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Carroll Co. Md. Times: “Training Day Citizens Police Academy,” By Jamie Kelly, Nov. 17, 2002
Carroll Co. Md. Times:
“Training Day Citizens Police Academy,” By Jamie Kelly, Nov. 17, 2002 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2002/11/carroll-co-md-times-training-day.html
Carroll County Times
Training Day Citizens
Police Academy
By Jamie Kelly, Times
Staff Writer, November 17, 2002
Westminster
Md. Police Department: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/Westminster%20Police%20Dept
Residents get hands-on experience at Westminster Citizen Police Academy
Lori Graham didn't go to jail after she beat a police
officer with a baton.
Instead, she graduated with flying colors. Graham was part of the first class to go through the Westminster City Police Department's Citizen Police Academy. She and five others spent nine weeks learning what police officers do. From the first class on Oct. 1, she learned things she never knew about the police department.
Instead, she graduated with flying colors. Graham was part of the first class to go through the Westminster City Police Department's Citizen Police Academy. She and five others spent nine weeks learning what police officers do. From the first class on Oct. 1, she learned things she never knew about the police department.
But there's no contest for her favorite part of the class.
She liked the trip to the shooting range the best, she said. The class had a
chance to visit the police training facility in Sykesville and fired a police
service pistol.
For many in the class, it was the first chance to fire a
pistol. Graham had shot a pistol before, but that was a revolver, not a
semi-automatic pistol like police carry. The firing range also had a computer
training program called Range 2000. Class members carried a pistol that fired a
laser beam. A computer projected different training scenarios on a large
screen, similar to a video game, and an officer in the back of the room
controlled how those scenarios turned out.
[…]
Update – editor’s note: February 7, 2016 - Someone asked me
about the Westminster Citizen Police Academy that we had in Westminster when I
was in the mayor’s office. It was a great program. I guess ran it course. I do
not know why it was discontinued and I am not aware of when it discontinued. If
I recall, we started it shortly after I got into office in May 2001 and if I remember
correctly, it stopped shortly after I lost my election in May 2005.
There were some great folks involved. Folks like Randy
Barnes, Lori Graham, Tony Ott, Pat Bassler, Jim Pullen, Tom Kowalczyk, Wayne
Mann, Mike Bible, and the like. Jamie Kelly wrote one of several great articles
and Ken Koons took one of my favorite pictures taken when I was in office.
As for the cops, courts, and crime beat, the Carroll County
Times continues its great coverage. Today’s stories are written, in part by Heather
Mongilio…
I always said that if you can avoid getting totally
creeped-out, cops, courts, and crime was a great beat for writing stories. I
loved it years ago when it was my assignment. Go here for more stores: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/crime/
Cops, courts, and crime was especially a good beat for those
of us who grew-up reading detective stories or “In Cold Blood,” by Truman
Capote, or “To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee… and southern
gothic literature.
Other examples of authors of the southern gothic genre of
writing include William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Eudora Welty, Truman
Capote, and Harper Lee. Tennessee Williams is said to have described the genre
as stories that reflect “an intuition of an underlying dreadfulness in modern
experience.”
I found this article on my website, but sadly, the link to
continue reading the rest of the article by Jamie Kelly no longer works. So I
restored the rest of the article here. If I have erred, and someone knows of a
link for the rest of the story, simply be in touch and I will take care of it.
[…]
Students had to make spilt-second decisions about whether to
shoot. Usually, they were right, but some decisions were tougher than others.
One scenario involved a domestic dispute where the husband refused to put his baby down.
He pulled out a gun, and the students had to decide whether to shoot him.
Graham called the scenarios a revelation. She didn't realize how quickly an officer's job could go from routine to dangerous. Nor did she realize how adrenaline would affect reaction times or shot accuracy.
It also made her senses feel sharper, but she thinks she was quicker to make a decision than she normally would be. When she felt like her life was in danger, even in a simulation, she wanted to protect herself. And, she said, she may have overreacted sometimes, especially by shooting too much.
During the simulations all of the students shot what seemed like a lot of rounds, but Capt. Randy Barnes said they weren't that much higher than average.
He said the average shoot-out involving police only lasts a few seconds, but five to seven rounds are fired.
Most of the shots fired - a lot in some cases - happened within hundredths of a second of each other. But, she said, she could hear each and every one distinctly.
Graham was invited to apply to the Citizen Police Academy, partially because she was active with the Lower Pennsylvania Avenue Committee. The committee was formed to help stop crime and drug traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue.
As executive secretary of Dutterer's Flower Shop and the daughter of the owner - the shop has been in her family since 1919 - she grew up on the avenue, and now she lives there.
She got to see that up close when, as a part of the program, she spent a Saturday evening riding and walking with a Westminster police officer.
The night she spent with the officer was McDaniel College's Homecoming. She had a chance to see officers break up a few scuffles and look for public drunkenness and underage drinking while riding with Cpl. Thomas Kowalczyk.
"He would explain the 10-codes to me - the codes officers use to convey information, 10-4 for example - so I knew what was happening," she said.
On the way back to the station, he spotted a car that looked suspicious. The car was alone in a parking lot at nearly 2 a.m.
He found two juveniles who had snuck out of their houses.
Graham said she was fascinated by the differences between real-life policing and television cop shows, where every case takes exactly one hour. Really, she said, officers jump from call to call and each call can be different.
"One second, you have to be the nice, kind police officer talking to people on the street, and the next you have to be the tough law enforcement guy dealing with people who shouldn't be on the street," she said.
That's where training comes in. Officers are taught the ladder of force. It starts with verbal commands - officers call it verbal judo - and progresses to physical force, pepper spray, use of the baton and finally deadly force.
Students in the Citizen Police Academy had the chance to experience several different rungs on the ladder of force.
In one class, Barnes dressed in a red, padded suit and mimicked attacking the cadets. They used a padded baton to fend him off.
His head, neck, spine, and chest were off-limits for the baton because hitting those areas could cause lethal damage.
But students did hit those areas, usually accidentally.
Barnes said that was an example of how skilled police have to be with the baton. He also said police have to know when the fight is over.
"It's like going from 10 mph to 100 mph in a second," Barnes said, "but then having to slow down from 100 mph to 10 mph just as quickly."
Graham said that during the entire fight with Barnes, which lasted a little longer than a minute, she had no idea what was happening, other than that he was attacking her and she was defending herself.
"If that had been a real attack, I don't think I could have described him to police," she said. "All I could focus on were his hands."
And she was sore the next day from all the hits she gave and received.
But the entire class wasn't about hitting police officers and shooting their guns.
Much of the time was spent in the classroom, but the training was hands-on.
Students learned how to conduct field sobriety tests. Officer Jim Pullen showed the class how to judge if someone is intoxicated through the tests officers use all the time.
Graham said she had no concept of what went into a DUI stop.
"All I knew is what I'd read in the paper - that someone was charged," she said. One night students got to see real drunkards and try out the field sobriety tests.
Off-duty Westminster police officers drank beer and Pullen drove them to the new District Courthouse to take field sobriety tests.
The tests measure balance and motor skills, and officers use the results in court.
A drunken person will react in very specific ways, as Pullen told the class, and the students saw for themselves.
The tests fascinated Graham because she said she was naive about how the body would react to alcohol and what someone who was drinking could and couldn't control.
And she was interested by something else people can't control - fingerprints.
Lt. Wayne Mann of the Criminal Investigation Division taught students how to dust for fingerprints at a crime scene. Then the students fingerprinted each other.
Graham said the process was much easier than she'd imagined, but it was occurring in a classroom, so that helped.
That same evening, Detective Laurin Askew spoke to the class about drugs.
He showed the students pipes, syringes, and bags people use to take and package illegal drugs. All the items he showed the class had been seized in various raids in Westminster. He also showed them samples of different types of drugs.
The sheer amount of drugs seized amazed Graham.
She recognized some of the packaging, though.
She said she used to find the tiny, resealable bags used to package crack cocaine in the alley by her shop. That's been happening less and less, though, she said.
She credits the increased patrols on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Sgt. Mike Bible, community education officer for Westminster police, was so pleased with the way the class came together, he decided to offer the academy again.
He said six people who didn't know each other started to function as a team, and that was part of the intent.
"It was kind of like the real police academy," he said.
And if nothing else, it made Graham more aware of her surroundings.
Not long ago, she was out on her porch, talking to neighbors. She saw a car she didn't recognize drive past twice.
Before, she said, she probably wouldn't have even noticed it.
But since the academy, she has become more observant. She looked inside the car as it drove by and made a mental note of its license plate.
She thinks her new found powers of observation will be helpful to her neighborhood and to the police.
"I won't call the police and say, 'There's a guy walking down the street and he looks strange.'"
But no matter how hands-on classroom training is, it's no substitute for on-the-job training.
Chief Roger Joneckis told the class about a commercial he saw years ago where, after a civilian had spent time riding along with police, the officers turn to the man and say, "Now it's your turn."
And on Nov. 16, it was their turn.
For their last class, students went through real training scenarios.
They handled a domestic dispute, possible drug activity on a playground and a traffic stop.
Beyond their training, Bible only offered one piece of advice.
"Expect the unexpected," he told them.
One scenario involved a domestic dispute where the husband refused to put his baby down.
He pulled out a gun, and the students had to decide whether to shoot him.
Graham called the scenarios a revelation. She didn't realize how quickly an officer's job could go from routine to dangerous. Nor did she realize how adrenaline would affect reaction times or shot accuracy.
It also made her senses feel sharper, but she thinks she was quicker to make a decision than she normally would be. When she felt like her life was in danger, even in a simulation, she wanted to protect herself. And, she said, she may have overreacted sometimes, especially by shooting too much.
During the simulations all of the students shot what seemed like a lot of rounds, but Capt. Randy Barnes said they weren't that much higher than average.
He said the average shoot-out involving police only lasts a few seconds, but five to seven rounds are fired.
Most of the shots fired - a lot in some cases - happened within hundredths of a second of each other. But, she said, she could hear each and every one distinctly.
Graham was invited to apply to the Citizen Police Academy, partially because she was active with the Lower Pennsylvania Avenue Committee. The committee was formed to help stop crime and drug traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue.
As executive secretary of Dutterer's Flower Shop and the daughter of the owner - the shop has been in her family since 1919 - she grew up on the avenue, and now she lives there.
She got to see that up close when, as a part of the program, she spent a Saturday evening riding and walking with a Westminster police officer.
The night she spent with the officer was McDaniel College's Homecoming. She had a chance to see officers break up a few scuffles and look for public drunkenness and underage drinking while riding with Cpl. Thomas Kowalczyk.
"He would explain the 10-codes to me - the codes officers use to convey information, 10-4 for example - so I knew what was happening," she said.
On the way back to the station, he spotted a car that looked suspicious. The car was alone in a parking lot at nearly 2 a.m.
He found two juveniles who had snuck out of their houses.
Graham said she was fascinated by the differences between real-life policing and television cop shows, where every case takes exactly one hour. Really, she said, officers jump from call to call and each call can be different.
"One second, you have to be the nice, kind police officer talking to people on the street, and the next you have to be the tough law enforcement guy dealing with people who shouldn't be on the street," she said.
That's where training comes in. Officers are taught the ladder of force. It starts with verbal commands - officers call it verbal judo - and progresses to physical force, pepper spray, use of the baton and finally deadly force.
Students in the Citizen Police Academy had the chance to experience several different rungs on the ladder of force.
In one class, Barnes dressed in a red, padded suit and mimicked attacking the cadets. They used a padded baton to fend him off.
His head, neck, spine, and chest were off-limits for the baton because hitting those areas could cause lethal damage.
But students did hit those areas, usually accidentally.
Barnes said that was an example of how skilled police have to be with the baton. He also said police have to know when the fight is over.
"It's like going from 10 mph to 100 mph in a second," Barnes said, "but then having to slow down from 100 mph to 10 mph just as quickly."
Graham said that during the entire fight with Barnes, which lasted a little longer than a minute, she had no idea what was happening, other than that he was attacking her and she was defending herself.
"If that had been a real attack, I don't think I could have described him to police," she said. "All I could focus on were his hands."
And she was sore the next day from all the hits she gave and received.
But the entire class wasn't about hitting police officers and shooting their guns.
Much of the time was spent in the classroom, but the training was hands-on.
Students learned how to conduct field sobriety tests. Officer Jim Pullen showed the class how to judge if someone is intoxicated through the tests officers use all the time.
Graham said she had no concept of what went into a DUI stop.
"All I knew is what I'd read in the paper - that someone was charged," she said. One night students got to see real drunkards and try out the field sobriety tests.
Off-duty Westminster police officers drank beer and Pullen drove them to the new District Courthouse to take field sobriety tests.
The tests measure balance and motor skills, and officers use the results in court.
A drunken person will react in very specific ways, as Pullen told the class, and the students saw for themselves.
The tests fascinated Graham because she said she was naive about how the body would react to alcohol and what someone who was drinking could and couldn't control.
And she was interested by something else people can't control - fingerprints.
Lt. Wayne Mann of the Criminal Investigation Division taught students how to dust for fingerprints at a crime scene. Then the students fingerprinted each other.
Graham said the process was much easier than she'd imagined, but it was occurring in a classroom, so that helped.
That same evening, Detective Laurin Askew spoke to the class about drugs.
He showed the students pipes, syringes, and bags people use to take and package illegal drugs. All the items he showed the class had been seized in various raids in Westminster. He also showed them samples of different types of drugs.
The sheer amount of drugs seized amazed Graham.
She recognized some of the packaging, though.
She said she used to find the tiny, resealable bags used to package crack cocaine in the alley by her shop. That's been happening less and less, though, she said.
She credits the increased patrols on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Sgt. Mike Bible, community education officer for Westminster police, was so pleased with the way the class came together, he decided to offer the academy again.
He said six people who didn't know each other started to function as a team, and that was part of the intent.
"It was kind of like the real police academy," he said.
And if nothing else, it made Graham more aware of her surroundings.
Not long ago, she was out on her porch, talking to neighbors. She saw a car she didn't recognize drive past twice.
Before, she said, she probably wouldn't have even noticed it.
But since the academy, she has become more observant. She looked inside the car as it drove by and made a mental note of its license plate.
She thinks her new found powers of observation will be helpful to her neighborhood and to the police.
"I won't call the police and say, 'There's a guy walking down the street and he looks strange.'"
But no matter how hands-on classroom training is, it's no substitute for on-the-job training.
Chief Roger Joneckis told the class about a commercial he saw years ago where, after a civilian had spent time riding along with police, the officers turn to the man and say, "Now it's your turn."
And on Nov. 16, it was their turn.
For their last class, students went through real training scenarios.
They handled a domestic dispute, possible drug activity on a playground and a traffic stop.
Beyond their training, Bible only offered one piece of advice.
"Expect the unexpected," he told them.
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+++++++++++++++Sun Feb 7, 2016 Welcome to Transfiguration Sunday services at Grace Lutheran www.gracelc.org
Sun Feb 7, 2016 Welcome to Transfiguration Sunday services at Grace Lutheran www.gracelc.org This week we have been joined by the Children's Chorus of Carroll Co.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Sat. February 6, 2016 The writer’s lunch. #amwriting
Sat. February 6, 2016 The writer's lunch. #amwriting When the going gets tough, the tough get Macaroni and Cheese. It rules.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Feb. 1, 2016 United Methodist Baltimore Washington Conference e-connection
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Religion United Methodist, Religion United Methodist Baltimore Washington Conference, Religion United Methodist Baltimore Washington Conference e-connection, 20160112 MR aneurysm, Babylon Family MR,
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artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
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“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
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Grace Lutheran Church Council President Ron Fairchild leads the discussion
Sat. Jan. 30, 2016 Grace Lutheran Church Council President Ron Fairchild leads the discussion at our winter leadership retreat. Ron is awesome and Grace Lutheran Church rules. Just saying....
(410) 848-7020
The Reverend Kevin Clementson, Senior Pastor
The Reverend Martha Clementson, Senior Pastor
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Be safe out there. The roads are slippery and in some cases they are still snow covered
Be safe out there. The roads are slippery and in some cases
they are still snow covered
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 15:28 CT: INJ PERSON/BLS RT 31 /
UNIONTOWN RD BOX: 0332 DUE: X37 dispatched for a Sledding accident on McDaniel
College sledding hill Transported to Carroll priority three – minor non-life
threatening injuries
15:27 CT: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK SHEETZ @304 E MAIN ST BOX: 0333
DUE: X37 E31 Transported to Carroll priority three – minor non-life threatening
injuries
The roads are slippery and in some cases they are still snow
covered. The road conditions and increased calls are straining emergency
response. Be safe out there. #snowday #Westminster #CarrollCounty
#WestminsterFireCo
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Carroll County Commissioner Stephen Wantz update on the aftermath of massive storm Jonas for Carroll County
Carroll County Commissioner Stephen Wantz update on the
aftermath of massive storm Jonas for Carroll County
8 p.m. Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Earlier today on Facebook, Carroll County Commissioner
Stephen Wantz posted an update on the aftermath of massive storm Jonas for
Carroll County:
An update on the aftermath of massive storm Jonas for
Carroll County. As of 4PM today every county road has been plowed. Crews will
be working through the night to begin the task of widening lanes.
As President of the Board of Commissioners, I want to
express our appreciation, for the cooperation and patience of our residents in
Carroll County during this unprecedented storm.
We organized a very coordinated effort in Carroll County to
deal with the cleanup and other effects of the storm.
From the National Guard assistance, to Law Enforcement, Fire
and EMS workers, all entities represented at the Emergency Operations Center,
Good Samaritan citizens, and private contractors who helped clear snow, and
especially our Bureau of Roads Operations for working diligently night and day,
on the daunting task of clearing 900+ miles of county roads.
We cannot forget fleet management who worked round the clock
to repair and keep the plow equipment on the road. Many departments of Carroll
County Government assisted us with our work in some way during the storm.
The dedication from all of these folks is very much
appreciated. We are working with Superintendent Guthrie and CCPS on the
daunting task of getting school lots ready for opening as soon as it is
possible (CCPS maintenance and custodial crews are working hard clearing lots
and sidewalks), and county crews are continuing to improve roads and
intersections from the massive pileup of snow.
We are certainly not finished with the work at hand, and
will continue to collaborate with all needed entities as we move forward during
the storm recovery process, to get the county back to regular function.
Again thank you for listening to our call for patience and
staying off the roads during the height of the snow removal, so that we could
make this type of progress.
Related: Carroll County Commissioner Stephen Wantz: District
1 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/09/carroll-county-maryland-commissioner.html
Snowtastrophe Maryland Snowmageddon Snowpocalypse French
Toast
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Be safe out there. The roads are slippery and in some cases
they are still snow covered http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/be-safe-out-there-roads-are-slippery.html
Tues.,
Jan. 26, 2016 - The calls for service just keep coming at the
Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/tues-jan-26-2016-calls-for-service-just.html
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal
sledding accident in South Carroll http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-carroll-county-sheriffs-office-is_26.html
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is investigating fatal vehicle-pedestrian
collision According to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office: …
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Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland; 11 a.m. January 26th,
2016-----On January 25th,
2016 at approximately 10:20 am, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office
responded to the area of Heritage Lane in Sykesville for the report of a child
struck by a vehicle.
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January
24, 2016 Sheriff DeWees snow update Sheriff
Jim DeWees January
24 at 5:25pm http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/january-24-2016-sheriff-dewees-snow.html
Please stay off the roads today so that road crews and
emergency vehicles http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/please-stay-off-roads-today-so-that.html
Sunday
evening, January 24, 2015
Still need to encourage folks to take a chill pill. A
snowstorm of historic proportions just stopped hours ago. Be patient and stay
home.
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At 2:40 Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, the Maryland State Police
reported that “Since the storm began, @MDSP tprs have responded to more than
1,800 calls for service, 238 accidents, and assisted more than 700 motorists.”
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The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a
woman has been found dead in the snow in Hampstead http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-carroll-county-sheriffs-office-is.html
A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s office, Corporal Jon Light
reports:
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Saturday
afternoon, Jan. 23, 2016 4:45 pm: “…Really - everyone ought to stay off
the roads unless you are a first responder. I've been doing this stuff for 45
years and I have a heavy 4-wheel drive truck and even I have just stayed home.
This stuff is for the young responders... Some days I feel my age. Some days I
know my age.”
Dayhoff photos snow, Weather, Weather Carroll County,
Weather Winter Snow, Weather Winter, Weather chron, Weather chron 2015,
Related: Be sure to clear the snow from the fire hydrants:
http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/02/be-sure-to-clear-snow-from-fire-hydrants.html
Pulling the car out of the snow. An April 2004 cautionary
tale video in my collection about a couple of fellas helping someone who got
his car stuck in the snow… Wait for it… Wait for it…. https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/videos/10206886842303160/?l=7977495684484721477
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A reader asked: “Hi. Do you know if Carroll Co. is under
Phase III snow plan?” http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-reader-asked-hi-do-you-know-if.html
Early
evening, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016
No, in the entire state, only Baltimore City has declared a
Phase Three snow emergency.
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Post Offices Close Early Due to Winter Storm Jonas Friday, January 22, 2016
http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/post-offices-close-early-due-to-winter.html
#Dayhoffphotoblog, Dayhoff Daily Photoblog, Dayhoff photos
snow, Dayhoff photos still life, Weather, Weather 2015 chron, Weather 2016
chron, Weather chron, Weather Winter Snow
Snowtastrophe - These days big government cannot get
anything right. Friday,
Jan. 22, 2015 Kevin Dayhoff
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/01/snowtastrophe-these-days-big-government.html
Update: All services at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster
cancelled for this weekend
http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/grace-lutheran-westminster-sat-eve-and.html
1:33
pm, Saturday, January 22, 2015
At 1:33 this afternoon, it was announced that all services
have been cancelled for this weekend. Which is good because everybody needs to
stay home and stay off the roads. Just saying.
#amwriting, #Blizzard20160122, #KED, #snowday, Dayhoff
writing essays, Dayhoff writing essays snow, Weather 2016 chron, Weather
20160122 Snow, Weather chron, Weather Winter Snow
Snowtastrophe - These days big government cannot get
anything right.
Friday,
Jan. 22, 2015 Kevin Dayhoff http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/468852.html
http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/137865150853/snowtastrophe-these-days-big-government-cannot
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Maryland State Police: Caution Urged As Snow Storm Moves In Wednesday, January 20, 2016 http://news.maryland.gov/msp/2016/01/20/caution-urged-as-snow-storm-moves-in/
(Pikesville, MD) – Maryland State Police are urging drivers to use caution and
think twice before heading out this weekend due to the potential snow storm. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/01/maryland-snowmageddon-snowpocalypse.html
Maryland Snowmageddon Snowpocalypse French Toast Monday, Dec. 18, 2016
kevindayhoff.com http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/01/maryland-snowmageddon-snowpocalypse.html
#Dayhoffphotoblog,
Dayhoff
Daily Photoblog, Dayhoff
photos snow, Dayhoff
photos still life, Weather, Weather
2015 chron, Weather
chron, Weather
chron 2016, Weather
Winter Snow
Mary Morris - “Snow” an Adele "Hello" Parody
(OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2016/01/mary-morris-snow-adele-hello-parody.html
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State of Emergency Declared for Carroll County -
Westminster, Saturday,
January 23, 2016 8:00 a.m. http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/state-of-emergency-declared-for-carroll.html
#Blizzard20160122,
#snowday,
Weather
2016 chron, Weather
20160122 Snow, Weather
chron, Weather
Winter Snow
Carroll County Commissioner Stephen Wantz: District 1 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/09/carroll-county-maryland-commissioner.html
Revised September, 2015 https://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/commiss/District1.aspx
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Marylanders Urged to Continue to Stay Off Roads, Prepare for
Power Outages http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/01/marylanders-urged-to-continue-to-stay.html
Saturday,
January 23, 2016
#Blizzard20160122,
#snowday,
Weather
2016 chron, Weather
20160122 Snow, Weather
chron, Weather
Winter Snow
MARYLANDERS URGED TO CONTINUE TO STAY OFF ROADS TO HELP PLOWING
CREWS, PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES
MEMA CONTINUES TO COORDINATE RESOURCES, ASSIST LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS
REISTERSTOWN, Md. (January 23, 2016) — Snow continues to
fall throughout Maryland and wind gusts have picked up in some areas of the
state. The Maryland Emergency Management Agency urges residents to stay off the
roads so highway crews can continue plowing operations.
Governor Hogan Closes I-70 and I-270 to Safely Clear the
Interstates of Snow
Saturday,
January 23, 2016
Motorists Encouraged to Stay Off All Roads
Police, fire departments prepare for upcoming snowstorm By
Heather Mongilio Carroll County Times Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/police-fire-departments-prepare-for.html
Carroll-area storm postponements, cancellations http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cctnews-closings-and-delays-20160120-story.html
January 2016 snowstorm coverage http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cctnews-january-2016-snow-20160120-storygallery.html
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