I had to watch this video over and over and I still don't know exactly how this accendent had this outcome.
A new video released from an incident in June shows just how close Maryland State Trooper David Avila came to having a fatal traffic stop.
While standing on the shoulder of the road speaking to a driver he pulled over, a large tractor trailer came barreling down the right lane, side-swiping Avila's car and then clipping the officer himself. Avila can be seen trying to gather himself on the guard rail upon being hit before collapsing to the ground.
It's truly a miracle that he wasn't killed in the ordeal. If the trailer had been just a few more inches onto the shoulder, Avila probably would have experienced incredibly serious injuries or even death.
The officer is currently undergoing physical therapy in an effort to recover from injuries sustained to his back, shoulder and legs, but doctors have said that they aren't sure whether he'll be able to return to work, according to NBC Washington.
The tractor trailer driver was issued a fine for the offense.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
TIME MACHINE ... 1915 Article Recalls Vanished Glory Of Eastern Shore Cooking
(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)
August, 1915
(The Denton Journal)
In the Baltimore Sun of Saturday Dr. John F. Fulton heaves some deep sighs because of the vanished glory of the Eastern Shore cooking. Dr. Fulton knew the peninsula in the dear, dead days and he knows it now, very thoroughly. For the past two years his investigating work relative to health and sanitary conditions down there has kept him very constantly in its counties, so he speaks with real authority on the much mooted question:
"I have stopped constantly in hotels in Centerville, Cambridge, Salisbury, Easton, Chestertown, and Elkton," he said. "During those stops I have never been served a waffle, never a piece of Sally Lunn, never a single Maryland biscuit, and very seldom a piece of corn bread. Broiled chicken for breakfast? Never! The most usual breakfast is bacon and eggs, and fried potatoes."
"For dinner, at this time of year, fried chicken is often served at the hotels down there, but it is not the fine, crisp, fragrant fried chicken that used to be served on the tables of the Eastern Shoreman of 15 or 20 years ago. The sad part of it, too, is that it isn't just a matter of hotels. The Eastern Shore homes that have the famous old cooking that makes our mouths water just to think about are few and far between."
"How many families make their weekly batches of Maryland biscuits these days? How often does Sally Lunn appear on the tables down there? A number of dishes are almost lost in oblivion. I haven't seen a piece of milk-rising bread for years, and as for crackling bread, it's been years and years and years."
"Crackling bread used to be one of the most popular breads about hog killing times. It's made, you know, out of the abdominal fat of the hog after its cooked to a crisp. Mixed with flour and milk with a little soda and cream of tartar thrown in to make it light, it used to be put in a closed-top crock about a couple of inches thick and then placed on the coals of a Dutch oven to bake. It only took about 15 minutes. Then steaming hot, and all self-buttered, served with sausage, it was a dish fit for a king."
Dr. Fulton's eyes closed with delicious memories. But the memories evoked another plaintive question.
"And who ever sees tansy puddings these days?" he asked. "The present generation doesn't even know the tansy plant when they see it, I'll wager. All brown and fragrant, it was one of the most toothsome deserts. Then there's muskrats. They're not fashionable any longer, but a better dish one would hardly ask for."
"There's one thing about Eastern Shore tables, however, that's always been peculiar to it, and which still clings. It is the thinness with which they cut their steaks. When I was a boy I never saw a steak more than a half-inch in thickness. In those days they used to dip a steak in egg-water and flour and broil them, but they still have them thin and cooked so done they curl up at the edges. Eastern Shore beef is not good either, Most of it is locally killed, I believe."
"But I have no complaint of the hotels in particular. Some of them are as good as the usual hotel anywhere, even though they haven't got those old dishes. That's not their fault. It's because the old-fashioned negro cook is disappearing. ( )..the one who takes her place is inefficient in comparison. The old cooks knew their art by instinct, and they leave no cookbooks to guide their successors."
December, 1925
The assistance by firemen from Pocomoke City and five other towns was credited with preventing a major fire in Ocean City from completely leveling the seaside resort. The fire started in The Eastern Shore Electric Light Plant and spread to the Atlantic and Seaside Hotels, the Ocean City pier, and several concessions. Ocean City firemen made an urgent call for help. A published report stated firemen traveled icy roads at high rates of speed to reach the scene. With no city water supply available, firemen chopped holes in the ice to draw water to fight the flames. In addition to the Pocomoke City firemen, assistance was sent from Berlin, Snow Hill, Princess Anne, Salisbury, and Laurel, De.
October, 1896
(The Landmark- Statesville, N.C.)
Hon. M.A. Cowles, ex member of the Virginia legislature from Northumberland County, was egged at New Church, Accomac County, while addressing a Republican mass meeting of about 200 people in front of the hotel.
January, 1986
Pocomoke City's mayor for 18 years, J. Dawson Clarke, passed away at age 80. The mayor had announced earlier in the year he wouldn't seek another term. A week earlier Curt Lippolt was elected to succeed him. Mayor Clarke was owner of the Marva Theater and for many years he operated WBOC's Pocomoke radio studio on Willow Street.
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Sunday Specials ~ Riverside Grill
Sunday September 9, 2012
SPECIALS
Chili Nachos 5.99
Crab Pizza 9.99
Sandwiches/Entrees
Beef Brisket Sand. w/ pepper jack, fried onions and French fries 8.99
1 Chili dog with fries 4.99
2 Chili dogs with fries 6.99
Shrimp Basket 8.99
Seafood Platter: fried shrimp, clam strips, crab cake w/ fries, slaw 18.99
Drink Specials
~Happy hour all day~
$1.50 coors lt, bud lt, yuengling drafts
$5 bombs all day
$2.50 mimosas and bloody marys
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Six People Arrested After Large Boardwalk Fight
On September 2, 2012, at approximately 6 p.m. Ocean City Police responded to the area of 709 South Atlantic Avenue in reference to a large fight, involving a subject with a knife.
Uniformed officers arrived at the scene and observed several persons actively fighting in the area directly outside of Davey Jones Locker Room restaurant. As officers began to break up the fight, several of the combatants fled into the Inlet parking lot. One suspect, later identified as Carl Ross Perry, 47, of Berlin, was wearing a t-shift indicating that he was an employee of Davey Jones Locker Room. Perry continued to actively fight, despite attempts by several employees of Davey Jones Locker Room to restrain him.
Uniformed officers at the scene attempted to have Perry stop fighting and ordered him to the ground, however, Perry did not comply and actively fought four officers until taken into custody.
Officers located five additional suspects involved in the altercation, who fled the scene in various locations in the Inlet parking lot.
The five other men who were actively fighting with Perry were identified as: Deve St. Fleur, 24, from Immokalee, FL, Jermaine Lacorey Phillips, 24, of Fort Meade, FL, William Sherman Freeman, 33, of Fort Meade, FL, Michael Fitzgerald Smith, 45, of Fort Meade, FL and Valen Joseph, 23, Legigh Acres, FL.
During the subsequent investigation, police recovered a backpack belonging to St. Fleur. The backpack was found to contain several baggies of suspected marijuana, as well as other evidence that indicated the marijuana was being sold. After the arrest of Carl Ross Perry, officers recovered an amount of Marijuana from his persons that was packaged identically to the items recovered from the backpack belonging to St. Fleur.
Witnesses told police that Perry was outside with the five suspects, but at one point went back into the restaurant and returned with an object that was later determined to be a knife. Perry threatened the suspect, at which time the fight began. The investigation concluded that the confrontation between Perry and the five additional suspects was as the result of a dispute during an illegal drug transaction involving Perry.
Based on the evidence, Ocean City Police charged the suspects as follows:
All six of the suspects were arrested and seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner. Perry was released after posting a $10,000 bond. Phillips and St. Fleur were both held on $10,000 bond and transferred to the Worcester County Jail. Freeman was held on $3,500 bond and transferred to the Worcester County Jail. Smith and Joseph were both released on their own recognizance.
Ocean City Police Department News Release
Uniformed officers arrived at the scene and observed several persons actively fighting in the area directly outside of Davey Jones Locker Room restaurant. As officers began to break up the fight, several of the combatants fled into the Inlet parking lot. One suspect, later identified as Carl Ross Perry, 47, of Berlin, was wearing a t-shift indicating that he was an employee of Davey Jones Locker Room. Perry continued to actively fight, despite attempts by several employees of Davey Jones Locker Room to restrain him.
Uniformed officers at the scene attempted to have Perry stop fighting and ordered him to the ground, however, Perry did not comply and actively fought four officers until taken into custody.
Officers located five additional suspects involved in the altercation, who fled the scene in various locations in the Inlet parking lot.
The five other men who were actively fighting with Perry were identified as: Deve St. Fleur, 24, from Immokalee, FL, Jermaine Lacorey Phillips, 24, of Fort Meade, FL, William Sherman Freeman, 33, of Fort Meade, FL, Michael Fitzgerald Smith, 45, of Fort Meade, FL and Valen Joseph, 23, Legigh Acres, FL.
During the subsequent investigation, police recovered a backpack belonging to St. Fleur. The backpack was found to contain several baggies of suspected marijuana, as well as other evidence that indicated the marijuana was being sold. After the arrest of Carl Ross Perry, officers recovered an amount of Marijuana from his persons that was packaged identically to the items recovered from the backpack belonging to St. Fleur.
Witnesses told police that Perry was outside with the five suspects, but at one point went back into the restaurant and returned with an object that was later determined to be a knife. Perry threatened the suspect, at which time the fight began. The investigation concluded that the confrontation between Perry and the five additional suspects was as the result of a dispute during an illegal drug transaction involving Perry.
Based on the evidence, Ocean City Police charged the suspects as follows:
- Carl Ross Perry: common law affray, disorderly conduct, three counts of 2nd degree assault on three police officers, resisting arrest, possession of CDS (marijuana), possession of CDS paraphernalia, two counts of 2nd degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment.
- Deve St. Fleur and Jermaine Lacorey Phillips: common law affray, disorderly conduct, possession of CDS (marijuana), possession of CDS paraphernalia, possession with the Intent to distribute CDS (marijuana).
- William Sherman Freeman: common law affray and disorderly conduct.
- Michael Fitzgerald Smith: common law affray, disorderly conduct and possession of CDS (marijuana).
- Valen Joseph: common law affray and disorderly conduct.
All six of the suspects were arrested and seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner. Perry was released after posting a $10,000 bond. Phillips and St. Fleur were both held on $10,000 bond and transferred to the Worcester County Jail. Freeman was held on $3,500 bond and transferred to the Worcester County Jail. Smith and Joseph were both released on their own recognizance.
Ocean City Police Department News Release
Accomack County's Most Popular Sport? Drag Racing??
Sunday after Sunday this occurs on one of the two most popular traveled roads in this part of Accomack County. Sadly, this afternoon event has been allowed to continue over the past few years... And it isn't always motorcycles....sometimes there are cars.
Staging for the event on this Sunday took place on Saxis Road at around 3:00 in the afternoon.
Maybe what so many people fail to realize is the fact this type of gathering can cause great danger to anyone in the area at the time.
Many of us that use this road pay taxes and that alone should assure us access to roads without delay- with the exception of emergencies and farming. That's where it should STOP!
NO ONE should have to WAIT for this on a public road !!!
I'm not concerned about WHO these people are.....I'm concerned about those that drive this road in an attempt to GET somewhere.
Families are still leaving churches at this time of day, some have errands to run. And let's not forget that within a few miles from this point is a very popular camp ground that has hundred of visitors in the area trying to enjoy their vacations and trying to get to the highway to perhaps shop or visit many of the tourists attactions in the area.
Traffic gets BLOCKED in both directions.
So be sure to use caution as you drive Horsey Road, Saxis Road - any stretch of it.......
Calls to the Accomack County Sheriff's Office only gets the racing canceled for the day...
TIME MACHINE Preview ... 1915 Article Recalls Vanished Glory Of Eastern Shore Cooking.
The year is 1915 and Dr. Fulton, who travels the peninsula, laments the fact that some old Eastern Shore cooking favorites are disappearing. "A number of dishes are almost lost in oblivion."
Read about it this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!
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CONGRATULATIONS !! ~Pocomoke Elementary School~
Brian Shane
Staff Writer
POCOMOKE CITY — Pocomoke Elementary School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School, the only school on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to receive the designation.
“We have been waiting for this exciting news,” Principal Michael Browne said Friday. “Our entire school family has worked so hard to prepare our students for success; they are phenomenal.”
The schools are recognized on the basis of rigorous state and national requirements for high achievement and dramatic improvement.
Tests showed 100 percent of Pocomoke Elementary’s third grade students were “proficient” in mathematics, with 78 percent deemed “advanced.” Also, 97.4 percent of third graders were “proficient” in reading, with 41 percent “advanced.”
In January, the school was named a Maryland Blue Ribbon School for having a track record of high student achievement, as measured by the Maryland School Assessment tests.
Shortly after receiving the state designation, the Maryland State Department of Education submitted Pocomoke Elementary School for national consideration.
“In order to earn the National Blue Ribbon School designation, a school must believe that every child can and will achieve and that every child can successfully rise to meet new challenges,” said Worcester Schools Superintendent Jerry Wilson.
Pocomoke was among six Maryland schools nominated to receive the honor, and all of them received the national award.
They include: Crofton Meadows Elementary (Anne Arundel County), Woodholme Elementary (Baltimore County), Ring Factory Elementary (Harford County), Rachel Carson Elementary (Montgomery County) and Whitehall Elementary (Prince George’s County).
“All six of these schools stand as shining examples of Maryland public education, and we’re proud to share their work with the rest of the nation,” said State Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery. “We congratulate the students, teachers, administrators, parents and community members of these outstanding schools.”
The winning schools next will be invited to Washington to be honored by national officials.
Past Worcester County recipients of the National Blue Ribbon award include Ocean City Elementary, Showell Elementary, Snow Hill Elementary and Stephen Decatur Middle School.
According to Worcester County Schools spokeswoman Barb Witherow, Pocomoke Elementary was honored in 2011 as a National Title I Distinguished School for sustained student achievement.
It’s also the only school in Maryland to be recognized as a Panasonic National School Change Award Winner, demonstrating exemplary growth in overall student academic achievement for 2010, Witherow said.
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Pocomoke City Mayor and Council Meeting
A G E N D A
POCOMOKE CITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING
7:30 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2012
City Hall
- Call to Order, Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Review and approval of minutes from meeting of August 6, 2012.
3. Review and approval of bills to be paid.
4. Authorize Mayor to issue proclamation for American Legion Month in honor of the 80th Anniversary of Post 93 in Pocomoke City.
5. Second Reading of Ord. No. 410 regarding Ethics.
6. Discuss recommendations from Planning and Zoning Commission:
- Annexation of Hertrich Ford property on US Rt. 13 at Sheephouse Road
- Site Plan for proposed improvements at Buchanan Subaru on Market Street Extended
- Site Plan for Coastal Commodities project to construct new grain elevators on Quinn Avenue south of railroad tracks
7. Res. No. 466 to authorize the City Manager to sign certain forms on behalf of the City regarding purchase of a new trash collection vehicle.
8. Review proposal from Bozman Paving Co. for patching several street cuts and openings and for repaving at Cypress Park.
9. City Manager and Water/Sewer Superintendent to recommend purchase of used generator.
10. City Attorney to discuss proposed ordinance to regulate bulk item collections.
11. Discuss letter from Major East requesting approval to hunt on City property on Dunn Swamp Road with bow and arrows.
12. City Manager to discuss recently approved state grant for sidewalk repairs on Willow Street and Clarke Avenue.
Comments from the Audience.
Mayor and Council Items.
Adjourn.
AGENDAS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL THE TIME OF CONVENING.
NASA's GLOBAL HAWK Mission To Begin.......
NASA Wallops Aircraft Office
The first of two NASA Global Hawk UAS arrived today to support the HS3 mission. The second UAS will arrive later in September. Mission flights are scheduled to begin next week studying hurricane formation and intensification in the Atlantic basin.
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| Global Hawk NASA 872 Photo/ NASA Wallops Aircraft Office NASA'S Global Hawk Mission Begins With Flight to Hurricane Leslie WASHINGTON -- NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. With the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission, NASA for the first time will be flying Global Hawks from the U.S. East Coast. The Global Hawk took off from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Thursday and landed at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., today at 11:37 a.m. EDT after spending 10 hours collecting data on Hurricane Leslie. The month-long HS3 mission will help researchers and forecasters uncover information about how hurricanes and tropical storms form and intensify. NASA will fly two Global Hawks from Wallops during the HS3 mission. The planes, which can stay in the air for as long as 28 hours and fly over hurricanes at altitudes greater than 60,000 feet, will be operated by pilots in ground control stations at Wallops and Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The mission targets the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change. The aircraft help scientists decipher the relative roles of the large-scale environment and internal storm processes that shape these systems. Studying hurricanes is a challenge for a field campaign like HS3 because of the small sample of storms available for study and the great variety of scenarios under which they form and evolve. HS3 flights will continue into early October of this year and be repeated from Wallops during the 2013 and 2014 hurricane seasons. The first Global Hawk arrived Sept. 7 at Wallops carrying a payload of three instruments that will sample the environment around hurricanes. A second Global Hawk, scheduled to arrive in two weeks, will look inside hurricanes and developing storms with a different set of instruments. The pair will measure winds, temperature, water vapor, precipitation and aerosols from the surface to the lower stratosphere. "The primary objective of the environmental Global Hawk is to describe the interaction of tropical disturbances and cyclones with the hot, dry and dusty air that moves westward off the Saharan desert and appears to affect the ability of storms to form and intensify," said Scott Braun, HS3 mission principal investigator and research meteorologist at NASA1s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This Global Hawk will carry a laser system called the Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL), the Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS), and the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS). The CPL will measure cloud structure and aerosols such as dust, sea salt and smoke particles. The S-HIS can remotely sense the temperature and water vapor vertical profile along with the sea surface temperature and cloud properties. The AVAPS dropsonde system will eject small sensors tied to parachutes that drift down through the storm, measuring winds, temperature and humidity. "Instruments on the 'over-storm' Global Hawk will examine the role of deep thunderstorm systems in hurricane intensity change, particularly to detect changes in low-level wind fields in the vicinity of these thunderstorms," said Braun. These instruments will measure eyewall and rainband winds and precipitation using a Doppler radar and other microwave sensors called the High-altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP), High-Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) and Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD). HIWRAP measures cloud structure and winds, providing a three-dimensional view of these conditions. HAMSR uses microwave wavelengths to measure temperature, water vapor, and precipitation from the top of the storm to the surface. HIRAD measures surface wind speeds and rain rates. The HS3 mission is supported by several NASA centers including Wallops; Goddard; Dryden; Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. HS3 also has collaborations with partners from government agencies and academia. HS3 is an Earth Venture mission funded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Earth Venture missions are managed by NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder Program at the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The HS3 mission is managed by the Earth Science Project Office at NASA's Ames Research Center. For more about the HS3 mission, visit: For more information about NASA's Airborne Science Program, visit: |
TWO BOARDWALK BUSINESSES CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTION OF CDS PARAPHERNALIA
On August 24 and August 30, 2012, OCPD patrol officers discovered two different OceanCity boardwalk businesses selling smoking devices fashioned in a manner to smoke controlled dangerous substances.At the time of the discovery the items were seized. At the “Shore Side Shop” (106 South Atlantic Ave) on August 24th the suspected CDS smoking devices were discovered by police in a box on the floor behind the counter. On August 30th, at the “NY Piercing” (409 Atlantic Ave) the suspected CDS smoking devices were observed in a large glass case. At the time of this discovery, the suspected contraband was found in the proximity of various items that promoted the use of Marijuana such as: ash trays, t-shirts and statues all displaying Marijuana leaves.
The business owners are identified as: (Shore Side Shop owner) – Benjamin Darmony, 48, of Berlin, Maryland and (NY Piercing owner) – Claude Darmony, 23, of Ocean City.
During the investigation, Ocean City Police consulted with the Worcester County States Attorney and determined the items were in violation of the Maryland Criminal Law Article prohibiting the sale of such items of CDS Paraphernalia.
On August 30th and 31st, OCPD officers made application for charges for these two business owners with the Ocean City District Court Commissioner and received charges for possession and distribution of CDS Paraphernalia.
Ocean City Police had previously met with both men in June 2012, and furnished them with a 15-page packet containing the Maryland Criminal Law Article governing CDS Paraphernalia, with explanations and examples of what constituted CDS paraphernalia.
Ocean City Police Department New Release
Legislative Updates From Delegate Mike McDermott
Taking Back the Truth-"thoughts on the democrat convention"
I always got a chuckle out of the “Honest Abe” commercial where Mrs. Lincoln asks her husband the age old question, “does this dress make me look fat?” Fast forward to this past week when Governor O’Malley was asked, “Can you honestly say that Americans are better off today than they were 4-years ago?” O’Malley gave an Honest Abe response...”No, we’re not better off...”
The reaction by his party, and his subsequent efforts to take back those words, offer a revealing look at the Democratic leadership. When your man is the President and has not moved the country “forward” as promised, you have two options: lie, or take responsibility. Their choice is quite clear.
Ironically, within his party, the governor’s only sin was stating the truth. The governor would spend days walking back the truth to the satisfaction of those who wish to live in an alternate universe where good is evil an evil is good.
The president’s policies have not led us “forward”. On the night of his acceptance speech, our national debt passed $16 trillion. His own Dept. of Labor reports that we have only recovered 300 thousand jobs during his term, not the 4.5 million with which the president seeks to cloak himself.
I listened to a speech that was to be pragmatic with direction and I heard a retreaded “Hope and Change”. The president said he had “changed” during the past 4-years, yet this is where he and Bill Clinton part company. Clinton accepted the winds which were afforded him and set his sail accordingly. Obama will not change his tack preferring to command the wind.
We all suffer from leadership that will not take responsibility (“The Buck Stops Here!). If you cannot accept that your policies have failed, you will not change direction and our countrymen will continue to suffer. When you cannot create your own wind, that’s when the whip and oars come out as you determine to tax and regulate your way “forward”. Marylanders know all too well how increased taxes and a punitive regulatory environment are not the pathway of prosperity.
Tears and emotional pleas will not fuel our economy. False narratives and fear mongering are a pitiful way to ask Americans to give you another 4-years “to get things right”.
Governor O’Malley had a brief moment of clarity, but it passed him by when he would not embrace it. When that moment comes for you, don’t be afraid to say, “The Emperor has no clothes”.
Taking Back the Truth
by Delegate Michael A. McDermott
I always got a chuckle out of the “Honest Abe” commercial where Mrs. Lincoln asks her husband the age old question, “does this dress make me look fat?” Fast forward to this past week when Governor O’Malley was asked, “Can you honestly say that Americans are better off today than they were 4-years ago?” O’Malley gave an Honest Abe response...”No, we’re not better off...”
The reaction by his party, and his subsequent efforts to take back those words, offer a revealing look at the Democratic leadership. When your man is the President and has not moved the country “forward” as promised, you have two options: lie, or take responsibility. Their choice is quite clear.
Ironically, within his party, the governor’s only sin was stating the truth. The governor would spend days walking back the truth to the satisfaction of those who wish to live in an alternate universe where good is evil an evil is good.
The president’s policies have not led us “forward”. On the night of his acceptance speech, our national debt passed $16 trillion. His own Dept. of Labor reports that we have only recovered 300 thousand jobs during his term, not the 4.5 million with which the president seeks to cloak himself.
I listened to a speech that was to be pragmatic with direction and I heard a retreaded “Hope and Change”. The president said he had “changed” during the past 4-years, yet this is where he and Bill Clinton part company. Clinton accepted the winds which were afforded him and set his sail accordingly. Obama will not change his tack preferring to command the wind.
We all suffer from leadership that will not take responsibility (“The Buck Stops Here!). If you cannot accept that your policies have failed, you will not change direction and our countrymen will continue to suffer. When you cannot create your own wind, that’s when the whip and oars come out as you determine to tax and regulate your way “forward”. Marylanders know all too well how increased taxes and a punitive regulatory environment are not the pathway of prosperity.
Tears and emotional pleas will not fuel our economy. False narratives and fear mongering are a pitiful way to ask Americans to give you another 4-years “to get things right”.
Governor O’Malley had a brief moment of clarity, but it passed him by when he would not embrace it. When that moment comes for you, don’t be afraid to say, “The Emperor has no clothes”.
Pocomoke City Downtown Fall Festival ~ Vendors Welcome ~
~DOWNTOWN FALL FESTIVAL~
Both food & non-food vendors are still welcome for our Downtown Fall Festival.Forms available from downtownpocomoke@gmail.com DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15
Friday, September 7, 2012
Worcester County Maryland Library ~ Pocomoke City Branch
Pocomoke Branch September Programs
Monday, September 17th @ 11:00 am
Family Game Day
Grab the family and come to the library to play all of the old family classic board games
Saturday, September 22nd @ 9:00am
Movie & Craft: The Avengers
The movie that dominated box offices all around the world. Come watch it at the library and make an Avengers related craft.
Tuesday, September 25th @ 4:00 p.m.
Litwits: an informal adult reading groupAn informal discussion of recommended titles, authors and genres. Come share your favorites. Refreshments will be served.
Tuesday, September 25th @ 11:00am
Rocket Launches Scheduled September 8-15 From Wallops Island
Two Terrier-Lynx suborbital rockets are scheduled for launch September 8 -15 for the Department of Defense from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Based on the approved range schedule, the first rocket is scheduled between 8 and 10 p.m., September 8. The backup launch days are September 11 and 12.
The second rocket is scheduled for launch between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., September 15. The rockets may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.
These launches will not be shown live on the Internet nor will launch status updates be provided once the countdown begins. The NASA Visitor Center will not be open for viewing the launches.
These launches will not be shown live on the Internet nor will launch status updates be provided once the countdown begins. The NASA Visitor Center will not be open for viewing the launches.
For more information: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/shark.html
Thursday, September 6, 2012
TIME MACHINE Preview ... 1915 Article Recalls Vanished Glory Of Eastern Shore Cooking.
The year is 1915 and Dr. Fulton, who travels the peninsula, laments the fact that some old Eastern Shore cooking favorites are disappearing. "A number of dishes are almost lost in oblivion."
Read about it this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two or more if you wish. Your name won't be used unless you ask that it be. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Mother Removes Children From School Due To Bonus Question On Test
This is just ridiculous, this mom pulls her children from school to home school them because she thinks a bonus question on a test that ask "who the Reindeer are?" is instilling Christian beliefs.
WHAT? Since when did "Reindeer" have anything what-so-ever to do with religion or religious beliefs? Reindeer?
From what she says in the video about being called in to the school office repeatedly... it sounds like to me that a little religious installation wouldn't hurt her little juvenile delinquent in the first place.
WHAT? Since when did "Reindeer" have anything what-so-ever to do with religion or religious beliefs? Reindeer?
From what she says in the video about being called in to the school office repeatedly... it sounds like to me that a little religious installation wouldn't hurt her little juvenile delinquent in the first place.
Congressman Scott Rigell to Hold Town Hall Meetings On Eastern Shore Friday
Looking to bolster a re-election after his first term, Rigell will hold the first meeting at the Chincoteague Council Chambers at 10:00 AM, a second town hall be in the town of Onancock on the town lawn at noon and the final will be at Rayfield's Pharmacy in Cape Charles at 2:30 PM.
The public is welcome to attend.
Congressman Rigell is racing Democratic Challenger Paul Hirschbiel, a businessman from Virginia Beach who is the owner of the venture capital firm Eden Capital.
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New Humane Society Helpline
The Humane Society of the United States
just launched a helpline for those who have questions about the recent court ruling in Maryland involving pit bull-type dogs.
Please share this message, and if you have questions call 1-855-MDDOGS1
just launched a helpline for those who have questions about the recent court ruling in Maryland involving pit bull-type dogs.
Please share this message, and if you have questions call 1-855-MDDOGS1
Wall Street Journal: Oh My, O'Malley
Oh My, O'Malley
By STEPHEN MOOREAnyone who watched his speech last night at the Democratic conventionknows that Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is an unflinching critic of Republicans and defender of President Obama's record. But what about Mr. O'Malley's record?
"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan now say they want to take America back. And so we ask: Back to what? Back to the failed policies that drove us into a deep recession? Back to the days of record job losses?" said the governor, who is expected to run for president in 2016. "No, thank you. I don't want to go back."
Yet Mr. O'Malley's own record as a job creator and champion of fiscal responsibility is spotty at best. He tends to embellish his
performance as governor with selective facts. When I criticized him
for falling short of Virginia and other states in the region on most
measures of progress, the governor fired back with a press release
filled with ad hominem attacks and cherry-picked statistics. That's
par for the course, Maryland political watchers tell me.
But the facts are tough to dance around despite Mr. O'Malley's best
efforts. Maryland has lagged behind Virginia in job growth since 2007. During the first six months of this year, Maryland has lost jobs compared to gains in both Virginia and Pennsylvania. The political group Change Maryland notes that he has raised taxes or fees 24 times as governor. And Ohio, under Republican Gov. John Kasich's reforms, is now rated as more pro-business than Maryland.
Mr. O'Malley's fiscal record is a bust, too. His press office says
that he "has cut more state spending than any governor in Maryland's history—$8 billion." But Change Maryland says that "nobody understands where this number comes from." Its research shows that the state budget expanded to $35.5 billion today from $28.8 billion in 2007 .
"With our lagging economic performance and record tax increases, the evidence grows by the day that Maryland is falling behind other
states," says Larry Hogan of Change Maryland. With this record,
Republicans think that Mr. O'Malley is the ideal spokesman for Mr.
Obama.
By STEPHEN MOOREAnyone who watched his speech last night at the Democratic conventionknows that Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is an unflinching critic of Republicans and defender of President Obama's record. But what about Mr. O'Malley's record?
"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan now say they want to take America back. And so we ask: Back to what? Back to the failed policies that drove us into a deep recession? Back to the days of record job losses?" said the governor, who is expected to run for president in 2016. "No, thank you. I don't want to go back."
Yet Mr. O'Malley's own record as a job creator and champion of fiscal responsibility is spotty at best. He tends to embellish his
performance as governor with selective facts. When I criticized him
for falling short of Virginia and other states in the region on most
measures of progress, the governor fired back with a press release
filled with ad hominem attacks and cherry-picked statistics. That's
par for the course, Maryland political watchers tell me.
But the facts are tough to dance around despite Mr. O'Malley's best
efforts. Maryland has lagged behind Virginia in job growth since 2007. During the first six months of this year, Maryland has lost jobs compared to gains in both Virginia and Pennsylvania. The political group Change Maryland notes that he has raised taxes or fees 24 times as governor. And Ohio, under Republican Gov. John Kasich's reforms, is now rated as more pro-business than Maryland.
Mr. O'Malley's fiscal record is a bust, too. His press office says
that he "has cut more state spending than any governor in Maryland's history—$8 billion." But Change Maryland says that "nobody understands where this number comes from." Its research shows that the state budget expanded to $35.5 billion today from $28.8 billion in 2007 .
"With our lagging economic performance and record tax increases, the evidence grows by the day that Maryland is falling behind other
states," says Larry Hogan of Change Maryland. With this record,
Republicans think that Mr. O'Malley is the ideal spokesman for Mr.
Obama.
Suicidal Subject Subdued By Ocean City Police
On September 1, 2012, at approximately 9:55 p.m. Ocean City Police responded to the area of 2109 Philadelphia Avenue to check on the welfare of an unknown male subject. Citizens called police after the man, whose name is not being released, was initially acting disorderly but had since walked away from the area and passed out in a vehicle that was parked at the above address.Officers met with the male, who appeared to be highly intoxicated, and learned that he had been arguing with his girlfriend and was upset over the altercation. The subject suddenly produced a folding knife from within the vehicle, opened it and held it to his own throat. Officers immediately established a perimeter around the vehicle, restricting the vehicle and pedestrian traffic in the area.
While attempting to negotiate with the male, he pulled the knife away from his body but was still holding it in his hand. During this time, an officer equipped with an Electronic Control Device (ECD) seized the opportunity to deploy his ECD into the subject. The subject experienced neuro-muscular incapacitation and dropped the knife.
At this time, officers were able to pull the subject from the vehicle and take him into custody. Despite the impact sites from the ECD probes, the subject was not injured during this incident. He was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) for an emergency evaluation and also received treatment to remove the ECD probes, which had become imbedded when he fell.
While at PRMC, the subject made statements that he intended to commit “suicide by cop” but the officers’ actions stopped him before he got the opportunity. This incident was successfully resolved through the use of the ECD. Since February 2012, Ocean City Police officers have had 10 uses of the new weapon.
Ocean City Police Press Release
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan on Martin O'Malley's DNC Remarks
Annapolis - "Governor O’Malley talks a lot about 'moving forward' but here in Maryland his policies have slammed us into reverse and have us stuck in a ditch.
If Governor O'Malley worked in a bipartisan manner in his six years in office, state government would have made the tough choices needed to restore economic performance. Instead, he criticizes others and relishes partisan attack-dog politics rather than focusing on the hard work of governing.
"Under Martin O'Malley, Maryland lags behind our region in attracting jobs, businesses and those who pay taxes. Make no mistake, modern investments in a modern economy is just code language for more tax-and-spend governing like we have had here in Maryland."
Change Maryland is the state's largest non-partisan grass roots
citizen's organization.
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changemaryland.org
facebook.com/changemaryland
Pocomoke City Gets New VA Outpatient Clinic
When the Pocomoke City VA Outpatient Clinic opened its doors 12 years ago, it had one doctor and one nurse working just one day a week. Over the years, the staff has more than tripled and operating hours grew to five days per week. As the staff and Veteran population increased, the need for a larger space became evident. On Saturday, August 18, 2012, VA Maryland Health Care System Director Dennis H. Smith, Pocomoke City VA Outpatient Clinic staff, local dignitaries and over 70 Veterans joined to cut the ribbon and celebrate the opening of the new Pocomoke City VA Outpatient Clinic at 1701 Pocomoke Marketplace, Unit 211 in Pocomoke City. The clinic currently serves more than 1,500 Veterans in Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset Counties on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore and Accomack and Northampton Counties in Virginia.
The Pocomoke VA Outpatient Clinic provides the following services:
The Pocomoke VA Outpatient Clinic provides the following services:
- Primary Care
- Medication Management
- Anti-Coagulation Clinic
- Mental Health Care
- Comprehensive Diabetes Care
- Telehealth Clinics
- Preventive Health Care
- Women’s Health Care
- Education Services
- Referrals for Specialty Care Services
Veterans on the Lower Eastern Shore can enroll for VA health care at the Pocomoke City VA Outpatient Clinic by bringing a copy of their DD-214, a photo I.D., and financial information from the previous calendar year to facilitate the enrollment process.
Veterans may also enroll for VA health care by calling the Pocomoke City VA Outpatient Clinic at 1-866-441-0287 or 410-957-6718.
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Worcester County Sheriff's Office Seeking Help In Identifying Subject
The Worcester County Sheriffs Office is currently investigating several thefts that have occurred in the southern portion of Worcester County and in the Pocomoke City area.
The Worcester County Sheriff's Office would like the public's help in identifying the male subject in the picture.
Please contact the Sheriffs Office at 410 632 1112 if you can help identify the subject in the picture or if you have any information regarding the thefts that are occurring in Pocomoke City area.
As always you may remain anonymous.
Below is a photo of a person of interest.
Please contact the Sheriffs Office at 410 632 1112 if you can help identify the subject in the picture or if you have any information regarding the thefts that are occurring in Pocomoke City area.
As always you may remain anonymous.
Deputy investigating the thefts is D.F.C. Trotter.
"Voter Suppression" In Last Snow Hill Election To Be Investigated
By Staff Writer Travis Brown
SNOW HILL -- Investigations into accounts of voter suppression during the last Snow Hill election in May have been transferred to Somerset County State’s Attorney Daniel W. Powell, despite the protests of the man bringing the claims.
“We would have preferred that our State’s Attorney investigated the matter,” said Edward S. Lee, a member of the Snow Hill Circle of Leaders who is spearheading the request for an investigation.
Lee asserted that the “outcome of this decision could have statewide implications” and should have been handled by someone familiar with the area that is also known by the community.
“I do not know the State’s Attorney in Somerset County; I do not know what he stands for or his beliefs,” said Lee.
Lee has accused Snow Hill’s recently-elected Mayor Charlie Dorman of “voter suppression” including stuffing campaign literature into absentee ballots, unauthorized surveillance of voters and intercepting and interfering with leaflets from a local church and using them to self-promote his bid at election.
For his part, Dorman declined to comment on Lee’s accusations at the time, only saying that he was willing to wait for the investigation to “run its course” and doesn’t expect any wrongdoing to be confirmed.
“When it comes back it will prove, I’ve done nothing wrong,” Dorman said.
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"Good Neighbor Day" At Enchanted Florist
At Enchanted Florist, we're hoping to bring the "Good Neighbor" spirit to Pocomoke City
FTD has been the national sponsor of the event for 17 + years.
What is Good Neighbor Day?
It originated in 1994 by an FTD Florist, and continues to be a day of celebration of friendship and goodwill for everyone!
Visit the Enchanted Florist
Wednesday, September 5th,
receive a dozen flowers (while supplies last) when you bring in a minimum of 5 non-perishable food, paper or hygiene products.
You keep one flower for yourself and give the others away to 11 different people.
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| Photo Enchanted Florist |
So, be a "Good Neighbor" and contribute to the community and make someone smile with a flower!!
We will open at 6:30 a.m. until they are gone.
Maryland Court Did Not Define What They Think A "Pit Bull" Is
Update: Tracey v. Solesky Ruling on Pit BullsThe Maryland Court of Appeals has rejected motions for reconsideration of their decision in Tracey v. Solesky. That ruling is now in effect. The court modified the ruling so that it now only...
applies to purebred “pit bulls” and not to pit bull mixes. There is no legal or genetic definition of a “pit bull” and “pit bull” is not a recognized breed. One of the issues is that the court did not define what they think a “pit bull” is.
According to an opinion issued by the office of the Attorney General, this decision cannot be remedied by an Executive Order from Governor O’Malley.
During the second special session of the Maryland General Assembly legislation which would have remedied the court’s decision passed the Senate by a vote of 41 to 1 and passed unanimously in the House of Delegates. All major stakeholders supported this legislation. Unfortunately the Senate either refused or was unable to consider amendments made by the House and the legislation did not pass.
It appears that a solution will have to wait until the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly which begins in January. The joint Senate and House task force which was appointed to develop legislation to address Tracey v. Solesky is expected to continue work to develop a legislative proposal for consideration.
Resources for tenants with pit bulls
The Humane Society of the United States has compiled several lists of resources for tenants with pit bull type dogs and for landlords.
Information for renters and dog owners:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md_renters_with_dogs.pdf
General resources and resources for specific Maryland counties:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md-dog-owner-resources-county.pdf
Tips for temporarily or permanently placing your dog:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md_pit_bull_arrangements.pdf
Information for landlords and property owners:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md_dog_law_landlord_info.pdf
According to an opinion issued by the office of the Attorney General, this decision cannot be remedied by an Executive Order from Governor O’Malley.
During the second special session of the Maryland General Assembly legislation which would have remedied the court’s decision passed the Senate by a vote of 41 to 1 and passed unanimously in the House of Delegates. All major stakeholders supported this legislation. Unfortunately the Senate either refused or was unable to consider amendments made by the House and the legislation did not pass.
It appears that a solution will have to wait until the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly which begins in January. The joint Senate and House task force which was appointed to develop legislation to address Tracey v. Solesky is expected to continue work to develop a legislative proposal for consideration.
Resources for tenants with pit bulls
The Humane Society of the United States has compiled several lists of resources for tenants with pit bull type dogs and for landlords.
Information for renters and dog owners:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md_renters_with_dogs.pdf
General resources and resources for specific Maryland counties:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md-dog-owner-resources-county.pdf
Tips for temporarily or permanently placing your dog:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md_pit_bull_arrangements.pdf
Information for landlords and property owners:http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/md_dog_law_landlord_info.pdf
What you can do to help:
1) Please join Maryland Votes For Animals to receive information and action alerts on this and other animal protection issues at
voteanimals.org
You can also like Maryland Votes For Animals on Facebook
2) Tell your friends and acquaintances about Maryland Votes For Animals. We urgently need to expand our influence with legislators. Every e-mail, call, or letter expands that influence. We need people at all levels of commitment. If all you can do is e-mail your elected representatives a couple of times a year, that is a HUGE help. We will provide you with all the information you need including sample messages.
3) Help educate your friends and acquaintances on this issue. People need to understand that this is NOT just about pit bull type dogs. As a direct consequence of this ruling more landlords are going to want to avoid the issue altogether by refusing to rent to tenants with any kid of dog. And once the concept of “inherently dangerous” breeds is established it will be applied to other breeds. There is no reason to assume that only larger breeds will be targeted.
Thank you for caring about the animals.
Frank Caesar Branchini
Board member
Maryland Votes For Animals
Voteanimals.org
1) Please join Maryland Votes For Animals to receive information and action alerts on this and other animal protection issues at
voteanimals.org
You can also like Maryland Votes For Animals on Facebook
2) Tell your friends and acquaintances about Maryland Votes For Animals. We urgently need to expand our influence with legislators. Every e-mail, call, or letter expands that influence. We need people at all levels of commitment. If all you can do is e-mail your elected representatives a couple of times a year, that is a HUGE help. We will provide you with all the information you need including sample messages.
3) Help educate your friends and acquaintances on this issue. People need to understand that this is NOT just about pit bull type dogs. As a direct consequence of this ruling more landlords are going to want to avoid the issue altogether by refusing to rent to tenants with any kid of dog. And once the concept of “inherently dangerous” breeds is established it will be applied to other breeds. There is no reason to assume that only larger breeds will be targeted.
Thank you for caring about the animals.
Frank Caesar Branchini
Board member
Maryland Votes For Animals
Voteanimals.org
High-Altitude Suborbital Rocket Launch Rescheduled
Due to required additional testing of the payload, the launch attempt for September 5, 2012 has been scrubbed.
The next attempt will be September 6.
The NASA Visitor Center at the Wallops Flight Facility will open at 6 a.m. on launch day for public viewing.
The mission will be available live on Ustream beginning at 6 a.m. on launch day at: http://www.ustream.com/channel/nasa-wallops
Mission status on launch day also can be followed on Twitter and Facebook at: http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Wallops and http://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF
Mission status also is available on the Wallops launch status line at 757-824-2050.
The next attempt will be September 6.
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – NASA will conduct a test flight of a Talos-Terrier-Oriole suborbital sounding rocket between 7 and 10 a.m., September 5, from the agency’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This will be the first flight of this launch vehicle which is being developed, using motors that currently exist in the sounding rocket fleet, to support high altitude space science research.
This will be the first flight of this launch vehicle which is being developed, using motors that currently exist in the sounding rocket fleet, to support high altitude space science research.
The backup launch day is September 6.
Chuck Brodell, project manager with the Wallops sounding rocket programs office, said, “One of the main objectives of this mission is to develop alternative high altitude vehicle three and four stage configurations that will augment the current NASA stable of suborbital research vehicles. In addition we will test several new hardware developments as well as flight support systems.”
This will be the first flight of the Oriole motor as a third stage for the NASA Sounding Rocket Program and the first flight of the Terrier as a second stage.
The 3-stage, 65-foot tall vehicle is projected to lift its 1,664 pound payload to approximately 176 miles above the Earth. After a 10 minute flight, the payload is expected land in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles off the Wallops Island coast. The payload will not be recovered.
The launch may be visible to observers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the three lower counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and southern Delaware.
Chuck Brodell, project manager with the Wallops sounding rocket programs office, said, “One of the main objectives of this mission is to develop alternative high altitude vehicle three and four stage configurations that will augment the current NASA stable of suborbital research vehicles. In addition we will test several new hardware developments as well as flight support systems.”
This will be the first flight of the Oriole motor as a third stage for the NASA Sounding Rocket Program and the first flight of the Terrier as a second stage.
The 3-stage, 65-foot tall vehicle is projected to lift its 1,664 pound payload to approximately 176 miles above the Earth. After a 10 minute flight, the payload is expected land in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles off the Wallops Island coast. The payload will not be recovered.
The launch may be visible to observers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the three lower counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and southern Delaware.
The NASA Visitor Center at the Wallops Flight Facility will open at 6 a.m. on launch day for public viewing.
The mission will be available live on Ustream beginning at 6 a.m. on launch day at: http://www.ustream.com/channel/nasa-wallops
Mission status on launch day also can be followed on Twitter and Facebook at: http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Wallops and http://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF
Mission status also is available on the Wallops launch status line at 757-824-2050.
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