20060530 KDDC Tales From Packaging Hell

Tales From Packaging Hell

Hopefully - as I grow older, kind younger adults will take an interest in my welfare, as I worry that I will starve to death trying to unpackage my food... Either that or power tools will continue to be miniaturized. What the world needs now is a small kitchen chainsaw for unpackaging electronics and food et. al., from the impenetrable plastic from hell.

From "Wired" news, please reads: "Tales From Packaging Hell."

One of the enjoyable paragraphs reads:

"The issue has become such a problem for customers that Consumer Reports in March issued its first-ever Oyster Awards, a tongue-in-cheek "honor" for the most
difficult-to-open packaging genres. Topping that list was the packaging that
electronics are most frequently found in, the PVC clamshell."

Hat tip: Dave Barry's Blog.

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20060530 KDDC Trouble at DiFi's Palace?

Trouble at Di’s Palace?

Hat Tip: Wonkette - "Dianne Feinstein Is Bad for the Environment"

Next time you hear Sen. Dianne Feinstein complain about rich Republicans and "tax breaks for the rich," think of this article from SFluxe. Seems that DiFi has run afoul of the city officials with her re-landscaping plans for her new but "modest," $16.5 million home.

Enjoy the pictures and read the article, here: "Trouble at Di’s Palace?"

The "story has a happy ending, afterall!"

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20060530 KDDC Lawmaker chews on legislation

Lawmaker chews on legislation

This may be the only thing we did NOT see in the last session of the Maryland General Assembly:

Hat Tip: Wonkette

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Posted: 1620 GMT (0020 HKT)

TAPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- Pandemonium broke out in Taiwan's parliament
Tuesday when deputies attacked a woman colleague for snatching and trying to eat a proposal on opening direct transport links with China in a bid to stop a vote
on the issue.

Lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) charged
toward the podium and protested noisily to prevent the review of an opposition
proposal seeking an end to decades-old curbs on direct air and shipping links
with China.

Amid the chaos, DPP deputy Wang Shu-hui snatched the written proposal
from an opposition legislator and shoved it into her mouth, television news
footage showed.

Wang later spat out the document and tore it up after opposition
lawmakers failed to get her to cough it up by pulling her hair.

During the melee, another DPP woman legislator, Chuang Ho-tzu, spat at
an opposition colleague.

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20060524 Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

May 24^th, 2006

Westminster Eagle on May 24th, 2006:

“On Memorial Day, Westminster's own Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts ” 05/24/06 - By Kevin E. Dayhoff:

“Next Monday, Carroll County will commemorate Memorial Day. The tradition of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster began in 1868. That year, Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General ...”

Read the rest here:

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=978&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1189178&om=1

The most comprehensive column on Freddy Magsamen is in the

Winchester Report on the Westminster Eagle Website:

“On Memorial Day, Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts “

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=978&NewsID=722063&CategoryID=18298&show=localnews&om=20

The Tentacle

http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

May 24, 2006, “Lest We Forget!” Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1615

Monday is Memorial Day. It was almost 140 years ago that the tradition of setting aside a day to honor our country's fallen heroes began with Gen. John A. Logan's May 5th, 1868 General Order No. 11 to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with flowers.

Read the rest here.

Also, related:

“Carroll County Maryland Vietnam Memorial Park, Westminster ”

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20060529 KDDC Westminster Memorial Day Pics

Westminster Maryland Memorial Day Pictures
by my brother-in-law, "Uncle Ron."
May 29, 2006

20060528 KDDC 18680505 Memorial Day Origins

Memorial Day Origins

According to the Historical Society of Carroll County:

“Miss (Mary Bostwick) Shellman began Westminster's observance of Memorial Day on May 30, 1868 when she organized local schoolchildren to place flowers on the graves of Westminster's Civil War dead.”

From unattributed notes in my file, the origins of Memorial Day go back to:

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of former Union soldiers and sailors - the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) - established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.

Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared it should be May 30. The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

The cemetery already held the remains of 20,000 Union dead and several hundred Confederate dead.

Presided over by Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and other Washington officials, the Memorial Day ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

After speeches, children from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns.

Local Observances Claim To Be First

Local springtime tributes to the Civil War dead already had been held in various places.

One of the first occurred in Columbus, Miss., April 25, 1866, when a group of women visited a cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers who had fallen in battle at Shiloh. Nearby were the graves of Union soldiers, neglected because they were the enemy. Disturbed at the sight of the bare graves, the women placed some of their flowers on those graves, as well.

Today cities in the North and the South claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1866. Both Macon and Columbus, Ga., claim the title, as well as Richmond, Va. The village of Boalsburg, Pa., claims it began there two years earlier.

A stone in a Carbondale, Ill., cemetery carries the statement that the first Decoration Day ceremony took place there on April 29, 1866. Carbondale was the wartime home of Gen. Logan. Approximately 25 places have been named in connection with the origin of Memorial Day, many of them in the South where most of the war dead were buried.

Official Birthplace Declared

In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the "birthplace" of Memorial Day. There a ceremony on May 5, 1866, was reported to have honored local soldiers and sailors who had fought in the Civil War. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-mast. Supporters of Waterloo's claim say earlier observances in other places were either informal, not community-wide or one-time events.

By the end of the 19th century, Memorial Day ceremonies were being held on May 30 throughout the nation.

State legislatures passed proclamations designating the day. The Army and Navy adopted regulations for proper observance at their facilities. It was not until after World War I, however, that the day was expanded to honor those who have died in all American wars.

In 1971 Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by an act of Congress, and designated as the last Monday in May.

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20060529 KDDC 18680505 General John A Logans Memorial Day Order

18680505 General John A Logans Memorial Day Order

GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN'S MEMORIAL DAY ORDER

General Order No. 11 - Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic Washington, D.C.,

May 5, 1868

I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.

We are organized, comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose, among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead, who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foe? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their death a tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the Nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and found mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of free and undivided republic.

If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain in us.

Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the Nation's gratitude,--the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan.

II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope it will be kept up from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades. He earnestly desires the public press to call attention to this Order, and lend its friendly aid in bringing it to the notice of comrades in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith.

III. Department commanders will use every effort to make this order effective.

By command of:
JOHN A. LOGAN,
Commander-in-Chief.

N. P. CHIPMAN,
Adjutant-General.

20060528 KDDC 1891 Ferris Delicious Hams and Bacon

1891 Ferris Delicious Hams and Bacon

20060528 KDDC Dinner at Baugher's last Friday

20060526 Baugher's Memorial Day
(c) Kevin Dayhoff

20060523 KDDC Proud Preakness needs overhaul

Proud Preakness needs overhaul (Fauquier Times-Democrat, VA)

An interesting commentary on Barbaro’s injury at the Preakness in Baltimore at the second leg of Triple Crown on Saturday, May 20^th, 2006 and on race day, the track facilities and Pimlico; by someone who seems to know a little about horses and horseracing.

Hat Tip: Maryland Department of Agriculture News Clippings

Proud Preakness needs overhaul (Fauquier Times-Democrat, VA)

By Jackie Burke - an author based near Orlean.

05/23/2006

Proud Preakness needs overhaul

Staff

Mede Cahaba Stable owner Mignon Smith was so inspired by Barbaro’s Kentucky Derby win that she ordered tickets and a bus so that 44 friends could attend the Preakness Stakes with her this past Saturday.

For a number of years I was employed by the Washington, D.C.-based Mede Cahaba, a large multi-state racing and breeding business, and before that I learned to post as one of Smith’s riding students at the original Mede Cahaba stable in my native Birmingham, Ala.

So I was offered two tickets to the big event and in turn I invited friend and new neighbor Julia Thieriot. As we boarded the bus Saturday, a perfect spring morning, I promised Julia a memorable time.

The bus rumbled north, carrying a congenial group with a general air of electric anticipation that only an event such as the Preakness Stakes can generate. Had I realized what a memorable and horrific day lay before us, I would have stayed in bed.

Read the rest of the story here: Proud Preakness needs overhaul (Fauquier Times-Democrat, VA)

20060527 KDDC Its Electric fnp

It's electric

Another story about electric cars. This one is from the Frederick News-Post.

If I am not mistaken, the Frederick News-Post uses permalinks, so I won’t paste below the entire story. If you are accessing this at a later date and the link does not work – e-mail me and I’ll send ya the entire story.

The attached photo belongs to Photo by Skip Lawrence. It was captioned in the article as: “Paul Garvison's Neighborhood Electric Vehicle can reach speeds of 30 mph and last about 15 miles before it must be recharged.”

It's electric

With gas prices skyrocketing, one local driver has found a way to save a few dollars by riding a current trend
Published on May 27, 2006

By Bridgette Harwood
News-Post Staff

FREDERICK -- Paul Garvison of Frederick has found a way to escape the rising cost of traveling by car -- at least for 15 to 20 miles.

Mr. Garvison owns a battery powered Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, which can reach speeds of 30 mph and lasts about 15 miles before it needs to be recharged. The car, white with a checkered stripe on the side, has four seats, but its narrow width allows for only one windshield wiper.

Known as IT, for Innovative Transportation, the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle is made by Dynasty Electric Car Corp. of British Columbia, Canada.

"It is perfect for around town use," Mr. Garvison said.

According to the Electric Auto Association, as many as 10,000 full sized electric cars are on U.S. roads today.

Read the rest of the story here: It's electric

20060527 KDDC 1891 Ferris Good Sense Corset Waists

1891 Ferris’ Good Sense Corset Waists

20060527 KDDC Gamber Union Bridge and St John Carnival schedules

Carnival season to begin early

The carnival season for the season kicks off for the summer with the Gamber and Union Bridge firefighters’ annual event and the St. John Catholic Church carnival. (The hyperlinks should take you to each carnival’s Web-page.)

Carrie Ann Knauer with the Carroll County Times has the story in the Saturday, May 27^th, 2006 edition of the Carroll County Times.

The Carroll County Times does not use permalinks – please find their entire article pasted below:

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Carnival season to begin early

By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer

Saturday, May 27, 2006

The Carroll County carnival season will kick off two days early this year as the Gamber and Community fire company opens its carnival today.

Carnivals are a major fundraising source for Carroll County's fire companies, said Clay Myers, public information officer for Gamber. The carnivals usually run from Monday to Saturday, so if it rains one of those days, you lose one-sixth of your profits, Myers said.

Gamber's carnival has traditionally started on Memorial Day, but it has seemed like every year it got rained out one or two nights, he said. So when the carnival company told them this winter that they didn't have any bookings the week before Memorial Day, both parties agreed it would be a good idea to start the carnival on a Saturday this year. They hope the two extra days will be a buffer for any rained-out nights, Myers said.

While offering the two extra nights didn't cost the fire company any extra money up front, it has been more difficult to get volunteers to work the two extra days, he said.

"Carnival week is really hard for everyone," Myers said. "We're just keeping our fingers crossed for eight nights of [great] weather."

One small change for Sunday at the carnival is that there will be no gambling or games of chance, such as bingo or the gun jar, as is required by county law, Myers said. The fire company will still be able to sell raffle tickets, since the drawing won't be until the following Saturday, he said, and all of the carnival games, such as darts and basketball toss, will be carried on.

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Along with the Gamber and Community fire company carnival, the Union Bridge volunteer fire company will also hold its fire carnival this week, starting Monday.

Dave Buffington, fire carnival chairman, said the fire company enjoys having the carnival start on Memorial Day. Many of the town residents attend the Memorial Day service organized by the Union Bridge VFW, which will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, and then come to the carnival for dinner, Buffington said.

"It kind of works hand in hand," Buffington said. "Memorial Day is always a big event."

What makes the Union Bridge carnival special is that all of the food is homemade, Buffington said. Fried chicken, pit beef, pit turkey, Italian sausage, pizza and funnel cakes - volunteers within the community prepare all of it, he said.

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St. John Church and School members are looking forward to kicking off their carnival on Monday as well. Jenny Scott, president of the school's Parents, Teachers and Friends Association, said the carnival committee will build on its experiences from the first carnival last year to make this year's carnival bigger and better.

Scott said the theme of this year's carnival will be "A Christian Family Tradition." The church has a congregation of about 14,000 people, she said, so many of the members don't get to meet at the usual church events. The carnival, however, was an opportunity for all different sectors of the church to meet and interact, Scott said.

"We had lots of young families," Scott said, and will try to offer even more games for the very young children who come to the carnival.

Even in its first year, the carnival quickly became one of the biggest fundraisers for the church, Scott said. The money raised from the carnival will go toward the school and youth ministries, she said.

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If you go:

Gamber Carnival Schedule

n Today: Entertainment by Iron Ridge (bluegrass)

n Sunday: Entertainment by Bob Plunkert and Real Country

n Monday: Fireworks at night, entertainment by Ten Cent Penny Band (classic country rock)

n Tuesday: Entertainment by Salem Bottom Boys (bluegrass)

n Wednesday: Entertainment by Big Cam and the Lifters (oldies)

n Thursday: Entertainment by Just Plain Country

n Friday: Entertainment by C.B. Pickers (bluegrass)

n June 3: Raffle drawings, entertainment by Poison Whiskey (good ol' classic southern rock)

Carnival opens 6 p.m. nightly, special ride prices on Tuesday and Thursday.

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St. John Carnival Schedule

n Monday: Noon to 5 p.m. matinee rides after the Memorial Day Parade

n Tuesday: 6 to 10 p.m., entertainment by Big Cam & the Lifters

n Wednesday: 6 to 10 p.m., entertainment by Full Gospel Boogie Band

n Thursday: 6 to 10 p.m., Karaoke Night, "Your Idol Time"

n Friday: 6 to 11 p.m., entertainment by Satyr Hill Band

n Saturday: Matinee rides from noon to 4 p.m., entertainment by Aces Up

Discount tickets available in advance at St. John School; call 410-848-4744.

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Union Bridge Carnival Schedule

n Monday: 6 p.m. Memorial Day Service at Mountain View Cemetery (across from 7-Eleven), entertainment by Country Fever

n Tuesday: Special Ride Night from 7 to 10 p.m., entertainment by Tall in the Saddle (country variety)

n Wednesday: Fireman's Parade at 7 p.m.

n Thursday: Special Ride Night from 7 to 10 p.m., entertainment by Bob Plunkert and Real Country

n Friday: Entertainment by No Alibi (country rock)

n Saturday: Raffle drawings, entertainment by No Xit Band (rock)

Lunches served 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday to Friday. Dinner platters served 4 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

20060527 KDDC Iowa Painted Rock

Iowa Painted Rock

This series of photos, just in time for Memorial Day, was e-mailed me by my Tentacle editor, John Ashbury.
If I am not mistaken, this e-mail has made the rounds before; nevertheless, it is appreciated on Memorial Day weekend…
Apparently, according to the forwarded e-mail:

“… there is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy.25 in rural Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times.

A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. It's quite an impressive sight. Be sure to scroll down and check out the multiple photos (all angles) of the rock. I thought the flag was draped over the rock, but it's not. It's actually painted on the rock too.”

The bottom picture is attributed to be “the artist Ray "Bubba" Sorensen.”

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20060526 KDDC May 20 Willis St Tag Sale Pics

20060523 KDDC OC eyes use of electric minicars

OC eyes use of electric mini-cars

This is interesting. This just in from an:

Article published May 23, 2006 in the Salisbury Delmarva Daily Times.
OC eyes use of electric mini-cars
By Jay Hodgkins, Staff Writer

OCEAN CITY -- Presenters for a 100 percent electric, zero emission, lightweight DaimlerChrysler vehicle showed up at last week's Police Commission meeting, and Mayor Jim Mathias' eyes lit up.

After Mathias took the doorless four-seat Global Electric Motorcar -- a vehicle that passes all federal safety regulations to be driven on roads 35 mph and less -- for a spin with Town Councilmen Jay Hancock and Jim Hall, he brimmed at the possible uses for the town.

"It's timely in nature because of all the gas price problems and energy rates. It really does fit in, and it's something for the future of this town," Mathias said. "I hope (City Manager Dennis Dare) can look at it."

CleanCities.com President Luis MacDonald and Daniel MacDonald presented options of the vehicle that ranged from two-seat to six-seat models that had a range of 35 to 40 miles, could be recharged in a regular outlet at home within a few hours and could carry a 1,200 pound payload in the back bed area.

The vehicle was recently approved for use on Maryland roads by the Maryland General Assembly and the city of Baltimore is already using the vehicles in the Inner Harbor area, MacDonald said.

For Ocean City, the men pitched their initial intention to start business operations with condo associations and other private groups to shuttle members from their homes across Coastal Highway to the beach.

Police commission members, however, discussed a much wider range of uses from hotels renting the vehicles to vacationers to use by the police force around the Boardwalk or use by town officials and maintenance people.

Police were not as excited about the GEMs, however, as Ofc. Hugh Bean cited safety issues because of the light vehicle weight, people driving the vehicle on high-speed roads and a likelihood operators wouldn't use their seat belts in the golf cart-like vehicles.

"Trying to get people to understand what they can and can't do would be an insurmountable feat, and we'd be the bad guys for busting people," Bean said.

Chief Bernadette DiPino also said she saw too much trouble to support wide commercial use of the vehicles or town use, but admitted the vehicles were legal and anyone could purchase and drive the $8,000-to-$12,000 vehicles provided they follow the rules.

Looking for a wider vision for the vehicles, Mathias told police, "I hope as we pursue this we can pursue it with a can-do attitude and not a can't-do attitude."

"I'm not advocating we do this overnight," he said, "but paying attention to where the world is going, this is somewhere we want to go."

About the cars

 Ocean City was shown options of a vehicle that ranges from two-seat to six-seat models that can drive 35 to 40 miles, can be charged in a regular outlet and can carry up to 1,200 pounds. The vehicles pass federal safety regulations to be driven on roads 35 mph and less.

 The Maryland General Assembly recently approved their use in the state. Similar vehicles are already used by the city of Baltimore in the Inner Harbor area.

 Reach Jay Hodgkins at 410-213-9442 or jhodgkins@smgpo.gannett.com.

20060526 KDDC The 50 greatest conservative rock songs NRO

TOP 50 CONSERVATIVE SONGS

What a fun weekend quick read. Hat tip: Michelle Malkin calls our attention to a column by John J. Miller of the National Review Online in which he lists the top fifty all time best conservative rock songs.

TOP 50 CONSERVATIVE SONGS

By Michelle Malkin · May 26, 2006 09:21 AM

John Mellencamp? Sammy Hagar? Kid Rock? The Who? Yup, they're all on National Review's list.

Take a look--and bring your iPod.

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The 50 greatest conservative rock songs.

May 26, 2006, 6:59 a.m.

Rockin' the Right

By John J. Miller

EDITOR’S NOTE: This week on NRO, we’ve been rolling out the first five and now all 50 songs from a list John J. Miller compiled that appears in the June 5 issue of National Review . Here’s a look at #1 and get the whole list—complete with purchasing links—here.

On first glance, rock ’n’ roll music isn’t very conservative. It doesn’t fare much better on second or third glance (or listen), either. Neil Young has a new song called “Let’s Impeach the President.” Last year, the Rolling Stones made news with “Sweet Neo Con,” another anti-Bush ditty. For conservatives who enjoy rock, it isn’t hard to agree with the opinion Johnny Cash expressed in “The One on the Right Is on the Left”: “Don’t go mixin’ politics with the folk songs of our land / Just work on harmony and diction / Play your banjo well / And if you have political convictions, keep them to yourself.” In other words: Shut up and sing.

But some rock songs really are conservative — and there are more of them than you might think. Last year, I asked readers of National Review Online to nominate conservative rock songs. Hundreds of suggestions poured in. I’ve sifted through them all, downloaded scores of mp3s, and puzzled over a lot of lyrics. What follows is a list of the 50 greatest conservative rock songs of all time, as determined by me and a few others. The result is of course arbitrary, though we did apply a handful of criteria.

What makes a great conservative rock song? The lyrics must convey a conservative idea or sentiment, such as skepticism of government or support for traditional values. And, to be sure, it must be a great rock song. We’re biased in favor of songs that are already popular, but have tossed in a few little-known gems. In several cases, the musicians are outspoken liberals. Others are notorious libertines. For the purposes of this list, however, we don’t hold any of this against them. Finally, it would have been easy to include half a dozen songs by both the Kinks and Rush, but we’ve made an effort to cast a wide net. Who ever said diversity isn’t a conservative principle?

So here are NR’s top 50 conservative rock songs of all time. Go ahead and quibble with the rankings, complain about what we put on, and send us outraged letters and e-mails about what we left off. In the end, though, we hope you’ll admit that it’s a pretty cool playlist for your iPod.

Read the entire list here: The 50 greatest conservative rock songs.

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20060525 KDDC Westminster Fire Department Big Money Raffle

Westminster Fire Department Big Money Raffle

Thursday, May 25^th, 2006

Thursday evening was the occasion of the Westminster Fire Department’s Big Money raffle. This is the major fund raising event of the year for the Fire Department.

Attached to this post are some photos that I took. Unfortunately, my camera battery died on me early in the event and these are the only photos that I got.

As usual, it was a sold out event. There are only 3000 chances sold for $10.00 each. In return the ticket holder gets all the fried chicken, hot dogs, potato chips, pretzels, macaroni salad and sauerkraut that they can eat and a chance to win any of nine prizes. First prize is $10,000.00. Second prize is $1250.00. Third prize is $1,000.00. Fourth prize is $500.00. Fifth and sixth prize is $250.00 and seventh, eighth and ninth prize is $100.00.

This year’s $10,000.00 winner is a well-known community leader that is sure to do good things with the money.

I’m not sure how many years we have had this raffle, but the idea is certainly not new. According to an article from the J. Leland Jordan Collection, c. January 1896, provided to me by Jay Graybeal of the Historical Society of Carroll County, 210 East Main Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157, a number of years ago:

“In 1840 the citizens petitioned the legislature to pass an act enabling them to hold a lottery to raise $5,000 to purchase a new fire engine, build a new engine-house, town hall and market-house, but nothing came of it.”

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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20060525 KDDC 1974 Carroll County Office Building