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In recognition of the Year of the NCO, Diana Dawa speaks with the first African American paratrooper in the U.S. Army, 1st Sgt. (retired) Walter J. Morris.
GFD was dispatched just before 10:00 Monday morning to the corner of Glenoaks and Howard for a structure fire. Fire on scene units reported fire running the attic of the strip mall and a 2nd alarm was immediately requested. The fire destroyed all units of the strip mall and knock down was called with 3 alarms just under 2 hours.
nrhp # 03000452- In 1752, the Philadelphia Baptist Association dispatched four missionaries to "Ketocton" (then in Fairfax County) and Mill Creek (then in Frederick County, from which Berkeley County split off in 1772 and became part of West Virginia in 1863) to bring them into fellowship with other Regular Baptist congregations.[3][4] On August 19, 1766, four Regular Baptist churches (Ketocton, Smith Creek Baptist, Mill Creek Baptist and Broad Run Baptist) disassociated from the Philadelphia Association and formed the Ketocton Association, which today includes nine historic churches.[5] In 1775, the association voted to support disestablishment of the Anglican church in Virginia. After the American Revolutionary War, at its 1797 annual meeting, the association recommended the gradual emancipation of slaves,[6] which proved controversial within the denomination. The association's minutes (and a history) through 1808 are available through several open sources.[7][8]
Ketoctin, which lent its name to the group and which may derive from the same Native American word as the nearby Catoctin Mountains to the north, is part of one group along Route 7 en route to Winchester, Virginia. Another group clusters along what is now U.S. 211, in the Shenandoah valley including New Market, Virginia. Ketoctin pastors David Major (1722-1796) and John Gerrard (1720-1787) founded or help found several congregations in Fairfax, Frederick and Loudoun counties.[9][10]
The association grew to 39 churches in 11 counties by 1820, when several churches split off to form the Columbia Baptist Association (for churches in or around the nation's capital).[11] In the 1890s the Ketocton Association renamed itself the Primitive Baptist Association, without any significant change in doctrine.
The current single-story, rectangular brick building with a gable roof in the Greek Revival style was built in 1854. It measures approximately 40 feet by 55 feet, and sits on a stone foundation. The interior features a trompe-l'œil painting attributed to Lucien Whiting Powell, a local artist (1846-1930).
Also located on the property is the contributing church cemetery with earliest grave recorded in 1777. It is enclosed by a fieldstone wall.
from Wikipedia
The Sloman Dispatcher at the 'Westerschelde' near Ritthem (Flushing).
Picture taken today (15-03-2014)
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At 05:20, Wednesday July 18, 2012 Leamington Fire Services was dispatched to the Sunset Club at 47 Erie St. South in Leamington. There were reports of fire coming from a window on the second story.
Civilians who saw the fire rushed to wake up the tenants who lived above the business, pounding on doors, and shouting. Those residing in the building were able to get out to safety with out being harmed.
Leamington Fire Services arrived at 05:25 and were made aware that everyone was out of the building. Fire crews immediately took a defensive posture and started work from the outside. Mutual aid was requested, bringing in Kingsville and Lakeshore Fire Departments.
About 70 firefighters from the three departments fought the blaze for over 12 hours. Crews had to undergo an assessment by EMS at regular intervals due to the temperature being above 40 Celsius (100F) with saturated air due to the humidity.
The Sunset Club, and the apartments above are completely uninhabitable, as a result of the fire gutting the entire building. Several surrounding businesses have suffered extensive smoke, water, and fire damage as a result from battling the blaze.
The establishment used to be know by several names, including the Village Inn. Locals still often refer to it as the V.I. The building housed so much history, that has now been lost. It used to be a Speakeasy during Prohibition, with a bar in the basement that required a secret knock to enter, like most speakeasy's.
The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall is still investigating on Friday, July 20. Early damage estimated are pegged at $2,000,000. I bystander was treated by EMS for smoke inhalation.
The Dome
Facts About the Dome
•Height, from base to weather vane: 121'
•Diameter at base: 40'
•Construction begun: 1785
•Interior work completed: 1797
•Wood used in dome construction: Timber from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, supplied by Dashiell family of Cypress Swamp, Somerset County.
•Architect of the dome: Joseph Clark
•Possible model for design of the dome: Schloßturm, the dome of the free-standing tower next to the palace of Karl-Wilhelm, Markgraf of Baden, in Karlsruhe, Germany
History of the State House Dome
When the Continental Congress came to Annapolis to meet in the Old Senate Chamber from November 1783 – August 1784, they found a State House which was still unfinished. Although the Old Senate Chamber was complete, the roof was not and it had leaked during the last few winters, damaging the upstairs rooms. The dome—or cupola—atop the State House was variously described as inadequate, unimpressive, and too small for the building and, it, too, leaked.
In order to rectify the situation, Joseph Clark, an Annapolis architect and builder, was asked to repair the roof and the dome. Clark first raised the pitch of the roof to facilitate the runoff of water and covered it with cypress shingles. The crowning achievement of Clark’s work on the State House was, of course, the extraordinary dome which he designed and built. It is not known where Clark’s inspiration for the unusual design of the dome came from, but it is very similar to one in Karlsruhe, Germany called the Schloßturm.
By the summer of 1788, the exterior of the new dome was complete. It was constructed of timber and no metal nails were used in its construction and, to this day, it is held together by wooden pegs reinforced by iron straps forged by an Annapolis ironmonger.
Although the exterior of the dome was completed by 1788, the interior was not completed until 1797. Tragedy struck the project in 1793 when a plasterer named Thomas Dance fell to his death from the inside of the dome. By 1794, Joseph Clark was completely disillusioned with the project and left it to John Shaw, the noted Annapolis cabinetmaker, to oversee completion. Over the years, John Shaw did much of the maintenance work on the State House, built various items for it and, in 1797, made the desks and chairs which furnished the Old Senate Chamber.
The First Dome: 1769-1774
Just as the Articles of Confederation did not effectively govern the country, the first dome of the State House at Annapolis did not survive more than a decade of Maryland weather. In 1769, the General Assembly of Maryland passed an act to erect a new state house, securely covered with slate tile or lead. The architect was Joseph Horatio Anderson, and the undertaker or builder of the project was Charles Wallace. According to William Eddis in 1773, the work was carried on with great dispatch and when completed would “be equal to any public edifice on the American continent.”
The exact date of the completion of the first dome or cupola is not known but evidence suggests that it was completed by the year 1774. In a 1773 Act of Assembly, Charles Wallace was instructed to fix an iron rod pointed with silver or gold at least six feet above the cupola. The General Assembly also recommended that the roof be covered with copper because the slate originally specified would require frequent repairs and cause other inconveniences. According to Charles E. Peterson’s “Notes on Copper Roofing in America to 1802”, it was more than likely that local copper was put on the roof to advertise the new industry of Maryland.
The Second Dome: 1785-1794
According to the Intendent of Revenue, Daniel St. Thomas Jenifer, the first dome of the State House was a contradiction of architectural design. A survey of the timbers in 1784 revealed that they were so decayed by water damage that a new dome would be required.
“It was originally constructed contrary to all rules of architecture; it ought to have been built double instead of single, and a staircase between the two domes, leading up to the lanthorn. The water should have been carried off by eaves, instead of being drawn to the center of the building, to two small conductors, which are liableto be choked by ice, and overflowed by rains. That it was next to impossible, under present construction, that it could have been made tight”.
On February 24, 1785 Jenifer placed a notice in the Maryland Gazette for carpenters work to be made to the dome and roof under the execution of Joseph Clark
“The work We are a Doing is to put a Roof on the Governor’s House and we are going to take the Roof of the State house and it is a going to Raise it one story higher and the Doom is to be Sixty foot higher then the old one”.
Clark raised the pitch of the dome to facilitate the runoff of excess water, the chief reason the timbers rotted in the original dome.
“The Annapolis dome is in its proportions like the original Karlsruhe tower. Possibly its more classical feeling is a result of the universal trend of architectural styles rather than the influence of the altered Schloßturm. Yet the arched windows below the architrave in Annapolis, one with the lower part closed, are like the windows below the Architrave in Karlsruhe in all of which the lower parts are closed. The horizontal oval windows below the main curving section of the dome in Annapolis resemble the vertical ovals in the equivalent part of the Karlsruhe tower. The small square windows above the balustrades and the architraves themselves in both buildings are similarly placed.”
Here is Cumberland County NJ our 9-1-1 staff enjoyed a week of events.
We held a week long costume contest with the themes being
Sunday was reverse gender day
Monday was hawaiian day
Tuesday was red day
Wednesday was cowboy day
Thursday was black day
Friday was red neck day
On Saturday we had a picnic and hung up pic's of everyone dressed up.
Everyone that attended vote on the costumes and the winner received a gift certificate.
A couple other events we had were-
Tuesday night we did a movie night where everyone brought their families to work and we watched Flicka
Thursday night we had an ice cream party, again everyone brought their families to work and the Chief of our center served everyone ice cream. Which really turned into a whipped cream fight!!
Colorization of "St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building, 210-212 N. Broadway. Photograph by F.D. Hampson, 1902-1906. Missouri Historical Society Photographs and Prints Collections."
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Theme Dress Days
April 8th – Plain Clothes Day
April 9th – School Spirit Day, wear something representing your favorite school
April 10th – 80’s Day, dress like it is still 1985
April 11th – Mismatch Day, whatever you wear, make sure it doesn’t match
April 12th – Crazy Hat/Hair Day, do your hair in a crazy style or wear your nuttiest hat
April 13th – Sports Day, wear something in support of your favorite sports team
April 14th – Regular Uniform Day
Open House / Picnic
On Saturday April 14th WSCDC hosted all the local public safety [personnel who were on or off duty for a luncheon. We catered food and decorated the Community Room where we served lunch to over 50 individuals from Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest police and fire departments, along with our employees, family members, a trustee and an Assistant Village Administrator. During the Open House the Morale Committee ran a PowerPoint program that compiled pictures from the past week in the com center.
Bring Your Family to Work Week
Employees were allowed to bring a family member to work to sit along and see what it is like to be a Telecommunicator. The participants were mostly children, but we did have some spouses and parents in attendance.
Trivia Quiz
A quiz titled, “How Much Do You Know About Your Co-Workers” was developed and distributed to all interested employees. Seventeen very intriguing questions were sent out and the three submissions with the highest number of correct answers were presented with gift cards to Portillos. The winners were Lauren O’Boyle, Artelia Withers and Vanessa Underwood.
Of all i knew
I held too few
And would you stop me?
If i tried to stop you?
Old songs, stay to the end
Sad songs, remind me of friends
And the way it is, i could leave it all
And i ask myself, would you care at all
When i drive alone at night
I see the streetlights as fairgrounds
And i tried a hundred times
To see the road signs as day-glow
Old songs, stay to the end
Sad songs, remind me of friends
And the way it is, i could leave it all
And i ask myself, would you care at all
- Mogwai
Dispatch's Chad Stokes performs on The Lawn stage during the final day of the Firefly Music Festival 2013.
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