FINAL Vaccinations Clinic For 2012

SNOW HILL –Pet owners, mark your calendars and take advantage of the inexpensive rabies vaccinations clinics offered this fall by the Worcester County Health Department and Animal Control. These will be the last clinics offered in 2012.

FINAL CLINIC For 2012

Wednesday, October 24: Worcester County Animal Control on Timmons Road in Snow Hill.
The cost for a rabies vaccination is $5 per pet for Worcester County residents and $10 per pet for non-Worcester County residents. Proof of residency is required.

Vaccinations are available for dogs, cats and ferrets. Below are additional requirements for the clinics:

If this is not the pet’s first rabies vaccination, written proof of the previous shot in the form of a rabies certificate must be provided in order to receive a three-year booster shot. Otherwise, a one-year shot will be given.

To receive a vaccination, dogs must be on a leash under the control of an adult, and cats and ferrets must be in a carrier or box with air holes.

Keeping pets’ required rabies vaccinations current is the best way to prevent the spread of rabies from the wild animal population to the domestic animal population.

For more information on the clinics or to report animal bites or possible rabies exposures to pets
from wild animals contact the Worcester County Health Department at 410-352-3234 or 410-641-9559.

If an incident occurs after normal business hours, contact your local law enforcement or the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.

Boat Fire In Crisfield Under Investigation

WMDT News

CRISFIELD, Md. - Officials are looking for answers, after they ruled a Crisfield boat fire, as arson.

According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office, a neighbor discovered the 30' fiberglass vessel in flames Tuesday night around 9:30 PM, on Crisfield Highway.

The owner of the vessel is not known at this time, but officials are verifying registration. The blaze took 15 firefighters around 30 minutes to control. Authorities say that the that fire started on the main deck caused around $125,000 in damages.

They are calling the incident arson and officials are asking anyone with information to call the Fire Marshal's Salisbury office at 410-713-3780.

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month

The Ocean City Police Department is observing the 9th annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month.  Police would like to remind citizens of the importance of preventing, detecting and responding to cyber-attacks.

Presidential Proclamation In 2012, President Obama again issued a presidential proclamation declaring October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. You can read the proclamation here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/10/01/presidential-proclamation-national-cybersecurity-awareness-month-2012

National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam/about and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) http://msisac.cisecurity.org/ is an opportunity to provide citizens with valuable information on how they can protect themselves and their devices.

Dangers associated with cyber security are viruses erasing your entire system, someone breaking into your system and altering files, someone using your computer to attack others or someone stealing your credit card and banking information and making unauthorized purchases.  Millions of people and businesses rely on computers, smart phones and the Internet. The OCPD wants consumers to be protected when using their devices to email, shop, bank and stay in touch and socialize with businesses, family and friends. 

Cyber security begins with STOP. THINK. CONNECT. These three simple steps are the starting point for staying safer and more secure online.

• STOP: Before you use the Internet, take time to understand the risks and learn how to spot potential problems.
• THINK: Take a moment to be certain the path ahead is clear. Watch for warning signs and consider how your online actions could impact your safety or your family’s.
• CONNECT: Enjoy the Internet with greater confidence, knowing you’ve taken the right steps to safeguard yourself and your computer.

STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Emphasizes the role that individuals, families, schools, organizations and governments have to help create a safer digital world.  Below, are several steps to help protect your online devices and personal information:

1.            Defend your computer and strengthen your computer’s defenses.  Remember to keep all software (including your web browser) current with automatic updating. Also, install legitimate antivirus and anti-spyware software. Never turn off your firewall and password protect your wireless router.  Also, use flash drives cautiously. If one of them has a virus, it could infect your computer.

2.            Protect sensitive or personal information:  Before you enter sensitive data, look for signs that the webpage is secure (for example: a web address with “https” and a closed padlock beside it are good indications).  Also, never give sensitive information (like an account number, password or social security number) in response to a request in an email message, IM or on a social network.  Finally, don’t respond to pleas for money from “family members” without verifying it is really them, deals that sound too good to be true, or lotteries you didn’t enter or other scams.

3.            Create strong passwords and keep them secret:  Make your passwords long phrases or
sentences that mix capital and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Also, use different passwords for different sites, especially those that keep financial information.

4.            Take charge of your online safety and reputation: Discover what is on the Internet about you and periodically evaluate what you find.

5.            Use social networks safely:  When using social networks, look for settings or options in services like Facebook and Twitter to manage who can see your profile or photos with your name. Remember not to post anything you wouldn’t want to see on a billboard and be selective about the friends you accept. Periodically assess who has access to your pages and review what they post about you.

6.            Take extra steps to help keep kids safe online:  It is important to make online safety a family effort. Use a mix of guidance and monitoring in your household. Negotiate clear guidelines for web and online game use that fit your child’s maturity, age and family values.  Make sure you are paying attention to what kids do and who they meet online.

Parents, for tips and online information for you and your children visit www.netsmartz.org

For additional information and more cyber security tips, visit the Ocean City Police Department Blog at: www.ocpdmdinfo.blogspot.com or visit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/.

Ocean City Police Dept. News Release

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Woman Sentenced In Stabbing Her Own Brother

By Connie Morrison
An Exmore woman was sentenced to 3 years in Northampton County Circuit Court for stabbing her brother. She was convicted in June of unlawful wounding, which was reduced from the original malicious wounding charge.

According to the testimony of the victim and others, the victim, Ms. Ames, and others were drinking and playing cards when he and Ms. Ames got into a disagreement. He took out a knife and placed it on the table and dared her to stab him. She did, and almost severed an artery. The victim was transported across the Bay for lifesaving treatment, although he testified that he returned to work the following Monday. He said he did not want to see his sister go to jail.

Commonwealth's Attorney Bruce Jones said notwithstanding the victim's wishes, the offense was against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth. He said "She took a knife and drove it into another human being's body," and that, he said, deserves some meaningful jail time.

Judge W. Revell Lewis III agreed, and sentenced her to 3 years, and then suspended all but 45 days on the condition that Ms. Ames maintains good behavior for 3 years. She was remanded into the custody of the Sheriff to begin serving her sentence.

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Bingo For A Good Cause

Movies At the Mar-Va Theater

Friday  October 19, 2012

Saturday  October 20, 2012

7:00 PM

Tickets:  $5

www.marvatheater.com

National Veterinary Technician Week

HAPPY VET TECH WEEK

to all the techs at

Pocomoke Animal Hospital, Inc.

From Rudy, Royal and Miss Bean (aka Miss Beasley)

WE LOVE YOU CHRISSY BEAN !!!!!!

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Tuesday October 16, 2012

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-Meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes and green beans 6.99
-Cold Plate- Chicken, shrimp, and broccoli salads 7.99
-Taco Salad 6.99

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Yard Sale Saturday- Pocomoke Fairgrounds

BIG FALL YARD SALE

Saturday  October 20, 2012

7:00 AM

Pocomoke Fairgrounds

Tables $10.00

Outside- $5.00 (weather permitting)

 So dig out your garage, go through the attic and clean out your closets!

For more information call:  443-614-4456

Breakfast sandwiches & coffee for sale in the Fair Kitchen

FBI Cyber Safety Website for Teachers and Students

Safe Online Surfing
New Cyber Safety Website for Teachers, Students

With school back in session, one topic that’s on many class curriculums around the nation is cyber safety. After all, it’s a hyper-connected world—with texting, social networking, e-mail, online gaming, chat, music downloading, web surfing, and other forms of wired and wireless communication now a regular part of children’s lives.

The FBI has a new program that can help. Today, as part of its longstanding crime prevention and public outreach efforts, the FBI is announcing a free web-based initiative designed to help teachers educate students about cyber safety

It’s called the FBI-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge—and it was developed with the assistance of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and with the input of teachers and schools.

FBI-SOS is available through a newly revamped website at https://sos.fbi.gov. The site features six grade-specific “islands”—for third- through eighth-grade students—highlighting various aspects of cyber security through games, videos, and other interactive features. Each island has either seven or eight areas to explore—with a specific cyber safety lesson—and its own central character and visual theme. For example, fourth grade features Ice Island, complete with falling snow and penguins.

To encourage participation and enhance learning, FBI-SOS includes both testing for students and competition among schools. Each grade level has its own exam, which can only be taken after teachers have signed up their respective classes and all activities on the island have been completed by each student. And once all the exams for a class are graded (done electronically by the FBI), schools appear on a leader board in three categories based on the number of total participants. During each rating period, top scoring schools in each category nationwide are awarded an FBI-SOS trophy and, when possible, receive a visit from a local FBI agent. All public, private, and home schools are eligible to participate.

For teachers and schools, FBI-SOS provides virtually everything they need to teach good cyber citizenship:

• A free, ready-made curriculum that meets state and federal Internet safety mandates (see sidebar for topics covered);
• Age-appropriate content for each of the six grade levels;
• A printable teacher’s guide that spells out how teachers can sign up their classes and use the site; and
• Detailed rules and instructions for students.

Can anyone visit the website? Absolutely. Kids of all ages—and even adults—can explore the site, play the games, watch the videos, and learn all about cyber safety. However, the exam can only be taken by third- to eighth-grade students whose classes have been registered by their teachers.

An important note: the FBI is not collecting student names, ages, or other identifying information through the website. Students are identified only by number when taking the exams; their teachers alone know which number matches which student. And teachers only need to provide their name, school, and e-mail address when signing up. The e-mail address is needed to verify the teacher’s identity for registration purposes.

“FBI-SOS is a fun, free, and effective way to teach kids how to use the Internet safely and responsibly,” says Scott McMillion, head of the unit that manages the program in the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “We encourage teachers to check out the site and sign up their classes during the school year.”

Visit the site at https://sos.fbi.gov.

SOS Topics

After entering the FBI-SOS website, students “travel” to their grade-specific island, which includes either seven or eight learning portals to visit. These areas address topics such as the protection of personal information, password strength, cell phone safety, social networking, and online gaming safety. The videos also include real-life stories of kids who have faced cyber bullies and online predators. Visit SOS

FBI Cyber Safety

Accomack County Sheriff Godwin Conducting Trash Detail

According to Sheriff Todd Godwin, the Accomack County Sheriffs Office Trash Detail Work Program is still currently being conducted on weekends.

 The trash detail program consists of inmates who are sentenced by the judicial system and incarcerated on a weekend status at the Accomack County Jail. These inmates are assigned to the work program for the purpose of cleaning up local areas and roadways upon request of the community.

Anyone who would like to take advantage of this service is asked to contact Lt. William Tarr at 757-787-1095.

Delmarva Discovery Center Celebrates Halloween

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Accomplices Sentenced After Guilty Pleas In Murder Case

Clarence "Junior" Jackson

Written by:

News Editor Shawn J. Sopor

SNOW HILL -- Just over a year after a Texas man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Christine Sheddy, a Delaware woman reported missing in 2007 whose remains were later found buried under a Snow Hill bed-and-breakfast, the other shoe dropped on Thursday for a pair of Lower Shore residents who assisted in covering up the heinous crime.

Justin Hadel

Clarence “Junior” Jackson, 38, of Eden, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Worcester County Circuit Court to first-degree murder for his role in Sheddy’s death and was sentenced to life in prison with all suspended but 30 years. Tia Johnson, 32, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact and burglary and was sentenced to 15 years, of which half was suspended.

While Justin Hadel was convicted of striking Sheddy several times with a shovel last year, crushing her skull and resulting in her death, Jackson also had a role in the murder and has since admitted being the “ringleader and mastermind” behind the cover-up. For her part, Johnson knew more about the murder than she originally admitted and drove to the River House Bed-and-Breakfast knowing Sheddy’s remains were in the trunk and waited while Hadel and Jackson reburied her remains.

Sheddy, 26, was reported missing in November 2007 from a farm near Pocomoke where she had been staying with friends. Sheddy had moved to the Byrd Rd. residence just about two months earlier and shared the residence with Jackson and Johnson, along with Johnson’s two children, and Hadel, who is Johnson’s cousin.

Sheddy’s case touched off a massive search in the area of the Byrd Rd. residence where she had been living with her two young children. After an extensive two-year search, Sheddy’s remains were discovered buried on the grounds of the River House Bed and Breakfast in Snow Hill, where both Jackson and Johnson had worked prior to Sheddy’s disappearance.

In February 2010, Worcester County detectives met with Jackson at a corrections facility in Tennessee where he was being detained on an unrelated case. During an extensive interview, Jackson allegedly told the detectives Hadel had murdered Sheddy on the Byrd St. property and laid out in detail the extensive cover-up operation.

Tia Johnson

On Thursday, both Jackson and Johnson appeared in Worcester County Circuit Court to plead guilty for their roles in the murder in a pre-arranged deal. State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby told the court from the beginning of the investigation and throughout Hadel’s trial last year, prosecutors knew Jackson and Johnson were more involved then they let on.

“We never believed Hadel acted alone,” he said. “The overwhelming facts suggest two other people were responsible for this. Our goal is to hold all individuals accountable. Given the heinous nature of this crime, the 30-year sentence is appropriate for Mr. Jackson.”

Jackson and Johnson fled the area after the murder and subsequent cover-up, including the burial of the remains under the bed-and-breakfast. Jackson later got a message to the victim’s mother, Lynn Dodenhoff, that he would provide the location of the remains if she could somehow get him out of jail in Tennessee. In a later interview with local law enforcement, Jackson laid out the details including an initial burial on the Pocomoke farm and later moving the body to the Snow Hill location.

“This case is troubling in so many ways,” said Judge Thomas C. Groton. “The manner in which she was killed was gruesome. The cruelty and inhumanity that was displayed, the burying and reburying, the calling of her mother to report she was missing while all the while you knew is beyond comprehension.”

Dodenhoff said prior to Jackson’s sentencing she was left with the task of raising her late daughter’s three young children. She said she could not comprehend how an individual could commit such a heinous crime.

MORE STORY

FUN at Worcester County Library

Employee Cooked In Industrial Oven In Bumble Bee Foods Factory

California workplace safety officials are investigating how a worker at a Bumble Bee Foods seafood plant wound up being cooked to death in an industrial oven.

The accident happened Thursday morning at the Bumble Bee Foods factory in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., KTLA.com reported.

Police and fire personnel, responding to a 911 call from the business, found a worker dead inside a cooking device called a “steamer machine,” according to KTLA.

The victim was identified as Jose Malena, 62, an employee at the factory for more than six years.

An initial investigation indicated that Malena “was fatally injured when he was cooked in an oven,” California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza told the Whittier Daily News.

Cal-OSHA is trying to determine how the man wound up in the oven and whether there were any workplace safety regulatory violations.

“The entire Bumble Bee Foods family is saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Melena family,” Bumble Bee Foods spokesman Pat Menke said in a statement to KTLA.

Operations at the plant were suspended until Monday.

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TIME MACHINE ... A "Marriage Tree" Near Pocomoke City.

(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)


October, 1937

(The Salisbury Times)Lower Shore's Marriage Tree Marked By Roads Commission

Elkton has ministers who boast of performing thousands of marriages, New York has the Little Church Around The Corner and... The lower Eastern Shore has its Marriage Tree. It has been left to the State Roads Commission to perpetuate the latter fact.

The Commission has recently placed a historic marker on US 13 at the Maryland -Virginia boundary line containing the following inscription:

"Boundary Line Maryland-Virginia. 500 feet East of this point near the Boundary Stone is a large white gum, one of the old Marriage Trees under which Virginia and Maryland couples married."

The curious may turn east of this sign and, following the state boundary, will come to a grooved concrete post, about ten feet inside the woods. The south side of this post is Virginia, the north side is Maryland.

Then, if he knows his trees, he will readily distinguish an old white gum among the pine, oak and black gum. This is the tree the Roads Commission has caused to be entered in the historical records.

It is said there were originally three such trees, made use of in the early days by Virginia youths who found the law in their own commonwealth too exacting with respect to age requirements. Once over the Maryland line, the ceremony was performed under these trees, possibly with the moon as witness.

Thanks to Mrs. Aaron F. Adkins of Pocomoke who emailed these comments on last week's Red Hills item:
My mom speaks very kindly of Red Hills/Sinnickson. She was born in 1953, and visited there just about every weekend from 1955-1963. The long road leading down to the beach (currently Red Hills Rd) wasn't paved and seemed to travel forever. There were concessions available, and she mentioned something about a few carnival-type rides. When the tide would go out- the water would be waist deep and the sandy, soft bottom would go on for about a tenth of a mile. Certain times of the summer would be unswimmable due to the bloom of jellyfish or the horseshoe crabs. In fact, when she passes away, she wants her ashes to be placed at the water's edge.
And thanks to Slim for clarifying the location of Red Hills (comment posted on 10/7):
Actually, Red Hills was not quite located at Sinnickson. Sinnickson was on the left fork of the road, where the small boat harbor and Sparrow's Oyster Bar were located. Red Hills was reached by taking the right fork and proceeding farther down the road. Sinnickson and Red Hills were close, but still at least one half to one mile apart.
October, 1908

(Cumberland Evening Times- Cumberland, Md.)FIRES NEAR SNOW HILL

Rural Mail Carrier Scorched Before He Got Out Of Trap

Snow Hill, Md., Oct. 21- For the last few days three large fires have been burning in woods in the vicinity of Snow Hill. The largest fire is at Klege-Grange, on the Drexel tract and much fine timber has been destroyed. James Webb, of the rural free delivery service, was deceived in the extent of the burning area, and in making his mail delivery, was caught in one of the roads and was slightly scorched before he could get out. He covers his route on a bicycle. Last night the atmosphere in and around Snow Hill was filled with smoke. During the evening great flocks of migratory birds from the marshes along Sinepuxent Bay became bewildered in the smoke and circled above the town.

March, 1969
Allen P. Schoolfield, who had been in the clothing business in Pocomoke City since 1911, passed away at age 77. He was a parnter in Schoolfield & Ham and a director of Citizens National Bank in Pocomoke. 
December, 1885

(Peninsula Enterprise- Accomac)A Child in Peril.

reprinted from Baltimore American, November 30.

Mr. T. L. Northam, of the Eastern Shore Steamboat Company, reports the narrow escape of a small child from being carried off by an eagle. Wm. Foster, who at one time worked on the steamer Eastern Shore, but is now a farmer, living near Taylor's wharf, at the head of Hungar's Creek, Northampton county, Va., is the father of the child, which is about a year old. About four o'clock Thursday afternoon Mrs. Foster, the mother, wishing to get some wood from the wood yard, left the child in the yard. The eagle came swooping down, and would have caught the child had not Captain Richardson a resident of the place, who happened to be near with a gun, shot the bird. The shot disabled the eagle by breaking the left wing. It was caught by four men of the steamer Eastern Shore and taken on board, put in a chicken coop and brought to Baltimore. The eagle measured, from tip to tip of wings, seven feet and four inches.

June, 1944
A Pocomoke area road construction project was one of twelve in Maryland for which Governor Herbert R. O'conor requested priority consideration from the federal government. The project would involve relocation and rebuilding nine miles of a 24 foot lane of an ultimate dual highway on Route 13 from Pocomoke to the Virginia line. The cost would be $665,000. The governor's plea to the Facilities Review Board of the War Production Board stressed the urgency of the twelve projects from a safety and traffic requirements standpoint.


October, 1884
(The Denton Journal) David M. Nelson and George F. Sterling of Crisfield, have made a novel bet on the presidential election. Nelson is a Republican and Sterling a Democrat. If Blaine is elected Nelson is to hang up Sterling "in a bag to be made by James Richardson," for the space of one hour, in front of the post office on the 10th day of November, 1884. If Cleveland is elected Nelson is to be bagged and suspended by Sterling. The agreement is in writing; and a failure to comply with the bagging clause involves a forfeit of ten dollars.



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From The Worcester County Sheriff's Office

On  10/2/ 2012, members of the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team executed a search and seizure warrant at 1012 Market Street, Apt. B-6, Pocomoke, Maryland regarding to controlled dangerous substance distribution investigation. The suspect of this investigation was identified as Ralph Harmon, also known as Ralph Feddernan, Age 69, Pocomoke, Maryland. Entry was made by the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team without incident into Harmon’s apartment. A search of this apartment revealed the following:

·         Approximately two grams of marijuana

·         Approximately half gram of crack cocaine

·         Approximately thirty-five various Scheduled prescription pills

·         Various items of paraphernalia

Ralph Harmon was subsequently charged with the following offenses:

·         Possession of Not Marijuana (Crack Cocaine)

·         Possession – Not Marijuana (Prescription Pills)

·         Possession of Marijuana

·         Possession of paraphernalia (3 Cts.)

Harmon was charged via District Court application and was issued a Criminal Summons from the District Court. The Criminal Enforcement Team was assisted by the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office patrol division and the Pocomoke City Police Department during the execution of this search and seizure warrant.

On  10/4/ 2012, members of the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team executed a search and seizure warrant at the Rambler Motel, Apartment 13, Elm Street, West Ocean City, Maryland as a result of a heroin distribution investigation. Entry was made by members of the Criminal Enforcement Team and the Ocean City Police Department Narcotics Unit without incident. Upon entry, investigators located and seized the following items pursuant to this search and seizure warrant:

·         164 Individually wrapped bags of heroin

·         25 tablets of Alprazolam (Xanax)

·         3 Grams of marijuana

·         Various items of paraphernalia

·         $704.00 United States Currency

These individuals were charged with the following offenses:

Jake L. Docca, Age 25, Ocean Pines, Berlin, Maryland:

·         Possession of Marijuana

·         Possession of Heroin

·         Possession of Alprazolam

·         Possession with intent to distribute Heroin

·         Possession with intent to distribute Heroin / Large Amount

·         Possession of drug paraphernalia

Frank Wray King, Age 25, Berlin, Maryland:

·         Possession of Marijuana

·         Possession of Heroin

·         Possession of Alprazolam

·         Possession with intent to distribute Heroin

·         Possession with intent to distribute Heroin / Large Amount

·         Possession of drug paraphernalia

The Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team was assisted by the Ocean City Police Department Narcotics Unit, Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office patrol division. This investigation was successful as a result of the collaborative effort by all agencies involved.

On 10/06/12 at 2130 hours members of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office investigated a personal injury collision that occurred on eastbound Route 50 just east of 589.

Investigation revealed that James McQuiggan of Berlin, MD was operating a scooter on eastbound Route 50. Mr. McQuiggan drifted out of his lane of traffic and struck another vehicle, this caused Mr. McQuiggan to lose control of the scooter and to come to rest in the travel lanes of eastbound Route 50. Mr. McQuiggan sustained a head injury as a result and was airlifted to PRMC for treatment. Hospital staff later advised that the injuries were not life threatening.

Mr. McQuiggan was issued several traffic citations as a result of the accident

Submitted by: Lt. Edward Schreier

TIME MACHINE Preview ... A "Marriage Tree" Near Pocomoke City.

What was a Marriage Tree? A 1937 newspaper article tells more about it, and it being recognized by the Maryland State Roads Commission with a historic marker.

It's one of the TIME MACHINE items this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!

　
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Pocomoke City Vol. Fire Co. Chicken BBQ - TODAY

Chicken B-B-Q

Saturday - Oct 13

Chicken - Baked Beans

Potato Salad - Roll

<< Same as the 4th of July bbq >>

$8.00

Location.....

Pocomoke City Vol. Fire Co.

1410 Market St.

Eat in or Carry out.

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Beach Theft Cases Solved

Lindsey Marie Lopez

During late September and early October of 2012, Ocean City Police received several reports involving thefts of property from the public beach areas south of 28^th Street.  During the investigation, officers noticed similarities involving the various victims’ reports.  The suspect description was similar as was the type of items being stolen.

On October 5, 2012, at approximately 2:15 p.m. patrol officers responded to a theft of a purse at 16^th street and the beach.  When officers arrived at the scene they were met by an off-duty Hagerstown police officer, as well as a previous victim who reported a theft of her purse from the beach the previous day.  This previous victim began observing the suspect, identified as Lindsey Marie Lopez, 23, of Berlin; attempt to steal a purse from the beach at 16^th Street.  The off-duty officer detained Lopez until OCPD patrol officers arrived at the scene. 

Officers recovered the stolen purse. Based on witness and victim statements, as well as information obtained during the investigation, police were able to link Lopez to at least nine additional thefts which had occurred between mid-September and early October.  Due to the cumulative value of the stolen property, Lopez was charged with Felony Theft Scheme.

At the time of Lopez’s arrest she was found in possession of a hypodermic syringe, which she admitted was illegal drug paraphernalia.

Lopez was charged with:

• 9 counts of misdemeanor theft
• Felony Theft Scheme
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (syringe)

Lopez was seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner and was held on $10,000 bond. The investigation is on-going and Ocean City Police are asking anyone who believes they may be a victim of this crime scheme to please contact Ocean City Police, Officer Moerschel at: 410-520-5368.

Ocean City Police Dept. Press Release

Birthday Today...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

UNITED STATES NAVY

237  YEARS YOUNG

Latest Scam: Voting By Phone

Richmond, VA The Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE) is aware that some Virginia voters, particularly older Virginians, are receiving phone calls from unidentified individuals informing voters that they can vote over the phone. This information is false. Virginia law does not permit voting through the telephone.

Apart from voting at the polls on Election Day, eligible Virginians may vote an absentee ballot by mail or in-person at the registrars office or other authorized satellite location. However, voting cannot be done via the phone, email, or any other means than absentee voting by mail and in-person during the absentee voting period or on Election Day.

At this point in time, it is unclear how widespread these calls have been. However, SBE has received several complaints over the past few days.

These calls may violate several state and federal laws and the State Board of Elections will alert appropriate law enforcement authorities regarding this matter and provide new information if SBE receives additional voter complaints.

We encourage any voter who receives a call matching this description to ask for the name, phone number, and organization from where the individual is calling. We then ask voters to contact the State Board of Elections at 1-800-552-9745 and provide a staff member with that information.
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Bartender Arrested For Selling Marijuana

During the summer of 2012, Ocean City Police Narcotics Unit received anonymous tips

regarding a female dealing Marijuana and prescription narcotics while bartending at Crab Cake Factory, 12000 Coastal Highway.

On September 28, 2012, OCPD narcotics detectives concluded a six week undercover drug distribution investigation with the arrest of Jill Lauren Spinnenweber, 34, of Ocean View, Delaware. 

During the investigation, undercover detectives were able to purchase a quantity of suspected marijuana from Spinnenweber outside the rear entrance of the Ocean City business, as well as a second occasion also in Ocean City at a different location. 

Spinnenweber has been charged with two counts of distribution of marijuana and two counts of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute marijuana.  Spinnenweber was seen by an Ocean City District Court Commissioner and was released after posting a $25,000 bond.

Ocean City Police Dept. Press Release

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O'Malley Pushes Radical Economic Agenda U.S., Maryland

O'Malley Advances Radical Economic Development Agenda

National GPI Movement Gains Traction in Maryland,

Redefines American Progress

Annapolis - Change Maryland released a fact sheet today to expose a radical nationwide movement underway to redefine economic progress in America. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley recently hosted an Annapolis summit for advocates of what is called a "Genuine Progress Indicator."  The national forum received scant media attention and the issue itself has largely been under the radar of most mainstream media outlets.

The impetus behind the Genuine Progress Indicator, or GPI movement, is to supplant traditional federal government statistics with new and arbitrary criteria that deducts what other government bureaucrats deem as environmental and social costs that accrue from prosperity.

"Under Martin O'Malley, Maryland is falling further and further behind competitors in the region and across the country according to legitimate organizations, and objective, accepted and proven measures," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan.  "He wants to throw out real economic reports and adopt a radical propaganda campaign inspired by the failed model of central economic planning."

The GPI consists of 26 arbitrarily-chosen economic, environmental and social "indicators" that attempt to deduct or add various scenarios that occur with everyday life to state-government planning models.  For example, deducted would be a wide range of wildly-subjective indicators such as noise pollution and income inequality.

Nationally, the GPI agenda is pushed by groups such as New York-based Demos, a liberal public policy non-profit that describes itself as dedicated to "empowering the public sector" and that advocates "re-thinking American capitalism as it exists today."

GPI is also pushed by a cadre of left-wing university professors who say that people just need food and shelter for happiness, economies do not need to grow, individuals are interchangeable with one another and that corporations will collapse.

The web-based Maryland GPI initiative, implemented in the executive branch of Maryland State Government since 2010, also contains a number of meaningless platitudes.  For example state government tells us that, "Marylanders' social well-being is reduced when the underemployed are not working to their full potential by consequential negative feelings and actions, such as frustration and substance abuse."

"Maryland's well-being will be greatly enhanced when we stop losing businesses, jobs and our tax base," said Hogan. "It's absolutely ridiculous that accepted measures such as IRS tax migration data are ignored and this radical left-wing nonsense is what the state wants to use to measure it's lack of progress."

Maryland has lost 6,500 businesses and 31,000 members of taxpayer households between 2007 and 2010, which puts Maryland at or near the bottom of the region.  The loss of 36,000 jobs since 2007 also cements Maryland's place as a regional laggard in economic performance.

In addition to Maryland, Oregon is exploring the GPI program.  Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed GPI legislation into law this Spring.

Background: Attached.
Note to press: An Annapolis Capital article is pending from coverage of the 10/9 GPI forum

changemaryland.org