Race Day ~ Crisfield Mud Bog ~ September 1, 2012

If you are familiar with Labor Day tradition in Crisfield then you know nothing gets started until after the famous and fun Crab Derby Parade- not even mud bogging.  The races started just a few minutes late but not enough for anyone to notice unless you were paying attention to the clock.

It is estimated that  Crisfield  mud bog drew at least 1,000 spectators.  And at one point the cars were lined along the shoulder of the road waiting to pay admission into the mud bog.That's not bad at all considering the holiday and all the events happening in town.  These fans are very dedicated mud bog fans!  Much appreciation needs to be given to them for attending race after race and especially for coping with the HOT temperatures on this day.  In fact, I believe, it was hotter than HOT.

The most welcomed person of the day had to be the young man walking around the grounds selling lemonade.  Hope you bought some of it because it was delicious and just hit the spot on such a hot and humid racing afternoon!  The poor guy walked all day offering his wares and when I met up with him later in the day he looked pooped!  I certainly hope someone gave him a nice dinner and he got some much needed rest. 

As of this post the race results and points have not been posted on the official Crisfield/Gumboro website.  So until I have that information here are a couple of videos and some photos from the mud bug along with what  information I have.  If you have any info you would like to share email me.  My email address is listed on this blog.

"Short and Sassy"

Owner/Driver Barry Wise

"Old School II"

Randy Willey

Hurlock, Maryland

"Mud Dobber"

Driver- Wright Townsend

"Sod Buster"/Driver Barry Long

"All Night Soldier"/Driver Patrick Long

"Wildfire"/Driver Donald Bowden

I'll be back with more photos and video and the name of the winner in the "Gambler's Race".

Salty Dog Celebrates Downtown Pocomoke City Fall Festival

Be sure to register your dog in the Dog Parade !!

Pocomoke Hockey Team Warriors Support "Wounded Warriors"

Written by

Shawn Nisson
Staff Writer
DelmarvaNow

POCOMOKE — Two Warrior squads will clash on the field this Friday in an effort to support and honor those who have served our country in battle. Easton’s field hockey team will travel to take on Pocomoke, with junior varsity scheduled for a 4 p.m. start with the varsity game following that at 5:30, in a contest where the proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warriors Project.

“We wanted to be patriotic,” Susan Pusey, Pocomoke’s head coach said. “We wanted to recognize and honor the military for all that they are doing for our country.”

There will be a baked goods sale to raise funds and the team will also be selling flags with yellow ribbons that will line the fences around the field. Also as a tribute all military personnel will be able to attend the game at no cost.

“We just thought it would be a good thing to do,” Pusey said. “We’re playing Easton, who are the Warriors as well, and we’re just trying to raise some money for the Wounded Warriors Project.”

According to the Wounded Warriors Project website, the groups mission is to “honor and empower wounded warriors.” The project hopes to raise awareness and to get the general public involved in helping to aid the needs of injured service members.

Pusey said that she has always tried to instil a sense of gratitude and the need to perform services for others in her student athletes.

“I always try to express to the kids the need to give back,” Pusey said. “We’re trying to build character in these kids to make them realize that people do a lot of things for all of us and we certainly should give back our time and appreciation to our country. Things are not the best now a days and we certainly need to support our military.”

While this is the first event of it’s kind at Pocomoke, the school has been very successful at putting on events like this in the past. Pusey said that success is a testament to the amount of support they get from both the school and the surrounding community.

“It’s a really good thing that our school has been doing,” Pusey said. “It shows a lot about Pocomoke high school and our kids that they’re willing to participate, and the faculty and the administration have been fantastic in supporting these events as well.”
Source:

In Case You Missed It: Change Maryland

O'Malley sharply critical of GOP at convention
Baltimore Sun 9.5.12

"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," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan. 
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-09-04/news/bs-md-dnc-omalley-20120904_1_martin-o-malley-mitt-romney-paul-ryan

O'Malley talks taxes but not 2016 at convention

Baltimore Sun 9.5.12

In a statement, Hogan said there is "a pattern of deception from the governor.''
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-09-04/news/bal-omalley-talks-taxes-but-not-2016-at-convention-20120904_1_martin-o-malley-republican-convention-tax-increases

Oh My, O'Malley

Wall Street Journal 9.5.12

"The political group Change Maryland notes that he has raised taxes or fees 24 times as governor."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443686004577633311661079168.html

O'Malley reprises campaign slogan to back Obama

Delmarva Now 9.5.12

Larry Hogan of Change Maryland said: “Governor O’Malley talks a lot about ‘moving forward’ but here in Maryland his policies have slammed us into reverse and have us stick in a ditch.”
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120906/NEWS/309060008/O-Malley-reprises-campaign-slogan-back-Obama?odyssey=nav%7Chead

O’Malley brings more drama for Obama

Examiner 9.5.12

“Make no mistake about it, modern investments in a modern economy is just code language for more tax-and-spend governing like we have seen in Maryland,” under the O’Malley administration, said Hogan. 
http://www.examiner.com/article/o-malley-brings-more-drama-for-obama

O’Malley speech puts convention in drive

Maryland Reporter 9.5.12

Larry Hogan of Change Maryland said: “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.”
http://marylandreporter.com/2012/09/05/omalley-speech-puts-convention-in-drive/

The Varied Reaction to Martin O'Malley

Monoblogue 9.5.12

"Change Maryland did a little digging and found Ohio created three times more jobs than Maryland under Kasich."

http://monoblogue.us/2012/09/05/the-varied-reaction-to-mom/

Democrats' rising star leads Maryland through years of tax increases

Washington Examiner 9.4.12

"Martin O'Malley is managing the decline of Maryland," said Larry Hogan, founder and chairman of Change Maryland.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-rising-star-leads-maryland-through-years-of-tax-increases/article/2506960

McDonnell ahead of O'Malley 

Daily Progress 9.2.12

"Then in late May, Larry Hogan, chairman of the nonpartisan group Change Maryland, wrote a piece for Reason magazine titled 'How Maryland's Tax Rates Are Driving Jobs to Virginia.'

http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2012/sep/02/mcdonnell-ahead-omalley-ar-2172884/

State collects $230M more taxes than projected

Annapolis Capitol 9.2.12

“If this is an opportunity to sprinkle more money around to favored projects, then it is a waste of resources,” Jim Pettit, policy analyst for Change Maryland said. 

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/government/md-tax-collections-m-more-than-projected/article_78038051-b1b9-5b11-a1b4-ae304f336fb4.html

Maryland surplus spurs debate: Did lawmakers need to raise taxes?

Washington Post 9.1.12

"Tax increases have fomented grass-roots opposition, giving rise to a group called Change Maryland, which has had 22,000 Facebook followers since the spring."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/surplus-spurs-debate-did-md-need-to-raise-taxes/2012/09/01/bdd5fa86-f3a5-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html

State takes to YouTube to fight poor business perception

The Daily Record 8.27.12

"The state Department of Business and Economic Development posted a quirky, two-and-a-half minute video Friday that rebuts the claims of organizations such as Change Maryland."
http://thedailyrecord.com/eyeonannapolis/2012/08/27/state-takes-to-youtube-to-fight-poor-business-perception/

Contact Any Member Or Call For Tickets

Today We Remember September 11, 2001....

"Warriors Supporting Warriors" Field Hockey- For Our Troops.

‘Warriors Supporting Warriors’

FIELD HOCKEY GAME

Easton vs. Pocomoke

AT
Pocomoke High School

Friday, September 14, 2012 Junior Varsity game starting

at 4:00 p.m.

Varsity game following at 5:30 p.m. COST: $5

Benefits from the game will go towards the

"Wounded Warrior Project" to honor our military.

　
There will be a Baked Goods For sale to raise funds

The team will  be selling flags with yellow ribbons that will line the fences around the field.

Also as a tribute all military personnel will be able to attend the game at no cost.

The awesome power of a wife's love

A very old man lay dying in his bed.

In death's doorway, he suddenly smelled the

aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookie wafting up the stairs.

He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed.

Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom.

With even greater effort he forced himself down the stairs,

gripping the railing with both hands.

With labored breath,

he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen.

Were it not for death's agony,

he would have thought himself already in heaven.

There, spread out

on newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of

his favorite chocolate chip cookies.

Was it heaven?

Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife,

seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?

Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table.

The aged and withered hand, shaking, made its way to a cookie

at the edge of the table,

when he was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.

"Stay out of those,"

she said.

"They're for the funeral."

Annual Fall Festival~ Vendor/Exhibitor Rules & Regulations & Form

Vendor/Exhibitor

Rules and Regulations

Pocomoke City Annual Fall Festival

October 6, 2012

The Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke are hosting the Annual Downtown Fall Festival in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

Any obligations, releases, waivers or hold harmless items provided in this agreement with the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke City, shall be conclusively deemed to apply without exception to the City of Pocomoke, and/or any other agency or organization involved with the planning of this festival.

The success of the Annual Downtown Pocomoke Fall Festival depends on the parties fulfilling these rights, duties and obligations.

Dates/Time: October 6th, 2012, 10:00am – 3:00pm

Location: Downtown Pocomoke City. Your space will be assigned when you pay. You will likely be placed along Market Street or Clarke Street, between Second & Front Streets. These streets will be blocked off. You will be told to set up either in the street or on the sidewalk.

Exhibit Fees: Application is attached for a 10 X 10-ft. space. The fee for a 10ft X 10ft space is $15.00. (The fee for 10ft X 20ft is $30.00) Space/booth/table assignments will be made at Association’s sole discretion, based on availability and on the date each paid application is received.

You must bring your own canopy/tents, table and chairs

and whatever you feel you need.

Signage: Signage is the responsibility of the Vendor/Exhibitor and must comply with the specification as stated below. Vendor/Exhibitor will be permitted to display signs identifying the Vendor/Exhibitor and goods and/or services with prices that are being offered to the public. Vendor/Exhibitor will be permitted to distribute handouts, brochures, flyers, and other promotional materials within the confines of assigned exhibit space only. Signage can in no way conflict with or be contrary to the stated purpose of the Annual Downtown Pocomoke Fall Festival.

Restrictions:
Unless agreed to in advance of the event, vendor/exhibitor is not allowed to sell knives, guns, swords, poppers, silly string or any paraphernalia deemed by the Downtown Pocomoke Association or Pocomoke City Police Department to be unsuitable for this event.

Security: Neither the Downtown Pocomoke Association nor the City of Pocomoke shall be responsible for lost or stolen items. Each Vendor/Exhibitor is expected to secure their area and its contents at the end of each day.

The Exhibitor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke for any loss that may occur through theft, vandalism, fire or acts of God.

Liability: The Vendor/Exhibitor is entirely responsible for the assigned booth/exhibit space and agrees to reimburse the City of Pocomoke for any damage to buildings and/or grounds, sustained within such space during the period of time the Vendor/Exhibitor has contracted for (including move-in and move-out).

Trash: Vendor/Exhibitor is expected to provide for trash collection in booth and to empty that trash into receptacles provided by the festival.

Payment: Payment is due with application no later than September 15, 2012, assuming space availability at that time.

Set-up
Removal: Move-in and set-up on Saturday, October 6th, between 8:00am and 9:30am. All booths must be fully set up and operational by 9:30am and remain open until 3:00pm.

Compliance: The Vendor/Exhibitor must comply with all Vendor/Exhibitor Rules and Regulations relating to the Annual Downtown Fall Festival. These Rules and Regulations are to be considered an integral part of the attached registration form.

We look forward to your participation at our

Annual Downtown Fall Festival!

Thank you!

*******************************

Non-Food Vendor Form

Pocomoke City Annual Fall Festival

October 6, 2012

Registration Deadline: September 15

Forthcoming Rules and Regulations will be considered an integral part of this Registration Form.

1. Contact Person: ______________________________________________

2. Company Name: _____________________________________________

3. Mailing Address: _____________________________________________

4. Telephone: __________________

5. Email: ______________________________________

7. Please include here a description of the items you will be selling or exhibiting:

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

9. Please reserve space as follows: (include all that apply)

Fees: $15 deposit per vendor, for a 10ft x 10ft space ($30 for 10ft x 20ft)

Free for non-profit, 501(c)3 organizations.

Number of Spaces ___________Amount Enclosed $__________

Please make checks payable to: Downtown Pocomoke Association

Mail completed form and checks to:

Angela Manos, City Hall, 101 Clarke Avenue, Pocomoke City, Maryland · 21851

Questions? Call: 410.603.1178, or Email: downtownpocomoke@gmail.com

Payment in full due by September 28, 2011*

Signature of Authorized Representative: ____________________________

*Early registrants may benefit from being included in marketing materials for the event.

Fall Festival FOOD VENDOR/EXHIBITOR Rules and Regulation and Form

FOOD Vendor/Exhibitor

Rules and Regulations

Pocomoke City Annual Fall Festival

October 6, 2012

The Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke are hosting the Annual Downtown Fall Festival in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

Any obligations, releases, waivers or hold harmless items provided in this agreement with the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke City, shall be conclusively deemed to apply without exception to the City of Pocomoke, and/or any other agency or organization involved with the planning of this festival.

The success of the Annual Downtown Pocomoke Fall Festival depends on the parties fulfilling these rights, duties and obligations.

Dates/Time: October 6th, 2012, 10:00am – 3:00pm

Location: Downtown Pocomoke City. Your space will be assigned when you pay. You will likely be placed along Market Street or Clarke Street, between Second & Front Streets. These streets will be blocked off. You will be told to set up either in the street or on the sidewalk.

Exhibit Fees: Application is attached for a 10 X 10-ft. space. The fee for a 10ft X 10ft space is $25.00. (The fee for 10ft X 20ft is $50.00)

Booth assignments will be made at Association’s sole discretion, based on availability and on the date each paid application is received.

Electric: Vendor/Exhibitor must provide own extension cord(s), three-way adaptor plug,

and additional lighting. There is a charge for those booths needing electric. (extra charge)

You must bring your own canopy/tents, table and chairs

and whatever you feel you need.

Signage: Signage is the responsibility of the Vendor/Exhibitor and must comply with the specification as stated below. Vendor/Exhibitor will be permitted to display signs identifying the Vendor/Exhibitor and goods and/or services with prices that are being offered to the public. Vendor/Exhibitor will be permitted to distribute handouts, brochures, flyers, and other promotional materials within the confines of assigned exhibit space only. Signage can in no way conflict with or be contrary to the stated purpose of the Annual Downtown Pocomoke Fall Festival.

Restrictions: Vendor/Exhibitor is not allowed to sell knives, guns, swords, poppers, silly string or any paraphernalia deemed by the Downtown Pocomoke Association or Police Department to be unsuitable for this event.

 Insurance: Before a Food Vendor is permitted to sell or display any item, the Vendor is required to provide a certificate of public liability insurance in a form acceptable to the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke, naming the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke as additional insured. Food Vendors must also fill out forms supplied by the Worcester County Health Department and have them returned by the date that the Worcester County Health Department has provided on such forms. Those that have not returned these forms on time will not be allowed to set up at the festival and money will not be returned. It is the vendor’s responsibility to have them sent in on time.

Food vendors must post their Worcester County Health Department permits during the festival.

Security: Neither the Downtown Pocomoke Association nor the City of Pocomoke shall be responsible for lost or stolen items. Each Vendor/Exhibitor is expected to secure their area and its contents at the end of each day.

The Exhibitor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke for any loss that may occur through theft, vandalism, fire or acts of God.

Liability: The Vendor/Exhibitor is entirely responsible for the assigned booth/exhibit space and agrees to reimburse the City of Pocomoke for any damage to floors, walls, doors, buildings and/or grounds, sustained within such space during the period of time the Vendor/Exhibitor has contracted for (including move-in and move-out).

Trash: Vendor/Exhibitor is expected to provide for trash collection in booth and to empty that trash into receptacles provided by the festival.

Payment: Payment is due with application no later than September 15, 2012, assuming space availability at that time.

Set-up

Removal: Move-in and set-up on Saturday, October 6th, between 8:00am and 9:30am. All booths must be fully set up and operational by 9:45am and remain open until 3:00pm

Compliance: The Vendor/Exhibitor must comply with all Vendor/Exhibitor Rules and Regulations relating to the Annual Downtown Fall Festival. These Rules and Regulations are to be considered an integral part of the attached registration form.

We look forward to seeing you at the

Annual Downtown Fall Festival!

Thank you!

**********************************************

Food Vendor Form

Pocomoke City Annual Fall Festival

October 6, 2012

Registration Deadline: September 15

Forthcoming Rules and Regulations will be considered an integral part of this Registration Form.

1. Contact Person: ______________________________________________

2. Company Name: _____________________________________________

3. Mailing Address: _____________________________________________

4. Telephone: __________________

5. Email: ______________________________________

7. List your complete menu proposed food. To preserve the integrity of each food vendor’s market, this menu will be screened and a final approved menu returned with your confirmation. Only items on the approved menu will be allowed for sale at the festival. There will be no duplication of food items.

____________________________________________________________

8. Please describe any electrical needs: ____________________________________________________________

9. Please reserve space as follows: (include all that apply)

Fees: $25 deposit per vendor, for a 10ft x 10ft space ($50 for 10ft x 20ft)

Free for non-profit, 501(c)3 organizations.

Number of Spaces ___________Amount Enclosed $__________

Please make checks payable to: Downtown Pocomoke Association

Mail completed form and checks to:

Angela Manos, City Hall, 101 Clarke Avenue, Pocomoke City, Maryland · 21851

Questions? Call: 410.603.1178, or Email: downtownpocomoke@gmail.com

Payment in full due by September 28, 2011*

Signature of Authorized Representative: ____________________________

*Early registrants may benefit from being included in marketing materials for the event.

Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson

This is amazing. There are two parts. Be sure to read the 2nd part (in RED).

Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.

At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.

At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.

At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.

At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.

At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

At 23, started his own law practice.

At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America ” and retired from his law practice.

At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .

At 33, took three years to revise Virginia ’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.

At 40, served in Congress for two years.

At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.

At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.

At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.

At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.

At 57, was elected the third president of the United States ..

At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.

At 61, was elected to a second term as President.

At 65, retired to Monticello .

At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.

At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.

At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams

Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ." -- Thomas Jefferson

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson

"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

-- Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

Hat Tip; Eric

Donations Go To The Peregrine Fund

MONDAY SPECIALS ~ Riverside Grill

Riverside Grill

Monday,  September 10, 2012

SPECIALS

-Chili with a half turkey sandwich or side salad 5.99
-Taco Salad 6.99
-1 Chili Cheese dog with fries 4.99 or 2 dogs for 6.99
-Open Face Roast Beef with mashed potatoes and green beans 6.99

AppetizersCrab Pizza 9.99
Chili Nachos 5.99

HAPPY HOUR  4 TO 7PM

Monday night at 8 Pm

1/2 price appetizers and import bottles

Maryland State Trooper Sideswiped By Tractor-Trailer

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.

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.　

　

　

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!

Sunday Specials ~ Riverside Grill

Sunday September 9, 2012

SPECIALS

Appetizers
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

 

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:

• 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.

As a result of the altercation and arrests, three OCPD officers sustained injuries. Two officers were treated at the scene by OC EMS and one officer was transported to Atlantic General Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

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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