Westminster Eagle Column Archives from January 1st, 2007 through June 11th, 2007
Posted June 11th, 2007
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Dwight Dingle, 'Sgt. Pepper' and a bathtub band
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
It was 40 years ago last Saturday, June 2, 1967, when the Beatles released their eighth album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Although musical taste can be fiercely debated, many music critics and publications consider this album to be one of the most influential of all time. Rolling Sto...
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 A 'thank you' for those who serve in public service
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Recently, most of our local municipalities in
We owe everyone who left the safety and security of their comfortable lives to stick their heads above the crowd and run for office, a debt of gratitude.
Every one of them is a winner -- regardl...
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 The silence and service of Joseph W. Blickenstaff
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Ever since May 28, 1990, the faces of 18 brave Carroll County sons have silently stood guard over our community from the vantage point of an 8-foot high, 4-foot wide and 1-foot thick solid black granite memorial.
Their faces are etched in time in what may be
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 Hallowed ground of Union Meeting House
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Monday, May 28,
Carroll Post 31 of the American Legion is once again or...
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 The legacy of Westminster's 'Singing Barber'
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Recalling Westminster's Disney World: Bobby's Hobby Lobby
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Who was Kate Wagner, and why did she rule the road?
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
How many folks pass by
I did not know myself until recently, when I happened to have a conversation with one of my
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
20070418 The passion thrill and magic of April
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
The American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “The April winds are magical, and thrill our tuneful frames. The garden-walks are passional to bachelors and dames.”
Hopefully we won’t have an April this year as we had 110 years ago. The Democratic Advocate reported on April 24, 1897: “A blast from the North bore down on this section Monday night, sending down the mercury to 26 at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning… This has been the coldest April for twenty years.”
To look back in
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On another positive note, the Carroll Record reported on April 5, 1973, “Friday morning started grey and rainy, much to the dismay of local residents of the
Hopefully Mother Nature has remembered to schedule spring this year. We’re overdue for “passional magic to thrill our tuneful frames.”
Wednesday, April 11 2007 This 'Candy drive' benefits the East Middle School Bulldogs ... and the three Rs
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Thursday, April 05 2007 In the storied history of Carroll Hospital Center, Steve Bohn poised to take a 'SPIRIT'-ed place
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, March 28 2007 If you think school overcrowding is bad now, consider Westminster High School, circa 1920
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Friday, March 23 2007 History of education, minus beheadings, in our state By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, March 14 2007 The high cost of twin tragedies at Bowling Brook By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, March 07 2007 History of slavery leaves many rivers yet to cross By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, February 28 2007 Recalling when B's Coffee Shoppe was all abuzz By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, February 21 2007 Frozen in time: The Great Sleet Storm of 1902 By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Thursday, February 15 2007 As we all know, winter is a four-letter word
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, February 07 2007 Westminster is great, even if it does get your goat By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, January 31 2007 Westminster was built on the blessing of water By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, January 24 2007 Phil Wampler and our own 'Greatest Generation' By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Friday, January 19 2007 Water issues in Carroll have always been ... fluid
Wednesday, January 10 2007 Monk Campbell: a man of law and order for Carroll By Kevin E. Dayhoff
Wednesday, January 03 2007 You can bank on it: More change coming in 2007 By Kevin E. Dayhoff
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