Dayhoff Westminster Soundtrack

Monday, June 24, 2013

Breitbart: Carroll County Maryland Tea Party accused of violence

Democrats in

Maryland accused local Tea Partiers of having “violent tendencies

I went to Commissioner Haven Shoemaker's announcement today at the library, in spite of my concern that there would be violence. I'm just saying... http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/06/22/Tea-Party-Group-Banned-from-Town-Hall-Because-of-Maryland-Democrats-Smear

This is far beyond sad. I have my criticisms of the Tea Party folks and of the local Democrats - but I must say that fear of violence has never been a concern. I have witnessed Liberals trash places where they have held rallies. I have never worried about violence. I have worried about sheer nonsense out of both camps... I have never worried about violence from either the liberals or the conservatives in our community.

The only time I have ever worried about violence came from card-carrying Democrats when I worked for Civil Rights in the south in the early 1970s. I'm just saying...

TEA PARTY GROUP BANNED FROM TOWN HALL BECAUSE OF MARYLAND DEMOCRATS' SMEAR by MATTHEW BOYLE 22 Jun 2013 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/06/22/Tea-Party-Group-Banned-from-Town-Hall-Because-of-Maryland-Democrats-Smear

Democrats in Maryland accused local Tea Partiers of having “violent tendencies,” resulting in them being banned by local law enforcement from attending an upcoming town hall event with their Congressman, Breitbart News has learned.

Local Maryland bloggers at Front Line State broke the story on Saturday morning, noting that “Carroll County Maryland Democrats have reportedly attempted to use the Sheriff’s department to keep members of a local Tea Party activist group from attending a ‘meet and greet’ with their congressional representative, Chris Van Hollen, on Monday June 24 at Caroll County Community College (CCCC).”

Van Hollen is the ranking member of the House Budget Committee

Michelle Jefferson of We The People (WTP), a local Tea Party group in the area, told Front Line State that she had spoken with Major Tom Long of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department when she returned home on Wednesday after the “Audit The IRS” rally in Washington, D.C.

Long told her that Don West, the recording secretary for the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee, had contacted the Community College’s campus security, the State Police, and the county sheriff’s office asking that We The People be banned from attending Van Hollen’s upcoming town hall event. He claimed the Tea Party group engages in what he described as “violent tendencies.”

It was later discovered that West, the Democratic Party official, filed an “interim peace order” against WTP’s Jefferson. Read more http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/06/22/Tea-Party-Group-Banned-from-Town-Hall-Because-of-Maryland-Democrats-Smear

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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Kevin Dayhoff Art: Arts Council opens Civil War exhibit By Blair Ames...

Kevin Dayhoff Art: Arts Council opens Civil War exhibit By Blair Ames...: Arts Council opens Civil War exhibit By Blair Ames, June 17, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph...

Arts Council opens Civil War exhibit By Blair Ames, June 17, 2013

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-civil-war-exhibit-20130613,0,6396085.story

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Art and Civil War enthusiasts will both be drawn to the Carroll County Arts Center over the next two months.

The Carroll County Arts Council recently unveiled its “Images of the Civil War” exhibit in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Westminster, a skirmish commonly known as Corbit's Charge, that took place June 29, 1863, a few days before the Battle of Gettysburg.

The arts council hosted the exhibit's opening celebration June 13 with about 160 people attending.

Susan Williamson, visual arts coordinator of the arts council, said the majority of the pieces displayed come from arts council members who created their pieces within the last nine months.

Other works come from artists in Frederick, Gaithersburg, Cambridge, and as far as New York.

"Everything is new, which is the beauty of this show," Williamson said.

Works include oil paintings, water color, pastels, 3D printing, photography, and jewelry among other styles…. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-civil-war-exhibit-20130613,0,6396085.story

Communion at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster MD

Ted Dix at the piano at Grace Lutheran Church services in Westminster

Pastor Kevin Clementson leads Grace Lutheran Church service in Fellowship Hall

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Carroll Co. Special Olympics Jacket Awards ceremony at Carroll Co. Farm Museum

Friday, June 21, 2013

News Items: Chicago Sun-Times cuts entire photography staff.

Yet Another Blow To American Journalism

June 12, 2013 By Kellia Ramares-Watson

Again the Profit Motive Prefers Cheap Over Craft

News Items: Chicago Sun-Times cuts entire photography staff. While the company, which has been trying to revive its profits, still will hire professional freelance photographers for coverage, it will increasingly rely on reporters to take photos and video to accompany their stories.

Chicago Sun-Times will train reporters on ‘iPhone photography basics’ … a memo from Editor Craig Newman: “In the coming days and weeks, we’ll be working with all editorial employees to train and outfit you as much as possible to produce the content we need.”

There are two major groups of repercussions to the Chicago story: What this means for journalism, especially photojournalism itself, and what this move says about the economy as a whole.

- See more at: http://www.leftistreview.com/2013/06/12/yet-another-blow-to-american-journalism/kelliaramares/?goback=%2Egde_79756_member_250218951#sthash.iHkOhQA4.dpuf ...

http://www.leftistreview.com/2013/06/12/yet-another-blow-to-american-journalism/kelliaramares/?goback=%2Egde_79756_member_250218951

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Stand with Carroll County Commissioner Shoemaker at Noon on June 24, 2013, at the Carroll County Public Library

Stand with Shoemaker at Noon on June 24, 2013, at the Carroll County Public Library

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 3, 2013

Stand with Shoemaker at Noon on June 24, 2013, at the Carroll County Public Library on Main Street in Downtown Westminster

Westminster – County Commissioner Haven Shoemaker request that all residents of Carroll County stand with him on Monday, June 24, 2013, at Noon (12 p.m.) in front of the Carroll County Public Library on Main Street in Westminster where he will make an announcement of great consequence to those interested in the challenges faced by the citizens of Carroll County and the State of Maryland as the 2014 election looms.

For more information, please contact Michael Stewart

Stand with Carroll County Commissioner Shoemaker at Noon on June 24, 2013, at the Carroll County Public Library

Received June 18, 2013

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Don Hutchinson welcomes Red Cross annual volunteer appreciation at Baltimore Zoo

American Red Cross Volunteer Appreciation and Annual Meeting at Baltimore Zoo

After an afternoon at Baltimore Zoo with the American Red Cross it's time to eat

The giraffe at the Baltimore Zoo is having a late afternoon snack

Waterfall music at the Baltimore Zoo

Otter Rocks by Bart Walter 1993 at Baltimore Zoo

At the Baltimore Zoo to see the animals

The Maryland Zoo at Baltimor

Sen. Allan Kittleman Announces Candidacy for Howard County Executive in 2014 - by Sen. Joe Getty

Sen. Allan Kittleman Announces Candidacy for Howard County Executive in 2014

Marylanders for Joe Getty

By Sen. Joe Getty

June 12, 2013

Yesterday, I attended the announcement by Sen. Allan Kittleman that he will not seek re-election to the Maryland Senate in 2014 but instead will seek the position of County Executive for Howard County.

On a beautiful, sunny June afternoon, a large crowd of supporters stood at the lakefront pavilion of Lake Kittamaqundi in Columbia with Allan and his family. It was a bittersweet occasion for me because I regret losing Allan as a colleague in the Senate.

Allan is one of the most creative and innovative legislators in Annapolis. I have enjoyed working with him both as a staff member and as a legislator as he has worked to address Maryland's most challenging issues. His sharp legal mind and excellent skills at planning legislative strategy were a complement to his strong presence in Senate floor debates. He will be sorely missed in the Maryland Senate

It was an honor for Sen. David Brinkley and me to stand at the announcement yesterday and endorse Allan for the next step in his political career. David and I had the great fortune to learn about the intricacies of legislative process from Allan's father, Bob Kittleman. In 1995, as freshman Delegates, we served with Bob on the House Commerce and Government Matters Committee and he quickly became our mentor.

Long-time Oriole fans like to talk about the "Oriole Way" of hard work and stressing the fundamentals of baseball. In the mid-1990s, David and I learned the "Kittleman Way" of legislative process.

Bob taught us to develop our own strong moral compass to guide our decision-making and to never veer off-course from that compass when casting votes, debating or interacting with constituents.

Allan is most certainly his father's child. He has learned over his career as Howard County Councilman and State Senator to follow a tried-and-true moral compass in approaching the complex problems facing state and local government today.

I've seen Allan first-hand deal with difficult issues in the Maryland Senate. First and foremost, he always bases his decisions on what he believes is truly best for his constituents. Moreover, Allan never chose the easier path of political expediency, but instead he always chose the course that he felt was right and honest to the citizens of Howard County and Maryland.

There is no doubt that Allan's style of direct and honest leadership will provide the best direction for Howard County's future.

I am proud to call Allan my friend; I am proud to call Allan my Senate colleague; and soon, I will be especially proud to call him - Howard County Executive.

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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Remarks at Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration by ...

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Remarks at Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration by ...: Remarks at Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Allan H. Kittleman January 16, 2005 Senator Kittleman honors his father, the late S...

Remarks at Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Allan H. Kittleman
January 16, 2005

Senator Kittleman honors his father, the late Senator Robert Kittleman, in his keynote address at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.

Remarks at Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration by Allan H. Kittleman January 16, 2005

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/06/remarks-at-martin-luther-king-jr.html

http://www.kittleman.com/News/News.cfm?ID=277&c=20

MLK Jr Day Celebration Remarks

Sunday, January 16, 2005

I want to thank the Martin Luther King, Jr. Howard County Holiday Commission for inviting me to speak this afternoon.   It is a great honor to be with all of you today to celebrate the life of a great American, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As many of you may know, the Commission was created in 1985 by an Executive Order issued by the County Executive.  This year marks the 20th anniversary of the annual celebration to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

I especially want to commend the Commission for motivating young people.  During the past four years, over $2,700 has been presented to middle and high school students who were selected as winners for participating in the Martin Luther King, Jr. “Living the Dream Essay” contest.

When I was considering this year’s theme – “A Day to Dream – A Lifetime to Act”, I thought of my father, Bob Kittleman.  As many of you may know, my father passed away on September 11, 2004.  After his death, there were many kind words said about my father.  He would have probably been embarrassed by the attention paid to him.  That was just the kind of person he was.

My family moved to Howard County in the mid-1950s. My father was transferred to this area by Westinghouse. They bought a new home in Allview Estates [just off Route 29]. My father was a strong Republican and he quickly sought to get involved in the Howard County Republican Party. He got the names of two Republican activists in Howard County who lived in the 6th election district [his district] and he went to meet them. Their names were Remus and Leola Dorsey. My father often told me that Remus and Leola Dorsey were the first African Americans that he shook hands with in his life. He always loved going to see the Dorseys – he especially loved Mrs. Dorsey’s chocolate chip cookies. Mrs. Dorsey is with us this afternoon.

Mrs. Dorsey can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the conversation went something like this: My father said that he was there to work with the Republican Party and wanted to know if they would help him. Mr. Dorsey responded, yes and we are wondering if you would help us with civil rights issues in Howard County. My father said yes. And a lifetime relationship began.

My father joined the Howard County Branch of the NAACP. He later became the Chairman of the Education Committee. When my parents divorced in the early 1960s, my father got custody of the three children [quite unusual for the time].  He did not stop his work with the NAACP. As you can imagine, at that time in Howard County, it was not the most popular thing for a white person to be an active member of the NAACP.

Although I was fairly young at the time, my father told me that he would receive threats because of his involvement with the NAACP. He told me that he would come home and move my sister’s, my brother’s and my bed away from the windows just in case someone threw something through the window.  There was always a lot of rumors going around the community concerning my father’s activities.  People wondered why so many African Americans were coming to our house.  There were concerns that my father was going to sell our house to an African American. Can you imagine such a terrible thing?  Despite all this, my father did not stop his efforts.

As the Chair of the Education Committee, he focused on the desegregation of the public schools.  He worked very closely with Silas Craft and Elhart Flurry.  Two of the great “triumvirate” – as my father would call Mr. Craft, Mr. Flurry and Morris Woodson.  All three were great civil rights leaders in Howard County.

My father spent many evenings meeting with school officials in an effort to get them to desegregate the public schools.  He wrote letters to, and met with, the superintendent of schools.  The superintendent and the Board of Education continued to hamper all the efforts to push desegregation.

My father loved to tell the story of when he and Mr. Craft [the President of the Howard County Branch of the NAACP] went to meet with Dr. Edward Cochran.  Dr. Cochran had just been appointed to the Howard County Board of Education.  Prior to that time, the Board of Education had voted consistently 3 to 2 to avoid desegregation.  With Dr. Cochran’s appointment, my father and Mr. Craft thought that there was a real opportunity to get a majority of the Board to push to desegregate the schools.

They set up an appointment to meet with Dr. Cochran at his home in January.  There happened to be a large snowfall that day and no one in their right mind would have traveled out on the roads.  I recall Dr. Cochran saying that he did not expect them to be able to keep the appointment.

In the evening, Dr. Cochran heard a knock at the door.  There was Mr. Craft and my father.  They had parked their car at the bottom of Dr. Cochran’s driveway [a fairly long uphill driveway] and walked up to meet with him.  The meeting was historic because Dr. Cochran indeed became the deciding vote to once and for all desegregate the Howard County Public Schools.

When Mr. Craft resigned from the NAACP to accept employment outside Howard County, my father was appointed to replace him.  Later, when he was asked to run for the position, my father responded that he did not think it was right for a white person to be the President of the Howard County Branch of the NAACP.  To this day, he is the only white person to hold that office.

My father also told me stories of when he would go to a restaurant with his friends and being told to leave because the restaurant would not serve African Americans.

He told me that lawsuits would be filed against the restaurant and the owner would be forced to serve African Americans.  My father told about one restaurant owner, who told my father and his friends, “I may have to serve you dinner, but I do not have to be in the restaurant when you eat.”  And the owner would leave until they were finished with their dinner.

After his work in the civil rights movement, my father continued to work for what he believed was right by serving in the State Legislature.  He served 19 years in the House of Delegates [becoming the Minority Leader in 1995.  He served 3 years in the State Senate until his death last September.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once stated:

“Cowardice asks the question – is it safe?

Expediency asks the question – is it politic?

Vanity asks the question – is it popular?

But conscience asks the question – is it right?

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe,nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.”

In a 1963 speech, Dr. King also said:

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

My father stood for what was right during the times of challenge and controversy.  He did not ask if it was safe, politic or popular.  He only asked “is this right?”

I was talking with someone the other day about my father’s life.  She told me that she did not know about my father’s involvement in the civil rights movement.  I told her that many, many people came up to me after reading about my father’s life and said that they also did not know about his work in the 1960s.  I told her that the reason people did not know, was because my father didn’t talk about it.  My father saw his work as being the right thing to do.  He didn’t think that he deserved any recognition for doing the right thing.  He didn’t consider himself a hero.  He considered himself simply a person who wanted to make sure that everyone was treated equally.

My father used his lifetime to make a difference for the good.  The question to us becomes, are we willing to do the same?  As Dr. King said, “Life’s most urgent question is:  What are you doing for others?”

Are we willing to go the route that is not safe, politic or popular?  Are we willing to stand for what is right and just? Are we willing to serve others?
If you think that you are not able to serve – let me close with these words of Dr. King:

“Everybody can be great …. because anybody can serve.  You don’t have to have a college degree to serve.  You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve.  You only need a heart full of grace.  A soul generated by love.”

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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Kay Church, 66 of Manchester, July 6, 1946 - June ...

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Kay Church, 66 of Manchester, July 6, 1946 - June ...: Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: 20060713 Happy Birthday Kay Church : Happy Birthday Kay Church July 13 th , 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff Ca...

Kay Church, 66 of Manchester, July 6, 1946 - June 6, 2013

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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: 20060713 Happy Birthday Kay Church: Happy Birthday Kay Church July 13 th , 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff Carroll County Commissioners Julia Gouge, Dean Minnich, and Perry Jon...

Kay Church, 66 of Manchester, July 6, 1946 - June 6, 2013

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Labels: Carroll Co Commissioners, Carroll Co Govt News, People Carroll Co, People Church Kay, People Obituaries, People Tributes, Tributes

On Thursday June 6, 2013 Florence Kathleen (Kay) Church age 66 of Manchester, Md. passed away at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD.

- See more at: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/06/kay-church-66-of-manchester-july-6-1946.html

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Ineptocracy

June 17, 2013

The 2014 elections will bring many new faces to new seats and offices throughout the state. It is developing as the perfect storm collision of certain office holders being termed-out of office, others have been in office way too long and change is in the wind. Not to be overlooked is much of the voting public has developed recession fatigue and the public remains restless with a non-specific general malaise brought about as a result of the ineptocracy system of government that pervades the land.

For those who are not aware, ineptocracy is “a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.”

A big thanks and a Hat Tip to the former commissioner’s wife…..

Also see: A Special Announcement from Maryland State Senator Allan Kittleman: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-special-announcement-from-maryland.html

And: Harford Co Exe David Craig announces bid for governor’s office http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5816 by Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, June 5, 2013

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/06/harford-co-exe-david-craig-announces_11.html

Photo courtesy of http://www.davidcraig.com/

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/06/harford-co-exe-david-craig-announces.html

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Although the Maryland gubernatorial primary is over a year away, last Monday morning the 2014 contest began to take shape in earnest with Harford County Executive David Craig announcing his candidacy for the Maryland State House.

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

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A First Rate Madness

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Lunch time chaos at The Cheese Shop Merchants Square Williamsburg Virginia

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Westminster Maryland Online: Historical Society of Carroll County hires Fred K. Teeter, Jr. to be new Executive Dir

Westminster Maryland Online: Historical Society of Carroll County hires Fred K....: June 13, 2013 Historical Society of Carroll County press release: The Historical Society of Carroll County (HSCC) has hired ... Fred K. Teeter, Jr. as executive director, effective June 10, 2013. Teeter replaces Timatha S. Pierce who retired May 31, 2013, after serving as chief executive officer for seven years.

Stated HSCC Board Chairman Thomas N. Rasmussen, “We are pleased to welcome Fred to the Historical Society team. His 20-year record of non-profit management success speaks for itself.

Through his family and on his own, Fred enjoys strong local connections. We’re fortunate to have him.” Teeter’s selection follows an intensive, nationwide search conducted by HSCC officers and directors.

Teeter served previously as CEO of Carroll Child Care Centers, Inc., an historic non-profit child day care program based in Westminster, MD. He is former president/CEO of the Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce in Hagerstown, MD; executive director of Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) of Delaware, Inc. in Newcastle, DE; assistant executive director of ABC of Georgia in Atlanta, GA; and assistant director of communications for ABC, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

As a local volunteer, Teeter is former vice chairman and marketing chairman of the Community Foundation of Carroll County. He is also inaugural recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Executive of the Year award in Maryland, a past director of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Maryland Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (MACCE), and vice chairman of the Maryland Society of Association Executives (MSAE). He and his wife, Janice, reside in a fully-restored, 200-year old Federal period house on three acres in the center of Uniontown, MD.

Founded in 1939 and preparing to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2014, the Historical Society of Carroll County is a non-profit 501c3 education foundation that collects, preserves & interprets historical Carroll County artifacts and information.

The Society strives to advance interest, understanding, knowledge and appreciation in and of Carroll County by providing related activities, exhibitions, programs, research and publications.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Migrating to Windows 8 by Kevin E. Dayhoff June 12, 2013 www.TheTentacle.com

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5828

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/06/migrating-to-windows-8-by-kevin-e.html

Labels: Dayhoff Media The Tentacle, Technology, Technology Computers, Technology Microsoft, Technology Microsoft Windows 8

My latest experience with Microsoft has left me with the technological equivalent of post-traumatic stress disorder. In the last six-months I have migrated light years from the Microsoft Windows XP operating system to Windows 8. It was not easy.

I’m told the twitching and the nightmares will stop with the passage of time and copious amounts of coffee. When I finally pulled the plug on my old laptop for the last time, I had this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach as if I had just taken a loved-one off of life support.

That feeling was quickly replaced by the sheer terror of dealing with an improved computer system in which I could no longer easily perform so many of the functions I had executed effortlessly in the previous, now obsolete, system.

The Microsoft Windows operating systems have been a major force in the modern-era of technology and personal computing. The roots of the software system date back to 1981, although the first version, Windows 1.0 was not available for consumer use until late in 1985.

One of the most popular and widely used systems in history has been the Windows XP system, which was introduced in August 2001, and dominated the market until Windows 7 (released in 2009,) overtook it in August 2012. Windows 8 was released in October 2012.

According to multiple media accounts … read more: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5828

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Westminster Maryland Online: MEMA urges Md residents to prepare for potential severe weather Wed & Thurs

Westminster Maryland Online: MEMA urges Maryland residents to prepare for poten...: MEMA urges Maryland residents to prepare for potential severe weather Wednesday and Thursday http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.co...

MEMA urges Maryland residents to prepare for potential
severe weather Wednesday and Thursday http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/06/mema-urges-maryland-residents-to.html

Labels: Public Safety, Public Safety Carroll Co Emerg Resp, Public Safety Emerg Resp safety, Weather, Weather Carroll County, Weather Maryland

REISTERSTOWN, MD June 12, 2013– With forecasters predicting a high risk for severe weather over the next two days, the Maryland Emergency Management Agency is urging residents to be prepared for strong storms that might affect the area. Although much of Maryland has a chance of thundershowers today, the National Weather Service says the greatest risk for severe weather in the state will be on Thursday.

Residents are reminded to:

· Make sure cell phones and other portable devices are fully charged and consider purchasing and charging spare batteries.

· Have a disaster supply kit with bottled water, non-perishable food (with a hand-operated can opener), a first aid kit, portable radio and flashlight with extra batteries, toiletries, special items needed for pets or infants, prescription medicine, a change of clothes and bedding. The kit will be helpful if you have to evacuate quickly or if you are without power.

· Keep some cash available in case ATM machines are not available.

· Have copies of important documents such as home and property insurance policies, driver’s licenses, health insurance cards, etc.

· Know where you would meet other members of your family if your home is not safe.

· Remember that in the immediate aftermath of a serious event, wireless communications systems may be overloaded. Text family members to let them know you are safe so voice calls for emergency agencies can go through.

Follow local weather forecasts in your area for the next two days to learn if there are any warnings in your specific area and take appropriate actions.

The following websites have preparedness information for severe storms and other emergencies:

Maryland Emergency Management Agency: www.mema.maryland.gov.

MEMA also is on Twitter @MDMEMA and you may follow us on Facebook.

Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.ready.gov

American Red Cross: www.redcross.org

Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov

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