Which comes first: a great person, or the great deed needing to be done? Published February 20, 2009 by Sunday Carroll Eagle ... historian Joe Getty once said about the history of Carroll County. He said it's the study of the ordinary lives of ordinary people ... all of which is extraordinary…
20090322 Recent Explore Carroll columns by Kevin Dayhoff Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Being a lobbyist in Annapolis is not always what it’s cracked up to be. Long hours and adversarial relationships are just a few of the perks.
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Carolyn Blanchard Cook, deputy executive vice president of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors and a lobbyist for the group, baked about four-dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies Wednesday morning and then playfully told people, via her Facebook page, to “come find me.”
Our big news this week -- that this week is the last print version of The Westminster Eagle, and that we're combining many of its elements into an expanded version of our countywide Carroll Eagle and concentrating on an online Westminster Eagle version -- is bittersweet for members of The Eagle staff.
After all, we've come together under The Westminster Eagle banner, and formed great bonds with the community and its leaders over the past four-and-a-half years.
But we're excited about the additional Westminster coverage we'll be able to provide with the online version of The Westminster Eagle at www.explorecarroll.com. It will include an expanded community calendar, forums for interactive comment, breaking news, Eagle Alerts and more.
We'll have our familiar features online as well, including our columns by Hoby Wolf, Cathy Drinkwater Better and David Grand, sports coverage, local education news and more.
We're also energized over the expansion of The Carroll Eagle, our sister publication that will be growing in terms of size, distribution and content. Many of the familiar Westminster features will now be in The Carroll Eagle. You can get it delivered to your home with the Sunday edition of The Baltimore Sun. We'll also be distributing it free at key locations throughout the community, including our familiar paper boxes.
Finally, we are happy to announce that one other piece of our local coverage puzzle has also solidified -- our satellite office, at 1942 Bethel Road just off Route 140, is up and running. We have a box for residents to drop items off to us any time, and our staff now has regular office hours -- though be sure to call ahead if you plan to visit, as we're usually in the field.
Though some things are changing at The Westminster Eagle, a few key things won't.
First, our phone number is still 410-386-0334, and our staff phone extensions and e-mail addresses also remain the same.
Secondly, our mailing address is still P.O. Box 493, Westminster, MD 21158. Most importantly, our commitment to serve the community to the best of our ability, and to share the story and history of this community, hasn't changed. Our staff is humbled by members of this community who have placed their trust in us, and we'll do our best to honor it.
Harry’s Main Street was packed Saturday evening as we entered the restaurant with friends after working at the Carroll County Horse Expo at the Carroll County Agriculture Center all day.
However, we yakked our way through a leisurely dinner and as closing time came near I snapped this photo…
Dayhoff Daily Photoblog 20090321 Harry’s Main Street
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Roxanne Bowman, EXPO! show manager will be glad to answer any questions you, your company or your group have regarding the EXPO!and any opportunities to be part of it.
Kenny Harlow Q&A Follow Up Kenny Harlow Classroom 1 1:00-2:00
Adoption Through New Life Farm Cathy Yingling Classroom 1 2:00-3:00
TBA Dr. Eric Wiles Classroom 1 3:00-4:00
Body Clipping Without Lines!* Laura Powell Live Seminar Rm 10:00-11:00
Feather Fund* Lois Szymanski Live Seminar Rm 11:00-12:00
Senior Horse Nutrition Dan Shively Live Seminar Rm 12:00-1:00
Building A Ring At Home Sandy Hart Live Seminar Rm 1:00-2:00
TBA Amy Burke Live Seminar Rm 2:00-3:00
Please note that these times, topics and participants are not final and are subject to change. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the show manager, Roxanne Bowman, at carrollhorseexpo@gmail.com.
*Demonstration will include the participation of animals.
The EXPO! is the major annual fund-raiser for both the Ag Center and the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County - both are 501(c)3 organizations.
Also at EXPO! - you will have a chance to win valuable door prizes, receive give-a-ways and enter to win up to a thousand pounds of feed from one of our sponsors - NUTRENA! We will hold a Chinese-style silent auction for ½ ton of feed each on both Saturday and Sunday (details available at the show). Plus, we will be giving away door prizes every hour during the show provided by the following sponsors:
Its four in the morning, the end of December Im writing you now just to see if youre better New york is cold, but I like where Im living Theres music on clinton street all through the evening.
I hear that youre building your little house deep in the desert Youre living for nothing now, I hope youre keeping some kind of record.
Yes, and jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder Youd been to the station to meet every train And you came home without lili marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobodys wife.
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well I see janes awake –
She sends her regards. And what can I tell you my brother, my killer What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you Im glad you stood in my way.
If you ever come by here, for jane or for me Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
And jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear
-- sincerely, l. cohen
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The Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band Spring trip: New York City, St. Patrick's Day Parade March 17th, 2009
Director Kevin Lloyd Associate Director Damon Dye Assistant Directors Jeremy Brown and Kara BoehneColorguard Instructors Kristen Bohner and Jordon Beck Band Booster President Keith Prather
The Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band http://www.linganoreband.org/ Linganore High School 5850 Eaglehead DriveIjamsville, MD 21754
Dean Minnich’s “A History of Westminster” on the WTTR web site
(I was giving a fellow reporter a hand with some WTTR history the other day and found this in a Google-search… It was originally written by now-Carroll County Commissioner Dean Minnich. Commissioner Minnich really captured the essence of Westminster… Kevin Dayhoff March 20, 2009)
An excerpt from "Towns & Villages of Carroll County" by Dean L. Minnich, 1995
Ask a resident of Westminster to describe the town, and the answer you get will depend as much on where they grew up as on their current address.
Those who grew up riding their bikes on Main Street and through the alleys will know a different city than the parent who watches a child explore a tot lot in The Greens. Old-timers with memories of the City Restaurant and G. C. Murphy’s, the State Theater and shooting rats with .22’s at the city dump at the end of Monroe Street (site of the present St. John’s school and church) will know a different town than the 20-something young man walking dogs in Furnace Hills or the women enjoying Ladies’ Night at Tully’s.
The truth is, like most other Carroll County towns, Westminster’s story is a tale of two cities; one kept alive by traditions and old perspectives and another that is emerging with the changes of time and growth. It is a microcosm of the story of Carroll County at large; it is the story of every small town in the county, but on a larger scale.
Read the rest on WTTR’s web site – http://www.wttr.com/westminster.html; however, if the link ever goes bad – email me at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com and I’ll post the entire article…
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I can no longer deny it. Things have, well … thickened … a little around my middle. Now, this could be a result of encroaching middle age. It could be that I lead a sedentary life chained, for most of the day, to a desk. It could be my love for chocolate. In fact, that may be the only reason…
Heavy traffic and early morning lights – minutes before 6 am – at the intersection of Route 140 and 91 in Finksburg, as we head out of town for New York City for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Dayhoff Daily Photoblog 20090317 NYC St Pat Parade early morn lights
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The Parade starts at 44th Street at 11 am and is held every March 17th, except when March 17th falls on a Sunday, it is celebrated the day before, Saturday the 16th because of religious observances.
The parade marches up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street all the way up past the American Irish Historical Society at 83rd and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd Street to 86th Street, where the parade finishes around 4:30 - 5:00 pm
Getting to the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade: Leave your car at home and take the subway or train(MTA) to the Parade
"PARADE ROUTE" NEW YORK CITY'S ST. PATRICK'S PARADE FIFTH AVENUE, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY Click on any blue balloon marker along the Parade route in the interactive maps below and search for the nearest subway station or get driving directions to that location.