Friday, May 17, 2013

"DRUMS ON THE POCOMOKE" ~ Assateague Peoples Powwow

"DRUMS ON THE POCOMOKE"Assateague Peoples Powwow
 
Photo/Assateague People
 
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Sunday,  May 19, 2013
Pocomoke  Cypress Park
Pocomoke City, Marylad
 
MC:  Doug "Deer Dreamer"Vass
Host Drum:  Na Ma Wo Chi

Guest Drum:  Red Storm Drum
 And Dance Troupe from New York
The song that they sing and drum too, are hundreds of years old and are about the Native religion and sung in the native language.
 
Photo/ Assateague People
Lead Dancers:  Matt Clair and Chris Wheeler
Traditional Native dancing also Fancy Jingle and Hoop
 and Drumming
 
Photo/ Assateague People
Sacred Friends - Wildlife Rehabilitation
Hawk Demonstrations
Get up close to a Red Tailed Hawk
 
Native Food Vendors
Also,  Eastern Shore favorites
  ~ Oyster Fritters, Fried Clams and Fish to mention a few
 
MANY Craft Vendors
 
The list goes on....
 

If you have never been to the "Drums on the Pocomoke" Powwow this is the one time you do not want to miss this great opportunity.
 
Admission
$5.00 for Adults
 Ages 5 to  11 ~ $3
children 4 and under FREE
 
**Veterans and Active Duty Military are Free with I.D. **
 
**The Pocomoke Discovery Center will offer half price admission to everyone who attends the pow wow with a hand stamp.**

  For more info:  Assateague People on Facebook
Click here:  Drums On the Pocomoke

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Local Raids Linked To Cigarette Smuggling Ring ........

..... That Funded Terrorist Groups

BERLIN -- At least two properties owned by two local businessmen were raided Wednesday by Homeland Security officials and New York authorities and the brothers have been linked to an organized effort to fund terrorist groups.

The Ramadan family owns several local businesses in the area, including convenience stores in Berlin and Ocean City, the Village Market in Ocean City and has at least partial stakes in several local franchises, according to business records.

In Ocean City Wednesday morning, authorities stormed a condominium above the Subway on Sunset Drive and Coastal Highway and were seen confiscating items and seemed to be working a crime scene. In West Ocean City, in the Oyster Harbor community, a similar scene played out at the home of Basel and Samir Ramadan. Personal property was seized and vehicles were stripped and seized during searches.

According to the New York Daily News, “Since 2004, law enforcement has warned that groups smuggling cigarettes from Southern states like North Carolina and Virginia, where they are cheaper, to sell them tax-free up north have funneled millions of dollars in profits to terrorist groups.

“Prosecutors will allege the ring was run by brothers Basel and Samir Ramadan of Ocean City, Md., according to sources familiar with the investigation.

“In the last year, the group allegedly bought $55 million worth of virtually every brand of cigarettes in Virginia, trucking 20,000 cartons a week north and selling them — tax-free — in New York City and upstate.”


Both Basel, 41, and Samir Ramadan, 39, were being held yesterday in Worcester County on the charge of fugitive from justice -- New York.

Witnesses in the Oyster Harbor community reported to The Dispatch 15 police vehicles from Maryland, New York and New Jersey surrounded the home at 12648 Whisper Trace. and two suspects were reportedly handcuffed and seen face down on the lawn. Additionally, at one point, a suburban rolled into the community and six armed agents ran into the house. Four flatbed trucks were also spotted on site and towed all of the vehicles at the home.

CONTINUE READING....

UPDATE: HSI arrests 'John Doe'

UPDATE: HSI arrests 'John Doe' child pornography suspect, rescues child from ongoing sexual abuse

WASHINGTON – The nationwide manhunt for a "John Doe" suspected child pornographer ended a little more than 24 hours after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) issued a public appeal for information about his identity and whereabouts.

 John Doe was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a tip from the public was called in to the ICE tip line. Additional details about the arrest and the identity of John Doe are being withheld pending his initial appearance in federal court.




The criminal complaint and arrest warrant for John Doe was signed Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. At that time, HSI had no information about the identity of John Doe, but he was believed to be located somewhere in the United States. The victim he recorded being sexually abused is believed to be 7 to 9 years old.


According to the criminal complaint filed by HSI, four videos of child pornography with date stamps of April 14 and 27 were first discovered by the Danish National Police on May 3. They referred the case to U.S. law enforcement for further investigation.

O'Malley Signs Gun Control Bill

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP)- Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed a comprehensive gun control measure that supporters say makes Maryland's gun laws among the strictest in the nation.

O'Malley signed the bill on Thursday. One of the strongest provisions requires people to submit fingerprints to the state police to get a license to buy a handgun.

The measure also bans 45 types of assault weapons, but people who own them now will be able to keep them.

Gun magazines will be limited to 10 bullets.

The measure also bans gun ownership by people who have been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.

The bill is scheduled to take effect Oct. 1. Opponents hope the law can be overturned in court.


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Midway Chevrolet ~ BILINGUAL SALES CONSULTANTS NEEDED

Midway Chevrolet

***BILINGUAL SALES CONSULTANTS NEEDED ***

Want to increase your earnings potential?

Midway is looking for Spanish speaking, driven individuals to join our sales force.

Experienced sales professionals are encouraged to apply, however, we will accept entry-level applicants who show the drive and energy that we desire. Competitive salary and benefit packages, as well as bonus pay!

Please bring us your resume in person, or email our general manager, Wib Davenport, at wibdaven@gmail.com.

Assateague Peoples Powwow This Weekend


TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.



1962 & 1993.. "Misty" and "Stormy;" 1884.. There's a new railroad route from Delmar to Cape Charles; 1943.. Maryland's new "work or fight" law brings Pocomoke arrest; 1906.. A spring school project for Eastern Shore children; 1900.. An automobile is coming to the Eastern Shore!  
 
Although you may not find these items in a history book, they are a part of our local history and you can read more about it this Sunday right here at 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. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!

Plenty To Do In Pocomoke This Weekend !!

Photo/BW
 
A  mix and match weekend in downtown Pocomoke!

Saturday, May 19th is ARMED FORCES DAY !

Lots of bargains for the Veteran's and military personnel.

Photo/Assateague People
Great bargains for the families to visit  the Delmarva Discovery Center after visiting     "Drums On The Pocomoke"which celebrates its 20th year on the Pocomoke River.

Delmarva Dicovery Center
FREE admission to all active, reserve, and retired member of the Armed Forces and their families.

The Pocomoke Discovery Center will offer half price admission to everyone with a hand stamp from the pow wow.


Riverside Grill Pocomoke
*Armed Forces Day May 18th: military personnel 15% off your check with valid military ID
ALSO
Since it is National Police Week from May 12th to 18th the River
Grill will deduct  15% off a police officer's  check with ID.





Remembering Our Brave Men and Women In the Military
If you are planning to be downtown Pocomoke this weekend DON'T FORGET that you can leave donations and non-perishable goods for our troops at  ENCHANTED FLORIST POCOMOKE.

        TEAM BRITT'S SUPPORT OUR TROOPS PROJECT  has been accepting donations for our troops for quite a while now.  When one soldier returns home she manages to find another....and the kindness continues.  This is a wonderful way to let those away from home protecting us that we care and we continue to support them. 

Be sure to visit TEAM BRITT'S SUPPORT OUR TROOPS PROJECT  to see for yourself what a lot of these amazing men and women are doing.


Be sure to stop by the many other stores in downtown Pocomoke! 

Delmarva Discovery Programs This Weekend

 


Delmarva Discovery Center

Come join us for this weekend's interpretative programs...

Saturday, May 18th 1 PM - 2 PM - Critter Corner - Snake, Rattle & Roll! Come slither and slide while learning about our own snake friends and make your own snake craft.


 Sunday, May 19th 2 PM - 3 PM - A Walk to Remember. Join Aquarist Sarah for a relaxing walk on the beautiful nature trail.
 
 

Programs are free with paid admission &
with Armed Forces Appreciation Weekend admission.
 
 

Nature Trail Progress Report ~ Be A Volunteer


WOW!  There are SO many great things going on in Pocomoke City I can't keep up with all of it!

Sadly, I have missed a few of  Ritch Shoemaker's informative stories and progress on what has been done on the Pocomoke Nature Trail.  I'm sure you will find his writings quite humorous and if I do say so myself, the volunteers are working so hard but still having fun. 

 Tentative supply moving and construction date  Friday May 17- from what I can determine.  Phone numbers are listed at the bottom the post- just give one of those numbers a call. jmmb

Nature Trail Progress Report

Photo/BW


April 28, 2013

 by Ritch Shoemaker MD, project chairman


So far, we have obtained a line of credit to purchase the materials we need for the 600 foot long “Missing Link” that will let us walk around Stevenson’s Pond and loop back to the main Trail in the high ground. We have our first buyers of a “Foot of the Loop,” as Pamela and Professor Matthew Hudson donated double the cost of two feet. Don’t be bashful about buying the Famous bird T-shirt! We will have an excellent selection next week to complement our dwindling supplies.

Why donate to the Trail? Simple. It is a magnificent project. With all the talk about government doing dumb things with tax dollars, here is a model for community self-help. Keep the gubmint out of here! We can do this work privately just fine.

Just think, walkers will now be able to see flame azaleas of the banks of Stevenson’s Pond (blooming right now) up close and touch massive cypress knees growing from the root systems of cypress trees that might have not been touched by people for a long time. The origin of our Trail is blazed through a logged-over cypress swamp but the missing link doesn’t have any cypress stumps that I can find. The swamp is just too deep to cut and drag out huge cypress trees. I wonder who has visited this unfound ground in the last 50 years.

And yet we would like to open access into this hidden forest to anyone who can walk on a boardwalk. The job really is a bit ambitious for old men like Don Malloy, Jim Norton and me. Larry Fykes has already volunteered for the job of construction foreman and now his fellow volunteer fireman, Andy Clarke, has agreed to be in charge of transporting materials from our stockpile at the City Works lot to the loop site. I can almost feel a passing of the hammer here and this is a good thing. Andy was 10 years old when the original Trail was build yet even back then he was helping out. Larry was right at the “Head of the Trail” for the section of 300 feet of boardwalk we added several years ago to join the Trail to the City Dock in Cypress Park.

The guys at the Head get wet, dirty and lots of satisfaction by setting in the “sleepers,” long structural beams, which are then held together by 16 foot racks of cross-braced 2x8 boards. As the developing structures weaves its 16 foot lengths through the swamps, avoiding disturbing the vegetation as much as possible, the “mules” bring in the materials for the joist layer of more 2x8x16 foot boards.


 

We initially walk on the joist layer placed flat until such time as we can attach the boards on end to the racks and then attach the treads to make the top layer of the boardwalk. By staggering the angle of attachment of one rack to another the entire structure can wind sinuously on top of the floor of the wooded wetland, as the Trail interlaces by trees and hummocks, it can resist forces of winds and tide that could tear apart a straight line structure.

Here is where the next generation of builders comes in. We’ve got to access the loop staging area by crossing a 40 foot-wide stream (or gut, as they are called around here). The bridge we built 20 years ago that crosses the gut lasted until Hurricane Sandy surged the bridge abutments up onto the bank, twisting the 4 foot wide structure into a good imitation of a salt treated Mobius strip. I have no decent plan for what to do to fix the bridge. If we can’t cross the gut, the idea of finishing the loop is just an old man’s fantasy.

Andy looks at the bridge and talks with Larry for a moment. “We can use a come-along like the house movers do. We can move the four-ton bridge back into position, level it up and we are then set to start moving materials in. Shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

And it wasn’t. The next day when Larry and Andy started finagling with the come-along, using different trees to be the solid end, we could get the free end of the bridge levered out of the swamp only to have it slip back when the tension increased on the come-along. Andy didn’t get frustrated, just looking for a place to attach the come-along with a different chain angle and a different height of the solid end on the tree. “Let me try just one more time. If I can’t get it then, I will be surprised.”

With Larry guiding the free end of the bridge (but not pinning his leg between the nearby tree and the bridge abutment), Andy cranked her up one more time. Slowly the bridge eased past the roots, and up the bank. Larry yelled out, “Just a little more, Andy, we are almost there.”

And then the job was done. The bridge dropped right where it had to be in its new perfect position. The structure is solid and it will carry the weight of hundreds of 2x8s and 100 200-pound sleepers, not to mention a herd of mules.

Well done, Larry, good job! And the gold star goes to the Come-Along King, Andy Clarke. Next weekend we will start on building the racks.

Come out and help us. There is hard work ahead but we sure have a good time. Call the Chamber at 410-957-1919 or Dr. Shoemaker’s office at 410-957-1550 for more information.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Arson Reward Funds To Be Distributed Among Fire Companies

WESR
The Accomack County Board of Supervisors will have their regular monthly meeting tonight. The Board will consider distributing some $25,000 in reward money from the arson fire reward fund plus other monies donated to help defray the costs of responding to the fires.

Tonya Bundick and Charles R. Smith were arrested on April 2 and charged with arson after they were caught in the act of setting a residence on fire outside of Melfa.

Since the arrest was not the result of a public tip,the Board agreed to distribute the money to the volunteer fire companies to help defray the costs of responding to the 76 arson fires over a five month period starting in November. 

The Supervisors are considering distributing the money on a per call basis for each fire company that responded to the arson fires. Parksley, Bloxom, Onancock, Tasley and Onley were the units that responded to the largest number of calls during the string of arsons.


 Both Bundick and Smith remain behind bars in the Accomack County jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on the Melfa arson charge. Numerous other charges are pending against the couple. The Virginia State Police continues its investigation into the case.


 Both Smith and Bundick are scheduled for preliminary hearings on charges of arson and conspiracy to commit arson in Accomack County General District Court at 1:30 PM on June 17.

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Warrant Issued For Recently Released Sex Offender/


The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office has obtained a warrant for Delmar James Cubbage, a white male date of birth 08-27-1990 for failing to register as a convicted sex offender.


Mr. Cubbage was released from the Worcester County Detention center on 05-02-13 after serving a nearly yearlong sentence for failing to register as a sex offender and violation of probation. 

Since his release Mr. Cubbage has absconded and moved to an unknown location.

Mr. Cubbage was originally convicted of fourth degree sex offense in July 2010. Mr. Cubbage has two prior convictions for failing to register as a sex offender.


Submitted:
Lt. Edward C. Schreier
Worcester County Sheriff’s Office

This Weekend At The Mar-Va Theater ~ TWO Great Movies

SHOWING AT THE MAR-VA THEATER THIS WEEKEND
 
Friday, May 17th
Saturday, May 18th
 7 PM
Tickets: $5
 


SUNDAY SHOW AT THE MAR-VA THEATER

Presented by Remson United Methodist Church




To avoid time in jail, three wily men agree to be ministers at a local church. While bungling through their duties, they uncover a greedy plot to steal from the church. When they try to rescue the church, the men wind up getting rescued in a God encounter they never expected.

Sunday, May 19th
5 PM
Tickets: $5
 

Dozens Charged Nationwide in Massive Health Care Fraud Takedown

May 14, 2013

At a press conference in Washington, D.C. today, FBI Assistant Director Ron Hosko joined Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and other officials in announcing charges against 89 individuals—including doctors, nurses, and other licensed medial professionals—for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billing.

This coordinated operation was the multi-agency Medicare Fraud Strike Force’s sixth national takedown—thus far, nearly 600 individuals have been charged in connection with health care fraud schemes involving almost $2 billion in false claims in these national takedowns alone. Regionally, Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in nine locations have resulted in charges against more than 1,500 people who collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for more than $5 billion.

The defendants charged today are accused of various health care fraud-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statutes, and money laundering. The charges are based on a variety of alleged fraud schemes involving various medical treatments and services, primarily home health care, but also mental health services, psychotherapy, physical and occupational therapy, durable medical equipment, and ambulance services.

“We all feel the effects of health care fraud,” said FBI Assistant Director Hosko. “It leads to higher health care costs and makes it harder for seniors and those who are ill to get the care they need. The FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to preventing and prosecuting health care fraud at all levels.”

FBI Press Release

Black Guerrilla Family Gang Member Being Held In Poor Conditions, Lawyer Says

Tavon White
Baltimore Crime Beat

As the alleged leader of the Black Guerrilla Family gang at the Baltimore jail, Tavon White could get access to pretty much whatever he wanted, according to federal prosecutors: drugs, phones, money and sex.
 
But he is now being held under more straightened circumstances at a state prison in Cumberland, according to his attorney, who is asking a judge to reconsider the conditions of his detention.
 
“The totality of his belongings were as follows: a jump suit, one pair of underwear, shower sandals, a sheet for the bed. Period,” the lawyer, Gary E. Proctor, wrote in a court filing.
 
White is accused of running a lucrative smuggling operation at the Baltimore City Detention Center, coordinating with gang members on the outside and corrupt corrections officers to bring contraband into the jail. White also had sexual relationships with the officers, getting four of them pregnant, according to prosecutors.
 
Rick Binetti, a spokesman for the corrections department, said White’s property arrived a couple days after he did but has since been given to him.
 
Proctor wrote the judge that he went to visit White but was only allowed to confer with him for an hour and then only through a glass screen.
 
“It appears possible, if not probable, that Mr. White’s continued incarceration by the Maryland Department of Corrections will harm the attorney-client relationship and effective preparation for trial,” Proctor added.
 
The U.S. attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the case, has agreed to have a hearing on the issue, Proctor wrote, but no court date has been set.
 
Binetti said prison authorities have been working to accommodate Proctor’s requests.
 
“The warden has been personally coordinating visits and phone calls with the lawyer since White's arrival,” he said. “The warden has spoken with his lawyer personally.”
 
 
 

HSI seeks public's help to identify 'John Doe' .....

HSI seeks public's help to identify 'John Doe' producer of child pornography and rescue child from ongoing sexual abuse

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is seeking the arrest of an unidentified man for producing child pornography and the rescue of a 7 to 9-year-old victim of sexual exploitation.

A criminal complaint and arrest warrant for "John Doe" was signed Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. HSI is seeking any tips about the possible identity or whereabouts of John Doe, who is believed to be located somewhere in the United States.
HSI is requesting that anyone with information about this person contact the agency immediately, in one of two ways:
  • Call the ICE Tip Line, which is staffed 24-hours a day
    • (866) 347-2423 from the U.S. & Canada
    • (802) 872-6199 from anywhere in the world
  • Complete an online tip form at www.ice.gov/tips/
All tips will remain anonymous. Individuals should not attempt to apprehend the suspect personally.
HSI's Victim Identification Program seeks to rescue child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation and bring the perpetrators to justice.

This investigation was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide HSI initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders and child sex traffickers. HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-347-2423 or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators.

Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-843-5678.

HSI is a founding member and current chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse.




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Legislative Updates By Delegate Mike McDermott

 
 
How Not to Grow an Economy, Part 2
  • By  Delegate Mike McDermott

  • May. 14th, 2013


    When Pennies Become Dollars:
    How To Not Grow an Economy, Part 2
     
    When it comes to raising taxes, no one can minimize like a Maryland liberal. During the previous two regular sessions of the General Assembly, one can find unimpeachable evidence of how they sell a tax by the penny while beguiled Marylanders will pay a pound at the register. Consider these examples of their “bait and switch” mastery:
     
    The “Rain Tax” (HB-987) was tucked away in 2012 with an action date set for 10-counties on July 1st of this year. The lower shore local governments are not compelled to collect a Rain Tax from their people, though some jurisdictions are moving ahead with plans to do so. This tax is designed to pay for infrastructure improvements to address storm water management issues (many believe that this is what they pay Property Taxes for in the first place). This tax is being “marketed” as being only $20 to $50 per homeowner annually as they are assigned a flat rate no matter the size or scope of their property. The same rates do not apply for business property.

    Commercial properties, hospitals, churches, schools, etc. will be required to pay a tax rate based upon the square footage of impervious surface which they have on their respective properties. Sidewalks, driveways, and rooftops all count in figuring how much the owner, corporation, or congregation must pay. Suffice it to say, there will be no $20 bills for these properties. In fact, some of these commercial properties with their significant parking lots could easily find themselves paying in the $15,000 range and up. Just imagine the bill for a mall property!  What do you suppose a business owner or corporation with a tight bottom line  is going to do about paying this new tax? They will have little choice but to pass it on to their customers through higher costs at the register…yet they tell us it will “only cost a homeowner $20 per year!” That 20 bucks is the least of our worries.

    How about those “green” wind turbines off our coast? (SB-275)  Well, those same folks claim the new Electricity Tax will cost you less than “$2.00 per month”. What a deal! What they do not tell you is the Electricity Tax for business and commercial properties is going to be significant and will be in proportion to the amount of electricity utilized. It is so significant; the poultry growers were able to lobby hard to be exempted from most of this new burden, but not so for every other business entity in the state.

    Supermarkets are big consumers of electricity as are retail stores. Who is going to pay for the added expense that these business entities will be forced to absorb to pay for this boondoggle? It will be those same folks who were told, “You will pay less than $2.00 per month on your bill”. The folks that propose this nonsense appear to have zero conception of how a business actually operates, or perhaps they believe our business community is flush with cash and will simply take it out of their marginal profits. Well how about local government? Schools, government buildings, street lights, all will be subjected to these higher rates resulting in a direct pass through to the taxpayer. How’s that “$2.00” sounding now?
     
    These are the same people who just handed you a perpetual gasoline tax (HB-1515) which will increase like clockwork every July 1st and be forever linked to the consumer price index (CPI). So, when the cost of everything else goes up in your hard working life, the price of your misery at the pump will rise in proportion to the pain you experience everywhere else in your budget.  Don’t worry, if the CPI ever drops, the same legislators rejected any amendments to make the tax decrease in like manner. They also rejected the idea of some type of cap on this tax.
     
    Keeping this in perspective and doing the math, if they had established this same tax in 1992 linked to the CPI, Marylanders would be paying over $10.00 per gallon to fill their tanks. This adjustment would have been bad enough, but they have also added a new Sales Tax to the cost of fuel which will be phased in over the next four years. The net result will be an 80% increase in the Gasoline Taxes (currently at 24.5 cents per gallon).  Of course, this was sold to the public as “mere pennies” at the pump.
     
    So, what about the fact that 90% of the goods utilized on the Eastern Shore are trucked in overland? The cost of shipping goods always comes with the fuel cost factored into the overall price.

    Again I ask you, is there anyone who thinks that we will not be paying for increased cost of folks doing business with every purchase we make at a register? All of those “mere pennies” quickly add up to real dollars.
     
    As the government draws more money out of the economy through these new taxes and fees, taxpayers/consumers find themselves with fewer discretionary dollars. This always results in fewer dollars being put back into our local economy and every point of commerce suffers. When business slows, expansion is put on hold. When business suffers loss, people lose jobs.
     
    I am not sure where the disconnect lies with legislators who see nothing wrong with this tax and spend approach at governing, but I am quite sure the public is fully able to connect the dots. I was recently at a meeting of local business owners and entrepreneurs when a senator told them that what they could “conceive…the government would help them achieve”.  Sadly this was repeated so there was little doubt where he was coming from in his thoughts regarding the purpose and scope of government.
    The American dream is the recognition that if you can conceive an idea or a concept, your freedom and liberty will allow you to achieve it through personal dedication and the sweat of your own brow.  Liberty is the mortar that binds Conceiving and Achieving together. When our dreams become dependent upon the government to fulfill, we extinguish liberties flame and, along with it, the American Dream.
     

     

    Armed Forces Appreciation Weekend ! Visit the Delmarva Discovery Center



    DON'T FORGET!


    20th Annual    "DRUMS ON THE POCOMOKE"    Pow Wow has  free admission to Veterans and Active Service members of the Armed Services!  All you need is your I.D.

    The Skipjack Hilda M. Willing joins the Cypress Festival

    Celebrate Pocomoke’s  Heritage at the 38th Annual Cypress Festival

    The Skipjack Hilda M. Willing joins the Cypress Festival
    Photo/Skipjack Hilda M. Willing facebook

    This year’s Cypress Festival, Wednesday June 12 to Saturday June 15, will celebrate Pocomoke’s heritage as a shipbuilding town. 

    Board the skipjack Hilda Willing, built in 1905 and learn about this historic working boat from her crew.

    Join in the fun by building your own boat and racing with a team for cash and bragging rights in the Raft Regatta. 

    This year’s Cypress Festival will have more artists and vendors than ever, especially for Heritage Saturday when artisans from Furnace Town and the Julia Purnell Museum along with local crafters will have hands-on demonstrations.

    All your favorite rides and foods will be there too! Come join our “boathemian” community for 4 days of fun by the Pocomoke River, Wednesday June 12 to Saturday June 15.

    Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commercewww.pocomoke.com
    410-957-1919

     

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013

    RIBBON CUTTING / Chesapeake Bay Farms in Pocomoke

    From:
    Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce

    Ribbon Cutting
    photo/Chesapeake Bay  Farms
    Chesapeake Bay Farms in Pocomoke
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013
     9:30 am.
    As soon as you see Chesapeake Bay Farms in Pocomoke you know you have reached a special place.  Black and white cattle graze in the fields looking like something out of a painting. 
     A friendly (artificial) cow awaits you as you turn in to the parking lot of the charming wooden store.
    Children will love this location, as will adults. 
     Homemade ice cream, local cheeses, fresh churned butter and local grass fed beef are available. 
     
    Photo/ Chesapeake Bay Farms
    Address:
     4111 Whitesburg Road
    Pocomoke City, Maryland
    (Take Dividing Creek Road)




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    CLICK IT OR TICKET / Pocomoke City Police Department

    CLICK IT OR TICKET
     
     The Pocomoke City Police Department will be increasing high-visibility seat belt enforcement efforts around the clock to save more lives on our roadways. Motorists are urged to fasten their seat belts, day and night, for each and every trip; and encourage your loved ones to always buckle up too … you could save their life.
     
    Click It or Ticket.
    As the busy summer driving season kicks off and Pocomoke City motorists take to the roads, it’s important that everyone buckles up every time they go out, both day and night – no excuses. Not wearing a seat belt at night is especially dangerous, when the risk of being involved in a crash triples.

    Riverside Grill Pocomoke Honors Police Officers and Military

    Thanking all of the brave men and women who serve us 24/7, on holidays, special occasions and on days you wish you could just stay home with your family.


    RIVERSIDE GRILL   POCOMOKE

    *National Police Week May 12th-May 18th: police officers 15% off your check with ID
    *Armed Forces Day May 18th: military personnel 15% off your check with valid military ID



    Thanking you for all you do!

    Pocomoke Raft Regatta ~ Two Categories To Enter



    Pocomoke Raft Regatta

    Make your own craft and compete for cash and bragging rights!

     Rafts can compete in two categories:
     Fastest Raft
     and
    Most Creative/Original Raft
     
    Saturday, June 15, 2013
    2:30 PM



     For more information and sign up forms see www.pocomokecypressfestival.com

     
    By:  Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce

    Greenbackville VFD 2013 Summer Raffle

     
    Our 2013 Raffle has begun.
     Please see any member or visit the Fire Station at 1
    479 Stockton Avenue in Greenbackville to purchase tickets.
     
     


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    Saxis Volunteer Fire/Rescue Spaghetti Dinner


    National Police Week....

    In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls, as National Police Week.

    Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.

    The Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. Decades later, the event, more commonly known as National Police Week, has grown to a series of events which attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our Nation's Capital each year.

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