Snow Hill’s 15th Annual Blessing of the Combines Celebration TODAY

Saturday, August 3, 2013 for Snow Hill’s 15th 

Annual Blessing of the Combines Celebration

Photo/JMMB
Virgil Shockley Combine 

There are opportunities for Craft Vendors along Bank Street, and Information Booths along Green Street.  

Festivities begin on Green Street at 11:00 with live music  and street activities. 

The Parade of Combines sets off down RT 12 to Green Street at 11:15. 

Photo/JMMB 

A “throttle thrust” will signal Steve Hales, master of ceremonies, to begin the program with the presentation of colors by the award-winning Snow Hill High School Junior Marine Corps ROTC.  

After recognitions, a keynote speaker and  the Blessing the afternoon’s lineup of selections featuring area musicians will begin.  

Children can visit a variety of animals at the Petting Barnyard; then hop aboard a wagon for the hay ride.  

There will be a Children’s Barnyard of activities, and the popular Children’s Tractor Pull as well as  a Scales and Tales presentation from the Pocomoke River State Park

THE GREAT POCOMOKE FAIR ~ SATURDAY

THE GREAT POCOMOKE FAIR

Saturday, August 3rd begins with a horse show in the morning at 8am followed by livestock judgings. 

Rides and attractions will open at 11AM.

 A cake and pie auction will begin at the Grandstand area at 12:30PM along with live harness racing on the track.

 A greased pig contest will be held for the kids at 1:30 PM along with kids games and a 'Chicken Scratch". 

The Tractor Pull begins at 5PM 

 FIREWORKS winding up the evening around 10PM. 

Of course, great food, unlimited attractions, exhibits and much more throughout the three day fair! 

The Great Pocomoke Fair is one the few remaining fairs with live harness racing...

 Please come out and support us!

MOTOR SCOOTER COLLIDES WITH LARGE TRUCK

On July 31, 2013, at approximately 2:30 p.m. Ocean City police responded to the area of 84th Street and Coastal Highway in reference to a motor vehicle collision involving a motorized scooter. The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the scooter was attempting to pass bicyclists in the south bound bus lane on Coastal Highway when he veered into traffic in lane three and impacted the side of a large delivery box truck.

The victim, who was struck by the large delivery box truck, is being identified as a 26-year-old male, from California, MD.  He suffered several life threatening injuries and was transported by Ocean City EMS to Peninsula Regional Medical Center and later transferred to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

At the time of this release, the scooter operator is listed in critical condition.  The driver of the motorized scooter was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.  Alcohol use by the driver of the scooter is believed to be a factor in this collision. There are no charges pending against the driver of the box truck.

Submitted:
Ocean City Police Dept.

Coast Guard Rescues Air National Guard Pilot After Mid Air Collision

The Coast Guard says it rescued an Air National Guard pilot from the water after his jet was involved in a mid-air collision and he ejected from his aircraft approximately 35 miles southeast of Chincoteague on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

The Coast Guard says the pilot of the F-16C Falcon jet who was rescued at sea early Friday is in good condition.

The other pilot involved in the mid-air collision around 10:30 p.m. Thursday was able to fly back to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland Both jets were from the 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard.

The Coast Guard says it was alerted to the pilot's ditching by a distress signal from his ejection seat and says the pilot was hoisted from the sea at 12:30 a.m. Friday by a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.


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FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT PIZZA NIGHT

FIRST FRIDAY PIZZA NIGHT

 New Church Volunteer Fire Department

 5 pm to 8 pm

LARGE

 Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza

All proceeds go to support the

 New Church Volunteer Fire Department.

  

Worcester County Sheriff's Office Press Release

On July 26, 2013, at approximately 1255 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy stopped a vehicle on Rt. 13 in the area of Old Virginia Rd for following a vehicle too close. 
       
The Deputy identified the driver as Marquise Obryan Drummond 27, from Gargatha, Virginia, a check revealed Mr. Drummond was wanted through Salisbury Police Department and had a suspended Virginia driver’s license. The Deputy placed Mr. Drummond under arrest.   A search incident to arrest of Mr. Drummond revealed a clear plastic baggie containing powder cocaine. Mr. Drummond was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, CDS paraphernalia, and CDS possession with intent to distribute.

Mr. Drummond was held in the Worcester County Jail on $5,000.00 bond.

On July 27, 2013 at approximately 0931 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was dispatched to West Ocean City, Maryland for a domestic dispute.  Upon arrival the Deputy met with the victim who stated James Robert Main 37, of West Ocean City Md. physically assaulted her. Mr. Main was located at the Royal Farms in West Ocean City and subsequently arrested for second degree assault. Mr. Main was taken before the District Court Commissioner where he was released on a $25,000.00 unsecured bond.

On July 28, 2013 at approximately 0715 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was in the area of Route 90 and Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin, Maryland. When they observed a gray passenger vehicle traveling east bound on Route 90 traveling at a high rate of speed, the Deputy stopped the vehicle for 71 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. 
    
 The Deputy identified the driver as Carlos A Lopez-Rivera 39 of Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Lopez-Rivera did not have a valid license. Mr. Lopez-Rivera was placed under arrest for driving without a license.  
  

 Mr. Lopez-Rivera was taken before the District Court Commissioner for Driving without a license where he was released on his personal recognizance on the traffic charge however Immigration and Custom Enforcement placed a detainer on Mr. Lopez-Rivera for failing to appear for a deportation hearing.  Mr. Lopez-Rivera was taken to the Worcester County Jail pending a disposition with Immigration and Custom Enforcement.

Chincoteague Island American Legion Poker Run

Chincoteague Island American Legion Riders, Chapter 159

Poker Run to benefit the Wounded War

Aug. 3, 2013~ Rain date Aug 4th.

Registration 9:30 AM at Cycle Creations, 

US Highway 13 & Depot St. New Church, Va.

Card stops at Club Car Cafe

 Island House

 and AJ's on the Creek

Last bike out 11:00 AM. Last bike in at 3:00 PM at American Legion Post 159 on Chincoteague Island, VA.

$20.00 Entry Fee-Rider $10.00 Entry Fee For Passenger *$5.00/ extra hands

1st Prize- $100 cash* 2nd prize - $50:00 cash* 3rd prize $25.00 cash
Food, 50/50 raffle and silent Auction
All bikes and riders, cars, trucks etc. are welcome

For more information call Linda Robinson (757) 709-9176* Kat Edwards (757) 894-0050* Al Post 159 (757) 336-9749

Ballistic Shields do Double Duty in Classrooms

Photo/ Bill  UhrcihGeorge Tunis, chairman and CEO
 of Hardwire LLC
in Pocomoke City, Md.

In most mass school shootings that have occurred in the U.S., the gunmen were armed with handguns, shotguns or smaller-caliber rifles and met their first resistance from building staff, not from first responders.

So teachers become reluctant first responders, with typically nothing but their bodies to protect kids from bullets, George Tunis, chairman and CEO of Hardwire LLC, Pocomoke City, Md., told representatives of several Berks County police departments Tuesday.

Tunis, whose company specializes in making armor for military and paramilitary units, sought an answer to this problem and he says he found it in the success of ballistic shields protecting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tunis demonstrated his company's lightweight, durable, versatile ballistic shields that are designed to blend in with other classroom fixtures. The shields can be hung on walls and used as dry-erase boards on which teachers write their classroom assignments.

The company also makes small shields that double as clipboards that can be particularly useful for coaches and physical education teachers or police during traffic stops.

As demonstrated at the Muhlenberg Township police shooting range Tuesday, they can stop a bullet fired from a .44-Magnum revolver from 7 yards away. A slug fired from a shotgun sent the shield flying, but the round didn't penetrate the compressed fiber.

Hardwire first designed its signature lighter-than-Kevlar, laminated compressed fiber shields for use in ballistic vests for U.S. special operations forces, Tunis said.

As troop casualties mounted from roadside bombs in Iraq, the company was asked to ramp up production. It started making shields for armored vehicles, and, as they were rolled out, casualty rates dropped significantly.

Hardwire gradually shifted to making ballistic shields for drug interdiction units such as Customs and Border Protection and even the Los Angeles Police Department, Tunis said.
  
Then the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre happened and the father of two school-age children felt utterly helpless.

"I'm literally watching the events of Sandy Hook unfold," 



 Tunis said. "I'm sitting next to my son and saying, 'Geez, we can do something about this.' We put armor in the hands of our soldiers, and the casualty rate just comes right on down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armor was that equalizing force."
Tunis donated enough shields to his children's school to

equip every staff member.   


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TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview

　 (Part 2)

It's 1937 and 43-year-old Clarence J. Trader, owner of the Stockton electric company, is fatally wounded in the Snow Hill home of his estranged wife. His 37-year-old widow says his death was a suicide but after extensive investigation she is charged with his murder. But a twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the case!

Read 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!

Welcome back, JMMB!

2013 Pocomoke Police Department NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

2013 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

Hosted by the Pocomoke City Police Department

Kelvin Sewell, Chief

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

POCOMOKE CYPRESS PARK

6 PM  until  9 PM

Pocomoke City Mayor Bruce Morrison with Pocomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell - August 2012

Guys from OC104

Gun Shot Fired In Home Invasion

According to Sheriff Todd Godwin, on Tuesday July 23, 2013 at approximately 01:03 a.m., the Accomack County Sheriff's Office received a report of a home invasion robbery that had occurred on Shell Bridge Road near Painter. Upon the arrival of deputies, it was determined that the victim had been outside of his home when he was confronted by fourSource; masked individuals. The victim was forced to enter his home where he was robbed of undisclosed property. During this incident, the victims dog was injured from a gunshot fired by one of the suspects and received medical attention at a local veterinary hospital.

The suspects were described as being black males wearing dark colored clothing and one having short dreadlocks.

The investigation into this incident is continuing and anyone with information concerning this or any other crime 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.
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Girlfriend Arrested for Second Degree Assault On Boyfriend

Sibyl Curran

On July 30, 2013, at approximately 1 a.m., Ocean City police responded to 4709 Coastal Highway in reference to a first degree assault. The victim told police that he got into an argument with his girlfriend, who was later identified as Sibyl Curran, 32, of Coaldale, PA. During the argument Curran, who had recently arrived in Ocean City with her 18-month old child, brandished a folding knife and held it to the victim’s throat.

After the victim was able to wrestle the knife away from Curran, she grabbed her 18-month old child and left the unit. Officers were able to locate Curran and her child nearby and take both into custody. During a search of Curran incident to her arrest, officers also found a small amount of suspected oxycodone.

Ocean City police have charged Curran with first degree assault, second degree assault, reckless endangerment, possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure and possession of oxycodone.

Curran was seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner and transferred to the Worcester County Jail on $2,500 bond. Worcester County Department of Social Services was contacted and Curran’s child was released to a family member.

THE GREAT POCOMOKE FAIR

Want information about this week's The Great Pocomoke Fair?  It's available at this address: 
 
http://www.thegreatpocomokefair.org/ 


Here's the text of an August, 1908, Washington Post news item about the fair:

Amid a mass and jam of fully 15,000 people the third day of the Pocomoke Fair passed off without the slightest hitch to mar the pleasure of those who attended. Twenty-three carloads of visitors were hauled from the eastern shore of Virginia, and several thousand came from Delaware, in addition to the Maryland contribution. The races, while not divided up as much as in previous days, were close in every heat, and down the stretch it was a battle royal for honors.

 
Read about the history of The Great Pocomoke Fair here:

http://www.thegreatpocomokefair.org/history.html


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TIME MACHINE

February, 1939
(The Daily Mail- Hagerstown, Md.

CLEANING UP COUNTY

SNOW HILL, Md., Feb. 19 (AP)- State's Attorney William C. Kirbin, Jr. and his "Worcester County flying squadron" have confiscated four slot machines, destroyed four stills, stopped Sunday dancing in 11 Worcester beer taverns and made nine arrests since he instituted his campaign five weeks ago against gambling, bootlegging, and Sunday dancing.

Check for the weekly TIME MACHINE postings each Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye.

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TIME MACHINE ... 1937

　(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)　

　For many weeks in early 1937 the news on the Eastern Shore centered upon the investigation of the death of the owner of the Stockton Power And Light Company and as the story unfolded it drew attention from across the nation.

(Charlston Gazette- Charlston, W.Va.)

G-Men Aid Asked In Death Inquiry

Want Fingerprints Taken From Gun Found By Body

Snow Hill, Md., Jan. 16. - (AP)- State Police asked the aid of the fingerprint division of the federal bureau of investigation today in the inquiry into the death of Clarence J. Trader, Stockton utilities operator.

Sergt. Marlin Brubaker said the death gun-a small calibre pistol-was "en-route" to Washington. With the gun, Brubaker said, were sets of fingerprints taken from "principals in the case" whom he would not identify.

Mrs. Trader, estranged wife of the owner of the Stockton electric plant, admitted she picked up the pistol when she found Trader's body. The officers said there was no incriminating evidence against her.

Trader was found dead Thursday night.

State's Attorney Johnson quoted Mrs. Trader as saying her husband shot himself. Acquaintances said Trader was despondent over his pending divorce suit against Mrs. Trader and was worried over the affairs at his electric plant.

Summary of press reports from various newspapers:

Jan. 18 .. Police and physicians study autopsy reports. Two local physicians who examined the body of 43-year-old Trader , Dickerson of Stockton and Waesche of Snow Hill, say it was possible for him to have inflicted the wound himself. But a coroner's jury came to a verdict that Trader came to his death from a pistol in the hands of a person unknown to the jury. Trader's funeral was held the previous day with his widow and three sons among those in attendance.

Jan. 20 .. Trader's widow gives straight-forward answers in a 4-hour grilling by State Police, and State's Attorney Thomas F. Johnson says he lacks evidence on which to take any action against her at this time but said his investigation would continue and his findings would be presented to the Grand Jury in late March.

Jan. 22 .. In a surprise move, Trader's 18-year-old son, Richard Trader, is taken into custody for questioning by county authorities.

Jan. 28 .. The Worcester County grand jury is ordered to reconvene in a special session although neither Judge James J. Crockett nor the States Attorney would link the session directly to the Trader case. However, Trader's 21-year-old son, Estel Trader, who has been operating the Stockton Electric plant since his father's death, is among those expected to be a witness. State's Attorney Johnson, after conferring with Judge Crocektt at Pocomoke City, says that since the October Grand Jury session, "several deaths have occurred in circumstances which are rather suspicious."

Jan. 29 .. Trader's 3 sons and two other relatives are summoned to appear before the grand jury. Trader's widow is not included in those to be questioned.

Feb. 2 .. At the close of the first day of the Grand Jury session Trader's 37-year-old widow is arrested on a warrant sworn by State's Attorney Johnson and is held without bond in the Worcester County jail, charged with the murder of her husband.

Feb. 4 .. State Police disclose they are working on a "new lead" in the Trader case. Sergeant Marlin Brubaker states: " We have always believed that someone else is in this case and we have been working along those lines. However, we don't know who he is."

Feb. 5 .. Mrs. Trader pleads innocent in Circuit Court and is returned to jail where she is awaiting the arrival of New York criminal attorney Samuel Leibowitz to aid in her defense. Leibowitz was one-time counsel to the convicted murderer of the Lindbergh baby. Mrs. Trader says the participation of Leibowitz is "without obligation or expense" to herself.

Feb. 7 .. Attorney Leibowitz says proof of Mrs. Trader's innocence is buried in a grave and calls for the digging up and further examination of her late husband's body.

Feb. 11 .. Former State's Attorney Godfrey Child, a member of Mrs. Trader's defense counsel, says the effort to have Mr. Trader's body exhumed will be dropped, following the State's Attorney Johnson's agreement to provide him with a copy of the autopsy report, and that it would not be made public. Child also states he has learned the identity of a third party reported to have entered the Trader home on the night of the fatal shooting but says he doesn't think that person has much bearing on the case and his identify will not be disclosed.

Next week on The Time Machine: A twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the Trader case!　

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From The Pocomoke Chamber PSA Pocomoke Boat Docking Contest Aug. 18

"Racin on the River"

POCOMOKE

BOAT DOCKING

CONTEST 

Date: Aug. 18

Gates open @ 10        Show starts @ 1

Downtown behind Riverside Grill

Admission:

 3 & under free, 4 - 12 $5, 13 & Up $10

Presented by: Pocomoke Boat Docking Association

Please Say A Prayer

Our beloved writer Brenda (JMMB) is in Johns Hopkins with lung problems. Lets send or thoughts and prayers and hope she comes back writing real soon. 

TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview

　
For many weeks in early 1937 the news on the Eastern Shore centered upon the investigation of the death of the owner of the Stockton Power And Light Company and as the story unfolded it drew attention from across the nation. 

Read 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!

From (JMMB) sister

Debbie Outten

As some of you know my sister Brenda is fighting a battle with leukemia. She was diagnosed about ten days ago. She has AML.She is currently johns hopkins.She is responding well to treatment. If anyone wants to write her some encouraging words that would be great. You can send them to her daughter's email saidgun@gmail.com
Michelle will print them out and take them to her. If you want to send acard her address is below . Thanks so much. 

. No fresh flowers

Brenda Wise
401 n broadway 
Johns hopkins weinberg building
Unit 5b Room 5B-04
Baltimore MD 21287

Unemployment Doubles Under O'Malley

Unemployment Doubles Under O'Malley

For Immediate Release

July 22, 2013

Contact: Steve Crim

(410) 353-3116

(410) 266-5100

 

Governor Martin O'Malley issued another self congratulatory and blatantly false statement n a press released issued Friday saying: "As a state we've now recovered more than 99% of the jobs lost in the national economic downturn - a significant step forward in our job creation and recovery effort." 

As he travels around  the country, he continually touts his success at job growth and "driving down unemployment."There's just one problem, it's just not true. The irrefutable facts show the actual situation to be completely the opposite of his false claims.

When Martin O'Malley became Governor in January 2007 the unemployment rate was 3.6%, on the very day of O'Malley's latest outrageous claim, unemployment rose to 7%. So rather than driving unemployment down, as he claims, unemployment has, in fact, nearly doubled under the O'Malley Administration.

When O'Malley took the reins of state government in January 2007 there were 108,096 people unemployed in Maryland, today after nearly seven years of his leadership, there are now 218,741 people unemployed. That is an increase of 110,645 additional people unemployed and represents an increase in unemployment of more than 100%.

"This is a tragedy, these aren't just terrible numbers, these are real people, fathers and mothers struggling to make ends meet, to keep a roof over their head, put clothes on their kids back and food on the table," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan. 

Hogan, a successful businessman, who has brought hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs to Maryland said, "Sometimes politicians think that if they repeat something enough times people will eventually believe it. Governor O'Malley is pretty good at weaving magical tales with no basis in reality. But, no amount false spin can change the cold hard fact that no other Governor in Maryland history has ever lost as many jobs as Martin O'Malley has."

Change Maryland hosted an Summit on Improving Maryland's Economic Competitiveness looking for solutions to the State's serious economic problems, and has produced numerous economic studies and reports showing that the 40 consecutive O'Malley tax hikes have caused us to lose more than 6,500 businesses including 10 of our 13 Fortune 500 companies, and have caused a mass exodus of taxpayers fleeing the state in record numbers.

"The time for results is long overdue. There are no more excuses left for the O'Malley Administration? After nearly seven years of failed economic policy, there is no one to blame but themselves. We need Democrats, Republicans and Independents to put aside partisanship and work together on the shared goal of increasing employment is Maryland. The need for a real change in direction for Maryland has never been more clear," said Hogan, a former State Cabinet Secretary.

Change Maryland is the largest independent citizen activist group in Maryland, and advocates for pro-jobs policy in the state. The movement is made up of of more than 50,000 people from every jurisdiction in the state, and was founded by Hogan, who is also a Director of the Maryland Public Policy Institute, a respected economic think tank and policy group.

TIME MACHINE ... 1878

(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)

　
I'm away this week and have selected this item from the Time Machine archive which, perhaps, you may have missed when it was originally posted or would like to read again. Next Sunday, July 28th, we'll have a first-time posting of a big local story that gained national attention in 1937. -tk

　
ACROSS THE USA



December, 1878
(The New York Times)

Every man for himself is emphatically the modern sentiment, and there are some signs of completing this declaration of independence by adding the clause "Every woman for herself, also."

"THE STRAIN UPON MODERN LIVING."

(Excerpts)

What is more clear than the fact that now no family is left to itself and to its own traditions and habits, but that the most out-of-the-way homes, whether in the backwoods or on the distant coast, are within reach of the world's vast and intense life, and no strangers to its hopes and fears, its learning and its folly, its triumphs and its disasters.

Not only every family that takes a newspaper, but every person who hears the village gossip, knows what is going on all over the globe, and every man who has to buy or sell anything, has cause to revise his estimates from day to day; and very often men lose their appetite for their breakfast by news from the great market of America or Europe that prices have changed sadly to their hurt. A considerable proportion of pain goes with the news of the day, and a large portion of unwholesomeness, for disasters and scandals are dwelt upon with more minuteness than successes and satisfactions, and no great bargains or great weddings are reported half as fully as great frauds and great divorce and scandals.

It is not remarkable that the rich and conspicuous should strive to outshine each other in dress and living, but the remarkable thing is that in our modern life there are now no radical distinctions of class or fortune in costume or habits, and that all persons, and especially all women, follow the same fashions as far as they can, and catch the course of the same social ambition. So far as street dress is concerned, the wives, and especially the daughters, of the poorer classes, make, relatively, far more display than their richer neighbors, and to a certain extent, the exactions of modern society are in the inverse proportion of means and abilities, since they who have least fortune and talent are subject to the same high pressure from the reigning mode, and women who are not usually trained to earn their own living are beset by the same ruling passion for dress and ornament.

The palace of merchants and bankers, and the cottages of farmers and mechanics among us have a similar story to tell. Indeed it may be set down as part of the universal strain on modern living, that its exactions are out of proportion to its means, and the exaction presses upon every family, while the means at hand vary from wealth, or what is called competency, down to limitation and want.

Surely our modern living is under great strain, and many lives break down beneath the pressure. 

　
　
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For Immediate Release

Contact:

Mike Latimer
TCC
2146 Old Snow Hill Rd, unit 1
Pocomoke MD
410.957.0359

For Immediate Release

Don’t miss your chance to get a FREE backpack full of school supplies for your child before the new school year!

We encourage you to bring your children to your local The Cellular Connection store at 2146 Old Snow Hill Rd, next to Dollar Tree, in Pocomokebetween noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 to pick up a free backpack filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folder, glue and more. It’s as simple as that: just come in and ask for a backpack. Your local TCC store will be donating between 100 and 150 backpacks, which will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

TCC is the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S. In a joint effort with its customers, the company is donating a total of 60,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children across the country through the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative.

More information about the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative is available on YouTube. Supporters of the cause are encouraged to use hashtag #TCCRocks on Instagram and Twitter to help spread the word.

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Change Maryland Grows to 50,000

Join the fight to Change Maryland! changemaryland.org

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Check out our Website Like us on Facebook Contribute Get Involved Stay Informed Letter from the Chairman Dear Friends, I have spent a lifetime challenging the status quo, fighting against tax increases and wasteful spending, fighting to reform government and to make Maryland a better place. And in spite of the tremendous odds stacked against us, I am not ready to give up the fight. Our mission quite simply is to organize, inform and energize average Marylanders to fight back and to bring some much needed fiscal restraint and common sense to Annapolis. All Marylanders - Republicans, Democrats and Independents - suffer when the professional politicians and the special interest groups go unchecked and continue to push the same failed tax and spend policies, year after year. The sad truth is that the one-party monopoly that rules Annapolis has a failed record of lost jobs, higher spending, record tax increases and broken promises. I think it's time we said 'enough is enough.' The time has come for us to stand up together and fight back for a change. My hope is that you won't give up on our state and that you will become a part of this important fight forMaryland's future. With your help, with all of us working together, I truly believe that we can send a loud and clear message to Annapolis and that we can Change Maryland for the better. Please join us by "liking" our ChangeMaryland facebook page, and going to our website at www.changemaryland.org to volunteer, contribute and join the fight!   Change Maryland, the state's largest and fastest-growing, independent, nonpartisan grassroots movement, has surged to 50,000 members, from every single county and jurisdiction in Maryland. Founded in 2011 by successful business leader and former Maryland Cabinet Secretary Larry Hogan, the organization's primary mission is to increase the state's economic performance and job growth. The group has built a dominating presence on social media with more people engaged online than the Maryland Democratic Party, the Maryland Republican Party and all of the potential statewide candidates of either party, added together. Change Maryland's Facebook page has a total weekly reach of over 341,153 people. No other citizen group in the state has ever accomplished what Change Maryland has, in just over two years. Read more» Change Maryland Blasts July 1 Tax and Toll Hikes Change Maryland founder Larry Hogan fired up a sold-out crowd of several hundred at a fundraiser last Thursday, "Your family trip to the beach just got a lot more expensive. Today, the second round of O'Malley toll increases took effect and the gas tax increase kicked in at the same time. While you are sitting in traffic at the Bay Bridge for the 4th of July weekend you can thank Governor O'Malley and the monopoly in Annapolis for the 140% increase in tolls, and for giving us the most expensive gas in the region." Read more» Hogan's Group Grows Larger than O'Malley's Change Maryland, a non-partisan organization, is the largest and fastest growing grassroots movement in the state made up of more than 46,000 people from every jurisdiction in the state. Nearly half of them are Democrats and Independents. The group's Facebook page includes 10 times more people than Democrat gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown, and 25 times more than Republican candidate David Craig. In fact, the Change Maryland page has more people engaged on-line than the Maryland Democrat and Republican Parties, and all the potential Democrat and Republican candidates for governor, combined. As of yesterday, Larry Hogan's organization actually surpassed that of his frequent sparring partner, Martin O'Malley, the former Baltimore Mayor, two term governor and candidate for President. Read more» Another Month, and Job Losses Continue for Maryland Families "Every month in Maryland is like Groundhog's Day – over and over again we hear this administration talk about jobs, yet more times than not, Maryland families wake up to learn once again our state has lost jobs," said Larry Hogan. "Career politicians think that if they say something enough times, it will eventually become true. And while the O'Malley-Brown administration likes to talk about jobs, the cold harsh reality is that 5,700 hard working Marylanders lost their job last month." Read more» Hogan hopes Change Maryland is the ticket MarylandReporter.com "'We're the largest and fastest growing grassroots organization in Maryland,' Hogan said in an interview, with 10 times more 'likes' than Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown. His nonprofit group has more thumbs-up than all the candidates of both parties combined." Read the story here»

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Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter

 
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July 18 General Membership Luncheon
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 at noon with speakers Worcester County Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw and
Maryland State Delegate Mike McDermott.
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Next month's lunch will return to the regular Wednesday schedule
Please RSVP pocomokechamber@gmail.com or 410-957-1919 with your menu
selection from below. Lunch is $12.
1. Chef salad
2. Crispy chicken Caesar wrap
3. Fried fish sandwich
Hope to see you there!

  Upcoming Events
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 Free Yoga at the
Pocomoke Branch Library
Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30
RSVP required by 4:30 Tuesdays
Please email Shuli at torshuli@gmail.com
Pocomoke Branch Library
 Story Time
for 2 to 5 year old children
 Wed, July 17, 10:30am - 11:30am
Stories, Rhymes, Fingers Plays, Music and Crafts. A different theme each
session.
 Mike Rose: "Magic You Will Dig" at the Pocomoke Branch Library
 Thu, July 18, 2pm - 3pm
An action packed, hilarious magic show full of no-holds-barred comedy.
Suitable for the whole family.
 Worcester County 4-H ~Adventurers Club ~

Change Maryland Grows to 50,000 People

For Immediate Release

July 16, 2013

Contact: Steve Crim

(410) 353-3116

(410) 266-5100

 

ANNAPOLIS - Change Maryland, the state's largest and fastest-growing, independent, nonpartisan grassroots movement, has surged to 50,000 members, from every single county and jurisdiction in Maryland. Founded in 2011 by successful business leader and former Maryland Cabinet Secretary Larry Hogan, the organization's primary mission is to increase the state's economic performance and job growth. The group has built a dominating presence on social media with more people engaged online than the Maryland Democratic Party, the Maryland Republican Party and all of the potential statewide candidates of either party, added together. Change Maryland's Facebook page has a total weekly reach of over 341,153 people. No other citizen group in the state has ever accomplished what Change Maryland has, in just over two years.

Nearly half the organization's members are Democrats and Independents. "The only way to bring about real change in Maryland is to build a coalition of Republicans, Independents, and fiscally conservative and moderate Democrats to work together. That is exactly what Change Maryland has been doing so effectively. We are uniting people of all parties to work together to bring reform, fiscal responsibility, and common-sense to Annapolis. This isn't just another fight between Democrats and Republicans, it's more important than that. This is a fight for Maryland's economic future, and it's a fight worth fighting!", Hogan said.

Change Maryland gained national prominence with the production of numerous economic studies that have shown the impact of 40 consecutive O'Malley-Brown tax increases, that take an additional $3.1 billion annually out of the pockets of struggling Maryland families and small businesses. The group has highlighted the fact that Maryland is no longer competitive with other states in the region, that we have lost 6,500 businesses and that our unemployment rate has nearly doubled under the O'Malley-Brown Administration. A well-publicized taxpayer migration study by Change Maryland showed that the state had the largest mass exodus of any state in the region and that 31,000 taxpayers have fled the state, taking $1.7 billion per year out of Maryland's economy. Change Maryland hosted an Economic Summit on Improving Maryland's Economic Competitiveness, which brought together economists, think-tanks, Federal, State and local government officials, and over 400 top business leaders, to focus on finding solutions to the state's serious economic problems.

Change Maryland founder and Chairman Larry Hogan is also the founder, President and CEO of the Hogan Companies, leaders in economic development who have brought hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs to Maryland, and have done over $2 billion in business in the state. Hogan left his business for public service as a State Cabinet Secretary from 2003-2007, appointing over 7,000 people to all three branches of state government. In 2010, Hogan was the only serious challenger willing to take on O'Malley, and was considered by many to be the presumed Republican nominee for Governor, until former Governor Bob Ehrlich decided to enter the race. Bob Ehrlich called Hogan one of the only Republicans in the state with a chance to win. Maryland's most powerful Democrat, Steny Hoyer called Hogan the toughest opponent he has ever faced in his entire career.