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Read more about the Ocean City of 1880 this Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye!

If the last name Guy is in your family history, a 1912 news item from the Eastern Shore might be of especial interest to you, and of interest to everyone as well... in this week's TIME MACHINE edition!



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. Your name won't be used unless you ask that it be. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!

2012 Theater Academy Camp

Missing Man Last Seen In Ocean City

Lance Corey Gains

Written by

Scott Muska
Staff Writer

OCEAN CITY -- Police, family and friends are searching for a 22-year-old man who has been missing for nearly a week and was last seen at an Ocean City bar.

Lance Corey Gaines of Groton, N.Y., hasn't been heard from since the night of Friday, April 20. Ocean City police said he was last seen at Sandbar on 33rd Street at about 1 a.m. Saturday, April 21. One of the 20 or so friends and relatives who have traveled to town since then to form a makeshift search group said he had gone out for a walk and to the bar alone.

Gaines is 6 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 190 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. When he was seen at the bar, he was wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt.

Gaines was on vacation with his family and was staying at the Bay Club Resort on 32nd Street for the weekend. Family members said he sent a text message to his girlfriend just after midnight.

His father, John Gaines, said his other son had spoken to a woman who works at Madison Beach Motel on North Baltimore Avenue who saw someone in the area on Monday afternoon who matched Lance Gaines' description, but that's the only additional lead they've gotten.

"My son talked to her, and she had details she couldn't really have had (if she hadn't seen him)," said John Gaines on Thursday. "So we're pretty confident, we think we have a likely sighting on Monday."

OCPD spokeswoman Jessica Waters confirmed a tip had been received from someone claiming they saw Gaines or someone who matches his description, but there hasn't been a confirmed sighting since his disappearance, despite police outreach and investigation and the hundreds of fliers and inquiries friends and family have been making into Lance Gaines' whereabouts.

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Police Give Take On Facebook ‘Pot Farm’ Game

By Melissa Payne

Some people log on to Facebook to connect with friends.  Others play games like, the very popular “Farmville”.  For many people, online games provide hours of harmless entertainment.  But one Facebook game may not be so innocent.

WHNT News 19 takes a closer look at the game “Pot Farm,” where the goal of the game is to grow and harvest marijuana.

On “Pot Farm” nearly a million people don’t care who sees them growing fake weed.

“Certain people are into certain things. Some peole are in to killing dragons and all that, some people might want to sit there and grow weed,” said Florence resident, Chance McMorrow.

Users start by planting hemp, the most basic pot plant.

The goal is keep the plants alive, while adding more plants to your farm.  The rewards, stronger pot seeds, grow a more potent crop.

“There’s really no big deal about playing, I guess it’s just for fun,” said William Bullock, a gamer.

For many gamers, that fun comes from fulfilling a fantasy — cultivating an illegal marijuana crop, that in the virtual world, becomes very accepted and even celebrated.

“It seems pretty cool, I guess,” said McMorrow.

But for law enforcement, this game adds one more avenue in their constant battle against cannabis.

“When I first heard about it the other day, I had no idea what it was,” said Sheffield Police Chief Greg Ray.

So Ray logged in and took his first look at the game with WHNT News 19′s cameras rolling.

“This looks more like a Christmas tree than it does a marijuana plant,” said Ray.  “I guess you can say it’s more of a comical thing.”

However, Chief Ray said that disguise may glamorize the game and the drug.

“One of the biggest messages you’re sending out is there are no repercussions, if you’re playing a game and you get caught you just reboot and start over again,” said Ray.  “In real life that’s not the case.”

Critics say this Facebook “Pot Farm” looks like fun and games on a computer screen, but it may be teaching people how to grow a real pot farm.

And even William Bullock, who already told us he thinks this game is for entertainment purposes only, admits people could learn a few basics about becoming a real-life pot farmer.

“I would definitely, before you get into anything, go play this game and just get on what you should do,” Bullock said.

“I don’t think it teaches you how to be a pot farmer or a pot grower, no more than a dungouns and dragons game would teach you how to be a dragon slayer,” said Chief Ray.

It’s a virtual reality game that may give users a different kind of high.

Facebook requires users to be at least 21 years old before logging in to play Pot Farm.

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Mudbog Trophies and Awards

2011 Gumboro Crisfield Mudbog Banquet

Saturday  March 31, 2012

Crisfield Elks Lodge

Crisfield, Maryland

What a delicious meal the  ladies of the Crisfield Elks Lodge  prepared for the mudbog drivers and guests!  If you left the banquet that night hungry it was your own fault!  In my opinion it was by far the best meal we have experienced since the banquets began.  Thank you Crisfield Elks Lodge!

Most of us felt just a little out of place.  It seemed strange to be in Crisfield at night instead of the morning hours.  There were no mud trucks brought along, no mud...NO racing.  And the only washing done that night was  washing the dishes and the drivers weren't asked to do that.  Seemed a little odd for all of us to be together and not be in the hot sun getting ready for a  day of racing.  Great to see everyone and congradulations to all of you that won trophies and/or awards.

2011 TROPHY & AWARD WINNERS

STREET CLASS

1ST- KAMERON LOHMEYER

2ND- CHRIS STUBBS

3RD- ANDY KAUFMAN

PRO-STOCK

1ST- KYLE LOHMEYER
2ND- GREGORY DOSCHER
3RD- BRUCE VOGEL
4TH- CHRIS STUBBS

SMALL TIRE SUPER STOCK

1ST- BRIAN LOHMEYER
2ND- ED VOGEL
3RD- BARRY WISE
3RD- BRUCE VOGEL

BIG TIRE SUPER STOCK
1ST- GREG DOSCHER
2ND- BRUCE VOGEL
3RD- KEVIN LOHMEYER
4TH- DANIEL HARVISON

MODIFIED

1ST- CHARLIE PRICE
2ND- BRYAN WATSON
3RD- KELLY HUBBARD
4TH- JARED COLLINS

MINI OPEN

1ST- WRIGHT TOWNSEND JR.
2ND- JOHNNY EDWARDS
2ND- BRYAN WATSON
3RD- KELLY HUBBARD

UNLIMITED

1ST- WESLEY WARD
2ND- JOHNNY EDWARDS
3RD- WRIGHT TOWNSEND JR.
3RD- BARRY LONG
3RD- CHUCK WEST

X CLASS

1ST- JOHN LITTLETON
2ND- KEVIN & CHRIS LEWIS
3RD- DAVID ELLIOTT

APPRECIATION PLAQUES AWARDED TO:

ELLIS FARMS, INC.
SWIFT FARMS
THE MARION FIRE DEPT.
THE CRISFIELD ELKS CLUB
LITTLE CHARLIE PRICE

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:THE COMPASS AWARD

JOHNNY EDWARDS

THE BOUNCIN' AROUND AWARD

JARED COLLINS

THE SMOKER AWARD

HIGH VOLTAGE RACING

THE UNSTOPPABLE AWARD

REESE PUSEY

HARD CHARGER AWARD

ED VOGEL

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

BILLY MARSH

The lighting wasn't the greatest but here are some photos.





Ed Vogel - "No Shame"



Barry Wise (L) "Short and Sassy"

Bruce Vogel (R) "Gold Rush"



Johnny Edwards - "In The Mix"






Lohmeyer- "Triple Trouble"
I think this is Kevin (someone correct me)
What you may not know unless you visit the mudbog races is that there are 4 brother racing the same truck!

Barry Long- "Sod Buster"
Patrick Long- "All Night Soldier"

Donald Bowden
Johnny Edwards - "In The Mix'

Randy Beers
Patrick Long

Lee and Lori Ann Sturgis
"The Gray Ghost"

1st MUDBOG for 2012 
Saturday  May 5, 2012
Gumboro, Delaware

 

 







STILL MISSING

Ocean City Police are asking anyone who has seen Gaines or who has had contact with him to notify Detective Carl Perry with the Ocean City Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 410.723.6604

Change Maryland Announces One-Year Anniversary

As special session of General Assembly looms, taxes, spending under scrutiny

4.27.12

News Release

Contact: Jim Pettit

301.704.1363

Change Maryland, a non-partisan grassroots political movement, is

celebrating its one-year anniversary today.  In less than a year, it

has become the largest citizens' organization in the state with over

12,000 followers on Facebook - more than the state Republican and

Democratic parties combined.  Much of the reason for this growth is due

to pent up frustration among those who are not identified with the

political class.

The special sessions of the legislature, slated to begin in mid-May,
with one to follow in August, are only a means for politicians to raise taxes
and re-visit pet projects. Change Maryland's message is focused on bringing
fiscal restraint and common sense to Maryland.

Addressing an example of a lack of common sense in Annapolis, Change

Maryland Founder Larry Hogan called attention to policies such as

Governor O'Malley's insistence on pushing an offshore wind farm scheme

off the Atlantic Ocean that would require financial support among

commercial and residential utility rate payers.

"As Maryland's budget negotiations were collapsing, Governor O'Malley was
addressing wind-energy proponents who chanted, 'all we are saying is give wind
a chance,' " said Hogan.  "It's difficult for hard-working families in Maryland to
understand the Governor's priorities when he participates in pep rallies for wind
mills as people are struggling to find work and keep the gas tank full."

When it comes to a lack of fiscal restraint, Maryland's budget has

increased from $28.8 billion to $35.4 between 2007 and 2012.  In the

so-called "doomsday budget," which was enacted by default, spending

actually increases $700 million, despite politicians who typically characterize
it as a "cut."

The special session beginning next month is due to the inability of

the Governor, Senate President and House Speaker to come to terms on

tax increases.  Although there are some personal animosities among

Maryland's top three elected officials, all are proponents of

increasing taxes to fuel more government spending.

Governor O'Malley, Senate President Miller and House Speaker Bush have

collectively held state office for about three-quarters of a century.

"When you talk about career politicians, nowhere is that more apparent

than in Maryland," said Hogan. "And Change Maryland is giving voice to

people who are fed up with politics as usual."

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changemaryland.org

facebook.com/changemaryland

Cruises On the Scenic Pocomoke River Have Begun

The Bay Queen took out yesterday for its first cruise down the  Pocomoke River for  the 2012 season.


Yesterday must have been an active day for the Bald Eagles living on the great Pocomoke River.  I can't remember never seeing an Eagle at some time while boating on the river but since this is the Spring season it's almost time, I would imagine, for the young to show.  And no matter how many times you witness the flight of a Bald Eagle it is always worth the watch.

If birds don't interest you just sit back and relax.....

I found this photo of the Bay Queen  on a Delmarva Discovery Center  Newsletter from 2009. 

There is a big change this season along the banks of the Pocomoke River in downtown Pocomoke City......

The new restaurant opening soon!!

Take A Cruise On the Scenic Pocomoke River

Pocomoke River Cruises!!!

Capt. John Riggi and the Bay Queen are all set for spring.
Tours are Thursday through Saturday at 1pm.
Except on 4/20, 4/27 and 5/10 when tours will begin at 2:00 PM

Adult: $ 20/ Child $ 10
Tickets can also be purchased individually rather than as a package.

Enjoy the Discovery Center for the day and a scenic cruise down the Pocomoke River on the Bay Queen.

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

The 4th National Prescription

Drug Take Back Day
Saturday, April 28, 2012
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

DROP OFF LOCATIONS

WORCESTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

WORCESTER COUNTY HEALTH DEPT.
400 - A WALNUT STREET,  POCOMOKE CITY

WORCESTER COUNTY HEALTH DEPT.
6040 PUBLIC LANDING ROAD,  SNOW HILL

ACCOMACK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

ACCOMACK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
23301 WISE COURT,  ACCOMAC VA

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
5211 THE HORNES,  EASTVILLE VA

If you do not live within these areas contact your local police department for the drop off areas nearest you

BINGO !! Tonight!

Dog Food RECALL

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Issues Voluntary Recall

Recall is limited to one formula of Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul distributed to 10 states

Diamond Pet Foods is recalling one production run of Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food. One bag of the product has tested positive for Salmonella, and the recall of the four production codes is being conducted as a precautionary measure. 

We encourage consumers who have purchased Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food with the specific production codes and best before dates to discard the product. Diamond Pet Foods apologizes for any potential issues this may have caused our customers and their dogs.  No dog illnesses have been reported.

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula – dry dog food:

35 lb - CLF0102B31XCW,    Best by Date 27/JAN/2013

35 lb - CLF0102B31XCW,    Best by Date 28/JAN/2013

35 lb - CLF0102B32XWR,    Best by Date 28/JAN/2013

6 lb - CLF0102B3XALW,     Best by Date 28/JAN/2013

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food is manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods and was distributed in Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia, who may have further distributed the product to other states, through pet food channels. The company is working directly with distributors and retailers who carry these products to remove them from the supply chain.

Pets with Salmonella infections may have decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. If left untreated, pets may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.

Individuals handling dry pet food can become infected with Salmonella, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with surfaces exposed to this product.

Healthy people infected with salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, people who are more likely to be affected by Salmonella include infants, children younger than 5 years old, organ transplant patients, people with HIV/AIDS and people receiving treatment for cancer.

Pet owners, who are unsure if the product they purchased is included in the recall, or who would like replacement product or a refund, may contact us at 800-442-0402.

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Chincoteague Seafood Festival

The 2012 Chincoteague Spring Seafood Festival May 5 at Tom's Cove Park...Noon to 4 p.m.

Call the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce for tickets. 757-336-6161

Atheist Group Demands Fire Department Remove 91-Year-Old Monument

A cross is at the center of another church and state controversy in Rhode Island. 

Earlier this year, Jessica Ahlquist, 16, successfully sued to remove a school prayer banner from her high school in Cranston, R.I. 

Now, an atheist group called Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has written a letter to Leo Fontaine, mayor of Woonsocket, R.I., stating that a cross in the parking lot of the town's fire department is "unlawful" and requesting that the town remove it. 

According to the Daily Caller, the letter also asked that a memorial angel and firefighter's prayer be removed from the department's website. 
 
(Click here to read the letter from FFRF )
The offending monument was unveiled in 1921 in memory of William Jolicoeur, a member of the American Expeditionary Forces who was killed in France during World War I, the Woonsocket Call explains. The monument was later rededicated in May 1952 to honor three brothers killed in World War II. The original monument was dedicated by French Field Marshall Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, who came to Woonsocket at the end of World War 1. 

The mayor is exploring the city's options, but says he has no intention of removing the cross.
However, the cross could be relocated to private property if a lawsuit is mounted. City Council President John Ward informed the Woonsocket Call that the city is on the verge of bankruptcy and cannot afford to get dragged into a costly legal battle over a principle.

The controversy has prompted Tom Poole, a disabled veteran, and Barbara Dardeen of Warwick to start a vigil at the monument. As WoonsocketPatch reports, the couple is hoping to stop any removal of the cross: "We'll both spend as much time out here as we need to, to make sure that the monument stays put," Dardeen said.

For more on this story, watch WPRI's video report below.

Cross over cross at fire department: wpri.com

Best Used Car Ad Ever Touts A Teal 1995 Pontiac Grand Am

Take a unicorn, promises of fast-growing beards and a teal 1995 Pontiac Grand Am, and what do you get? 

Possibly the best used car ad you'll ever see. 

It doesn't include anyone dressed as Uncle Sam, nor does it make promises about low prices. The Seattle Craigslist ad promises that if you buy this car, the experience will be "better than your last four romantic encounters, combined." 

"I know what you're asking yourself, 'Am I man enough to handle a car this flawless?'" the ad reads. "The short answer is no." 

The car is owned by Joe Strachila, of Everett, Wash., whose childhood friend Kyle Miller "dug deep into his manly creativity center (a place often filled with beer), and created the ad for me," Strachila said in an email to The Huffington Post. The Washington State grad, now an engineer for an aerospace company in Seattle, wrote that it's time to let someone else have the joy of owning the Pontiac. 

Strachila's cellphone battery quickly died after the ad was posted. No doubt because he was getting calls from throngs of buyers in the Seattle area who are dying to get their hands on this teal Pontiac masterpiece. 

Craigslist took down the ad shortly after the auto enthusiast website Jalopnik linked to it, declaring it "The Best Craigslist Car Ad Ever."

Miller, a communications manager near Seattle, said graphic design is a part of his job, and humor is a hobby. 

"As you can probably guess, I love humor that blows simple things completely out of proportion," he said in an email. "I thought the ad was funny, but I am completely taken aback by the response."
See the ad (we scrubbed out Strachila's phone number, because we might want to buy the car ourselves) below:

Source: HuffingtonPost.com

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Just turn the clock back to 1880 and you've got it!

Read more about the Ocean City of 1880 this Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye!

Is the last name Guy in your family history? A 1912 news item might be of especial interest to you, and of interest to everyone as well... in this week's edition!



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. Your name won't be used unless you ask that it be. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!

Both Johnson and Jackson Denied Bond

Tia Johnson and Clarence (Junior) Jackson were both denied bond yesterday by Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Thomas C. Groton III. The writer of the article must have meant Jackson and not Johnson as being unruly and making threatening comments. That's just Junior Jackson being himself.........

Accused killer, accomplice denied bond in Sheddy case

Brian Shane

Writer

Daily Times

SNOW HILL -- Two people accused of participating in the 2007 slaying of a Delaware woman were denied bail and are set to face murder and accessory charges at trial in June.

Worcester County Circuit County Judge Thomas C. Groton III denied bond for Clarence Butch Jackson, 37, of Pocomoke City, and Tia Lynn Johnson, 31, of Eden. Police say both participated either directly or indirectly in the Nov. 14, 2007, beating death of 26-year-old Christine Marie Sheddy.

Deputy Worcester County State's Attorney Abigail Marsh said there are no allegations that Johnson participated in the "brutal" murder, but that Johnson "most certainly" aided in the cover-up and posed a flight risk.

"Christine Sheddy had her skull essentially bashed in by a shovel," Marsh said. Based on "the horrific nature of this crime," she asked the judge to deny bond for both.

Jackson and Johnson -- who remain engaged to be married, Jackson told the judge -- are now set for a June 8 motions hearing and a June 13 Jury trial.
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Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting At "A Second Time Around"

The owners of the  newest business to open in downtown Pocomoke City, A Second Time Around  had their Grand Opening and ribbon cutting on Saturday  April 21.

Present at Saturdays ceremonies were:  (Left) Councilman Malloy, Councilwoman Downing (Center to right) Terri Darby and Dana Blanchard , Dana's grandson Maddox, Mayor Bruce Morrison, Councilman Tasker and Councilman Clarke.  Photo/ City of Pocomoke

Located on Market Street (once J.J. Newberry building) A Second Time Around offers something for everyone.  Stop by.......

For more information on A Second Time Around go HERE 

Justice For Phylicia ~ Finally....

Arrest made in Phylicia Barnes case

By Justin Fenton and Peter Hermann, The Baltimore Sun

An arrest has been made in connection with the killing of Phylicia Barnes, the 16-year-old from North Carolina who vanished while visiting family in Northwest Baltimore in 2010 and was found dead months later in the Susquehanna River.

Word broke late Wednesday from Barnes' relatives, and was confirmed by authorities. The attorney for Michael Johnson, the former boyfriend of Phylicia's older sister, confirmed that his client had been taken into custody at about 11:30 p.m. on unknown charges. Johnson had been the last person to see her alive.

Baltimore Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed that Johnson was arrested in connection with the Barnes' killing, but could not elaborate on the charges filed. An announcement was expected Thursday morning.

Russell Neverdon, Johnson's attorney, said his client maintains his innocence. He said members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force came to Johnson's house, arrested him, and took the keys to the house. He said he had previously instructed his client not to answer any questions in the event of his arrest.

Barnes' case attracted national media attention. The honors student disappeared without a trace, and detectives worked round-the-clock in an effort to find her. Her body was later found floating in the Susquehanna River nearly a year ago to the day. The case sparked a bill in the Maryland legislature called "Phylicia's Law," which supporters say will improve coordination between law enforcement and community groups in missing children cases.

Reached by phone, Phylicia's father, Russell Barnes, said the family was "rejoicing" over news of the arrest. He said the family had long suspected Johnson. He said he believes the new Phylicia's Law helped thrust the case back into the spotlight.

STORY CONTINUES.....

Another Proposal From the Obama Administration: Prevent Children From Doing Farm Chores

Bennie Hall Farms
Eastern Shore Virginia
Photo jmmb

Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores

By Patrick Richardson
Journalist
A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now it’s attracting barbs from farm kids themselves.

The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family farms, prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on their own families’ land.

Under the rules, children under 18 could no longer work “in the storing, marketing and transporting of farm product raw materials.”

“Prohibited places of employment,” a Department press release read, “would include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions.”

The new regulations, first proposed August 31 by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, would also revoke the government’s approval of safety training and certification taught by independent groups like 4-H and FFA, replacing them instead with a 90-hour federal government training course.

Rossie Blinson, a 21-year-old college student from Buis Creek, N.C., told The Daily Caller that the federal government’s plan will do far more harm than good.

“The main concern I have is that it would prevent kids from doing 4-H and FFA projects if they’re not at their parents’ house,” said Blinson.

“I started showing sheep when I was four years old. I started with cattle around 8. It’s been very important. I learned a lot of responsibility being a farm kid.”

In Kansas, Cherokee County Farm Bureau president Jeff Clark was out in the field — literally on a tractor — when TheDC reached him. He said if Solis’s regulations are implemented, farming families’ labor losses from their children will only be part of the problem.

“What would be more of a blow,” he said, “is not teaching our kids the values of working on a farm.”

The Environmental Protection Agency reports that the average age of the American farmer is now over 50.
“Losing that work-ethic — it’s so hard to pick this up later in life,” Clark said. “There’s other ways to learn how to farm, but it’s so hard. You can learn so much more working on the farm when you’re 12, 13, 14 years old.”

John Weber, 19, understands this. The Minneapolis native grew up in suburbia and learned the livestock business working summers on his relatives’ farm.

He’s now a college Agriculture major.

“I started working on my grandparent’s and uncle’s farms for a couple of weeks in the summer when I was 12,” Weber told TheDC. “I started spending full summers there when I was 13.”

“The work ethic is a huge part of it. It gave me a lot of direction and opportunity in my life. If they do this it will prevent a lot of interest in agriculture. It’s harder to get a 16 year-old interested in farming than a 12 year old.”

Weber is also a small businessman. In high school, he said, he took out a loan and bought a few steers to raise for income. “Under these regulations,” he explained, “I wouldn’t be allowed to do that.”

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Ocean City Police Dept. ~ Bikes To the Beach Event

BIKES TO BEACH EVENT COINCIDES WITH MAY’S MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH; OCPD REMINDING MOTORISTS TO “SHARE THE ROAD”

This weekend thousands of motorcyclists are anticipated to visit OceanCity, as the 2^nd Annual Bikes to the Beach Spring Rally is scheduled to begin on Thursday, April 26.  In correlation with Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, which begins May 1, the Ocean City Police Department is reminding motorists and motorcyclists to “share the road” with each other and be extra alert to keep motorcyclists safe.

Motorcycles are vehicles with the same rights and privileges as any motor vehicle on the roadway.  Motorists and bicyclists should perform visual checks for motorcyclists by checking mirrors and blind spots before they enter or exit a lane of traffic, and at intersections.  In addition, pedestrians should also get into the habit of scanning for motorcyclists who might be hidden by other traffic.

“As summer nears and special events such as Bikes to the Beach are held, more and more motorcyclists will be hitting the roads inOceanCity,” said Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino.  “A motorcycle is one of the smallest vehicles on our roads, often hidden in a vehicle’s blind spot.  Every driver needs to aggressively look for them before changing lanes or merging with traffic.”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcyclists are much more vulnerable than a passenger vehicle occupant in the event of a crash. “Motorcyclists have responsibilities too,” continued Chief DiPino.  “Motorcyclists should obey all traffic rules, be alert to drivers and pedestrians, never ride while impaired or distracted and always wear a helmet.” 

In order to help keep motorcyclists safe inOceanCity, the Ocean City Police Department would like to offer the following tips:

• Remember, a motorcycle is a vehicle with all of the rights and privileges of any other motor vehicle.
• Always allow a motorcyclist the full lane width—never try to share a lane.
• Perform a visual check for motorcycles by checking mirrors and blind spots before entering or exiting a lane of traffic, and at intersections.
• Always signal your intentions before changing lanes or merging with traffic.
• Don’t be fooled by a flashing turn signal on a mo­torcycle – motorcycle signals are often not self-canceling and riders sometimes forget to turn them off. Wait to be sure the motorcycle is going to turn before you proceed.
• Allow more following distance – three or four sec­onds – when behind a motorcycle so the motorcyclist has enough time to maneuver or stop in an emer­gency.
• Never tailgate. In dry conditions, motorcycles can stop more quickly than cars.
• Never drive while distracted.

In addition, motorcyclists can increase their safety by:

• Avoiding riding in poor weather conditions.
• Wearing brightly colored protective gear and a DOT-compliant helmet.
• Using turn signals for every turn or lane change, even if the rider thinks no one will see it.
• Combining hand signals and turn signals to draw more attention to themselves.
• Using reflective tape and stickers to increase visibility.
• Positioning themselves in the lane where they will be most visible to other drivers.
• Never driving while impaired or distracted. 

In hopes of a safe and successful “Bikes to the Beach” event and Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the Ocean City Police Department reminds all drivers and motorcyclists to help share in the responsibility of keeping all road users safe, and do your part by safely “sharing the road.”

Basket Bingo ~ Proceeds Benefit the Mar-Va Theater

Have Dinner At Friendly's Thursday And Support The Fire Company

On Thursday, April 26th, the Pocomoke Vol. Fire Co. will be having a fundraiser  at Friendly's in Pocomoke.

Have dinner at Friendly's 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM  and the Pocomoke City Fire Company will received a portion of the profits.

Spend some time meeting your local fire fighters.

Some fire equipment will be there and maybe even a visit from Sparky! 

Please Support Your
 Local Fire Company

Teenagers Drinking Hand Sanitizer To Get Drunk

Experts say parents should buy foam hand sanitizer

(CNN) - A half dozen teenagers in Southern California had to be taken to emergency rooms in the past few months because of hand sanitizer.

Public health officials say they had to be treated for alcohol poisoning after drinking the liquid. Now, officials tell the LA Times, they're worried this could become a dangerous trend.

Liquid hand sanitizer is 62 percent ethyl alcohol and makes a 120-proof drink. And it is very easy for teens to purchase.

Experts say parents should buy foam hand sanitizer because it's harder to distill the alcohol.

They also say parents should monitor the sanitizer the same way they would liquor or medicine.

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