YARD SALE - Saturday

YARD SALE

and

HEALTH FAIR

HARTLEY HALL NURSING

AND REHAB CENTER

Market Street

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Saturday, October 15, 2011

8:00 AM until 1:00 PM

Health Fair 9:00 until 1:00 PM

Great merchandise for sale including

Mary Kay products      Thirty-one Gifts       and much more!!

Bake Sale too!!

Visit the Health Fair while there- LifeLine, Home Health Care Agencies, Blood Pressure Screening just to name a few.

~SEE YOU THERE~

SHORE BEEF & BBQ Thursday Lunch

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T's Corner

Yard Sale Saturday- Hartley Hall Nursing and Rehab Center

YARD SALE

and

HEALTH FAIR

HARTLEY HALL NURSING

AND REHAB CENTER

Market Street

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Saturday, October 15, 2011

8:00 AM until 1:00 PM

Health Fair 9:00 until 1:00 PM

Great merchandise for sale including

Mary Kay products      Thirty-one Gifts       and much more!!

Bake Sale too!!

Visit the Health Fair while there- LifeLine, Home Health Care Agencies, Blood Pressure Screening just to name a few.

~SEE YOU THERE~

Residents Plan Legal Action On Bomb Tests

I hate getting my feathers fluffed on a Wednesday!  Maybe the group formed by Newark citizens and South Point area residents would have time to send letters to all families of the men and women in the armed forces of America explaining to them how they choose to not have their quiet, relaxing days interrupted with the noise and random blasts coming from this testing sight.


Maybe this group of citizens would be kind enough to send a sympathy card to all the families whose loved just arrived home this week in a flag draped casket.  Perhaps this group can explain to them why they have elected to hire an attorney to fight this instead of  giving testing at this sight an honest try.  Be sure to tell them you don't want it because you don't want the inconvenience.

Inconvenience.  Gee.  Our wonderful men and women serving this great country don't complain while protecting our county and our freedom.  They deserve to have the finest of  equipment and I expect MY county to do ALL it can to ensure they are protected. 

Not only is Hardwire LLC working so desparately to give America's military  that but also opening doors so more people may gain employment.  Surely this group
that has named itself Seashore NOT C-4 knows that.

Brian Shane

Staff Writer

Daily Times

NEWARK — Stacey Simpson lives about a mile from where federal law enforcement agencies have used a firing range for munitions testing the last few years.

“Any explosions have absolutely shaken our homes, rattled our windows and startled us,” she said. “In the middle of the day, you hear and feel something like that, it’s unnerving. It’s not something anybody would ever want to live with.”

And with county zoning officials now giving early approval for a local armor manufacturer to perform product testing at the same site, she’s concerned the random blasts could come much more frequently, so she and neighbors are threatening a lawsuit if county officials don’t withdraw their blessing of the tests.

Worcester County’s Board of Zoning Appeals gave preliminary approval on Sept. 8 for armor manufacturer Hardwire LLC to test its stronger-than-steel composite armor at the Langmaid Road firing range. Testing would be done using controlled explosions buried several feet underground in a steel box.

Hardwire was approved for testing on weekdays during business hours, up to six times a week and no more than twice daily, with a limit of 25 pounds of explosives per test.

Newark and South Point-area residents are organizing to fight the board. They have formed a group called Seashore NOT C-4 to oppose any testing of military-grade armor near their homes. They already have a Facebook page and are building a website.

“It’s our opinion that the (board) doesn’t have the expertise to answer a question like this in a matter of hours,” Simpson said. “It’s our belief that we absolutely need more time, more study, more questions answered.”

Simpson also said the Sept. 8 board meeting came as a surprise to her and many of her neighbors.

“We arrived at that hearing really unprepared, and we were pretty much mowed down by the two-hour testimony of the Hardwire company,” she said.

“We did not have time to prepare. We had no expert witnesses, no legal testimony. Most of us in the meeting were just folks, just neighbors, with a lot of unanswered questions.”

The residents have hired environmental law attorney Ben Wechsler to represent them. He is pushing for the board to reopen the case and allow for further citizen input, according to an Oct. 6 letter Wechsler had hand-delivered to the county’s offices. In the letter, Wechsler said he represents John and Hale Harrison — founders of the Harrison Group, which operates 10 Ocean City hotels — along with other Langmaid Road property owners.

Wechsler said he thinks the board made legal errors in granting this special exception approval for Hardwire. One of his concerns is the county decided it was OK for Hardwire to test products using explosives based on the fact that government agencies had also done explosive tests there. Government law enforcement agencies, however, are not subject to local restrictions, he said, but private companies are.

“What the county may or may not have allowed on this site is simply irrelevant to what a private, non-governmental entity, such as Hardwire, may be allowed to undertake by special exception,” he wrote.

The firing range is located in what’s known as a natural resource area. Using a provision in the code that allows for special exception approval that is very close to a permitted use, the board likened the explosive testing to the gunfire that happens at the existing firing range.

However, the residents argue there is no permitted use for a gun club in a natural resource area, meaning a firing range would be a special exception in itself, and so testing explosives would require a special exception twice removed.

The board still has to adopt findings of fact and conclusions of law in regard to the Hardwire case. After that, there will be a 30-day period for individuals to file a petition for judicial review with the Circuit Court.

Wechsler said the Seashore NOT C-4 group will appeal within the allotted 30 days if the case isn’t continued.


Wechsler said his clients fully support Hardwire as a local business that is working to help troops overseas. “This is a question about the legality of the decision,” he said. “We don’t want this to be perceived as, ‘We don’t want Hardwire down here.’ ”

Hardwire CEO George Tunis said at the Sept. 8 meeting — a rare public appearance for a man who prefers to keep a low profile for his company — that he would consider not testing at the firing range if the neighbors objected strongly.

When reached by telephone this week, Tunis said of the Newark testing, “it will always be under consideration.”

“There are a lot of men and women in harm’s way that we are working on protecting,” he said. “We will always make responsible decisions for all the residents, and that includes all the residents of the United States.”

Source;  http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111012/NEWS01/111012002//Residents-plot-legal-action-bomb-testing?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|frontpage 

"The Godspeed" Replica Stops In Onancock

The replica of one of the original ships that brought the first English settlers to Jamestown in 1607 paid a visit to Onancock Tuesday night.

The Godspeed showed up at the wharf late Tuesday afternoon.

According to one of the crew members, the Godspeed was on its way back to Jamestown from a tour of the Northern Bay including stops in Alexandria and Annapolis.

He said that they stopped in Onancock because it was "a nice place to stop". The Godspeed will leave early Wednesday morning to cross the bay and head home toward Jamestown.


The Godspeed is the middle sized ship of the three that crossed the ocean over 300 years ago. The other two are the Discovery and the Sarah Constant.

Source;  shoredailynews

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Halloween At the Delmarva Discovery Center

Occupy: Norfolk - Camping Downtown Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. --AP

A handful of protesters are camping in downtown Norfolk as part of the nationwide Occupy Wall Street political protests.

At least seven tents and an informational booth were set up at the fountain park off Main Street and Commercial Place. Occupy Norfolk organizer Rex Bonney says the group got a permit to camp there, between two national bank chains.

Bonney said 20 people slept in the park Monday after the city granted a permit for them to do so. They also have a permit to march at certain times, including a planned parade on Wednesday. The permits expire on Friday but could be extended.

Bonney says the group is part of a movement to "try to take out the influence of corporate money in our political process."

Source;  http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/oct/11/occupy-norfolk-protesters-begin-camping-downtown-ar-1376268/

What Is Occupy: Norfolk?

Occupy Norfolk is a peaceful and non-violent movement that seeks to link itself to protesters on Wall Street and other major American cities. The movement has been inspired by uprisings in the Arab World, especially in Egypt, and seeks to inspire change that is independent of any political ideology or party. Simply put, 99% of America, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, ability, or any qualifier, could benefit from a better deal.

A deal that includes reform of the financial sector, ending corporate greed, mismanagement, and corruption. A deal that includes an end to foreign occupations and American imperialism. A deal that puts jobs back in the hands of everyday people and secures their homes, not one that saves CEOs and bankers from their own problems. A deal that takes money out of the political system and ensures that Americans elect their own representatives, and that these representatives are held accountable and enact real, substantive, and lasting change.

WE ARE THE 99%. WE ALL OCCUPY TOGETHER

Again, we are not liberal, not conservative, not Republican, not Democrat, we have no race, religion, sex, or any other qualifier. We are the 99% and we are American. That unites us in our desire for change.

If you want to participate, have questions, or are simply interested in following events, check us out on Twitter and Facebook. The group is listed as Occupy Norfolk on both sites. We will be occupying downtown Norfolk and marching to spread awareness of important issues.

Source;  http://occupynorfolk.com/

Elizabeth Finch ~ Miss Pocomoke Fire Prevention Wins MD. Fire Contest

CONGRATULATIONS !

ELIZABETH FINCH

MISS POCOMOKE FIRE PREVENTION

AND

FIRST RUNNER-UP

Elizabeth Finch

Miss Pocomoke Fire Prevention

 

On Sunday, October 9, 2011 Elizabeth participated in the Delmarva Vol. Firemans Assoc. Fire Queen Contest in Delmar. Elizabeth received the First Runner- Up from Maryland.

Elizabeth is 17 and a senior at Pocomoke High School.

 She was escorted by her Father, Stan Finch, a 31 year veteran of the Pocomoke City Vol. Fire Co.

Shore Beef and BBQ - Tuesday Special

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TODAY and WEDNESDAY

TODAY'S SPECIAL

Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwich /side

Drink ** $7.50

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Edgar Allan Poe's House Gets Worldwide Attention

By Cris Kaltenbach

 The Baltimore Sun

Native Londoner Kimberly Marie Freeman lives and works 200 miles north of Baltimore, but she's enthusiastically joining the effort to save one of the city's cultural treasures. Shutting the Edgar Allan Poe House, she says with a hint of exasperation, would be a shabby way to treat such an internationally renowned figure.


"There would be outrage in England if anyone ever considered shutting down Shakespeare's home," said Freeman, artistic director for New York-based Bedlam Ensemble, a performance group putting on several shows in Manhattan this month and next to raise money for the beleaguered museum. "I find it hard to believe there's not enough support for the Poe House to keep it open."


Plenty of Baltimoreans objected when the city, citing a budget shortfall that has reached $65 million, cut off funding for the Poe House and Museum last year. The famed author, who is credited with inventing the detective novel and popularizing horror fiction, lived in the Amity Street home from about 1832 to 1835.


But national and international interest is growing as well. This month, as Poe fans prepare to commemorate the 162nd anniversary of his death in Baltimore on Friday, fundraisers for his former home are being held in Washington and Falls Church, Va., as well as Manhattan. An online petition to save the Poe House includes names from France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Romania. Addressed to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, it has been signed by more than 6,000 people.


The man, it seems, has friends everywhere. And they're desperately trying to fill the void caused when city officials decided Baltimore could no longer afford the $85,000 a year it costs to keep the house open to the public. The museum's funding was cut in summer 2010, and this year, the city's Committee for Historic and Architectural Preservation was ordered to have a plan in place by July 2012 that would make the Poe House self-sufficient.


"If this Poe House closes, it will be viewed by many as a civic disgrace," said former Baltimore Sun reporter and Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore President Rafael Alvarez, whose "Pennies for Poe" campaign (penniesforpoe.com) has raised nearly $500. "He's beloved here — he's beloved by people who have never even read him. That's Baltimore."

Fundraisers so far have pulled in about $20,000, said Jeff Jerome, the Poe House's longtime curator. That money has been applied to current operating expenses, he said, noting the house has been operating since the budget cut largely on money raised during the 2009-2010 Poe bicentennial celebration.


"My heart is constantly touched when I get these messages and these phone calls from Poe people saying, 'We're with you, what can we do?'" Jerome said.


The Poe House probably has enough money in its coffers to remain open through the current fiscal year, which ends July 1, 2012, Jerome said. A firm specializing in the management of historic properties has been hired by the city, at a cost of $45,000, to study ways of making the house and museum self-sufficient beyond then.


The Poe House, which has been owned by the city since 1979, is at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to attracting tourists. It's not in an area visited frequently by tourists, and unlike the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, it's not within easy walking distance of an attraction like Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Poe House attracts some 5,000 visitors annually, about one-fifth the number who find their way to the Babe Ruth Museum.


The report is expected around the beginning of next year, said city planning director Tom Stosur, noting that all possibilities, including turning over the home to private ownership, are "on the table."


"We're going to need some significant funding help," Stosur said. "If the way to sustainability was not city ownership, I think we'd be open to looking at that possibility."


The $20,000 raised since February would pay for about a quarter of the museum's annual operating costs. Even if the events scheduled for this month double that, it clearly would be tough to keep the house open on donations alone. But Jerome hinted that larger-scale fundraisers could be on the horizon, once city officials decide on a plan.


"We don't know what they are going to come up with, what they are going to find, what they are going to suggest," he said.


Meanwhile, local efforts to raise money for the museum continue. The Lebanese Taverna restaurant in Harbor East will have a silent auction during its Halloween party. "Pints for Poe," a fundraiser organized as part of Baltimore Beer Week, is set for Tuesday at the Creative Alliance in Highlandtown. "Portrait of Poe," a one-man, three-act play written by and starring Baltimorean Mark Sanders, will be performed over the next three weekends at Area 405. And the annual Halloween catacomb tours at Westminster Hall and Burial Ground — where Poe is buried — normally a fundraiser for the Westminster Preservation Trust, will benefit the Poe House this year.


"The Poe House has been a massive goodwill ambassador," said local actor Mark Redfield, who started the online petition at poebicentennial.com. "It's a symbol of our culture, and it's a symbol for Baltimore."


And Friday night in Washington, four bands will take to the stage of the Velvet Lounge, at 915 U St. N.W., to support keeping the Poe House open. Organizers insist it's the least they can do for a writer who gave the world so much.


"It would be a complete tragedy if the Poe House were to lose its funding and Baltimore were to shut its doors," said Kai Hsieh, a 26-year-old graphic designer and co-organizer of the concert. "Poe has so much influence in music, television, the movies. His influence is endless."

Source;  http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-poe-fundraising-20111006,0,4140388.story

Marijuana Shaped Candy On Store Shelves

By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)—

Candy shaped like marijuana that's showing up on store shelves around the country won't get kids high, but aghast city leaders and anti-drug activists say the product and grocers carrying it represent a new low.

"We're already dealing with a high amount of drug abuse and drug activity and trying to raise children so they don't think using illegal substances is acceptable," said City Councilmember Darius Pridgen. "So to have a licensed store sell candy to kids that depicts an illegal substance is just ignorant and irresponsible."

The "Pothead Ring Pots," "Pothead Lollipops" and bagged candy are distributed to retail stores by the novelty supply company Kalan LP of the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdowne. It also wholesales online for $1 for a lollipop and $1.50 for a package of three rings.

Company president Andrew Kalan said the candy, on the market six to nine months and in 1,000 stores around the country, promotes the legalization of marijuana.

"It does pretty well," he said.

"This is the first complaint I've heard," Kalan said, "and people are usually not shy. I'm actually surprised this is the first."

An irate parent brought the candy to Pridgen's attention, hoping the city could apply pressure and get it out of stores.

Pridgen and Councilmember Demone Smith displayed the candy, along with fake marijuana known as "K2" that's also sold in some stores at Tuesday's Common Council meeting, where Pridgen said he'd refuse to grant licenses to stores in his district that planned to sell the merchandise and would seek to embarrass stores that carry it. The synthetic marijuana is sold as incense but is smoked.

Synthetic marijuana typically involves dried plant material sprayed with one of several chemical compounds. The products contain organic leaves coated with chemicals that provide a marijuana-like high when smoked. The Drug Enforcement Administration recently used its emergency powers to outlaw five chemicals found in synthetic marijuana.

It appeared Pridgen's message had gotten out by Thursday. A check of about a half-dozen stores in Buffalo, often in impoverished neighborhoods where real drugs are a festering problem, turned up none of the controversial candy.

The bags of "Pothead Sour Gummy Candy," and lollipops shaped like marijuana leaves appear to be a recent addition to the inventory of some corner stores. The sour apple-flavored candy contains nothing illegal, but with its marijuana leaf, the word "Legalize" and a joint-smoking, peace sign-waving user on the packaging, critics say it's not only in poor taste but an invitation to try the real thing.

"It's the whole idea that it promotes drugs and the idea that, here, you'll look cool if you use this -- which is what gets these kids in trouble in the very first place," said Jodie Altman, program supervisor at Renaissance House, a treatment center for drug- and alcohol-addicted youth.

Charmaine Rosendary, 36, of Buffalo shook her head when she saw a picture of the package.

"That's not right. It's just promoting marijuana," she said while buying produce Friday at a Buffalo market. She said she wouldn't allow her five teenagers, ages 15-19, to have it.

"I would not buy it or give them money to buy it," she said. "It looks like weed."

It's not the first legal product to come under fire.

In 2008, the Hershey Co. stopped making Ice Breakers Pacs in response to criticism that the mints looked too much like illegal street drugs. Police in Philadelphia complained that the packets, nickel-sized dissolvable pouches with a powdered sweetener inside, closely resembled tiny heat-sealed bags used to sell powdered street drugs.

Candy cigarettes and fruity or energy drink-infused alcoholic beverages have been criticized for targeting young people. And in 1997, the Federal Trade Commission said the iconic Joe Camel cigarette ads and packaging violated federal law because they appealed to kids under 18. The tobacco company, R.J. Reynolds, eventually shelved the caricature.

A spokesman for the Office of National Drug Control Policy said advocates for legalization who claim marijuana is benign are not supported by science.

"Trivializing drug use is a threat to public health because it erodes perceptions of harm among young people," said Rafael Lemaitre.

Kalan said his company carries several products with the marijuana leaf and "legalize" message to accommodate growing demand in the movement to legalize marijuana.

"We don't advocate for a political position. We just look at what the marketplace wants and respond to it," the wholesaler said. "It's just candy... It's sour apple flavor, it doesn't claim to be pot in disguise or anything like that."

Source;  http://www.wtkr.com/news/wghp-story-marijuana-shaped-candy-111010,0,456649.story

~Fire Prevention Week~

Fire Prevention Week Beginning

In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation, and since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls.

According to the National Archives and Records Administration's Library Information Center, Fire Prevention Week is the longest running public health and safety observance on record. The President of the United States has signed a proclamation proclaiming a national observance during that week every year since 1925.

http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=1439&itemID=34426&URL=Safety%20Information/Fire%20Prevention%20Week/About%20Fire%20Prevention%20Week

Hello Doggie Lovers

I’m taking part in the BARCStoberfest Strut Your Mutt to raise money for BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER - please make a donation by visiting my FirstGiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/deborahmichelle-northam/barcstoberfeststrutyourmutt?fge=ask
 
You can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directly to BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER by FirstGiving, who will email you a printable record of your donation.
 Please send my page on to anyone who might like to donate!

Hugs!

Deborah Michelle

(This young lady has been a foster mom to many helpless dogs for quite a while.  Out of those many  homeless dogs that have found homes she has only had to return two while in her care to the BARCS facility.

Put simply, some dogs are not able to forget the horrible  treatment they received at the hand of another human being.)  And sadly, not even love, patience, good food and  safe warm surroundings are the answer.)

Testimony Underway In Skylor Harmon Re-Trial

Written by Scott Muska

Staff Writer
October 18, 2011

SNOW HILL — The re-trial of a 19-year-old charged with committing murder with an assault rifle got underway Tuesday with opening arguments and the first of the prosecution’s witnesses.

Skylor Dupree Harmon, 19, of Pocomoke City, had his first trial end in a mistrial in July when jurors were unable to agree on a verdict. Harmon is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Reginald Handy Jr.


Among the defense’s witnesses Tuesday were Deputy Dale Trotter, a crime scene investigator for the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation. Cropper and members of the State’s Attorney’s office returned on Sunday night to the area of 500 Young St., where the military-grade assault rifle had been found the day after the murder.

Trotter testified that if he had been standing in that area with the gun at the time of night the murder was committed, he would have been able to shoot a person standing where the victim had been shot.

From the area where the gun was found to the area where Handy was shot was about 65 yards, according to Trotter, who said the distance was “definitely” in the rifle’s range.

Testimony is scheduled to continue tomorrow and Thursday.

Harmon's uncle, Alexander Crippen, was originally charged in the May 2010 murder, but charges were dropped before Crippen's trial. Crippen was later convicted of attempting to kill a different man, based on testimony about his actions at the same scene where Handy died.

Source;  http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111018/NEWS01/111018030/SNOW-HILL-Testimony-underway-Skylor-Harmon-re-trial

Virginia Businesses~ One Closes- Another Opens

The Roses department store in Exmore has announced they will be closing their doors.

According to management, employees were told of the closure at a staff meeting on Wednesday.

The reason nor the actual closing date has not been released at this time.

Management did state that the Onley Roses store will remain open.

~~****~~

Meanwhile McDonalds customers in the central Accomack County area will be happy to know the all new McDonalds facility will open Tuesday morning at 8 AM.

The old McDonalds was the first to open on the Eastern Shore.

According to company officials, the old building didn't have adequate space to make it possible for the Onley store to carry many of the new products the chain has introduced over the last several years. The old store was demolished during the early spring.

Source;  Shoredailynews

TIME MACHINE ... Physicians Rivalry On Tangier Island Ends In Murder!

May, 1884

(The New York Times)

A DOCTOR KILLED BY HIS RIVAL

CRISFIELD, MD, MAY 19- Intelligence has just reached here of a murder at Tangier Island, Virginia, last Saturday, growing out of a rivalry between two physicians of the town. It appears that Dr. Pitts had been jealous for some time of Dr. L.I. Walter, who has become very popular among the citizens, and drawn away considerable practice from Dr. Pitts. The people say that Dr. Walter was the most successful physician of the two, and for that reason he obtained most of the practice of the town. Pitts openly showed his dislike for Walter, though the two were on speaking terms and sometimes had consulted each other in a professional way. As Dr. Walter was passing Dr. Pitts office last Saturday the latter called him in. It is said they had some words about a professional matter, and just as Dr. Walter was about leaving, Dr. Pitts drew a revolver and shot him in the shoulder. Dr. Walter, being unarmed, tried to escape by the window but Dr. Pitts drew him back. They had a desperate struggle but Pitts succeeded in overpowering Walter and fired three more shots, the bullets lodging in his breast. Walter expired instantly. The reports of the pistol attracted a crowd to the scene of the shooting. Serious threats of lynching were made, and when Pitts had given himself up to the authorities the crowd followed him to the magistrates office vowing vengeance. Pitts was taken to the Accomack County Jail. The murder has excited great indignation throughout the county.

　

September, 1884

(The New York Times)

MURDER TRIAL EXCITING INTEREST

Norfolk, Va., Sept. 13- At Hampton, today, argument was begun in the case of the Commonwealth against Dr. J.D. Pitts, now on trial for the murder of Dr. Thomas Walter on Tangier Island in May last. The prosecuting attorney charged that the prisoner was guilty of deliberate, willful, and premeditated murder. The prisoner was defended by some of the ablest counsel in the State. He has entered a plea of self-defense. A number of lady friends of the prisoner were present, and the case is exciting much interest in this section.　

　

September, 1884

(The Daily News- Frederick, Md.)

Dr. Pitts was found guilty yesterday of killing Dr. Walter, at Tangier Island, Va., in May last, and sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment.

　

October, 1960

Although no formal announcement had been made, news was circulating around Pocomoke City that a major downtown business, Montgomery Ward, would be closing. Local management would not comment but a Montgomery Ward district manager said the closing of the Pocomoke store was possible. A published report stated the 25 employees would be offered positions in other Montgomery Ward stores.

Footnote: Montgomery Ward's two story department store was located on Clarke Avenue in the Veasey Building across the street from the Pocomoke City Municipal Building. J.C. Penney occupied the front of the building facing Market Street. Due to the economic downturn following the closing of the Chincoteague Naval Air Base, Montgomery Ward and Penney's eventually closed their doors in Pocomoke City. Other business interests anticipated the cost of renovating the 1922 building would be prohibitive. The City acquired the Veasey Building in 1975 for demolition. It was one of the positive steps that made 1976 a year of many accomplishments in Pocomoke City as a future TIME MACHINE posting will detail.

　

July, 1933

The presidential yacht Sequoia docked in Crisfield and President Roosevelt set out on a six-hour sight-seeing tour of the Eastern Shore, stopping in Pocomoke City for a soft drink. A crowd of several thousand were said to be on hand at the Crisfield dock to greet the president and were back later in the day to see him off.

　

ACROSS THE USA

January, 1920

The New York Yankees purchased Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000, the largest cash sum ever paid for a player. Reports were that Ruth's Boston salary of $10,000 a year would almost double as a Yankees player.

　

　

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TIME MACHINE Preview ... Physicians Rivalry Ends In Tangier Murder!

A rivalry between two physicians on Tangier Island in 1884 left one of them dead and the other charged with murder.

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



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Volunteer For Friends Of The Nature Trail

~VOLUNTEERS NEEDED~

The Nature Trail Committee is still looking for community sprited people to volunteer to keep the Pocomoke Nature Trail alive and growing.


For many years the nature trail has been growing and it is so very important to keep this project alive and growing in the future.  Here is where the "next generation"  can step in.  Here is YOUR chance to have a role in being one of the Friends of the Nature Trail.

You know, the Pocomoke River is a beauty by boat but it is just as wonderful to see from the nature trail.


Needed for this continuing project are:
Planners
Money Raisers
Schedulers
And of course citizens to help build.


It's a beautiful part of Pocomoke.  Pocomoke belongs to YOU.  Grab a friend or relative or two and become members of the Friends of the Nature Trail.


Here's the number to call.  Pocomoke City Hall/ (410)957-1333


Give them your name and tell them what part you would like to play in keeping the nature trail growing into the future.

"Operation No Refill" - Ongoing Investigation Nets Arrests

GREAT WORK TO ALL DEPARTMENTS!!   Our communities are another step closer to being safer! 

According to Sheriff David Doughty and Sheriff Todd Godwin the Eastern Shore Drug Task Force, which consists of the Accomack and Northampton County Sheriff's Offices and Virginia State Police working with the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control, Drug Enforcement Administration and Worcester County Md. Sheriff's Office, obtained charges on 43 individuals for 65 felony drug charges, 5 misdemeanors and one subject has been charged federally with distribution and conspiracy to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base (crack).

Over seventy-five law enforcement officers converged on the Eastern Shore on October 6, 2011 to serve the indictments and arrest warrants and execute two search warrants.


This is an ongoing investigation that began in late 2009 with the DEA to target primarily cocaine distributors on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.


This step of this investigation was named "No Refill" due to the overwhelming number of individuals that have been charged with prescription drugs during this phase of this investigation.


The following items have been seized in connection with this phase of this investigation:


Over $5,000.00 in cash
Nine firearms
Two pound of cocaine
Over 169 marijuana plants
1263 grams of marijuana
Five vehicles
Seven grams of heroin
Assortment of prescription drugs


Total street value of the seized drugs is over 1/2 million dollars.


Agencies assisting in this investigation were the Exmore Police Department, the Cape Charles Police Department, the Parksley Police Department, the Onley Police Department, the
Onancock Police Department, the Hallwood Police Department, the Virginia Marine Police
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries-Law Enforcement Division, the Virginia Probation and Parole and the Virginia State Police Melfa barrack.


The following individuals have been arrested:


- Angelo S. Stratton, age 39, of Onley, Va,, Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, namely Cocaine.


- Ambrose A. Cuffee, age 28, of Birdsnest, Va, Charged with Aid and Abet the sale of Alcoholic Beverages without being licensed to do so


- Shane Smith, age 26, of Exmore,Va, Charged with Possess with the intent to Distribute more than ounce but less than five pounds of Marijuana.


- Zelma Kelley, age 58, of Melfa, Va, Charged with Possess with the intent to Distribute a controlled substance namely Hydrocodone.


- George Needam, age 64, of Melfa, Va, Charged with Possess with the intent to Distribute a controlled substance namely Oxycodone.


- Erik J. Burton, age 27, of Cape Charles, Va, Charged with Charged with Possess with the intent to Distribute more than 1/2 ounce but less than five pounds of Marijuana.


- Sylvia F. Jackson, age 44, Exmore, Va, Charged with manufacture, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance classified in Schedule VI and possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute not more than 1/2 ounce of Marijuana.


- Markie Davis, age 33, of Bayview, Va., Charged with possess with the intent to distribute an imitation controlled substance.


- Devonte L. Spady, age 18, of Cheriton, Va., Charged with sell, give, distribute, or possess with the intent to sell, give, or distribute not more than 1/2 ounce of Marijuana.


- Barbara Kamara, age 72, of Exmore, Va., Charged with possess with the intent to distribute Vicodin, a schedule II drug.


- Michael A. Davis, age 42, of Capeville, Va., Charged with possess with the intent to distribute Cocaine, a schedule II drug, second offense.


- Lethon J. Williams, age 33, of Temperanceville, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.


- Robert Dillard, age 27, of Eastville, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.


- Deloris Mccaskill, age 55, of Townsend, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.


- Tommie J. McCaskill, age 50, of Townsend, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.


- Angelo B. Jones, age 43, Exmore, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.


- Richard L. Williams, age 52, of Painter, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Morphine, a schedule II drug.


- Joel N. Miller, age 21, of Hallwood, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.


- Preston Dorsey, age 34, of Temperanceville, Va., Charged with sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance, namely Cocaine, a schedule II drug.

Source:  shoredailynews.com

Gumboro Mudbog Tomorrow

VISIT THE GUMBORO MUDBOG THIS SATURDAY

October 8, 2011
Gate opens at 10:00 AM
Race will begin @ 1:00pm

Registration will be held from 10:00am until 12:00pm
Admission:Adults $7.00

Children under 10 Free
(ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT!!!)

Pit admission  ~ $5 per person.

All drivers & 1 crew person FREE in pits

 

 

SEE YOU THERE !! 

Some Virginia DMV Services Won't Be Available This Weekend

If your to-do list includes visiting a DMV in the state of Virginia this weekend you may as well make other plans.  Some transactions won't be able to be made.

On Thursday, DMV officials stated the agency will be unable to issue driver's licenses or renewals at customer service centers Saturday because the Social Security Administration is planning annual maintenance at its National Computer Center.

It seems the computer center is scheduled to be powered down at the close of  its business day on Friday.  And since State offices will be  closed Monday for Columbus Day, no  business will resume at  DMV offices until  Tuesday.

Some Indicted In the Summer Drug Sweep Receive Their Sentence in Circuit Court

Honis W. Cane, III charged with counterfeit cocaine!!  WOW!  Wonder how he looks now in the drug world!!!  Looks like quite a few of these dealers have not been charged with the "lesser " of possession! - which is a pet peeve with so many people - but are looking at some time to be spent behind bars.  Most times these criminals get a slap on the wrist, a fine and sent out the front door!!  Not this time!!!

SNOW HILL -- A Pocomoke City man arrested in a major drug dealing sweep now faces charges that he was selling fake cocaine.

Honiss Webster Cane III, 40, of Pocomoke City was indicted on charges of cocaine possession and distribution along with 44 others in a midsummer sting in southern Worcester County. However, his drug charges have since been dropped, and Cane now faces charges of distribution of counterfeit cocaine. Cane is the son of the late Pocomoke City councilman of the same name.

Several others arrested in that law enforcement initiative have recently struck plea deals with prosecutors.

For several dozen more, trials are still pending between now and December.

Nine of the men agreed to plead guilty to cocaine distribution, and three agreed to plead guilty to distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in a school zone. Some were given fines and probation time by a judge, while others were sentenced to straight time, some as long as 10 years, and they'll be on probation after release.

Several of the men had other drug charges dropped when securing their plea deals.

Those indicted in the sweep who have pleaded guilty to crack or cocaine distribution charges, and have been sentenced in Circuit Court, are:

Joshua Pitts, 43, of Snow Hill, sentenced to 10 years.

Jamon Byrd, 27, of Snow Hill, sentenced to six years.

Martel Costen, 27, of Pocomoke City sentenced to six years and a $500 fine.

Clinton Waters, 39, of Snow Hill sentenced to five years and a $500 fine.

Stefan Allen, 31, of Snow Hill sentenced to 18 months and a $500 fine.

Breon Ayres, 20, of Pocomoke City sentenced to 18 months and a $500 fine.

Richard Williams, 36, of Pocomoke City sentenced to 18 months and a $500 fine.

Larry Davis, 21, of Snow Hill, sentenced to 18 moths and a $500 fine.

Earl Tull, 47, of Snow Hill sentenced to six months and a $250 fine.

Pleading guilty to distributing drugs near a school were Donald Sturgis, 29, of Pocomoke City; Antonio Wise, 39, of Pocomoke City; and Gabriel Hayes, 35, of Pocomoke City. Their sentences ranged from six to 10 years.

Source;  http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111007/NEWS01/110070309/-1/7daysarchives/Deals-struck-drug-sweep-cases