The sign in Bob Ehrlich's corner office reads, "No Whining."
Four years after his only political loss, the Republican former governor has decided to rejoin the political fray, challenging his political nemesis, Gov. Martin O'Malley.
He announced his intention to run April 7 at a rally in his boyhood home of Arbutus. Since then, he has criss-crossed the state, most recently speaking at a GOP spring convention in Ocean City.
Just an election cycle ago, Ehrlich was telling listeners of his newly christened radio show that Maryland had changed.
Angus Maddison, an eminent scholar in the study of economic history, who once researched, calculated and explained the gross domestic product of various nation-states and regions of the world all the way back to 1 AD, passed away in Paris at the age of 83 years old on April 24.
Kuching, Malaysia – I have never before had to consider abortion in my personal life. I never, ever thought I would have to as I practiced birth control in all my sexual relationships. Even in college.
Readers know that I am not a harsh critic of President Barack Obama, in general. What sticks in my craw – and endangers my fellow Americans – is the senseless, useless and too expensive war in Iraq and Afghanistan he continues to support.
Musing about traditional party politics is becoming a habit. The tidbits are just too juicy to ignore, especially for the political junkies of the world.
The deadline has come and gone. Now what? April 30 was the last day wherein a first-time homebuyer who purchased a home by today would receive a tax credit of $8,000 from the government. By purchase, I mean a valid, legal contract accepted by today, with a settlement date by June 30, 2010.
One of the greatest compliments accorded to words was delivered by a GOP opponent of Chuck Jenkins; he was a man of great connections, in solid with the county’s good ol’ boys. I wrote columns informing voters of the problems he would bring, including his wife.
If the nation’s capital – Washington, D.C. – was subject to over 1,000 kidnappings over the last three years (tied to illegal immigration), do you think there would be any debate on the passage of Arizona Senate Bill 2070 which strictly enforces illegal immigration?
As a public service TheTentacle.com will publish every Friday the list of candidates who have filed for the various elective offices which will appear on the ballot in the September Primary Election. If errors appear, please notify me at info@thetentacle.com.
This past weekend many of us attended Del. Charles Jenkins’ event at the Cracked Claw in Urbana. It was refreshing to see not only familiar faces but just as many new ones.
Up for grabs Mount Airy town elections on Monday were two council seats and the mayor’s office. A total 1434 citizens cast their votes at the fireman's carnival grounds activities building.
Matang Orangutan Rehab Center, Malaysia – The following account is true. The plot was not stolen from the American television program “Glee’ or any daytime drama. Written by long-term wildlife biologist volunteer Leo reviewed and approved by the Sarawak (Malaysia) Forestry Department and directed by an amazing staff of Sarawakian wildlife orang experts.
The New York Times was dragged through pitch-hot coals for reporting on the Catholic Church sexual scandals. The paper has been accused of conducting a campaign of vilification and vituperation against Pope Benedict XVI.
According to Reuters, “Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday he was dispatching a team of lawyers to New Orleans to monitor the oil spill and that the Obama Administration would vigorously enforce environmental laws.”
I had an interesting conversation last week with someone about perceptions. A person came up to me and said: “I’ve been hearing that you’ve been seen at (insert establishment here) and frankly, we’re concerned.”
Baltimore Brew has posted a new item, 'Laid-off by the Sun, journalists speak out on new wesbite'
by FERN SHEN
As The Baltimore Sun's music critic, Rashod D. Ollison wrote bitingly and brilliantly about a wide range of musical genres, praising the sublime and skewering the schlocky with equal verve.
But it's safe to say Ollison never wrote anything quite as scathing and personal as "The Invisible Black Homo Blues, reflections on my time at the Sun."
The essay was one of many in a new website released today, featuring mini-memoirs, poems, photographs and other work by ex-Sun writers who got the axe a year ago, when The Sun fired a third of the newsroom staff.
"Telling Our Stories: the Days of the Baltimore Sun" was sponsored by The Writer's Guild, East Foundation, and implemented with the collaboration of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. Following last April’s massive layoffs, ex-Sun writers were offered fellowships to "to tell a story arising out of their personal experiences during their time at The Baltimore Sun."
Last month I enjoyed a bit of respite from Maryland’s winter by visiting Florida. Finding myself within reasonable driving distance of St. Petersburg, I jumped at the chance to visit the Salvador Dali Museum.
Located on the waterfront in Barboro Harbor, it is the “largest collection of Dali’s work outside of Spain,” according to Peggy McKendry, the assistant to the director of the museum.
The museum, which opened in a renovated marine warehouse March 7, 1982, is the home of 2,140 pieces of Salvador Dali’s art, including 96 oil paintings and eight huge master works.
This collection began in Cleveland, OH, in 1942. Collecting Dali’s art was the lifelong passion of industrialist A. Reynolds Morse, and his wife Eleanor Reese Morse.
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In recent years, I have visited art museums – from San Diego, Salt Lake City, Anchorage, Boston, Washington, and Baltimore – and I found the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg to be one of the friendliest exhibitions I have ever seen.
Everyone from Ms. McKendry, to the extremely knowledgeable docents, and even the museum guards went out of their way to make sure you knew that the museum was there to serve, entertain, and educate.
Such accessibility is critical if you are to have a meaningful experience exploring 20th century contemporary art – especially the work of Salvador Dali.
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While I was doing some additional research on Dali, after I visited the museum, I had the great fortune to talk with Dan Twyman, the senior art consultant for the “Salvador Dali Society,” in Redondo Beach, CA, the owner of the website, http://www.salvadordaliexperts.com/ and a volunteer expert for the website http://www.allexperts.com/ in the fine art category.
Last Saturday afternoon, the popular head teller at the New Windsor State Bank College Square branch in Westminster, Dawn Susan Buell, 51, stepped outside to enjoy a walk with her dog, when she was tragically struck and killed by a passing car.
Buell, a well-known longstanding bank employee in the Westminster community had previously worked at the old Carroll County Bank and Trust Company, before she went to work with New Windsor State Bank.
She is fondly remembered as a people-person and an animal-lover, who planted flowers in the planters at the bank branch.
She had just celebrated her 51st birthday. Formerly of Gettysburg, she was born on April 24, 1959 in Baltimore. She was the daughter of the late James M. and Lillian M. (Giesler) Buell and a 1977 graduate of Westminster High School, according to her obituary.
She will be greatly missed by her friends, family, loved-ones and co-workers; especially her long-time boyfriend Jeffrey Young of Gettysburg, PA and her sister Gwyn, for whom she has been the loving and devoted caregiver for the past number of years.
It is well known that Buell loved and cared for all types of animals, however she was also an avid antique collector, and she loved to go shopping.
According to the Maryland State Police, on May 8th at 1:20 p.m. state police troopers and emergency responders from the Reese Volunteer Fire Company were called to Bethel Road and Sherwood Road, near the Bethel-Carrollton Church of God, between Carrollton and Patapsco in the greater Finksburg area of the county.
The State Police reported that Buell succumbed to injuries sustained as a result of the crash at the scene. State Police and the emergency responders were able to determine that Buell went to retrieve her dog as it suddenly darted into the street and she stepped in front of a 1998 Chrysler Sebring automobile, driven by Christopher Lee Childers, 19, from Westminster.
Her dog was injured in the accident and treated by a local veterinarian, police say. No charges have been placed against Childers as a result of the accident, although the road was closed for two hours after the accident and the investigation continues.
Dan Hartzler, the chair of the board of New Windsor State Bank said in phone interview on Monday, “the entire bank is at a loss. We are deeply saddened… She knew the banking business well. She was very much into people. She made you feel like you were the most important thing she had to do that day… Very much a community-oriented customer service person…,” Hartzler added as his voice trailed off.
Surviving are her brother James M. Buell and wife Karen, of Westminster, sister Gwyn L. Buell, of Finksburg; long-time boyfriend Jeffrey Young of Gettysburg, PA; nieces and nephews, Jennifer Cabllero, Todd Grimes, and Holly and Mandy Buell; great nieces and nephews, Bryson, Skylar and Maddox Cabllero. She was pre-deceased by a sister, Lynn Carol Young.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 13, 2010 at Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis St., Westminster, with her pastor, the Rev. David L. Meador, officiating.
Interment will follow in the Carrollton Church of God Cemetery in Finksburg.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037
Pat Rockinberg supports a 600 Acre Expansion of Mount Airy adding 200 houses, roads that need 500k in improvements, lifestyles that don't conform to Town code, and failing septic systems that could be the Town's responsibility down the line. His opponent, Wendi Peters, is not in favor of this annexation, however on the campaign trail, Mr. Rockinberg continues to call his opponent "big growth" and a proponent of raising taxes.
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CALENDAR for SPRING:
OPENING: “Off Track goes off track” is an exhibit of creative interpretations of the gallery name and other musings by artists from Off Track Art. It opens April 18th in the Great Hall at Carroll County Community College, and runs through May 21, 2010. Please join us at a reception: Sunday, April 18th, from 2-4 PM.
CLOSING: Stop by the Off Track Art gallery before the end of April to glimpse a view of the wonderful, surprising works by Guest Artist, Thomas Sterner. Closing Friday, April 30th.
OPENING: Mark your calendar to attend an opening reception at Off Track Art celebrating the colorful works of our upcoming May-June Guest Artist, Jodi O’Connell. Reception: Friday, May 7th, 5:30 - 7:30 PM.
GUEST ARTIST, March/April: Thomas Sterner
Off Track Art is pleased to have Thomas Sterner as our guest artist for March and April.
Thomas Sterner is a sculptor and mixed media artist who is an important element in the fabric of Carroll County. Over the years his installations, organic sculptures and intricately carved wooden plaques and doors have both challenged and delighted viewers.
His work reminds the viewers of the delicate connection between humankind and nature. The natural wood canvas is delicately carved and enhanced with paint. Whether the work is infused with textual references or not, the work can be interpreted on many levels. Currently he is working on a series of architectural doors such as “A is for Art” which can be seen in the lobby of the Carroll Arts Center.
GUEST ARTIST, May/June: Jodi O’Connell
Off Track Art welcomes colorful painter, Jodi O’Connell, as our guest artist for May and June. Drop by to the reception on Friday, May 5th between 5:30 and 7:30 PM to meet Jodi. An expressive painter of traditional genres, Jodi renders her subjects in bright, glowing colors.
ARTISTS AT WORK at Off Track Art:
April 15th and 29th -noon to three- Charlotte Laslo will be in the gallery, doing wirework and knotting for her jewelry creations.
Apr 20, Tues. Noon - 6 PM Working artist, Melinda Byrd will be carving a new woodcut at Off Track Art. Stop in the peek over her shoulders as she works. Questions welcome.
OUT and ABOUT:
Gordon Wickes took part of the fund raiser for The Maryland Art Place, “Out of Order,” in Baltimore on Friday, April 9.
Melinda Byrd has an oil painting at the following event: Come and see, and maybe bid and take a piece home with you. Apr 22, Thursday, 6:30 pm Juried Art Show, Benefit Auction and Lecture with Greg Mort at the Howard Conservancy. Greg Mort, Artist and Author of The Artist & the Art of Stewardship, is considered to be one of America’s foremost contemporary painters. His works are included in many prominent collections including the Smithsonian and the Corcoran Gallery. Mort’s painting, Stewardship became part of President and Mrs. Clinton’s collection at the White House. He will talk about his work and how it expresses his passion for the environment and the importance of stewardship. Juried works of art are on display in the Gudelsky Gallery along with the entire Stewardship collection by Greg Mort. An artists' reception begins at 6:30pm followed by Greg Mort's lecture at 7pm. A live auction of the juried works and Greg Mort's pieces will take place, plus a book signing. A great way to celebrate Earth Day! $10 per person. To register, click on this link: http://www.hcconservancy.org/programs.php
Linda Van Hart is top of the wait list for Craft Boston April 9-11 at The Seagate World Trade Center.
Gail Elwell is involved with The Artchicks, "Gathering," recently on view at the Scott Gallery, Carroll Community College, will be opening in Lubbock, Texas, May 17-June 18, at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts.
More of Gail’s works can be seen in her collage project, "52 Weeks," which opens at the Christina Collin-Smith Gallery in Cumberland, Md., in June.
The mayor’s office and two council seats are up for grabs when Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town May 3.
The town’s voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for (hopefully) the next four years in the mayor’s office. In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement.
Mount Airy has stayed in the news in recent years with political turmoil, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexations, recreation, and water. It is time for the soap opera to stop.
Of the two candidates for mayor, Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to Councilwoman Wendi Peters.
Special for The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff - Crossposted on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town on May 3.
The town’s approximately 5,350 registered voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for the next four years in the mayor’s office.
Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to councilwoman Wendi Peters….
Ending the Mount Airy Civil War Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff The mayor’s office and two council seats are up for grabs when Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town May 3.
The town’s voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for (hopefully) the next four years in the mayor’s office. In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement.
Mount Airy has stayed in the news in recent years with political turmoil, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexations, recreation, and water. It is time for the soap opera to stop.
Of the two candidates for mayor, Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to Councilwoman Wendi Peters.
The Mount Airy Lottery in The Tentacle: http://www.thetentacle.com/ by Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, March 24, 2010: “The “awful aughts” were not kind to Mount Airy. The last decade seemed to have been on the minds of citizens who crowded into the Mount Airy town hall on March 8 to nominate candidates to vie for elected offices in the upcoming election….”
“Peters, Rockinberg to face off for mayor - Two nominated for mayor, three for two open council seats in Mount Airy's May 3 election” by Angie Cochrun Staff Writer Thursday, March 11, 2010 http://www.gazette.net/stories/03112010/mounnew162451_32547.php
Souvlaki 201 College Avenue P.O.B 263 Blacksburg, VA 24063
Mike Buchanan, owner.
According to the website, http://eatsouvlaki.com/, “Souvlaki opened for business in the fall of 1982. The original location was across the street on Draper Road. Souvlaki was associated with the original Greek's Restaurant, established in 1920 by the late Nick Kappas. Throughout the years the family has owned and operated four restaurants in the town of Blacksburg. While some continue under different management, Souvlaki still remains with the original family.”
Special for The Grogg Report by Kevin Dayhoff - Crossposted on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town on May 3.
The town’s approximately 5,350 registered voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for the next four years in the mayor’s office.
Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to councilwoman Wendi Peters….
Ending the Mount Airy Civil War Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Kevin E. Dayhoff The mayor’s office and two council seats are up for grabs when Mount Airy’s citizens go to the polls to select new leadership for the town May 3.
The town’s voters will choose between Wendi Peters and Patrick Rockinberg to lead the community for (hopefully) the next four years in the mayor’s office. In 2009, a total of three citizens took turns in the mayor’s office in a year of public bickering and disagreement.
Mount Airy has stayed in the news in recent years with political turmoil, allegations of ethics violations, quarrels over growth and annexations, recreation, and water. It is time for the soap opera to stop.
Of the two candidates for mayor, Mount Airy citizens would be wise to turn over the challenges of the mayor’s office to Councilwoman Wendi Peters.
The Mount Airy Lottery in The Tentacle: http://www.thetentacle.com/ by Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, March 24, 2010: “The “awful aughts” were not kind to Mount Airy. The last decade seemed to have been on the minds of citizens who crowded into the Mount Airy town hall on March 8 to nominate candidates to vie for elected offices in the upcoming election….”
“Peters, Rockinberg to face off for mayor - Two nominated for mayor, three for two open council seats in Mount Airy's May 3 election” by Angie Cochrun Staff Writer Thursday, March 11, 2010 http://www.gazette.net/stories/03112010/mounnew162451_32547.php
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