Legislative Updates By Delegate Mike McDermott

Apr. 1st, 2012

Field Notes

Observations and Reflections on Legislative Activities

By Delegate Michael A. McDermott

Week 12 March 26-30 , 2012
Monday Afternoon Regular Session:Third Reader Bills
These bills had some opposition:HB-443 creates the Health Care Exchange in support of Obamacare. It seems the democrats missed the news on the Supreme Court hearing this case and are happy to rush forward with legislation so we can be “first”. A real waste of effort and tax dollars.HB-1006  gives collective bargaining to all Baltimore City school employees. This was pretty much a party line vote.
Hunting License Increase-Shot Down on the Floor: HB-1419 was a rare victory snatched from the floor. The bill would have doubled Hunting License fees. Strategic questioning of the Floor Leader on the bill led to the opening of many eyes in the House on the democratic side. Following a hearty debate, the bill was defeated on a 62-69 vote. This will keep the cost of a license at $24.50. I must say, it felt pretty good to lead the charge and defeat a bad bill…as rare as it may be.

Monday Evening Regular Session:Third Reader Bills

Tuesday Morning Regular Session:First Reader Senate Bills, Messages from the Senate
Cross Filed Senate Bills Heard on Tuesday:
The following bills were heard (listed with their previously heard cross filed House Bill):SB-41 (HB-212), SB-59 (HB-117), SB-131 (HB-115), SB-374 (HB-251), SB-421 (HB-875), SB-439 (HB-379), SB-535 (HB-1029), SB-588 (HB-739).SB-70 has no cross file in the House. This bill seeks to codify the hearing process pertaining to guardianships and would require a hearing with the child who is the subject of the guardianship. SB-141 would repeal certain provisions concerning the reporting of information to the criminal justice system.

Wednesday Morning Regular Session:First Reader Senate Bills, Messages from the Senate
 Cross Filed Senate Bills Heard on Wednesday:
The following bills were heard)listed with their previously heard cross filed House Bill):SB-18 (HB-252), SB-170 (HB-524), SB-198 (HB-161), SB-514 (HB-396), SB-521 (HB-604), SB-640 (HB-715), SB-650 (HB-631), SB-673 (HB-926), SB-691 (HB-670)SB-245 would allow for the transference of a juvenile in custody to another treatment facility based upon a decision by the Dept. of Juvenile Justice. It provides, by amendment, the opportunity for judicial review and assignment. SB-247 addresses juvenile records and would seek to allow for additional sharing of criminal-detention information with other states which enter into a Memorandum of Understanding.
Maryland currently only has this agreement with Virginia and the District of Columbia.SB-16 is a similar to HB-353 concerning Jury Service and time off allocated by an employer. This is not a business friendly bill.

Thursday Morning Regular Session:Second Reader, Third Reader
On Second Reader was HB-411 which is the O’Malley-Brown Off-Shore Wind Bill. The bill has been amended several times and the dollar demands on consumers have been lowered (but will rise with inflation). In fact, the industry folks say that it is financially improbable that a company would be willing to enter into an agreement with Maryland under these terms. The fact is, without significant government and ratepayer subsidies, Off Shore Big Wind is too costly. If you consider wind produced kilowatts coming in at .24 cents and natural gas generation at .07 cents, this is not rocket science. On the floor, I argued that we should join with Virginia and their announced project to allow Dominion Energy to build one such tower three miles off the coast of Cape Charles and a monitoring station so they can determine if the technology will produce the results needed to make it a viable option. They put a three year moratorium on natural gas drilling that would net billions, yet they rush forward on an unproven technology that would bind our people to higher utility rates in the future. In a word, unbelievable! The Governor wants a “green” shingle to hang on his national resume, and, as ridiculous as it may be, the democrats in the General Assembly will deliver.
Cross Filed Senate Bills Heard on Thursday:SB-175 (HB-8), SB-283 (HB-1022), SB-353 (HB-318), SB-396 (HB-822), SB-453 (HB-707), SB-496 (HB-480), SB-512 (HB-1310), SB-562 (HB-614), SB-565 (HB-942), SB-612 (HB-1074), SB-647 (HB-1146), SB-711 (HB-774), SB-797 (1042), SB-856 (HB-762)
We also had our initial review of HB-15, the Medical Marijuana Bill. This one was assigned to Health and Government Operations as the primary committee, but we are reviewing it as well. The bill seeks to allow folks who provide marijuana to a person who has a medicinal need for the drug to be classified as “Care Providers” and would give them certain protection from prosecution. I think this is a terrible idea and the bill has so many holes in it legally, I do not think it can be repaired. The big problem in the General Assembly is that we have some who want to legalize marijuana or, at least, decriminalize possession, yet they use medical marijuana for cover to try and relax laws. Well, if they want the debate on legalization, let’s have it…but let’s stop trying to come in the back door behind this ruse of medicinal marijuana. I do not want Maryland to look like California when it comes to marijuana. We already look like them when it comes to taxes and environmental laws. We did not vote on the bill, but I doubt it receives a favorable report from Judiciary next week.

Friday Morning Regular Session:Second Reader, Third Reader House and Senate Bills
HB-441 is the Off-Shore Wind Bill. The bill is fraught with cost issues that could and would eventually be passed onto ratepayers and taxpayers. The bill makes provisions for union hiring and would eliminate non-union folks from being able to work on this project. In the end, it is government picking the winners and losers. On one hand, we fight against drilling for natural gas, and on the other we grant rate subsidies and make demands on utility companies to provide alternative energy that costs two to three times what is paid now. This is what happens when government gets involved in energy policies. The final vote was 88-47 in favor of the bill.

Erika Sifrit Cites Mental Issues In New Trial Bid

News Editor

Shawn J. Soper

OCEAN CITY -- With the 10th anniversary of the heinous crime rapidly approaching, convicted killer Erika Sifrit, who, along with her husband Benjamin, brutally murdered and dismembered a Virginia couple vacationing in Ocean City on Memorial Day 2002, this week filed her latest bid for a new trial.

Erika Sifrit, now 34, this week filed a petition seeking an overturn of her prior convictions and sentences and a bid for a new trial, citing her defense counsel at her original trial in 2003 failed to highlight her mental instability and the dominance of her husband at the time of the crimes. In 2003, Erika Sifrit was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Joshua Ford and second-degree murder in the death of Martha Crutchley and was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years.

Unlike prior attempts, Erika Sifrit’s latest appeal does not dispute the material facts in the case, but calls into question a lack of effort by her counsel at the Circuit Court level to investigate her mental condition at the time of the double murder.

“Despite the weight of the circumstantial evidence that she was involved in the murders with her husband, including but not limited to her ownership of the murder weapon and possession of victim ID’s and a ring at the time of her arrest, the record shows Ms. Sifrit’s trial counsel did next to nothing to investigate and develop a defense regarding her state of mind- the reason she was involved in the crime,” the appeal reads.

“Due to constitutionally inadequate investigation of Ms. Sifrit’s state of mind and mental health, trial counsel failed to respond to the state’s aiding and abetting case.”

The Sifrits lured Crutchley and Ford back to their Ocean City condo on Memorial Day weekend in 2002 after spending the evening with them at a resort nightclub before brutally murdering them and dismembering their bodies, parts of which were found in a Delaware landfill nine days later. The couple was caught during a botched burglary attempt at a north end restaurant nearly a week later and a trail of evidence led investigators to the scene of the murders.

The latest appeal attempt points to the failings of Erika Sifrit’s defense counsel to explore the depths of her mental illness or the possible effects of the drugs she was using at the time, including Paxil and Xanax, which were found on her at the time of the arrest following the burglary attempt.

“Counsel offered no evidence to explain how and why Ms. Sifrit came to be in the presence of her husband on that fateful evening,” the appeal reads. “Counsel offered no evidence in an attempt to explain why she remained with him, and kept her mouth shut, in the days that followed.”

SOURCE:

TIME MACHINE ... Passing Era Of The Old Eastern Shore Doctors.

(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)

　

May, 1903

(The Denton Journal)

Passing of the Old Eastern Shore Doctor.

From The Baltimore Herald.

To the student and observer of the changes wrought by time in the social and institutional life of the Eastern Shore one of the most familiar and striking differences between the new and the old is seen in the Eastern Shore doctor. This important professional personage is now typified by a young, aggressive, business-like physician the antithesis of the sedate, courtly, punctilious practitioner of the old school. To the old Eastern Shore, as well as to the old Virginia doctor, with his lancet, calomel and jalap, his mercury and Peruvian bark and his eighteen months or so of medical education, there has come a successor, with a four years' training, under two score of professors, lecturers and teachers, in a score of allied medical sciences, most of which were unheard of a quarter of a century ago, with `a thousand and one drugs for the rapidly expanding list of the ills of man, and, above all, perhaps, with the manufacturing chemist at his back. And what wonders this patient and hard working scientist has performed. From his laboratories come discovery upon discovery of new drugs, of new combinations of old drugs, and vials upon vials of innocent looking pink and various colored pills, granules, triturates, tablets, etc., in which reside the "active principles" of remedial agents.

The old doctor's calomel bottle, alone, now holds an armamentarium of the little "active principles" in a form which the future hid from the eyes of his heroic predecessor. And as the old doctor replenished his saddle-bags from the apothecary's shop, the new doctor fills his pocket case and his carriage medicine chest from the manufacturing chemists of Baltimore, or of Philadelphia, and does his own dispensing. The country druggist, however, complains that he is not doing so well as did the apothecary. He claims that the new doctor sends him few prescriptions. The patient today is prone to patronize the physician who deals out his own remedies. He has but one bill to pay for attendance and medicine, and he is shrewd enough to see that this bill is likely to be less than the two of doctor and druggist. The "spirit of commercialism" has entered into the sickroom as well into all other affairs of this age. The doctor's "honorarium" is now the new doctor's fee- a cold now a clear-cut matter of business. The Hippocratic oath is now a relic of antiquity, and the schools no longer go through the formality of administering the jusjurandum.

Few of the old Eastern Shore doctors survive as a connecting link between the conditions which surround the present day practice of medicine and the flower of medical life which bloomed and blossomed and faded in the nineteenth century. Here and there one is found, in this county of that, who is still active and holds a clientele among old families, although the younger generations regard him askance. For the good old man has lost none of his reliance in the methods which dead and gone masters taught him, and the clash of theories and the actual results in practice of the old and the new the lagging veteran finds much in use by his younger brethren that is superfluous in the application of the art to the old familiar diseases common to this climate. He has seen the dreaded ague, once the scourge of the Eastern Shore, practically depart, and the fevers which once raged so extensively and disastrously in his early days have become lessened in volume and virulence. He is still in demand in certain cases, and when the grip seized the community and was heralded as a new and dangerous disease, and gave impetus to the labors of the chemists in producing the much exploited "coal tar products," he kindly got down an old author and identified the influenza and revived the forgotten treatment from three-quarters of a century ago, with gratifying success.

In the case of the Eastern Shore doctor the new regime has swept him and his virtues and his foibles aside. A man is shot through the abdomen in the morning. Long before night he is in a Baltimore hospital with a surgeon, dressed like a French baker, searching his intestines for perforations; or he may be in the hospital at Salisbury or Cambridge, or that soon to be erected at Easton, or the one in Elkton, with a city surgeon speeding to his side; or an alert, brilliant, daring local practitioner operating upon him.

An onset of typhoid fever or pneumonia sends the patient to a hospital, home or foreign, treatment by a specialist, and the "chronies" are ever searching for strange medical advices. The stupendous field of medical science today in which one man can hope to master little more than one branch has fixed the doom of the family doctor, and scientific and material progress, social changes, and the inexorable fiat of time have seen the (old-time) Eastern Shore doctor a memory.　

　

February, 1941

A "Blood Donors Club" was organized by 40 Pocomoke City residents. Members would voluntarily donate blood when lives of those in need of blood were at stake. The club was one of the first of it's kind in the state.

　　

January, 1927

In a list of construction projects to be covered by a proposed state loan program, Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie, designated $55,000 for an armory and land in Pocomoke City.

　　

January, 1970

With Pocomoke's 30-member National Guard unit being transferred to Salisbury arrangements had been completed for the city of Pocomoke to take over the Armory building on Second Street. Mayor J. Dawson Clarke said a portion of the building could be new headquarters for the Pocomoke police department. Sgt. Ames Byrd of the Guard said all the state and federal property in the Armory had been relocated to Salisbury.

　

　

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Melson Power Show Opening Soon !!

MELSON'S  POWER SHOW

and

TRACTOR PULLING

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON !!

Saturday, May 12th

Registration @ 3 PM

Events begin @ 5 PM

More info coming soon.....

TIME MACHINE Preview ... Passing Era Of The Old Eastern Shore Doctors.

The Eastern Shore doctor... "is now typified by a young, aggressive, business-like physician...a cold now a clear-cut matter of business...discovery upon discovery of new drugs...the 'spirit of commercialism' has entered into the sickroom...the Hippocratic oath is now a relic of antiquity...the stupendous field of medical science today in which one man can hope to master little more than one branch..."

These words weren't written recently, they're from a newspaper article published more than a century ago... in 1903!
　
It's this Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye!


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SHORE BEEF & BBQ

ALL DAY ~ SATURDAY~

SPECIALS

Pit Beef Sandwich w/ Side

Drink ~ $7.95

AND

1/2 Rack of Ribs & 1/2 BBQ Chicken w/ 2 Sides ~ $17.95

From the Cook -

"Smoker will be cooking".

See you there.....

Virginia Sheriffs' Institute Scholarship Program

Accomack County Sheriff Todd E. Godwin announced today that he is accepting applications for the Virginia Sheriffs' Institute Scholarship Program. The VSI Program was established to provide an opportunity for young people across Virginia to pursue an educational curriculum in law enforcement or criminal justice.

Full-time and Part-time students are eligible for this program and all applicants must meet the requirements set forth by the Virginia Sheriffs' Institute in order to qualify as a recipient of the VSI scholarship award.


Applicants must live in the locality where the sheriff is a member of the Virginia Sheriffs' Institute and must be accepted to Virginia Colleges and Universities with a major in the criminal justice field.


All students interested in the Virginia Sheriffs' Institute Scholarship Program for the 2012/2013 school year should contact Karen C. Barrett of the Accomack County Sheriff's Office @ 787-1131, 824-5666, or 891-2489.

Applications may be obtained from the Accomack County Sheriffs Office and must be completed and returned by April 13, 2012.

"Musical Traditions" At The Delmarva Discovery Center On Saturday Afternoon

The Delmarva Discovery Center Presents

Musical Traditions

with Diana Wagner

March 31st at 2pm to 3pm 

For more information contact 410.957.9933

or

 events@delmarvadiscoverycenter.org

www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org

Diana Wagner is an acoustic musician and folksinger who preserves and shares contemporary, historic, and traditional folk music. As an historian, collector, and performer of local and regional music, Diana gives voice to our musical traditions and tells the stories behind the songs. 

Come hear her at the DDC on March 31st at 2pm! Free with paid admission to the Delmarva Discovery Center.  This event is appropriate for all ages.

 

Mar-Va Theater This Saturday Night

Comedian & Songwriter

Aaron Wilburn

LIVE

March 31st

(Saturday Evening)

7 PM

Mar-Va Theater

Don't miss the chance to see Aaron Wilburn who has been a feature on the Gaither Homecoming Tour! He has endeared himself to thousands with his down-home brand of humor.

Price:
$7.50 in advance

$10 at the door

*Group Rates Available.*

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the following locations:

 Lusby's

(Pocomoke City)  

Outten Brothers

(Pocomoke City or Salisbury)  

RobinAnne's Quilt Shop

(Pocomoke City)  

or by calling 410.726.5029

For more information on Aaron Wilburn,
click here to visit his website.

**Event sponsored by Glad Tidings Assembly of God**

Spring Shoppers Fair - On Saturday

Spring

Shoppers Fair

Pocomoke Fairgrounds

Broad Street

Pocomoke City, MD.

March 31, 2012

10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Vendors include: Mary Kay,

Thirty-one, Scentsy candles, Tupperware, Party Lites

** also added~ Doll Clothes & Craft Items**

Shopper Admission $1 -- Door Prizes.

~Fair kitchen open for sandwiches and drinks.~

For information call: 443-614-4456 or 410-726-2300.

Pocomoke City Police Department

ARREST REPORT

POCOMOKE CITY POLICE

March 16, 2012 to March 30, 2012

3-17-2012        Pocomoke Police Officers conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle travelling upon the roadway with extremely loud music.  Upon contact with the driver, the Officer detected an odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle.  A Probable Cause Search was conducted and suspected marijuana was located in the vehicle ashtray.  Ioannis Agathos, 22, of Pocomoke City, MD was placed under arrest for “Possession of Marijuana” and related traffic offenses.  Agathos was released on his own recognizance pending trial.

3-21-2012        Pocomoke Police Officers responded to the Pocomoke High School in reference to a student found to be in possession of a suspected controlled dangerous substance on school grounds.  Enrique Armondo Farrar, 18, of Pocomoke City, MD was found to be in possession of a pouch, which contained suspected marijuana wrapped in plastic wrap.  Farrar was removed from the school grounds and arrested and charged with “CDS Possession Marijuana” and was released on his own recognizance pending trial.

3-22-2012        Pocomoke Police Officers responded to a call at the Pocomoke Wal-Mart for a subject trespassing on their property after receiving prior notification.  Upon arrival, Officers met with Store Security and an individual identified as Robert Boyd Hayman, 65, of Pocomoke City, MD.  Hayman had previously been issued a Three (3) year Judicial Order not to trespass upon the property of Wal-Mart which stemmed from a previous theft case at the store.  Hayman was arrested and charged with “Trespass” and was released on his own recognizance pending trial.

3-29-2012        Pocomoke Police Officers were dispatched to the Pocomoke Wal-Mart in reference to a Theft.  Upon arrival, Store Security met Officers in reference to a subject who intentionally walked past all point of sales without stopping to purchase items that were concealed on her person.  Megan Benton Bowden, 26, of Pocomoke City, MD was arrested and charged with “Theft” of over $300 worth of merchandise.  Bowden was placed on a $5,000 Bond and transported to the Worcester County Jail.

3-28-2012        Pocomoke City Police arrested Joseph Iberhim Ahmed of Pocomoke for intentionally providing a “False Statement to an Officer” regarding a motor vehicle theft that was reported on March 15, 2012.  Ahmed was released on his own recognizance pending trial.

Chief Kelvin Sewell

Pocomoke City Police Department

                                                                                                 

From Pocomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell

Commendation Letter

I received a letter of appreciation from a local business on March 26, 2012 for the exceptional job from the Pocomoke City Police Officers & Worcester County Sheriff’s Deputy while handling a complaint at their business location. The letter goes to say on March 24, 2012 the responder of the business was contacted to respond to the scene in reference to a suspicious person on the property. The Officers made contact with the responder to complete an interior check due to the officers finding a rear window unlocked and rear screen door damaged. While two (2) Officers were conducting the search, the assisting Officer held the possible suspect until the officers were complete to see if anything was missing. The business was very fortunate Officers located this individual when they did as nothing was missing or disturbed. This is a great example of what happens when agencies work together.

It’s Officers like them that continue to make Pocomoke City a safer place for our citizens. Your dedication and commitment are an inspiration to us all.
　
Sincerely,
Chief Kelvin Sewell
Pocomoke City PoliceMarch 30, 2012

Reminder: Easter Egg Hunt - Delmarva Discovery Center

$500 Million~ All-time Lottery Jackpot Record

Don't forget to buy a lottery  ticket! 

YOU could be the big winner !!

By Todd Northrop
There will be a lot of daydreaming going on this week around America.

Dreaming about what it would be like to win a half-billion dollars.

That's because Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing did not produce a winner, sending the game into uncharted territory.  The new jackpot for Friday, March 30, 2012 — $476 million $500 million — has officially broken the record for the largest lottery jackpot ever offered worldwide.

And if past ticket sales are any indication of what will happen this week, the jackpot may get bigger — much bigger — by the time the drawing kicks off.

Doubtless, there will be a rush of media pundits clamoring to cite the tiny chance each player has of winning. 

There will probably be a thousand different analogies designed to explain how small the chances are.  Maybe someone will compare it to the odds of getting hit by lightning while at the same time being eaten by a shark.

But no matter how hard they try to convince people to resist the urge to play, the pundits are up against a simple fact: there is enough money at stake to make even the most pessimistic person fork over a buck or two at the lottery ticket counter this week.

To get an idea of how many tickets are being sold, the Mega Millions jackpot estimate was raised a staggering $137 million in just one drawing.  It normally takes at least 9 consecutive drawings to raise the jackpot by that amount.

Likewise, the lump-sum cash option of Friday's jackpot is $341.4 million $359.4 million — an increase of $99.6 million from Tuesday.  Unimaginable.

Lotteries are typically conservative when estimating jackpots, to ensure that the actual jackpot amount is not less than the estimate.  Often the jackpot is much higher than the estimate by the time all ticket sales are accounted for.

In the case of a world-record lottery jackpot, it's anyone's guess how much higher it will go.

Friday's world-record Mega Millions jackpot is the result of an unprecedented 18 consecutive drawings without a top-prize winner.  The jackpot started off as a $12 million grand prize on January 27th, and has continued to be drawn without a winner for two months.

MORE STORY

Chincoteague Island Easter Decoy & Art

33^rd Annual Easter Decoy

 & Art Festival

April 6 & 7, 2012
Friday, April 6   Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 7     9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 7  Auction  7:30 p.m.
Chincoteague Combined School
4586 Main St.
Chincoteague Island, VA  23336
Local and national carvers and artists of all kinds exhibit and sell their works.  Awards are given in various categories.  Wooden Easter Eggs decorated by the exhibitors are offered in a silent auction.  A live auction of donated works at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening caps off the weekend. 
Admission to the show is $3.00 per day.
(children under 12 are free--no admission to auction)

757-336-6161
Fax: 757-336-1242
Email: mailto:+chincochamber@verizon.net
http://www.chincoteaguechamber.com/

Meet the Exhibitors
    (updated as applications come in)

 2012 CARVERS

Michael & karla adcocK
vic & ellen berg

Roy BOHN

bob booth

jimmy bowden

KATHY BOYLE

DALE BUFFINGTON

MATT BURTON
lisa byrd

jay & lilly cherrix

bill cowen

billy crockett

JENNIFER DAISEY

harry danforth

rocky detwiler

shannon dimmig
lou doughty

RUSSELL FISH

robert gray

bill hickson

james johnson

ed kuhn

matt mason sr.

cork mcgee

ron rosciszewski

ronnie stevens

bill veasey

michael veasey

ARNOLD O. WEBER

RAY WHETZEL

Ryan wooster

2012 artists


denise bennett

grover cantwell jr.

SHIRL' EKLUND

pat ellison

sarah grangier

janet hong
mary jager

C. jean ketner-loeffert

JAMES KINNETT

carl "spike" knuth

ellen lawler

tina mccloud

NANCY MITCHELL

jenny somers

rose tayloR

donnie thornton

richard toft

mary LOU
TROUTMAN

ARNOLD O. WEBER

nancy richards wesT

susan wheeler

2012 PHOTOGRAPHERS, JEWELERS,
BASKET WEAVERS,
STAINED GLASS ARTISANS
         & OTHERS
DEBBIE AGATE-PHOTOGRAPHY, NOTECARDS, "SANDY THE SEAHORSE SAVES THE DAY" BOOK

PAMELA ALTON-NECKLACES, BRACELETS, EARRINGS, PENDANTS MADE WITH SHELLS/BEADS

MOHAMMED ATTIAH--AFRICAN HANDMADE BASKETS

DENISE BENNETT--NOTE CARDS, UPCYCLED WINE BOTTLES, JEWELRY, ETC.
KATHY BOYLE-BRONZE, SILVER & SEA GLASS JEWELRY, ORNAMENTS & PINS

SCOTT BUSH--NATURE & WILDLIFE PHOTOPRINTS

KEN CONGER--PHOTOGRAPHY
HARRY DANFORTH-NATURE PHOTOS

JOAN DEVANEY--HANDMADE GLASS ORNAMENTS & PENDANTS, MANY WITH NAUTICAL DESIGNS

LOU DOUGHTY-MODEL BOATS

LAURA ELLISON--RESIN JEWELRY

KEVIN FLEMING--WILDLIFE/LANDSCAPE/NATURE PHOTOGRAPHS

DIAMOND FRANDSEN/DEBRA SIMPSON-HANDWOVEN OAK BASKETS, FELT & WOOL ITEMS

IRIS & JOHN GASSER-CLOTHING, YARN, RUGS, PLACEMATS MADE FROM ALPACA & LLAMA WOOL

CAROLINE HERSHEY-CARODAN FARM WOOL SHOP

RON HUGO-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, LIMITED EDITION PRINTS & FRAMED PRINTS

JOHN INTO & NANCY PRICE--MODEL BOATS

RUTH ANN LUDLAM-NECKLACES, BRACELETS, EARRINGS USING SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES
TINA MCCLOUD-PHOTOGRAPHY, JEWELRY, SCARVES

MILLY'S ORGANICS-HOMEMADE SALAD DRESSINGS

NANCY MITCHELL-GREETING CARDS, PHOTOS

STEPHEN MOORE-PHOTOGRAPHY

CARSON & BONNIE RILEY-SEA GLASS JEWELRY, CRAFTS & BEACH PHOTOGRAPHY

BARBARA RITTER-CARVING SUPPLIES & BOOKS

MARIE "MINT" SCHLIEF--STERLING & GOLD FILLED WIRE WRAPPED SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE JEWELRY

ROSE TAYLOR-PHOTOGRAPHY

JOHN & CINDA WALLS-CARVING SUPPLIES

JIM WARREN-METAL & STONE JEWELRY
MARIANNE WARREN--HERBAL SOAPS & LOTIONS

 DIANNE WEBER--PHOTOGRAPHER

SHORE BEEF & BBQ

LUNCH & DINNER SPECIALS

FOR FRIDAY

FRIDAY LUNCH SPECIAL

1/2 BBQ Smoked Chicken w/ Side

& Drink ~ $7.95

FRIDAY DINNER SPECIAL

Full Rack of Ribs w/ Side

& Drink ~ $17.95

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT

 SHORE BEEF & BBQ !!

From Richard Douglas U.S. Candidate For Senate- Maryland 2012

In Case You Missed It:

Press Coverage of Richard Douglas

SBY news:  Douglas on Sen. Cardin's Speech re: Trayvon Martin / 3.28.12

"We haven't heard the Senator make floor speeches about over 200 men and women murdered in Baltimore City and Prince George's county within a one-year period, " said Douglas. "Trayvon Martin's death is a tragedy, and our prayers are with his family. But let's remember that this is an election year and not forget our people here at home when career politicians seek media attention."

http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2012/03/richard-douglas-on-sen-cardins-floor.html 

   

citybizlist: Congress, Not Supreme Court, May Ultimately Decide Fate of Obamacare / 3.27.12

"Many Americans hope the court overturns the mandate, while Maryland, on the other hand, filed a friend-of-the court brief urging that the law is upheld."  

http://baltimore.citybizlist.com/1/2012/3/27/Dont-Count-on-the-Supreme-Court-to-Strike-Down-Obamacare.aspx

Baltimore Sun: Douglas Runs First TV Commercial in GOP Primary/ 3.27.12  

"Cardin votes against the Keystone pipeline, gas prices go up," the narrator says in the 30-second ad as words are written on a chalkboard and images of a classroom are shown. "Cardin votes for Obamacare, costs skyrocket...After 45 years, it's time to retire Ben Cardin. Vote Richard Douglas for a better economy." 

 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-douglas-airs-tv-ad-in-gop-senate-race-20120327,0,967361.story

  

  

Easton Star-Democrat: Taking on Ben Cardin / 3.26.12

When Governor O'Malley pops up with his gas tax idea, what do you hear from Mr. Cardin? a deafening silence. What you should hear is bloody hell being raised. If I were your senator, you would hear bloody hell being raised.  

Douglas said Sen. Cardin recently voted against the Transportation Empowerment Act, legislation introduced to lower the federal gas tax and devolve the power of the Federal Highway Trust Fund back to the states.

http://www.stardem.com/news/election_2012/article_c5018fb7-7dd8-5f4f-9cac-e5cc6a21675b.html

WMAR TV:  Douglas on the Economy / 3.26.12

"Why would Senator Cardin vote against the Keystone pipeline?  It just doesn't make sense.  It would bring jobs to places all over the country including Bethlehem Steel in Dundalk where 30 years ago there were over 30,000 jobs and today there are less than 2000." 

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/homepage_showcase/meet-the-candidates-richard-douglas

Monoblogue: Douglas on Cardin, O'Malley / 3.26.12  

Rich compared Ben Cardin to a brick in a wall - as the mortar is wearing away, soon the brick would drop from the wall and the remainder of the house would follow. And Douglas wasn't going to be timid in his role, either, warning "Martin O'Malley is going to be one unhappy fella" when Rich wins. "(He'll) wish he'd never heard my name," continued Douglas, because he has a "duty to speak" as a Senator. Douglas promised to be our voice and vote in the Senate.   http://monoblogue.us/2012/03/26/wcrc-meeting-march-2012/ 

Pocomoke Public Eye: Douglas on Cardin re: North Korea / 3.26.12  

"North Koreans, caught in a crushing vice formed by Pyongyang and Beijing, are the forgotten victims of communist oppression," said Douglas. " Maryland does not need a US Senator who chirps pathetic State Department talking points and calls it 'statesmanship.'"

http://thepocomokepubliceye.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-richard-douglas-candidate-for-us_27.html 

citybizlist: Douglas Urges Common Sense, Not Tax Hike / 3.22.12

 "The Annapolis tax-a-thon marches on."  

http://bit.ly/GHNFYS  

SBY News:  Douglas Questions Cardin's Opposition to Cutting Federal Gas Tax / 3.22.12  

Appearing on radio stations WCBC and WFRB in western Maryland, where gas prices hover at $4 per gallon, Douglas condemned Cardin's failure to support a Senate bill that would have reduced the current federal gax tax from 18.4 cents per gallon to 3.7 cents over five years. 

 http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2012/03/douglas-questions-cardins-opposition-to.html

  

Pocomoke Public Eye:  Douglas Blasts Luxury Tax / 3.23.12 

Richard Douglas, candidate for U.S. Senator, noted that the Maryland General Assembly's House Ways and Means Committee is holding hearings today on a "Luxury  Surcharge" tax that would affect boat, airplane and other vehicle owners.  

http://thepocomokepubliceye.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-richard-douglas-for-us-senate_22.html  

  

Monoblogue: Controversy Erupts in U.S. Senate Race / 3.23.12  

It's likely he's hammering incumbent Ben Cardin on his lack of support for the DeMint amendment to lower the federal gasoline tax and begin devolving the federal program to states, or Cardin's reluctance to decry the "Annapolis tax-a-thon," as Rich called it in a recent statement.    http://monoblogue.us/2012/03/23/controversy-erupts-in-u-s-senate-race/ 

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Bayside Community Church In Pocomoke City ~ Their Mission To Help Others

Many people, when planning a trip to a warm tropical destination, select one with quiet clean beaches, great food and spend a few days relaxing.

And then there are those from the Bayside Community Church in Pocomoke City, who after weeks of yard sales, bbq's, and fund raisers opted out from the bikinis, flip flops,  umbrella drinks and basking in the warm sun. Their wardrobe for those few hot tropical days consists of work boots, gloves and in some cases, a tool belt. And let's not forget the muscle power they took along with them on their journey.

Village men help with the demolition of the old church in their village. 

Their mission? To take down and remove a church in a small village located in the Dominican Republic....and rebuild it!



Team A removes the foundation of what was once a church made from tin and sticks in the Dominican Republic

 Team A arrived in the Dominican Republic on March 28th and have been busy working with the village people to remove their old church. Team B leaves within the next couple days to  aid in rebuilding  the church. Both teams will return April 6th.

I can't wait to see what the new church will look like.

You can find Bayside Community Church and more amazing photos of  this mission  on facebook.  These photos from Bayside Community Church facebook page.  Best of luck to each and every one of you.  Stay safe.

TIME MACHINE Preview ... Passing Era Of The Old Eastern Shore Doctors.

The Eastern Shore doctor... "is now typified by a young, aggressive, business-like physician...a cold now a clear-cut matter of business...discovery upon discovery of new drugs...the 'spirit of commercialism' has entered into the sickroom...the Hippocratic oath is now a relic of antiquity...the stupendous field of medical science today in which one man can hope to master little more than one branch..."

These words were not written recently, they're from a newspaper article published more than a century ago... in 1903!
　
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Mudbog Banquet

Reminder to Gumboro/Crisfield Mudbog drivers, crews, etc:

The Awards Banquet for the 2011 racing season will be held Saturday, March 31, 2012  at the Crisfield Elks.  Dinner is at 7:00 PM. 

Awards will be handed out during the evening.

If you have any questions contact Charlie Price

2012 Mudbog Racing Schedule

Gumboro - May 5th


Crisfield - May 27th (Sunday)


Crisfield - July 21st (Night)


Crisfield - Sept. 1st


Gumboro - Oct. 13th