to the Union cause during the Civil War. Using wartime letters, photographs and artifacts, living historian Hilda Koontz provides a vivid account of the lives of those gallant soldiers and of the family that kept the home fires burning. The program is based on a collection of family letters lovingly preserved for 150 years. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Past Time for Children-No Class Scheduled-CCPS Spring Break

MONDAY, APRIL 28
Carroll County and the Civil War 1864 Exhibit-More details to come
MAY
SUNDAY, MAY 4
Historical SocieTea Tea & Tidbits

In honor of our 75th anniversary, we'll be celebrating linens and tableware of the 1930's. Sunday, May 4, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center
at Cockey's. 210 East Main Street, Westminster, Maryland. Cost: $35 members; $40 non-members. Food & Tea by Lora Andrews & Jo Fleck of Cup Tea Bar & Cafe & Gypsy's Tearoom. Call Marty at 410-848-6494 to make a reservation. Limited seating.

FRIDAY, MAY 9
Bus Trip - Spring

We will visit Nemours, the home of Alfred I. DuPont and his wife, Alicia, and the DuPont estate – Longwood Gardens. Visit our Bus Trips page for more details.

TUESDAY, MAY 13
Box Lunch Talk: How Much Do You Know About McDaniel College?

McDaniel College will soon celebrate its sesquicentennial. College Historian James Lightner will share a fast-paced look at the 147 years of the College’s development, from its founding as Western Maryland College in 1867 to the present day, focusing on personalities and changes in the campus, curriculum, and student life. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
SATURDAY, MAY 17
Past Times for Children: Mary Shellman-The many faces of...

Mary Shellman was a Westminster native who organized, started, and ran various activities in the city. Children will come and explore her life through dramatic play, stories, activities and a craft. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

JUNE
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
Box Lunch Talk: Manufacturing "Segars" in Manchester

As the nation's economy evolved during the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s, Manchester found itself at a competitive disadvantage when it failed to attract a railroad line to serve the community. Manchester found a niche market, however, in manufacturing cigars at a time when smoking tobacco by "segars" became increasing popular throughout the nation. Joe Getty will explore this fascinating cottage industry in Manchester that thrived from the 1880s to the 1930s.
Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
Bus Trip - Summer

We will spend a day at two of Delaware’s most historic sites. First, we’ll visit New Castle, Delaware’s colonial capital and later we’ll board a ferry for the short trip to Pea Patch Island, site of Fort Delaware. See our Bus Trips page for more details.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
Past Times for Children: County Fairs

Country Fairs sprang up all around the county in the 1800s. Competitions such as, “who has the biggest vegetable, who made the nicest dessert, or catch the greased pig and get to take it home!” were standard events. Join us and have your child enjoy the fun of a country fair! Your child will experience this through dramatic play, games, crafts, and races. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26
PM Connections



Mingle with local business leaders during our Chamber of Commerce event at the Historical Society! We thank Barnes Bollinger Insurance Services for sponsoring the Historical Society’s participation for June! PM Connections is a monthly program of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street, Westminster. Complementary food & beverages. RSVP by June 24 at 410-848-6494 ext. 200 or Marty@HSCCmd.org.

JULY
TUESDAY, JULY 8
Box Lunch Talk: 250 Years of Westminster History

In 1764 William Winchester developed a plan to sell 45 lots along “King Street” on a 16-acre portion of the northern end of “White’s level” on the main road to Baltimore Town. The “piece of ground” was to be called “Westminster.” Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of Westminster with local Baltimore Sun history writer Kevin Dayhoff as he traces the storied history of Westminster, the Carroll County seat of government. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
SATURDAY, JULY 19
Past Times for Children: Dyeing Clothes Using Nature

Have your child explore what nature has to offer in the way of dying various materials. Please have them wear clothes they aren't afraid to get messed up.
For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

AUGUST
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
Hops in History

Did you know brewing is older than America?  Or that taverns were central to early Carroll County society?  Find out why during our first annual Hops in History festival!  Artisans from Carroll’s own Midnight Home Brewing Club will demonstrate early brewing techniques.  Guests may sample non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages brewed with ingredients used by our ancestors.  Many will surprise you!  For information, contact the Historical Society at 410-848-6494 ext. 202 or Fred@HSCCmd.org.  Proceeds benefit the Historical Society. Location will be the Historical Society Campus, 210 East Main Street, Westminster. Saturday, August 9 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (tentative.) Cost $25 per person.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
Box Lunch Talk: Wormseed Oil: Distilled in Carroll County

Carroll County farmers began growing wormseed—valuable for its curative oil– around 1840. Larry Haines discusses the intensive work, done by hand, to grow the crop. And Edwin Magin explains the distilling process that produced the oil.
Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
Past Times for Children: Quilts

Many women made quilts with pieces of materials they had left over from other projects. These quilts became memory quilts to many people. The children will learn about various types of quilts and make their own. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Box Lunch Talk: Researching your War of 1812 Ancestor

Ever tried researching somebody from the generation of the War of 1812? It can be quite a challenge. Rebecca Koford will discuss records both outside and inside of the National Archives. The presentation also includes information about the digitization project to put the War of 1812 Soldiers' pensions online. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Antiques Appraisal Day

Want to sell Aunt Maude’s candelabra?  How about her book collection?  Find out what they might be worth at our 14th annual Antiques Appraisal Day where volunteer appraisers will evaluate up to three items.  For information, contact Linda at 410-848-6494 ext. 201 or Linda@HSCCmd.org.  Proceeds benefit the Historical Society. Location/Time TBD.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 & 17
Bus Tour-Overnight Trip

Overnight trip to Western, PA & Frank Lloyd Wright houses. More details coming soon!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Past Times for Children: Why did some towns grow and others fade away?

The children will learn why a town is created and what it needs to become successful. Creating communities will be discussed through pictures, books, and various activities. The craft will be creating a successful town. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Midnight Madness at Cockey's!

Details coming!

OCTOBER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
Annual Meeting

To be held at the Best Western in Westminster. Details coming soon!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Box Lunch Talk: Carroll County's Historic Almshouse

The earliest almshouses in Maryland were established in colonial times. As each new Maryland county came into existence, it was required to open an almshouse. Joanna Peregoy, a volunteer at the Carroll County Farm Museum, explores the history of Carroll County’s facility—from its construction in 1852 to its conversion to a museum over 100 years later. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
Bus Tour-Fall

Seminary Ridge Museum & "Miracle Amid the Fire Storm" at Seton Shrine. See our Bus Trips page for more details.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Past Times for Children: Roads and what they were mad of-

Throughout the years, roads have been made from various materials leaving animals, people, and vehicles, having to adapt. Children will experience the difference through dramatic play, activities and crafts. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Box Lunch Talk: The Transformation of Union Bridge

Tidewater Portland Cement Co., the predecessor of Lehigh Cement, began construction of a cement plant in Union Bridge in 1909. The huge social and environmental changes the town experienced between 1909 and 1920 were similar to those of other towns and cities entering the industrial age across America. Mimi Ashcraft traces those first tumultuous years of the company’s existence based on information from the town’s newspaper and census records.  Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
75th Diamond Jubilee at Antrim

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the mansion
Elegant dining in the Ballroom
Lively Auction
Music by “Gentlemen of Swing”
Black Tie Preferred
Limited Seating
For more information call 410-848-6494 x200 or Info@HSCCmd.org
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Past Times for Children: Weekly Cleaning Habits

In the 1800’s keeping clean was difficult. Did people brush their teeth? How about bathing in a bathtub? Come to this class and experience it for yourself! Yes, we will be brushing our teeth with homemade toothpaste and sticks! For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.

DECEMBER
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
Winter Wine Warmer

Join the HSCC for our second annual Winter Wine Warmer!  Enjoy delicious wines and tasty hors d'oeuvres in the warm and cozy atmosphere of Cockey’s.  More details to come!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Box Lunch Talk: Carroll County Crimes

From bank robbers to bootleggers, Carroll County has been the scene of some memorable crimes. HSCC curator of collections Cathy Baty takes a light-hearted look at some of the more unusual criminal activities in the County. Noon-1 p.m., Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Kemper Avenue. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17
Bus Tour-Holiday

TBD

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21
Past Times for Children: Life on a Farm


Life on a farm for a child was very busy. We will explore the routines of a day through the eyes of a child. Children will participate in dramatic play, activities, stories, and create a craft. For children ages 4 to 7. 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in the Koontz-Yingling Learning Center at Cockey’s, 216 East Main Street in Westminster, MD. $6 per child, includes materials. Pre-registration required.
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