D-DAY ~ 69 Years Ago Today

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”

More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy.

The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
Source:

Photo/BW
1992- Downtown Pocomoke City

Please take time to visit  and support Team Britt's Support Our Troops Project. 

 Find drop off locations for donations that are shipped to our current troops, have your class send notes to troops, buy a t-shirt, sign up to man a table at many of the upcoming local attractions.  There are so many projects to get involved with to show these brave troops they are not forgotten.

As always - PLEASE fly your flag proudly and the display of  a simple yellow ribbon goes a long way.
 

Accomack County Sheriffs Office Searching For Robbery Suspect

 

From Sheriff Todd Godwin;
On June 3, 2013 at approximately 5:15 AM, the Accomack County Sheriffs Office received a report of a robbery at the Bargain Barrel in New Church, Virginia. 

Upon deputies arrival, it was determined that a masked individual approached an employee who was arriving for work at the Bargain Barrel and robbed her at gunpoint of an undisclosed amount of money.

The suspect in this incident was described as an unknown race male, 51060, slim build and wearing dark clothing.

Anyone with information on this or any other incident is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriffs Office at 757-787-1131 or 757-824-5666.

Tips may also be submitted through our website at www.accomackcountysheriffsoffice.org.

Traffic Stop Turns Into Manhunt

DaMar Collins 

Written by
Brian Shane
BERLIN — A traffic stop turned into a manhunt this afternoon in downtown Berlin, where a wanted man remains on the run from police.

According to Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing, a Berlin Police officer spotted DaMar Collins, 26, driving in downtown Berlin with a passenger. The officer knew Collins was driving on a suspended license.

Collins knew he’d been spotted, too, and sped around a corner, where he and the passenger switched places.

He fled from the scene. A foot chase ensued. Collins ended up climbing up the side of a building. The officer tried to get at him from the ground. Collins managed to kick him in the face, and escaped, Downing said. The officer was hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained.

Collins then made his way through a window of the building, and ran through an apartment where someone was home. He exited by the front door, and ran down Washington Street in downtown.

Downing said police believe Collins caught a ride with someone, and fled the area.

Police searched the area for about 90 minutes. Their search included the South Main Street home of Leslie Gebhart. At the time, however, she was busy in West Ocean City, and kept hitting “ignore” as her mobile phone rang and rang.

“'Then I got a text from my neighbor across the street who never texts me — 'what are all the police doing in your front yard?'” she said. “Then I knew it was time to come home.”

Her 20-year-old daughter answered the door when police came knocking, asking if it was OK if the looked around. The State Police helicopter hovered directly over the home. Gebhart watched as pairs of police officers combed her yard.

As of 5:30 pm, “they said that they're pretty sure he’s probably gone at this point,” she said. “They know who they're looking for. But they're still crawling all over the place.”

Until they catch him, "I don't think we're going to sleep very good tonight,” she said.

The incident happened near Buckingham Elementary School, which was not affected, and was not put on lockdown. According to Worcester County schools spokeswoman Barb Witherow, there were no children inside at the time. A handful of staffers were present. There were no after-school programs this week, she also said.

Online court records show that DaMar Collins recently completed a prison term of more than two and a half years for a drug conviction in May 2010.

Collins is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing approximately 150 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to contact Berlin Police at 410-641-1334.

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FIRST FRIDAY PIZZA NIGHT

FIRST FRIDAY PIZZA NIGHT

 New Church Volunteer Fire Department

(at the firehouse)

FRIDAY  JUNE 7, 2013

 

Location: New Church Firehouse

 

5 to 8 pm

 

 

$10.00 for a large Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza

No need to call ahead to order!

 

 

All proceeds go to support the

 New Church Volunteer Fire Department.

 

Thank you for all of your support.
 

 

COMING SOON !! LIVE ~ At The Mar-Va Theater

 

GODSPELL

 

 

Enjoy the gospel of Matthew -LIVE- from the Mar-Va stage!

 

 

The Mar-Va is proud to announce the Godspell will be taking the stage on

 

Friday, June 28

Saturday, June 29

At  7:00 PM

 

ALSO

 

Sunday,  June 30 at 2 PM

 

 

Tickets are $15/adult and $7/12 and under.

 

You can purchase tickets at the Mar-Va Box Office, Market Street Deli, Enchanted Florist, or T's Corner!

 

 

This Weekend At The Mar-Va Theater

 

Friday, June 7th

Saturday, June 8th

7 PM

Tickets: $5

 

www.marvatheater.com

 

It begins: Major Demand To Impeach Obama ~( Most Say It Won't Happen)

Petition asks Congress to investigate, prosecute offenses

Watergate investigator Bob Woodward of the Washington Post compares Barack Obama to Richard Nixon. Members of Congress say it’s about time to consider it. Rock legend Ted Nugent says Obama’s constitutional violations make him eligible. And even Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin has called for Obama’s impeachment.

The document is addressed to members of Congress, who have the responsibility to make sure government officials don’t go outside the bounds of the U.S. Constitution and to bring appropriate retribution when they do.

The petition cites a number of scandals in just the last few weeks and months.

Among them are the “lethal and prolonged terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, and the subsequent ‘Watergate-era cover-up.’” And then there’s the big – and getting bigger – scandal involving the federal government’s use of the Internal Revenue Service to harass and attack “conservative groups.”

There’s also the spying and harassment of journalists and the Associated Press.

“Top constitutional attorneys from across the political spectrum now agree that Obama has committed certain specific offenses that unquestionably rise to the level of impeachable ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,” the petition explains.

And that’s even before the issue of “Obama’s policy of targeted assassinations of U.S. citizens without any constitutionally required due process – including the drone assassination of an American-born 16-year-old as he was eating dinner.”

Oh, and let’s not forget the “disastrous ‘Fast and Furious’ operation in which approximately 2,000 firearms were directed from U.S. gun shops across the U.S.-Mexico border and into the hands of members of Mexican drug cartels.”

And Obama’s decision to refuse to obey his oath of office and defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

That’s all in addition to the alleged illegal “recess” appointments of several officials as well as the Obama Justice Department’s refusal to prosecute voter intimidation, his appointment of 30 “czars” and just general contempt for Congress and the American people.

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ROADCHECK 2013 YIELDS RESULTS

ROADCHECK 2013 YIELDS RESULTS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

(LANDOVER, MD) – Commercial vehicles traveling in and around the Capital Beltway region yesterday were the target of “Roadcheck 2013”, a coordinated enforcement effort that resulted in scores of trucks being placed out of service for safety defects and a dozen drivers taken off the road for being unqualified to drive commercial vehicles.

Yesterday, members of the Maryland State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division were joined by allied law enforcement and regulatory officers as they launched “Roadcheck 2013” at Fedex Field in Landover. The enforcement initiative focused on commercial vehicles traveling around the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County.

Commercial trucks and buses were directed into a temporary inspection zone set up at Fed Ex Field in Landover. The operation used overhead road signs and variable message boards to notify commercial motor vehicles on the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) would be inspected at the temporary weigh and inspection site off Arena Drive. Roving police units patrolled the surrounding area for vehicles attempting to avoid inspection at the fixed site.


Commercial vehicle inspectors examined 525 vehicles. Of those, 101 vehicles were placed out-of-service for major safety defects. In addition, 19 drivers were placed out of service for being unqualified to operate commercial vehicles. Police issued 181 traffic citations and 284 warnings for commercial vehicle related violations.

Allied law enforcement and regulatory agencies assisting with the operation included the Virginia State Police, Montgomery County Police Department, Prince Georges County Police Department, Calvert County Sheriff, Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, and Maryland Comptroller’s Office personnel. In addition to the Maryland State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division personnel, State Police units also assisted, including the Special Operations Division K-9 and command vehicle, Cadets, Tactical Medics and the Electronic Services Division.
Similar operations will be conducted in the future as state and local police work together to reduce traffic injuries and deaths, while increasing safety on Maryland roads.

Submitted:
Maryland State Police

Ray Ray's Pet Parade !! Get Your Pet Dressed Up !!

Ray Ray, age 7, invites you and your pet to join him on a parade through Onancock to celebrate animals.

If possible, kindly bring a can of pet food, litter, bleach or other pet supply to donate to the local SPCA.

Dress your pet and strut your stuff!

Bones awards will be given for top 3 costumes.

 Silly people hats are encouraged.

Friendly pets of ALL kinds are welcome.
 Pets must be leashed or carried. Owners are responsible for pet's behavior and bodily functions. Water will be provided.

The parade begins behind the Roseland Theatre and proceeds along the sidewalk to the wharf and back.

Rain date is Sunday, June 9, 1:00.

Good luck, Ray Ray!!!

Cypress Festival Update

Cypress Festival Update 

 

 

 

 

 

Wristband
sales end June 11 at 4pm

 

 

 

 

Boat Decorating first prize

Doesn't have to fancy- just make it FUN!

$150 gift certificate to Riverside Grill

Enter for free

Find forms for all events at

pocomokecypressfestival.com

 

 

NO PRIZE BUT GLORY!

Photo/ J. Glovier

 

 

We know you love a challenge so we gotta think it's the sign up fee preventing you from competing in the

Tug-O-War and Raft Regatta

at the 2013 Cypress Festival! 

 

 So we are waving all fees... and all prize money. 

 

NO PRIZE BUT GLORY!

 

Win these events and have a trophy with your team's names proudly displayed at Don's Seafood and Chicken House in Pocomoke for the next year and brag all the way to 2014!  

 

What's that?  You are not as young as last time you competed in these events?  We have a special category just for those who are over 50, called "Party Like It's 1999"  

 

So no excuses!  

 

Make this a Cypress Festival to remember!

 

Volunteers needed for Cypress Festival
For all of you who have volunteered for the Cypress Festival so far, thank you!  We still need volunteers, especially for Saturday.  

Please contact the Chamber at 410-957-1919 or pocomokechamber@gmail.com  if you would like to help out. 
 

 

2013 Law Enforcement Torch Run – Worcester County, MD

2013 Law Enforcement Torch Run – Worcester County, MD

On June 3, 2013, Ocean City Police participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics Maryland. OCPD joined law enforcement agencies from all over Worcester County for this great cause.


 

Thank you for all you do !

Attempt To Launch Wednesday Night

Rocket Launch Postponed from Wallops

06.04.13

 

The launch tonight of a Black Brant XII suborbital rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, has been postponed.

The mission was postponed due to insufficient time to cool the instruments on the payload down to the required temperatures before launch.

The launch is now scheduled between 11 and 11:59 p.m., June 5. The launch window runs through June 10. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

With CIBER, scientists will study when the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe and how brightly they burned their nuclear fuel.

 

 

The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will open at 9:30 p.m. on launch day for public viewing of the launch.

The mission will be available live on Ustream beginning at 10 p.m. on launch day at: http://www.ustream.com/channel/nasa-wallops

Mission status on launch day can be followed on Twitter and Facebook at: http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Wallops or http://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF

Mission status also is available on the Wallops launch status line at 757-824-2050.

More information on CIBER and the NASA Sounding Rocket Program is available at:http://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets

Bay Bridge ~ Westbound Lanes Closed Due to Incident‏

UPDATE

6/3/13 -- 12:30 p.m. update -- Two Westbound Lanes Reopened‏
REMAINING LANE EXPECTED TO REOPEN SHORTLY
Westbound Lanes Closed Due to Incident ~Bay Bridge‏

WESTBOUND LANES CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO INCIDENT
Motorists Advised to Call 1-877-BAYSPAN (229-7726) for Current Traffic Conditions
Follow us on Twitter at TheMDTA or on Facebook at facebook.com/TheMDTACurrently, the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge are closed due to an injured worker on the bridge.  Initial reports indicate that the worker's injuries are non-life-threatening.  Emergency response crews are on the scene.  Officials will reopen the lanes as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

For Statewide traffic conditions, visit md511.org.  For the most up-to-date information follow us on Twitter at TheMDTA or on Facebook at facebook.com/TheMDTA.

MARYLAND STATE POLICE LAUNCH “ROADCHECK 2013”

MEDIA ADVISORY: MARYLAND STATE POLICE LAUNCH “ROADCHECK 2013”

(LARGO, MD) -- Maryland State Police commercial vehicle enforcement personnel, joined by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), is holding the official U.S. kick-off event for Roadcheck 2013. This is a multiple-day initiative focusing on ensuring the safe equipment and operation of buses, trucks, and other commercial vehicles operating in North America.

On June 4, 2013, Maryland State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division inspection teams will work fixed and roving locations throughout the Washington, D.C metro area. Teams of troopers and inspectors will target commercial vehicles committing traffic violations and in violation of state and federal safety regulations. Starting tomorrow and running 72 hours straight, inspectors from North America will conduct Level 1 inspections of passenger carrying commercial vehicles as well as properly secured cargo.

Roadcheck 2013 helps to remind carriers of the importance of maintenance and compliance with commercial vehicle safety regulations. Inspections will be conducted of vehicle equipment, secured cargo, driver’s log books, hazardous materials documentation, and other areas that impact safe operation.

  A special emphasis will be on the new hours-of-service requirements that take effect on July 1, 2013. 

Court Decides DNA Swabs During Arrests Are Constitutional

Maryland Vs. King Ruling: US Supreme Court Decides DNA Swabs During Arrests Are Constitutional In 5-4 Decision

Police are allowed to take DNA samples from people they arrest on charges of serious crimes, even if there are no plans to prosecute them for the offenses, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision handed down Monday.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion for the court. Also voting with Kennedy were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito. Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the dissenting opinion, joined Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in the minority.

Alonzo Jay King
Photo/Salisbury Police Dept.

The case, Maryland vs. King, stemmed from a ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals, which said that the DNA cheek swab from Alonzo Jay King obtained by the authorities in Wicomico County, Md., was unlawful. King’s DNA was taken following his 2009 arrest on assault charges, and the material linked him to an unsolved 2003 rape. King was later convicted of the rape, but Maryland’s highest court threw it out, arguing that he was subject to unlawful search and seizure.


But Monday’s ruling by the high court reversed the Maryland court’s decision, with Kennedy arguing that DNA samples are the 21st century equivalent of fingerprinting and does not constitute a violation of the 4th Amendment,.

“When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and they bring the suspect to the station to be detained in custody, taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee’s DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment,” Kennedy wrote.

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2nd Annual K9 Fundraiser ~ Worcester County Sheriff's Office

 Fun for the whole family!

 

 

 Contact Heather Horner or any member of the WCSO K9 Unit to get your tickets!

Kitten As Office Help ~ Video

Not all of you readers are acquainted with facebook.

Quite often there are videos there that really do catch my eye so I like to share them with those of you who may not ever see them.

Here's a video that NO ONE should miss!  I also had this problem with my now cat when she was a kitten but because my printer is on the center shelf she could never sit comfortably.

Please watch this and if you don't start your day with a loud exclamation please call your doctor...

Printer Totally Ruins Cat's Day!!!

Have a great day !!

Rocket Launch Scheduled For Tonight From Wallops

Rocket Launch Scheduled June 4 From Wallops

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – A Black Brant XII suborbital rocket carrying the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER)is scheduled for launch between 11 and 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 4, from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The backup launch days are June 5 through 10. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

With CIBER, scientists will be studying when the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe and how brightly they burned their nuclear fuel.

Jamie Bock, CIBER principal investigator from the California Institute of Technology, said, “The objectives of the experiment are of fundamental importance for astrophysics: to probe the process of first galaxy formation. The measurement is extremely difficult technically.”

This will be the fourth flight for CIBER on a NASA sounding rocket. The previous launches were in 2009, 2010 and 2012 from the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. After each flight the experiment or payload was recovered for post-calibrations and re-flight.
For this flight CIBER will fly on a larger and more powerful rocket than before. This will loft CIBER to a higher altitude than those previously obtained, thus providing longer observation time for the instruments. The experiment, which will safely splash down in the Atlantic Ocean more than 400 miles off the Virginia coast, will not be recovered.

The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will open at 9:30 p.m. on launch day for public viewing of the launch.

The mission will be available live on Ustream beginning at 10 p.m. on launch day at: http://www.ustream.com/channel/nasa-wallops

Mission status on launch day can be followed on Twitter and Facebook at:http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Wallops or http://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF

Mission status also is available on the Wallops launch status line at 757-824-2050.
More information on CIBER and the NASA Sounding Rocket Program is available at:http://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/ciberla.html

POCOMOKE CITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING ~ Tonight

 

 

A G E N D A

POCOMOKE CITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

7:30 p.m., Monday, June 3, 2013

City Hall

 

1. Call to Order, Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

 
2.  Review and approval of minutes from meeting of May 6, 2013.
 
3.  Review and approval of bills to be paid.
 
4.  Public Hearing on proposed fiscal year 2013-14 annual budget.
 
5.  First Reading of Res. No. 475 to adopt the budget for fiscal year 2014.
 
6.  First Reading of Res. No. 476 to set the tax rates for fiscal year 2014.
 
7.  First Reading of Res. No. 477 to set fees, charges and penalties for fiscal year 2014.
 
8.  Discuss letter from MarVa for tax abatement.
 
9.  City Manager to present list of properties for abatement of taxes.
 
10.  Councilman Malloy to discuss recent completion of Nature Trail improvements near Stevenson’s Pond and to introduce members of volunteer nature trail committee.
 
11.  City Manager to present summary of bids received for construction of new golf course clubhouse building.  (Bid opening:  11:00 a.m., 6/3/13)
 
12.  Discuss letter from Mike Shannon requesting approval of One-Day Beer License on August 18, 2013 for Boat Docking Event.
 
13.  Follow up discussion on Cassatt Tower building adjacent to railroad swing bridge. (Owner, Norfolk-Southern Railroad)
 
Comments from the Audience.
Mayor and Council Items.
Adjourn .

Firemen's Fest- Coming Soon!!

 

COMING SOON!!

CONTACT THEM FOR ADVANCE TICKETS

 

A Special Father's Day Story Time

Join the

Pocomoke Library as they celebrate DAD'S with this special "Saturday Fathers Day Story Time".

Ages 3 to 5

 

Worcester County Library on facebook

More Teams Needed For Cypress Festival Competitions

 

 

Cypress Festival Half-Price Wristbands - $8

 

 

On sale at the Chamber, 6 market Street, or the Lower Shore YMCA
until Tuesday June 11 at 4 pm

Unlimited rides! Good for:

Wednesday June 12, 6 to 10 pm

or

Thursday June 13, 6 to 10 pm

or

Saturday June 15, noon to 4 pm

 

 

New and returning events and attractions include:

 

Naturalist guided walks on the Pocomoke Nature Trail 

Delmarva Discovery Center Live Animal Shows

Board the Skipjack Hilda Willing every day

Cruises by Pocomoke River Cruises on Saturday 

Crabtown Cruisers on Saturday

Teams needed for 

 Tug O War 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raft Race- 

 

 

Trophy displayed at Don's Seafood and Chicken House!

Boat decorating contest-

 free to enter, 3 gift certificates prizes, top prize $150 at Riverside Grill!

 

 

 

More information on the Cypress Festival

and

For upcoming events 

 see

www.pocomoke.com

 

SPCA Awareness Day

FUN FOR YOUR DOGGY FRIENDS!!

The Worcester County Sheriff's Office and Many Others Still Seaching For Missing Older Lady

STILL   MISSING

Helen S. David

The Worcester County Sheriff's Office is still searching or Mrs. Helen S. David, 77 year old white female 5-6 about 160lbs.

HELEN S. DAVID
MISSING

 
She was last seen wearing blue shirt blue pants. Was last seen Monday at 1500 hrs in South Point near Berlin, Maryland.
 
Worcester County Sheriff's Office is  asking that all South Point residents and residents along the Rt. 611 corridor check their property for Mrs. David.


Call the Sheriff's Office at 410-632-1111 if you locate her.