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Sunday, May 26, 2013

#MemorialDay at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial To Thank those who serve

#MemorialDay at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial To Thank those who serve http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/05/memorialday-at-carroll-county-vietnam.html 

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Eagle Archive: For Memorial Day, we recall a fallen soldier who made sure we remembered others By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... on the granite Vietnam Memorial, in Washington. More ... County. After attending Memorial Day ceremonies at the Westminster ... Cemetery on May 28, Kevin Dayhoff may be found at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park on Willis Street ...

Eagle Archive: Wampler's life of service made him an apt participant on Memorial Day By Kevin Dayhoff, May 19, 2012 ... and proud veteran. He was the Memorial Day parade marshal for more than 44 ... missed, but not forgotten. This Memorial Day, I'll be saying a prayer for ... sacrifice for our country, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...

... represent "Miss Poppy" for the observance of Memorial Day. In the United States, the poppy is most often worn on Memorial Day. Pat Davis, who is assisting the ... this," said Amass of Krauss. Kevin Dayhoff

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, June 2, 2012 ... Westminster for the expanded 145th Memorial Day parade and ceremonies. Main ... had been the focal point of many Memorial Day observances in Westminster ? after ... May 30, 1868. This year's Memorial Day address was delivered by Navy Commander ...

... to visit the USS Maine Memorial Plat in the middle of ... Cemetery. The Maine Memorial area, surrounded by ... It was on the second day of military operations ... Well," and, to this day, the battle is commemorated ... south in February Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at…

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, Story January 28, 2013
... cemetery when they attend the annual Memorial Day parade. The annual observance ... before, make plans to attend the Memorial Day ceremonies in Westminster. This ... the Westminster Cemetery, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, January 12, 2013 ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... The good ole' days were indeed hard ... often took several days, and it was made ... microwave oven, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... much easier than day-to-day life in ...

Charles Fisher Sr., 95, attorney and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital Center, dies By Kevin Dayhoff, June 26, 2012 ... Department of Public Welfare during the day, and attended classes three evenings ... head of Westminster's annual Memorial Day parade with other local veterans ... John Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to St ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... will be remembered on the first Memorial Day since his death in January ... Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens' Memorial Day observance, in Timonium ... Valley has conducted an annual Memorial Day observance since 1967. The memorial ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, September 9, 2011 ... cookouts over the three-day Labor Day weekend, men and women ... have any memory of that day or weren't yet born ... attend one of the several memorial services that will take ... 11 anniversary, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, November 1, 2011 ... Shellman founded Westminster's Memorial Day Parade in 1868 ? today believed ... the longest continuously running Memorial Day parade in the country. She ... Arlington National Cemetery," the Memorial Day poem for Antietam Battlefield and ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, Carroll Eagle and Steve Kilar, Baltimore Sun, January 12, 2012 ... Base. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and ... Interment will be later that day at Arlington National Cemetery ... join the military. In the days following news of Seidler ... payable to: The Matthew Seidler Memorial Fund, c/o Susquehanna Bank ...


By Kevin Dayhoff, January 7, 2012 ... no additional details were released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt's family ... the pride we'll feel when we see Matt's name on the EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base will not extinguish the sorrow ...
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After sitting all winter the 1929 Ford started-up easily on first attempt

Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th century http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo

Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th century http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo



The nation's first countywide free rural postal delivery service got off to a shaky and contested start Dec. 20, 1896, in Carroll County.

According to multiple media accounts, including the Baltimore Sun, "One of the first pick-ups postal clerk Edwin Shriver had on the inaugural day of Carroll County's Rural Free Delivery service was a greased pig…"

"I'm sure he (the customer) did it as a joke," said Shriver. "But I slapped a 42-cent stamp on its rump and delivered it. That pig squealed the whole way."

A little over three years later, Charles Emory Smith, the 39th postmaster general of the United States and a journalist by trade, visited Westminster on April 30, 1900.



If Smith were to come back today, he would find the current state of affairs of the Postal Service look more like that haze produced by the forest fire.
These days, the future beautiful vista at the post office is less than clear, if my last visit there is any indication.

After I opened my box, I let out a squeal much like that of that greased pig in December of 1896. I quickly realized that I had once again fallen prey to the modern scourge upon the postal system that has significantly impacted our lives today, junk mail, or as it is politely referred to by the postal system, "standard mail."


Don't complain about the flood of unsolicited mail. "The Postal Service is hoping to deliver even more," according to an article in the New York Times last September.

"Faced with multibillion-dollar losses and significant declines in first-class mail, the post office is cutting deals with businesses and direct mail marketers to increase the number of sales pitches they send by standard mail…"

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Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: Fighting the “Stuff Monster”




There comes a time in a person’s life when one needs to get a fresh supply of trash bags, buy a new heavy-duty paper shredder, back the pick-up truck to the basement door, get out the large party-size coffee maker, and clear the clutter.


For me, periodically fighting the “Stuff Monster” has been a survival tool – or I would have been the tragic-lead character in a serial reality horror show on hoarding a long time ago.

Yet, in my personal journey of a life-long struggle with the “Stuff Monster,” the deck has always been stacked against me.

For, you see, my situation has been exacerbated by the fact that I have been self-employed all my life. Many colleagues have been able to fight the “Stuff Monster” much more easily because all the filing cabinets full of papers and pallets of boxes in records storage, has been the responsibility of their respective employers.

Well, with me – since the late 1960s – I’ve been my own employer and keeping records, documents and stuff has always been my responsibility.

And, of course, for the last 35 or so years, in addition to art and farming, I have continuously served on any number of local, county or state boards, committees or commissions – and for many years, as an elected official – all of which was accompanied by my bringing home papers, documents and records by the wheelbarrow load.

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I am trying to go as paperless as possible.

My paperless initiative is in part, because technology has advanced to the point that I can now handle many office and administrative functions more efficiently - without paper.

However, my reasons for going as paperless as possible are in part, as a matter of practicality. Above and beyond the fact that we travel a lot and are simply not at home to get hardcopy paper-mail at our post office box; at my advanced age, handling mountains of paper day-in and day-out has not gotten any easier.

Curiously, after almost 40-years of office administration, if you hand me a piece of paper, in several hours, I have no clue as to where it is. However, I always seem to be able to find electronic paperwork… Caroline will tell you that I have come to like reading online so much that I scan-in letters and writing-newspaper-research materials just so that I can read it on the computer…

Moreover, a large part of my decision to go paperless is a product of my environmental activism, which in part springs forth from faith beliefs…

Whatever - - I am a geek and although a few electrons may be inconvenienced; paperless is far more efficient…

That said, LOL – the initiative sure has had some interesting moments – and a few profound failures; however, it has been for the most part, quite successful…



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Grace Lutheran Church gathers for Vicar Karin Albaugh's last day.

My art exhibit at Grace Gallery at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster

Communion at Grace Lutheran Church - Holy Trinity Sunday www.gracelc.org

Holy Trinity Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church westminster MD www.gracelc.org

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

David Gergen connects students’ passion for service to Gettysburg's history

Posted: 19 May 2013 02:26 AM PDT
David Gergen, political commentator and former presidential advisor, spoke to 639 graduates May 19 at Gettysburg College’s 178th Commencement Exercises, connecting students’ passion for service to the history of Gettysburg.

“The spirit of Gettysburg College [is] a spirit in which all of you take justifiable pride,” Gergen said. “It has often struck me that this devotion to service and leadership, so carefully cultivated on this campus, is deeply rooted in the soil of the battlefields nearby. It calls to you these days just as the bugles called men and women to service in the war to save the Union.”

David Gergen, the 2013 Commencement speaker

He provided examples of great service from the past – both in Gettysburg and beyond – and noted that many young men and women who have made a difference have served out of duty and honor. Gergen borrowed from the American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., saying that their “hearts were touched with fire.”

“What I see here and on other campuses across the country – and what distinguishes your generation – is a revival of the spirit that we have often seen when times are tough – from the Revolution of 1776 to the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War II. I see an America where Millennials are lining up, eager to serve,” he continued. “You, too, will have your ‘hearts touched with fire’ if you leave here to enlist in causes greater than yourself, if you sign up out of honor and duty, and if you come to work and love those at your side.”

President Janet Morgan Riggs, a 1977 graduate of the College, echoed Gergen’s message in her charge and parting words to the Class of 2013.
President Janet Morgan Riggs ’77

“My charge to you is simple. Use what you’ve learned here. Wherever you are, whatever you do, you can make a difference.

You can offer solutions to problems, you can treat colleagues with compassion, you can find a better way of getting a task done, you can offer a helping hand, you can start a business, you can serve as a role model, you can write or perform music, you can counsel and support the mentally ill, you can represent someone in court, you can work towards a cure for disease, you can run for public office, you can manufacture or sell a product that will make someone’s life easier or happier. Whatever you do, wherever you live, you can infuse into your work and your community high aspirations, good will, compassion and respect for others, and integrity. Class of 2013, we are all counting on you to make a difference – and you will,” Riggs said.

Student speaker Anthony Palmer, a member of the Class of 2013, reflected on something else that makes Gettysburg College a great community – the personal, human experience.

Student speaker Anthony Palmer ’13“Gettysburg is about the human experience. About passion, people, and treating your work like art,” Palmer said. “In a question and answer session on Twitter, someone asked President Riggs, ‘What makes Gettysburg special?’ ‘That’s easy,’ she answered. ‘It’s the people.’ It is the people. If there’s one thing we’ve learned here, it’s that people matter.”
In addition to Gergen receiving a Doctor of Public Service, honorary Doctor of Science in International Relations was presented to Julia Chang Bloch, the first Asian American in United States history to hold the rank of ambassador, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters was presented to Jennifer Bryant ’82, a writer of biographies, novels and poems.

John Commito, professor of Environmental Studies, received the Gettysburg College Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Tom '60 and Joan Wachob '60 Norris received the Lavern H. Brenneman Award for exemplary service to Gettysburg College.

Additional coverage of Commencement 2013, including photos and videos.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. Alumni include Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate, and other distinguished scholars. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
Contact: Nikki Rhoads, senior assistant director of communications, 717.337.6803

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Posted: 19 May 2013 02:33 AM PDT
Were you not able to make it to town for Gettysburg College’s 178th Commencement? Or were you here, and had such a great time that you want to relive the exciting events? Maybe you were so immersed in the pomp and tradition of the weekend that you didn’t have a chance to take too many photographs for yourself.
If you fit into any of these categories, we invite you to check out photos from the May 19 Commencement ceremony in the gallery below.

But, that’s not all! What would Commencement be with out the exciting events that lead up to the ceremony? Don’t forget to look at the photos from Saturday, May 18, which include Baccalaureate, the ROTC commissioning ceremony, and more.

View Saturday's photos on Flickr

Additional coverage of Commencement 2013highlights of the ceremony.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. Alumni include Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate, and other distinguished scholars. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Contact: Nikki Rhoads, senior assistant director of communications, 717.337.6803

Mike Baker, assistant director of communications, 717.337.6521

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Lonely is the runner who puts in miles at the #McDaniel track on a spring day

You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church by David Kinnaman



 You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church by David Kinnaman noted that of Christians 18-25 years old: 38% have significantly doubted their faith, 57% are less active in church than at age 15, and 59% have dropped out of the church.”

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Kevin Dayhoff Art: When it comes to social media: Tumblr

Kevin Dayhoff Art: When it comes to social media: Tumblr: June 26, 2010 Tumblr http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/ “When it comes to social media, traditional news organizations have wholehe...

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“When it comes to social media, traditional news organizations have wholeheartedly embraced Facebook and Twitter.

“Last we checked, The Times had 627,497 Facebook fans and about 2.5 million Twitter followers.

“But the idea that a publication would create an external blog in addition to the blogs that live on its own website is just starting to take hold.

“And Tumblr, known for its sophisticated user interaction features, has become the media’s preferred platform.

“As it turns out, by a Tumblr spokesperson’s count, there are around 20 traditional media outlets (and that includes HuffPo because, whatever, it’s a huge operation that bills itself as a newspaper on the web) that are now Tumbling, much like so many of the (mostly) young “media elites” who either work for, read or obsess over said news outlets.”

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A visit to Gettysburg College, June 30, 2009

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A family member will be beginning college this fall at Gettysburg College. She will be the fourth generation to attend. The family visited Gettysburg on June 30, 2009. Enjoy a few of the many pictures that I took that day.

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http://twitpic.com/ebvcz A visit to Gettysburg College 2, June 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/oobzou

http://twitpic.com/ebvy9 A visit to Gettysburg College 10, June 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/oobzou

http://twitpic.com/ebw20 A visit to Gettysburg College 14, June 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/oobzou

http://twitpic.com/ebw5w A visit to Gettysburg College 20, June 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/oobzou

http://twitpic.com/ebw9y A visit to Gettysburg College 23, June 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/oobzou
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Melissa J Dorrance delivers a Senior Address at #gburg2013 Gettysburg Collage Baccalaureate Service http://flic.kr/p/ekoTQJ

Melissa J Dorrance delivers a Senior Address at #gburg2013 Gettysburg Collage Baccalaureate Service http://flic.kr/p/ekoTQJ Melissa Dorrance Sarah B. Dorrance Evelyn Babylon

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

#gburg2013 Pres Riggs Charge to the Grads Use what you have learned here

#gburg2013 Gettysburg commencement address Gergen honors class touched w fire

#gburg2013 Gettysburg College bestows David Gergen an honorary degree

#gburg2013 A Palmer: people matter most ... exceed the expectations of humanity

#gburg2013 Gettysbug College grad ceremonies continue w Pres J M Riggs greetings

#gburg2013 No rain so far as Gettysburg College faculty arrived for ceremonies

Please stand here #gburg2013 Gettysburg College graduation ceremonies

Looking forward to the #gburg2013 Gettysburg College graduation ceremonies