20070614 Westminster Eagle Week in Review

Westminster Eagle Week in Review

June 14^th, 2007

Kevin E. Dayhoff

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Commissioners should start 'coffin' up cash on 144-year-old debt
On June 23 and 24, Westminster and the Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table will host a commemoration of the 144th anniversary of Corbit's Charge.

For those unaware of this piece of history:

On June 29, 1863, Capt. Charles Corbit led approximately 100 Union cavalrymen from the 1st Delaware Cavalry, ...
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Opinion

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Father's Day also keeps alive the memory of a local mother
EDITORIAL

As we all know by now -- and if you don't, there are still four days to shop -- Sunday is Father's Day.

It's ironic that in Carroll County, it's also become a day to remember a local wife and mother, Joanna Nicolay, a Finksburg woman who died in 2003 from complications of melanoma.

I...
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Community Calendar

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Community Calendar
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Coffey Music and Downtown Westminster are hosting the annual Friday Summer Concert Series on Locust Lane, every Friday in June, noon-1 p.m. The concerts are free. Call 410-848--5003 for details. The lineup is as follows:

*June 15, Ken Baldwin.

*June 22, Russ Reiter.

*June 29, Chasmo....
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Local News Friday, June 15 News Briefs
Bureau of Aging plans community meetings

The Carroll County Bureau of Aging will hold community meetings in June and July to discuss the agency's four-year plan for fiscal years 2008-11.

To comply with the federal Older Americans Act, the state Department of Aging requires each area to develop a...
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Model T-ease

On June 19, the streets of Westminster will be filled with more than 60 Model T Fords as the antique cars, and their owners, journey down Main Street as part of a weeklong summer tour hosted by the Blue & Grey Chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America (MTFCA).

Vernon Keeler of Keymar is a member of the Blue and Grey Chapter, and expects to be on hand with his family's 1926 Model T Roadster pickup.

According to Keeler, the chapter is based in Hagerstown, but has members throughout the region, including his wife, Dottie Keeler, who is the current president.

For the summer tour, though, M...
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Locust Lane earns park designation
Council vote designed to add rules for behavior

Locust Lane, the small courtyard on Westminster's Main Street across from the Westminster Branch Library, was officially designated as a "city park" at Monday's meeting of the Mayor and Common Council.

The vote is designed to impose park-like rules...
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Library is scheduled for facelift
Renovation will upgrade interior, replace shelving

Two years ago, the Westminster Public Library celebrated 25 years of service, and in recognition of this milestone, the Board of County Commissioners gave the library a birthday "gift" -- money for new carpeting.

But while staff of the Carroll C...
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Education Notes
FSK students go to bat for the Red Cross

Francis Scott Key High School was recently recognized by the American Red Cross for being one of the top 20 high schools in the region for blood donations.

The region includes Maryland, northern Virginia and southern Pennsylvania.

Francis Scott Key stud...
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More Headlines County employees cited for cost-saving ideas

Commissioners approve expansion in airport plan

Business Briefs

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