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Sunday, February 12, 2017
Sunday church service at Grace Lutheran Church
Sunday church service at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster. Today's message come from Matthew 5: 21-37. Pastor Clementson advises us, "Think about our words and always use our kind words." 12Feb2017 www.gracelc.org
The next meeting “Carroll CAN” will take place at the Carroll County Public Library in Westminster on Feb. 12, 2017 2 p.m.
The next
meeting “Carroll CAN” will take place at the Carroll County Public Library in
Westminster on Feb. 12, 2017 2 p.m.
At the
January 26th, 2017 meeting of the Carroll County NAACP, Pam
Zappardino reported that a grass roots organization has formed in Carroll to
advocate for positive changes in the community.
The next
meeting “Carroll CAN” - organized by “Together We Will,” will take place at the
Carroll County Public Library in Westminster on Feb. 12, 2017 2 p.m. This will
be about the 3rd meeting. More information may be found on the
organization’s website here: https://carrollcan.org/
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The next
meeting “Carroll CAN” will take place at the Carroll County Public Library in
Westminster on Feb. 12, 2017 2 p.m.
According
to recent information on the Carroll Can listserve:
“…Come to the Carroll CAN meeting
at Westminster library at 2pm today! -AND/OR- If you are able to do so, please
sign up to help with a committee that you may have an interest in or maybe even
start your own if there is a need. We'd love to have some more people offer
their knowledge on specific topics as well to add content to our website and
keep the group informed.
“Some examples of the volunteer
needs are: Writer of Weekly/Monthly newsletter and Representatives’ Calendars
Liaison - report to communications/social media chairs when representatives
will have town halls”
We began with a meeting in November 2016 at a
Denny’s in Westminster. We used the time to feel empowered and encouraged that
a group had formed (we were only 300 members on a Facebook group site at the
time, but just that was so exciting at the time!). We shared our stories about
why we had come, and there was a common theme of “I thought I was the
only one.” The overwhelming feeling was one of relief to have found fellow
Carroll County residents who shared the same values and concerns.
And then we hit the ground running!
We developed an organizational and leadership
structure, which continues to grow as we find our groove.
We organized a bus to attend the Women’s March
on Washington. That wound up becoming 3 buses, with 136 passengers!
For many, it was their first march and their first moment of activism!
We had a volunteer design our green “March On” buttons that we now wear
proudly. After the march, a group of marchers went to a local restaurant
for dinner, still in their pink hats, and they received applause and invited
others to join our group!
We programmed our representatives’ numbers
into our phones, and faced our nervousness and discomfort by making calls to
their offices. We have now become comfortable with something that most of
us had never done before 2017!
We met for monthly meetings, and the rooms
were packed with energy and ideas.
We developed a list of local businesses to
support due to our common values and interests.
We built a website, and received donations to
host the site for the next year!
Some awesome stats: Our website has
had 3,952 views in the last 30 days (as of 2/8/17).
Some more awesome stats: In just the
first eight days of February, we have had 696 visits! Our Carroll CAN
public Facebook page grew at 14.5% last week, which is better than the Together
We Will USA page and Pantsuit District page. We engage more users than
Indivisible, TWW-MD, and Pantsuit District!
We have a Call to Action team that verifies
and disseminates an action item that we can do every day! They post these
calls to action on the website, facebook page and twitter.
We increased communication by having an email
liaison send the content of the facebook page to those who are not on facebook.
We developed a logo that signifies our
awareness that we are stronger as a united team. We once felt
alone because of our values, and now we have both comfort and unified action
because of our togetherness.
We had members who went to BWI to show support
to refugees and immigrants on the day the bad went into effect. We have
members who gather on Main Street in Westminster on Saturdays with signs that
have messages of inclusion, kindness, and support.
We have organized a Town Hall Meeting
on 3/2/17 focused on the Affordable Care Act! We have invited
our representatives to attend, and we are hopeful they will.
We organized small groups that meet at local
restaurants for support and brainstorming.
We have amazing passion and motivation! People
who have never been engaged in anything like this before have stepped up to
lead a subcommittee! People who made a suggestion wound up being willing
to make that suggestion happen! All it takes is that first thought of
“Can I do ___?” and you will get a resounding and supportive, “Yes you CAN!”
We have managed to add activism and
volunteering to our already full plates. We have given our talents
without expectation of recognition nor reimbursement. We have learned new
skills and been willing to go outside our comfort zones.
We are Carroll CAN—an action-focused, action-packed community
network of kind, compassionate, and dedicated Carroll County residents.
Together, we have, we will, and we CAN.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
“The letter written by Coretta Scott King about Jeff Sessions that Elizabeth Warren wasn't allowed to read on the Senate Floor.”
“The letter written by Coretta Scott King about Jeff
Sessions that Elizabeth Warren wasn't allowed to read on the Senate Floor.”
Senate confirms Sessions as attorney general BY JORDAIN
CARNEY - 02/08/17 07:20 PM EST http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/318608-senate-confirms-sessions-as-attorney-general
https://www.scribd.com/document/338729117/Scott-King-1986-Letter-and-Testimony-Signed
The Senate voted Wednesday night to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general, capping a vicious debate that left Democrats and Republicans alike seething at times.
The Senate voted Wednesday night to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general, capping a vicious debate that left Democrats and Republicans alike seething at times.
No Republicans went against Sessions in the 52-47 vote. Sen.
Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was the only Democrat to back Sessions.
[…]
Republicans decried the Democratic tactics, arguing they
were going to new lows to smear Sessions.
[…]
The fiery words in the last days of the debate over Sessions
were somewhat surprising.
While the issue of race had always hung over the debate,
Sessions is well-liked personally by many senators. That made the stinging
words all the more noteworthy — and raises questions about the ability of
lawmakers to work together going forward.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/318608-senate-confirms-sessions-as-attorney-general
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March 19, 1986
According to the Washington
Post, “Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther
King Jr., urged Congress in a letter to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff
Sessions for federal judge, saying that allowing him to join the federal bench
would ‘irreparably damage the work of my husband.’”
“In the letter, King writes that Sessions’s ascension to the
federal bench ‘simply cannot be allowed to happen,’ arguing that as a U.S.
attorney, the Alabama lawmaker pursued ‘politically-motivated voting fraud
prosecutions’ and that he ‘lacks the temperament, fairness and judgment to be a
federal judge.’ She said Sessions’s conduct in prosecuting civil rights leaders
in a voting-fraud case ‘raises serious questions about his commitment to the
protection of the voting rights of all American citizens.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/10/read-the-letter-coretta-scott-king-wrote-opposing-sessionss-1986-federal-nomination/?utm_term=.dfbccea3ba10
“The letter written by Coretta Scott King about Jeff
Sessions that Elizabeth Warren wasn't allowed to read on the Senate Floor.” https://www.scribd.com/document/338729117/Scott-King-1986-Letter-and-Testimony-Signed
338729117-Scott-King-1986-Letter-and-Testimony-Signed
Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she
impugned Sessions’s character By Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe February 7 at 11:39
PM
“Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night
of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general
nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama
senator’s character.
“In an extraordinarily rare move, Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) interrupted Warren’s speech, in a near-empty chamber as
debate on Sessions’s nomination heads toward a Wednesday evening vote, and said
that she had breached Senate rules by reading past statements against Sessions
from figures such as the late senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and the late
Coretta Scott King.”
[…]
The Senate voted, 49 to 43, strictly on party lines, to
uphold the ruling that Warren violated Rule 19 of the
Senate that says senators are not allowed to “directly or indirectly,
by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct
or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.” Pursuant to that rule, Warren was
ordered to sit down and forbidden from speaking during the remainder of the
debate on the nomination of Sessions.
Read the letter Coretta Scott King wrote opposing Sessions’s
1986 federal nomination By Wesley Lowery January 10, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/10/read-the-letter-coretta-scott-king-wrote-opposing-sessionss-1986-federal-nomination/?utm_term=.7dc2d18d9ab8
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Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Letter: Police salaries in Carroll among lowest in state
February 4, 2017 by Brandon Holland, Westminster, The writer
is the president of Carroll County FOP Lodge 20.
Recently, the Carroll County Times reported on our sheriff
and state's attorney seeking pay increases for the next election cycle. A
related editorial asked whether the salaries for Carroll County employees' are
too low. I am the president of Carroll County's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge
20, and I am writing to confirm that Carroll County has some of the lowest-paid
police in the state.
Read much more here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/opinion/letters/ph-cc-letters-0205-holland-20170204-story.html
Law Order, Law Order Police, Westminster Police CC FOP Lodge #20, Public Safety Police CC FOP #20, Police, Westminster Police Dept, Carroll Co Issues,
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Monday, February 06, 2017
Feb. 7, 1936 MSP LODD: Maryland State Police Quartermaster Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter died of exposure on 2/7/1936
Feb. 7, 1936 MSP LODD: Maryland State Police Quartermaster
Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter died of exposure on 2/7/1936 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/02/feb-7-1936-msp-lodd-maryland-state.html
And Harford County Sheriff’s Deputies Patrick Dailey and
Mark Logsdon were shot and killed on Feb. 10, 2016
Fortunately, throughout history, we have only lost one
Maryland State Trooper in the month of February. On February 7th,
we remember Maryland State Police Quartermaster Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter who
died of exposure on February 7, 1936. https://www.odmp.org/agency/2367-maryland-state-police-maryland
Heavenly Father. We ask for your healing graces for the
friends, family, and colleagues of Harford County Sheriff’s Deputies Patrick
Dailey and Mark Logsdon who were shot and killed last year on Feb. 10, 2016 –
and Maryland State Police Quartermaster Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter, who died of
exposure on 2/7/1936. Amen.
I think of Sgt. Hunter when I complain about the cold and
snow of February and how much I do not like the winter. It puts things in
perspective.
According to the Officer
Down Memorial Page, “Quartermaster
Sergeant Hunter died of exposure after falling through ice covering Tangier
Sound. He was part of an expedition taking 2,000 pounds of food to stranded
residents on Tangier Island during a blizzard. Sergeant Hunter (was 30-yrs old
and) had served with the Maryland State Police for just under 8 years.” http://www.odmp.org/officer/reflections/6867-quartermaster-sergeant-wilbert-v-hunter
Time never diminishes respect and Harford County Sheriff’s
Deputies Dailey and Logsdon, and Maryland State Police Sgt. Hunter will always
be honored and revered. May they Rest In Peace.
The Officer Down
Memorial Page reports that throughout history, in the United States, on
Feb. 7, 79
law enforcement officers died in the line of duty. https://www.odmp.org/search/this_day_in_history/february/7
We lift them up into your loving arms. Hold them their
family, friends, and colleagues in your heart and our prayers.
In your boundless compassion, console us who still
mourn.
Remember our fallen servants. … Remember those who serve for
our public safety and community.
We Pray and ask the Lord for the protection of our military
personnel, law enforcement, firefighters and EMS personnel and their families.
Keep us safe as we protect and serve. Amen ####
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February 6, 2017 MSP LODD MTA pray
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Sunday, February 05, 2017
Carroll County Times - Letter: Police salaries in Carroll among lowest in state
Carroll County Times - Letter: Police salaries in Carroll
among lowest in state http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/02/letter-police-salaries-in-carroll-among.html
February 4, 2017 by Brandon Holland, Westminster, The writer
is the president of Carroll County FOP Lodge 20.
Recently, the Carroll County Times reported on our sheriff
and state's attorney seeking pay increases for the next election cycle. A
related editorial asked whether the salaries for Carroll County employees' are
too low. I am the president of Carroll County's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge
20, and I am writing to confirm that Carroll County has some of the lowest-paid
police in the state.
Read much more here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/opinion/letters/ph-cc-letters-0205-holland-20170204-story.html
Every day the national media has a story about a police
shooting, or a negative article claiming misconduct by an officer. The Times
recently printed an article on local deputies leaving for higher pay or to
start another career outside of law enforcement ("Sheriff's Office Loses
Three Deputies" – Jan. 13, 2017). One deputy left the agency to start an
entirely new career, citing the current negative atmosphere in law enforcement
as his reason for leaving. Thankfully, that negative atmosphere is not evident
in Carroll County and law enforcement is very well supported by our citizens.
Law enforcement personnel in Carroll County do an
outstanding job, frequently resorting to their training and experience to
diffuse and de-escalate difficult situations that could've brought the national
spotlight to Carroll County. The crime rate in Carroll County is low and has
been for years. That low crime rate is directly attributable to the quality of
policing in the county. The same policing that is being underpaid. Compared to
agencies of similar size and responsibilities like Harford, Frederick and St.
Mary's counties, Carroll County Sheriff's patrol deputies are paid on average
11 percent lower than those agencies. The disparity continues as a deputy goes
up in rank and takes on additional responsibilities, with an average of 20-30
percent lower pay than these same agencies. This is also the case for
corrections deputies and officers from Carroll municipalities as they are paid
significantly lower salaries across the board than their counterparts in other
counties.
It is not my intention to paint a picture of doom and gloom
as there are a lot of good benefits to working in Carroll County and I know
that Carroll County Sheriff's deputies take special pride in the quality of
their work. Nor should the current situation be attributed to the current Board
of Commissioners as they inherited this problem; however, they do have an
opportunity to right the ship and I think it is incumbent on them to do so.
Brandon Holland, Westminster, The writer is the president of
Carroll County FOP Lodge 20.
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Welcome to the Sunday church service and Sunday school with Pastor Kevin at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster
Welcome to the Sunday church service and Sunday school with Pastor Kevin at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster 5Feb2017 www.gracelc.org
Saturday, February 04, 2017
Writer and author Joseph F. Steffen Jr., 57, died Fri. Jan. 27, 2017
Writer and author Joseph F. Steffen Jr., 57, died Fri. Jan. 27, 2017
By Jacques Kelly and Luke Broadwater, The Baltimore Sun, Feb.
1, 2017 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-joseph-steffen-20170201-story.html
Joseph F. Steffen Jr., a Republican political operative who
enjoyed describing himself as the "Prince of Darkness," died of
coronary disease Friday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Dundalk
resident was 57.
His daughter Jennifer Steffen, with whom he lived, said her
father suffered two strokes several years ago.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Reisterstown, he was the son
of Joseph F. Steffen Sr., a machinist, and Anne Steffen. He attended Sacred
Heart School and was a 1977 Franklin High School graduate. He then did odd jobs
before he began working as a speechwriter in Republican politics.
"He was noticed for an article he wrote in a
Reisterstown newspaper, and went on to work for [conservative figures] Linda
Chavez and Richard Viguerie," his daughter said. "On the basis of
that initial article, he was noticed by the National Conservative Action
Committee, and at age 23, he became a press secretary for it."
Mr. Steffen was best known for his work in the rough-and-tumble
world of Maryland politics, including more than a decade working for former
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
Writer and author Joseph
F. Steffen Jr., 57, died Fri. Jan. 27, 2017 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/02/writer-and-author-joseph-f-steffen-jr.html
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Thursday, February 02, 2017
Our prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware
Our prayers are with the family of the corrections officer
at the Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware
This is so sad – and senseless. Corrections officers are the
unsung heroes of public safety. It is an extremely dangerous job. Too often they
are underpaid and underappreciated. Corrections officers selflessly serve for
our public safety out of sight and out of mind until something stupid happened.
At this difficult time our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the
corrections officer at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna,
Delaware.
The Washington Post is reporting: Corrections officer dead
after day-long hostage standoff at Delaware prison – By Katie Mettler and Mark
Berman https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/inmates-demanding-education-protesting-trump-take-hostages-at-delaware-prison/?utm_term=.f12b8cb240d9&wpisrc=al_alert-national
“The standoff inside Delaware's largest state prison for men
ended early Thursday after state police stormed the building, finding one
corrections official dead and rescuing another who was being held hostage.
Officials did not immediately elaborate on a cause of death for the corrections
officer.
“The standoff began Wednesday morning when inmates at the
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, about 40 miles south of
Wilmington, took four corrections department workers hostage, prompting a
lockdown of prisons across the state.” Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/inmates-demanding-education-protesting-trump-take-hostages-at-delaware-prison/?utm_term=.f12b8cb240d9&wpisrc=al_alert-national
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