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Sunday, May 08, 2016

Sun. May 8, 2016 Services at Grace Lutheran Church, www.gracelc.org Westminster MD

Sun. May 8, 2016 Services at Grace Lutheran Church, www.gracelc.org Westminster MD. This was the last service for our seminarian, Erika Tobin. Now she is off to go to AK. Alaska's gain is our loss. We will miss Seminarian Erika Tobin. Godspeed.

Sun. May 8, 2016 Services at Grace Lutheran Church, www.gracelc.org Westminster MD

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-revolutionary-idea-in-coffee-at.html

Photo of Dave and Erin Baldwin courtesy of Furnace Hills Coffee Co. video on YouTube.

I recently got a call from a reader that was looking for an article I wrote in October 2013 about the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland …

Sadly - increasingly - - my articles are harder to find on the Sun’s website. And I am getting more requests from folks looking for my articles. I guess things keep “improving” in the newspaper business and some things are simply out of the writers’ command and control…

It has been said that the famous British writer Virginia Woolf, 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941, once wrote, “It’s the writing, not the being read, that excites me.”

Well, I am not sure who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf, or how Edward Albee feels about writing, but I like being read.

I understand what Ms. Woolf said, but I do not know Martha and George, and I am not going to drag Nick and Honey into this discussion, but I like storytelling. Although, I do subscribe to what has been attributed to Tennessee Williams, “When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”

And speaking of Tennessee Williams, writing for the newspaper these days reminds of his dialogue in “The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore,” (1963,) “Christopher: We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

By Kevin E. Dayhoff October 6, 2013 Furnace Hills Coffee Company - Specialty Coffee by Special People - The long version….

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In case you missed it, last Sunday, Sept. 29, was “national coffee day.” Who knew? Many cups of coffee and much more research will be needed in order to percolate the history and tradition of this holiday. Then again, maybe not.

According to an article in Time magazine on Sept. 27, by Brad Tuttle, “Sure, it’s a totally made-up holiday based on almost no real tradition or significance other than being a day for folks in the industry to promote coffee…”

Nevertheless, National Public Radio, (NPR) noted in an April 24, 2013 article, “How Coffee influenced the course of history,” Coffee is a powerful beverage. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. On a much broader level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.

“Coffee plants grow wild in Ethiopia and were probably used by nomadic tribes for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the 1400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds… By the 1500s, he says, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world. Within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm.”

Up until the middle of the 1600s, coffee was primarily used for medicinal purposes, healing everything from scurvy to gout to smallpox. Commonly accepted folklore indicates that perhaps the first coffeehouse in history started in an academic environment in Oxford England in 1650.

National Geographic reports in a January 19, 2012 article, “How coffee changed America,” that in 1670, “Dorothy Jones of Boston was granted a license to sell coffee, and so became the first American coffee trader,” and that by “1688, coffee replaced beer as New York’s favorite breakfast drink.”

NPR observes, “It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists raided British tea ships and threw crates of tea into the harbor, Americans universally switched over to drinking coffee.” After 1773, it was considered unpatriotic to drink tea.

NPR notes historian Mark Pendergrast’s research, “One of the ironies about coffee is it makes people think. It sort of creates egalitarian places — coffeehouses where people can come together — and so the French Revolution and the American Revolution were planned in coffeehouses…”

Locally there is a frequent mention of coffee in many historical accounts of Carroll County; especially in discussions of social settings and dinners; however there are hardly any references to coffeehouses.

In colonial times, Westminster was located one day's journey from Baltimore on what is frequently speculated to have originally been a Native-American trail west. There were at one time seven large hotels and many restaurants in town which catered to westward bound travelers.

Dry goods and provisioning stores, restaurants and the hospitality industry has always a key role in shaping Westminster’s history. Research a number of years ago by historian Jay Graybeal refers to a September 1971 article by former Historical Society of Carroll County curator Miss Lillian Shipley, who wrote, “Around the turn of the century Westminster had seven churches, seven hotels and eighteen saloons…”

In the 1960s and 70s there was a popular coffeehouse, "B's Coffee Shoppe," where O'Lordan's Irish Pub is now located in the "old stone building" on Liberty Street.

A number of popular coffee shops have started in Carroll County in recent years. A recent trip to the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. at 71 West Main St., in Westminster reveals an egalitarian use for coffee that is revolutionary.

At Furnace Hills, the aroma of coffee wafted into the street Saturday afternoon, the day before the national coffee holiday. There, Regina Harshman was juggling business phone calls, roasting coffee beans, and doing various housekeeping chores among huge sacks of coffee beans at the one room coffee shop next to Harry’s Main Street Grille.

“I’m an employee…,” said Harshman smiling, without looking up from the coffee roaster and a container of mixed coffee beans that she was studying intensely.

After gesturing to the huge bags of coffee, Harshman volunteered, “I actually drive to the port occasionally to pick up these 60 kilo bags of coffee… 132 pounds, they’re heavy… (The) business (was) started by Erin’s Dad, Dave Baldwin… He’s the pastor at LifePoint Church.

“He has a fulltime job. This is actually Erin’s business. They started the business at home for something for Erin to do… in order for her to be productive.” Watch Dave and Erin explain the business on YouTube

Asked who “Erin is,” Harshman gestured to a brochure, “there’s more information on the website, “Furnace Hills is special coffee roasted by special people. The Chief Coffee Roaster, Erin Baldwin, has Down Syndrome. We started in 2010. We’re a gourmet specialty coffee business … Our vision is to employ developmentally disabled people in competitive jobs while providing high quality product that keep customers coming back.

According to information found on the website. “Our first employee, Erin Baldwin, has Down Syndrome. Although she is challenged in how she lives her life in a number of areas, she loves to roast coffee and is doing a great job as well… Our goal is to hire more developmentally disabled people as our roasting company grows.”

“We’re on Main St, in part because Erin’s Dad feels passionately about turning around downtown – Main St. Westminster. In spite of a big increase in business, we want to stay true to our mission… Erin loves her job…,” said Harshman as she answered the phone to keep track of one of the several events in which Furnace Hills was providing the coffee.

“We were a little kitchen roaster that has turned into a name in the (coffee) industry. I mean, we are in the Whole Foods Market – the grocery chain market. We have a national customer base.”

One frequent customer, Abby Gruber, the Westminster Director of Recreation and Parks, says she loves Furnace Hills coffee. “The shop is right there near the city offices. The smell just calls you. I always enjoy the company and the coffee there…”

“I love the mission. I love working here,” said Harshman Saturday. “It is great coffee and I love telling the story.

When he is not in one of the local Westminster coffee houses, Kevin E. Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff (at) gmail.com

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Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

http://mda.maryland.gov/malpf/Pages/Board-of-Trustees.aspx

Retrieved May 3, 2016

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation

Program Administrators

The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation is administered by a thirteen-member Board of Trustees which includes the State's Comptroller, Treasurer, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of Planning, all of whom serve as "ex officio" members. The other nine members of the Board serve "at-large" and represent various regions of the State.

All members are appointed by the Governor and serve a term of four years. At least five of the at-large members are farmer representatives; the Board has representation from the Maryland Agricultural Commission, the Maryland Farm Bureau, the Maryland State Grange, the Maryland Young Farmers' Advisory Board, and the State's forestry industry.

Responsibilities of the Foundation's Board of Trustees include

Disseminating information to farmland owners and other Maryland citizens;

Providing assistance and coordination to the twenty-three Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Boards;

Promulgating program rules, regulations, and procedures;

Reviewing and approving easement applications; and

Acquiring by purchase or donation, agricultural land preservation easements on productive agricultural land.

Members of the Board Trustees

Bernard L. Jones, Sr.

Acting-Chair, Board of Trustees

At-large Representative

Carroll County resident

Appointed: 2010

Michael Calkins

Young Farmers' Advisory Board Representative

Howard County resident

Appointed: 2014

Craig Highfield

At-large Representative

Anne Arundel County resident

Appointed: 2013

Patricia A. Langenfelder

At-large Representative

Kent County resident

Appointed: 2013

Donald T. Moore

Maryland Grange Representative

Cecil County resident

Appointed: 2009

James B. “Bubby” Norris, Jr.

At-large Representative

St. Mary’s County resident

Appointed: 2009

Jonathan Quinn

At-large Representative

Cecil County resident

Appointed: 2008

Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.

Agriculture Commission Representative

Howard County resident

Appointed: 2011

Honorable Peter Franchot

State Comptroller

Ex Officio Member

Represented by Jerome Klasmeier

Honorable David R. Craig

Secretary of Planning

Ex Officio Member

Represented by Daniel Rosen

Honorable Nancy K. Kopp

State Treasurer

Ex Officio Member

Represented by Susanne Brogan

Honorable Joe Bartenfelder

Secretary of Agriculture

Ex Officio Member

Represented by James P. Eichhorst

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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf

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Monday, May 02, 2016

Carroll Co. Library celebrates the 65th anniversary of the opening of Davis Library

Carroll Co. Library celebrates the 65^th anniversary of the opening of Davis Library http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/05/carroll-co-library-celebrates-65th.html

For more information on the Davis Library click here: Westminster File Davis Library

Westminster Md. May 1, 2016 Sunday - Sharon Yingling on the left – a member of the Friends of Carroll County Public Library board, Davis Library board member Caroline Babylon in the middle, and Carroll County Public Library board member Joyce Davis Muller on the right, cut a cake at the Westminster branch of the library to help celebrate the 65^th anniversary of the opening of the Davis Library, a predecessor of what we know today as the Carroll County Public Library. Photo by Del. Susan Krebs.

Look for a similar photograph by Carroll County Public Library’s communications specialist Jennifer Boatman on an excellent article about this event by Carroll County Times writer, Michel Elben in the Monday, May 2^nd, edition of the Carroll County Times. Find her article here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/communities/westminster/ph-cc-davis-library-anniversary-20160501-story.html

Caroline, and I joined many friends, colleagues, and community leaders, and the fantastic staff of the Carroll Co. Public Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis’ contributions to our community.

Jennifer Boatman also produced an excellent video in which local folks shared their memories of the Davis Library. The video debuted at the Davis Day ceremonies today, just after lunch as approximately 45 folks braved a spring shower and chilly temperatures to attend the historic downtown Westminster event; one of many recently developed by the Carroll County Public Library.

Many could not agree more with what Del. Susan Krebs said on her Facebook page, “Celebrated Davis Day at the Westminster library, honoring Walter H. Davis who started the first public library in Carroll County in 1951. What a legacy he left to Carroll Countians!”

Thank you Del. Susan Krebs, Mark Krebs, and Commissioners Dennis Frazier, and Stephen Wantz, and Kathy Zepp Wantz, Paul Zimmermann, for always taking the time, often away from your families, in spite of extremely busy schedules; to show - up at our community events.

A big thank you goes out to the staff and board of the Carroll County Public Library for all your hard work on developing so many arts and cultural community and social events for Carroll County; including folks such as Kati Hoffman, Jennifer Boatman, Lisa Picker, Tony Eckard, and Lynn Wheeler.

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Carroll Co. Library celebrates the 65th anniversary of the opening of Davis Library

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For more information on the Davis Library click here: Westminster File Davis Library

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Sunday, May 01, 2016

Last night, Sat. April 30, 2016, Caroline and I really enjoyed the Historical Society of Carroll County Gala

Last night, Sat. April 30, 2016, Caroline and I really enjoyed the Historical Society of Carroll County Gala.

We joined Bernie Jones and his wife, and Charles and Virginia Harrison at our table. We danced the night away at one of the better benefit events we have attended in recent memory. We tip our cowboy hats to Historical Society for a wonderful evening and to Becky and Nick Herrick for being excellent hosts.

Last night, Sat. April 30, 2016, Caroline and I really enjoyed the Historical Society of Carroll County Gala

Last night, Sat. April 30, 2016, Caroline and I really enjoyed the Historical Society of Carroll County Gala.

Last night, Sat. April 30, 2016, Caroline and I really enjoyed the Historical Society of Carroll County Gala

Last night, Sat. April 30, 2016, Caroline and I really enjoyed the Historical Society of Carroll County Gala.

We joined many at the Westminster Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis’ contributions to our community May 1, 2016

May 1, 2016 Sunday - We joined many at the Westminster Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis' contributions to our community May 1, 2016
Thank you Del. Susan Krebs, Mark Krebs, and Commissioners Dennis Frazier, and Stephen Wantz, and Kathy Zepp Wantz, Paul Zimmermann, for always taking the time, often away from your families, in spite of extremely busy schedules; to show - up at our community events.
Caroline, Grammy, Marian, and I joined many friends, colleagues, and community leaders, and the fantastic staff of the Carroll Co. Public Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis' contributions to our community.
Could not agree more with what Del. Susan Krebs said on her Facebook page, "Celebrated Davis Day at the Westminster library, honoring Walter H. Davis who started the first public library in Carroll County in 1951. What a legacy he left to Carroll Countians!"
A big thank you goes out to the staff and board of the Carroll County Public Library for all your hard work on developing so many arts and cultural community and social events for Carroll County; including folks such as Kati Hoffman, Jennifer Boatman, Lisa Picker, and Lynn Wheeler.

We joined many at the Westminster Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis’ contributions to our community May 1, 2016

Caroline, Grammy, Marian, and I joined many friends, colleagues, and community leaders, and the fantastic staff of the Carroll Co. Public Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis' contributions to our community.

Could not agree more with what Del. Susan Krebs said on her Facebook page, "Celebrated Davis Day at the Westminster library, honoring Walter H. Davis who started the first public library in Carroll County in 1951. What a legacy he left to Carroll Countians!"

Carroll Co Public Library, Westminster File Davis Library

At the Westminster Library for a celebration of Davis’ contributions to our community

May 1, 2016 Sunday - Caroline, Grammy, Marian, and I joined many friends, colleagues, and community leaders, and the fantastic staff of the Carroll Co. Public Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis' contributions to our community.
Could not agree more with what Del. Susan Krebs said on her Facebook page, "Celebrated Davis Day at the Westminster library, honoring Walter H. Davis who started the first public library in Carroll County in 1951. What a legacy he left to Carroll Countians!"
Thank you Del. Susan Krebs, Mark Krebs, and Commissioners Dennis Frazier, and Stephen Wantz, and Kathy Zepp Wantz, Paul Zimmermann, for always taking the time, often away from your families, in spite of extremely busy schedules; to show - up at our community events.
A big thank you goes out to the staff and board of the Carroll County Public Library for all your hard work on developing so many arts and cultural community and social events for Carroll County; including folks such as Kati Hoffman, Jennifer Boatman, Lisa Picker, and Lynn Wheeler.
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We joined many at the Westminster Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis' contributions to our community May 1, 2016

At the Westminster Library for a celebration of Davis’ contributions to our community

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We joined many at the Westminster Library for a celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Davis' contributions to our community May 1, 2016 Carroll Co Public Library, Westminster File Davis Library

Saturday, April 30, 2016

April 30, 2016 at the Buckwild Truck and Tractor Classic to benefit the Carroll Co Ag Center.

April 18, 1999 Baltimore Sun: Westminster Main Street Mile

April 18, 1999 Baltimore Sun: Westminster Main Street Mile http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/1999/04/april-18-1999-baltimore-sun-westminster.html

Labels: #running, Sports Running Westminster, Sports Running Wster Rd Runners, Westminster Annual Main St Mile

“18^th annual Main Street Mile draws field of nearly 300 to downtown Westminster.”

Nearly 300 people, ages 4 to 75, ran down Main Street for the 18th annual Main Street Mile Wednesday night.

Medals and ice cream sundaes piled high with toppings were plentiful. So were red faces, shouts of cheer and calls of ''Your time ... what was your time?"

"When I came down to the finish line, it felt like my feet were burning," said 9-year-old Laura Getty, daughter of Del. Joseph M. Getty. Like many, the Gettys made the mile run a family affair. Madison, 4, the youngest of the participants, crossed the finish line last with her father in a time of 13:23:04. Her sister, Emma, and brothers, Justis, and Nathan Getty, also participated.

Andrew Glaser, a first-grader at Linton Springs Elementary School, took a slow, chat-while you-jog pace. His mother, Laura Fondi, jogged barefoot on the sidewalk beside him.

"These are the only shoes I had," she said, adding that there was little time between work and the Main Street Mile. Her other son, Michael, a fourth-grader at the same school, raced ahead and promised to meet at the finish line.

Main Street Mile is sponsored by the Westminster Road Runners Club. It attracts runners from all over the state because the downhill slope offers an opportunity for record times. "The run went really well. More people pre-registered, we moved registration to the new fire hall, and everything ran smoothly," said Linda Galinaitis, treasurer and a member of the board of directors for WRRC.

Top results of this year's Main Street Mile include:

Men's top three and Masters winners:

• First: Jesse 0’ Connell, 4:01:00 (second last year); First Master (over 40 years old), Dennis Coleman, 4:25:04; second, Michael Sterling, 4:25:07; third Joey Sottile, 4:26:01.

• 11-12 years old, Stephen Coleman, 5:51:02;

13-15, Danny Shugars, 5:01:05;

16-19, Tristan Gilbert, 4:33:08;

20-29, Brian Smith, 4:32:04;

30-39, Jim Keesling, 4:31:00;

40-49, Paul Denz, 4:53:09; 50-59, Eric Gyaki, 4:55:02;

60-69, Jim Beahm, 5:39:09;

70-plus, Bill Osborne, 6:44:06.

Women’s top three and Masters winners:

• First, Christine Curley, 5:17:04; second, Colleen Lawson, 5:25:01; third, Tara Callegary, 5:34:06; first Masters, Kim Keller, 6:39:03.

• 11-12 years old, Jamie Wright, 5:59:08;

13-15, Anna Novak, 5:38:07;

16-19, Sarah FoorHogue, 5:51:08; 2

0-29, Kourtnay Purcaro, 6:08:04 30-39,

Beverly Black, 5:53:01;

40-49, Ann Linz, 7:19:04;

50-59, Dee Nelson, 6:43:05;

60-69, Rose Ann Sauter, 12:05:07.

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Friday, April 29, 2016

This Day in History - Siege of Kut Al Amara, 29 April 1916

According to James Morris, a British historian, the loss of Kut was "the most abject capitulation in Britain’s military history."

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“….The Gallipoli campaign ended on January 8 1916 with a re-embarkation of Dunkirk proportions. By then, Kut, a collection of flyblown hovels, with Townshend and his men inside, had been surrounded for more than a month: included in the 13,500 penned inside were some 3,500 Indian non-combatants and 2,000 sick and wounded. There were also 6,000 Arabs to be fed.

They held out in freezing cold and then torrential rain against infantry assault, sniper fire, shelling, and bombing, until a relief force could get near enough for the defenders to risk breaking out. It never happened. Three attempts were made to relieve Kut. Each failed, at a total cost of 23,000 casualties. Food began to run out, and many of the Indian troops could or would not eat what meat there was. The defenders' draught animals, the oxen, were the first to go, followed by their horses, camels, and finally, starlings, cats, dogs and even hedgehogs.

Kut was the first siege in which aircraft dropped supplies: these ranged from money to millstones to keep the garrison's flour mill going (and thus the Indians' supply of chapatis). But the Turks and their German officers were able to send up more and better aircraft, and too few friendly planes could get through to avert starvation. Repeated attempts to supply Kut by river were also repulsed. Desperate to keep his men alive, Townshend suggested - and the government endorsed - a ransom of £2m (about £67m today) for the defenders to go free. The Turks, elated by Gallipoli and able to switch troops from there to Kut, refused.

Finally, on April 29, when vegetarian Indians were down to seven ounces of grain a day, Kut capitulated…” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/20/iraq.features11

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