Monday, May 31, 2010

Memorial Day In Afghanistan


Dear Friends,

On this Memorial Day, we pause to remember and honor the sacrifices made by generations of brave Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen who have given their lives to defend our country and its ideals. Earlier today, I had the opportunity to personally convey my gratitude to members of our Armed Force serving our country in Afghanistan, where I am visiting along with colleagues on the Armed Services Committee. We all owe these heroes and their families a debt that cannot be repaid. Today, I am humbled to honor their service and convey our appreciation for their sacrifice.

As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I’ve traveled to Afghanistan to discuss the status and progress of Operation Enduring Freedom with commanders and troops serving on the front lines. In addition to meeting with members of the military, civilian employees, and foreign officials, my colleagues and I are here to discuss issues pertaining to the training and equipping of US forces deployed in theater, the recent surge, reconstruction efforts, training of the Afghanistan National Police, and what can be done to combat corruption.

Our military operations in Afghanistan were among the topics debated earlier this month during the Armed Services Committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes funding for our armed services at home and abroad for the upcoming fiscal year. Our committee unanimously passed the NDAA, which subsequently was passed by the full House of Representatives last week and now awaits action in the Senate. I was pleased to play a role in drafting legislation that reflects our continued commitment to defend America, support U.S. service members and their families, and protect Americans from the threats of tomorrow. The final legislation included a number of amendments I authored, including provisions aimed at improving mental health services for combat veterans, assessing the needs of transition programs for returning vets, and ensuring that members of the Armed Services never give Miranda rights to enemy combatants. More information about the NDAA is available on on my website.

Our commitment to our service men and women, and to the memory of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, cannot be limited to this one holiday. We must re-affirm our obligation to our nation’s heroes by ensuring that they receive the resources and support necessary to carry out their mission and return home safely.

With warm regards,


Rep. Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.

Take Time To Give Thanks To Those That Give All

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial


(AP) - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the scene of
a solemn ceremony today where the names of six American servicemen
were recently added to The Wall.


Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, will
remember the men and women who have fallen in service to their
country during the annual observance.

The Memorial Fund website says the Memorial Day ceremony is
hosted yearly by the Fund and the National Park Service to pay
tribute to members of America's armed forces who have made the
ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam and in all conflicts.


The six servicemen are: Lance Cpl. John E. Granville, USMC, Los
Angeles; Lance Cpl. Clayton K. Hough Jr., USMC, Holyoke, Mass.;
Capt. Edward F. Miles, USA, Manhasset, N.Y.; Sgt. Michael J.
Morehouse, USA, Covington, Ky.; Lt. Col. William L. Taylor, USA,
Tampa, Fla. and Cpl. Ronald M. Vivona, USMC, Suffolk, N.Y.

Scholarship To Go To Illegal Immigrants

Santa Ana College will dedicate a scholarship for illegal immigrant students in memory of 27-year-old immigration activist Tam Ngoc Tran of Garden Grove, who was killed in a crash involving a suspected drunken driver in Maine on May 15.

The dedication will take place during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Tran and 26-year-old Cinthya Felix Perez of Los Angeles were both killed in the crash. The friends were active members of the DREAM Act immigration reform movement, which aims to allow students who are in the country illegally the chance to apply for legal permanent residency, protect them from deportation and make them eligible for student loans and federal work-study programs.

Click here to read a story about Rep. Loretta Sanchez becoming a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act.

Tran, who was pursuing a doctorate in Brown University in Rhode Island , was herself an illegal immigrant in pursuit of U.S. citizenship. She was a student at Santa Ana College before transferring to UCLA.

The scholarship would lack meaning if the student selected for the award were not taking the same path to citizenship as Tran, said Sara Lundquist, vice president of Student Affairs at Santa Ana. So, for example, an international student with a student visa will not qualify for this scholarship, she said.

"Tam dedicated her time and energy advocating for children of undocumented immigrants who were brought into this country and grew up as Americans, but are not even permanent residents," Lundquist said.

The college is creating a $2,500 matching scholarship in Tran's name and is hoping that more people come forward with donations to add to it.

"We don't know yet how much it's going to be," Lundquist said. "We hope to make it an annual scholarship."

Other criteria include academic performance with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and evidence of financial need.

"The award recipient should also be someone who will continue their education and go into a university after Santa Ana College," Lundquist said.

She praised Tran as a true leader, someone who will continue to inspire the future students of Santa Ana College.

"She was a humble leader who never saw herself as a leader or even as an honors student," Lundquist said. "She did not do what she did to become famous. She did it simply to get it done."

Yenni Diaz, spokeswoman for the Orange County DREAM Team, said the deaths of Tran and Perez have actually helped further fuel the movement.

"They were pioneers and worked very hard," Diaz said Wednesday morning to a crowd at the Los Amigos meeting in Anaheim.

Diaz and other members of the DREAM Team are expected to meet at Santa Ana College at 1:30 p.m. for an informal gathering and then participate in the ceremony at 2:30. The ceremony is open to members of the public. Students and faculty members will remember Tran during the ceremony, Lundquist said.

Tran was born to Vietnamese parents in Germany, but neither country would accept her. She was without a country when she arrived in the United States at age 6. She testified before Congress on May 18, 2007 for the DREAM Act with an emotional narration of her trials and tribulations as a child without country.

Her parents were arrested following her testimony, but those issues were later resolved.

The memorial ceremony will take place at Johnson Center, Room U 103. The college is at 1530 W. 17th St. in Santa Ana. Information: 714-480-7500.

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Car Wash, Bake Sale, Raffles TODAY

Classmates, friends and even strangers have come together to organize a series of activities going on today to help with the rising costs of Courtney Bloxom who was injured in a vehicle crash over a week ago and remains in critical condition and is still in a coma.

Most of these events have been the ideas of high school students that have given their time and much thought into these events. Please help them help Courtney and her family.

CAR WASH - BAKE SALE - SILENT AUCTION - RAFFLES
MASONIC LODGE --- located in Temperanceville, Virginia
MONDAY MAY 31, 2010

9 AM - UNTIL 8: PM

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BAKE SALE
9:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM

Locations: Fresh Pride in Onley and in Parksley

Organized by The T. H. Badger Technical Center students

National Moment of Rememberance

To unite the country in remembrance, Congress officially established the National Moment of Remembrance in 2000. And as has been done in the past, in observance of this National Moment, Major League Baseball games will stop, Amtrak trains will blow their whistles and the National Grocers Association and Food Marketing Institute will have customers and staff pause in more than 30,000 stores throughout our country.

We must ensure that their lives, their deaths and the memory of their sacrifice will never be forgotten. So let us stop for a moment at 3:00 (local time) tomorrow and commit to live honoring America's fallen every day that we breathe the fresh air of freedom in our land of hope and promise.

Carmella LaSpada, Executive Director,


White House Commision On Rememberance


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day








Memorial Day HistoryMemorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.

Memorial Day History

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:


We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.

Memorial Day HistoryShe then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms.Michael and when she returned to France, made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children's League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help. Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans' organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their "Buddy" Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it.

Traditional observance of Memorial day has diminished over the years. Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. Most people no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some people think the day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country.

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The History Of Pocomoke by Murry James (13)

SO History of Pocomoke City, In 1874, Ephraim A. Stevens commenced the notion and ladies' trimming business, in Pocomoke City ; he continued until 1880, when he closed this business and engaged in a green grocery and provision store. Some- time during the year, he took as a partner Roland E. Bevans, and they carried on the business under the firm of Stevens & Bevans, this firm, however, did not continue long before Mr. Bevans drew out. Mr. Stevens continued the business until 18S2 and closed out. In 1856, Miss Charlotte and Miss Ann Truitt, two- sisters, were engaged in the confectionary aud notion business, in New Town, when they commenced and how long they continued the business I cannot say.

Between 1856 and i860, Mrs. Mary A. Smullin engaged in the confectionery business and continued the same until her death, which event occurred in April, 1881. About 1870, Mrs. Ellen Payne engaged in the confec- tionerv business, and in about two years she sold out to Mrs. Sally, Mason, who continued the business for several years. Sometime between 1872 and 1875, R. H. Pennewell,. Francis A. Stevenson and Allison Fleming engaged in. merchandising in a store house occupying the site now- occupied by the store house of J. W. Selby.

The house was burned down while Mr. Fleming was conducting business. In 1872, Edward S. Young commenced the tobacco, cigar and confectionery business, in New Town,, and con- Formerly New Town. 81 ducted the same until 1878 ; prior to this, George S. Merrill, Alexander Ebberts and John Walters, respect- ively, were engaged in it.

As Mr. Young is the oldest native citizen in the place he is entitled to a sketch of his life in its history : He was born in 1807 and consequently is now in the 75th year of his age. He, like many others, was raised a poor boy, and had to work out, at twelve and a half cents per day, to help his mother in supporting the family.

When of sufficient age, he was apprenticed to Colonel William H. Merrill to learn the hatting business, after his maturity, he settled in this, his native place, and with but one slight interval has remained here to the present. He was engaged, for several years, in the steam milling business. He has been a member of the Methodist Protestant Church nearly fifty years, has been ardently devoted to, and a liberal supporter of that Church, he has, probably, though always poor, contributed more to church building, in New Town in the past, than any other man in it.

He has been the father of several children, all of whom are no more, except one son, and he lives in Colorado. Mr. Young reminds me of the ancient worthy patri- archs, leaning upon the top of his staff, and waiting for the summons to a brighter home above, and is entitled to the kindly greetings of all lovers of the aged and the good.

In 1878, Capt. H. H. Husted entered into the tobacco, cigar, confectionery and fruit business, in which he is S2 History of Pocomoke City, gaged at present. Capt. Husted is very attentive to business ; is very polite and obliging, and is quite suc- cessful in business.

In 1878, John L. Quinn engaged in the sale of tobacco, cigars, confectionery and fruits, and continues the same with success. Mrs. Stubbins and Mrs. Whittington both have con- fectionery' stores, and are prosperous in business. In 1878, Simpson Katzenberger merchandised in Pocomoke City about one year and then closed out. In 1877, Miss Ruth Stone commenced the notion business, in Pocomoke City, and continued it for about three years, when she removed to Connecticut, her native State. In 1879, Miss Virginia Wilkinson and Miss Virginia Matthews united in copartnership in the millinery, notion and ladies trimming business in Pocomoke City.

Their house is called the Philadelphia branch store, and truly it is very aptly so-called, for it will compare favorably with the city in the taste exhibited in the selection of their goods, in the prices they charge, and in the style and neatness of their work. These young ladies rank among the finest milliners of the day, either in the city or country. In 1880, Miss Ruth Pollett commenced the notion and ladies trimming business in Pocomoke City, and continued until 1 88 1, when she closed out.

In 1880, J. J. Francis Townsend and Ira T. Stevenson engaged in a dry goods and grocery store which they continue at the present. They are very worthy men.

Formerly New Town. 83 CHAPTER X. MERCANTILE ASPECT (CONTINUED).

1868, Edward H. Clarke commenced the mercantile business, in New Town. Since then he has been engaged nearly all the time in the sale of goods alone and with his father. As Mr. Clarke is quite a prominent man in business circles, he is entitled to a place in this history. He was born in 1845, and is the only surviving son of W. J. S. Clarke.

He was appointed a midshipman at the naval academy in 1861. After remaining nearly two years and spending one summer at sea, he resigned, as we learned, much to the regret of the officers of the naval academy. Returning home he at once entered the service of his father as clerk, being there well drilled, and remaining in that capacity until 1868, when he married an amiable and accomplished young lady, the only daughter of William M. Coster, Esq., one of the most respected and wealthy gentlemen in Somerset county.

He is a very, popular man, and in point of business sagacity he is said to be equal to any of his name. In 1866, Levin Atkinson commenced the sale of groceries in connection with the sale of leather, and con- tinued the same for ten years, or until he died, which event took place in 1877.

Mr. Atkinson was quite a prominent man in the com- munity ; was retired in disposition, obliging, and a warm

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friend. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, in New Town, for many years, and filled promi- nent positions as a layman in that church. From the commencement of his connection with the church to his death, he always kept an open house for the preachers of that denomination, and there was nothing too good to pro- vide and no labor to great to perform for those whom he and his devoted wife loved to entertain.

In 1880, Henry Dryden and his son Clarence engaged in the sale of groceries, confectionery, etc., in connection with the sale of tin ware, Mr. H. Dryden having been engaged in selling tin ware previously. This firm continues and will no doubt be successful. In 1878, James H. Vincent commenced merchandising in Pocomoke City, and is growing in trade and popularity. We have several other stores in Pocomoke City, which may be called green grocery and provision stores, kept respectively by : A. H. Benson, Roland E. Bevans and John W. Selverthorn, John T. M. Sturgis and Thomas Melvin and J. A. D. Robinson.

These are all reliable houses, where the substantials of life may be purchased. In presenting to the reader this concise history of the mercantile business of New Town, now Pocomoke City, I have aimed at facts, at giving a fair showing, and not throwing more gloss upon the men and trade than they really merited. I shall now close this part of my history by saying : we have, in Pocomoke City, some thirty Formerly New Town. 85 business houses of all grades, selling goods, doing an annual business, aggregating over two hundred thousand dollars.

SO History of Pocomoke City, CHAPTER XI. MANUFACTURING.

Manufacture, in the early history of New town, was, as a matter of course, in its infancy. The first, probably, should be mentioned is the manufacture of clothing for the families. These goods consisted of woolen, cotton and linen. The wool was taken from the sheep's back and washed, then picked, carded, spun and woven into fustian, that is to say, the warp was of cotton, the filling in was of wool. Linsey-woolsey was also made for the mothers and daughters. This word linsey-woolsey comes up in memory as some- . thing long since past away.

I used to hear, when I was a little boy, these words sung : "Linsey-woolsey peticoats, Silk and cotton gown, Shoes and stockings in your hands, And feet upon the ground." The cotton was, as a general thing, cultivated at home, that is to say every family had their cotton-patch if they had ground sufficient for that purpose, and when ripe was harvested, the seed picked, then carded, spun and woven. These were for underwear for both sexes, for sheets, and the beautiful white counterpanes that used to be made.

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The linen was wade out of flax. Every farmer had his flax patch. The flax when ripe was pulled up by the roots by hand, then placed in a creek, pond or water- hole if their was any convenient, if not, it was spread out on the ground to mildew, when sufficiently cured it was then housed.

In the winter time the flax break was heard singing its day-long song, as the busy laborer would be plying the instrument. In this instrument the woody portion of the flax was separated from the fibrous. Thus the flax was prepared for the hackle, then after that it was spun and woven into what we used to call country made linen, and then made into underwear for both sexes, for toweling, table cloths, sheets, etc. Now the modus-opcrandi in clothing.

The carding and spinning would be carried on day and night by the mothers and daughters. At night the father and brothers would unite around a roasting fire with a plenty of pine knots to make a light, and would engage in pick- ing the wool or cotton. During these seasons of night work they would roast sweet potatoes and have a pitcher of cider to cheer the tedious hours of labor. When the wool, cotton or flax was thus prepared for the loom, they would commence weaving.

When I was a little boy I used to hear the loom going all day long. It did not make as sweet music as the piano, but went click, clack, click, clack, from morning until night. An anecdote which I have heard going the rounds many years ago may not be out of place here - A lady

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of independence in an adjoining community had an only daughter. That daughter was visited by a young lady, who inquired of the mother where Miss So-and-So's piano was. She took the youjng lady to the loom house and pointing to the loom: "There," said she, is my daughter's piano." The mother and dauq-hter made the clothes for the family. The young ladies were their own mantua makers and their mothers learned them to be good cooks also. They thought it was no disgrace to learn them to work.

The first families of the place would make machanics of their sons, and to show that this custom was considered in the highest sense an honorable one, I need but cite those who were prominent citizens of the town to demon- strate this position. Michael Murray was a weaver of the world renowned Irish linen in his native country, Ireland; Jesse Hender- son a shipcarpenter ; Rev. James Tilgbman, a shoemaker; Joshua Sturgis, a blacksmith; Capt. Jacob Riggin, a shipcarpenter; Capt. Benjamin Hall, a carpenter; Gen- eral Ebenezer Hearn, a tanner and currier; Colonel William H. merrill, a hatter, John S. Stevenson, a watch- maker; Ceorge S. Redder, a hatter.

I might name many others, but those already named are sufficient. Is not this a suggestive thought to parents of the present day, to give their sons a trade instead of crowding them into professions and clerkships, in which there are but few, comparatively, who succeed, and to learn their

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daughters to be good house keepers, and not to bring them up in such a way as that when they get married they •will be utterly ignorant how to make their husbands a .suit of clothes or how to make and bake a johnny cake. An incident which occurred in the history of Stephen Girard, the millionaire, of Philadelphia, I will illustrate here. He had a youth who was to live with him until he was of age. This young man, by his steady habits, atten- tion to business and probity of character, had won, over all the other clerks, a place high up in the esteem of Mr. Girard. His twenty-first birthday came on.

The day before that, however, he went into Mr. Girard's counting- room and informed him of the fact, when he was told to come in the next day as he wanted to see him. It was conceded by all the clerks that Mr. Girard was going to do something handsome for that young man. The next day •came, he went into the office as requested ; they entered into conversation upon their connection together. Mr. Girard praised him for his faithfulness to his interests. "And now," said he, "you are going out into the world to rseek your fortune, I want to give you a piece of advice.

Do you go and learn a trade ; there is the barrel cooper- ing, go and learn that ! " The reader may imagine how the young man was taken back. He, however, engaged with a barrel cooper to work with him for one year. At the end of the year, he made a barrel, which he took to Mr. Girard's office to show him. Mr. Girard pronounced it a sgood job, and asked the price of it, which was three

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dollars. He took the barrel, paid him the money for it, and requested him to come to the office the next day as. he wished to see him. The day came ! he went into the office, when Mr. Girard said : "You may have thought ir a very strange piece of advice which I gave you, to learn a trade ; but, if hereafter, you should fail in any business- you engage in, then you have your trade to fall back on.

Now, here is a check for $30,000 as a token of my high esteem and with my best wishes for your success in life." The different branches of mechanical business which were carried on in Xew Town in its early history were boot and shoe making, house and shipcarpentering, black- smithing, coopering, tanning and currying, hatting, etc. There was, generally, but one shop of each branch of" business at a time.

The first boot and shoemaker that I have any information of was Rev. James Tilghman ; Caleb Tilghman, then Samuel Long, Joseph Richards. Thomas Brittingham, James Lambdon, Jesse Long, Josiah Long, of Jesse, Zadok Hall, of John, Edward Murray, Francis Murray, James Sturgis, Tubman Moor, Samuel T. Landing and James Murray. Henry Murray, who was an office bearer in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was also a delegate elect from Worcester county to the General Assembly of Maryland in 1S62 and 1863. In 1 866 he died suddenly, in hope of a blissful immortal- ity. William H. S. Merrill, Thomas J. Blain, who is also a leading office bearer in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has four sons — all grown men — who are an honor to

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him. John Silvenhom, Rev. George Covington, Charles Covington, Levin Covington, John Richards, Sr., George Matthews, Case, William Matthews and William Clogg. No doubt there are others whose names have escaped my memory, or who were here but a short time. These, excepting the few last names mentioned, have all passed away. The tailoring business was carried on at an early date. Josiah Long, my wife's father, was a tailor. He served his apprenticeship with his uncle, David Long, Sr., who was the father of Captain Henry Long, Captain John W. Long and David Long. Mr. Long worked at the tailor- ing business until he died, which event occurred about 1813. Then in succession Benjamin Cottman, a man by the name of Smith, William Purnell, Joseph Benson, John H. Powell, William Atkinson, William Fisher, Theo. Hall, William S. C. Polk, Emerson G. Polk, James Wells, McCayland, Edward Ardis and W. F. Jones. Emerson G. Polk, W. F. Jones and Edward Ardis are the present tailors of the place.

CHAPTER XII. TRADES,

&c. The house and ship-carpentering has been represented by the following named persons : House carpenters were William Beauchamp, William Wheeler, Capt. Benjamin Hall, Henry Beauchamp, Wrixham Burnett, William

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McMaster, James Benson, Henry Coston, Jesse L. Long, William H. C. Long, Littleton Duer, Edgar Duer, Francis Duer, Ralph Ross, John Richards, Jun., Thomas Davis, John Merrill, John Bevans, James Broughton, Edward Davis, Edward Merrill. Edward Ross. Shipcarpenters were Jesse Henderson, Jacob Riggin, John Carsley, Peter Carsley, Frank Whittington, E. James Tull, Henry Tapt- man, Wm. Smith, Samuel Richardson, Silvanus Maddux, James McDaniel, Edward Mills, Thomas Thorington, William H. McDaniel, Jesse Taptman, William Lankford, Alfred Lankford, Christopher Schillinger, William Bonne- well, Alfred Herbert, Alfred Mills, Thomas Jones, John J. Dickinson, Charles Williams, John E. Tull, Joseph L. Hitch, Hargis Hayman, Curtis Tull, James Ford, Thomas Sears, Wm. R. Jones, James Bonnewell, Edward Townsend, Tobe Bonnewell, John Crammer, Albert Henderson, Silas Ellis, William H. Matthews, Harry Whittington, William Cathel, Noah Dutton, Levin Dutton, John J. Deputy, Samuel Gibbons, John O. Fitzgerald, Capt. John Fitz- gerald, Jesse Crockett, Charles Crockett, John Foster, Jr., John Foster, Sr., Julius Henderson, Caleb Dickinson, Walter Hughes and Frank Jones.

In connection with ship-carpentering we have the follow- ing caulkers: James H. Gardner, Isaac Fisher, Henry Henson, Grant Long, William Sturgis and John Somerneld. The blacksmith business has been represented by the following named persons : Joshua Sturgis, Ephraim Town- send, Matthias N. Lindsey, George W. Landing, Major T. and Jerome B. Hall, George Hall, William and John Paradee, Lycurgus Stevenson, Wilmer Mills, Rufns Ste- venson, John Foley, the Messrs. Hayman, Isaac Dennis, John G. Angelo, Alexander Harris and William Banks.

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Pocomoke Crime Reports for the Month of May


ASSAULT
29 May 2010
1 BLOCK WENDY COURT
Distance: 0.55 miles
Identifier: 10-0003525
Time(24h): 21:00
ASSAULT - SECOND DEGREE
Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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THEFT
28 May 2010
500 BLOCK LINDEN AVENUE
Distance: 0.64 miles
Identifier: 10-0003491
Time(24h): 13:19
THEFT LESS THAN $100.00
Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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ASSAULT
26 May 2010
100 BLOCK BRENTWOOD CIRCLE
Distance: 0.73 miles
Identifier: 10-0003451
Time(24h): 15:04
ASSAULT - SECOND DEGREE
Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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ASSAULT
24 May 2010
200 BLOCK BONNEVILLE AVENUE
Distance: 1.06 miles
Identifier: 10-0003425
Time(24h): 20:09
ASSAULT - FIRST DEGREE
Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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THEFT
24 May 2010
300 BLOCK SECOND STREET
Distance: 1.01 miles
Identifier: 10-0003424
Time(24h): 20:05
THEFT $100 - L/T 1,000
Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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THEFT
24 May 2010
NO ADDRESS PROVIDED
Distance: 1.02 miles
Identifier: 10-0003423
Time(24h): 16:53
THEFT: LESS $100VALUE
Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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ASSAULT
23 May 2010
600 BLOCK CEDAR STREET
Distance: 0.81 miles
Identifier: 10-0003385
Time(24h): 00:08
ASSAULT - SECOND DEGREE
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ASSAULT
21 May 2010
1 BLOCK BRADLEY COURT
Distance: 0.6 miles
Identifier: 10-0003341
Time(24h): 12:32
ASSAULT - SECOND DEGREE
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ASSAULT
20 May 2010
EIGHTH & MARKET STREET
Distance: 0.55 miles
Identifier: 10-0003321
Time(24h): 15:04
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Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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ASSAULT
19 May 2010
5TH AND LAUREL STREET
Distance: 0.87 miles
Identifier: 10-0003301
Time(24h): 19:47
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Agency: Pocomoke Poilce
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19 May 2010
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17 May 2010
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16 May 2010
1000 BLOCK CEDAR STREET
Distance: 0.56 miles
Identifier: 10-0003227
Time(24h): 10:57
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Agency: Pocomoke Poilce

VIA:CrimeReports.com

New Recipes


Several new recipes have been submitted to the recipe blog.

If you would like your favorite recipe posted email them to me and I will add them to the list of the great recipes we have.

Check out the newly added recipes HERE , give them a try and write a review on how you liked it.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Mudbogging Time Again............

Three team members of 187 East Coast Performance Bowden Racing Team received trophies during the 2009 Gumboro Mudbog Banquet.


Pro-stock- Barry Wise - 1st place
Pro-stock- Loriann Long - 2nd place
Mini-open- Johnny Edwards - 3rd place

The team will be ready to run through the mud when the season opens today!


The 2010 Mudbog season opens today in Gumboro!



Gates open at 11:00 am ---- Races begin @ 1:00 PM



Price of admission $7.00 -- children under 10 FREE BUT all children MUST be accompanied by an adult.



For more info go to www.gumboromudbog.com


Live Underwater Cam of BP's "Top Kill" Project

Watch the oil spewing from the bottom of the ocean VIA: LIVE UNDERWATER CAM CLICK HERE



Machines are sucking oil off Louisiana's coastal marshes today as Americans spend Memorial Day weekend waiting to see if BP's "top kill" maneuver can tamp oil still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in what's already the country's biggest oil spill in history.

Today is the 40th consecutive day that's seen thousands of barrels of crude oil spewing into the Gulf, after an April 20 explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig severed its drilling column and killed 11 workers.

Click the image to watch the video

After trying several techniques, BP's latest maneuver is the top kill, which involves pumping mud-like drilling fluids into the broken well to counter the pressure of gushing oil. "It's like an arm-wrestling match of two equally strong forces," BP's managing director, Robert Dudley, told reporters on Friday.

As the operation heads into its third day, BP is offering few details except to say that it's "progressing" but that "ultimate success is uncertain." But the company has posted live video of the ongoing operation a mile underwater, and its "spillcam" has become an Internet sensation as scientists and regular Americans alike try to figure out whether the top kill is working.

It'll be Sunday or later before BP knows the answer. Then the blown-out oil well would be sealed with cement. Even once that's done, there's still as many as 29 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico to contend with.

Read the rest of the article HERE

Cambodia's 'Jungle Woman' Flees Back to Wild

(May 29) -- A 29-year-old dubbed the "jungle woman" after emerging from the Cambodian wilderness three years ago naked and unable to speak has now fled back into the wild after struggling to adapt to society.

Rochom P'ngieng first disappeared while herding water buffalo in a remote area in the late 1980s when she was a little girl. In 2007, she emerged from the jungle naked and hunched over like a monkey, scavenging for food. She drew attention by trying to steal food from a village, and was subsequently identified and reunited with her family.

But she's had trouble integrating back into society. She hasn't learned any of the local Cambodian languages, Khmer or Phnang, and prefers to crawl rather than walk. She also refuses to wear clothing and has tried before to escape back into the jungle.

A man named Sal Lou who claims to be her father has told several news agencies that Rochom went missing earlier this week while bathing in a well behind their home in Rattanakiri province, about 960 miles northeast of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

"There is no sign indicating that her disappearance could be foul play. I am sure she went back to the forest," he told The Associated Press by telephone from the jungle where he's been searching for her.

A local police chief, Ma Vichet, told Agence France-Presse that authorities are also scouring the area but so far have found no signs of the woman. "We also believe that she fled back to the jungle," he said.

The jungles of Rattanakiri are some of Cambodia's wildest and most isolated areas, and are known to be home to hill tribes who live undetected in the forest. In November 2004, more than 30 people emerged from the jungle after taking refuge there after the 1979 fall of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, which they had supported.

In this case, Sal Lou said he believed "forest spirits" guided his daughter back to the place where she felt most at home.

"She tried several times before to leave home and live back in the forest but she could not," he told AP. "This time her wish came true."

VIA: AOLNews

Police report: Md. gov's daughter was found unconscious

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The younger daughter of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley was found unconscious near the Inner Harbor on Thursday evening, according to a police report released Friday.

O'Malley's wife, Baltimore District Judge Katie O'Malley, issued a statement Friday saying 18-year-old Tara O'Malley had attended a graduation celebration before she "became ill and received medical treatment." She called it a "teachable moment" and asked that the family's privacy be respected in the matter.

Shaun Adamec, a spokesman for the governor, said Tara, the second oldest of O'Malley's four children, had graduated from Notre Dame Preparatory School on Thursday. He referred The Associated Press to the family's statement, which made no mention of alcohol, when asked if the teen had been drinking.

"As we deal with this family matter and treat it as a teachable moment, we thank the public for respecting our privacy and encourage all parents and teenagers to be safe this graduation season," Judge O'Malley said in her statement.

Baltimore City police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said police do not "officially" know why Tara O'Malley was unconscious, and that "there was no evidence that she was drinking, no alcohol on her person."

He said police could charge people under 21 with a crime if they had evidence they were drinking or if they were acting disorderly.

"This was not one of those situations," Guglielmi said. There is no video of the incident, Guglielmi says, because a camera in the area where the teen was found points in a different direction.

Both Guglielmi and Cpl. Mike Hill, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department, said Friday afternoon that they were not aware of any police investigations into underage drinking parties Thursday. The Baltimore County department covers the area in which Tara O'Malley's school is located.

A Baltimore City fire official who speaks on behalf of city paramedics also said he didn't know whether alcohol was involved. Kevin Cartwright, a Baltimore Fire Department spokesman, said only a doctor can make that determination. Paramedics would only provide the necessary care based on the person's condition and take the person to a medical facility.

According to the police report, the girl was found at about 7:30 p.m. and was taken to Harbor Hospital. Her mother's statement says she returned to her parents' home Thursday night. Katie O'Malley says her daughter is "feeling much better."

VIA: WTOP.com

Can I Get a Push?

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door.

The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance," says the husband, "it is 3:00 in the morning!" He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answers. "Did you help him?" she asks. "No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!"

"Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself! God loves drunk people too."

The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain.

He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?" "Yes," comes back the answer.

"Do you still need a push?" calls out the husband. "Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.



"Over here on the swing set," replied the drunk.

MEXICO IS UPSET ABOUT ARIZONA'S IMMIGRATION LAWS

Mexicans here and in Mexico are rather upset by the recent enactment of stricter anti-illegal alien laws by Arizona's governor.




In light of the following, that position demonstrates the typical double standard used by race-hustlers and assorted something-for-nothings. Read on, and read it to the end.




New Immigration Laws: Read to the bottom or you will miss the message...

1 There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools.

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2. All ballots will be in this nation's language.

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3. All government business will be conducted in our language.

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4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.

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5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office

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6 Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported.

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7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.

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8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.

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9.. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation.

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10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you.

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Too strict?......

The above laws are the current immigration laws of MEXICO !!!

These sound fine to me, NOW, how can we get these laws to be America's immigration laws??

WAKE UP, AMERICA - we are about to lose our country.........

"Boycott Arizona"? Pray for Arizona!!!

We, in Arizona, know you're boycotting us -- but you really should come out here and see
our Beautiful Sonoran Desert.

It's just gorgeous right now! We know you'd love it and maybe you can share what you
saw with the rest of the country so they can love it too!



This is on an 'illegal super - highway' from Mexico to the USA (Tucson) used by human smugglers.
This area is located in a wash, approximately 1.5 miles long, just south of Tucson, Arizona. If a
flood came, all this would be washed to the river and then onto the sea!



It is estimated over 5,000 discarded backpacks are in this wash. Countless water containers,
food wrappers, clothing, feces, including thousands of soiled baby diapers. And as you can
see in this picture, fresh footprints leading right into it.



As we kept walking down the wash, we thought for sure it was going to end, but around
every corner was more and more trash!



And of course the trail leading out of the wash in our city, heads directly NORTH to Tucson,
then leads to your town tomorrow.



They've already come through here. Isn't Arizona just beautiful, America?
Why would you boycott us??? Our desert has basically been turned into a landfill.




The trash left behind by people illegally crossing our border is another Environmental Disaster to hit the USA.
If these actions had been done in one of our Northwest Forests or Seashore National Parks areas,
there would be an uprising of the American people.....but this is the Arizona-Mexican border.

Hat Tip; Mrs M.

Local Hair Salons Collect Hair To Send To Gulf

Here's a way we all can help................


Four area hair salons are joining the nationwide effort to help clean up the Gulf Coast oil spill by donating hair clippings and pantyhose to make booms used to sop up the petroleum. While the salons have a ready supply of hair, they are accepting donations of clean, used nylon stockings its OK if they have runs.

Participating salons are Hair Art Hair and Tanning Salon in Chesapeake Square, Onley; Hair Country in Belle Haven; Visual Changes in Parksley; and Danas Corner Cut in Bloxom. Donations can be brought to any of the salons.
Barbara Adkins, Hair Arts owner, said the idea to participate in the project came from Kelly Scott, a stylist at the salon and since the local salons began collecting hair a week ago each has collected a large trash bag of hair. They plan to ship the hair and hose once a week.

Other than the occasional request from someone wanting to spread hair around his yard to keep deer away, the clippings usually end up in the local landfill. But for now, they will be recycled into booms that will help protect the Gulf Coast in what appears will be a long-running crisis.

www.shoredailynews.com

Update: Pocomoke Murder

POCOMOKE, Md. - Police have arrested an alleged shooter accused of gunning down a man in Pocomoke Wednesday night.

Thirty-six-year-old Alexander Crippen is sitting behind bars in connection to the alleged homicide of Reginald Jerome Handy Jr.



"Crippen was charged with First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, Manslaughter, Use of a Handgun in the Commission of a Crime of Violence and Possession of a Handgun," said Joel Todd, the State's Attorney for Worcester County.

During a press conference Friday afternoon, Todd says Crippen allegedly approached Handy.
"Words were exchanged between Handy and Crippen," said Todd. "Crippen fired a handgun several times at Handy."

Police say the men knew each other, but they aren't sure how.

With the help of eyewitnesses they were able to make an arrest.

"When we spoke with them they were actually able to identify who the shooter was and that's how we were able to identify who Mr. Crippen was and begin actively searching for him," said Detective Corporal Mike Lupiwok, with the Worcester County Sheriff's Office.

Police located and apprehended Crippen around 11:00 Thursday night at the Traveler's Motel in Delmar.

Police also say he was staying there under a different name.


Pocomoke police are encouraging people in the area to attend an open discussion concerning the recent happenings on Saturday, June 12th at 10:00 a.m. at the New Macedonia Baptist Church.

www.wmdt.com

Powerboat Racing In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, Md. - Powerboat racing fans will be able to get a good look at some of the fastest boats on the water on May 30 when the Offshore Powerboat Association kicks off its 2010 season in Ocean City.


The OPA Offshore Grand Prix will kick off Sunday at noon on the beach at 11th Street. Spectators on the Boardwalk will also be able to get a good view of the high-speed action. Eight classes of boats will compete on the 5.8-mile course. Races will range from seven to 12 laps based on class.

For its next races, the OPA will be in Florida June 11-13.

www.wmdt.com

Names Added To "Virginia Wall of Honor"

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Wall of Honor has added 24 names to honor state residents killed in the war on terrorism.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli hosted a ceremony Thursday at the South Portico of the state Capitol in Richmond.

The event recognized the 206 Virginians who have died serving in the war on terrorism. It included a flyover by an F-18 fighter jet, a gun salute and a roll call.

Speakers included state officials, military leaders and Kim Felts, whose husband, Col. Thomas Felts, was the 100th Virginian killed in action during the war on terrorism. The Wall of Honor was dedicated in 2007.

www.wtvr.com

Friday, May 28, 2010

Arrest Made In Pocomoke Murder

POCOMOKE CITY, Md.- Authorities have arrested a suspect wanted for shooting a 22-year-old man to death in Pocomoke City late Wednesday night.

Thirty-six-year-old Alexander Crippen was taken into custody Thursday evening at a hotel in Delmar. He was charged with first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter and possession of a handgun in the commission of a felony. He is being held at the Worcester County Jail. Bail has not yet been set.

Pocomoke City police say that at around 10 p.m. Wednesday, they received calls for shots fired in the area of Laurel and Fifth streets. Upon arrival, officers found Reginald Jerome Handy Jr., of Greenbush, Va., suffering from a gunshot wound.

Handy was transported by ambulance to Peninsula Regional Medical Center. He was pronounced dead on arrival.

According to investigators, the suspect and victim knew each other. Authorities say Crippen shot Handy during a dispute over cigarettes. Witnesses helped police identify Crippen as the suspect.

www.wboc.com

Alleged Va. Child Sex Crimes Spark Investigation


MAPPSVILLE -- The Accomack County Sheriff's Office is investigating the alleged molestation of several children in the Mappsville Trailer Park.

Accomack Sheriff Larry Giddens said his agency received a report of the multiple accounts of child sexual abuse on Wednesday at 9:35 a.m. and launched an investigation.

Further details are being withheld at this time, as investigators are still working the case.

Giddens issued a statement Thursday saying his agency is conducting a "thorough investigation regarding this case."

Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Office at 757-787-1131.

Unpaid Day Off On Friday For Virginia State Workers

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Most Virginia state workers are getting a four-day holiday weekend under a budget-cutting move ordered by former Gov. Timothy Kaine.

Thousands of employees will take an unpaid day off Friday, returning to work on Tuesday after the Memorial Day holiday. Kaine ordered the move last September as part of $1.35 billion in cuts. The furlough is estimated to save $16.9 million.

Virginia's payroll covers about 102,000 people, but not all employees will be off. The unpaid day off won't apply to critical personnel such as police and emergency crews, who have taken staggered furlough days to ensure that services are not disrupted.

According to the National Association of State Personnel Executives, at least 20 states have required employees to take furloughs to help address budget shortfalls.

Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed additional furlough days to erase a $4.4 billion shortfall. So far, no more furloughs have been planned.

Sara Redding Wilson, state personnel director, said unpaid days off are a short-term remedy.

"It gets you cash fast but not necessarily what you need over the long haul," said Wilson, who has led the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management since 1998. "If it continues over the long term, it's no longer a furlough; it's a pay cut."

The furlough is the latest in a series of worker-related actions in an effort to save money. State workers have seen thousands of colleagues laid off and others have gone without pay raises for nearly four years.

"Most state employees are asking why we're shutting down state government for one day," said R. Ronald Jordan, lobbyist for the 18,000-member Virginia Governmental Employees Association. "The logic of one day seems to be more a symbolic move than a fiscal move that state employees appear to be sharing in the pain."

www.delmarvanow.com

Family Billed For Damages After Pet Was Killed By A Car


When Kim Flemming arrived home from work on March 23 and let the dog out, she didn’t know these were the last few moments she would see the family’s beloved yellow Lab alive.

Twelve-year-old Jake loved to roam the area around the Flemmings’ Leslie St. home in Aurora.

“Next thing I knew there was a knock on the door and a gentleman said, ‘Do you have a dog? He’s on the road,’ ” Flemming recalled. “This lady had hit him. I got to the road and he was dying. He died in my arms.”

About two months later, on May 17, Flemming received a bill for $1,732.80 from State Farm Insurance.

The letter, which included five pages of documentation and three pages of photographs, explained that State Farm had received a claim for damages from the driver.

“Our investigation into this matter has found you to be 100-per-cent responsible. As such, we are looking to you for reimbursement,” the letter stated.

The bill included the cost of parts and labour for fixing the bumper, as well as the cost of a rental car.

“We’ve lost part of our family and now we have to reimburse this insurance company? It brought back the grief for us all,” Flemming said.

State Farm interviewed the driver, police and other witnesses, said spokesman John Bordignon, adding that Canadian courts have found that the rules of negligence apply in such cases.


“This is an incredibly unfortunate circumstance, but we’re going by the precedent that we have. We see no negligence on the part of the driver and according to law, we believe the owners were negligent in the sense that they could have made sure their dog wasn’t free on the roadway,” Bordignon said.

“By law, we have a right to pursue our customer’s interest in this matter in terms of the damage to the vehicle.”

State Farm has told the Flemmings it can pursue costs through their homeowner liability insurance, rather than through them personally, Bordignon added.

Asked how a case involving a pet would differ from one involving a pedestrian or cyclist, Bordignon responded: “We look at each case on its individual merits. We have to consider the rights of our customers who incurred damage or injury, but depending on the situation all circumstances are looked at before any decision to subrogate is made.

“There are many instances where we haven’t pursued subrogation when a pedestrian or cyclist is killed in a motor vehicle accident.”

The Flemmings said Jake, who weighed about 70 pounds, was accustomed to roaming the area around the family’s home.

Aurora bylaws require a pet to be on a leash when off the owner’s property.

The family has informed State Farm they do not plan to pay the bill, and are considering their options.

“The whole thing is just macabre. We were deemed 100-per-cent responsible. Isn’t the driver responsible for how they operate their vehicle?” Flemming said.

“I think going to this level is insulting,” Flemming’s daughter, Katherine, said, her voice breaking. “We’ve lost a member of our family but we’re supposed to pay for the damage to her bumper? That’s just wrong.”

www.thestar.com