Dayhoff: Historical Society Shaken and Stirred event at Covalent well attended.
July 10, 2025 by Kevin Dayhoff
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| The Historical Society of Carroll County “Shaken and Stirred” event at Covalent Spirits Thursday night, July 10, 2025, featured a number of exciting speakers. Submitted photo courtesy the Historical Society of Carroll County. |
The Historical Society of Carroll County “Shaken and Stirred” event at Covalent Spirits Thursday night, July 10, 2025, featured a number of exciting speakers.
Jason Illari, the Historical Society executive director explained in a media release on Thursday, July 10th, 2025 that the “Shaken and Stirred” presentation was focused upon “Summer Fun and Leisure in Carroll County.” Find a copy of his presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/758051010570622
The speakers at the event included former Westminster Common Council President Sam Greenholtz, Bill Hudson, Galen Roop, Ryan Melhorn, and Terry Donofrio Snyder. Everyone enjoyed great snacks by Collision Course and wonderful special themed drinks by Covalent’s spirit artists Jenn and Drew.
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Ryan Melhorn, according to information provided by the Historical Society, is the Supervisor of Secondary Social Studies for Carroll County Public Schools. He shared the history of cycling in Carroll County. Kevin Dayhoff photo.
Hudson is the president of the Former Students and Friends of Robert Moton High School. He shared his memories of African American baseball in Carroll County.
Greenholtz is currently the Executive Director of the Literacy Council of Carroll County and longtime Carroll County resident - born and raised! Find a video of Greenholz’ presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1084633820299232
Roop is a popular Carroll County story teller. He is also a well-known real estate agent with Cummings & Co. We can always count on Galen to be entertaining while he's sharing his memories for History: Shaken & Stirred - Untold Stories of Summer Leisure in Carroll County. Find a video of Roop’s presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1273154360870489
Melhorn, according to information provided by the Historical Society, is the Supervisor of Secondary Social Studies for Carroll County Public Schools. He shared the history of cycling in Carroll County. Find a video of Melhorn’s presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1181375787089733
Snyder is part of a legendary family with deep roots in Carroll County – the Donofrio family. She shared fun stories of growing up in Uniontown. Find a video of Snyder’s presentation on the Historical Society’s Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/HSCCmd/videos/1390579851996542
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Galen Roop is a popular Carroll County story teller. He is also a well-known real estate agent with Cummings & Co. We can always count on Galen to be entertaining while he's sharing his memories for History: Shaken & Stirred - Untold Stories of Summer Leisure in Carroll County. Kevin Dayhoff photo
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Snyder is part of a legendary family with deep roots in Carroll County – the Donofrio family. She shared fun stories of growing up in Uniontown. Kevin Dayhoff photo.
About Covalent: According to a November 22, 2022 media release, “Covalent Spirits, LLC has opened its new distillery, tasting room, and event venue at 118 E. Main St in downtown Westminster, Maryland. In doing so, husband and wife co-founders Drew Cockley and Jennifer Yang have turned their passion for distillation into a business after two years of development perfecting their recipes. The initial line-up of their own distilled spirits includes bourbon whiskey, vodka, gin, and liqueurs…
“Yang and Cockley have unique education and professional backgrounds that lend themselves to sharing the wisdom and science of distillation with their customers: Cockley, as a former math teacher and now principal in Howard County, and Yang as a graduate of both MIT and Johns Hopkins University. Together they can dazzle you with their knowledge of chemistry, distillation, and the history of spirits.
“The distillery and tasting room is located in the newly renovated and historic City Garage building in Westminster, which was built in the 1920’s and is one of the last examples of its style of architecture. Yang and Cockley strived to maintain its architectural uniqueness while also incorporating modern aesthetics. Besides the historic significance of the building, Covalent Spirits continues Westminster’s legacy as the first distillery to open in the city since the Sherwood Distillery Company with its prominent smokestack in the city skyline closed down in the 1950’s.”
According to the Historical Society of Carroll County’s website, “The Historical Society of Carroll County was founded in 1939 to save the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House (1807) from demolition. As the organization grew, the Society expanded its historic campus to include the Kimmey House, Cockey’s, and the Shipley Memorial Gardens. Our historic buildings and gardens create the backdrop for the Society to tell Carroll County’s stories and place them within the larger context of the American experience. Currently, HSCC’s collections number nearly 40,000 items, including county-relevant archival documents, photographs, and three-dimensional objects. In 2023, HSCC’s Board of Trustees and Staff approved an ambitious Strategic Action Plan to reaffirm the organizations’ commitment to community and telling diverse stories of Carroll County’s past.”
Visit Collision Course at 61 East Main Street, Westminster, MD. Owned by husband wife team, Ashley and Tony Gerald, the popular restaurant in the historic downtown district of Westminster is a “southern inspired soul food restaurant”. For more information go to: https://collisioncoursemd.com/
The event was well attended. Westminster Mayor Mona Becker, and Westminster Common Council Members Dan Hoff, Ann Gilbert, and this writer, Kevin Dayhoff were in the audience – as well as Carroll County Commissioner Tom Gordon, and New Windsor Mayor Kevin Cornick.
The next scheduled Shaken and Stirred event will take place at
Covalent Spirits at 188 East Main Street in Westminster on October 9, 2025 at 6
p.m. The topic will be “Untold Ghost Stories of Carroll County.” If you would
like to be the exclusive sponsor (a $300 cost) for any of the History: Shaken
& Stirred events, please contact Laura Bankard, Outreach & Events
Director, at410.848.6494 ext. 200 or lbankard@hsccmd.org.
For more information visit: http://www.HSCCmd.org/
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