Saturday, July 5, 2014

Westminster celebrates National Recreation and Parks Month

Westminster celebrates National Recreation and Parks Month

By Ericka Dixon Times Correspondent July 1, 2014 http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cct-westminster-celebrates-national-recreation-and-parks-month-20140701,0,3158641.story

Come join the City of Westminster for a month outside during
July to celebrate National Recreation and Parks Month.

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Planning months in advance, the committee that organizes the
event looks at current trends and considers community feedback to organize the
month-long event’s activities, according to Kristie Turgeon, administrative
coordinator for the City of Westminster Recreation and Parks.

“We want people to use our parks and experience the programs
we have to see what we bring to the community,” said Turgeon.

Events held throughout July… http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cct-westminster-celebrates-national-recreation-and-parks-month-20140701,0,3158641.story

History Westminster Recreation, Westminster Rec Parks,
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Union Bridge trail trek may expand by end of year - carrollcountytimes.com

Union Bridge trail trek may expand by end of year - carrollcountytimes.com:

"By Carrie Ann Knauer Neighborhoods correspondent
12:30 a.m. EDT, June 27, 2014

 Community members who enjoy the walking trail at Union Bridge's Wetlands Park off Md. 75 may have more to enjoy by the end of the year, as the town is planning to expand the trail.

Town officials are seeking state approval for the layout of Phase 3 of the walking trail, which will extend its length to about a mile long and end it with a loop."

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Waiting for Nico Valsesia bicycle ride through Westminster Race Across America

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ... who comforts us in all our troubles..."

2 Corinthians 1:3-4  “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
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Early voting at the Senior Center in Westminster went very smoothly.

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Priscilla G. Teeter, registered nurse, 85, Carroll County icon

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun

4:11 p.m. EDT, June 16, 2014 

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Priscilla G. Teeter, a registered nurse who later became an administrator with the Carroll County Health Department, died May 30 of brain cancer at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster. She was 85.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-priscilla-teeter-20140616,0,4054151.story Fred Rasmussen is a great writer and he did a good job on a tribute to a wonderful Carroll County icon.

Mrs. Teeter was an absolutely wonderful person, as was her late husband, who was also extremely good to Caroline and me. Mrs. Teeter will be greatly missed and her passing makes me very-very sad.

According to Mr. Rasmussen, "Mrs. Teeter was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 17 Bond St., Westminster, where a celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday."
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Staples Restaurant in Westminster has gone bananas

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Westminster Fire fighters respond to house fire on Mulligan Lane off Windsor Drive in Westminster Monday, June 16, 2014





Westminster Fire fighters respond to house fire on Mulligan Lane off Windsor Drive in Westminster Monday, June 16, 2014

Westminster Fire fighters respond to house fire on Mulligan Lane off Windsor Drive in Westminster Monday, June 16, 2014 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2014/06/westminster-fire-fighters-respond-to.html



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WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE and HOSE COMPANY No. 1

Westminster Fire fighters respond to house fire on Mulligan Lane off Windsor Drive in Westminster Monday, June 16, 2014 photos by Westminster VFD Chaplain and PIO Kevin E. Dayhoff

DATE: Monday, June 16, 2014

DISPATCH TIME: 12:15 p.m. in the afternoon. The first units arrived on scene at 12:20 p.m. The fire declared under control at 13:06 p.m.

LOCATION: 700 block of Mulligan Lane off Windsor Drive in Westminster

INCIDENT Classification:  FIRE SUPPRESSION Box alarm

INCIDENT DESCRIPTION: Responded to smoke coming from the rear of a residential home in the 700 block of Mulligan Lane.

INITIAL ON-SCENE UNIT: Engine 33 on scene at12:20 p.m. All units cleared the scene at 14:24.

Initial Findings: Lt. 3-3 arrived to find smoke showing. After doing a 360, the Lt. found fire running up the exterior wall, on the Charlie side, to the attic.

ACTIONS TAKEN: Engine 33 on scene. Laid line from fire hydrant and then the firefighters went interior with an inch and three-quarter hand line.

Chief 3-1 assumed command… After further inspection, smoke was discovered in the basement as well as the two upper floors. Westminster 31 and 33, and Reese 91 went to the second floor and pulled ceilings to stop the fire from spreading in the attic.

Assistance on the fire attack - on the second floor, the basement and pulling the siding on the Delta side, was provided by New Windsor 101, Ladder Taneytown 5 and Engine Pleasant Valley 63.

Firefighters secured all utilities, and rescued a dog, cat and two birds from the house.

It is preliminarily estimated that $60,000 to the building and $20,000 damage to the contents.

ON-SCENE INJURED: No injuries were reported.

Mutual AIDE COMPANY(S): Reese, New Windsor, Pleasant Valley, Union Bridge, Hampstead, Taneytown, and Lineboro.

14 firefighters responded from Westminster. It is estimated that 35 to 45 volunteers responded from other Carroll County volunteer fire departments.

SPECIAL SUPPORT Services(s): Westminster Fire Police, Canteen and Chaplain responded and the MD State Fire Marshall. Baltimore Gas Election and a representative from the Carroll County office of permits and inspections.

The fire remains under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office.


ON-SCENE PIO Contact: Westminster Vol. Fire Company Chaplain Kevin E. Dayhoff 
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Patricia Richter Amass, 78, of Westminster, died Monday April 28, 2014

Patricia Richter Amass, 78, of Westminster, died Monday April 28, 2014 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House.  Born June 28, 1935 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Marjorie McWilliams, Elementary School Teacher and Homemaker and Gerald E. Richter, Principal, Administrator and Superintendent of schools in Talbot County.

She was the wife of Dr. Arnold “Skip” Amass, her husband of 57 years.

Patricia lived her whole life in Carroll County, starting in Manchester, MD where her father was Principal of the old Manchester School grades 1 through 11.  At the age of 9, she moved to Westminster, MD when her father became Principal of Westminster High School.  She graduated from Westminster High School in 1953, participating in many school activities such as band, student government, and editor of the yearbook.

Patricia attended Western Maryland College (McDaniel College) and graduated in 1957.  At Western Maryland College she was President of the Student Christian Association, President of Phi Delta Sorority and an Argonaut.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors in History for which she received the DAR lifetime membership award.  She continued her graduate studies at Western Maryland College receiving her Masters in Education.  She continued further studies at Hood College.  Patricia served for a period of time as an Adjunct Professor at Western Maryland College in the Education Department.  

Patricia started her career as a 3rd grade teacher at the East End Elementary School for 13 years.  She then became supervisor of Early Childhood Educational Programs in Carroll County, such as, Head Start and Title 1.

She was active in community activities commencing with the Junior Women’s Club of Westminster where she served as President and coordinated an after school program to teach Foreign Languages to elementary school children.  With the Women’s Club of Westminster, she participated in the “Used Book Program”, the money from which was used to purchase Dr. Seuss books for the elementary schools.

Patricia was a charter member of the Bonds Meadow Rotary Club and served a term as the first woman President.  The Rotary Club honored her with three Paul Harris Awards, one for her founding and service to the club, one for her community activities of the club and the other for international service to Rotary.  She was instrumental in a program to eradicate River Blindness in Tanzania, Africa.  She also conceived and organized along with IMA (International Medical Assistance in New Windsor, MD) a program of Safe Motherhood Kits which are distributed to women in third world countries to allow them to have sterile and safe births of their children.

Patricia’s faith was very strong and her activities in the Westminster Methodist Church especially the United Methodist Women where she was a district delegate promoting Safe Motherhood Kits.  She had the women knitting baby blankets and knit caps to be included in the kits.  She also taught a weekly bible study group.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Gerald A. Amass and a fiancée Robin Wardenfelt of Westminster, a grandson, Jordan Scott Amass of Westminster and numerous cousins.

She was predeceased by a son John “Jack” Amass in 2001.

The family will receive friends on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 at the Fletcher Funeral & Cremation Services, 254 E. Main Street, Westminster.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Westminster United Methodist Church, 165 E. Main Street, Westminster with Rev. Mark Smiley.  Private interment will follow at the Meadow Branch Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Westminster United Methodist Church, 165 E. Main Street, Westminster, MD  21157 or Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Avenue, Westminster, MD  21157.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Union Mills just north @UnionMillsMD Shrivers’ Homestead in Carroll Co MD Photo courtesy of historian Don Warner http://twitpic.com/e3qun8


Union Mills, Carroll County Maryland, looking north at approximately 1900. Photo courtesy historian Don Warner. This is just north of Shrivers’ Union Mills Homestead. On the immediately left is the bank building. http://twitpic.com/e3qun8
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Dr Jim Lightner presents history McDaniel College at Historical Soc CC box lunch



Dr Jim Lightner presents history McDaniel College at Historical Soc CC box lunch


Those interested in the area's rich past should not overlook the historical society's monthly box lunch lecture series on Tuesdays at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll St. in Westminster.

The next presentation will be on “How Much Do You Know about McDaniel College?” by Dr. James Lightner, the author of a definitive history of the college, “Fearless and Bold.”

According to the Historical Society, “McDaniel College will soon celebrate its sesquicentennial. College Historian James Lightner will share a fast-paced look at the 147 years of the College’s development, from its founding as Western Maryland College in 1867 to the present day...”

On June 10, historian Md. Senator Joe Getty, R-Carroll and Baltimore Counties, will make a presentation on the manufacture of cigars in Manchester.

Folks planning to attend the monthly Historical Society lectures are encouraged to bring a lunch. The Historical Society provides beverages and dessert. Admission is $5.00 for Historical Society of Carroll County members and $10.00 for non-members.






Monday, May 12, 2014

1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory

May 12 : General Interest
1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory

On this day in 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri... read more

American Revolution
1780 : Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-suffer-worst-defeat-of-revolution-at-charleston

Automotive
2000 : Fourth-generation NASCAR driver Adam Petty dies in crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fourth-generation-nascar-driver-adam-petty-dies-in-crash

Civil War
1864 : North and South see bloody day at the Bloody Angle
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-day-at-the-bloody-angle

Cold War
1975 : American ship Mayaguez seized
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-ship-mayaguez-seized

Crime
1932 : Body of Lindbergh baby found
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/body-of-lindbergh-baby-found

Disaster
1987 : Forest fire sweeps across China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/forest-fire-sweeps-across-china

General Interest
1937 : George VI crowned at Westminster
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-vi-crowned-at-westminster
1949 : Berlin blockade lifted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-blockade-lifted
1970 : Blackmun confirmed to Supreme Court
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blackmun-confirmed-to-supreme-court

Hollywood
1907 : Katharine Hepburn born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/katharine-hepburn-born

Literary
1828 : Poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poet-and-painter-dante-gabriel-rossetti-is-born

Music
1963 : Bob Dylan walks out on The Ed Sullivan Show
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bob-dylan-walks-out-on-the-ed-sullivan-show

Old West
1832 : Fur trader William Sublette heads west
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fur-trader-william-sublette-heads-west

Presidential
1903 : Teddy Roosevelt's trip to San Francisco is captured on film
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelts-trip-to-san-francisco-is-captured-on-film

Sports
1970 : Ernie Banks hits 500th home run
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ernie-banks-hits-500th-home-run

Vietnam War
1961 : Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lyndon-b-johnson-visits-south-vietnam
1971 : Heavy fighting erupts in A Shau Valley
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-fighting-erupts-in-a-shau-valley

World War I
1918 : Germany and Austria-Hungary sign pact to exploit Ukraine
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-and-austria-hungary-sign-pact-to-exploit-ukraine

World War II
1941 : Hitler backs Rashid Ali in his fight against Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-backs-rashid-ali-in-his-fight-against-britain


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Ober S. Herr, Jr., 87, of Westminster died May 8, 2014

Ober S. Herr, Jr., 87, of Westminster, died early Thursday morning, May 8, 2014 at his home.

Born February 16, 1927 in Westminster, he was the son of the late Ober S. Herr, Sr. and Dorothy McDaniel Herr.  He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jeanne Blettner Herr.

A native of the community, Ober was a 1944 graduate of Westminster High School, where he served as class president and received the Rotary Medal at graduation.  Ober interrupted his college education to serve as an aviation machinist’s mate in the U.S. Navy from February 1945 to April 1946. 

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He received his B.A. degree in Economics in 1949 from Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College which was named after his grandfather. He worked briefly at the Times Printing Company, followed by employment at Jameson and Barnsley Automobile Co. 

In 1964 Ober began his banking career at Carroll County Bank and Trust Co. (now B.B.&T.) and later was promoted to vice president and comptroller.  During his banking career, he graduated from the Maryland-Virginia School of Bank Management (1967) and retired in 1992.  

He was a life-long member of Westminster United Methodist Church, where he sang in the Chancel Choir and served on the church’s finance committee, the Administrative Board, and was treasurer of the Benevolence Fund. 

In addition, he sang for many years with the Carroll County Choral Society and the Carroll Singers.  He also was a member, long-time volunteer and former treasurer of the Carroll County Historical Society, as well as serving on the board of the Carroll County Heart Association, and as chair of the City of Westminster’s Planning and Zoning Board. 

He was the longest serving member of the Westminster Rotary Club, having joined in 1951.  He served as treasurer, Pinion Editor, president (1960-61), member of the awards committee, treasurer of the Sherman Flanagan Scholarship Fund, and edited the annual club directory for many years.  In 1986, his service as a Rotarian was recognized and he was named a Paul Harris Fellow.

As a young man, Ober earned his pilot’s license and enjoyed aviation.  He was interested in model railroading, white water rafting, and hiking the Appalachian Trail with his sons and friends.  He and his wife also enjoyed travelling and sailing with their friends.

Surviving him in addition to his wife are their children and spouses, Karen and William Mallonee of Owensboro, KY; Stephen and Nancy Herr of Bend, OR;  and James and Katie Herr of El Dorado Hills, CA; brother and sister-in-law, William McD. and Lois Herr of Carbondale, IL; and 7 grandchildren (Michael, Daniel, Mandee, Andrew, Karah, Connor and Spencer) .  He was predeceased by his grandson, Logan D. Herr.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, May 12, 2014 from the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis Street, Westminster, with his pastor, Reverend Mark Smiley officiating.  Burial will follow in Westminster Cemetery.   The family will receive friends on Sunday from 2:00-4:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made in his name to the Westminster United Methodist Church Music Program, 162 E. Main Street, Westminster; the Sherman Flanagan Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o of the Westminster Rotary Club, PO Box 1244, Westminster, MD 21158 or to the Carroll County Historical Society,  210 E. Main Street, Westminster, MD  21157.

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Plenty of folks have packed Westminster Main St for Flower and Jazz Festival

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Westminster Fallfest is well underway and well attended. The weather is great.

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A Celebration of Prettyboy Reservoir and Watershed Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Prettyboy Dam.

A Celebration of Prettyboy Reservoir and Watershed Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Prettyboy Dam.

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BALTIMORE, MD (April 30, 2014) – Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds everyone that the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will be holding Prettyboy Day on Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Prettyboy Dam.

The event is to celebrate and educate attendees about Prettyboy Dam and Reservoir, one of Baltimore's three raw drinking-water reservoirs. The event will feature live musical entertainment by singer/guitarist Dave Huber, face painting and balloon animals for the kids, educational displays, a surprise competition, and food.

Attendees of all ages can take a tour inside the Dam which will be open to the public only for this special day. Learn about Baltimore's drinking water system, resource issues and conservation efforts. Rescued native wildlife from Scales and Tales will be on display and experts from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will be on hand to tell all about them. 

Last year 150 new trees were planted near the Dam. This year attendees can participate in applying protective wrappings on them. Local historian George Lang will also be on hand again with his historic archives.

“We are very happy to be able to showcase Prettyboy Reservoir and Dam, vital elements of our drinking-water system,” said Director Chow. “This is a tremendous opportunity to have fun while learning at a beautiful, outdoor location.”
Prettyboy Day is sponsored by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, the Prettyboy Watershed Alliance and RK&K. Additional support is provided by Baltimore County. The dam is located at Prettyboy Dam Road, 21120.

Prettyboy Day celebrates National Drinking Water Week, May 4-10. The theme is “What do you know about H20?” and encourages all citizens to learn more about the critical role water plays in our lives and the quality of life we enjoy because of clean drinking water.

The event and parking are free. For more information about Prettyboy Day call 410-545-6541.



Related is last year’s article on Prettyboy Day: Prettyboy Reservoir Day on April 27 celebrates region's liquid asset

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, April 26, 2013

Since the 1930s, warm weather and sunshine is a signal for many in Carroll and Baltimore counties to venture outdoors for biking, hiking fishing and boating trips in the Gunpowder River and Prettyboy watershed in the Hereford area. Spring has arrived just in time to help celebrate Prettyboy Reservoir Day this Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, the Prettyboy Watershed Alliance, Carroll and Baltimore County have joined forces for the one-day event as a part Earth Day celebrations and Baltimore Green Week.


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Nature in the balance September 10, 2001


Also see: Success breeds another Prettyboy Day By Pat van den Beemt

Public invited to learn about the dam, health of watershed




Some communities have festivals in early May to sell plants and flowers for Mother's Day. Others celebrate the start of kids' baseball and softball seasons. Only North County would hold a festival for a dam.

The public is invited to attend Prettyboy Day at the dam on May 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. …

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"Last year's Prettyboy Day was quite a success. There were cars parked on either side of the dam as far as the eye could see," said Kurt Kocher, Baltimore City Department of Public Works public information supervisor. He estimates 1,000 people attended last year's festivities…

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The nonprofit Alliance, formed in 2003 to protect and restore the land and streams draining into the reservoir, will have several displays, said the group's president, Sharon Bailey.

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The event will be held rain or shine. Prettyboy dam is at 18100 Prettyboy Dam Road, Parkton.

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