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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Carroll County Times News Local 2016 Citizens Police Academy Coverage

Carroll County Times News Local 2016 Citizens Police Academy Coverage http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/05/carroll-county-times-news-local-2016.html

Awesome series and great work by Heather Mongilio.

Hopefully, someone will keep this series mind when the next cycle of Maryland ‑ Delaware ‑ D.C. Press Association awards are being determined ... Just saying




Reporter Heather Mongilio will be attending each class of the Citizens Police Academy to write a first-person series about her experiences as a participant. After each class, she'll write an article about what the 15-student class learned, with input from other students, teachers and herself.


  • Citizens Police Academy Week 5: Facts, details paramount to officers' testimony
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 5: Facts, details paramount to officers' testimony

  • In the past few months covering crime I have found myself sitting in courtrooms often. But for the first time, on Thursday I found myself sitting on the witness stand to testify. This wasn't a real court case. In fact, the defendant, Eric Messerschmidt, was being played by Dave Bollinger, one of...
  • Citizens Police Academy: Week 5
VIDEO
Citizens Police Academy: Week 5

  • In Week 5 of the Citizens Police Academy, Carroll County Times reporter Heather Mongilio and her classmates learn about testifying in court from an officer's standpoint. (Dave Munch and Ulysses Munoz / BSMG)
  • Academy participants get their facts straight in court simulation
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Academy participants get their facts straight in court simulation

  • In Week 5 of the Citizens Police Academy, participants learned about testifying in court from an officer's standpoint, and it presents a whole different kind of pressure.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 4: Dogs, drugs and 'the unknown' of traffic stops
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 4: Dogs, drugs and 'the unknown' of traffic stops

  • For the second time in about a month, I was staring at gun that was being pointed at me. Time stopped, and I froze. The whole thing happened because of a "simple" traffic stop. I wasn't in any danger. The gun wasn't real, and the person pointing it at me was a police academy recruit. It was another...
  • Citizens Police Academy training program
VIDEOS
Citizens Police Academy training program

  • Amy Baker and Kalena Bartosvak work through a traffic stop scenario during the Citizens Police Academy training program Thursday at the Public Safety Training Center in Westminster.
  • Academy steers toward traffic stops, drug dogs
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Academy steers toward traffic stops, drug dogs

  • The scenario, held as part of the Citizens Police Academy run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office, focused on traffic stops.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 3: It's not like TV: A look at crime scenes and investigations
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 3: It's not like TV: A look at crime scenes and investigations

  • Not all police work involves split-second decision-making when it comes to use of force. Some of it involves taking the time to investigate the minute details of a crime scene and collect evidence. Which is why the 14 other members of the class and I, while standing in a classroom at the Public...
  • Citizens Police Academy - Week 3
VIDEO
Citizens Police Academy - Week 3

  • Carroll County Times reporter Heather Mongilio speaks with a member of the forensic services unit, Jessica Bullock, about week three of the Citizens Police Academy. (Dave Munch and Ulysses Munoz / BSMG)
  • Academy participants delve into fake crime scene
PHOTO GALLERIES
Academy participants delve into fake crime scene

  • The third exercise in the Citizens Police Academy, which is run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and State's Attorney's Office, focused on taking the time to investigate the minute details of a crime scene and collect evidence.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 2: To shoot or not to shoot: a look at use of force by officers
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 2: To shoot or not to shoot: a look at use of force by officers

  • Part 2 in a series: Reporter Heather Mongilio will be attending each class of the Citizens Police Academy to write a first-person series about her experiences as a participant. After each class, she'll write an article about what the 15-student class learned, with input from other students, teachers...








  • Citizens Police Academy participants learn about use of force






PHOTO GALLERIES
Citizens Police Academy participants learn about use of force

  • Over the course of several weeks, we are given a unique chance to see what it's like to be a deputy, from the gear they wear to conducting search warrants to testifying in court. This week was use of force.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 1: Tactical van, hostage situation






LOCAL
Citizens Police Academy Week 1: Tactical van, hostage situation

  • More than a dozen people crammed inside a large tactical van owned by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office on Thursday night at the Public Safety Training Facility in Westminster. Of the people inside, though, only one was a deputy with the Sheriff's Office — the rest were civilians. This was the...
  • Sheriff's Office shows tactical gear, armored vehicle







PHOTO GALLERIES
Sheriff's Office shows tactical gear, armored vehicle

  • More than a dozen people crammed inside a large tactical van owned by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office on Thursday night at the Public Safety Training Facility in Westminster.
  • Sheriff's Office, State's Attorney's Office start Citizens' Police Academy






LOCAL
Sheriff's Office, State's Attorney's Office start Citizens' Police Academy

  • The Carroll County's Sheriff's Office and the State's Attorney's Office have partnered to create the county's first Citizens' Police Academy. The program will begin in April and last approximately eight weeks, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office. The Citizens' Police Academy is...
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

The Jug Bridge demijohn once stood at entrance to the 1808 stone bridge that spanned the Monocacy River east of Frederick until 1942.

The Jug Bridge demijohn once stood at entrance to the 1808 stone bridge that spanned the Monocacy River east of Frederick until 1942.

Sun May 15, 2016 - The Jug Bridge demijohn that once stood at the entrance to the 5-arch 1808 stone bridge that spanned the Monocacy River just east of Frederick until shortly after its partial collapse in 1942. The original 1805 'Baltimore and Frederick – Town section of the first leg of the National Road has long since been replaced by Rte 40 and later I-70. 

The Jug Bridge demijohn once stood at the entrance to the 5-arch 1808 stone bridge that spanned the Monocacy River just east of Frederick until shortly after its partial collapse in 1942. The original 1805 'Baltimore and Frederick – Town section of the first leg of the National Road has long since been replaced by Rte 40 and later I-70. 

The Jug Bridge demijohn once stood at the entrance to the 1808 stone bridge that spanned the Monocacy River east of Frederick until 1942.

Sun May 15, 2016 – The Jug Bridge demijohn that once stood at the entrance to the 5-arch 1808 stone bridge that spanned the Monocacy River just east of Frederick until shortly after its partial collapse in 1942. The original 1805 'Baltimore and Frederick – Town section of the first leg of the National Road has long since been replaced by Rte 40 and later I-70. 

The Jug Bridge monument was relocated in 1965 to its present location on Bowman Farm Road, at the intersection of I-70 and West Patrick Street not far from the Frederick Airport, Fairgrounds and the public safety campus.

Friday, May 13, 2016 Caroline and I ventured to Taneytown and ate at Tony’s Café and Pizzeria

Friday, May 13, 2016 Caroline and I ventured to Taneytown and ate at Tony's Café and Pizzeria

Caroline, Grammy, and I had dinner at Harry’s Main Street Grille in historic downtown Westminster.

Sat., May 14, 2016 Caroline, Grammy, and I had dinner at Harry's Main Street Grille in historic downtown Westminster. It was great to see Harry Sirinakis and our dinner was great. 

Welcome to a celebration of Pentecost services at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster www.gracelc.org Sun May 15, 2016

Welcome to a celebration of Pentecost services at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster www.gracelc.org Sun May 15, 2016

Mr. R. Delaine Hobbs, Jr., 81, a member of the Mount Airy Town Council for 36 years passed away Thursday May 12, 2016


Mr. R. Delaine Hobbs, Jr., 81, a member of the Mount Airy Town Council for 36 years passed away Thursday May 12, 2016 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/05/mr-r-delaine-hobbs-jr-81-member-of.html

Mount Airy Council President Hobbs was a faithful and selfless public servant who served his community, the Mount Airy Vol. Fire Dept., Carroll Hospital, Carroll Community College, the greater Carroll County community and the state of Maryland with enormous honor and distinction. His passing is a great loss. The mantle is now passed to us to try and build upon his accomplishments and continue his legacy. President Hobbs, your watch is over we will try to take it from here, you duty is done here. God has your place in heaven. Our heart and prayers go out to his family, colleagues, and friends. God Bless and rest in peace. Kevin E. Dayhoff, Westminster mayor, 2001-2005 Chaplain Westminster Fire Dept., and Caroline Babylon

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Mr. R. Delaine Hobbs, Jr., 81, of Mount Airy, Md., passed away Thursday May 12, 2016 surrounded by his family, at Frederick Memorial Hospital.

He was a well-known community leader, business owner and devoted family man. He lived to serve the greater good of others.

Born October 24, 1934 in Frederick, Md. He was a son of the late Reginald Delaine Sr., and Helen Gertrude Houff Hobbs.

Delaine attended the University of Maryland as a Business Major. He was First Chair Trombonist in the University of Maryland Marching Band. He also attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music with a full scholarship; and the New York Institute of Photography.

He owned and operated several Mount Airy businesses - People's Lumber & Supply Company, Inc., Shops of Yesteryear, Inc. and Delaine Hobbs Photography Studio.

He bred champion English Springer Spaniels, he played in the Browningsville Band, as well as having his own band called the "Blue Notes"

Delaine was a member of the Mount Airy Town Council for 36 years from 1966 - 2002, serving as Secretary from 1966-1988, and President 1988-2002. His nine consecutive four year terms made him the third longest elected official to hold office in a municipality in Maryland history.

A member of the Carroll Community College Board of Trustees for 22 years from 1993 - 2015. He was appointed to the board by four consecutive Maryland Governors. He received an honorary doctorate degree, and in 2015 the Carroll County Commissioners honored him for his years of service on the board.

Delaine was President of the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Department for an unprecedented 17 years.

A long-time member of the Mount Airy Rotary Club where he was awarded the Paul E. Harris Fellow Award by his peers.

A lifetime member of the Carroll County Hospital Board.

He was an inaugural inductee into Maryland's Municipal Hall of Fame; and in 2000 he was inducted into the Mount Airy Hall of Fame.

In June 2013 he was honored by the Mayor and Mount Airy Town Council commemorating his years of dedicated service to the town. A portrait and plaque were unveiled at the Town Hall where they will be permanently displayed.

Delaine was a longtime member of Calvary United Methodist Church in Mount Airy and a current member of New Market United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife Mary Ann Hobbs; two children: Scott Delaine Hobbs and his wife Evelyn; and Heather Ann Hobbs Michael and her husband Patrick, and three grandchildren: Cameron Michael, Megan Hobbs and Logan Michael. He was preceded in death by his daughter Kristen Lynn Hobbs.

In honor of R. Delaine Hobbs' 36 years of service on the Mount Airy Town Council, Mayor Patrick Rockinberg has ordered that all flags flown on Mount Airy town property be lowered to half- staff beginning at sunrise on Friday, May 13, 2016 until his interment.

Friends may call 3-5 & 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 16, at Molesworth-Williams Funeral Home. 26401 Ridge Road, Damascus, Maryland.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 17 at New Market United Methodist Church, 5501 Old New Market Road, New Market, Maryland 21774. Reverend Scott Clawson, will officiate. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial contributions in Mr. Hobbs' name to New Market United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, and mailed to Post Office Box 111, New Market, Maryland 21774 –

Molesworth-Williams P.A. Funeral Home
26401 Ridge Road
Damascus, MD 20872

(301) 253-2138
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Sat., May 14, 2016 - Irises - of all the perennial flowers of the spring, irises are one of my favorites.

Sat., May 14, 2016 - Irises - of all the perennial flowers of the spring, irises are one of my favorites. I found this one in the planting area that Lyndi  McNulty helps oversee at the parking lot near Harry's Main Street Grille. Irises are one of a number of perennials that I grew when I farmed for a living. It remains one of my favorites in spite of the fact that irises can be a pain to grow in large numbers in a container operation. The flowers are spectacular.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Germania: The Battle Against Rome - Documentary





Arminius - born as the son of a Cheruscan, abducted as a pawn of the Romans, and raised as a soldier, he returns to subdued Germania under Emperor Augustus. He makes himself the leader of the revolt against Rome, resulting in the destruction of the legions of Varus in the year 9 AD.

Battle in the Teutoburg Forrest... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbZVrWUlJ0A

"Be a Roman - learn Latin... Be an educated Roman - learn Greek."
"The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (German: Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht), described as clades Variana (the Varian disaster) by Roman historians..."

"... one of the pivotal events in European history took place here: in A.D. 9, three crack legions of Rome’s army were caught in an ambush and annihilated..."
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"It was a defeat so catastrophic that it threatened the survival of Rome itself and halted the empire’s conquest of Germany. 'This was a battle that changed the course of history,' says Peter S. Wells, a specialist in Iron Age European archaeology at the University of Minnesota and the author of The Battle That Stopped Rome. 

"'It was one of the most devastating defeats ever suffered by the Roman Army, and its consequences were the most far-reaching. The battle led to the creation of a militarized frontier in the middle of Europe that endured for 400 years, and it created a boundary between Germanic and Latin cultures that lasted 2,000 years.' 

Had Rome not been defeated, says historian Herbert W. Benario, emeritus professor of classics at Emory University, a very different Europe would have emerged. “Almost all of modern Germany as well as much of the present-day Czech Republic would have come under Roman rule. All Europe west of the Elbe might well have remained Roman Catholic; Germans would be speaking a Romance language; the Thirty Years’ War might never have occurred, and the long, bitter conflict between the French and the Germans might never have taken place.”
Battle in the Teutoburg Forrest...





"The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (German: Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht), described as clades Variana (the Varian disaster) by Roman historians..."

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Warning Not to Use E15 Gas in Your Car: FOX Business





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As tax revenue from gasoline sales go down due to more fuel-efficient cars on the road, lawmakers in Oregon and Virginia want to implement a per-mile tax on all cars to make up for lost gas tax revenue. Is this proposal fair?

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An important gas warning from the AAA affects anyone with a car older than 2012. E15, a higher blend of ethanol and gasoline, is EPA approved and is now being sold in a handful of states. Auto expert and car spokesperson Lauren Fix, The Car Coach, appears on FOX to explain why E15 can actually damage your car, cost thousands of dollars, and void your car's warranty.
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Monday, May 09, 2016

Don Surber: Azealia Banks is needed more than John Sununu

Don Surber: Azealia Banks is needed more than John Sununu: I woke up this morning looking up Azealia Banks on Google. She is a 24-year-old rapper from Harlem who endorsed Trump.

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Azealia Banks matters. Sununu doesn't. Banks brings people the party. Banks said, "Hillary talks to black people as if we're children or pets. i can't stand herrrrrrr."

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Read more: http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2016/05/azealia-banks-is-more-needed-than-john.html 

Thx Don...
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Sunday, May 08, 2016

My friend Westminster Councilwoman Suzanne Albert celebrated Mother’s Day by working in the yard.

My friend Westminster Councilwoman Suzanne Albert celebrated Mother's Day by working in the yard with her daughters. Sunday, May 8, 2016

I really enjoyed visiting the Hampstead Vol. Fire Dept. yesterday, Sat. eve. May 7, 2016.

I really enjoyed visiting the Hampstead Vol. Fire Dept. yesterday, Sat. eve. May 7, 2016. Lots of nice folks. I always enjoy working with them.

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.

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

Read More: A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff 9:02 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131001,0,4635850.story





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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 65th 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 65th 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 2nd, 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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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.

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.

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 Carroll Co Public Library, Westminster File Davis Library