Showing posts with label Dayhoff bio and disclosures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dayhoff bio and disclosures. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Our May 9th, 2017 Westminster municipal elections and this day in history March 30, 1999.

Our May 9th, 2017 Westminster municipal elections and this day in history March 30, 1999.


April 4, 2017 Westminster Md. - This morning, I was reading through the letters to the editor in the Carroll County Times about the current Westminster municipal elections. – And it brought back memories….

Many folks have asked if I am ever going to run for office again. And the answer is sorta-kinda-maybe. Not right now. Among many reasons, as soon as I declare my candidacy for office, I immediately lose my job with the newspaper. Think about it. In what other profession do you lose your job the very instant you declare your candidacy? And I love my job.

Many folks have asked my opinion about the upcoming elections. Because I work for the newspaper, I really cannot say much. However, I think that I can say, that it is time to let some other folks have a turn – or let some other ideas into the Westminster council chambers.

I mean, I actually like all of Westminster’s elected officials. I guess I can say that? I mean, I like everybody. Westminster officials work hard and for the most part, I think they are well-intended.

But the history and tradition of holding office in Westminster is one of letting everyone take their turn. And, at the moment, it just does not seem that other ideas are really welcome in city government these days. I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong. And growing-up in Westminster, there was essentially – if not absolutely - no politics.

I had a great talk with an official with another municipality recently and he lamented how Westminster elected officials spend a great deal of time on politics that has nothing to do with the day-to-day life of Westminster citizens. He said this in the context in that, in his municipality, there is still, to this day, essentially no politics.

Now before you send me angry emails, he said it – I did not say a word. As a matter of fact, he acknowledged that I have to remain silent because I work for the paper, but I will say that I have heard it said by many folks outside of Westminster…

Municipal elections are extremely important to your day-to-day quality of life. I am often amused with folks who get so worked-up over national politics – and state politics, for that matter. As for national politics, candidly, you and I standing over the back fence discussing the issues, or engaged in a Facebook discussion, have little impact on the development of national public policies. Arguably some impact – but really – we have little say. Makes me sad to say that. I have certainly written my fair share of letters to elected officials in Washington. But that was before gerrymandering. These days, the folks that represent us in Washington, do not know where Carroll County is located on the map – and do not care. (Although they all have great staffers. Just saying.) In days gone by, we routinely had opportunities to meet with our elected representatives in Congress. Remember when they would routinely visit the post office?

(Anyway, just so you know - I hate Facebook arguments and routinely delete argumentative comments, just saying.)

Yes, we have a little more influence in Maryland State politics, although, it often appears that Annapolis exists in another country.

On my website, the other day, I found a few items, from the 1999 elections, for my “This Day in History” series…. Yes, I was so young, and naive. But I still have many really good memories. [Anyway - This Day in History: March 30, 1999 Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Common Council http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/03/this-day-in-history-march-30-1999-kevin.html]

I was amused that almost 20-years ago, many of the same issues today, were a matter of interest in the 1999 election. When I filled-out my candidate profile and questionnaire, among the “Main issues I will address during my campaign,” included:

1. Pro Economic Development - Continued Revitalization of Downtown Westminster, and how it was (is) important to attract and develop more jobs in Westminster.

2. Support Westminster Police Department

3. Support Westminster Fire Department

4. Pursue improving our road system

5. Continued support of the City’s recreation program – community events – that bring folks to downtown Westminster.

I loved being an elected official for Westminster. I loved working with the Westminster employees – and Westminster citizens. It seems that the best kept secret in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region, is that Westminster has the best municipal employees around. They are well-trained, professional, personally invested, and most of all, they really-really care about Westminster.

And, of course, being the product of many generations of elected officials, and being an historian and a writer, I really enjoyed the development of public policy initiative. For much of Westminster’s municipal history, it was known to be on the cutting edge of municipal public policy and governance.

Anyway - This Day in History: March 30, 1999 Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Common Council http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2017/03/this-day-in-history-march-30-1999-kevin.html


On this day in the Westminster municipal elections, March 30, 1999, I finished, and turned-in, my Carroll County Times questionnaire and candidate profile, and sent in an ad to the paper… 
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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Baltimore Sun - Carroll County Times - The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO

Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Saturday, February 25, 2017

This day in history - Feb. 25, 2001: Kevin Dayhoff - Group starting local bank Penn Mar Community Bank



Smaller businesses, individuals targeted

May open by summer

February 25, 2001|By Maria Blackburn | Maria Blackburn, SUN STAFF


[…]

New Windsor State Bank is the only locally owned and operated bank in Carroll County, according to Kevin E. Dayhoff, a director with Penn Mar who also is a Westminster city councilman.

The bank's board of directors have raised $1 million to fund the bank. They hope that a stock offering will raise an additional $5 million.

[…]

Seeking to provide personalized banking services to Carroll County customers, a group of area businessmen are working to establish a community bank in Westminster.

Penn Mar Bancshares Inc. recently received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to open Penn Mar Community Bank. Work has begun on the 4,500-square-foot building at Clifton Boulevard and Woodward Road.


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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Baltimore Sun - Carroll County Times - The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO

Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Dayhoff uses computer screen as easel by Lyndi McNulty



Kevin Dayhoff greeted me with a quick smile and a familiar “How’s your behavior?” as he peered from behind his computer screen as I entered the Off Track Art gallery at 11 Liberty St. in downtown Westminster last week for an interview.

He was a collage artist at work. However, it was not the traditional cluttered scene of an artist’s studio. There was no easel, piles of images and collage materials, an array of glues or even a palette plate of paint daubs sitting on top of boxes of art supplies. His canvas was his computer screen, and he was trying to get an image to paste properly into a collage.

The gallery is wonderful display of the work of 14 other artists. They all belong in an artists’ cooperative, Off Track Art, situated alongside the railroad tracks in the center of town at Main and Liberty streets.

Dayhoff is a lifelong Carroll County artist. A native of Westminster, he has had a wide range of experience and interests. He has been a landscaper, artist, writer and even the local town mayor.

He inherited his art talent from his parents. His father was an artist-painter-cabinetmaker. His mother is a culinary artist. In 1958, his interest in art surfaced when he was only five years old. People took a special interest in his drawing. His mother encouraged him draw a pirate when he was 5 and entered it into a drawing contest.

All through Carroll County Public Schools, Dayhoff drew, created collages, and wrote short stories. He was the boy sports editor for the Westminster High School yearbook and collaged many of the photographs in the 1971 yearbook – the year he graduated. In addition, Dayhoff studied photography in the 1960s in 4-H. Later, as a landscape designer, he took photographs of the properties and expanded that into his artwork.

When asked about what it was like to grow up an artist in Carroll County, Dayhoff has nothing but praise.

“There is no better place to be an artist than Carroll County. I have rarely met disapproval, only encouragement,” he said.

Read the rest of Ms. McNulty’s article here: Dayhoff uses computer screen as easel by Lyndi McNulty

20091116 Dayhoff uses computer screen as easel by Lyndi McNulty

Art McNulty Eye for Art Advocate, Art Off Track Art, Dayhoff Art, Dayhoff bio and disclosures, Dayhoff Daily Photoblog, Dayhoff Off Track Art, Dayhoff photos, Newspapers Westminster Advocate

Dayhoff uses computer screen as easel by Lyndi McNulty http://tinyurl.com/ygpfy7r #art #writing

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/11/dayhoff-uses-computer-screen-as-easel.html http://tinyurl.com/ygpfy7r

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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/
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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Camp Upshur USMCR 1972


Camp Upshur USMCR

We were awfully young...

Kevin E. Dayhoff, USMCR, Top Row - First Right
K Company, 4th Platoon, Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Camp Upshur, Quantico, VA 11 June - 21 July 1972 USMCR

19720611 to 19720721c K Co 4th Platoon Quantico Vasm.jpg
19720000 FB SDOSM Camp Upshur Group Pic K Co USMCR
20090524 SDOSM 19720000 Camp Upshur Group Pic K Co USMCR

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art:
www.kevindayhoff.com
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster:
www.westgov.net

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Zell admits ‘mistake’ in TribCo purchase

Zell admits ‘mistake’ in TribCo purchase

By:
Lorene Yue April 15, 2009 Crain’s Chicago Business

(Crain’s) —
Sam Zell admits that taking over Tribune Co. hasn’t gone according to plan and was a “mistake.”

“The definition if you bought something and it’s now worth a great deal less, you made a mistake,” he told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday. “And I’m more than willing to say I made a mistake. I was too optimistic in terms of the newspaper’s ability to preserve its position.”

The Chicago billionaire, who made his fortune from commercial real estate, was instrumental in taking the parent of the
Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times private through a complex deal that saddled it with $13 billion in debt. Tribune Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December, a move Mr. Zell said in Wednesday’s interview was necessary to “stop the bleeding and preserve a great company.”

The process that Mr. Zell used to take Tribune private caught the attention recently of the U.S. Department of Labor, which last month subpoenaed the company for documents related to its Employees Stock Ownership Plan, now the sole owner of
Tribune Co.

Read the rest here: Zell admits ‘mistake’ in TribCo purchase

(20071028 Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun disclosure Kevin Dayhoff writes for three of the newspapers in the Patuxent Publishing Group, the Sunday Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle and Eldersburg Eagle. The Patuxent Publishing Group is owned by “Tribune.” Tribune also owns the Baltimore Sun – and as a matter of fact, the Sunday Carroll Eagle is distributed in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun – see: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers.”) Additionally I write for an online magazine, The Tentacle.)

20090415 Zell admits mistake in TribCo purchase by Lorene Yue
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=33701
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)
Kevin Dayhoff: www.westgov.net Westminster Maryland Online www.westminstermarylandonline.net http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

Monday, January 26, 2009

Off Track Art


Off Track Art

January 12, 2009 – January 14, 2009

Grand Opening is scheduled for Feb. 13th, 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

“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.

Tentative Gallery Hours are:
Monday through Wednesday 12 - 6:00 pm
Thursday and Friday 12 - 7:00 pm
Saturday 10 - 5:00 pm

Off Track Art
11 Liberty Street – rear
Westminster, MD 21157

20090112 (draft) Off Track Art brief description
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Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/

Kevin Dayhoff: www.westgov.net Westminster Maryland Online www.westminstermarylandonline.net http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Junction disclosure and information

Junction disclosure and information

November 20, 2008

Click here for posts on Soundtrack on Junction.

The web site for Junction can be found here: http://www.junctioninc.org/

I’ve been a member of the board of Junction since October 2000.

Junction is a local Westminster Carroll County Maryland private nonprofit agency for substance abuse prevention and outpatient drug treatment. It provides prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance abuse for individuals, their families, and the community through education, counseling, community collaboration, and leadership in Carroll County.

It was incorporated on September 27, 1971. A month after incorporation, on December 6, 1971, it opened its doors in the historic Carroll County Jail on Court Street in Westminster.

Junction Inc., http://www.junctioninc.org/, (410) 848-6100, 98 North Court Street, P. O. Box 206, Westminster, MD 21158






Saturday, November 15, 2008

Some thoughts on “Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun”

Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun” Thursday, November 13, 2008 Baltimore Business Journal - by Julekha Dash Staff



Hat Tip: The Gunpowder Chronicle



November 15th, 2008 - My thoughts, for what they are worth…



Lately the topic of another round of layoffs and adjustments in the business of Tribune and the Baltimore Sun has been the subject of some discussions among several of us who work for Tribune. (See my media disclosure here. I work for Tribune.)



I have also been a critic of the Baltimore Sun’s political coverage in the past and I agree that the widespread perception of bias on the part of the Baltimore Sun has been detrimental to the overall health of the paper.



Moreover I continue to believe that liberal media bias plagues too much of the traditional mainstream media.



However, when I read criticism that involves hyperbolic name-calling, the critic loses the argument with me. (And yes, I am aware of past columns and blog posts in which I have engaged in some name calling… I guess I am a recovering name caller…)



Nevertheless, the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun continues to promote the paper in an unfavorable light. The fact that I disagree with much of the editorial slant does not concern me. What concerns me is that all too often the position of the board is inconsistent, displays situational principles, and is personality driven.



Perhaps this is simply the nature of the beast, but I would much rather see objective consistent community-benefit-driven analysis and commentary, instead of a newspaper editorial board parroting the talking points and spin of a particular individual, political party, or ideology.



To say it clearly, anything Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or Maryland Governor O’Malley = GOOD. Anything conservative, Arizona Sen. John McCain, or former Governor Robert l. Ehrlich = BAD.



If you need a more recent example, take a look at slots: Slots under Governor Ehrlich = BAD. Slots under Governor O’Malley = GOOD. What changed…?



However, the local community newspaper arm of Tribune – The Baltimore Sun, the Patuxent Publishing Company, (Explore Baltimore Co., Explore Carroll Co. - the paper for which I write, and Explore Howard Co.,) continues to deliver quality news and reporting. Of course, part of the reason for that is that those of us on the local community level have a higher level of accountability in that we can often be found at the same pizza parlor and grocery store check out line with the very folks we cover.



Nonetheless, the current economic times are a strain on all businesses, including newspapers, the metros, and the community newspapers alike.



In spite of the bewildering approach of the Baltimore Sun’s editorial board, most all the reporters are quite professional, talented, and objective in their reporting.



In the end they all have families and unless a particular individual displays a personal animus or maliciousness; critics of the paper may benefit from a more constructive engagement with the reporters. And I hate to see anyone lose his or her job – especially these days.



And especially a writer: What do you call a writer without a significant other? Homeless.



There is a growing perception that the management of the Baltimore Sun is trying hard to adjust to the times – with more accessibility and less of the condescending arrogance that has manifested in the corporate personality of the paper in the past.



As an aside; whether I agree or disagree with the columnists, I like the sharp writing of most of the columnists (and most of the reporters) – and I like the paper’s recent foray into blogs. And I like the improvements in the web site.



The debate about blogger journalists versus traditional print media journalists has been getting increasingly boring – see 20070112 Some wisdom about the silliest debate in journalism. There are good and bad in both camps. If you don’t like a particular writer, don’t read them.



I read writers – not headlines - and not papers...



Attempting to promote blogs and new media by carelessly denigrating traditional print media is a disservice to all journalists and journalism and brings all of us down.



Considering the challenges at the local level, in Maryland and the nation; the press has, if anything, an increased responsibility and there is an important role for the Baltimore Sun to play.



We need greater cooperation, collaboration – and we need all hands on deck.



Kevin Dayhoff



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Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun



Thursday, November 13, 2008



Baltimore Business Journal - by
Julekha Dash Staff


A
Baltimore Sun union said Thursday it expects another round of job cuts at the newspaper, and officials are preparing to fight any future layoffs.



The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild said it expects more job cuts within days. Angie Kuhl, a unit chair with the union, said she does not know how many job cuts are planned. But union officials don’t expect buyouts to be offered, as they have been in the past, and the cuts will impact the newsroom.



Renee Mutchnik, a Baltimore Sun spokeswoman, said Sun management has no comment.



The Sun eliminated 100 positions at the paper in August. It also recently eliminated its standalone Maryland and Business sections as part of an overall redesign.



[…]



Tribune Co., the Sun’s parent, posted a $124 million third quarter loss this month.



The newspaper, Maryland’s largest daily publication, saw its average Sunday circulation number fall 3.9 percent to 350,640 during the period.



Read the entire article here: Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun



Tribune Co. posts $124M loss



http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/11/10/daily53.html



20081113 Some thoughts on
Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun, The Tentacle, and WEAA, disclosure


Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun, The Tentacle, and WEAA, disclosure

November 11, 2008

Kevin Dayhoff writes for three of the newspapers in the Patuxent Publishing Group, the Sunday Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle and Eldersburg Eagle. (http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion-talk/)

The Patuxent Publishing Group is owned by “Tribune.”

Tribune also owns the Baltimore Sun. The Sunday Carroll Eagle is distributed in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun – see: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers.”)

Additionally he writes for an online magazine, “The Tentacle.” (http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41)

He is also a periodic guest on the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA. (http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org/)

“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion-talk/
http://www.youtube.com/kevindayhoff
http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/
http://gizmosart.com/dayhoff.html
Kevin Dayhoff’s Facebook photo album
Kevin Dayhoff’s Facebook page
Blog Net News Maryland: http://www.blognetnews.com/Maryland/feed.php?channel=33

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
E-mail him at: kdayhoff AT carr.org

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20081111 KED Trib Patuxent Pub BaltSun TT WEAA disclosure

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Kevin Dayhoff WEAA brief profile




Kevin Dayhoff WEAA brief profile



October 8, 2008



Kevin Dayhoff is a retired elected official - - having served six years as an elected official of the City of Westminster, most recently as Mayor of Westminster.

He is a retired landscaper and nursery stock farmer from Westminster, Carroll County, MD.

In addition to his blog, “The Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies:” http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ or http://www.kevindayhoff.net/.

He is a regular columnist for an on-line columnist collective, “The Tentacle:” http://www.thetentacle.com/ and a Maryland newspaper columnist for “The Westminster Eagle:” http://www.explorecarroll.com/: Opinion section: http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion-talk/,) a publication of Patuxent Publishing, a subsidiary of Tribune.

He is a member of the Maryland Blogger Alliance and Capitolbeat, the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.

An avid artist and writer, he continues his interest in art, music and books, government and politics, technology, the environment, business and Ag issues.

Monday, July 21, 2008

20080716 Being and artist and growing up in Carroll County by Lyndi McNulty

20080716 Being and artist and growing up in Carroll County by Lyndi McNulty
16.JUL.08 Eye for Art: Being an artist and growing up in Carroll

Eye for Art: “Being an artist and growing up in Carroll” by Lyndi McNulty


“There is no better place to be an artist than Carroll County,” exclaimed Kevin Dayhoff of Westminster. “Lots of people have asked me what it is like to grow up an artist here. It’s great. Growing up in Carroll County you learn self-sufficiency, independent thinking and personal responsibility. You learn that the world doesn’t owe you a living because you are a writer and an artist,” he said.

“There is a great sense of artistic collaboration in Carroll County that comes from our agricultural heritage, such as when folks got together and did barn raising,” he said.

“I grew up an artist and a writer. My mom, my dad and my friends were very supportive. My father was a painter and a woodworking artist, creating both art and beautiful furniture out of wood, and mother is a culinary artist,” Dayhoff reflected.

“One of my earliest discoveries with art was drawing cartoons and caricatures. I used to sit in class and draw caricatures of the teachers. Even today, I continue to draw postcard size caricatures of daily events, vacations and people in the news. I make my own vacation ‘mail art’ postcards,” he said, laughing.

“‘Mail art’ opened up the world for me long before the internet. After almost two decades, I still have a collaborative mail art partner in Japan.”

Combination of talents

“My main preoccupations growing up were reading, art, writing short stories, and plants. I was very fortunate to put them all together and make a living. That is how I got into landscaping. After all, landscaping is a 3-D mixed media assemblage with plants,” Dayhoff said.

“I also learned that if I spent hours doing a collage I ended up with a storage problem. But, if I drew a landscape design and did a landscape collage with plants, I got paid for it.” In 1974 Dayhoff started a landscaping, designing and nursery business. That business also gave him time to do art and write.

Dayhoff’s work from the 1980s and 1990s included art created on copying machines, color experimentation, collaging and new technologies.

Since his first art show at the Theatre Project in Baltimore in 1981, Dayhoff has been exhibiting art, including mixed media collages, drawings, sculpture and photography.

“I have had a lifelong interest in color [and] spatial relationships putting together incongruent objects. In recent years I have expanded my use of technology to collage with a digital camera, a scanner and a computer. I was inspired by Sue Bloom, a McDaniel art professor, who uses computers to create art,” he said.

“The collages are about putting seemingly disparate items and qualities together to give them a new meaning and a new purpose,” Dayhoff explained. “A lot of the collages began to come off the page into a much more sculptural element as a result of the inspiration of Wasyl Palijezuk, a now retired art professor at McDaniel College.”

Dayhoff has taught art, horticultural and landscape design as an adjunct faculty member for Carroll Community College.

On display

He has exhibited his art for the Carroll County Arts Council for the past two decades as well as at other venues.

“There are so many opportunities for art and culture to flourish in Westminster,” he said. “Capitalizing upon the successes of Common Ground on the Hill, the McDaniel and Carroll Community College Art community and the Carroll Arts Center Carroll, Westminster is the perfect place for art studios, art galleries and artists to live and work, especially on Pennsylvania Avenue and Main Street.”

“Growing up an artist has always been an advantage in my life as it teaches you to be a collaborative and creative problem solver and think outside of the box,” Dayhoff said.

He can be contacted at
kdayhoff AT carr DOT org.

— Lyndi McNulty is owner of Gizmos Art in Westminster.

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20080716 Being and artist and growing up in Carroll County by Lyndi McNulty

20080716 Being and artist and growing up in Carroll County by Lyndi McNulty
16.JUL.08 Eye for Art: Being an artist and growing up in Carroll

Eye for Art: “Being an artist and growing up in Carroll” by Lyndi McNulty


“There is no better place to be an artist than Carroll County,” exclaimed Kevin Dayhoff of Westminster. “Lots of people have asked me what it is like to grow up an artist here. It’s great. Growing up in Carroll County you learn self-sufficiency, independent thinking and personal responsibility. You learn that the world doesn’t owe you a living because you are a writer and an artist,” he said.

“There is a great sense of artistic collaboration in Carroll County that comes from our agricultural heritage, such as when folks got together and did barn raising,” he said.

“I grew up an artist and a writer. My mom, my dad and my friends were very supportive. My father was a painter and a woodworking artist, creating both art and beautiful furniture out of wood, and mother is a culinary artist,” Dayhoff reflected.

“One of my earliest discoveries with art was drawing cartoons and caricatures. I used to sit in class and draw caricatures of the teachers. Even today, I continue to draw postcard size caricatures of daily events, vacations and people in the news. I make my own vacation ‘mail art’ postcards,” he said, laughing.

“‘Mail art’ opened up the world for me long before the internet. After almost two decades, I still have a collaborative mail art partner in Japan.”

Combination of talents

“My main preoccupations growing up were reading, art, writing short stories, and plants. I was very fortunate to put them all together and make a living. That is how I got into landscaping. After all, landscaping is a 3-D mixed media assemblage with plants,” Dayhoff said.

“I also learned that if I spent hours doing a collage I ended up with a storage problem. But, if I drew a landscape design and did a landscape collage with plants, I got paid for it.” In 1974 Dayhoff started a landscaping, designing and nursery business. That business also gave him time to do art and write.

Dayhoff’s work from the 1980s and 1990s included art created on copying machines, color experimentation, collaging and new technologies.

Since his first art show at the Theatre Project in Baltimore in 1981, Dayhoff has been exhibiting art, including mixed media collages, drawings, sculpture and photography.

“I have had a lifelong interest in color [and] spatial relationships putting together incongruent objects. In recent years I have expanded my use of technology to collage with a digital camera, a scanner and a computer. I was inspired by Sue Bloom, a McDaniel art professor, who uses computers to create art,” he said.

“The collages are about putting seemingly disparate items and qualities together to give them a new meaning and a new purpose,” Dayhoff explained. “A lot of the collages began to come off the page into a much more sculptural element as a result of the inspiration of Wasyl Palijezuk, a now retired art professor at McDaniel College.”

Dayhoff has taught art, horticultural and landscape design as an adjunct faculty member for Carroll Community College.

On display

He has exhibited his art for the Carroll County Arts Council for the past two decades as well as at other venues.

“There are so many opportunities for art and culture to flourish in Westminster,” he said. “Capitalizing upon the successes of Common Ground on the Hill, the McDaniel and Carroll Community College Art community and the Carroll Arts Center Carroll, Westminster is the perfect place for art studios, art galleries and artists to live and work, especially on Pennsylvania Avenue and Main Street.”

“Growing up an artist has always been an advantage in my life as it teaches you to be a collaborative and creative problem solver and think outside of the box,” Dayhoff said.

He can be contacted at
kdayhoff AT carr DOT org.

— Lyndi McNulty is owner of Gizmos Art in Westminster.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

20080610 Kevin Dayhoff Brief Bio


Kevin E. Dayhoff – June 10th, 2008

Kevin E. Dayhoff – June 10th, 2008

Kevin, age 54, is a Westminster native who lives on Uniontown Road with his wife, Caroline Babylon.

He has been a self-employed businessperson and artist; a free-lance journalist and columnist since 1971. He is retired from being self-employed as a landscape designer, horticulturist and nursery stock farmer for 25 years (1974-1999).

Currently:

Since June 9, 2005, he currently writes a weekly column for an on-line magazine.
The Tentacle. The topics include politics, current events, agriculture, art and culture, and history column.

Since June 2, 2005, he has
written a weekly, community events and history column, for the Westminster Eagle, a weekly newspaper publication of Patuxent Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Tribune. [Get Westminster Eagle RSS Feed]

Since October 28, 2007, he writes a history column for
The Sunday Carroll Eagle – in the Sunday Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun.

He has written an on-line column, the
Winchester Report for the Westminster Eagle, since December 2005.

He was media-credentialed with Maryland State government on
January 6, 2006.

From June 30, 2004 through October 21, 2005, he wrote a weekly column on Westminster, Carroll County community affairs, and history for the Westminster Advocate, weekly newspaper published by the Carroll County Times, a Landmark Community Newspapers publication.

He has also authored a web site (blog) with an emphasis on agricultural issues, art and culture, history, community events, and politics, “
KevinDayhoff.net” – www.kevindayhoff.net, (formerly http://www.kevindayhoff.com/) since December 2005.

The URL was moved October 1, 2006 to blogspot’s platform:
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ or http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ – “Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies” – “Soundtrack.” Since June 30, 2006, he has been a member of the Maryland Blogger Alliance, a consortium of Maryland bloggers.

On September 15th, 2006, the blog was recognized by
George Washington University’s “Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet” as one of the top 12 Maryland and Virginia political blogs: “Who's Blogging the 2006 Maryland And Virginia Elections?”

KevinDayhoff.net” was one of the blogs included in a feature-length article by Dan Gainor in the Baltimore Examiner on November 6, 2006.

Since October 30, 2006, he has appeared several times on the “
Marc Steiner Show” on WYPR – 81.5 FM, as a political commentator.

Former elected official:

He is a former elected official in the City of Westminster. He was first elected to the Westminster City Council in May of 1999 and served as the Mayor of Westminster from May 2001 until May 16th, 2005.

Kevin served on the Maryland Municipal League’s Legislative Committee in 1999-2000 and 2001-2002. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Carroll County Chapter of the Maryland Municipal League for five years (12/07/1999 – 05/16/2005).

Kevin served on the Maryland Municipal League Board of Directors annually for five consecutive years, from June 2000 to May 2005.

He graduated from the University of Maryland Academy for Excellence in Local Government in June 2001.

Maryland state appointments:

Kevin was appointed by Governor Ehrlich on September 7th, 2004, to the “Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee” (09/07/2004 – 06/30/2005) to oversee the administration of a dedicated fund, financed by wastewater treatment plant users, to upgrade Maryland’s wastewater treatment plants with
enhanced nutrient removal (ENR) technology. He was additionally assigned to the “Best Available Technologies” Workgroup and the On Site Disposal Systems Subcommittee.

He served on the Carroll Co Conservancy District Board (The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forestry Board) from 10.88 - 07.91.

Carroll County appointments:

On November 23rd, 2004, the CCBOC appointed Kevin to the Route 140 Blue Ribbon Panel – Westminster Bypass. (11/23/2004 – 06/16/2005)

He has served on a number of state and county advisory boards including; the Carroll County Landscape Manual Committee (1987 – 1989) and the Carroll County Planning Commission "Carroll County Tree Preservation Committee" from 04.90 - 11.90.


He was appointed to the Carroll County Right To Farm Agriculture Reconciliation Committee by the CCBOC on July 22nd, 2003 and elected Chair of the Committee on November 29th, 2004 (07/22/2003 – 05/16/2005).

Teaching:

Kevin has taught design and horticulture classes for various institutions since 1979: including C.E.T.A., Federated Garden Clubs’ landscape design study course November 4th, 1991, and various green industry classes for the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service.

Kevin team-taught with Tom Ford and Steve Bogash, "Landscape Design Summer School" to green industry professionals with the Extension Service 07.01 - 08.05.93.

Kevin taught art, landscape design, and horticulture classes an Adjunct Faculty Member: Carroll Community College (Branch of Catonsville Community College,) 14 classes taught 03.88 - 02.91.

He participated on a panel luncheon on development of landscaping and horticultural classes for Carroll Community College chaired by Janet Nickels on 03.25.88.

Agriculture:

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forestry Board (1988 – 1991), and University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture Advisory Committees (1980-1989.)

He served on the Cooperative Extension Service Maintenance Conference Planning Committee 1980, 1981, and 1989.

He was a participant in the University of Maryland's Vice Chancellor for Agricultural Affairs (Dr. Raymond J. Miller) panel luncheon on present and future challenges to Carroll and Frederick Counties agricultural community 04.13.89.

Environmentalism:

In 1997 he was asked by the CCBOC to participate in the Carroll County Department of Public Works’ development of Carroll County’s Ten-Year Solid Waste Management Plan.

He served on the Carroll County Environmental Affairs Advisory Board (1994 – 1999.)

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners (CCBOC) also appointed him to the Carroll County Environmental Advisory Council on September 23rd, 2004 (09/23/2004 – 07/05/2006). He served as Chair until December 14, 2005.

Business:

He is currently retired from being self-employed as a landscape designer, horticulturist and nursery stock farmer for 25 years (1974-1999.) Additionally, Kevin did property management consulting, farm consulting and landscape designs.

Kevin grew up in the 1960s in the “tree street” development just east of Westminster in between the Hoff family’s dairy farm and Westminster Nurseries. In the 1960s I established a “childhood business” doing yard and farm work, and mowing yards.

Kevin worked for Pasquale Donofrio at Carroll Gardens 1969 – 1970, and Tom Senseney Landscape Contractor from 1971 – 1973.

From 1979 to his retirement in 1999, he performed landscape and tree evaluations and appraisals, casualty loss evaluations, and he was an expert horticultural and design witness testimony in legal disputes.

Examples include: C. C. Board of Zoning Appeals (case #2873) Genstar Stone Products Co. Attorney Charles O. Fisher, Sr. changes in plant selection as proposed by client accepted 09.28.88.

Berman vs. The Pines at Deep Run. for the law firm of Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman, and Belgrad, P.A. Case settled in favor of my client - O'Hara. fall winter 1991.

He was a member of the Maryland Nurserymen's Association 1976 – 1989.

He was a guest horticultural expert for Stu Kerr's radio talk show, "The Garden Club,” on WCBM several times in 1989 and 1990.

Kevin has taken short courses, seminars, and classes too numerous to mention - by professional organizations, Longwood Gardens, Extension Service, government and colleges. He has taken numerous field trips, from KEW Gardens and Oxford Botanical and Research Gardens (where Darwin studied) in England; Estonia; to the Arnold Arboretum in Boston; to San Diego, California; Anchorage, Alaska; and the Virgin Islands National Park, Grand Cayman Islands and Mexico.

4-H:

Kevin has been active in 4-H since the 1960s. In recent years, he has served as judge for various 4-H and agriculture events, including public speaking, demonstration day. He is a volunteer with the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County (1995.)

Art:

He has been exhibiting art – mixed media collages, drawings, and photography - since 1981.

He illustrated a tenant education handbook for "The Westminster Office of Housing and Community Development" and "Human Service Programs of C.C., Inc." in summer of 1990 "A Guide to Renting in C.C." was released 03.90

Photography:

His first photography art show was in 1983. Photography assignments have included: "Alternative High Density Development in Montgomery Co." 01.27.90; "Community Character Series" Carroll Co. Dept. of Planning summer 1990; Documentation of capital plant and equipment and operations for Jack Haden & Phoenix Recycling fall 1990 and numerous assignments documenting people for brochures and political materials....

Community Involvement:

Kevin donated time and materials as Piney Run Park and Hashawha were being developed in the 1970s.

He met regularly with an ad hoc citizens group on growth and development issues and concerns in the late 1980s - early 1990s.

He served on Committee for Charter Government 02.90 - 06.91.

He also participated in an effort to reestablish an arboretum and nature center at Greenway Gardens in 1993 and a successful effort to alter SHA's reconstruction plans for Westminster’s East Main Street with regards to saving existing old trees 09.90

Kevin served as an election judge for the Carroll County Board of Election Supervisors (1990-2000). He is a member of Grace Lutheran Church (10/25/1998), the Westminster Fire Department (01/05/2001), the Carroll County Chapter of the NAACP (01/2001 – became a “Life member” on 01/15/2008.)

He currently serves on Carroll County Red Cross Disaster Action Team (11/2001); and on the board of Junction (a community drug rehabilitation outreach facility) (10/05/2000), He is an Honorary Board Member of the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation (05/2004).

In the past he has served on the board of the Westminster Town Center Corporation (06/12/2001 – 05/16/2005), Historical Society of Carroll County (11/08/2001 – 11/13/2003) and the Westminster Cemetery Board (01/2000 – 05/16/2005).

Education:

Kevin attended Carroll County Public Schools from 1959 through graduation from Westminster Senior High School in 1971. He served in the United States Marine Corp Reserve (1971-1973). He has also taken classes at Elon College, NC 1971-1973, Towson University in 1980, and McDaniel College 1999-2001 without receiving a degree.

Please feel free to contact Kevin Dayhoff at
kdayhoff@carr.org or kevindayhoff@gmail.com.

His USPS address is: P. O. Box 1245, Westminster, MD 21158-1245

20080610 Kevin Dayhoff Brief Bio

Sunday, October 28, 2007

20071028 Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun disclosure

Sunday, October 28, 2007


20071028 Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun disclosure

Kevin Dayhoff writes for three of the newspapers in the Patuxent Publishing Group, the Sunday Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle and Eldersburg Eagle.

The Patuxent Publishing Group is owned by “Tribune.” Tribune also owns the Baltimore Sun – and as a matter of fact, the Sunday Carroll Eagle is distributed in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun – see: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers.”)

Additionally he writes for an online magazine, “The Tentacle.”

“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

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Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff AT carr.org or kevindayhoff AT gmail.com