Quicksilver Messenger Service What About Me
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Quicksilver Messenger Service What About Me
Monday, May 18, 2009
Andy Cashman and Caroline Babylon at Carroll Co Ag Center event
Andy Cashman and Caroline Babylon at Carroll Co Ag Center eventMay 8, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff
Andy Cashman and Caroline Babylon take a short break and catch up on business at the pig weigh-in - inside the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County Riding Arena - for the annual Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair.
After a long winter, the annual spring weigh-in is a great opportunity for families in the Carroll County ag community to catch-up and share plans for the Annual Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair.
For more information on the fair go to: http://www.carrollcountyfair.com/
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
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Dayhoff Daily Photoblog Friday, May 15, 2009
The Princeton, New Jersey Public Library at Wiggins and Witherspoon Streets.
Dayhoff Daily Photoblog Friday, May 15, 2009
The Princeton, New Jersey Public Library at Wiggins and Witherspoon Streets.
This picture was taken from a vantage point in the intersection of Hulfish and Witherspoon Street on the evening of May 15, 2009.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant
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Bottom photo: April 24, 2008 Westminster, state, county and industry officials cut the ribbon at grand opening ceremonies for the new Westminster Cranberry Water Treatment Plant. From right to left: Ben Movahed from Watek Engineering, Westminster Common Council president Roy Chiavacci, Dr. Robert M. Summers, deputy secretary from the State Department of the Environment, Westminster mayor Tom Ferguson, Carroll County commissioners’ president Julia Gouge, Westminster Common Council members Dr. Robert Wack and Kevin Utz. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff (20090424 NewWTPribbon (18)b and 20090424 NewWTPribbon (24)b)
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DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle ... prosper. Note: next week's column will review a more in-depth history of the story of the early Westminster water systems. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster, where he served as mayor from 2001 to 2005. When he is not enjoying a great glass of Westminster ... ...
Dayhoff: How water drove the growth Westminster ... and still does Published May 4, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle ... 200 years after our community banded together to maintain a steady and reliable water supply.
*****
Last week’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Westminster water treatment plant put the city on the cutting edge of water.
Carroll and Westminster officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting April 24 at the Westminster Cranberry Water Treatment Plant, on Lucabaugh Mill Road just north of Westminster.
Mayor Tom Ferguson and Dr. Robert M. Summers, deputy secretary from the State Department of the Environment, shared remarks and recognized folks in attendance for working hard to make the state-of-the-art facility a reality.
Westminster council president Roy Chiavacci, councilmembers Kevin Utz and Dr. Robert Wack and Board of County Commissioners President Julia Gouge watched with well-deserved pride.
Among the folks recognized were Westminster city administrator Marge Wolf, engineer Mike Matov, representatives from Watek Engineering Corporation (who designed the facility), Conewago Enterprises and Siemens Water Technologies.
According to Kelly Martin, the city's information and communications specialist, the design of the plant, by Watek Engineering Corporation, took into account future growth capacity, while minimizing operation and maintenance costs.
“The Plant is designed to currently supply 2.75 million gallons per day (MGD) of potable water into the City's distribution system,” said data provided by Martin.
Simply increasing the number of membrane modules — part of the technology noted as “best available” by regulatory agencies — could increase the plant's capacity to 5 million gallons per day.
Although construction of the new treatment facility started May 2007, the story of water in Carroll and Westminster has its beginnings in the 1700s.
Indeed, the very spot upon which the new water facility is now located has a history that dates back to 1795.
According to information researched at the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Richard Hyson, one of the earliest references to Winter's Mill — which now also lends its name to the high school — can be found as early as 1795 when it a grain mill and sawmill operated by Ledwick Wampler.
Airhart Winters took possession around 1860 and the mill can be located on the Lake, Griffing & Stevenson 1877 “Illustrated Atlas of Carroll County, Maryland.”
The property is described as being that of “Airhart Winters, Farmer and Manufacturer of Flour, Feed &c. Custom Sawing and Grinding done promptly. One and a half miles east of Westminster.”
Unfortunately, a fire around 1960 destroyed the adjacent mill master's home and all the records of the early days of the mill and the water company perished.
The mill master's house was located on the exact spot where the new treatment plant is now situated.
In 1920, the old Cranberry Water Pumping Station was constructed by Westminster Consolidated Utilities Company at the Old Winter's Mill, taking advantage of a millrace there to bring water into the plant from a millpond upstream.
Water in Westminster was supplied by a private company from 1883 to 1964. The city purchased the Maryland Water Company, a successor to the Westminster Consolidated Utilities Company, in 1964 for $961,792 and sold approximately $1.45 million worth of 2.5 percent bonds to pay for the system and improvements and expansions.
Compare that to the $12.3 million cost of the new water treatment plant; most of which was borrowed from the Maryland Water Quality Bond Fund through the Maryland Department of the Environment at 1 percent for 29 years.
When the water system was purchased 45 years ago, Westminster consisted of 477 acres and had a population of 6,123 compared to approximately 4,000 acres and 17,000 folks today.
Today, the water system supplies more than 33,000 people with water when you include the households it serves outside the city limits.
Over the past decade, community leaders have been grappling with how to continue to supply fresh drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities for a growing population and meet increased (and unfunded) federal and state water quality mandates.
The history of the new water treatment plant really began in the 1990s when Ken Yowan was the mayor of Westminster.
Jeff Glass, the Westminster director of public works, recently helped refresh my memory about the early discussions about the need to build a new facility.
“Well, it all started a long long time ago” with a quality control process called a CPE, comprehensive performance evaluation, recalled Glass. The purpose of the CPE is “to find weaknesses and areas for potential improvement.”
The city's first CPE was completed by by Lenny Gold in conjunction with MCET, the Maryland Center for Environmental Training.
“Jake Bair was running (MCET) at the time,” said Glass.
Bair has since retired but Gold is still in the consulting business, based in Easton. Glass said “both are really good guys. ... Lenny is the one who taught me how to operate a treatment plant.”
In approximately 1998, the CPE identified that the city would one day need to upgrade its water treatment process to provide additional barriers to guard against Cryptosporidium, Giardia, bacteria, turbidity and suspended solids in the water system.
Discussions and long range planning continued for years. When I took office as the mayor in May 2001, my predecessor, Mayor Yowan, and I had a series of transition discussions and the need for improvements to the then-80-year-old treatment plant was one of the many items reviewed.
In January 2002, $565,000 was included in the capital budget for design and construction of the filter re-bedding and preliminary plant design.
As challenges were identified, “it was then that we went out to bid for an evaluation of the current plant. The concept was to decide what was the best option(s) available to us, to take us into the future,” recalled Glass.
Enter Ben Movahed from Watek Engineering.
Movahed, along with Sophia Liskovitch, also with Watek, and a team of city officials including Glass, then-water treatment plant superintendent Paula Martin and her successor Bret Grossnickle, Tom Owens, all the water treatment plant operators, Tom Beyard, then the city's planning and public works director, and (Westminster engineer Mike) Matov , checked through the old plant with the concept of upgrading.
An additional $300.000 was allocated in February 2003 and another $300,000 in March 2004 as complications and challenges were identified in the complicated process of replacing an old water treatment system that dated back to the 1920s.
It was ultimately determined that upgrading the old plant was not a cost effective way to move forward and the idea to build a new plant firmly took root.
However, to further complicate the matter, it was also determined that the existing sand filtration media in the old plant needed to the re-bedded — changed-out — before a new plant could be constructed and brought on-line.
Another complication was researching what membrane filtering system to use. Since this technology is cutting edge, few existing examples could be studied.
This required research trips to several of the few existing facilities in the world. One was in England. Another in California and yet a third was in Toronto.
It was the facility above Toronto that proved especially trying as Glass recalls that the trip coincided with weather which saw the temperatures plummet to 40 degrees below zero.
Yet even more complicating was determining whether to use the “Zenon” filter or the “MEMCOR” filter.
When the investigation and research began, both were manufactured by stand-alone companies.
Then MEMCOR was purchased by U.S. Filter, which was subsequently purchased by Siemens.
Zenon was purchased by GE.
By 2007 drawings and planning process were complete and the city was able to begin construction of the new facility in May 2007.
The ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday witnessed the completion of the first full scale membrane filtering water treatment plant in Maryland.
The story of the plant is like much of the history of Westminster — a story of teamwork, careful planning, thinking outside of the box and adapting to change.
Perhaps the only thing more important than water in Carroll County history is how the community has always come together to meet hardships and challenges and adapt to the changes.
By working together we can easily meet the current water challenges and prosper.
Note: next week's column will review a more in-depth history of the story of the early Westminster water systems.
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster, where he served as mayor from 2001 to 2005.
When he is not enjoying a great glass of Westminster water, he may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com.
http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/2863/dayhoff-cutting-ribbon-history-westminster-water-treatment-plant/
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Bottom photo: April 24, 2008 Westminster, state, county and industry officials cut the ribbon at grand opening ceremonies for the new Westminster Cranberry Water Treatment Plant. From right to left: Ben Movahed from Watek Engineering, Westminster Common Council president Roy Chiavacci, Dr. Robert M. Summers, deputy secretary from the State Department of the Environment, Westminster mayor Tom Ferguson, Carroll County commissioners’ president Julia Gouge, Westminster Common Council members Dr. Robert Wack and Kevin Utz. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff (20090424 NewWTPribbon (18)b and 20090424 NewWTPribbon (24)b)
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DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle ... prosper. Note: next week's column will review a more in-depth history of the story of the early Westminster water systems. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster, where he served as mayor from 2001 to 2005. When he is not enjoying a great glass of Westminster ... ...
Dayhoff: How water drove the growth Westminster ... and still does Published May 4, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle ... 200 years after our community banded together to maintain a steady and reliable water supply.
*****
Last week’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Westminster water treatment plant put the city on the cutting edge of water.
Carroll and Westminster officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting April 24 at the Westminster Cranberry Water Treatment Plant, on Lucabaugh Mill Road just north of Westminster.
Mayor Tom Ferguson and Dr. Robert M. Summers, deputy secretary from the State Department of the Environment, shared remarks and recognized folks in attendance for working hard to make the state-of-the-art facility a reality.
Westminster council president Roy Chiavacci, councilmembers Kevin Utz and Dr. Robert Wack and Board of County Commissioners President Julia Gouge watched with well-deserved pride.
Among the folks recognized were Westminster city administrator Marge Wolf, engineer Mike Matov, representatives from Watek Engineering Corporation (who designed the facility), Conewago Enterprises and Siemens Water Technologies.
According to Kelly Martin, the city's information and communications specialist, the design of the plant, by Watek Engineering Corporation, took into account future growth capacity, while minimizing operation and maintenance costs.
“The Plant is designed to currently supply 2.75 million gallons per day (MGD) of potable water into the City's distribution system,” said data provided by Martin.
Simply increasing the number of membrane modules — part of the technology noted as “best available” by regulatory agencies — could increase the plant's capacity to 5 million gallons per day.
Although construction of the new treatment facility started May 2007, the story of water in Carroll and Westminster has its beginnings in the 1700s.
Indeed, the very spot upon which the new water facility is now located has a history that dates back to 1795.
According to information researched at the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Richard Hyson, one of the earliest references to Winter's Mill — which now also lends its name to the high school — can be found as early as 1795 when it a grain mill and sawmill operated by Ledwick Wampler.
Airhart Winters took possession around 1860 and the mill can be located on the Lake, Griffing & Stevenson 1877 “Illustrated Atlas of Carroll County, Maryland.”
The property is described as being that of “Airhart Winters, Farmer and Manufacturer of Flour, Feed &c. Custom Sawing and Grinding done promptly. One and a half miles east of Westminster.”
Unfortunately, a fire around 1960 destroyed the adjacent mill master's home and all the records of the early days of the mill and the water company perished.
The mill master's house was located on the exact spot where the new treatment plant is now situated.
In 1920, the old Cranberry Water Pumping Station was constructed by Westminster Consolidated Utilities Company at the Old Winter's Mill, taking advantage of a millrace there to bring water into the plant from a millpond upstream.
Water in Westminster was supplied by a private company from 1883 to 1964. The city purchased the Maryland Water Company, a successor to the Westminster Consolidated Utilities Company, in 1964 for $961,792 and sold approximately $1.45 million worth of 2.5 percent bonds to pay for the system and improvements and expansions.
Compare that to the $12.3 million cost of the new water treatment plant; most of which was borrowed from the Maryland Water Quality Bond Fund through the Maryland Department of the Environment at 1 percent for 29 years.
When the water system was purchased 45 years ago, Westminster consisted of 477 acres and had a population of 6,123 compared to approximately 4,000 acres and 17,000 folks today.
Today, the water system supplies more than 33,000 people with water when you include the households it serves outside the city limits.
Over the past decade, community leaders have been grappling with how to continue to supply fresh drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities for a growing population and meet increased (and unfunded) federal and state water quality mandates.
The history of the new water treatment plant really began in the 1990s when Ken Yowan was the mayor of Westminster.
Jeff Glass, the Westminster director of public works, recently helped refresh my memory about the early discussions about the need to build a new facility.
“Well, it all started a long long time ago” with a quality control process called a CPE, comprehensive performance evaluation, recalled Glass. The purpose of the CPE is “to find weaknesses and areas for potential improvement.”
The city's first CPE was completed by by Lenny Gold in conjunction with MCET, the Maryland Center for Environmental Training.
“Jake Bair was running (MCET) at the time,” said Glass.
Bair has since retired but Gold is still in the consulting business, based in Easton. Glass said “both are really good guys. ... Lenny is the one who taught me how to operate a treatment plant.”
In approximately 1998, the CPE identified that the city would one day need to upgrade its water treatment process to provide additional barriers to guard against Cryptosporidium, Giardia, bacteria, turbidity and suspended solids in the water system.
Discussions and long range planning continued for years. When I took office as the mayor in May 2001, my predecessor, Mayor Yowan, and I had a series of transition discussions and the need for improvements to the then-80-year-old treatment plant was one of the many items reviewed.
In January 2002, $565,000 was included in the capital budget for design and construction of the filter re-bedding and preliminary plant design.
As challenges were identified, “it was then that we went out to bid for an evaluation of the current plant. The concept was to decide what was the best option(s) available to us, to take us into the future,” recalled Glass.
Enter Ben Movahed from Watek Engineering.
Movahed, along with Sophia Liskovitch, also with Watek, and a team of city officials including Glass, then-water treatment plant superintendent Paula Martin and her successor Bret Grossnickle, Tom Owens, all the water treatment plant operators, Tom Beyard, then the city's planning and public works director, and (Westminster engineer Mike) Matov , checked through the old plant with the concept of upgrading.
An additional $300.000 was allocated in February 2003 and another $300,000 in March 2004 as complications and challenges were identified in the complicated process of replacing an old water treatment system that dated back to the 1920s.
It was ultimately determined that upgrading the old plant was not a cost effective way to move forward and the idea to build a new plant firmly took root.
However, to further complicate the matter, it was also determined that the existing sand filtration media in the old plant needed to the re-bedded — changed-out — before a new plant could be constructed and brought on-line.
Another complication was researching what membrane filtering system to use. Since this technology is cutting edge, few existing examples could be studied.
This required research trips to several of the few existing facilities in the world. One was in England. Another in California and yet a third was in Toronto.
It was the facility above Toronto that proved especially trying as Glass recalls that the trip coincided with weather which saw the temperatures plummet to 40 degrees below zero.
Yet even more complicating was determining whether to use the “Zenon” filter or the “MEMCOR” filter.
When the investigation and research began, both were manufactured by stand-alone companies.
Then MEMCOR was purchased by U.S. Filter, which was subsequently purchased by Siemens.
Zenon was purchased by GE.
By 2007 drawings and planning process were complete and the city was able to begin construction of the new facility in May 2007.
The ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday witnessed the completion of the first full scale membrane filtering water treatment plant in Maryland.
The story of the plant is like much of the history of Westminster — a story of teamwork, careful planning, thinking outside of the box and adapting to change.
Perhaps the only thing more important than water in Carroll County history is how the community has always come together to meet hardships and challenges and adapt to the changes.
By working together we can easily meet the current water challenges and prosper.
Note: next week's column will review a more in-depth history of the story of the early Westminster water systems.
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster, where he served as mayor from 2001 to 2005.
When he is not enjoying a great glass of Westminster water, he may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com.
http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/2863/dayhoff-cutting-ribbon-history-westminster-water-treatment-plant/
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Kevin Dayhoff Fall 1971 Elon College
Kevin Dayhoff Fall 1971 Elon College
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Arlington National Cemetery – Firsts of the heart
Arlington National Cemetery – Firsts of the heartWednesday, May 13, 2009 on http://www.thetentacle.com/ by Kevin E. Dayhoff
As Memorial Day approaches, it is significant to note that today, on May 13, in 1864; the first soldier was buried at Arlington House, also called the Custis-Lee Mansion. We now know the property as Arlington National Cemetery and it is now the revered final resting place of over 320,000 stories of the heart.
[…]
The history of Arlington Cemetery before it was officially designated as a national cemetery on June 15, 1864, by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, is of additional interest as it is steeped in the history of the families of some of America’s more memorable historic namesakes.
Read the entire column here: Arlington National Cemetery – Firsts of the heart
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Recent columns in Explore Carroll by Kevin Dayhoff
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May 14, 2009
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May 14, 2009
Dayhoff: The rebirth of the Cockey's Tavern building in Westminster
Published May 12, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... column in the Carroll Eagle of The Baltimore Sun for more of the rich history of Cockey’s.Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
Crunching numbers, and historic perspective, in Westminster election
Published May 12, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... “I’m humbled and anxious to get started.”The writer, Kevin Dayhoff, is a history columnist for The Eagle newspapers. He served as ... did his grandfather Frank Thomas Babylon for several years in the 1890s.
Utz elected as Westminster mayor
Published May 11, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
For municipalities that still exist, elections renew a call to activism
Published May 10, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: How water drove the growth Westminster ... and still does
Published May 4, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
... 200 years after our community banded together to maintain a steady and reliable water supply.
Readers revel in the details of the great baseball tater caper
Published May 3, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... who declared the caper the "hidden-ball trick to end all hidden-ball tricks."
DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant
Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
ConsumerWingman.com: Free Chocolate Fridays
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Hey chocolate lovers, New Jersey-headquartered Mars Snackfood US is offering a Real Chocolate Relief Act from now until September. Mars will hand out 250,000 coupons for free chocolate every Friday if you sign up on its RealChocolate.com Web site. ...
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Kevin Utz elected as Westminster MD mayor
Utz elected as Westminster mayor
May 11, 2009
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Picture number 2 at http://explorecarroll.com/news/2893/utz-named/http://www.explorecarroll.com/: Utz elected as Westminster mayor Tops fellow councilmember Suzanne Albert http://tinyurl.com/omug9r
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Knauer, long rumored a future mayoral candidate casts her vote
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Knauer, long rumored a future mayoral candidate casts her vote
By Kevin Dayhoff
May 11, 2009
Carrie Ann Knauer casts her vote in the Westminster municipal elections at the Westminster Fire Department John Street Quarters at 28 John Street in Westminster.
No further developments have been revealed as to Ms. Knauer’s future political aspirations although her name has frequently been mentioned as a good mayoral candidate at some point in time in the future.
Think about it – it fits, Westminster Mayor Carrie Knauer. It works.
As of 3:30 this afternoon, approximately 465 voters had come to the polls to vote in the Westminster municipal elections – including future Mayor Knauer.
Polls will remain open until 7 pm. The mayor’s office and two council seats are contested. The winners are expected to be announced at the Westminster Common Council meeting this afternoon at Westminster city hall at 1838 Emerald Lane.
Candidates for election in Westminster today are: Mayor: Suzanne Albert, Dennis Frazier, Kenneth Hornberger and Kevin Utz. Council: Anthony Chiavacci, Eleanor DeMario, William Gill, Damian Halstad, Darcel Harris and William Hughes.
By Kevin Dayhoff
May 11, 2009
Carrie Ann Knauer casts her vote in the Westminster municipal elections at the Westminster Fire Department John Street Quarters at 28 John Street in Westminster.
No further developments have been revealed as to Ms. Knauer’s future political aspirations although her name has frequently been mentioned as a good mayoral candidate at some point in time in the future.
Think about it – it fits, Westminster Mayor Carrie Knauer. It works.
As of 3:30 this afternoon, approximately 465 voters had come to the polls to vote in the Westminster municipal elections – including future Mayor Knauer.
Polls will remain open until 7 pm. The mayor’s office and two council seats are contested. The winners are expected to be announced at the Westminster Common Council meeting this afternoon at Westminster city hall at 1838 Emerald Lane.
Candidates for election in Westminster today are: Mayor: Suzanne Albert, Dennis Frazier, Kenneth Hornberger and Kevin Utz. Council: Anthony Chiavacci, Eleanor DeMario, William Gill, Damian Halstad, Darcel Harris and William Hughes.
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Poll workers work in the rain
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Poll workers work in the rain
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May 11, 2009
By Kevin Dayhoff
Poll workers work in the rain in the parking lot of the Westminster Fire Department John Street Quarters.
As of 3:30 this afternoon, approximately 465 voters had come to the polls to vote in the Westminster municipal elections.
Polls will remain open until 7 pm. The mayor’s office and two council seats are contested. The winners are expected to be announced at the Westminster Common Council meeting this afternoon at Westminster city hall at 1838 Emerald Lane.
Candidates for election in Westminster today are: Mayor: Suzanne Albert, Dennis Frazier, Kenneth Hornberger and Kevin Utz. Council: Anthony Chiavacci, Eleanor DeMario, William Gill, Damian Halstad, Darcel Harris and William Hughes.
Hampstead, New Windsor, Union Bridge will have municipal elections on May 12; and Manchester’s elections will be held on May 19. (From “For municipalities that still exist, elections renew a call to activism” Published May 10, 2009 by Carroll Eagle http://tinyurl.com/pdlfz4)
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Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Please Vote in the Westminster municipal elections today May 11, 2009
Please Vote in the Westminster municipal elections today
May 11, 2009
Westminster is scheduled to hold municipal elections … (today,) May 11. Hampstead, New Windsor, Union Bridge will have municipal elections on May 12; and Manchester’s elections will be held on May 19. (From “For municipalities that still exist, elections renew a call to activism” Published May 10, 2009 by Carroll Eagle http://tinyurl.com/pdlfz4)
Candidates for election in Westminster today are: Mayor: Suzanne Albert, Dennis Frazier, Kenneth Hornberger and Kevin Utz. Council: Anthony Chiavacci, Eleanor DeMario, William Gill, Damian Halstad, Darcel Harris and William Hughes.
For more information see: Westminster Elections 20090511 on Westgov.Net: http://tinyurl.com/qud7wk
Also see: “Water at forefront for Westminster” By Bryan Schutt Times Staff Writer Tuesday, May 05, 2009 “Westminster officials have spent countless hours and millions of dollars trying to protect water supplies, find new resources and provide quality drinking water…”
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/05/water-at-forefront-for-westminster.html
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http://explorecarroll.com/community/2875/municipalities-that-still-exist-elections-renew-call-activism/
http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Westminster%20Elections%2020090511
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/05/water-at-forefront-for-westminster.html
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/05/05/news/local_news/4water_forefront.txt
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Kevin Dayhoff: http://www.westgov.net/ Westminster Maryland Online http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/ http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Recent Explore Carroll columns by Kevin Dayhoff
Recent Explore Carroll columns by Kevin Dayhoff
For municipalities that still exist, elections renew a call to activism Published May 10, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: How water drove the growth Westminster ... and still does Published May 4, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Readers revel in the details of the great baseball tater caper Published May 3, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... line. Thanks. If you answer correctly, your name might be drawn for the coveted Carroll Eagle coffee mug, suitable for use in any county. When he's not straddling the line between two counties, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com....
Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... of not only the Community Media Center, but also everything that is great about our community. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com....
Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
... is this week's winner of the famed Carroll Eagle mug. For an extended version of this column, with even more on Jackie Robinson, go to http://www.explorecarroll.com/. When he's not enjoying April showers, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com. ...
Dayhoff: Recalling Jackie Robinson, the great American experiment
Published April 15, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
That’s my two cents. What’s yours? Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
Mills' contributions to hospital follow a healthful tradition
Published April 12, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... me with information for this week's column. If you'd like to learn more about the work of the foundation, give her a call at 410- 871-6200. When he is not eating sushi with Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com. ...
Recalling the devastating Westminster fire of 1906
Published April 8, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
It is never too early to start teaching your children fire safety. As history shows us -- it's everyone's concern and it can be a matter of life and death. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
County jail started out 0-for-1 when it came to holding prisoners
Published April 3, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: A brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history
Published April 1, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Merriment and joy, from one kind of cell to another
Published March 27, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Dayhoff says: When it comes to Obama on Jay Leno, get over it
Published March 26, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Celebrating historic buildings, 'Irishtown' and spring fever
Published March 22, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
When he's not standing along a parade route, former Westminster mayor Kevin Dayhoff may be reached via e-mail at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com. ...
Studying the economics of rewarding bad behavior
Published March 18, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Are big financial mergers part of Westminster history? Bank on it
Published March 13, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Story of Carroll County today reads like a text book of success
Published March 11, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
One Westminster family's friend, and enemy, during the Civil War
Published March 6, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Sheryl gives advice on banking and toilet paper, one square at a time
Published March 4, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
For municipalities that still exist, elections renew a call to activism Published May 10, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: How water drove the growth Westminster ... and still does Published May 4, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Readers revel in the details of the great baseball tater caper Published May 3, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
DAYHOFF: Cutting a ribbon on history at the Westminster Water Treatment Plant Published April 29, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... line. Thanks. If you answer correctly, your name might be drawn for the coveted Carroll Eagle coffee mug, suitable for use in any county. When he's not straddling the line between two counties, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com....
Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... of not only the Community Media Center, but also everything that is great about our community. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com....
Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
... is this week's winner of the famed Carroll Eagle mug. For an extended version of this column, with even more on Jackie Robinson, go to http://www.explorecarroll.com/. When he's not enjoying April showers, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com. ...
Dayhoff: Recalling Jackie Robinson, the great American experiment
Published April 15, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
That’s my two cents. What’s yours? Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
Mills' contributions to hospital follow a healthful tradition
Published April 12, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... me with information for this week's column. If you'd like to learn more about the work of the foundation, give her a call at 410- 871-6200. When he is not eating sushi with Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com. ...
Recalling the devastating Westminster fire of 1906
Published April 8, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
It is never too early to start teaching your children fire safety. As history shows us -- it's everyone's concern and it can be a matter of life and death. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
County jail started out 0-for-1 when it came to holding prisoners
Published April 3, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: A brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history
Published April 1, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Merriment and joy, from one kind of cell to another
Published March 27, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Dayhoff says: When it comes to Obama on Jay Leno, get over it
Published March 26, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Celebrating historic buildings, 'Irishtown' and spring fever
Published March 22, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
When he's not standing along a parade route, former Westminster mayor Kevin Dayhoff may be reached via e-mail at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com. ...
Studying the economics of rewarding bad behavior
Published March 18, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Are big financial mergers part of Westminster history? Bank on it
Published March 13, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Story of Carroll County today reads like a text book of success
Published March 11, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
One Westminster family's friend, and enemy, during the Civil War
Published March 6, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Sheryl gives advice on banking and toilet paper, one square at a time
Published March 4, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Dayhoff: A brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history
Dayhoff: A brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history Published April 1, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Folks have been asking where they may find my brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history… Here you go:
The Westminster Eagle column for Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff (649 words)
She was once a proud ship, a ruler of the waves and a queen of the sea. The “Patapsco Militia Ship Westminster” was her name.
The days of glory for the PMS Westminster are now gone as she sits askew on the ground with a list and sigh on the shores of the Patapsco River in back of the Westminster utilities work shop on Manchester Road.
The once proud ship is hardly noticed by passersby in their hustle and bustle traveling to and from Westminster. It's an inglorious plight for the once proud master of the seas.
No one knows, for example, that the PMS Westminster was the ship used by George Washington in his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
This event has become confused with the passage of time. Initially George Washington crossed the Patapsco River on his way to the Battle of Brandywine.
The event stirred such emotion and passion that the news media wanted it recreated for the 5 o'clock news. By then General Washington had travelled far from the Patapsco River so they used the Delaware River for the reenactment.
It's only fitting that the Patapsco River near Westminster should have such a rich and colorful nautical history.
This area of Carroll County was founded by the Carthaginians shortly after the 3rd Punic War which raged in the Mediterranean Sea from 149 to 146 BC.
After Carthage was destroyed by the Romans, a small band of seafaring Carthaginians set sail for a new home and settled in the valley by the natural port offered by the Patapsco River in what we now know as the Lucabaugh Mill Road and Manchester Road area near the new Westminster Cranberry water treatment plant.
The Carthaginians named the Patapsco River after Patroclus, the gentle and amiable friend of Achilles in Homer's “Iliad.” A rival group of natives at the time confused Patroclus to be "Petapsqui" – the Native American word for backwater or tide water covered with foam which was actually the froth formed by the discharge pipes of the large stills operated at the time by the Patapsipiss tribe of brewing Native Americans.
The well read Carthaginians were also aware that the site where Ulysses successfully sailed past the Sirens was actually on the Patapsco River.
The exact spot is the bridge over the railroad and the Patapsco River on Manchester Road just north of Westminster.
The Sirens, if you'll remember, were sort of a sea goddess who lured to destruction those who listened to their songs. When Ulysses sailed under the bridge towards Westminster to attend a public hearing, he stopped-up the ears of his companions with wax and had himself tied to the mast of his ship.
Ulysses thereupon passed safely, and the Sirens, disappointed at their loss, drowned themselves – which is exactly what many of us want to do after attending most public hearings in Westminster.
George Washington wrote in his “Maxims: Transcripts of Revolutionary Correspondence” that he felt that Westminster-on-the-Patapsco ought to have been the site of the nation's capital. The planners confused the name Patapsco with the name Potomac and well, the rest is history.
When President Abraham Lincoln began his trip to Gettysburg to deliver the Gettysburg Address; the plan was for him to travel up the Patapsco River on the PMS Westminster, disembark, and travel by land for the balance of the trip.
Upon reaching Westminster, Lincoln was thereupon informed that Carroll County's road system was a bad collage of stoplights, confusion, and overcrowded roads which go from nowhere to nowhere. So he took the train.
These are but a few of the legendary exploits of the PMS Westminster and the Westminster Navy. A proud heritage only a few Carroll Countians know. Now you know it too!
Well, maybe not. Happy April Fool’s Day.
That’s my two-cents. What’s yours?
I’ll look forward to your comments in the readers’ comment section below.
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
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Folks have been asking where they may find my brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history… Here you go:
The Westminster Eagle column for Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff (649 words)
She was once a proud ship, a ruler of the waves and a queen of the sea. The “Patapsco Militia Ship Westminster” was her name.
The days of glory for the PMS Westminster are now gone as she sits askew on the ground with a list and sigh on the shores of the Patapsco River in back of the Westminster utilities work shop on Manchester Road.
The once proud ship is hardly noticed by passersby in their hustle and bustle traveling to and from Westminster. It's an inglorious plight for the once proud master of the seas.
No one knows, for example, that the PMS Westminster was the ship used by George Washington in his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
This event has become confused with the passage of time. Initially George Washington crossed the Patapsco River on his way to the Battle of Brandywine.
The event stirred such emotion and passion that the news media wanted it recreated for the 5 o'clock news. By then General Washington had travelled far from the Patapsco River so they used the Delaware River for the reenactment.
It's only fitting that the Patapsco River near Westminster should have such a rich and colorful nautical history.
This area of Carroll County was founded by the Carthaginians shortly after the 3rd Punic War which raged in the Mediterranean Sea from 149 to 146 BC.
After Carthage was destroyed by the Romans, a small band of seafaring Carthaginians set sail for a new home and settled in the valley by the natural port offered by the Patapsco River in what we now know as the Lucabaugh Mill Road and Manchester Road area near the new Westminster Cranberry water treatment plant.
The Carthaginians named the Patapsco River after Patroclus, the gentle and amiable friend of Achilles in Homer's “Iliad.” A rival group of natives at the time confused Patroclus to be "Petapsqui" – the Native American word for backwater or tide water covered with foam which was actually the froth formed by the discharge pipes of the large stills operated at the time by the Patapsipiss tribe of brewing Native Americans.
The well read Carthaginians were also aware that the site where Ulysses successfully sailed past the Sirens was actually on the Patapsco River.
The exact spot is the bridge over the railroad and the Patapsco River on Manchester Road just north of Westminster.
The Sirens, if you'll remember, were sort of a sea goddess who lured to destruction those who listened to their songs. When Ulysses sailed under the bridge towards Westminster to attend a public hearing, he stopped-up the ears of his companions with wax and had himself tied to the mast of his ship.
Ulysses thereupon passed safely, and the Sirens, disappointed at their loss, drowned themselves – which is exactly what many of us want to do after attending most public hearings in Westminster.
George Washington wrote in his “Maxims: Transcripts of Revolutionary Correspondence” that he felt that Westminster-on-the-Patapsco ought to have been the site of the nation's capital. The planners confused the name Patapsco with the name Potomac and well, the rest is history.
When President Abraham Lincoln began his trip to Gettysburg to deliver the Gettysburg Address; the plan was for him to travel up the Patapsco River on the PMS Westminster, disembark, and travel by land for the balance of the trip.
Upon reaching Westminster, Lincoln was thereupon informed that Carroll County's road system was a bad collage of stoplights, confusion, and overcrowded roads which go from nowhere to nowhere. So he took the train.
These are but a few of the legendary exploits of the PMS Westminster and the Westminster Navy. A proud heritage only a few Carroll Countians know. Now you know it too!
Well, maybe not. Happy April Fool’s Day.
That’s my two-cents. What’s yours?
I’ll look forward to your comments in the readers’ comment section below.
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
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Retrieved May 10, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk
20090510 1967 The Graduate One Word Plastics
Retrieved May 10, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk
20090510 1967 The Graduate One Word Plastics
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Carroll County Artists Studio Tour May 9 and 10 2009
Off Track Art on the Carroll County Artists Studio Tour May 9 and 10 2009
Off Track Art studio open for Flower Jazz Fest May 9, 2009
Stop by and visit the Off Track Art studio. We’re open for Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 9, 2009
For more information see: http://tinyurl.com/quvv9y
And also go here: Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
Photography
Painting
Sculpture
Cards
Mixed Media
Accessories
Jewelry
and new work is on our walls and shelves!
Stop in to meet some of the artists, see new pieces, bring home a Mothers' Day gift.
Off Track Arts is a cooperative of 20 local artists who have joined together to bring the arts to the center of town. Work from each of the 20 member artists will be on display.
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 10 - 4
Location: Off Track Art
Street: 11 Liberty St
City/Town: Westminster, MD
Directions and map: http://tinyurl.com/bobm3d
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11+Liberty+St%2C+Westminster%2C+MD
For more information: http://tinyurl.com/dmxpq2
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art
“Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland. We are dedicated to advancing the arts in Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.
Regular Gallery Hours are:
Monday through Wednesday 12 - 6:00 pm
Thursday and Friday 12 - 7:00 pm
Saturday 10 - 5:00 pm
Off Track Artists include:
Vestal Abbott; Sarah Abel-DeLuca, http://www.abelartist.com/; Melinda Byrd, http://www.byrdcallstudio.com/; Christina Collins-Smith, http://www.cdcsmith.net/; Kevin Dayhoff, http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/, Mary Decker; Gail Elwell;
Judy Goodyear; Charlotte Laslo; Becki Maurio; Wasyl Palijczuk; Howard Riopelle; Cathy Sawdey; Bob Sapora; Gordon Wickes; Vladimir Tzenov, http://www.v-artstudio.com/; Linda Van Hart, http://www.tollhousestudio.com/; Robert Waddell, Susan Williamson; Pamela Zappardino
Vestal Abbott;
Sarah Abel-DeLuca, http://www.abelartist.com/;
Melinda Byrd, http://www.byrdcallstudio.com/;
Christina Collins-Smith, http://www.cdcsmith.net/;
Kevin Dayhoff, http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/,
Mary Decker;
Gail Elwell
Judy Goodyear;
Charlotte Laslo;
Becki Maurio;
Wasyl Palijczuk;
Howard Riopelle
Cathy Sawdey
Bob Sapora;
Gordon Wickes;
Vladimir Tzenov, http://www.v-artstudio.com/;
Linda van Hart, http://www.tollhousestudio.com/;
Robert Waddell,
Susan Williamson;
Pamela Zappardino
21st Annual Flower & Jazz Festival and Fun Run
Come visit us in Historic Downtown Westminster from 10am-4pm for a leisurely day of fun and jazz.
Delicious food and great entertainment will be offered throughout the day.
Local nurseries set up beautiful displays of unusual plants and shrubs.
There are also over 100 craft vendors displaying a wide of variety of unique items.
This event is open to the public.
Mom...don't forget to visit the information table for your free gift.
Admission and parking are FREE! NO PETS PLEASE
For more information see: Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
20090509 Off Track Art on the Carroll County Artists Studio Tour May 9 and 10 2009
Stop by and visit the Off Track Art studio. We’re open for Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 9, 2009
For more information see: http://tinyurl.com/quvv9y
And also go here: Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
Photography
Painting
Sculpture
Cards
Mixed Media
Accessories
Jewelry
and new work is on our walls and shelves!
Stop in to meet some of the artists, see new pieces, bring home a Mothers' Day gift.
Off Track Arts is a cooperative of 20 local artists who have joined together to bring the arts to the center of town. Work from each of the 20 member artists will be on display.
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 10 - 4
Location: Off Track Art
Street: 11 Liberty St
City/Town: Westminster, MD
Directions and map: http://tinyurl.com/bobm3d
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11+Liberty+St%2C+Westminster%2C+MD
For more information: http://tinyurl.com/dmxpq2
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art
“Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland. We are dedicated to advancing the arts in Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.
Regular Gallery Hours are:
Monday through Wednesday 12 - 6:00 pm
Thursday and Friday 12 - 7:00 pm
Saturday 10 - 5:00 pm
Off Track Artists include:
Vestal Abbott; Sarah Abel-DeLuca, http://www.abelartist.com/; Melinda Byrd, http://www.byrdcallstudio.com/; Christina Collins-Smith, http://www.cdcsmith.net/; Kevin Dayhoff, http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/, Mary Decker; Gail Elwell;
Judy Goodyear; Charlotte Laslo; Becki Maurio; Wasyl Palijczuk; Howard Riopelle; Cathy Sawdey; Bob Sapora; Gordon Wickes; Vladimir Tzenov, http://www.v-artstudio.com/; Linda Van Hart, http://www.tollhousestudio.com/; Robert Waddell, Susan Williamson; Pamela Zappardino
Vestal Abbott;
Sarah Abel-DeLuca, http://www.abelartist.com/;
Melinda Byrd, http://www.byrdcallstudio.com/;
Christina Collins-Smith, http://www.cdcsmith.net/;
Kevin Dayhoff, http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/,
Mary Decker;
Gail Elwell
Judy Goodyear;
Charlotte Laslo;
Becki Maurio;
Wasyl Palijczuk;
Howard Riopelle
Cathy Sawdey
Bob Sapora;
Gordon Wickes;
Vladimir Tzenov, http://www.v-artstudio.com/;
Linda van Hart, http://www.tollhousestudio.com/;
Robert Waddell,
Susan Williamson;
Pamela Zappardino
21st Annual Flower & Jazz Festival and Fun Run
Come visit us in Historic Downtown Westminster from 10am-4pm for a leisurely day of fun and jazz.
Delicious food and great entertainment will be offered throughout the day.
Local nurseries set up beautiful displays of unusual plants and shrubs.
There are also over 100 craft vendors displaying a wide of variety of unique items.
This event is open to the public.
Mom...don't forget to visit the information table for your free gift.
Admission and parking are FREE! NO PETS PLEASE
For more information see: Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
20090509 Off Track Art on the Carroll County Artists Studio Tour May 9 and 10 2009
20090509 OTA studio open for Flower Jazz Fest May 9
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff
Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
21st Annual Westminster Maryland Flower and Jazz Festival http://tinyurl.com/quvv9y
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/05/21st-annual-westminster-flower-and-jazz.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff
Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
21st Annual Westminster Maryland Flower and Jazz Festival http://tinyurl.com/quvv9y
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/05/21st-annual-westminster-flower-and-jazz.html
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
21st Annual Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival
21st Annual Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival
Come visit us in Historic Downtown Westminster on Saturday May 9, 2009 from 10am-4pm for a leisurely day of fun and jazz.
Delicious food and great entertainment will be offered throughout the day.
Local nurseries set up beautiful displays of unusual plants and shrubs.
There are also over 100 craft vendors displaying a wide of variety of unique items.
This event is open to the public.
Mom...don't forget to visit the information table for your free gift.
Admission and parking are FREE! NO PETS PLEASE
For more information see: Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones
Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
And stop by and visit the Off Track Art studio. We’re open for Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 9, 2009
Photography
Painting
Sculpture
Cards
Mixed Media
Accessories
Jewelry
and new work is on our walls and shelves!
Stop in to meet some of the artists, see new pieces, bring home a Mothers' Day gift.
Off Track Arts is a cooperative of 20 local artists who have joined together to bring the arts to the center of town. Work from each of the 20 member artists will be on display.
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 10 - 4
Location: Off Track Art
Street: 11 Liberty St
City/Town: Westminster, MD
Directions and map: http://tinyurl.com/bobm3d
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11+Liberty+St%2C+Westminster%2C+MD
For more information: http://tinyurl.com/dmxpq2
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art
“Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland. We are dedicated to advancing the arts in Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.
20090509 SDOSM 21st Annual Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Come visit us in Historic Downtown Westminster on Saturday May 9, 2009 from 10am-4pm for a leisurely day of fun and jazz.
Delicious food and great entertainment will be offered throughout the day.
Local nurseries set up beautiful displays of unusual plants and shrubs.
There are also over 100 craft vendors displaying a wide of variety of unique items.
This event is open to the public.
Mom...don't forget to visit the information table for your free gift.
Admission and parking are FREE! NO PETS PLEASE
For more information see: Westminster's Flower and Jazz festival set for May 9 By Katie V. Jones
Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 5/03/09 http://tinyurl.com/odrt7s
And stop by and visit the Off Track Art studio. We’re open for Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 9, 2009Photography
Painting
Sculpture
Cards
Mixed Media
Accessories
Jewelry
and new work is on our walls and shelves!
Stop in to meet some of the artists, see new pieces, bring home a Mothers' Day gift.
Off Track Arts is a cooperative of 20 local artists who have joined together to bring the arts to the center of town. Work from each of the 20 member artists will be on display.
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 10 - 4
Location: Off Track Art
Street: 11 Liberty St
City/Town: Westminster, MD
Directions and map: http://tinyurl.com/bobm3d
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11+Liberty+St%2C+Westminster%2C+MD
For more information: http://tinyurl.com/dmxpq2
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art
“Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland. We are dedicated to advancing the arts in Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.
20090509 SDOSM 21st Annual Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Nixon Has a Burrito
Nixon Has a Burrito
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Thursday May 7, 2009
M - Th 11p / 10c http://tinyurl.com/d4mxqu
Dan Rather contributes to a sketch about the media's fascination with Pres. Obama and VP Biden's trip to the burger joint:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=226598&title=nixon-has-a-burrito
20090507 SDOSM Nixon Has a Burrito
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/stephanopoulos_talks_vegas_night_in_dc_who_will_break_his_heart_115896.asp#more
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Thursday May 7, 2009
M - Th 11p / 10c http://tinyurl.com/d4mxqu
Dan Rather contributes to a sketch about the media's fascination with Pres. Obama and VP Biden's trip to the burger joint:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=226598&title=nixon-has-a-burrito
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20090507 SDOSM Nixon Has a Burrito
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/stephanopoulos_talks_vegas_night_in_dc_who_will_break_his_heart_115896.asp#more
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
John McIntyre has left the building
May 7, 2009
Photo credit: Jerry Jackson of The Sun. Courtesy of John McIntyre, “You Don’t Say.” From his post published on Saturday, May 2, 2009, “Many kindnesses.” http://johnemcintyre.blogspot.com/2009/05/many-kindnesses.html
John McIntyre has sealed his predecessor's ashes in an egg of myrrh.
“You Don’t Say” by John E. McIntyre has left the building…
May 7, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff
This past weekend, I stumbled upon this photo of John McIntyre leaving the byzantine denizens of Calvert Street, pushing a shopping cart. It was upsetting. However, ever the class act, his post which accompanied the photo was uplifting.
For those who are in temporary withdrawal as a result of the untimely demise of “You Don’t Say,” by John E. McIntyre; let not your heart be heavy or allow your possessives with a gerund grind to a halt.
If you will recall, Mr. McIntyre, the author of the aforementioned feature in “The Sun,” was recently unshackled from the challenges of his employment interfering with his life.
Yes, gentile readers, Mr. McIntyre has been visited upon by the spirit of Zell, who set fire to his “nest of aromatic boughs and spices.”
As with the mythological ancient Egyptian bird, he has “sealed its predecessor's ashes in an egg of myrrh and flew to Heliopolis to deposit them on the altar of the sun god.”
If this has either affected – or effected – you, mosey on over to his new cubicle at “You Don’t Say,” on blogger: http://johnemcintyre.blogspot.com/.
News of the rebirth of “You Don’t Say” spread quickly among those of us who are, in particular, in constant need of a copy editor (such as me – or is it such as myself?)
Mr. McIntyre confidently wrote in “Turning the page,” on Thursday, April 30, 2009, “I’m back, and I do not intend to go away.”
At that I joined the collective sigh of relief… Please join me in welcoming Mr. McIntyre to the dark side…
And oh, if you should happen to feel the need to correspond with Mr. McIntyre, always use spel chek.
“Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.” — Christina Baldwin
~ Kevin Dayhoff http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
- 30 -
PS: For all those who have asked me to write more about the Sun Massacre; no thanks. The last time I checked, I still work for the Baltimore Sun Media Group and I would like to continue…
Photo credit: Jerry Jackson of The Sun. Courtesy of John McIntyre, “You Don’t Say.” From his post published on Saturday, May 2, 2009, “Many kindnesses.” http://johnemcintyre.blogspot.com/2009/05/many-kindnesses.html
20090507 SDOSM John McIntyre has left the building
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: www.westgov.net
Squirrelgate in Montreal
Montreal Bluesman fined $50 for feeding squirrel
May 5, 2009
MONTREAL, May 5 (UPI) -- A Montreal musician who, for more than two years, ignored a ticket for feeding a squirrel in a park documented the case with the release of "Squirrelgate."
The saga wound down Monday when a municipal court judge gave blues musician Bruce Kert four months to pay a $50 fine for tossing a peanut to a squirrel in the borough of Westmount on Sept. 14, 2006 …
[…]
Kert said he has since stopped feeding squirrels, but expresses his frustration in the "Squirrelgate" song on the Soundclick.com Web site.
It can be heard at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=934743
May 5, 2009
MONTREAL, May 5 (UPI) -- A Montreal musician who, for more than two years, ignored a ticket for feeding a squirrel in a park documented the case with the release of "Squirrelgate."
The saga wound down Monday when a municipal court judge gave blues musician Bruce Kert four months to pay a $50 fine for tossing a peanut to a squirrel in the borough of Westmount on Sept. 14, 2006 …
[…]
Kert said he has since stopped feeding squirrels, but expresses his frustration in the "Squirrelgate" song on the Soundclick.com Web site.
It can be heard at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=934743
Scroll for "squirrelgate"
More: Bluesman fined $50 for feeding squirrel
20090505 Bluesman fined 50 dollars for feeding squirrel
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/05/05/Bluesman-fined-50-for-feeding-squirrel/UPI-40651241534130/
20090505 Bluesman fined 50 dollars for feeding squirrel
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kentucky Derby 2009 - Mine That Bird
Kentucky Derby 2009 - Mine That Bird
May 2, 2009
I can watch this race over and over again…
In a performance reminiscent of his winning ride aboard Street Sense two years earlier, Calvin Borel hugged the rail throughout then exploded through the stretch to guide Mine That Bird to an improbable 6 3/4-length victory over Pioneer of the Nile in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The victory capped off a memorable weekend for Borel, who also rode Rachel Alexandra to a one-sided triumph in Friday's Kentucky Oaks. (Source DRF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY-rrAoTl8
20090502 Kentucky Derby 2009 Mine That Bird
May 2, 2009
I can watch this race over and over again…
In a performance reminiscent of his winning ride aboard Street Sense two years earlier, Calvin Borel hugged the rail throughout then exploded through the stretch to guide Mine That Bird to an improbable 6 3/4-length victory over Pioneer of the Nile in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The victory capped off a memorable weekend for Borel, who also rode Rachel Alexandra to a one-sided triumph in Friday's Kentucky Oaks. (Source DRF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY-rrAoTl8
20090502 Kentucky Derby 2009 Mine That Bird
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
A.A.A.D.D.
AAADD
I got this earlier today in an e-mail. It made me laugh. I could relate.
Hat Tip: Karen Scott and Mrs. Owl
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table,
Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
And notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back
On the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think,
Since I'm going to be near the mailbox
When I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table,
And see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
So I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking
I'm going to look for my checks,
But first I need to push the Pepsi aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm,
And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
A vase of flowers on the counter
Catches my eye--they need water.
I put the Pepsi on the counter and
Discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk,
But first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter,
Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
But first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers,
But quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table,
Get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to
Remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
And I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem,
And I'll try to get some help for it,
But first I'll check my e-mail...
Do me a favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
20090505 SDOSM A.A.A.D.D.
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
I got this earlier today in an e-mail. It made me laugh. I could relate.
Hat Tip: Karen Scott and Mrs. Owl
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table,
Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
And notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back
On the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think,
Since I'm going to be near the mailbox
When I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table,
And see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
So I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking
I'm going to look for my checks,
But first I need to push the Pepsi aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm,
And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
A vase of flowers on the counter
Catches my eye--they need water.
I put the Pepsi on the counter and
Discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk,
But first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter,
Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
But first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers,
But quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table,
Get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to
Remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
And I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem,
And I'll try to get some help for it,
But first I'll check my e-mail...
Do me a favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
20090505 SDOSM A.A.A.D.D.
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
The first blogger in Howard County speaks
The first blogger in Howard County speaks.
I read Dave Wissing’s recent post in “The Hedgehog Report,” “HoCo: Whatever Happen To….” – on May 4, 2009, with great interest.
In it, he commented at some length about: “The Baltimore Sun had a good article yesterday on the growth of blogging in Howard County. A couple people emailed me asking why my website was not included and Wordbones even highlighted this on his website when mentioning the article. The truth of the matter is the reporter did contact me by email a few months ago.”
[…]
“With the previous profiles in mind and looking at the websites mentioned in this article, I did find it interesting how things have changed. The Baltimore Examiner probably had the most in-depth profile of the Howard County Blogging Community in April 2006. The article is no longer available on the Examiner website…”
The Examiner article: “Ranting & raving for the whole world to see” By Dan Gainer of The Examiner November 6th, 2006 is still online: http://tinyurl.com/ce5ckg (A reference to it may be found on my blog here: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2006/11/20061106-ranting-and-raving-in-maryland.html)
“… (heck, The Baltimore Examiner doesn’t even exist in paper form anymore) and at the time, there were only four known blogs be written out of Howard County. I still hold some pride in that I was the first (starting in December 2002)…” Read Dave’s entire post here: HoCo: Whatever Happen To….
In spite of his gracious unassuming modesty, it would have been appropriate if the article had given him a mention...
Blogs did not just happen overnight. The phenomena took years of hard work.
In the beginning it was lonely and at times, extremely frustrating. (My faltering beginnings go back to 2004… and) his blog, “The Hedgehog Report” really influenced me. In my beginning years, Dave was always helpful, gracious, knowledgeable and ever willing to lend a hand.
He was out there when there were just a few of us and his blog was then, as it is now, influential, not to overlook, groundbreaking. See: "The Howard County Gang of Four" August 21, 2006
I appreciated the Baltimore Sun article, if not for the one reason that I can well remember when the traditional print newspapers wanted to ignore us and wished we would go away. (The Associated Press still will go to great lengths to not credit blogs…)
It was only three years ago that I published, “How is Internet media held accountable?” in The Tentacle on January 25, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/ckd9pw – the working title of the column was “What is a blog.”
Nonetheless, I continue to be disappointed with the lack of depth and history that goes into such articles. Too much of the media today has the attention span of a goldfish.
Thanks Dave, for all your hard work… and all your help over the years.
~Kevin Dayhoff http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Related: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2006/11/20061106-ranting-and-raving-in-maryland.html
http://www.examiner.com/a-381542~Ranting___raving_for_the_whole_world_to_see.html
“How is Internet media held accountable?” in The Tentacle on January 25, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/ckd9pw
I read Dave Wissing’s recent post in “The Hedgehog Report,” “HoCo: Whatever Happen To….” – on May 4, 2009, with great interest.
In it, he commented at some length about: “The Baltimore Sun had a good article yesterday on the growth of blogging in Howard County. A couple people emailed me asking why my website was not included and Wordbones even highlighted this on his website when mentioning the article. The truth of the matter is the reporter did contact me by email a few months ago.”
[…]
“With the previous profiles in mind and looking at the websites mentioned in this article, I did find it interesting how things have changed. The Baltimore Examiner probably had the most in-depth profile of the Howard County Blogging Community in April 2006. The article is no longer available on the Examiner website…”
The Examiner article: “Ranting & raving for the whole world to see” By Dan Gainer of The Examiner November 6th, 2006 is still online: http://tinyurl.com/ce5ckg (A reference to it may be found on my blog here: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2006/11/20061106-ranting-and-raving-in-maryland.html)“… (heck, The Baltimore Examiner doesn’t even exist in paper form anymore) and at the time, there were only four known blogs be written out of Howard County. I still hold some pride in that I was the first (starting in December 2002)…” Read Dave’s entire post here: HoCo: Whatever Happen To….
In spite of his gracious unassuming modesty, it would have been appropriate if the article had given him a mention...
Blogs did not just happen overnight. The phenomena took years of hard work.
In the beginning it was lonely and at times, extremely frustrating. (My faltering beginnings go back to 2004… and) his blog, “The Hedgehog Report” really influenced me. In my beginning years, Dave was always helpful, gracious, knowledgeable and ever willing to lend a hand.
He was out there when there were just a few of us and his blog was then, as it is now, influential, not to overlook, groundbreaking. See: "The Howard County Gang of Four" August 21, 2006 I appreciated the Baltimore Sun article, if not for the one reason that I can well remember when the traditional print newspapers wanted to ignore us and wished we would go away. (The Associated Press still will go to great lengths to not credit blogs…)
It was only three years ago that I published, “How is Internet media held accountable?” in The Tentacle on January 25, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/ckd9pw – the working title of the column was “What is a blog.”
Nonetheless, I continue to be disappointed with the lack of depth and history that goes into such articles. Too much of the media today has the attention span of a goldfish.
Thanks Dave, for all your hard work… and all your help over the years.
~Kevin Dayhoff http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Related: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2006/11/20061106-ranting-and-raving-in-maryland.html
http://www.examiner.com/a-381542~Ranting___raving_for_the_whole_world_to_see.html
“How is Internet media held accountable?” in The Tentacle on January 25, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/ckd9pw
Blog Hedgehog Report, Blog HoCo Hayduke, Blog HoCoMD Blog, Blog Howard Co Blog, Blog Howard Co Bloggers, Journalists Carson Larry
20090505 SDOSM The first blogger in Howard County speaks.
20090505 SDOSM The first blogger in Howard County speaks.
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
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