Dayhoff

On August 13, 2004, CHARLES UPTON DAYHOFF of Annapolis, MD; beloved husband of the late Claire Naylor Dayhoff; loving father of Bryan Dayhoff and Sharon Ackerman; dear brother of Allan Dayhoff. Also survived by four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and his companion Eleanor Lowman. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 11 A.M. in the Hardesty Funeral Home, P.A., 12 Ridgely Ave., Annapolis, MD. Interment Private. Contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society.

A lush garden erupting with organic vegetables, food displays that rival an upscale grocer's and sleek weatherization projects that slash energy bills — these may not seem like the typical projects of an agency that aids the poor. Yet these concepts are the reason the Community Action Council was honored by the county Tuesday with the first human-rights award it had ever given to an organization. CAC, a longtime county nonprofit, aims to blend its assistance to low-income residents with top-flight customer service, organizers say. This approach was launched when Bita Dayhoff took the helm in October 2009, and she is credited with making sure this philosophy has expanded and been imparted to all employees.

Suddenly on April 26, 2003 JEAN (nee Dayhoff) MURPHY, beloved wife of Michael Murphy, devoted daughter of Ruth Dayhoff and the late Bernard Dayhoff. Loving sister of Kathy Shelander and her husband John, Karen Fisher and her husband Skip, Terry Moxley and her husband Charles, Carol Crocetti and her husband Barry, Allen Dayhoff and his wife Michele and the late Robert Dayhoff and his wife Mary. She is also survived by a numerous nieces and nephews. Viewing will be held on Friday, May 2, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., at the Slack Funeral Home, 3871 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City.

After four years as executive director and president of Howard County's nonprofit anti-poverty agency, James B. Smith has resigned and a search will soon commence for a new leader. Smith, 40, of Owings Mills, resigned from the $88,828-a-year post Aug. 7. The Community Action Council's vice president, Bita Dayhoff, a 20-year veteran of the agency, is serving as acting president, board members said. His resignation letter gave no reason for his departure, CAC board members said, and they offered no explanation.

On September 15, 2005, PAUL PRESTON DAYHOFF JR., of Lisbon, beloved husband of Elizabeth "Dolly" Dayhoff; devoted father of Sandra Winkles and Brenda Penyak and her husband Stephen, loving grandfather of Heather Williams and her husband Scott, Travis Winkles and his wife Jaime, and Katie Penyak; dear great-grandfather of Ashton, Hunter, and Wyatt Williams and Jake Allen Winkles; loving brother of Carl Dayhoff and his wife Annette and Mary Jane Ricketts and...

Of the county's seven municipal elections, only Westminster has a mayoral contest, a three-way race that pits the one-term incumbent against a councilman and a newcomer to the political scene. Councilman Thomas K. Ferguson, a retired bank executive, was the first to announce his candidacy for mayor, nearly five months ago. Kevin J. Alt, a Westminster business owner, filed on the April 11 deadline. The two will run against Mayor Kevin E. Dayhoff on May 9. Dayhoff, 51, a former councilman who was elected mayor in 2001, said the job "is an extension of my passion and love of community.

Westminster native Kevin E. Dayhoff has dreamed of being mayor of his hometown since 1958, when he ran away from home on his red tricycle and ended up meeting then-Mayor Joseph M. Mathias at City Hall. Last night, Dayhoff's dream came true. The 47-year-old self-employed businessman was elected mayor of Westminster by a narrow margin, defeating challenger and fellow council member Suzanne P. Albert by 51 votes. Dayhoff received 423 of the 807 votes cast to Albert's 372. In the four-way race for two Common Council seats, incumbent Damian L. Halstad was victorious, receiving 587 votes, the greatest number of any of the candidates.

After a lot of debate and a closer look at Westminster's proposed $28.6 million budget for the next fiscal year, city officials have decided against imposing an annual fee for residential trash collection. Instead, the city's spending plan - expected to be introduced at tomorrow's Common Council meeting - has been recalculated to make up about $300,000 in additional revenue that the "trash tax" would have generated. The city's finance department has made more cuts, dipped into the city's reserves for equipment and vehicles, and found previously uncollected sources of money.

Members of the Westminster Common Council leveled perhaps their most pointed criticisms of Mayor Kevin E. Dayhoff, taking him to task last week for writing an "insulting" letter to the county commissioners and accusing him of overstepping the bounds of his office. Council members complained that Dayhoff did not consult with them before writing a letter Aug. 22 under city letterhead calling the commissioners shortsighted for rejecting the city's request for a voting seat on a regional transportation planning board.

A second Westminster Common Council member has filed to run for mayor. Councilman Kevin E. Dayhoff filed his intent to run yesterday, joining Councilwoman Suzanne P. Albert, who filed last month. Dayhoff, 47, has served on the council since 1999 and has served on city, county and state boards for 20 years. In June, he was elected to the board of directors of Maryland Municipal League. A landscaper, artist and writer, Dayhoff is a senior at Western Maryland College majoring in public policy administration and analysis.

The number of families seeking help from the county's primary food bank rose by one-third last fiscal year, which officials attributed to the rise in foreclosures and the price of gas and utilities. The Community Action Council food bank served 4,200 families in the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Bita Dayhoff, vice president of the nonprofit agency. Funded mainly by government and housed in the county's Gateway building, the food bank distributed more than 392,000 pounds of food, Dayhoff said.

Soft-spoken Garrett Harrison doesn't really think of himself as the answer for South Carroll's baseball team, but yesterday his pitching sure cleared up a few problems for the Cavaliers. The junior pitched five strong innings and struck out nine to lead the host Cavaliers to a 7-2 win over No. 13 Westminster in a Carroll County League game. In spite of some shoddy defense behind him on a cold and windy day, Harrison ran his streak of not giving up an earned run to 16 innings. He lost his first start to Winters Mill, 1-0, on an unearned run. The Cavaliers, thought to be one of the favorites in Carroll County, have stumbled out of the gate a bit. On Wednesday at North Carroll, the Cavs had a 6-0 lead before giving up 15 runs in an inning to lose, 17-7.

The first tree, in Sykesville, is too green from lack of sunlight and on the large side. And the third tree, in Westminster, is too squat and might be diseased. But the second tree, in Hampstead, is just right. With lush, balanced branches tinted a true blue-green, the blue spruce lives up to its name. "That is pretty darn close to being a perfect tree," says Jim Slater, Carroll County's environmental compliance officer. The winning tree will be chopped down within two weeks, trucked to the County Office Building in Westminster and propped up outside on a stand in the water fountain to prepare for the holiday tree-lighting ceremony Nov. 28. It's fast becoming an annual tradition.

On April 11, 2006 RICHARD W. CAMPBELL, beloved husband of the late Julianna L. Pitura Campbell, cherished father of the late Richard D. Campbell, Linda J. Campbell Strickland, and Christine L. Campbell Carr; loving father-in-law of Leonard R. Carr and Howard L. Strickland; devoted grandfather of Laura A. Campbell Simpson and Jason Richard Carr; son of the late Ottie B. Campbell and Mildred Salone Nash; brother of the late Louise Campbell Kid Smith, Marylee...

It's two days after a sold-out concert at the Joseph B. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, where more than 2,000 music lovers were serenaded - and, unwittingly, poisoned at the hands of a bioterrorist who had covertly released an aerosol of plague. Members of a Westminster emergency response team are huddled with the local mayor, cobbling together the city's strategy to deal with a possible outbreak of the pneumonic plague. They must put their heads together to present a solid plan to community officials and to reassure a near-panicked public.

On September 15, 2005, PAUL PRESTON DAYHOFF JR., of Lisbon, beloved husband of Elizabeth "Dolly" Dayhoff; devoted father of Sandra Winkles and Brenda Penyak and her husband Stephen, loving grandfather of Heather Williams and her husband Scott, Travis Winkles and his wife Jaime, and Katie Penyak; dear great-grandfather of Ashton, Hunter, and Wyatt Williams and Jake Allen Winkles; loving brother of Carl Dayhoff and his wife Annette and Mary Jane Ricketts and...

Kevin Dayhoff owns a landscape design business and also serves on the Carroll County Environmental Affairs Advisory Board, which, among various duties, oversees implementation of the county's forest conservation ordinance. At the board's last meeting, because Mr. Dayhoff handed his card to a witness, he now finds himself answering unfair charges that he was soliciting business.Mr. Dayhoff was appointed to represent the county's environmental interests. By his own account, Mr. Dayhoff believes his job on the board is to promote an environmentalist ethic.

A member of Carroll's environmental advisory board says he wasn't soliciting customers for his landscaping business -- just offering to provide professional advice -- when he approached representatives of a corporation that was seeking a variance from the county's forest conservation ordinance.Kevin E. Dayhoff, who owns a Finksburg landscaping business, gave his business card to an environmental consultant for Laurel Sand & Gravel Inc. after the Nov. 30 Environmental Affairs Advisory Board meeting and suggested that the consultant call him.County Attorney Charles W. Thompson said the county's ethics law doesn't address such business contacts, but he suggested that the county could provide better orientation programs for board members.

WESTMINSTER Ferguson stages upset, unseats Mayor Dayhoff Westminster Councilman Thomas K. Ferguson staged an upset in the municipal election yesterday, unseating Mayor Kevin E. Dayhoff, a one-term incumbent and former councilman. Kevin Alt, the third mayoral candidate, was a distant third. Ferguson received 588 votes to Dayhoff's 467. In a hotly contested election for the two council seats on the ballot, voters kept Councilman Roy L. Chiavacci in office with 536 votes, while electing newcomer Kevin R. Utz, chief of the city's volunteer fire department, with 505 votes.

Of the county's seven municipal elections, only Westminster has a mayoral contest, a three-way race that pits the one-term incumbent against a councilman and a newcomer to the political scene. Councilman Thomas K. Ferguson, a retired bank executive, was the first to announce his candidacy for mayor, nearly five months ago. Kevin J. Alt, a Westminster business owner, filed on the April 11 deadline. The two will run against Mayor Kevin E. Dayhoff on May 9. Dayhoff, 51, a former councilman who was elected mayor in 2001, said the job "is an extension of my passion and love of community.