Dayhoff Westminster: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Bullock's in Westminster for dinner

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Off Track Art gallery in Westminster MD - from earlier in the day...

Democratic Advocate, March 25, 1899: Francis J. Englar, a well-known farmer hurt during tree work

A serious accident occurred near Linwood last Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Francis J. Englar, a well-known farmer, was lopping a tree in his yard, and fearing it would damage the adjacent dwelling in falling, he tied a rope to the top and attempted to pull it in an opposite direction.

As it was falling Mr. Englar slipped and fell, while a heavy branch struck and pinned him to the earth.

He was held in that position until assistance arrived, when he was extricated while in an unconscious condition. Medical aid was quickly summoned from Union Bridge, and everything done to alleviate the sufferer. His oldest son was also severely bruised.

Democratic Advocate, March 25, 1899. [18999325 Englar hurt during tree work]

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Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continues through May 1, 2011

Pictured left to right are artists: Iris Katz, Mary Lou Poirier; Back: Robert Dyson, Ginny Houser and Kevin Dayhoff.

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Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continues through May 1, 2011

SKIT – Seniors Keep in Touch - purse action, sponsored by “Catherine’s Cause,” continues through Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

All are funds of the Community Foundation of Carroll County – an awesome community-based organization that works hard every day for all of Carroll County.

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/artists-reception-for-non-profit-center.html Labels: Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Dayhoff Art, Non-profits CC Non-Profit Ctr, Woman's Club of Westminster, Non-profits SKIT,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/87432736/Artists-reception-for-Non-Profit-Center-art-show-and-SKIT-Auction-Friday-evening-March-30-2012-Show-continues-through-May-1-2011

A “Mocktail” party reception for the artists, the exhibition, “Anything Goes in Art.” will be held in conjunction with the 2012 Seniors Keep In Touch Purse Auction on March 30th, 2012, at the Nonprofit Center at 255 Clifton Blvd. from 4-7 PM.

2012 Seniors Keep In Touch Purse Auction on March 30^th, 2012, at the Nonprofit Center at 255 Clifton Blvd. from 4-7 PM.

We expect the Purse Auction to attract its usual big crowd that will have the added benefit of seeing your beautiful art on our walls and hopefully some of your friends will take advantage of the opportunity to support SKIT. Members of the art committee will be on hand at all times during the Party.

GFWC Woman’s Club of Westminster Show “Anything Goes in Art” at the Carroll County Non-Profit Center in Westminster, February 1, 2012 to May 1, 2012

Carroll Nonprofit Center

255 Clifton Blvd.

Westminster, MD 21157

410-871-9030

“Anything Goes in Art” is the subject of the newest exhibition at the Non Profit Center in Westminster.

The GFWC Woman’s Club of Westminster in cooperation with the Non Profit Center represented by Audrey Ciminio and Mark Krieder.

Women’s Club members Nancy Janes, Barbara Humbert, Kathy Rittler and local artists Lyndi McNulty and Pam Zappardino planned the event.

The exhibition will be on view in the conference rooms by chance from February through May 1st the gallery features local artists.

The featured artists in “Anything Goes In Art” include: Iris Katz, Mary Lou Poirier; Back: Robert Dyson, Ginny Houser and Kevin Dayhoff.

[20120330 SKIT Come on Ladies.pdf]

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Katz is showing exquisite textiles depicting her prize King Charles Cavalier Spaniels.

Mary Lou Poirier is showing her paintings and a collage.

Dyson is exhibiting is stunning detailed pen and ink drawing of baskets as well as other more abstract images.

Ginny Houser is showing her prize winning photographs.

Well-known local artist and past Mayor of Westminster, Kevin Dayhoff is exhibiting some of his exceptional digitally enhanced collages and two color drawings.

Other artists not pictures are James McPhillips whose watercolors command much attention and Carol Poole is showing her oil paintings of landscapes.

Candy Aaron’s oil paintings called “Memory Boxes” show favorite items that spark our memories including old fashioned candies, marbles and sewing items.

Robert Thomas is showing his detailed realistic oil paintings that are in the style of the old masters with today’s subjects.

An artist reception will be held in March in combination with the opening of the SKIT (Seniors Keeping in Touch) auction at the non profit center. For more information about these exhibitions contact Woman’s Club member and co chair Barbara Humbert at beh495@yahoo.com or member Nancy Janes at nhjames409@verizon.net.

[20120330 seo for Anything Goes in Art derived from: 20120330 mocktail label single]

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Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continues through May 1, 2011

Pictured left to right are artists: Iris Katz, Mary Lou Poirier; Back: Robert Dyson, Ginny Houser and Kevin Dayhoff.

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Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continues through May 1, 2011

SKIT – Seniors Keep in Touch - purse action, sponsored by “Catherine’s Cause,” continues through Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

All are funds of the Community Foundation of Carroll County – an awesome community-based organization that works hard every day for all of Carroll County.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/87432736/Artists-reception-for-Non-Profit-Center-art-show-and-SKIT-Auction-Friday-evening-March-30-2012-Show-continues-through-May-1-2011

2012 Seniors Keep In Touch Purse Auction on March 30^th, 2012, at the Nonprofit Center at 255 Clifton Blvd. from 4-7 PM.

GFWC Woman’s Club of Westminster Show “Anything Goes in Art” at the Carroll County Non-Profit Center in Westminster, February 1, 2012 to May 1, 2012

Carroll Nonprofit Center

255 Clifton Blvd.

Westminster, MD 21157

410-871-9030

“Anything Goes in Art” is the subject of the newest exhibition at the Non Profit Center in Westminster.

The GFWC Woman’s Club of Westminster in cooperation with the Non Profit Center represented by Audrey Ciminio and Mark Krieder.

Women’s Club members Nancy Janes, Barbara Humbert, Kathy Rittler and local artists Lyndi McNulty and Pam Zappardino planned the event.

The exhibition will be on view in the conference rooms by chance from February through May 1st the gallery features local artists.

The featured artists in “Anything Goes In Art” include: Iris Katz, Mary Lou Poirier; Back: Robert Dyson, Ginny Houser and Kevin Dayhoff.

[20120330 SKIT Come on Ladies.pdf]

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Katz is showing exquisite textiles depicting her prize King Charles Cavalier Spaniels.

Mary Lou Poirier is showing her paintings and a collage.

Dyson is exhibiting is stunning detailed pen and ink drawing of baskets as well as other more abstract images.

Ginny Houser is showing her prize winning photographs.

Well-known local artist and past Mayor of Westminster, Kevin Dayhoff is exhibiting some of his exceptional digitally enhanced collages and two color drawings.

Other artists not pictures are James McPhillips whose watercolors command much attention and Carol Poole is showing her oil paintings of landscapes.

Candy Aaron’s oil paintings called “Memory Boxes” show favorite items that spark our memories including old fashioned candies, marbles and sewing items.

Robert Thomas is showing his detailed realistic oil paintings that are in the style of the old masters with today’s subjects.

[20120330 seo for Anything Goes in Art derived from: 20120330 mocktail label single]

Art, artists, Carroll County, Non-profit Center, Westminster, Maryland, Pam Zappardino, Lyndi McNulty, Audrey Cimino, purses, senior citizens

Artists reception for Non-Profit Center art show and SKIT Auction Friday evening March 30 2012 Show continu...

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland.

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/

For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

The Community Reporter, March 29, 1974: Geritol Jet Set To Meet April 1 at Calvary United Methodist Church, Mt. Airy

Geritol Jet Set To Meet April 1 at Calvary United Methodist Church, Mt. Airy

The Community Reporter, March 29, 1974

Geritol Jet Set To Meet April 1—The Geritol Jet Set will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 1st, in the Social Hall of Calvary United Methodist Church, Mt. Airy.

Mrs. Dorothy Etzler will have the devotions and at 11:30 a.m., Bruce Hildebrand will speak on "Recreation for the Aging."

At 1:00 p.m., Mrs. Sherman Kline will show pictures of her trip to Canada. Come and bring a sandwich with you.

Coffee, tea and dessert will be furnished. Members and their friends are reminded that the trip to Washington, D.C., to see the cherry blossoms is scheduled for April 4th.

The price of the trip will be three dollars and the money should be turned in at the April 1st meeting. The bus will leave the church at 9 a.m. April 4.

Be on time and again it would be wise to bring along a sandwich or whatever is desirable for lunch.

The Community Reporter, March 29, 1974. [19740329 CommRep Geritol Jet Set to Meet April 1]

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The Community Reporter, March 29, 1974: Geritol Jet Set To Meet April 1 at Calvary United Methodist Church, Mt. Airy

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Friday, March 30, 2012

The first thing I noticed at McDaniel field this eve is Bair Stadium is gone

Seniors Keep in Touch purse auction at the Non-Profit Center in Westminster

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These are my favorite shoes at the SKIT purse auction LOL What fun.

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Dr. Zappardino models a gr8 find at the SKIT purse auction at the Non-Profit Ctr

My cluttered and very busy art studio

CB gets fitted with his new glasses at The Optical Center downtown Westminster

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A couple play chess at Birdies in Westminster earlier

Half of Army's senior NCOs to face separation boards

March 26, 2012

Half of Army's senior NCOs to face separation boards

http://www.stripes.com/half-of-army-s-senior-ncos-to-face-separation-boards-1.172713

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A total of 64,500 Army noncommissioned officers will be screened by retention boards, starting with a sergeant major board on June 4, according to a report by the Army Times.

Fifty percent of the Army’s senior NCOs will be considered for possible involuntary separation over the next several months as the boards meet, the Army Times reports…http://www.stripes.com/half-of-army-s-senior-ncos-to-face-separation-boards-1.172713

Labels: Anti-war movement, Dayhoff Media The Tentacle, Iraq War, Military, Military noncommissioned officers, Military veterans, World Middle East Afghanistan

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Democratic Advocate, March 28, 1924: Carroll County Firemen Meet Here - Parade and Several Attractive Events Are On Program - Festival To Be Held

Democratic Advocate, March 28, 1924

Carroll County Firemen Meet Here - Parade and Several Attractive Events Are On Program - Festival To Be Held

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Westminster Fire Department held last Tuesday night, plans were considered for the arrangement of a program for the annual convention of the Carroll county Volunteer Firemen's Association to be held in Westminster on Thursday, May 15.

As this will be the first annual convention of this organization, the committee is making special efforts to provide an interesting program for the occasion.

On Thursday afternoon there will be a parade, and for the evening of the same day several events have been arranged in which prizes will be awarded.

The visiting firemen will be the guests of the Westminster Fire Department at dinner on Thursday at the firemen's building.

In connection with the convention, the Westminster Fire Department will hold an ice cream and strawberry festival which will be continued on Friday and Saturday nights. There will be music, dancing and other amusements each night.

Democratic Advocate, March 28, 1924.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Consumer perception and sensory effect of oxidation in savory-flavored yogurt enriched with n-3 lipids

Journal of Dairy Science Volume 95, Issue 4 , Pages 1690-1698, April 2012

Consumer perception and sensory effect of oxidation in savory-flavored yogurt enriched with n-3 lipids http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(12)00134-8/abstract?elsca1=etoc&elsca2!=email&elsca3=0022-0302_201204_95_4&elsca4=nutrition_dietetics

M. Rognlien, S.E. Duncan, S.F. O’Keefe, W.N. Eigel

Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24061

Received 1 October 2011; accepted 22 November 2011.

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of different oils (butter, fish, and oxidized fish) on sensory characteristics of a savory [chile-lime (CL)] low-fat yogurt using descriptive (unstructured line scales, 5 attributes) and affective (hedonic) sensory testing methods.

Yogurts were each manufactured at low [1.1–1.2% total fat; 0.43% added oil (wt/wt)] or high [1.6% total fat; 1% added oil (wt/wt)] levels of fish oil, with high levels of fish oil targeted to deliver 145

mg of docosahexaenoic acid

eicosapentaenoic acid/170

g of yogurt.

In a preliminary study, untrained panelists (n

31), using triangle tests, did not discriminate between low levels of fish and butter oils in unflavored yogurts but could discern yogurt with oxidized fish oil, even at the low level.

Trained panelists (n

12) described lower lime and acid flavor characteristics in CL-flavored yogurts containing 1% oxidized fish oil compared with yogurts containing low levels of oxidized fish oil and low or high levels of butter and fish oils. Oxidized flavor was higher in CL-flavored yogurts with oxidized fish oil (low and high) and with the high level of fish oil.

Consumer ratings (n

100; 9-point hedonic scale; 9

“like extremely) of overall acceptability and flavor acceptability were bimodally distributed, with overall means between 4 and 5 (“neither like nor dislike”) for CL-flavored yogurt with butter or fish oils (high level).

The upper 50% of responses for yogurt with butter or fish oil were 6.51 and 6.31, respectively, for overall acceptability (“like slightly”), and 7.02 and 6.56, respectively, for flavor acceptability.

A large segment of consumers may be interested in incorporating heart-healthy n-3 lipids in their diets through frequent consumption of a savory yogurt enriched with n-3 fatty acids… http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(12)00134-8/abstract?elsca1=etoc&elsca2!=email&elsca3=0022-0302_201204_95_4&elsca4=nutrition_dietetics

Key words: yogurt, fish oil, oxidation, sensory

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Carroll County Sheriff's Office Statement - Dismissal of Charges in Death of Isaiah Simmons

Statement - Dismissal of Charges in Death of Isaiah Simmons

Carroll County Sheriff's Office

We regret the disposition of this serious case. We grieve for the family of Isaiah Simmons, and share a common desire that justice is served in all matters.

Inasmuch, all Sheriff’s Office personnel are cooperating fully with an independent investigation being conducted by the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor into allegations of perjury by an Office investigator and senior staff member in an unrelated case. The accused employees have been reassigned to administrative responsibilities pending the outcome of that investigation. Until the results of this independent investigation are known, any further comments would be based on speculation rather than fact. We ask for the public’s patience with this process, understanding these allegations are being meticulously investigated according to the State Prosecutor’s strict procedures.

The trust of our community is our most precious resource, a value embraced by the more than 200 Sheriff’s Office employees who are dedicated to serving Carroll County. In fairness, conduct that is contrary to these values is not tolerated by our personnel or organization. For the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office remains committed to the delivery of professional public safety services in partnership with our allied criminal justice agencies…

Carroll County Sheriff's Office Statement - Dismissal of Charges in Death of Isaiah Simmons

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

McDaniel College stadium project from the caboose March 25 2012

McDaniel Stadium project 2 of 2 March 25 2012

McDaniel Stadium project 1 of 2 March 25 2012

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Grace Lutheran Church from right after church earlier Sunday March 25 2012

The little girl sitting in front of me in church is taking careful notes

Saturday, March 24, 2012

TownMall of Westminster celebrates its 25th birthday By Kevin Dayhoff March 11, 2012

The TownMall of Westminster celebrates its 25th birthday

By Kevin Dayhoff March 11, 2012 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/03/townmall-of-westminster-celebrates-its.html

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On Friday afternoon, March 2, 2012, local community leaders, led by Bob Mathers of WTTR got together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the TownMall of Westminster.

Westminster Mayor Kevin Utz and police chief Jeff Spaulding joined Carroll County Commissioners Robin Frazier, Dave Roush, and Haven Shoemaker for the celebration.

Also participating in the event was Julianna M. Albowicz, a representative of U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce President Mike McMullin and the TownMall General Manager Robyn Clark.

Older folks in the greater Carroll community can still remember the excitement when, on Wednesday, March 4, 1987 at 12:45 p.m. the Cranberry Mall, now known as the TownMall of Westminster located on Route 140 at Center Street in Westminster, held a long awaited – and much-anticipated grand opening.

On March 4, 2000, Baltimore Sun writer Jennifer McMenamin reported, “Cranberry Mall was a long time in coming to Carroll County -- a sign planted in farmland flanking Route 140 had boasted that a shopping center was coming soon, but for 15 years nothing happened.

“When a New York-based developer bought the land in 1985 and broke ground for the shopping center, local economic development officials heralded it as a regional attraction that would bring 1,000 jobs and generate $2.6 million a year in sales taxes.”

According to Commissioner Shoemaker, 12,000 tons of steel from South Carolina, 65,000 sq. ft. of marble tile from Italy for the floors, and 50 miles of electrical cable, were used in the $36 million spent on the construction and development of the mall.

On behalf of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Shoemaker read a county proclamation and shared a few personal observations; including the point that the TownMall also serves as a social gathering place for older folks and not just teenagers…

The mall has seen many changes since it opened as the first and to this day, the only fully enclosed shopping facility in Carroll County.

It was also that year that Carroll County celebrated its 150th anniversary with a schedule of festivities that lasted throughout the year and included a visit by Roy Rodgers on May 30.

In hindsight, as I can best remember, the opening of the regional mercantile center was not necessarily part of the Carroll County birthday festivities that year, although it should have because it actually fits well in the history of county.

In the second-half of the 1700s, especially after the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, Carroll County and the Westminster area quickly gained importance in the central-Maryland and mid-Atlantic area as a regional mercantile center – in particular for pioneers headed west to the then-frontier of western-Pennsylvania, Ohio and beyond.

According to numerous history accounts, including the March 4, 1987 edition of the Gettysburg Times, the grand opening celebration continued until Saturday, March 7 and included entertainment and guest appearances by local community leaders and elected officials.

In 1987 the mall was the first and - twenty-five years later – the only fully enclosed regional shopping center in Carroll County.

Construction had begun in earnest in 1986 on the $36 million, 428,392-retail square foot facility located on Center Street at the intersection of Routes 27 and 140, in the northern end of Westminster. It was reported at the time that it was the sixth mall built in Maryland by the New York-based Shopco Group.

The Gettysburg Times reported that in 1987 the mall created “close to 1,000 jobs … and … generated $9 million in local contracts. Projected tax revenues include $2.6 million in sales taxes, $1.6 million in income taxes and $543,000 in property taxes.”

In March 1987, the mall was built to accommodate 89 stores. At the time of the grand opening, 35 stores were open for business, “with about 60 percent of the space (in the mall) currently leased… including two of the three anchor stores, Caldor and Leggett,” according to the Gettysburg Times.

The third anchor was to have been Hutzler’s department store, which had leased space before the mall opened, but then, unfortunately, it went bankrupt.

However, the space that had been set aside for Hutzler’s was quickly snapped-up by Sears that opened shortly after the opening.

Five-years later, Kerry O’Rourke reported for the Baltimore Sun on March 15, 1992, “Cranberry Mall celebrates its fifth anniversary this month with 94 percent of its space leased and retail sales on the rise. Sales at the shopping mall increased 3 percent from 1990 to 1991, a year when other Baltimore-area centers saw a decline, an industry spokesman said.

“The opening of Montgomery Ward & Co. -- the mall's fourth anchor store -- in November 1990 was a boost for the center... About 2,500 people visit Cranberry Mall on a typical day… The 525,000-square-foot center employs 500 to 600 people… Cranberry Mall is owned by Shearson Shopco Malls Limited Partnership, based in New York. The owners paid $444,759 in property taxes for 1991-1992, county records show… Mall receipts -- excluding sales at the anchors -- were about $30 million last year…”

However the decade of the 1990s were not kind to regional malls and the TownMall was not spared from the vagaries of a changing marketplace. It was important that the mall change with the times.

When I took office as a Westminster councilmember in May 1999, vacancies at the TownMall, according to old mall file documents, had climbed to 25 percent in 1999 after Caldor closed in the 1998-1999 time period. Two years later, in 2001, Montgomery Ward also closed adding to a feeling of ‘emptiness’ at the mall…

A March 19, 2003 article in the Baltimore Sun reported, “The mall has lost major tenants such as Montgomery Ward, Caldor and CVS Pharmacy within the past five years. It lost more than $20 million in value when Cranberry Properties MM Corp. purchased the 525,000- square-foot mall at Route 140 and Route 27 in April 2000 from Shopco Regional Malls for $33.5 million. Shopco (Shearson Shopco Malls Limited Partnership,) had bought the mall in 1988 for $53.8 million.

In the late summer of 2001, the city of Westminster was approached by mall’s representatives to discuss revitalizing the shopping facility. Part of the proposed revitalization required certain zoning changes.

The city of Westminster responded quickly. On November 27, 2001, the management company for the mall thanked the city “for unanimously approving text amendments (for the) TownMall of Westminster’s zoning regulations. Indeed, it is rare for a local government to respond in such a swift manner, which demonstrates the City’s collective vision for revitalizing (the) TownMall. As you know, these text amendments are vital to securing prospective tenants…”

The next spring, on May 9, 2002, it was announced that Boscov’s would take over the area vacated by Montgomery Wards. A May 10, 2002 Baltimore Sun article reported, “The Pennsylvania-based department store will tear down the existing structure and start from scratch, adding a second floor -- and the mall's first escalator -- to become the mall's premier retailer at 178,545 square feet… while creating at least 400 jobs. The mall has 54 tenants besides Boscov's…”

In comparison, the Sun noted, “Sears stands at 70,060 square feet and Belk (Leggett’s) at 65,282 square feet.” The March 19, 2003 Sun article noted that at 178,545 square feet, size of the new Boscov’s store is - almost a third of the mall.

The grand opening for Boscov’s was held on April 6, 2003.

In recent years, as the economy has faltered and retail marketing has been challenged, the worldwide management firm of Jones Lang LaSalle has been called upon to lead the TownMall into the next twenty-five years.

Adapting to constant change has been a persistent marketing necessity in recent years as consumer expectations have changed as quickly as market conditions and the weather.

At celebration ceremonies last Friday, Robyn J. Clark, the mall’s longstanding general manager observed, “Over the years, TownMall has gone through some changes.”

Now that was an understatement. Yet as a testimony to the approach of Ms. Clark, the mall’s leadership and management team, and Jones Lang LaSalle, “The mall currently has 85 merchants and 20 of them were here back in 1987… Zales, American Greetings, Belk, Boardwalk Fries, Claire’s, Deb Shop, Foot Locker, FYE, Gordon’s, Hair Cuttery, Littman’s, Payless Shoes, Piercing Pagoda, Radio Shack, Regal Cinema, Ritz Camera, Sterling Optical, Subway, Things Remembered & Villa Pizza…”

In recent years, according to the mall’s website, “A 2006 interior and exterior renovation included a new inside color scheme, new mall entrances and in 2007 new pylon and exterior signage and in 2010 the addition of Dick's Sporting Goods.

“Anchored by a two-story Boscov's, Belk, and Sears, TownMall is also complemented by Regal Cinemas, a renovated food area and Dick's Sporting Goods.

“Key retailers at TownMall of Westminster include PacSun, Bath & Body Works, rue21, Christopher and Banks, New York & Company, F.Y.E., Journeys and The Children's Place.”

Today, the TownMall employs over 500 workers – in addition to providing a place for older senior citizens like Commissioner Shoemaker, to have a place to mall-walk, no matter what the weather is like outside.

When he is not hanging-out at the mall with Commissioner Shoemaker and listening to Led Zeppelin, Ozzie Osbourne, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, and Carrie Underwood on his iPod, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com.

Kevin Dayhoff also spoke at the March 2, 2012 event. In full disclosure, Dayhoff served on several Carroll County development, agriculture and environmental committees during the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, when the TownMall was being developed – and as a Westminster Common Council member from 1999 – 2001 and the mayor of Westminster from 2001-2005.

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