Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford Launches Heroin And Opioid Emergency Task Force Website

For immediate release:
March 11, 2015
Contact:
Erin Montgomery erin.montgomery@maryland.gov
Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 

Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford Launches Heroin And Opioid Emergency Task Force Website

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford today launched a dedicated section on his official state website for the Maryland Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force. The new website comes ahead of the Task Force’s first Regional Summit in Cecil County on Tuesday, March 17.

"The purpose of the website is to provide the public with information on who makes up our task force, the work they are doing, and how Marylanders can get involved with their efforts and participate in our regional summits," said Paul Beatty, spokesman for the Lt. Governor. 

"We will hold a summit in each region of the state. Getting the public's input on this crisis and hearing from people who have been affected by the disease of addiction is vital to the success of our task force."

The Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force and the Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council were created last month through executive orders signed by Governor Hogan. The governor tasked Lt. Governor Rutherford with the job of bringing together stakeholders to combat the heroin epidemic in Maryland.

The Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force is comprised of addiction experts, law enforcement, medical professionals, and government officials.

The Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force website can be found at: http://www.ltgovernor.maryland.gov/.

TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.

1896.. Dispute over delivery of a telegram leads to a pistol fight in Princess Anne; 1935.. An Eastern Shore February freeze perhaps unequaled;  1981..  Pocomoke City loosing a long-time grocery chain; 1914.. Boring for oil near Ocean City.

1971.. Who's this Orioles pitcher and why did he visit Pocomoke City?

1922.. What's the price of a new Firestone standard non-skid tire?  See the ad.

It's this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!

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Downtown Pocomoke Spring Festival

Presented by the Downtown Pocomoke Association

Live Entertainment, Food & Drink Sales, Sidewalk Vendors, Horse & Pony Rides, Kids Crafts, Sidewalk Chalk Art, Face Painting, Moon Bounce, "Passport to Pocomoke Game", FREE admission to our local museums & much more!

Visit downtownpocomoke.com for vendor application

Join NHTSA's Twitter Chat to spread the word about Tweens and seat belts - March 12

On March 12, join the "Never Give Up Until They Buckle Up” Tween safety campaign

 

 

Parenting a tween involves compromise. But here’s one rule that’s not up for debate – the car doesn’t move until everyone is wearing a seat belt. If you say it, and if parents buckle up themselves, your tween will buckle up. And if they don’t, that’s a fight worth having. It might just save your tween’s life.

Over the past 5 years, 1,609 kids ages 8-14 were not wearing seat belts when they died in a crash - one in four were age 14. As children get older they’re less likely to buckle up. Our “Never Give Up Until They Buckle Up” campaign aims to put an end to this trend – but we need your help.

On March 12, NHTSA will hold a Never Give Up Until They Buckle Up Twitter Chat to help spread the word to parents about the need to wear seat belts. During the chat you can question NHTSA experts, engage with your followers, and help ensure that tweens grow up to become young adults and safe drivers. We’ll also have terrific videos, banners, and other tools you can use to spread this lifesaving message far and wide.

Who: NHTSA and Our Team of Experts

What: Tween “Never Give Up Until They Buckle Up” Twitter Chat (follow along at #kidsbuckleup  and #tweens)

When: Thursday, March 12, 3-4pm Eastern

Where: www.twitter.com/NHTSAgov

How: Use hashtags #kidsbuckleup and #tweens when the chat is about to start to join in the conversation. Feel free to mention @NHTSAGov in any of your tweets and NHTSA will get back to as many of your questions or comments as they can! Remember to include the hashtags #kidsbuckleup and #tweens in your comments so others can follow the conversation.

Invite your friends and followers to join us and help us spread the important message about tweens and seat belts. Let them know the dangers of failing to wear a seat belt and that parents are an essential part of protecting their kids by insisting on seat belt use at all times and by sending the right message by always wearing seat belts themselves. See you on March 12!

Forward this on to your followers/readers and encourage anyone interested in child safety and vehicle safety to join our conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Doing so will also make it easier for people to keep up to date on the latest vehicle and child seat recalls, and safety campaigns.

Phone Scam Alert!

Pocomoke City Police would like to take a moment to warn all citizens of most recent telephone scams involving people identifying themselves as IRS, Delmarva Power and the Publishers Clearing House. To date the Pocomoke City Police Department has received seven (7) reports for this type of scam! Please read carefully the below information. 

If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be the IRS, here’s what you should do: 

• If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue, if there really is such an issue.

• If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.

• You can file a complaint using the FTC Complaint Assistant; choose “Other” and then “Imposter Scams.” If the complaint involves someone impersonating the IRS, include the words “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.
If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House, remember:

• If you’re required to wire or pay any amount of money in order to claim a prize, it’s a Publishers Clearing House Scam. PCH sweepstakes are ALWAYS FREE to enter, and there is never any fee associated with winning.

• If you’re asked to load up a Green Dot MoneyPak or other money transfer card, in exchange for claiming your prize, it’s a Publishers Clearing House Scam. Again, PCH will NEVER ask you to pay a cent to collect a prize.

• If someone tries to contact you in advance regarding a prize delivery, it’s a Publishers Clearing House Scam! After all, that would ruin the surprise! For decades, our Prize Patrol has captured the elated reactions of surprised winners and used them in our nationally-televised commercials. You’ll know you’re a big PCH winner if you see the Prize Patrol at your front door holding a “Big Check” with your name on it!

• If someone calls you on the telephone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House and says you have won, it’s a Publishers Clearing House Scam. Do NOT give them any personal information! As stated above, the Prize Patrol awards all our Big Prizes in person and would never call you to update any personal information in our files.

• If someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House tries to send you a friend request on Facebook, it’s a Publishers Clearing House Scam. Even if they are using the name and photo of a prominent PCH employee ―do NOT believe them. Our PCH employees and official PCH Prize Patrol Fan pages will never private message you on Facebook.

Finally, if you receive a call from Delmarva Power requiring you to make a payment on a Green Dot Money Pak Card, NEVER do so. Hang up immediately and contact Delmarva Power at 1-800-375-7117.

Please share this message with all of your friends and neighbors. Pocomoke City Police hopes to raise awareness of this ongoing trend to scam citizens out of their hard earned money. 

Chief Kelvin Sewell
March 10, 2015

Midway Chevrolet Raises Over $11,000 for Women Supporting Women

Midway Chevrolet in Pocomoke hosted its fifth annual "Drive out Breast Cancer" Walk on October 4th. Members of the community gathered to walk the lot in support of breast cancer awareness. Money raised from this event is donated to Women Supporting Women, a local breast cancer organization which offers free services and support to women and men battling breast cancer. Midway raised $11,027.31 at the October walk, which brings a total of $47,000 Midway has donated to Women Supporting Women in the past five years.

 

For more information, contact Emily Rantz, Director of Community Relations at

410 548-7880 or emily@womensupportingwomen.org

TIME MACHINE ... 2002, 1962, 1885, 1942, 1956.

"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore."  Our tradition runs deep.  Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.

This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable.  F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."

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June, 2002
Somerset Herald (Princess Anne)

(Excerpt) 

Getting a high school diploma will be tougher for members of the Class of 2006 who become the first wave of county students being measured by a new curriculum policy that requires more academic credits and tougher courses to graduate.

New requirements in math, science and computer application courses along with more rigorous course offerings in core subjects were approved by the county school board last spring. The policy takes effect in the fall with entering ninth graders.


June, 1962
The Salisbury Times

Snow Hill Chapter Plans Gift To Hospital Here

SNOW HILL -  The Snow Hill Chapter of the Junior Auxiliary Board of Peninsula General Hospital is giving the hospital an incubator.

The piece of equipment, to cost $480, is the first gift from the small chapter, which was organized less than four years ago. There are 34 members.

The chapter president, Mrs. Bond Truitt, said the "Womanless Miss America Contest," sponsored by the women in March brought in a net profit of about $600.  

"We were all surprised at such a turn-out for the two nights  the show was staged in the school auditorium," said Mrs. Truitt.

Since the group organized, the main project has been making Pinky, the clown puppet, for the children who are patients at Peninsula General. Since January they have made 600.

Members voted on the incubator at the chapter's June meeting.

A feature of the meeting was the honoring of Mrs. Paul Cooper, the club's first president and instigator of its organization. Mrs. Cooper has now moved from Snow Hill to Baltimore.   


December, 1885
Chicago Daily Tribune

(Excerpts)

PURE MALT WHISKEY

The Only Cure For Consumption.

HIGH MEDICAL AUTHORITY

From The Baltimore "Times"

In addition to the good to be derived from their whiskey for consumption, all wasting diseases and all weak and debilitated conditions, the Duffy Malt Whiskey Company of Baltimore, Md., are furnishing a formula which was prepared for their special use by an eminent German scientist, consisting principally of raw beefsteak, and ingredients which any housekeeper can get and mix, combined with their Pure Malt Whiskey. On the receipt of a two-cent stamp the formula will be sent to all parties using their whiskey, under the seal of  the company.

Mr. A. J. Merrill, editor Ledger, Pocomoke City, Md., writes:  "I have been using the Duffy Malt Whiskey for two years in my family.  I got it originally for a delicate child, then but 3 years old, and which I never expected to be able to raise.  Have given the whiskey to the child ever since, and she is today in the best of health and as hearty as any child of her age. I attribute her present good health entirely to your excellent whiskey. My wife uses it for general debility with good results." 

Footnote: Numerous comments of praise attributed to physicians were also included. For the full story on Walter P. Duffy, see:  False Advertising and the Legacy of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey.
http://sippncorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/false-advertising-and-legacy-of-duffys.html


February, 1942 (Time Machine archive)
(The Salisbury Times)

LOWER SHORE FARMS TO GET CURRENT FEB. 9

Half Of Rural Homes In Area To Get Electricity

More than 50-percent of approximately 1,200 rural homes and farm buildings on the lower Eastern Shore have been wired for electricity and inspected by the Choptank Cooperative in readiness for REA current to be turned on next Monday.

The three switches at power stations on the Eastern Shore at Salisbury, near Princess Anne, and at Airy in Dorchester County will be turned on according to John Warren of Snow Hill, coordinator of the project for the Choptank Cooperative.

Although houses are wired for the current, the system will not be ready for use for the homes for about ten days or two weeks after the current is officially turned on.  As soon as the homes are wired, the Choptank Cooperative inspects and approves each job.

Maintenance will be done by the cooperative, which has made arrangements to purchase power from the Eastern Shore Public Service Company.

Rights of way were obtained from all subscribers on the power routes by farmers who volunteered their services in the interest of obtaining power for their communities.

A meeting of the cooperative today in Denton was held to elect officers and make final arrangements for bringing the lower shore unit into the cooperative as a completed project of the Rural Electrification Administration. 

November, 1956 (Time Machine archive)

Probably more than a few Pocomoke City residents were planning a visit to Salisbury where 1936 menu prices were being featured during the 20th anniversary celebration at the two English Grills.  Menu specials, including all the trimmings, were 50-cent hotcake and sausage breakfast, 60-cent fried chicken lunch, and for dinner $1.25 breaded veal cutlet or local baked rock fish.

Footnote: Salisbury's original English Grill was located on East Main Street.  By 1956 there was also the English Grill diner on South Salisbury Boulevard. 


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PPE remembers JMMB

TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.

 2002.. Tougher graduation requirements facing Somerset County high school students; 1962.. Snow Hill Chapter presents medical gift to Peninsula General Hospital; 1942.. Electricity will reach half of lower Eastern Shore rural areas; 1956 Popular Eastern Shore restaurant celebrates anniversary with 1936 prices.

1885.. What can Duffy's Malt Whiskey do for you? It's making many claims in its advertising and attributes a rousing endorsement to the editor of the Pocomoke City newspaper.

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Openings Delays Closings

City Hall will be opening at 10am. Be safe today everyone!

 All branches will open at 10 a.m. Friday, March 6.
Be safe. We are rooting for yesterday's storm to be the LAST one of the winter!

Victim ID'd in Horntown Trails End Fire

HORNTOWN, Va. (WBOC) – One person is dead after a fire at the Trails End campground in Horntown Tuesday.

According to Sheriff Todd Godwin, a structure fire was reported at approximately 10:51 p.m. March 3. After firefighters arrived on the scene and put out the fire, they discovered a body inside the structure. The Accomack County Sheriff's Office and Virginia State Police were notified and responded.
The victim is identified as Adron Wilson Knight, Jr., 46, of Greenbackville.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. According to the sheriff, it appears the fire started in the kitchen area of the home. Sheriff Godwin also says at this time the fire and death appear to be accidental.
Anyone with information on this fire is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriff's Office at 757-787-1131 or 757-824-5666. Tips may also be submitted online at accomackcountysheriffsoffice.org. 

SOURCE: [WBOC.COM]

Todays Hamburger Prices

Pocomoke City Police Department

As another winter storm comes onto Delmarva Chief Kelvin Sewell and the Pocomoke City Police Department want our residents to stay safe and warm. The falling temperatures and snow and ice will be a threat to our community thru late tonight. We are urging our residents that if you do not need to go out please stay home and off our roadways so the SHA can work on making them safe for everyone. If you must venture out please modify your driving for the conditions; slow down, use caution, allow extra distance between vehicles, and allow extra time to reach your destination.
As temperatures fall and the snow and ice arrive in our area please remember to check on the elderly and bring your pets inside out of the cold. The Maryland State Police have activated the Snow Emergency Plan for all of Worcester County effective from 11:00 AM on today's date until lifted.

Happy Birthday Brenda

You are missed immensely. 

Pocomoke Police Department Press Release

Press Release 

Pocomoke Police Department

1500 Market Street

Pocomoke, Maryland   21851

410-957-1600

www.pocomokepd@comcast.net

February 2015

2-01-2015 Kalifah Milton, age 20 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department and charged with Disorderly Conduct.

2-2-2015 Kalifah Milton, age 20 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department and charged with Unlawful removal of property.

2-5-2015 David Tull, age 33 of Bloxom, VA was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department and charged with Theft less $100.

2-6-2015 Reginald Mills, age 56 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department and charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Driving under the Influence.

2-6-2015 Demetrius Mills, age 26 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department and charged with Disorderly Conduct and Failure to Obey a Lawful Order

2-7-2015 Moneeka Reese, age 24 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department for Theft less $100.

2-9-2015 Lowell Rolley, age 54 of Marion Station, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department for Driving While Intoxicated and Driving Under the Influence.

2-13-2015 Michael Brooks, age 38 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department on a Outstanding Warrant for Driving while Suspended through Somerset County.

2-16-2015 Lydia Kinsell, age 45 of Snow Hill, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department for Theft less $100.

2-16-2015 Kyle Thompson, age 29 of Salisbury, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department for Theft less $500.

2-17-205 Breon Turlington, age 30 of Melfa, VA was arrested by the PocomokeCity Police Department on an Outstanding Warrant  for 2nd Degree Assault and Malicious Destruction of Property.

2-18-205 Tremayne Rogers, age 33 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the  Pocomoke City Police Department for Theft less $100.

2-21-2015 Kristina Holcomb, age 44 of Greenbackville, VA was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department for Theft less $500.

2-24-2015 Xavier Arnold, age 26 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department on an Outstanding Warrant for  Assault.

2-24-2015 Devin Lockley, age 19 of Oak Hall, VA was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department on an Outstanding Warrant for Theft.

2-27-2015 Alphonso Shockley, age 52 of New Church, VA was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department on an Outstanding Warrant.

2-28-2015 Devin Bryant, age 26 of Pocomoke, MD was arrested by the Pocomoke City Police Department for Assault and Reckless Endangerment.

A Pocomoke Juvenile, age 15 was arrested for 2nd Degree Assault.

A Pocomoke Juvenile, age 17 was arrested for 2nd Degree Assault.

A Pocomoke Juvenile, age 16 was arrested for Theft.

Nine (9) additional Arrest were made for various traffic violations.

Kelvin D. Sewell

Chief of Police

March 4, 2015

Many thanks to the following new & renewing PACC Members!

Automated Copy Systems, Inc.

Selby Sign Co., Inc.

Members:

This is a great time of the year to stop by the Chamber Office to make sure we have your most updated rack cards, brochures, business cards, etc. for both visitors and locals.

Contact Debbie at

(410) 957-1919 or

email at: pocomokechamber@gmail.com

for more information.

March Business After Hours

 Please join us at the Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum on Thursday, March 26 from 

5 - 7 PM

2 Market Street

Pocomoke City, MD  21851

March General Membership Luncheon

 

Wednesday

March 18, 2015

(12:00 - 1:00)

Don's Seafood & Chicken House

1344 Ocean Highway

Pocomoke City

Featured Speaker:

Michael Franklin

CEO

Atlantic General Hospital

Register online at

pocomoke.com

OR

Call Deb 410 957-1919 OR

email at

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TIME MACHINE ... 1934, 1889, 1989, 1886, 1959.

"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore."  Our tradition runs deep.  Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.

This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable.  F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."

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February, 1934
The News-Herald (Franklin And Oil City, Pa.)

COAST GUARD TRIES TO GET FOOD, FUEL TO 350 MAROONED

NORFOLK, Va., Feb 15. -UP-  Coast Guard patrol boats today attempted to navigate ice-choked Chesapeake Bay in an effort to get food and fuel to 350 residents of Tangier Island.

The patrol also attempted to aid two men ice-bound in an open boat off Saxis Island. 

Suffering was widespread among the Tangier inhabitants because supply boats have been unable to break through the heavy ice. If the Coast Guard is unsuccessful in getting food and fuel to Tangier, which is off the coast of Maryland, airplanes will be used to drop provisions.


July, 1889.. 

Peninsula Enterprise

November, 1989
The News (Frederick, Md.)

'Friendliest Town' opens shelter

POCOMOKE CITY (AP) - Officials in the town that bills itself as the "Friendliest Town on the Eastern Shore," said they have learned there are many misconceptions about the homeless since they opened the area's first homeless shelter two years ago.

 "The people we have seen are not chronically poor," said Daniel P. Blair, a Pocomoke City businessman who helped launch the emergency shelter and now serves is its part-time director. "These are everyday working people who have gotten into some bad problems. Look in the mirror. These people could be you or me." 

Two years ago, a grant from the Presbyterian Church allowed a group of volunteers to renovate a two-story frame. At first, some people objected. Members of this rural community feared the urban elements they saw so often on television: alcoholics, drug abusers and mentally ill derelicts lining up for soup kitchens, pushing grocery carts and sleeping on steam grates. 

Today, Pocomoke City's Samaritan Shelter has become an accepted part of the small town. 

Over the past six weeks, Samaritan Shelter has housed 34 people. Its sponsors predict at the current rate it may house more than 300 people over the coming year. In comparison, the shelter provided lodging for 110 people in its first year of operation. 

The shelter serves a three-county area that includes southern Worcester County, Somerset County and northern Accomack County, Va. Most tenants have been battered women who left their abusive husbands, but did not have the resources to rent an apartment or buy furniture.

The Samaritan Shelter today.

http://www.thesamaritanshelter.org/

February, 1886 (Time Machine archive)
(Iowa State Reporter- Waterloo, Iowa)

  A GOOSE FARM- There is a goose ranch on the eastern shore of Virginia, covering nearly 3,000 acres, over which the feathered occupants, nearly 5,000, are free to roam.  The farm is devoted exclusively to producing the raw materials needed for the fine down quilts.  Several species of geese are bred, all of them being however of American lineage.  The largest specimen of all is of snowy whiteness.  The birds are regularly fed with corn or other grains, and are given the utmost freedom consistent with the prevention of straying and loss.  Herders are employed to keep a watchful eye on them, and sheds for shelter are provided in case of inclement weather, but the birds very rarely use them.  

About every six weeks the plucking takes place.  Only the breast and portions of the sides are touched, and feathers of the back, the wings and the tail being left intact.  It requires nearly 190 average geese to furnish a pound of the down, though the smaller feathers, which are also taken, weigh much heavier. These feathers, however, form an entirely separate grade from the valuable down.

The average life of a goose is said to be forty years, and they produce from five to ten eggs per annum, a large portion of which are hatched.  A bird hatched in February is in condition for plucking the following August, and so on thereafter every six or eight weeks.  The feathers are packed in sacks , and sent to the Philadelphia factory, where they are trimmed, washed, steamed and otherwise prepared for their legitimate use.

1959..

"Barbie" makes her first television commercial. View it here:
http://www.bestoldcommercials.com/first-barbie-doll-commercial-from-1959/



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PPE remembers JMMB.

TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.

1934.. Coast Guard attempts aid for icebound Tangier Island; 1889.. You'll find everything from "the best $1.25 shoe on the market," to agricultural equipment at this Eastern Shore business..read the original newspaper ad; 1989.. Pocomoke City's Samaritan Shelter has progressed during its first years; 1886.. The raw materials needed for fine down quilts come from a large goose farm on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.  

1959.. "Barbie" makes her first television commercial. Watch it here on this Sunday's Time Machine on The Pocomoke Public Eye!

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New Accreditation for The Law Office of Deborah Ullmann, LLC

Member News

     The Law Office of Deborah Ullmann, LLC is pleased to announce that it has been accredited by the Veteran's Administration to handle veterans' claims, both disability and dependency claim denials as well as disability ratings.  Accreditation will allow Ms. Ullmann to serve veterans who reside in both Maryland and Virginia in proceedings before the Board of Veteran's Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.  In addition to benefit claims, Ms. Ullmann looks forward to assisting veterans with discharge upgrades and other related veteran issues.  If you know of a veteran, or a veteran's spouse or child, that is in need of assistance with their claim, have them contact Ms. Ullmann at 410 603-9140. 

A CAFO Intends To Be Our New Neighbor

After transitioning our farm from industrialized chicken production to an Animal Welfare Approved certified pasture based egg farm 3 years ago, a CAFO now plans to be our neighbor!  We’ve learned from the prospective buyer of the property neighboring us that he has plans to build a chicken CAFO.

It is unfathomable as to why any company would allow their chickens to be put next to a pasture raised farm with chickens on it.  The industry claims that strict bio-security is a mainstay of their operations and necessary to its survival.

Bio-security is the practice of measures taken to prevent the spread of disease on poultry farms.

Looking at the situation from an independent farm, raising hens in a pasture based system one has to question the rights of an individual farm.  What about the right of that farm protecting its chickens from viruses and bacteria’s spread by industrial chicken CAFO’s?
All appearances indicate that the independent farm has no rights and that the highly potential risk created to that farm by the chicken industry is of no concern.

Industrial chickens are vaccinated for many diseases.  Introduction of live viruses into an area where no viruses exist or introducing a bacteria or disease where none exist is a recipe for disaster.  That is basic 101 bio- security for any poultry producer.

In 2008, Johns Hopkins researchers found that poultry trucks driving to processing plants spread harmful bacteria into the environment, exposing other drivers, pedestrians, and rural communities to these bacteria.  Researchers consistently detected drug-resistant bacteria in the air and on surfaces inside vehicles while driving with their windows down behind poultry trucks (Rule et al. 2008).

In our case, a right of way from the county road will be mutually used.  Harmful bacteria will exist in the environment spread from the industry trucks entering and leaving the CAFO.  It’s reasonable to expect that our vehicles will pick up bacteria’s not only harmful to ourselves but also harmful to our disease free hens.  Walking to our mailbox could be harmful to our health!

Drug resistant bacteria spread by industry vehicles will not be the only concern.  County regulations allow for building of chicken houses to be 20 feet from property lines.  These huge buildings can hold up to 60,000 chickens in one house.  Air exchange is accomplished through fans only.  It’s not unreasonable to conclude that the same drug resistant bacteria’s that are found in feathers and dust blowing from trucks will also be exhausted into the air from housing.

Less than ½ mile down the road from the farm is a YMCA.  Joggers and bicyclist use the area for recreational activities and for YMCA sponsored events.  Schools use the sports fields at the YMCA for practices.  Are public and school activities to be discontinued just to accommodate a CAFO that wants to move into the area?
Clearly, the chicken industry has no thought or care of potential risks to human health nor any respect for the neighbor that their CAFO’s want to go next to.

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A Thank you letter for Chief Sewell

Pocomoke City Police would like to share a letter we received from a citizen of Pocomoke. We thank you Michele for taking the time to write this letter to Chief Sewell.

A Thank you letter for Chief Sewell

I wanted to take a few minutes to thank you Chief Sewell for all the wonderful changes you made in Pocomoke City. I lived in Pocomoke since 1994 it was a wonderful sweet friendly town, but sadly through the year’s crime began to rise. I didn't feel safe allowing my children outside to play, drug deals were going on right out in the open. Then in 2011 you became Chief, It was just the fresh change our town needed. You had your officers walking the street making their presence known, making the citizens feel safe and secure. You reached out to the citizens and made everyone feel that together as citizens and officers we could reclaim our once sweet peaceful town. You do so many community activities and with you as an example, your officers are encouraged to be all they can be. Pocomoke City officers are both professional and caring now. I write so many letters over the last few years about the extra things your officers do for the community. Once again, Pocomoke feels safe and is definitely a place to raise our children and grandchildren. I no longer see drug deals going on out in the open, or groups of young teens looking like they are up to no good. Now I see you and your officers reaching out to our youth to guide them in a better direction. It's nice to see a Chief of Police that walks the street with his officer’s and attends all community functions. So thank you for inspiring all your officers to reach out and engage with us as a community and to let everyone see that crime will not be tolerated here in Pocomoke. We finally reclaimed our town with thanks to you and your officers. God bless you Chief Sewell, your officers and your lovely family. 

Thank you Michele
Resident of Pocomoke City, MD
February 23, 2015

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Pink Ribbion Bingo

Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce

Member Happenings

Friday & Saturday, Feb 20 & 21 - Into the Woods playing at the Mar-Va Theater (7:00 PM). Go to www.marvatheater for more info.

Sunday, Feb 22 - Selma playing at the Mar-Va Theater (2:00 PM). Go to www.marvatheater for more info.

Thursday, March 12 - Women Supporting Women Pink Ribbon Bingo (see flyer below).

 

 

PACC Membership Survey Results
Thank you to those members who completed our survey!

19% of our active members returned the surveys mailed to them or responded to the survey online.

70% of our survey participants reported they had attended a Chamber function within the last year; 30% had not.

The two Chamber functions attended the most were the General Membership Luncheons and the Business After Hours. Following, in order of attendance, were the Cypress Festival, Pocomoketoberfest, the Christmas Arts & Crafts Festival and the Annual Dinner.

The top three reasons given for not attending Chamber functions were: too busy, inconvenient day and inconvenient time of the day.

Members were asked to identify up to three of the most serious problems facing their businesses today.  The top three choices were:
the economy, state & local regulations specific to their business/industry and health care.

Members were asked to identify up to three of the most serious problems facing our community today.  The top three choices were: taxes, employment and crime.

Members were asked to identify which communication tools they found to be the most useful.  The top three choices were email, electronic newsletter and Facebook.

The Chamber Board appreciates your feedback and will use the survey results as we plan future functions, events, speakers, etc.