Photo above-Pastor Jonathan Carpenter of Exmore Baptist Church leads a time of prayer at Shore Christian Academy at the See You At The Pole event this morning.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
"See You At The Pole" Event This Morning
Photo above-Pastor Jonathan Carpenter of Exmore Baptist Church leads a time of prayer at Shore Christian Academy at the See You At The Pole event this morning.
Mar-Va Theater This Weekend
Pocomoke Mayor & Council - Minutes From Meeting 8/8/11
- Police Department building improvements at 1400 Market Street:
- Supplies for extension of water mains to Water Treatment Plant on Quinn Ave.:
- Recommended repair or demolish: 705 Second Street, owner Donna Joseph; 523 Young Street, owner Allen B. Blount, Jr; 618 Clarke Ave., owner Joyace Dale.
- House previously ordered to be repaired or demolished:
Michael Vick's Hand Is Bruised NOT Broken
That's not all of his woes recently.
Vick thinks that referees are calling penalties for hits against him differently than they are for the rest of the football league. Now my guess is that you, Mike Vick, think those other guys are picking on you. Bless your heart. You are out there to play football! Man up. Too many hits?The game is tough and if you can't play with the big boys get out of their way.
Gee, Mr. Big Man, you weren't thinking a few years ago when those pitbulls were fighting and chewing on each other and you were making illegal money. YOU weren't worried about the pain they endured when you tortured them so they would become mean and gnarl another dog half to death and until bloodied so you could have the best fighting dogs! You weren't worried that those poor dogs IN YOUR CARE probably cried all night and slept with one eye open not knowing what was coming next in its horrible life.
You didn't care that those dogs lived a life of HELL while you lived it up. And you aren't the least bit concerned that YOU, along with many others, have given the PITBULL the horrible name it still tries to shed today!
Shame on you Cry Baby!! Maybe it's your conscience that has you in its grip. Rightly so. I sure hope your hand heels. You might need that hand to wipe yourself the next time someone on the opposing team nails your sorry self!
By The Philadelphia Inquirer and Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick has a deep bone bruise in his right hand, it was revealed Monday.
On Sunday, Vick and Eagles officials thought the hand — his non-throwing hand — was broken.
Vick's status for Sunday's home game against the San Francisco 49ers is uncertain.
"It all remains to be seen. I've got to take it one day at a time and see how everything unfolds," said Vick, his hand wrapped into a thick club. "It's a little sore. It's still swollen, but I think with rehab we'll see how it recovers and how well it gets."
Coach Andy Reid would not say if Vince Young or Mike Kafka would get the start for the Eagles (1-2) if Vick can't play.
"I haven't even gotten there yet. I'm still on the swelling in Michael's hand and if he'll be ready to play," Reid said. "We'll see if we can get the swelling to where it's manageable and his hand where he feels comfortable."
Vick blasted officials after suffering the injury in Sunday's 29-16 loss to the New York Giants, saying he absorbs too many late hits without getting the benefit of roughing-the-passer penalties.
But on Monday, Vick said he is done complaining about officials.
"I was kind of out of character and being too candid in that aspect," Vick said. "Ultimately, I have respect for the referees and their decision to make calls. You won't hear me complaining about it no more."
Source; http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2016328362_nfl27.html
SHORE BEEF AND BBQ
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Newest Deputies To The Worcester County Sheriff's Office - 2011
All three deputies graduated with top honors in academics, physical fitness and firearms from the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy at Wor-Wic Community College in June 2011.
University of Maryland Launches Bee Hive Project In Cemetary
Just inside the locked gate of Old St. Paul's Cemetery on Martin Luther King Boulevard, honeybees zip in and out of a white hive perched on cinder blocks. They flit past weathered headstones for a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the hero of the 1814 defense of Fort McHenry, a Civil War general and other long-gone luminaries.
There are more than 1,500 registered beekeepers statewide, most of them hobbyists, with more than 11,600 colonies in 1,968 locations, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
That minor setback aside, McManus said getting started was neither expensive nor all that difficult. Hive materials, equipment and bees all cost less than $1,000, she said. And while the graveyard offers plenty of room and even some flowering shrubs, hives really need very little space.
"People can bee-keep anywhere," she said. A rooftop deck or even an apartment balcony will do.
"I'm extremely allergic to oak pollen," she said, "and so I'm hoping that next year I take a couple tablespoons of honey every day and I don't have that kind of reaction."
FALL FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN POCOMOKE CITY - DON'T MISS IT!!
Epps Sentenced To 50 Years In Sharone Bailey Murder
Monday, September 26, 2011
Virginia Aims To Attack Meth Problem
According to Virginia State Police figures, of the 34,168 drug arrests across the state in 2010, just 487 were for meth or amphetamines.
But the state police say the number of meth lab incidents (lab seizures or the finding of dump sites, chemicals and equipment) rose statewide from 53 in 2005 to 158 so far this year — with 152 of them in Southwest Virginia.
And it's also a growing problem, he said, "because of the advent of these small, clandestine labs. The number of (lab) seizures have tripled in the last two years. They call them a lab, and they are, but some of them are literally in a two-liter Coke bottle."
Michele Chesser, a health policy analyst with the joint commission on health care, told the Crime Commission last week that most meth is manufactured in Mexico. But, she said, small-scale production is increasing in Virginia.
Federal law bars selling or buying more than 3.6 grams of PSE per day or 9 grams a month to the same person. State law bars buying more than 3.6 grams per day, but not more than 9 grams per month.
Most of the PSE used in small meth labs is obtained by people using fake IDs or by "smurfing," Chesser said. She said it is difficult to prosecute purchasers using fake IDs or "smurfers" for the possession of PSE with the intent to manufacture meth.
Doctors Warn Against Eating Wild Mushrooms
Washington AP— Mushrooms are sprouting up everywhere after recent rainy weather, but doctors at Georgetown University are warning against eating them after treating two men fell dangerously ill from toxic mushrooms in the last two weeks.
Frank Constantinopla and his wife picked mushrooms from their backyard in Springfield, Va., to cook in a stir fry. Within hours of eating the fungi known as "death cap" mushrooms, they felt sick. His symptoms were worse and within days, he was suffering from the early stages of liver failure.
One week later, a retired farmer from Frederick, Md., fell ill with mushroom toxicity. Doctors were able to use a drug that's undergoing clinical trials and now both men are recovering.
Doctor say people should buy their mushrooms from legitimate farms or grocery stores.
Source; http://www.wtkr.com/news/sns-ap-dc--dangerousmushrooms,0,6175615.story
Poker Run To Benefit Courtney Bloxom
Saturday, October 1, 2011
CYCLE CREATIONS
COME OUT GRAB SOME FOOD ~
HANG OUT AND JUST HAVE FUN
SIGN UPS FOR THE RUN WILL START @
11:30 AM TILL 1:30PM .
PIG ROAST WITH ALL THE FIXINGS.
PASSENGER WILL BE $5
EXTRA CARD $5
PIG ROAST $1O
Sunday, September 25, 2011
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TIME MACHINE ... Electricity!
(Excuse the "shocking" pun on this week's previews. No, not any shocking revelations today but items that all deal with electricity! Hope you'll find them of interest.)
February, 1942
(The Salisbury Times)
LOWER SHORE FARMS TO GET CURRENT FEB. 9
Half Of Rural Homes In Area To Get Electricity
More than 50-percent of approximately 1,200 rural homes and farm buildings on the lower Eastern Shore have been wired for electricity and inspected by the Choptank Cooperative in readiness for REA current to be turned on next Monday.
The three switches at power stations on the Eastern Shore at Salisbury, near Princess Anne, and at Airy in Dorchester County will be turned on according to John Warren of Snow Hill, coordinator of the project for the Choptank Cooperative.
Although houses are wired for the current, the system will not be ready for use for the homes for about ten days or two weeks after the current is officially turned on. As soon as the homes are wired, the Choptank Cooperative inspects and approves each job.
Maintenance will be done by the cooperative, which has made arrangements to purchase power from the Eastern Shore Public Service Company.
Rights of way were obtained from all subscribers on the power routes by farmers who volunteered their services in the interest of obtaining power for their communities.
A meeting of the cooperative today in Denton was held to elect officers and make final arrangements for bringing the lower shore unit into the cooperative as a completed project of the Rural Electrification Administration.
July, 1944
(Eastern Shore Public Service Ad)
The question most frequently asked about extending electric service to the farm is "How much will it cost to have a line extended to me?"
Our new rural line plan offers an easy solution to this problem because most farms can be connected without any expenditure on the part of the farmer for the electric lines. This plan includes not only the electric line along the county road, but also the line running into the farm.
Temporary wartime restrictions may delay the construction of some lines, but we are ready now to estimate your needs and contract for your requirements. If you are interested in having electric service on your farm, we shall be happy to talk with you. Just give us a call or drop a penny postcard to Ready Killowatt, Box 391, Salisbury, Md., and say "I am interested in getting electricity to my farm."
Anyone know when electricity first came to Pocomoke City? Perhaps it was around the same time as nearby neighbor Snow Hill.
December, 1887
(The Herald And Torch Light- Hagerstown, Md)
Snow Hill, Worcester County, was lighted for the first time on Wednesday night of last week with electric lights. The work of wiring stores, etc., proceeded rapidly and the business portion of the town has been supplied with electric lights.
March, 1970
One of Pocomoke City's long standing buildings, which in earlier times had housed the town's ice and electric company, was demolished. The Maple Street building had been built around 1910.
ACROSS THE USA
August, 1885
(The Wellsboro Agitator- Wellsboro, Pa.)
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS
Good For Hot Weather
(Excerpts)
An electric lamp manufacturing firm has recently invented something quite new. It is an electric fan. Upon the top (...like an ordinary lamp pedestol about a foot high) is mounted a screw propeller fan. The standard is of wood or other non-conducting material, with wires running up through the middle. When the connection is made, the fan begins to revolve rapidly.
The battery is contained in a little box about four to five inches square. It holds material to generate electricity enough to turn the fan several hours. The fan is fixed upon a hinge so it can be set at any desired angle, thus changing its direction. Clockwork fans are not uncommon. In large factories, where large number of men are crowded together in hot rooms, large revolving wooden fans are attached to the machinery and worked by steam. But this neat little electric arrangement seems an improvement on any other plan that has yet been tried.
November, 1905
(The Anaconda Standard)
NEW ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR
Latest Labor Saving Invasion In The Cooks Domain- Economy Of Time Accomplished
"A newer application of electricity to household uses is the electric refrigerator," says a writer on "The Electric Housekeeper" in the Technical World Magazine.
"Heretofore the difficulty has been to make a practical apparatus small enough for use in the average household. An electric machine which will furnish refrigeration equivalent to that supplied by 800 pounds of ice has been on the market for some time and shows a saving of 50 per cent over the ice-cooler apparatus. Now, it is claimed, a smaller electric refrigerator is about ready for general introduction, which will take the place of ice boxes which now use 100 pounds daily. It will show a considerable saving over the cost of ice and will do away with the uncleanliness, odor, and general sloppiness which too often make the ordinary ice box a nuisance. The new machine will be arranged so that when the desired degree of cold is reached the electric current will automatically shut off, to be turned on again in the same way when the temperature rises above a certain point."
December, 1905
(The New York Times)
THE ELECTRIC DINNER NOW
Viands Cooked on Electric Range or Frozen to Order.
An electric heating company gave an exhibition last evening in its booth at the electrical show in Madison Square Garden of what can be done in a kitchen with electricity. An elaborate dinner was served, all cooked and prepared on an electric range. A special arrangement of the meter recorded the moderate amount of electricity used in cooking the meal.
Not only were hot viands prepared, but dishes which should be served cold were cooled in an electric refrigerator.
Footnote: "viands - articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind."
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