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In fact, according to our survey, these "less-adoptable" pets wait for a home nearly four times longer than the average adoptable pet does ... sometimes more than two years!
If you are interested in adopting a "Less-Adoptable-Pet contact your local SPCA.
You can also contact SPCA Eastern Shore at:
SPCA Facebook OR 26528 Lankford Hwy.
PO Box 164
Onley, VA 23418
757-787-7385
email shorespca@verizon.net
The pen we lived in was never cleaned at all. When the nice Animal Control lady came to get us that day, we were ankle deep in stuff I'd rather not name.The people just threw food in to the pen and the strong dogs got most of it (I was not the strong dog). I have never growled, grumbled or bared my teeth at the people who take care of me now.
They walk me on a leash and I walk just fine, and sometimes I get toted outside for potty or recess. There's even one person here whom I can boss around. I have been neutered and am current on my shots and wormings. I am on heartworm prevention. I am a small boy weighing only 18 lbs.
I am better suited to a family with no small children because of my timidness; this means I can't be adopted into a home with children, unless they are in their late teens. I know it will be a very special person who takes me into their life and home. It may take some time for them to find me, but hey, it's not so bad here. The climate is controlled, I have my own kennel with a bed in it, 2 meals a day, 3 outside breaks daily with my doggie friends and people who come sit with me and cuddle. Oh yeah, and plenty of squeaky toys and treats. I could do without the baths, but it's a small price to pay over the life I had before.
Maybe I will see some of you this week. I sure hope so!
Fundraiser to help build a science-oriented playground for our youth
Come join us and bring your friends !!
If you would like to be a sponsor and get involved with Heather Leigh and Christopher Robbin Hill Foundation contact Leona Hill. (info above)
About the foundation:
By: Leona Hill
For those who do not know "our story", Bob and I have lost both of our children. Christopher died at the age of 4 from mono. The mono caused his immune system to shut down and he became ill with every kind of illness known to man. We spent 7 weeks at NIH for research and the bulk of 22 month at JHH. He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital on February 11, 1980. Heather was a scientist involved in cancer research when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 26. She fought for 8 1/2 years going through the years with multiple surgeries and chemo along with a bone marrow transplant. She died in our home at the age of 34 on the 8th of September 2005. Our children were remarkable! They faced life with love and gracefulness. They never complained. They both had a strong faith in our God and looked toward Him to get through life. Our hearts will always be broken and we often wonder why we outlived our children. We do know that God has all of answers and we must continue to trust in Him until we join them!
Bob and I have created the Hill Foundation so our children will have a legacy long after we are gone. In doing so, my vision is to give back to our community. We, the Foundation, give scholarships out each year to students entering a science oriented field. We also support the Marva Theater in the Performing Arts for the summer Theater Academy each year. Once the science playground is built it will belong to our community with our monies supporting it. Meanwhile, we need to hold the fundraisers to provide for the ongoing scholarships.
So, please come out and join us and bring your friends!
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September, 1937
Two former major league baseball players were managing teams in the Eastern Shore League. Pitcher Vic Keen was managing as well as pitching for the Pocomoke Red Sox and infielder Jake Flowers was managing the Salisbury Senators. A couple of years later Keen managed the Salisbury team and Flowers came to Pocomoke to manage. Both had rounded out their big league careers with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Keen and Flowers had Eastern Shore roots. Flowers was from Cambridge and Keen's father, a minister, brought his family from the western shore to Snow Hill where Keen was a star pitcher on the high school team. After his major league career Keen made Pocomoke City his permanent residence and was involved in the poultry business.
Now here's more on Vic Keen (at this address):
http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1938&pid=7329
May, 1901
The Postal Telegraph Company of New York announced new offices were being opened in Pocomoke and numerous Eastern Shore Of Virginia towns, with wires also to soon be completed to locations in Somerset and Wicomico Counties, and in Delaware.
April, 1911
The Census Bureau released 1910 population figures for Maryland and comparative numbers for 10 years earlier.
For the lower Eastern Shore counties, Worcester's population was reported at 21,841 (20,865 for 1900).
Somerset County ... 26,455 (25,923)
Wicomico County ... 26,815 (22,852)
Pocomoke City's 1910 population was reported at 2,309 (2,124 for 1900).
Snow Hill ... 1,844 (596)
Princess Anne ... 1,006 (854)
Crisfiled ... 3,408 (3,105)
Salisbury ... 6,690 (4,277)
April, 1956
(The Salisbury Times)
Road-E-O To Be Held In Pocomoke
Pocomoke City - Written examinations for the 1956 Teenage Road-E-O were held in the Berlin, Snow Hill, and Pocomoke City High Schools yesterday.
The Road-E-O will be held in Pocomoke City Saturday on the parking lot of the Birds-Eye plant.
This is part of a nationwide safe driving campaign for teenagers, who will have to prove their ability to handle automobiles by driving through an obstacle course.
Winners of the Worcester County contest will enter the state finals in Westminister in May. Winners of the state contest will compete in the nation finals in Washington.
November, 1897
(Harrisonburg Rockingham Register- Harrisonburg, Va.)
W.F. Benson of Pocomoke City, Md., has grown a remarkably large pear. It is 16 1/4 inches in circumference and weighs twenty-five pounds and ten ounces. It is of the Kiefer variety. Mr. Benson gathered ten bushels of pears from the tree on which this large one grew.
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