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Friday, December 30, 2011
First Day Hikes ~ Shad Landing Nature Center
The Maryland Park Service will sponsor a free two-mile guided hike at Pocomoke River State Park on New Year's Day.
Hikers will meet at 10 a.m., rain or shine, at the Shad Landing Nature Center.
Participants are asked to wear clothes and sturdy hiking shoes appropriate for the weather, and bring water for drinking.
Call Pocomoke River State Park at 410-632-2566
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Missing Worcester County Woman
TIME MACHINE Preview ... New Year's Past
As January 1, 1901 marked the beginning of the 20th Century, views regarding the next 100 years were made.
It's this Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye!
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MD. Transportation Authority - New Toll Rates
Adjust cash/base toll rates for vehicles with three and four axles and vehicles towing light trailers by reducing the multipliers used to set these rates. This results in no change to toll rates at some facilities and reduces current rates at others.
At the Bay Bridge, the following Cash/Base toll rates go into effect:
3-axle vehicle: $8 (decrease from $9)
4-axle vehicle: $12 (no change)
5-axle vehicle: $24
6+-axle vehicle: $30
The following Video Toll Rates also go into effect:
3-axle vehicle: $12 (decrease from $13.50)
4-axle vehicle: $18 (no change)
5-axle vehicle: $36
6+-axle vehicle: $45
*Video Toll Rates for vehicles without valid payment at a Maryland toll facility are 150% of the base toll rate with a minimum of $1/maximum of $15 above the base rate.
E-ZPass Maryland business account discounts (do not apply to ICC):
- Restructure post-usage discounts, limiting discounts to vehicles with five or more axles.
- Expand the supplemental rebate program to individual transponders making 60 or more trips per month and limit rebates to vehicles with five or more axles.
Specific toll rates and rebate amounts are on-line at mdta.maryland.gov.
The Christmas Window Painters
Paige Stanley, Selena Jones, Noah King, Tommy Darcy, Mikala Colbert, Ashley Webb, Susan Simpson
WESR To Hold Radiothon For Cara
Cara, a 4 month old Labrador-German Shepard mix was hit by a car and taken to the SPCA. on Wednesday. Cara was operated on and sadly had a leg amputated.
WESR will conduct a mini radiothon for Cara Friday morning starting at 8:35.
Call - the SPCA and donate for her surgery at 757-787-7385
Mail funds to:
PO Box 164 Onley, VA 23418
Or go to SPCA website...click donate "For Cara" at: http://www.shorespca.com
Fresh Pride Closes Onley Store
It isnt known if any of the employees at Onley were transferred and how many jobs were lost. The Eastern Shore Fresh Pride chain started over 40 years ago as Meatland Supermarkets and at one time had stores as far North as Harrington Deleware and Cambridge Maryland.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Asthma and Indoor Air Pollution
Asthma sufferers may want to steer clear of perfume, incense, and fireplace smoke as these things — and many more — can trigger an asthma attack.
For many people, a trip to the mall is fun — but for someone with asthma, meandering past bath products and perfume displays can be like playing Russian roulette with their symptoms. All of those fragrances (otherwise known as air pollution), from the cinnamon-pear-scented body spray to the latest celebrity scent, may cause asthma symptoms to kick in.“If I go into one of the stores at the mall … I can’t be in there long because it just kills me,” says Houston resident and asthmatic Melissa McDonald. “Perfumes really bother [me]. I never made that connection when I was younger — now I do try to stay away from them.” In fact, cats were Melissa’s primary trigger when she was a child, but over the years, she says, common indoor encounters such as breathing in perfume in an elevator or walking past a scented emporium in the mall have begun revving up her asthma.
What Is Indoor Air Pollution?
While most people know about problems caused by outdoor air pollution, many are not aware that indoor air pollution also can be a serious concern for people with asthma. The elements that can pollute indoor air include:
- Mold, mildew, and dust mites
- Pet dander
- Pest droppings
- Nitrogen dioxide from natural gas heaters, stoves, and the like
- Perfumes, hair spray, scented candles, spray air fresheners, plug-in air fresheners, and potpourris
- Spray cleaners and disinfectants
- Incense smoke
- Smoke from fireplaces, wood stoves, or kerosene heaters.
Why Does Indoor Pollution Aggravate Asthma?
People with asthma often react to particulates in the air that irritate the airways of the lung. Particulates are tiny solid or liquid particles that are easily breathed into the lung. Smoke from a fireplace or vapors from burning incense are good examples of things that produce the kind of small particulates that can annoy lung tissue. It is also possible for people with allergic asthma to develop an allergic reaction to some components of indoor air pollution.
The ingredients in scented candles and spray air fresheners are particularly likely to lead to asthma by way of increasing a person’s allergies, says Dr. Rosenman. “Depending what’s in a scented candle — you could certainly become allergic to it," he says. "The same thing could be true of potpourri and plug-in air fresheners.”
Rosenman is particularly concerned about the increased use of spray air fresheners and cleaners with disinfectant. A recent study shows that using spray cleaners more than once a week increases the risk of asthma. Rosenman attributes much of this increase to added disinfectant in air fresheners and cleaners. Disinfectant is a strong allergen for many people.
How to Prevent Indoor Air Pollution
In your own home, you can control what is in the air by:
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Heh, Heh, Heh
The Pope leans towards Mr. Obama and said, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, but will go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"
Obama replied, "I seriously doubt that! With one little wave of your hand....Show me!"
So the Pope backhanded him and knocked him off the stage!
AND THE CROWD ROARED & CHEERED WILDLY and there was happiness throughout the land!
Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?
Delmarva Education Foundation- Scholarship Fair
"Home For The Holidays" - PART 2- PART 3-10 Most Wanted Suspects In Worcester County
Mark Matthewson |
Clayton Moore |
Brenden Leigh Sandifer |
Brian West |
Source and video: http://www.wmdt.com/story/16401154/part-3-worcester-countys-10-most-wanted-suspects
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Deleting the Past- Only Memories Remain....
"It featured showers and bunks for truck drivers and a small store selling maps, truck geegaws and anything else the modern driver required. During potato season it was a very busy place with hundreds of trucks pulling in and out daily....." Since potato season is in the spring that left the rest of the year, when regardless of the farming season, truckers flocked there.
Monday, December 26, 2011
From the Office of the State's Attorney for Worcester County and WMDT-TV News Station
Cintelle Charles Schoolfield |
Keith Allen Marousek |
To watch video:
http://www.wmdt.com/category/201130/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6575457
Source; http://www.wmdt.com/story/16382388/worcester-countys-10-most-wanted-suspects
Sunday, December 25, 2011
TIME MACHINE ... Childhood's Christmas Memories
(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)
ACROSS THE USA
December 25, 1924
(The Lubbock Morning Avalanche- Lubbock, Texas)
(Excerpts)
Childhood's Christmas Memories
"Backward, turn backward, Oh Time in your flight, Make me a child again just for tonight."
How many of us tonight are wishing that old poem might come true just once more in our lives? Of all the days in our childhood, none stand out so vividly in our memory as those mysterious Christmas times. There is something about our Christmas memories that reach the heart of every one of us who were so fortunate as to grow up in a happy home. We did not say a big, luxuriant home, but a HAPPY HOME. A home where sympathy and LOVE, and a family understanding of one another's hearts fills the atmosphere of the whole home. A home where each member of the family believes in and rejoices with every other member of the family in their ambitions and their hopes and their accomplishments. That's the kind of home we mean when we say a happy home. It may be a humble little cottage or it may be a mansion. It is the spirit in the house and not the shell in which we live that makes happy homes. And it so happens that most of our happy homes are humble homes because we have so many more humble homes in America than any other kind.
What are your first memories of Christmas? Can you bring them back through the long years and tell them over again to the children? There is nothing children love to hear so well as Christmas stories of their own fathers and mothers. "What did Santa Claus bring you were a little boy Daddy?" "And what did he bring to mother?" "Did he travel then just as he does NOW? And what kind of toys did little girls and little boys send for in those days?"
It is the unusual, the impossible, and the mysterious belief that it will happen that puts the thrill of expectancy into the heart of the little child at Christmas time. It is their faith in the spirit of Santa Claus that is so beautiful.
But if the memories of Christmas time in the old home far away are among our most treasured memories of childhood, what is our greatest privilege at Christmas time now? Is it not storing up other Christmas memories in the lives of our children to be recalled a generation from now when we are no more and other little ones yet unborn are begging for Christmas stories of long ago? This is one of our greatest opportunities and privileges for Christmas, 1924. Creating Christmas stories and Christmas memories to be retold by the generations of fathers and mothers in 1950, 1975, and even up to 2000 after the first Christmas story was ever produced.
...fill the childish hearts and childish minds around you with those Christmas memories you would be proud and happy to have them carry through their lives and and tell over and over at the Christmas tides of the future to the little heads nestled near their hearts.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
TIME MACHINE Preview ... Childhood's Christmas Memories
Merry Christmas to all!
Ever Wonder What a Dohickie Was?
This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa . Amazingly, 97% of the machine's components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft , Iowa . Yes, farm equipment!
It took the team a combined 13,029 hours (6.26 years) of set-up, alignment, calibration,
and tuning before filming this video but as you can see, it was WELL worth the effort.
It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University,
and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian
"Give us what we demand or we will shoot your loved ones"
Take a good look at the sign he is holding! Ok, all you pushing for illegal immigrants' rights.... Here is one of the Reasons we have a problem with it.
Another Shooting in Pocomoke
Location Occurred: Ninth Street, Pocomoke, Worcester County, Maryland
Crime or Violation: 1st Degree Attempted Murder, 2nd Degree Attempted Murder, 1st degree assault, 2nd degree assault.
Victim: (Juvenile)
Accused: Darius Tyrell Cotton B/M 18 years old, of 4th Street, Pocomoke, Worcester County, MD 21851
Narrative:
On Thursday, December 22, 2011 at approximately 4:00 P.M. a reported shooting had occurred at 700 block of 9th Street, Pocomoke, Maryland. The Pocomoke Police Department had arrived and secured the scene. A Juvenile victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg. The juvenile was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for treatment. The Pocomoke Police Department had requested the assistance of the Worcester County Bureau of Investigations (W.C.B.I.) and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office to assist with the additional support. Detectives from (W.C.B.I.) arrived on scene and began conducting interviews. A suspect was identified through numerous interviews. A photo line-up was used and a suspect was identified as Darius Tyrell Cotton, 18 years of age, of the 800 block of 4th street was identified as the shooter. An arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant were obtained for him.
On Friday December 23, 2011 at approximately 3:00 P.M. the Pocomoke Police Department, along with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and the Worcester County Bureau of Investigations had conducted a search and seizure warrant at Darius Tyrell Cotton’s residence. He was placed under arrest and taken before a District Court Commissioner where he was held without bond.
The juvenile has since been released from the hospital.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Being Demolished Today
Being demolished today is the old Route 13 Truck Stop.
Many of us remember when this was a fully operational business many years ago. Some of the guys we went to school with found summer jobs there.
These photos are a bit fuzzy but you get the idea. More photos later.
Christopher Baker, 4th Grade Boy, Stuffed Into Duffel Bag By School Employees
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A 9-year-old autistic boy who misbehaved at school was stuffed into a duffel bag and the drawstring pulled tight, according to his mother, who said she found him wiggling inside as a teacher's aide stood by.
The mother of fourth-grader Christopher Baker said her son called out to her when she walked up to him in the bag Dec. 14. The case has spurred an online petition calling for the firing of school employees responsible.
"He was treated like trash and thrown in the hallway," Chris' mother, Sandra Baker, said Thursday. She did not know how exactly how long he had been in the bag, but probably not more than 20 minutes.
Mercer County schools Interim Superintendent Dennis Davis said confidentiality laws forbid him from commenting.
"The employees of the Mercer County Public Schools are qualified professionals who treat students with respect and dignity while providing a safe and nurturing learning environment," Davis said in a statement.
State education officials said they were investigating.
Chris is a student at Mercer County Intermediate School in Harrodsburg in central Kentucky. The day had barely begun when his family was called to the school because Chris was acting up. He is enrolled in a program for students with special needs.
Walking toward his classroom, Baker's mother saw the gym bag. There was a small hole at the top, she said, and she heard a familiar voice.
"Momma, is that you?" Chris said, according to his mother.
MORE HERE>>
Thursday, December 22, 2011
TIME MACHINE Preview ... Childhood's Christmas Memories
It's this Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two or more if you wish. Your name won't be used unless you ask that it be. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Christmas Lights in Pittsville
Times are tight so they have a schedule this year thanks to Obama!
The lights are displayed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights... And Santa is there for the little'uns too.
There is also a donation box at the entrance, please make a donation as when you see these lights and all the other decorations and even animated and moving things and figures you will know how much time and money goes into this setup. It really is unbelievable to see it has to be over a million lights just draped across the house.
Sorry about the picture quality I took these with my very old flip phone.
That's my Girl right here
And Here...
And Here....
Crabs For Christmas!
We made it there and my husband made the return trip home - the same day- safely.
I am not a 'city' person. I am not a fast paced person - unless I want to be. But I managed to endure four whole days in the University of Maryland Hospital with my daughter. (no need to worry- she's fine)
There are many wonderful people up there and I made friends with those I will never see again. Aside from the ways the many people in Baltimore think, and do things there are TWO things that we have in common. ACCENT! With the first syllable from my mouth they knew I was from the 'shore' and I knew I was in Balitmore!
A Fulfilling Way To Be A Secret Santa.........
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Accomack Sheriff Says Father Murdered Mother, Two Children, and Tenant of Home
The five deceased persons have been identified as 20 yr old Zayday Reyes, 27 yr old Evelyn Colon-Matias, 10 yr old Jesus Angel Quintero-Colon, 9 yr old Ana Estefani Quintero-Colon and 37 yr old Esteban Quintero-Gonzales.
Based on evidence at the scene and interviews conducted, it appears at this time that Esteban Quintero-Gonzales forced his way into the residence on 6th Street and shot the other 4 victims and then himself. Esteban Quintero-Gonzales was the father of Jesus Angel Quintero-Colon and Ana Estefani Quintero-Colon and was involved in ongoing custody hearings with the children's mother, Evelyn Colon-Matias. Zayday Reyes was a tenant at the 6th Street location and had been allowing Evelyn and her two children to stay at the residence.
Assisting the Accomack County Sheriff's Office in this investigation was the Virginia State Police.
The investigation into this incident is continuing.
Source; shoredailynews.com
Sara McMeen Shot 3 Children, Boyfriend, Herself In Illinois Town: Police (VIDEO)
CHICAGO — An Illinois woman shot each of her three children, including a 10-month-old baby, in the head before apparently killing herself, authorities said Monday. Investigators arriving on the scene found their bodies in the backyard, the woman's hands stained with soot from firing the gun.
Authorities released new details on the shootings in Emington, a farming community with 117 residents about 85 miles southwest of Chicago. Neighbors have said the gunfire erupted moments after McMeen's two older children got off a school bus on Friday.
Investigators found the body of her live-in boyfriend, Daniel Warren, 29, inside the couple's rented home. They found McMeen, 30, and her three children in the backyard.
Next-door neighbor Annelise Fiedler told The Associated Press on Saturday that she ran out of her house when she heard the first burst of gunfire. She saw McMeen hovering over her baby as if she had dropped her.
Fiedler asked McMeen if everything was all right.
"She looked at me and said, `No, everything is not all right,'" Fiedler said. Then, McMeen shot the baby.
Autopsy results released Monday said 10-month-old Maggie Warren had two gunshot wounds in the head and a separate wound where a bullet grazed her neck.
McMeen's two older children, 8-year-old Skyler Lemke and 7-year-old Ian Lemke, also were shot in the head. Autopsy results showed Skyler died of two gunshot wounds to the head and one to the upper back. Ian was shot once in the head.
Daniel Warren, 29, had gunshot wounds in the back and neck, authorities said.
READ MORE HERE>>
Monday, December 19, 2011
"Jingle Bells" In Perfect Harmony
Pocomoke Police Confiscate $1k in Fake Bills at Walmart, Arrest Suspects
Mary Guirand of Stanford, Conn., and Antwan Freeman of Dover were arrested on a warrant by Pocomoke police after investigators recovered $1,100 in fake bills allegedly used by the suspects to make Walmart purchases.
Pocomoke City Restaurant
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Walk Through Bethlehem
Don't miss the "Walk through Bethlehem" at Lynnhaven Baptist Church, if you have never visited this wonderful event you have missed a really well orchestrated live Christmas display.
The "Walk through Bethlehem" at Lynnhaven Baptist Church is exactly that, it's a recreated Town of Bethlehem built and put together by volunteers. The Town has actual Bethlehem buildings, stable, manger, etc. it's complete with real animals and the scenic route and buildings are occupied by volunteers dressed in biblical attire.
This is admission free (donations accepted) and a must see for all ages and will leave you with a life long memory.
Take the "Walk Through Bethlehem" today, you will not be disappointed.