Pizza Hut Manager Trial To Begin Today

Johnny Strand



ACCOMAC -- The trial of the man charged with the May 2010 murder of popular restaurant manager Johnny Strand will get under way Thursday morning in Accomac.

Fernando Carrillo Sanchez, 24, of Accomac, is charged with second-degree murder. He elected to have the case heard in a bench trial -- meaning a circuit judge will decide the case -- rather than by a jury.

Strand, 49, a well-known community figure, was for years the manager of the Onley Pizza Hut, after having started out as a dishwasher when the restaurant opened in the early 1990s. The restaurant was dedicated in his name in a ceremony held three months after his death.

Testimony at a preliminary hearing in General District court last summer revealed that a relative of Strand found him dead in his Pine Ridge Drive home in Melfa on May 1 when she went to check on him after he failed to pick up her son from his night job at Perdue.

Gladys Church said she and her son drove to Strand's home about 2 a.m. and saw that no lights were on and his SUV was not there.

They went there again in the afternoon after Strand did not answer his phone despite her repeated calls.

Church testified that after using a credit card to gain entrance through the locked door she found Strand lying naked, face-down and covered with blood in his bed.

An investigator for the Accomack County Sheriff's Office testified that Strand had trauma to his head from multiple blows and said there were no signs of forced entry or a struggle at the home.

Fernando Carrillo Sanchez

A blue Little League baseball bat covered in blood was found under the bed where Strand lay.

An autopsy report concluded that Strand died from blunt force trauma to the head and said his body had eight lacerations to the sides and back of the head and two lacerations on his left eyebrow.

Carillo Sanchez, a Guatemalan native who later told officials he never attended school and was sick as a child, was arrested several days after Strand's body was discovered and after the victim's missing vehicle was found in the Dreamland mobile home park on U.S. Route 13 in Accomac where the accused lived.

Carillo Sanchez confessed after being questioned by an investigator with the help of an interpreter.

He said he was forced into sex with Strand, according to Investigator Anthony Bright's testimony at the preliminary hearing.

The accused also claimed Strand hit him with the baseball bat, but Bright said he saw no wounds or bruising on Carillo Sanchez' body.

Commonwealth's Attorney Gary Agar said during a hearing this summer Carillo Sanchez has been evaluated and was "slower than average, but found competent to stand trial."

Source;  http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110914/ESN01/109140341/Trial-to-begin-in-Johnny-Strand-slaying?odyssey=mod  

 
REST IN PEACE, JOHNNY STRAND.

TIME MACHINE Preview ... Community Superstars of Pocomoke's Past; Heading To The Beach In 1865; Dust Cloud Covers Half Of U.S.

Recalling some names of those who contributed to Pocomoke City in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's!

Heading to the beach on the lower Eastern Shore...but there's no Ocean City yet; where's THE place to go?

ACROSS THE USA

It's 1934 and a 1,500-mile long dust cloud darkens half of the nation.

Read more this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!


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'Web Cam 101 For Seniors' Turns Oregon Oldsters Into YouTube Celebrities

A couple from northwestern Oregon who are Internet newbies have found themselves the unwitting subjects of an instant viral video, thanks to a little help from a grandkid.

Bruce Huffman, 86, and his wife, Esther, 79, of the Hillside Retirement Community in McMinnville, recently purchased their first laptop computer –- an aqua colored beauty with a built-in webcam.

Late last month, the couple sat down together and tried to figure out how to make a video with the webcam, something a granddaughter had painstakingly attempted to teach Esther a few days beforehand.

"I was trying to figure out how to do the videos and didn't know the thing was actually running," Esther told The Huffington Post. "All the while, Bruce was kind of amusing himself because he was bored. He was being quite an actor."

The nearly three minute video captures Bruce making funny faces, singing, burping and at one point, during a moment of levity, he got a little flirtatious with his wife. "See how pretty your hair is?" he said. "Just drop your dress a little bit and see your boobies."

Esther, focused on the task at hand, shot down the request. "Come on stop it. No, no, no," she laughed.
When the couple's granddaughter later saw the video, she titled it "Web Cam 101 for Seniors" and uploaded it on YouTube.



"I did not know anything about YouTube, but apparently, it is spreading like wildfire," Esther said.
While the accidental celebrities are surprised by the amount of attention the video is garnering, they said they are happy that people are enjoying it.

"We certainly didn't plan it, but there is so much bad news out there. We are glad we could put something fun out there. We like to have a good time and if it makes people laugh, that's ok," Esther said.
There is, however, one thing she would change going back.

"I wouldn't have looked that way," she said. "I guess I have to quit chewing gum. I look like a cow chewing gum so quickly."

While their candid video is endearing the modest couple to the World Wide Web, they have no immediate plans of making another video.

"We're still trying to figure out how to work it," Bruce said. "But we're having fun trying."

VIA: AOLNews

Rogers Enters Race For Accomack County Sheriff

David A. Rogers, Sr.

ACCOMAC -- David A. Rogers Sr., 36, of Belle Haven, has entered the race for Accomack County Sheriff in the November election.

Rogers was a lieutenant with the Sheriff's Office when he resigned July 18 to enter the campaign.

Rogers' career with the department started in March 2003 as a correctional officer. He worked hard, receiving several promotions before attaining the rank of lieutenant of the patrol division.

Rogers was raised in Painter by his mother Mary Onley, the artist Mama Girl, and stepfather Donald.

They worked the fields of the Shore for Duer Produce in Painter.

Rogers stated the fieldwork humbled him and gave him a strong work ethic.

Rogers graduated from Nandua High School in 1993. He joined the U.S. Army and served his tour in Germany before being honorably discharged.

Rogers worked for Bundick Well & Pump for eight years. While there, he also traveled with his mother. He also worked as a driver for Davis Disposal in Painter.

Rogers states he has put a lot of thought into being sheriff. He has watched very closely the affairs of the department and will implement changes.

Rogers said his faith in God is a significant part of his life.

"Strong leaders are those with strong religious convictions and that's what I have," he said.

Rogers stated he wants the citizens to know that the Sheriff's Department belongs to them and that active participation in it will greatly increase the department's success rate.

Rogers wants a deputy assigned to Tangier two weeks a month if housing is located, and a partnership with Eastern Shore Community College for training.

Rogers lives with his wife Kenya and their two children. A third is in college.

Source;   http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110914/ESN01/109140342/David-Rogers-announces-for-county-sheriff-s-seat?odyssey=mod

Shore Beef and BBQ ~ Wednesday

SHORE BEEF AND BBQ

WEDNESDAY SPECIAL

Beef Brisket Sandwich/side

Drink   ~ $7.50

Have lunch AND dinner from

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New Hours Coming Soon

FBI Helping Search For Stolen Gas Tanker

(AP)A tanker truck containing more than 3,000 gallons of gasoline was stolen, according to the Kent County, Md., Sheriff’s Office.

The 10-wheel truck bearing an Alger Oil logo on the tank was stolen from Commerce Lane in Worton late Monday or early Tuesday. The truck has Maryland license plates: 310E03.

Alger services the upper Eastern Shore and Harford County in Maryland, northern Delaware and southern Pennsylvania, and officials said the delivery trucks aren't usually seen outside the areas they serve.

The FBI has been alerted and is assisting with the search for the tanker, Sgt. Glenn Owens said. Nothing about the investigation points to terrorism, but in light of a possible terror threat linked to the 9/11 anniversary and the proximity to Washington, they are taking precautions.

Source:  http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/FBI-Helping-Search-for-Stolen-Gas-Tanker-129771553.html

OCPD Narcotics Detectives And Wor. County CET Shut Down Drug Ring

A few weeks ago Worcester County Sheriff Reggie Mason spoke with numerous sheriff's within the county and state lines and pledged that they would all give "110 percent" to ridding the abundance of drugs in all of our communities. 

This time they didn't have to cross a county line OR a state line...... they just entered the city. 

GREAT JOB - GREAT TEAM WORK!!

Ocean City Police in cooperation with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Criminal Enforcement Team have for the past two weeks been arresting indicted suspects in connection with the illegal distribution of drugs in south Ocean City.

The investigation into the illegal activity began last December and over the past eight months detectives have made an estimated 40 hand-to-hand drug deals in OC, from 20 different suspects.

The drugs purchased include:  crack, powder cocaine, heroin, PCP, marijuana, ecstasy, oxycodone, buprenorphine, suboxone patches and clonazepam.

As a result of the investigation, police obtained grand jury indictments for the suspects charging them with 62 criminal charges.

As of today, 19 of the suspects have been arrested and police say they hope to arrest the last person shortly.
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OCPD OBTAINS 20 GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS FOR 20 SUSPECTS

In December 2010, Ocean City Police Narcotics Unit members conducted an investigation into to the illegal distribution of drugs primarily on the south end of Ocean City. 

Narcotics detectives worked in conjunction with OCPD patrol officers who had been aggressively enforcing illegal drug activity in this area for several months.  Because of the initial information obtained by patrol officers, narcotics detectives made numerous contacts with area residents, which led them to persons believed to be selling drugs.  Undercover detectives were able to make several undercover purchases of illegal drugs from various dealers. 

Over the last eight months detectives made almost 40 hand-to-hand drug deals in Ocean City and the surrounding area, from 20 different suspects.  The drugs purchased were: crack, powder cocaine, heroin, PCP, marijuana, Ecstasy, Oxycodone, Buprenorphine, Suboxone patches, and Clonazepam.

On August 23 of this year, as a result of this investigation, OCPD narcotics  detectives obtained grand jury indictments for 20  suspects. There were 62 criminal charges in this case. The charges included CDS Distribution, Conspiracy to Distribute CDS, Possession of CDS, and Distribution of CDS in a Drug Free School Zone.

Beginning August 31 OCPD Narcotics and General Assignment detectives as well as Worcester County Sheriff’s Criminal Enforcement Team (CET) began arresting the indicted suspects. A total of 19 arrests were made during the operation.  OCPD expects to have the remaining person in custody shortly. 

The Circuit Court preset bonds on the indicted suspects ranged from $25,000 – $200,000.

Source; http://www.wgmd.com/?p=34769

Southbound Lanes CLOSED

CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL  - Southbound lanes at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel are closed.

Police are inspecting the span after a barge hit the bridge around 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Traffic is alternating (northbound and southbound) in the northbound lanes.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Police did not have a time for when the 3-mile chunk of southbound 13 would reopen.

No injuries were reported

Source;  http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/barge-hits-bridge-at-cbbt

Local Woman Says Lies Were Posted About Her On Facebook Site

Written by

Carol Vaughn ~Staff Writer

ACCOMAC -- A local woman is incensed about rumors being spread about her love life on the social networking site Facebook's page called "Accomac Cheaters."

She is worried her young children may someday see the postings on the Internet, where information -- and misinformation -- sometimes remains accessible for a very long time, even after its creators think they have deleted it.

"In five years my son may come across this," she said, adding, "You work your whole life for your character -- that's all you have."

The woman consulted an attorney within hours of being made aware of a disparaging, expletive-laden posting about her on the page, Accomac Cheaters.

Now she is considering filing a civil lawsuit against the page's creator and is inviting others who consider themselves victims of attacks on the site and similar sites, and who may want to be added as parties to a civil lawsuit, to email her at esvafacebookvictims@gmail. com.

Because it is sometimes difficult to ascertain who developed a page on Facebook, the woman even paid $50 to an online locator service to find out the creator's IP address -- the unique numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

"This is just people that are targeting people. It should be prosecuted for the language alone," she said.

There are actually several Facebook pages dedicated, at least ostensibly, to outing cheating Eastern Shore of Virginia spouses and significant others.

And for better or worse -- just like the broken marriage vows the sites claim to expose -- the pages are popular, although rife with language that would make a sailor blush.

Easternshore Cheaters currently has 94 friends, while Exmore Cheaters has 802 friends, Accomac Cheaters has 1,059 friends and a page called Eastern Shore VA Cheaters has 1,061 "likes" but no postings in the past month or so.

The woman said she has sent five reports to Facebook about why the site where she was mentioned should be shut down, but has not yet heard back.

A statement of rights and responsibilities on the site says Facebook's operators "do our best to keep Facebook safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following:"

Among the points that follow is this: "You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user," along with the next point, which states, "You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic images."

A little further down is this: "You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory."

The offended woman, whose name is being withheld by the News, also has an email address for people who have posted on the sites and now want to come forward with identifying information about the account holders. That address is esvafacebook info@yahoo.com.

Source;   http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110910/ESN01/109100303/Local-woman-claims-wrongdoing-by-Facebook-site-trying-to-expose-it?odyssey=mod

Accomack County Landfills Waive Tipping Fees

 Accomack County landfills will be waiving tipping fees for storm debris through Sept. 17.

Haulers will be required to provide the name and 911 address of the location where the debris originated.

TWO GREAT EVENTS - ONE ALL DAY ADMISSION PRICE

FALL ATV JAMBOREE

AND

DEMOLITION DERBY

Saturday, September 17, 2011

at

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Admission:  $7.00

FOR BOTH EVENTS

ATV Registration ~ 9:00  am

Event Begins        ~ 10:00 am

For more information:

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Demolition Derby Registration ~  2:00 pm

Event Begins                           ~  4:00 pm

For more information:  http://www.thegreatpocomokefair.org/dderby.html

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Body Of Woman Found Is Alice Davis

Alice Davis

WMDT 47 News - Maryland State Police say they have been notified that the body found in Somerset County Sunday is that of missing Wicomico County teacher, Alice Davis.


The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, confirmed her identification through dental records. A cause of death has not yet been determined, however officials say there is trauma to the body and that further forensic examinations and tests are being conducted.


Her body was found in the woods Sunday, about a quarter-mile from Loretto Road in Princess Anne. This is on the property of the House of Jacob Church and police say the church goers were in the area and unexpectedly spotted it and called 911


Davis was an English teacher at Parkside High School, where she has worked since 1983. She was reported missing on September 4. Last Wednesday the prime suspect in her disappearance, her husband, Jess Davis took his own life.


The investigation is ongoing.

Source;  http://www.wmdt.com/story/15444999/breaking-news-body-identified-as-alice-davis

Mysterious Gray Blobs Left Behind By Hurricane Irene

If you've spent alot of time on the local beach and have been paying attention to what is on the sand - or maybe even floating in the water- you have seen these.  I've seen them in the past up and down the beach after a hurricane or nor'easter.  The objects that don't find their way back out into the ocean dry on the beach and when dry become stone-like..  In fact, if I searched long enough through shells and stones gathered long ago by my now adult children I'm sure I could find some. 

Depends on where your mind is at the time if you think they look like human body waste and smell like it too.  Most people that have been doing the "beach thing" for many years think they look like something natural that washed in from the ocean and they smell like marsh.

If you want to think they smell like p***, go ahead. 

Most of Hurricane Irene’s impacts—heavy rain, high winds, downed trees, coastal erosion, and storm-tide flooding—are all too familiar to the storm-weary residents of Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern seaboard.

But based on post-storm queries to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, one impact remains a mystery—what are all those “gray blobs” floating atop waterways and strewn along beaches?

Blob reports and queries have been streaming into VIMS since Irene passed by on the last weekend of August. The blobs—encountered by boaters and beachgoers in Hampton Roads, Mobjack Bay, the Poquoson River, the York River, and as far away as Long Island—have been described as being of “various sizes,” with the smallest “around the size of a baseball.” Reports of their texture range from “kind of rubbery or leathery” to “kind of soft.” They’ve also been described as “ash gray” and “foul smelling." Cathy Hopkins of Hampton reports that they're "pretty gross.”

Theories about what the objects might be are as numerous as the incoming reports: Old crab floats? Sewage? Tar balls? Ambergris from whales? Sea turtles?

VIMS professor Emmett Duffy has a simpler explanation. “They’re potato sponges” says Duffy, a self-professed “friend of the sponges” who is renowned in marine science circles for his discovery of complex, cooperative societies among sponge-dwelling Caribbean shrimp.

Duffy explains that like other sponges, potato sponges make a living by filtering microscopic food from seawater. They draw the water into and through channels in their porous bodies by the beating of countless tiny hairs (flagella) on their cells.

Potato sponges, which comprise a diverse group within the genus Craniella, are normally inconspicuous animals (yes, they are animals) that inhabit shallow coastal habitats around the world, growing to about the size of a soccer ball. They look like, well, potatoes and attach to the seafloor with a network of protein fibers and glassy, needle-like “spicules” that form something like an anchor.

But when weather conditions cause large waves and strong currents to scour the seafloor, they can dislodge large numbers of these sponges, freeing them to float to the surface and wash ashore. Clogged with storm debris and no longer able to filter feed, the sponges die. Then they start to smell as decay and bacteria move in to consume the carbohydrates and collagen that form their body.

Potato sponges are not poisonous—Dr. Duffy even found a recipe for potato sponge cake on the Food Network (but it turned out to require regular potatoes). Nevertheless, VIMS scientists caution area residents to avoid touching them as a precaution, as their glassy spicules can irritate the skin and eyes.

Source;  http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/irene_blobs.php

Great Pocomoke Fair- 2011 Winners...........

It takes many volunteers to make any fair a great one.  Pocomoke should be so very proud of what the  fair committee and volunteers of the Great Pocomoke Fair have accomplished! 

If you have a rose garden, a flower garden keep the Great Pocomoke Fair in mind for next year and be sure to enter!  You don't have to be a professional photographer to enter either! 

There's a whole list of items you can enter.......  Just like these winners below did.

Great Pocomoke Fair

2011 Champion and Reserve Champion WinnersAdults:

Katherine Allen – Mardela Springs
Champion: Apple Pie
Dried Flower Arrangement
Reserve Champion: Pound Cake
Peach Pie
Silk Flower ArrangementVivian Calder – Mardela Springs
Reserve Champion: Cut Flowers, OtherDean Ennis – Pocomoke
Champion: Ducks
Reserve Champion DucksMark Frostrom, Jr. – Pocomoke
Champion: Poultry
Reserve Champion: PoultryAlan Gravenor – Salisbury
Champion: Shaped candy
Three Jars of Fruit
Plain Rolls
Reserve Champion: Green Beans
Bar Cookies
Drop CookiesCharity Martin – Willards
Champion: Color photo – Flower/plantThomas Morton – Parsonsburg
Champion: Garden Display
Reserve Champion: Bell PeppersKathy Payne – Pocomoke
Reserve Champion: Candy, otherLinda Redmond – Temperanceville, VA
Champion Sewing, Casual Dress
Miscellaneous Craft
Reserve Champion: Sewing, Child’s Play outfitJetta Reynolds – Princess Anne
Champion: Scrapbook, individualKathe Selph – Salisbury
Champion: Cake, other
Cut Flowers, Salvia
Reserve Champion: Yeast bread, otherBarry Ward – Pocomoke
Reserve Champion: Color photo – Landscape

* * * * *

Seniors (Youth 14-18 years old):
Sarah Dorey – Salisbury
Champion: Cut flower – Aster or Daisy
Sour/Dill Pickles
Sewing – skirtShelby Ennis – Pocomoke
Champion: Cake, other
Reserve Champion: Miscellaneous craftNathaniel Fleming – Pocomoke
Champion: Garden Display
Reserve Champion: Cut flowers – other perennialSara Fluhart – Pungoteague, VA
Champion: Color photo – BuildingWesley Myer – Pittsville
Champion: Meat Goat
Reserve Champion: Meat GoatAdam Phillips – Delmar
Champion: Dairy Goat
Netherlands Dwarf Rabbit
Reserve Champion: Dairy Goat
Chinchilla rabbitCody Pusey – Snow Hill
Reserve Champion: WatermelonCourtney Scott – Pocomoke
Champion: Hanging silk flower arrangement
Muffins, miscellaneous
Cookies, other
Shaped candy
Reserve Champion: Layer Cake
Vegetable or Vegetable & Nut Bread
Color photo – Landscape
Peanut butter fudge* * * * *Junior (Youth 8-13 years old):
Kacie Ball – Salisbury
Champion: Poultry, any other purebred large
Reserve Champion: Netherland Dwarf rabbit　Kelley Bundick – Pocomoke
Champion: Color photo – miscellaneous
Cookies, other
Reserve Champion: Color photo – landscapeBradley Dorey – Salisbury
Reserve Champion: Bread & Butter Pickles
Rock or Shell craftBrent Ennis – Pocomoke
Champion: Cut flower – Aster or Daisy
Onions, red
Reserve Champion: Cut flower – ZinniaWilliam Evans, III – Townsend, DE
Champion: Poultry
Reserve Champion: PoultrySophie Fleming – Pocomoke
Champion: Pecan PieMichelle Growden – Parksley, VA
Champion: Cake, otherCaleb Humphrey – Oak Hall, VA
Champion: Peanut butter fudge
Reserve Champion: Drop cookiesJake Mitchell – Townsend, DE
Reserve Champion Poultry
Poultry, single comb bantamCole Olson – Pocomoke
Champion: Swine
Reserve Champion: Swine (2)Lura Ring – Westover
Champion: Dairy Cattle
Sheep
SwineNate Robinson – Mardela Springs
Reserve Champion: Butternut SquashHannah Webster – Princess Anne
Champion: Pickled Beets
Miscellaneous craft* * * * *Child (under 8 years old):
Logan Frostrom – Pocomoke
Champion: Poultry, Rose comb bantamMark Frostrom, III – Pocomoke
Champion: Poultry, Old English bantamCassie Knight – Pocomoke
Champion: Cut flower – Vinca
Crossbred doe rabbitJayson Ring – Westover
Reserve Champion: Dairy cattle
Market lamb

http://www.thegreatpocomokefair.org/

"Good Neighbor Day" Held At Enchanted Florist

Things have really been happening in downtown Pocomoke!

Last week the Enchanted Florist on Market Street downtown held a "Good Neighbor Day" with all donations going to the Pocomok City Samaritan Shelter. (They also gave away free roses).

Here is what they collected!

136 packaged food items, paper towels, toilet paper, plates, cups, and several cash donations!

GREAT JOB!!!

So many seem to forget that the Samaritan Shelter is even there.......

I'm sure those at Enchanted Florist  won't turn any donations away........you might not get the free rose but your donation, large or small, will go towards a very worthy cause.

News From The Great Pocomoke Fair

Here is some data I received concerning The Great Pocomoke Fair.  I had NO idea there could possibly be so many entries.  And maybe once and for all this will put a lid on alot questions people have had concerning the change of dates for the fair. 


Please consider being a volunteer next year.

　

Great Pocomoke Fair

2011 Champion & Reserve Champion Winners

Narrative

The Great Pocomoke Fair is an open Fair, not a 4-H Fair. Therefore, we accept entries from the surrounding counties and states. We had entries from all three states making up the Delmarva Peninsula.

This year there were 76 participants (up from 64 in 2010) who submitted 829 entries (up from 680 in 2010) for competition. There were 38 adult participants, 14 Seniors (ages 14-18), 19 Juniors (ages 8-13), 4 Children (under 8 years old) and 1 handicapped participant.

Almost 700 entries were displayed in the grandstand building – 650 were reviewed by 6 judges on Thursday, tallied, and ribbons added by Fair opening at 5 p.m. The 49 cakes and pies that were submitted Thursday afternoon were judged Thursday evening (2 judges). There were 59 cut flower entries, 173 vegetable entries, and 155 preserving (canned goods) entries. In addition there were 77 small animals (chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits) and 54 livestock (calves, goats, sheep, swine) entries. This year animal judging occurred on Thursday evening, Friday evening, and Saturday – 131 entries reviewed by 3 judges. All of the judges for the grandstand exhibits and those tallying the entries and placing the ribbons are volunteers.

For 2011, the Great Pocomoke Fair will pay $5,944 in premiums. We will receive $1,300 from our grant from the Maryland Agricultural Fair Board. The balance we have to raise on our own. The premium checks must be issued before we can apply for our State grant.

Our kitchen made $2,066.00 and we raised $351.00 on selling the cakes and pies for a total of $2,417.00 in food sales. Someone asked a committee member why we had the food vendors instead of doing it all ourselves. Two reasons: the food vendors are all non-profits – most from the Pocomoke community and they depend on events like the Fair to raise funds for their projects – we are trying to support the Pocomoke community. #2 – VOLUNTEERS and SUMMER HEAT – we don’t have enough volunteers to prepare that much food and that kitchen is very hot in July and August – the grandstand building is not air-conditioned.

Some people thought we were crazy to change the Fair dates after 20 years. However in 2010 when we opened, Somerset schools had been open 4 days and Wicomico and Worcester were preparing to open on Monday. Somerset students were doing homework – not baking cookies and finishing craft project for the Fair. For 2011, we moved away from the opening of schools. That also meant that flowers were still blooming and vegetables were still growing and it was noticeable in the grandstand. In addition, by moving the Fair dates, at least for this year - we were not faced with an unwelcome attendee – Hurricane Irene.

By altering our entry and judging times for the livestock, for the first time our barn was full – 131 entries in all - a lot of work for Norman Ennis and his volunteers setting up the pens but a wonderful sight for the Fair committee.

The Fair dates for 2012 have been set at August 2-4, 2012. We are reviewing the schedule and discussing further modifications for 2012.

Suggestions and volunteers are welcome.

Look for the Great Pocomoke Fair on Facebook

 

Pocomoke City Mayor & Council Meeting Tonight

AGENDA

POCOMOKE CITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

7:30 P.M., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

CITY HALL

1.                  Call to Order, Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance.

2.                  Review and approval of minutes from meeting of August 8, 2011.

3.                  Review and approval of bills to be paid.

4.                  Introduction of new police officer, Lynell Green.

5.              Police Chief J. D. Ervin and CALEA Coordinator Shawna Gamino to present official certificate from CALEA renewing the Pocomoke Police Department’s status as a “Recognized CALEA Agency”.

6.                  Representatives of Pocomoke City Chamber of Commerce to present plaques thanking several City Departments for their assistance during the 2011 Cypress Festival.

7.                  Authorize Mayor Morrison to appoint the Law Office of William C Hudson as the City’s legal advisor in accordance with Section C-66 of the City Charter.

8.                  City Manager and representatives from Becker Morgan Group to present summary of bids received for renovation to building at 1500 Market Street for new Police Department offices. (Bid opening 11:00 AM, 9/12/11).

9.                  City Manager to present memo recommending that certain delinquent business taxes be written off.

10.              Discuss letter from Landmark Insurance Company concerning Worker’s Comp. Insurance.

11.              Discuss vacancies on various Boards and Commissions.

Comments from the Audience

Mayor and Council items.

Adjourn.

AGENDAS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL THE TIME OF CONVENING.

TIME MACHINE ... Clock Times Vary On Shore; Local Travel By Stage And Early Rail; Red Sox Players Help After Delmarva Train Wreck; CD's Coming?

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Every week the TIME MACHINE recalls happenings of times past.

Today and everyday September 11, 2001 remains in our thoughts.
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August, 1947

While much of Maryland wasn't returning to Eastern Standard Time until September 29th, Pocomoke City had voted to return to "slow time" at midnight Monday, September 1st. Snow Hill and Berlin were expected to do the same based on an agreement by the mayors of the three towns to stick together on the time change. Salisbury was going to make the change early Tuesday, September 2nd so as to keep an extra hour for the Labor Day weekend, while Ocean City was expected to remain on Daylight Savings Time until September 29th.

Footnote: For many years the state of Virginia remained on Eastern Standard Time all year. In the 1960's when I was living in Pocomoke City and working in Virginia, I'd leave home at 6A.M. and arrive at work at 530A.M! However, when I left work for the 30-minute drive home the time in Pocomoke City would be an hour and a half later when I arrived back.


July, 1856

If you were living on the Eastern Shore in the mid 1850's and wanted to go to Philadelphia here's a connection route according to information in the July 4,1856 edition of the Delaware State Reporter in Dover: The Sea Steamer St. Nicholas leaves Lewes, Del., for Philadelphia every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5AM. There's a stage route to Lewes from Cherry Stone, Va., via Drummondtown, Horntown, Snow Hill, Berlin, and Millsboro. There's also a stage route from Princess Anne via Salisbury, Laurel ,and Georgetown. For returning from Philadelphia, the steamer leaves the Arch Street Wharf on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7AM.


August, 1884

Opposition by property owners to the construction of The New York, Philadelphia, And Norfolk Railroad near Temperanceville came to a head after several cattle were stuck and killed by a construction engine. As reported by The New York Times: "...a gang of men went to work and tore up several lengths of track near Temperanceville. The next time the construction train came along it ran into the break and was hurled down a deep cut, and the fireman and engineer were so badly injured that their recovery is improbable. The excitement over the event is intense. No arrests were made."


November, 1884

A railroad route from Delmar, Md. to Cape Charles, Va., was put into service by The New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk Railroad. The line was to travel though Salisbury, Fruitland, Eden, Leretto, Princess Anne, King's Creek, Adelia, Pocomoke, New Church, Hallston, Matompkin, Accomac, Pungoteague, Belle Haven, Bird's Nest, and Eastville. At Cape Charles passengers were to be transferred to fast mail steamers and ferried over to Norfolk where rail connections to other locations could be made. A new steamer under construction would carry rail cars and was planned to be in service in March.


March, 1888

A Pocomoke City man, Mr. Lloyd Wilkinson, won a $72 law suit against the New York, Philadelphia Railroad for illness he attributed to riding in a rail car from Salisbury to Pocomoke without fire in the car. The case was heard in Pocomoke City by Justice Robinson.



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Thanks to former Pocomoke resident M.W. of Columbia, Md. for contributing the following item this week:

The newest issue of the Keystone - the magazine of the Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society - has an interesting article about another Eastern Shore train wreck. At about 3:15 in the morning on April 2, 1933, the Northbound Cavalier passenger express derailed in Wyoming Delaware - just south of Dover - killing the engineer and fireman, injuring numerous passengers, and destroying much of the Wyoming Ice and Cold Storage Plant. What makes the story interesting is that the Boston Red Sox baseball team occupied the back 3 Pullman cars of the train. They had played a spring training exhibition game in Norfolk, and were on their way north to Newark for another exhibition game. So they had boarded the train in Norfolk, which was then floated across the train car ferry to Cape Charles, and then North through Delmarva with brief layover in Delmar where the train changed crews. Article gives lots of details about the investigation and determination of cause of crash etc. The Red Sox team players were not injured, but got off the train and helped other passengers and received a lot of praise. The team trainer provided first aid until police and ambulance crews arrived. Just another interesting bit of shore history.



ACROSS THE USA

January, 1981

(The Daily Herold- Chicago)

(Excerpts)

Disc system to give ultimate in sound

Before this year ends, we finally will "hear" the end of the phonograph record as Thomas Edison invented it more than a century ago.

Digital technology could reach the American market place by next Christmas in the form of the first commercially available audio disc and playback system.

The developer of the new disc is Phillips, the Netherlands conglomerate that invented the compact tape cassette in the early 1960's. More than a year ago, Phillips unveiled the Compact Disc, a 4 1/2 inch record designed to be read by laser. Within the past year a prototype player for the disc has been developed through the joint efforts of Phillips and Sony Corp. of Japan.

The Compact Disc offers the best of both the cassette and LP record worlds plus sound quality the likes of which we have never heard in the home. It is also in a format small enough for use in automobiles, boats, and hand-carried portable players.

There is no stylus contacting a groove, so there is no wear, meaning the new discs will last indefinitely.

Word from last fall's Japan Audio Fair, where the Sony proto-type disc player was demonstrated, was that the price of the playback equipment can be kept in the $400 to $500 range.


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"County Watch For Safer Communities " To Be Launched By Wo. Co. Sheriff's Department

SNOW HILL -- The Worcester County Sheriff’s Department and county employees are teaming up to keep a closer eye out for criminal activity and missing persons.

County Watch for Safer Communities (CWSC) is a collaborative effort between the Worcester County Sheriff’s Department, Board of Education, Public Works and State’s Attorney’s Office three years in the making. Beginning under former Sheriff Charles Martin and continued by current Sheriff Reggie Mason, CWSC is meant to be an umbrella program linking all departments involved together.

“It’s going to mean so much to law enforcement,” said Mason.

Under CWSC, county employees who often cruise the roads are asked to “observe and report” suspicious activity to their dispatchers, who will then contact the police. Mason explained that it will serve as an additional network of contacts beyond what officers in the field are capable of tracking. Between Public Works vehicles and school transportation units, the sheriff’s office estimates that the county might have 200 vehicles on the road on any given day.

“It’s more eyes out there,” Mason said. “It’s going to be a great safety feature for the county.”

The main focus of CWSC will be to quickly spread word throughout the county for missing people alerts. Amber alerts, which are issued for missing children, and Silver alerts, which are issued for missing, vulnerable adults, are the two most common. All information relating to the alerts, including descriptions of the missing person, information on any possible suspects and vehicles, will be broadcast to county employees. Those employees are then asked to keep an eye out, and to contact their dispatcher if they spot anything of notice.

However, Mason stressed that observation is all an employee should attempt to do if criminal activity is witnessed.

“They’re not to take action,” he said, “just to call.”

When Martin conceived the idea for what amounts to a professional, extended neighborhood watch for Worcester, the concept was well received, but ran into technical issues, according to Mason.

“It was something that never got completed,” he said.

However, Mason was unwilling to let the program drop, and together with partners throughout the county, took up where the past administration had left off.

“For the last eight months, I’ve pushed forward with it,” he said. “We’ve worked the issues out.”

Before joining CWSC, employees will be trained in recording broadcasts and reminded that they are neither required nor encouraged to place themselves “in harms’ way”.
Source; http://www.mdcoastdispatch.com/articles/2011/09/09/Top-Stories/Worcester-To-Launch-New-Watch-Program

God Bless America.

This is the face of America's future.  It has no knowledge of what occurred on September 11th.  Nor does this face know the true meaning to the terror that we experienced ten years ago. 

Their lives are filled with days of make believe and the more simple things about life.  The arms that hold them close when they are frightened are the only protection they need right now ~ there should be no other "world" outside the one they exist in today.

And as they grow it is left to us to gradually teach them what terrorism is and  the significance of  September 11. 

As adults it is our duty to grow them into good strong adult American citizens so that if ever they should have to live in fear, as America did on this day, they may not be as afraid, and will take action to protect America and her people....once again.

~~~

"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be
 reduced by it." Maya Angelou