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Dayhoff Carroll: www.kevindayhoff.org Westminster Md Online - The Winchester Report, by Kevin Earl Dayhoff: Runner, writer, artist, fire and police chaplain Mindless ramblings of a runner, journalist, and artist Westminster, Hampstead, Manchester, Taneytown, Union Bridge, Mount Airy and Sykesville in Carroll Co, Maryland... and Frederick Co. Westminster Fire Dept., Firefighters, police officers, Carroll Co Sheriff's Office, Md St Police. Chaplain duties, Religion, Grace Lutheran Ch.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Services at Grace Lutheran Church 21 Carroll St Westminster Md www.gracelc.org

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Friday, May 1, 2015

Alexandria Virginia Union Station

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Former Mayor Dayhoff to give a talk on Belle Grove Square on May 12, 2015

Former Mayor Dayhoff to give a talk on Belle Grove Square on May 12, 2015 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/04/former-mayor-dayhoff-to-give-talk-on.html

Celebrating the history of Belle Grove Square

April 13, 2015

A Historical Society of Carroll County MD Box Lunch Talk by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff on May 12, 2015

It was almost 140 years ago when Belle Grove Square, was developed in the city of Westminster. The park was formally turned over to the city in late May 1877 through the civic generosity of George and Maria Matthews.

The origins of Belle Grove Square date back to 1866 when what was then, farmland and woods, was originally purchased by the Matthews family.

The park was deemed one of Westminster’s sacred secular spaces by the late professor of religion, Dr. Ira G. Zepp, Jr., of McDaniel College.

Learn more about the many secrets of Westminster’s first park, a hidden emerald in plain sight in the center of Westminster.

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Westminster File Belle Grove Square

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The Box Lunch Talk (BLT) program attracts scores of local history enthusiasts every month! These hour-long events – easily our most popular – begin promptly at Noon on the second Tuesday of every month in Grace Hall, Grace Lutheran Church; 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. http://gracelc.org/

Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Carroll Street.

Past topics include “The Wines of Central Maryland, Past Present & Future;” “Historic Barns of Carroll County;” and “Where is Grandma Hiding?” - Which showed guests how to explore their genealogy.

Participating is inexpensive and easy! Guests bring their lunch and enjoy a small selection of beverages and dessert. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.

To see our current BLT schedule, pick up a copy of our newsletter The Courier, check out our calendar online, or give us a call at 410-848-6494. Programs are subject to change without prior notice.

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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Grace Hall, Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. Lunch is not available for purchase; participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert are provided.

Member $3, Non Member $7. For more information on membership, contact us at Info@HSCCmd.org or at 410-848-6494

Individual and family memberships include these benefits:

•Your subscription to our Carroll Courier newsletter featuring Society news & event information!

•Your subscription to our Carroll History Journal about Carroll County history!

•Free admission to the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House Museum!

•Free use of the Research Library featuring genealogical sources, old news articles, books, and other historical documents!

•Discounted admission to our monthly Box Lunch Talk series—just $3 for members!

•A discount on most purchases in The Shop at Cockey's!

•Discounted bus trips to museums & historic sites throughout the region!

•Our annual meeting, special events, educational programs, lectures, workshops and more!

Individual $50

Family $75 (all dependents living under the same roof)

Senior $40 (60 yrs. or older)

Senior Household $55 (all dependents living under the same roof)

For more information on membership, contact us at Info@HSCCmd.org or at 410-848-6494 x200.

http://www.hsccmd.org/membership-indv-family.asp

Belle Grove Square in Westminster MD

August 2008

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Westminster%20File%20Belle%20Grove%20Square

For articles and information about Belle Grove Square in Westminster click on the image...According to the Belle Grove Square neighborhood website, "Located just one block away from downtown Westminster, the Belle Grove Square neighborhood can trace its roots back to 1866 when George W. Matthews purchased the parcel of land that eventually became the Belle Grove Square neighborhood. Belle Grove Square Park is the heart of our historic neighborhood and it was donated to the city of Westminster on May 8th, 1877." http://www.bellegrovesquare.org/ - See more at: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/#sthash.PLO7CmB3.dpuf

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Historic Belle Grove Square Neighborhood

Preserving our past, building our future!

http://www.bellegrovesquare.org/

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Welcome to the Historic Belle Grove Square Neighborhood website

Located just one block away from downtown Westminster, the Belle Grove Square neighborhood can trace its roots back to 1866 when George W. Matthews purchased the parcel of land that eventually became the Belle Grove Square neighborhood. Belle Grove Square Park is the heart of our historic neighborhood and it was donated to the city of Westminster on May 8th, 1877.

The Belle Grove Square neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Our voluntary neighborhood association is committed to perpetuating the historical character of Historic Belle Grove Square, as well as improving and beautifying our neighborhood and improving neighborhood and community relationships.

Click the links at the top of the page for more information on the neighborhood’s history.

Historic Belle Grove Square Neighborhood, a newsletter for the Belle Grove Square neighborhood of Westminster, Maryland, has been published each month since August 2008. For the most up-to-date information, please read our latest newsletter. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, the free Adobe Reader software is available at the link below.

Drugs steal your life away – by Jim Lee April 12, 2015 Carroll County Times

Read the rest here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/ph-cc-lee-04122015-20150412,0,2961457.column

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People in Carroll and across the state are talking about ways to tackle the problem of heroin and opioid abuse and the growing number of deaths attributed to drug overdoses. The best way is through constant educational efforts that start when kids are young and that are reinforced constantly throughout their school years.

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Read the rest here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/ph-cc-lee-04122015-20150412,0,2961457.column

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Jacob deNobel – “Prom, then and now Carroll residents and high schoolers compare prom experiences,” Carroll County Times April 12, 2015

What a great story by Jacob deNobel – “Prom, then and now Carroll residents and high schoolers compare prom experiences,” Carroll County Times April 12, 2015

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/features/ph-cc-prom-season-20150412,0,4149404.story

Prom, then and now Carroll residents and high schoolers compare prom experiences Jacob deNobel, Carroll County Times April 12, 2015

In 2015, girls throughout Carroll County schools preparing for prom are protecting themselves from running into an inadvertant doppleganger by uploading photos of their prom dresses to specialty Facebook pages established at each school to ensure nobody runs into a dress twin at the biggest school-sponsored party of the year.

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Prom, then and now Devon Rothschild, Carroll County School Board member

Carroll residents and high schoolers compare prom experiences

Jacob deNobel, Carroll County Times April 12, 2015

Devon Rothschild of the Carroll County Board of Education, said she was glad social media wasn't around for her high school experience.

"I've always said, it was never my intention to run for public office. I'm glad Facebook wasn't around," Rothschild said. "I was a good kid, but I do tend to say what I'm thinking, and I imagine that would end up on Facebook. As you get older, you learn when to keep your mouth shut."

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Before prom-posals were uploaded to the internet as a constant game of one-upmanship, they usually happened in private between two people. Rothschild, however, said she experienced a surprising prom-posal in an era before the term existed.

"My boyfriend and I had been dating for two years when prom came about. He actually proposed to me on prom night, with a ring and everything. So there are pictures of me, 17, in my prom dress with all my big hair getting proposed to," Rothschild said. "I did accept, but I did not actually marry him. My husband has a sense of humor about the whole thing."

Read the entire story here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/features/ph-cc-prom-season-20150412,0,4149404.story

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New exhibit at Walters Art Museum showcases the statues of Maryland artist William Rinehart - By Mary Carole McCauley The Baltimore Sun

New exhibit at Walters Art Museum showcases the statues of Maryland artist William Rinehart By Mary Carole McCauley The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-walters-rinehart-20150411-story.html#page=1

Contact the reporter Museums

The abracadabra of sculpture's appeal

The master and a modern-day disciple

How many Rinehart sculptures can you find on a walk around town?

At a first look and even at a second, you'd swear it was magic.

Those three white towels, two folded neatly and the third rumpled and hanging every which way — surely they're made of terrycloth and purchased at a department store, not carved from white Carrara marble in a stone quarry by the 34-year-old Baltimore artist Sebastian Martorana.

Those two little boys curled up on a mattress, their heads barely heavy enough to dimple a pillow — surely they'll wake up any moment from their nap. But that nap, which was carved in stone by the master sculptor William Rinehart, has been going on undisturbed since 1869.

"Rinehart's Studio: Rough Stone to Living Marble," the new exhibition running at the Walters Art Museum, makes a strong case for the undiluted trickery that lies at the heart of sculpture's appeal.

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Memorial service for Nancy Paige Grimes Eckhardt February 12, 1929 - March 5, 2015

Our family attended a wonderful memorial "celebration of life" for Nancy Paige Grimes Eckhardt today at the Westminster Fire Department.

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Nancy Paige Grimes Eckhardt February 12, 1929 - March 5, 2015

Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary use words. Be somebody that makes somebody feel like somebody.

O God of grace and glory, we remember before you today our sister Nancy Paige Grimes Eckhardt

We thank you for giving her to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth and our service to our community.

In your boundless compassion, console us who still mourn.

Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

I am reminded of one of Maya Angelou most famous quotes that makes me think of Nancy Eckhardt, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

We pray for the friends and family of Nancy Eckhardt, the wife of Pastor Rick Eckhardt, retired, who died on March 5, 2015.

Nancy was a wonderful person.

“We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord, so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:7-8)

From her obituary we learned: Nancy Paige Grimes Eckhardt age 86 of New Windsor, was called to rest on Thursday, March 5, 2015, after a heroic battle with health complications. She will be greatly missed.

She was born on February 12, 1929, President Lincoln’s birthday, in Reisterstown, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Harmon and Lydia Akehurst Grimes. Her beloved twin sister, Shirley, was born first. After her, a surprise - a second little girl! Lydia didn’t have another name chosen, so someone suggested Nancy Hanks, Abe Lincoln’s mother, which was well received and became this little twin’s name.

She always spoke with delight about her growing up years in Reisterstown, of walking to school with her sister, of friendships, of a little town, at the time, which was full of interesting characters and a constant supply of adventures.

After graduating from Franklin High School in 1946 she went on to Bard Avon Business School in Baltimore, and then to work at Suburban Gas Propane Company in Woodensburg, Maryland. In 1951 she married a Glyndon boy, Fred P. Eckhardt, of Central Avenue, and after he was ordained into the Lutheran ministry, new adventures began for both of them.

Her long, interesting life included working alongside her husband in churches in Appalachia, in New York City, and in Westminster, Maryland. She deeply appreciated and embraced all the many people she met, and they in turn loved her.

Her life in New York was particularly life-changing with the birth and upbringing of five children in Greenwich Village; she grew to truly appreciate living in such a diverse, vibrant city. She remembered it fondly until her last days, just as she also remembered her years in Reisterstown and Westminster.

She was predeceased by her parents, as well as her brother Melvin Grimes, her sister Doris Grimes, and her beloved identical twin sister, Shirley Weber.

“Nance” is survived by her family, which was her pride and joy; her husband of 64 years, The Rev. Dr. Fred P. Eckhardt, of New Windsor; her children, Tim, Jim, Fredi, Cami and Heidi; her son-in-law, Chris Cull; her five grandchildren, Ben, Fenwick, Timmy, Bobby, and Christopher. Each of us is well aware that she was our best friend and greatest confidante, as well as our wife, mother, and grandmother. She will continue to be our biggest fan. She is also survived by her in-laws, Jeannie McWilliams, Jim and Pat Eckhardt, as well as her nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A private, graveside service was held on Monday, March 9th, at Pipe Creek Cemetery, Union Bridge, Maryland.

Online condolences may be sent to www.eckhardtfuneralchapel.com.

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Maryland House passes major changes to public records access By http://marylandreporter.com/

House passes major changes to public records access

By http://marylandreporter.com/

http://marylandreporter.com/2015/04/08/house-passes-major-changes-to-public-records-access/

Major changes to the Public Information Act reported on earlier have now passed both the House and Senate in essentially the same form.

HB755 passed the House Wednesday 139-1, and SB695 passed the Senate unanimously March 25.

“This is a big step forward,” said Del. Dan Morhaim, the floor leader and a long-time champion of open government and transparency measures. The legislation makes the Public Information Act more understandable, reasonable and fair, Morhaim said.

The bill replaces inconsistent enforcement of current law with more standardized procedures for obtaining public records and documents. This includes a new ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General to give guidance and mediate requests from all levels of government. There is also a new Public Information Compliance Board that will rule on fees that can be charged.

The Senate must now act favorably on the House version of the bill.

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Carroll County Delegate Haven Q. Shoemaker's Weekly Update

Delegate Haven Shoemaker, District 5, Carroll County

Annapolis contact info:

   House of Delegates
   Room 320
   6 Bladen Street
   Annapolis, MD 21401
   (410) 841-3359

Member

Ways and Means Cmte

Education Subcmte

Finance Resrcs Subcmte

Carroll County Delegation

Western MD Delegation

Veterans Caucus

Sportsmen's Caucus

Things are moving fast...

Well my friends, it’s down to the wire now. We’ll have marathon sessions on the floor of the House of Delegates tomorrow, Saturday, and Monday. If we don’t pass a budget by midnight on Monday we’ll have to make use of the extension Governor Hogan granted us via executive order late last week. Hopefully that won’t be necessary, but if that’s what it takes to get this state on the right track then that’s exactly what we’ll do.

Here are a few important bills that are still up in the air…

Carroll County Charitable Gaming Bill

Passed the House 139-1
Awaiting passage in the Senate

Rain Tax Repeal

Passed the Senate unanimously
Awaiting passage in the House

Small Business Personal Property Tax Break

Passed the Senate unanimously
Awaiting passage in the House

Military Pension Income Tax Exemption

Passed the Senate unanimously
Awaiting passage in the House

Public Charter Schools

Passed the Senate 46-1
Awaiting passage in the House

Of course this is just a sample of the myriad legislation we’ve seen come through Annapolis this year. If you have a particular bill you’re interested in please don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll give you the latest details. Thanks as always for reading my weekly update. Have a wonderful day!