Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art One-half Banana Stems

Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art One-half Banana Stems - www.kevindayhoff.com Address: PO Box 124, Westminster MD 21158 410-259-6403 kevindayhoff@gmail.com Runner, writer, artist, fire & police chaplain Mindless ramblings of a runner, journalist & artist: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, technology, music, culture, opera... National & International politics www.kevindayhoff.net For community: www.kevindayhoff.org For art, technology, writing, & travel: www.kevindayhoff.com

Saturday, July 22, 2006

20060721 KDDC Cruisin with Mr. Dave


"Cruisin' with Mr. Dave"
(c) Kevin Dayhoff
July 21st, 2006

20060721 KDDC Fred and Not Fred play the Blues


“Fred and Not Fred play the Blues”

(c) Kevin Dayhoff

July 21st, 2006

Any questions, ask Mr. Smurf’s brother from Anchorage Alaska.

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20060721 KDDC Wikipedia's IDF Deathstar cannon


Wikipedia's IDF Deathstar cannon

July 21st, 2006

Wonkette reported today that the above posted picture is “From the Wikipedia entry on the Israel-Lebanon conflict, earlier today (since fixed).”

What a hoot.

No report as to whether the “IDF K-5 laser cannon” is considered a part of a “proportionate response.” Perhaps we will need to wait for the liberal (radical Islamist’s apologists) main stream media to tell us what to think.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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Friday, July 21, 2006

20060721 KDDC S Ruchlewicz's great picture of the Clydesdales in Westminster


Great Stan Ruchlewicz photograph of the Clydesdales in Westminster on July 17th, 2006

July 21, 2006

Stan Ruchlewicz is one of the better artists/photographers around. Since he first came to Westminster on Monday, June 11, 2001, he has amassed a wonderful set of downtown Westminster photographs. The photo posted above is no exception.

Mr. Ruchlewicz was the primary lead on getting the Budweiser Clydesdales to come to Westminster. He swung into action and put together the visit in literally a day, just a couple days before the Clydesdales arrived on Monday, July 17th, 2006.

For additional information on the Clydesdale’s visit please see:20060716 KDDC Budweiser Clydesdales in will be in Westminster Monday.”

Although Mr. Ruchlewicz came to Westminster five years ago as an economic development expert, he also has an extensive background in urban planning

For many years before he came to Westminster, Mr. Ruchlewicz handled economic development and planning issues for several municipalities such as Havre de Grace, MD and Reading, PA. In Havre de Grace, where he worked for twelve years, Mr. Ruchlewicz was the Director of Planning

Additionally, Mr. Ruchlewicz has served as President of the Maryland Downtown Development Association since 1997. He has also served on the Main Street Maryland Main Street Review Committee since 1997.

What many in Carroll County are not aware is that Mr. Ruchlewicz, a musician, is also the Chapter 5 Coordinator for the “Tournament of Bands” (TOB.)

According to information on the TOB web site, the TOB “is one of the largest competitive band organizations in the country…” It “sanctions approximately 140 field band events, about 100 indoor events and several comprehensive music festivals each year.”

“Tournament of Bands is a non-profit educational organization that is available to any middle, junior high, senior high, college or university. Founded in 1972 by the National Judges Association, Tournament has grown to over 400 active schools. Tournament provides performance opportunities in field band, indoor guard, majorette, percussion and dance team as well as comprehensive festivals with instrumental and choral events.”

When he is not promoting economic development for the City of Westminster or taking pictures, most any Saturday evening in the fall, you can find Mr. Ruchlewicz on a band competition field working with young adult musicians in a band event.

Until I can find an extra minute to post the number of pictures I took last Monday when the Clydesdales in town, please enjoy the picture posted above graciously provided to KDDC courtesy of Stan Ruchlewicz.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

20060719 KDDC April 1979 YMCA




April 1979 YMCA

The bottom picture posted above is of the Carroll County YMCA when it was located in the former “Keefer’s Fine Foods” store opposite from the old Westminster Post Office on Main Street in Westminster.

While I am posting old photos, the top photo is of this area around 1910 or so? The middle photo is this area around 1920?

On June 21st, 2006, my column in the Westminster Eagle was on the very early beginnings of the YMCA: "45 years ago, when residents said 'Y,' our community leaders said, 'why not?'

45 years ago, when residents said 'Y,' our community leaders said, 'why not?'

06/21/06
By Kevin E. Dayhoff

Forty-five years ago on June 29, 1961, a group of 16 community leaders met at the old Davis Library to begin the formation of one of Carroll County's premier institutions - the Carroll County Family Branch of the YMCA.

The YMCA has been a basic building block in the social fabric of our community for so many years that many have come to take it for granted.

It all started with a grand total of $22. A "group of teenagers" donated $12.00 and Charles Mooshian, editor of the then-Westminster Times, chipped in another $10.

As with the formation of most groups that have become critical components of our county (others coming to mind include the Carroll County Farm Museum, Carroll Hospital Center, the Carroll County Agriculture Center, the Historical Society of Carroll County, Carroll Community College), it was not easy.

Westminster has its dreamers, its dream keepers and its dream slayers.

The dreamers and the dream-keepers are the stuff that make the community a home; a great place to live, do business and raise a family.

The dream-keepers are citizens, not spectators. They say, "let's do it," and then roll up their sleeves and get it done.


Read the rest of my column here.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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20060719 KDDC New North Carroll Senior and Community Center opening



















Pictures from the grand opening of the
New North Carroll Senior and Community Center.

Last Friday, July 14th, 2006 at 10 AM, was the grand opening of the New North Carroll Senior and Community Center at 2328 Hanover Pike, in Greenmount (former Ames Building.)

I was not able to attend; however, Carroll County government public information officer Vivian Laxton was kind enough to send KDDC some pictures. Please enjoy.

If you have any questions about the New North Carroll Senior and Community Center, or any other aspect of Carroll County government, please contact Ms. Laxton at 410-386-2973.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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20060719 KDDC Chenopodium ambrosioides



July 19, 2006

Preliminarily, the plant pictured above will be the subject of my next Westminster Eagle column. It grows in Carroll County and has been used as a medicine since the days of the Mayans and Aztecs. Do you know the common name of this plant?

ケアリタソウ(毛有田草)
  アカザ科

 学名:Chenopodium ambrosioides
 花期:夏~秋

 メキシコ原産の帰化植物で,道端などにも多く見られます。毛のないものはアリタソウというのですが,区別はちょっと難しいそうです。かつて,滋賀県の有田で栽培されたことからこの名前になったそうです。

 前橋市にて Sep 06, 1998 フレーム版  非フレーム版

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Ch.ambrosioides es una planta de amplia distribución. Se trata de una planta de hasta 1 m, aromática y cuyas hojas, lanceolado-elípticas y de hasta 10 cm, son glandulosas y tienen el margen entero o sinuado. Las inflorescencias son terminales, formadas por densos glomérulos axilares. Los lóbulos del caliz de las flores son verdes en la madurez, tocándose unos a otros. Se conoce como "pasote".

ambrosioides: epíteto que alude a la semejanza de la planta con las del género Ambrosia.


20060719 KDDC The Flower Lady


"The Flower Lady"
(c) Kevin Dayhoff
July 19th, 2006