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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Blogger Is Screwing Up
If you're wondering why your comment is taking some time to be posted it's because Blogger is screwing up. Every time someone puts up a comment it sends me an instant e-mail, all of which I have not been getting for hours now. I have to go into the administration portion of Blogger to get to them. I knew it was too quiet the last couple of hours. Anyhow, I'll check them every so often and see what's up. Sorry for the delay.
Live At The Shorebirds Game!
Shorebirds 14-12, Legends 8-18. The Birds are 2.5 games back of 1st.
Starting Pitchers - Shorebirds Cole McCurry 0-2, 4.22 ERA; Leandro Cespedes 1-1, 5.40 ERA.
Bottom of the First - Anthony Martinez blooped one to center for a single Matt Angle socres, Tyler Henson moves to third. A delayed steal by Henson from third gets in for a run. 2-0 Shorebirds.
Top of the 2nd - Steve Brown K'd by Cole McCurry. Eric Taylor reaches 2nd on a wild throw to 1st. Kevin Carkeek hit one through the shortstop, Taylor stays on 2nd. Nicholas Moresi K'd. Joe Mahoney makes an out on Ronald Ramirez pop out. 2-0 Birds.
Bottom of the 2nd - Kieron Pope goes down with a K. Wally Crancer doubled off the wall standing up. Ryan adams skied out to center. Matt Angle gounds out to first and Crancer is left stranded. 1-0 Birds. Russell Dixon strikes out for the final out. Still 2-0 Birds.
Top of the 3rd - Matthew Cusick K'd out! Craig Corrado ripped one down the third base line for a stand up double. Collin Delome grounded out and Corrado moved to 3rd.
Bottom of the 3rd - Matt Tucker got hit by a pitch and moves to first. Tucker moves to 2nd on a wild pitch with 2 outs. Martinez strikes ou to end the inning. Still 2-0 Birds.
Top of the 4th - Steve Brown gets an infield single. McCurry threw a wild pitch and Brown moves to 2nd. Carkeek gives a sacrifice fly to center to move over Brown to third. Taylor walked. Moresi drives in Taylor and Brown with a double down the third base line. Moresi scores on a Craig Corrado hit; Cusick is on 2nd. Anthony Martinez of the Birds misses a routine grounder on a DeLome hit. Cusick scores. Dixon is walked, bases loaded. Steve Brown got k'd to end the inning. 4-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 4th - Nowicki flied out for the first out. Pope pops out in foul territory. Crancer flies out for the final out. 4-2 Legends.
Top of the 5th - Eric Taylor gets a lead off double. Carkeek walked, men on 1st and 2nd. Moresi hits a double and scores Taylor and Carkeek. McCurry is pulled for Shane Matthews. Ramirez grounds out and Moresi moves to 3rd. Cusick is walked and men on the corners. Corrado gets a sacrifice fly and Moresi scores. Delome is hit by a pitch; men on 1st and 2nd. Dixon hits a double and scores Delome and Cusick. Steve Brown flied out to end the inning. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 5th - Adams K'd. Angle K'd. Matt Tucker doubled to right. Henson K'd to end the inning. 9-2 Legends.
Top of the 6th - Joe Nowicki makes a diving catch for the 1st out. Carkeek grounds out to 2nd. Martinez catches a lazer down the 1st base line for the final out. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 6th - Mahoney Grounds to the SS for the 1st out. Martinez singles to right. Nowicki grounds into a double play to end the innning. 9-2 Legends.
Top of the 7th - Ramirez K'd. Cusick reaches 2nd on a hit to left,0 but left stranded on a DeLome pop out. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 7th - Pope grounds out to the pitcher. Crancer walked with one out. Ryan Adams grounds into a inning ending double play. 9-2 Legends.
Top of the 8th - Dixon K'd. Brown grounded out to the pitcher. Taylor grounds out for the final out. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 8th - Angle K'd. Matt Tucker gets a double to center. Henson Grounds to the SS for an out and Tucker moves to third. Tucker Scores on a Mahoney double. Martinez hits a two run two out shot to deep left. Nowicki flies out for the final out. 9-5 Legends.
Top of the 9th - Carkeek grounds to third for the 1st out. Moresi grounds out. Ramirez grounds out to end the inning. 9-5 Legends.
Bottom of the 9th - Pope flies out deep to right for the first out. Crancer lined out to left for the 2nd out. Adams K'd to end the game.
McCurry (0-3) gets the loss and the Birds 14-13 now. Cespedes gets the W and the Legends are now 9-18.
Starting Pitchers - Shorebirds Cole McCurry 0-2, 4.22 ERA; Leandro Cespedes 1-1, 5.40 ERA.
Bottom of the First - Anthony Martinez blooped one to center for a single Matt Angle socres, Tyler Henson moves to third. A delayed steal by Henson from third gets in for a run. 2-0 Shorebirds.
Top of the 2nd - Steve Brown K'd by Cole McCurry. Eric Taylor reaches 2nd on a wild throw to 1st. Kevin Carkeek hit one through the shortstop, Taylor stays on 2nd. Nicholas Moresi K'd. Joe Mahoney makes an out on Ronald Ramirez pop out. 2-0 Birds.
Bottom of the 2nd - Kieron Pope goes down with a K. Wally Crancer doubled off the wall standing up. Ryan adams skied out to center. Matt Angle gounds out to first and Crancer is left stranded. 1-0 Birds. Russell Dixon strikes out for the final out. Still 2-0 Birds.
Top of the 3rd - Matthew Cusick K'd out! Craig Corrado ripped one down the third base line for a stand up double. Collin Delome grounded out and Corrado moved to 3rd.
Bottom of the 3rd - Matt Tucker got hit by a pitch and moves to first. Tucker moves to 2nd on a wild pitch with 2 outs. Martinez strikes ou to end the inning. Still 2-0 Birds.
Top of the 4th - Steve Brown gets an infield single. McCurry threw a wild pitch and Brown moves to 2nd. Carkeek gives a sacrifice fly to center to move over Brown to third. Taylor walked. Moresi drives in Taylor and Brown with a double down the third base line. Moresi scores on a Craig Corrado hit; Cusick is on 2nd. Anthony Martinez of the Birds misses a routine grounder on a DeLome hit. Cusick scores. Dixon is walked, bases loaded. Steve Brown got k'd to end the inning. 4-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 4th - Nowicki flied out for the first out. Pope pops out in foul territory. Crancer flies out for the final out. 4-2 Legends.
Top of the 5th - Eric Taylor gets a lead off double. Carkeek walked, men on 1st and 2nd. Moresi hits a double and scores Taylor and Carkeek. McCurry is pulled for Shane Matthews. Ramirez grounds out and Moresi moves to 3rd. Cusick is walked and men on the corners. Corrado gets a sacrifice fly and Moresi scores. Delome is hit by a pitch; men on 1st and 2nd. Dixon hits a double and scores Delome and Cusick. Steve Brown flied out to end the inning. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 5th - Adams K'd. Angle K'd. Matt Tucker doubled to right. Henson K'd to end the inning. 9-2 Legends.
Top of the 6th - Joe Nowicki makes a diving catch for the 1st out. Carkeek grounds out to 2nd. Martinez catches a lazer down the 1st base line for the final out. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 6th - Mahoney Grounds to the SS for the 1st out. Martinez singles to right. Nowicki grounds into a double play to end the innning. 9-2 Legends.
Top of the 7th - Ramirez K'd. Cusick reaches 2nd on a hit to left,0 but left stranded on a DeLome pop out. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 7th - Pope grounds out to the pitcher. Crancer walked with one out. Ryan Adams grounds into a inning ending double play. 9-2 Legends.
Top of the 8th - Dixon K'd. Brown grounded out to the pitcher. Taylor grounds out for the final out. 9-2 Legends.
Bottom of the 8th - Angle K'd. Matt Tucker gets a double to center. Henson Grounds to the SS for an out and Tucker moves to third. Tucker Scores on a Mahoney double. Martinez hits a two run two out shot to deep left. Nowicki flies out for the final out. 9-5 Legends.
Top of the 9th - Carkeek grounds to third for the 1st out. Moresi grounds out. Ramirez grounds out to end the inning. 9-5 Legends.
Bottom of the 9th - Pope flies out deep to right for the first out. Crancer lined out to left for the 2nd out. Adams K'd to end the game.
McCurry (0-3) gets the loss and the Birds 14-13 now. Cespedes gets the W and the Legends are now 9-18.
Accident On Providence Church Rd
Photos courtesy of Wayne Barrall www.fithp.net
There was a serious accident early this morning on Susan Beach Rd and Providence Church Rd where someone neglected to stop at a stop sign and the two vehicles collided.
The problem has always been, lack of markings and small stop signs. There have been several deaths where Spring Hill Rd and Susan Beach Rd meet Rt. 54, (Line Rd). Changes are in the works in which we'll detail at a later date but I can assure you they are for the better and accidents like this should be a thing of the past thanks to the Delmar4 Fire Chief Shawn Johnson. More to come.......
Homeowner In Texas Kills Intruder
"Texas law does give you the authority and the right to defend your property."
GO HERE to see the video
GO HERE to see the video
Baba Wawa Has An Affair With US Senator
GO HERE to see the full AP Story.
NEW YORK (AP) - entertainmentminute After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."
She will expose the story this coming Tuesday on the "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
NEW YORK (AP) - entertainmentminute After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."
She will expose the story this coming Tuesday on the "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
BREAKING NEWS!
I will have a story pop up here some time this evening that is going to blow everyone's mind. Sit tight because this one is a good one!
Where's The Building Permits?
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*Exclusive News*
The D&C Auto Sales Company from Laurel, DE. is coming to the old McDonald's near Lake Street & Business Rt. 50. Yes, they're turning it into a Used Car Lot. Not for nothing but for some reason I have a feeling this is going to draw a ton of comments. Starting with, are they nuts? I mean, I welcome any business coming to the area that isn't X-Rated but a Car Lot, at that location?
One thing I did notice was the fact that there were no building permits exposed anywhere on this building?
Springfest Kicked Off At 10:00 AM This Morning
If you have nothing to do this weekend and you have money left over from Pork in the Park and the Salisbury Festival, take the $3.50 per gallon ride to Ocean City and look through the never ending repeat trinkets you find every year, year after year. Woo Hoo, what fun too. I hate to say this but my guess would be that this year will be the biggest flop they've ever experienced and it will also show a sign of what to expect business/visitor wise for the summer season.
Dear IRS
DEAR INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,
Enclosed you will find my 2008 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes.
Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper; dated 12 November, wherein you will see the Pentagon (Department of Defense) is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600.00 per toilet seat.
I am enclosing four (4) toilet seats (valued @ $2,400) and six (6) hammers valued @ $1,029), which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3,429.00.
Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the 'Presidential Election Fund, as noted on my return.
You can do this inexpensively by sending them one (1) 1.5' Phillips Head screw (see aforementioned article from USA Today newspaper detailing how H.U.D. pays $22.00 each for 1.5' Phillips Head Screws).
One screw is enclosed for your convenience.
It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year.
Sincerely,
A Satisfied Taxpayer
Enclosed you will find my 2008 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes.
Please note the attached article from the USA Today newspaper; dated 12 November, wherein you will see the Pentagon (Department of Defense) is paying $171.50 per hammer and NASA has paid $600.00 per toilet seat.
I am enclosing four (4) toilet seats (valued @ $2,400) and six (6) hammers valued @ $1,029), which I secured at Home Depot, bringing my total remittance to $3,429.00.
Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the 'Presidential Election Fund, as noted on my return.
You can do this inexpensively by sending them one (1) 1.5' Phillips Head screw (see aforementioned article from USA Today newspaper detailing how H.U.D. pays $22.00 each for 1.5' Phillips Head Screws).
One screw is enclosed for your convenience.
It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year.
Sincerely,
A Satisfied Taxpayer
A VIEW FROM THE WEST: Wright, Wrong and NOT MONOLITHIC
A couple of notes on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. First and foremost, Wright and Wrong is the subject of my PolitckerMD.com column this week.
If any good comes out of, it will show that black people are NOT monolithic. Looking at The Baltimore Sun this morning, even the pastors of black churches in Baltimore are not in agreement completely with Rev. Wright. One pastor feared that Wright's comments might overshadow his good works in the community in the south side of Chicago.
If there is anything that is harped on at any point in time when I write, it is this myth that blacks are monolithic. The mainstream is starting to realize that (hopefully) about political beliefs in the black community, hopefully it will now start to realize this about spiritual and moral beliefs.
If any good comes out of, it will show that black people are NOT monolithic. Looking at The Baltimore Sun this morning, even the pastors of black churches in Baltimore are not in agreement completely with Rev. Wright. One pastor feared that Wright's comments might overshadow his good works in the community in the south side of Chicago.
If there is anything that is harped on at any point in time when I write, it is this myth that blacks are monolithic. The mainstream is starting to realize that (hopefully) about political beliefs in the black community, hopefully it will now start to realize this about spiritual and moral beliefs.
Councilwomen Cohen & Campbell Bring Up Some Serious Questions & Heat
GO HERE to view their Blog.
"Different" Budget Process Clouds Transparency
At the council’s first budget work session on April 22, we learned from the police personnel committee that the chief of police had requested additional officers for the department. According to Page 402 (see it here) of the Mayor’s Proposed Budget book, no such request had been made. The fire department personnel committee advised us of the chief’s request for additional firefighters to meet minimum response standards again, per Page 424 (see it here) of the Mayor’s Proposed Budget, no such request was reflected.
In his opening remarks, City Administrator John Pick stated that the administration decided to do things differently this year. He said that department heads were told to submit a budget at no more than 3% increase than the current year and anything additional would be kept separately as “supplemental budget” for consideration if the budget offered room for additions. Thus, unlike last year, the mayor’s proposed budget book and line-item detail do not consistently show requests as “unable to fund.” This has left the council with a false impression about what was requested by some departments, including police and fire, especially since this “supplemental budget” information was not provided in any form to the council.
Upon learning this situation at the meeting, held seven days after the proposed budget was delivered by the mayor on April 15, we immediately requested to have the full budget requests as soon as possible so we could better consider the context of the figures in the mayor’s budget and analyze budgetary priorities for optimum delivery of essential services to Salisbury taxpayers.
Further, this new methodology does not allow the public to see easily what departmentally requested items were cut from the mayor’s proposed budget. The public would only see cuts and additions to the budget made by the council, and the council would be hard-pressed to recommend additions or substitutions responsibly without knowing the departmental requests that had been cut by the mayor.
We feel this approach gives the public a skewed impression of priorities and diminishes transparency and accountability. For example, some people (including us) were under the mistaken impression that the chief of police had not requested more officers because that is what the mayor’s budget book stated. We now know this is untrue.
As of mid-day Friday, we have received a packet of “supplemental budget” information, the police and fire requests having been delivered Wednesday. We will be reviewing this packet so that the budget can be better prioritized and will share some of our budget observations on this website.
We encourage citizens to look at the budget and form their own conclusions. As the Salisbury Charter requires, the budget, budget message and all supporting schedules are public records. By charter, this information is supposed to be kept in the Department of Internal Services, open to public inspection. Also per charter SC7-15, “The Mayor shall cause sufficient copies of the budget and budget message to be prepared for distribution to interested persons.” The county library downtown has traditionally kept a copy as well.
For your convenience, at right under our pictures, you’ll find links to downloadable PDFs of the “Next Year/Current Year Budget Analysis.” This provides detailed information about the proposed budget accounts. We hope you will review your areas of interest (the document is broken into several files for downloading ease and focus area review) and contact council members with your questions, concerns and suggestions.
Again, GO HERE to view their Blog.
"Different" Budget Process Clouds Transparency
At the council’s first budget work session on April 22, we learned from the police personnel committee that the chief of police had requested additional officers for the department. According to Page 402 (see it here) of the Mayor’s Proposed Budget book, no such request had been made. The fire department personnel committee advised us of the chief’s request for additional firefighters to meet minimum response standards again, per Page 424 (see it here) of the Mayor’s Proposed Budget, no such request was reflected.
In his opening remarks, City Administrator John Pick stated that the administration decided to do things differently this year. He said that department heads were told to submit a budget at no more than 3% increase than the current year and anything additional would be kept separately as “supplemental budget” for consideration if the budget offered room for additions. Thus, unlike last year, the mayor’s proposed budget book and line-item detail do not consistently show requests as “unable to fund.” This has left the council with a false impression about what was requested by some departments, including police and fire, especially since this “supplemental budget” information was not provided in any form to the council.
Upon learning this situation at the meeting, held seven days after the proposed budget was delivered by the mayor on April 15, we immediately requested to have the full budget requests as soon as possible so we could better consider the context of the figures in the mayor’s budget and analyze budgetary priorities for optimum delivery of essential services to Salisbury taxpayers.
Further, this new methodology does not allow the public to see easily what departmentally requested items were cut from the mayor’s proposed budget. The public would only see cuts and additions to the budget made by the council, and the council would be hard-pressed to recommend additions or substitutions responsibly without knowing the departmental requests that had been cut by the mayor.
We feel this approach gives the public a skewed impression of priorities and diminishes transparency and accountability. For example, some people (including us) were under the mistaken impression that the chief of police had not requested more officers because that is what the mayor’s budget book stated. We now know this is untrue.
As of mid-day Friday, we have received a packet of “supplemental budget” information, the police and fire requests having been delivered Wednesday. We will be reviewing this packet so that the budget can be better prioritized and will share some of our budget observations on this website.
We encourage citizens to look at the budget and form their own conclusions. As the Salisbury Charter requires, the budget, budget message and all supporting schedules are public records. By charter, this information is supposed to be kept in the Department of Internal Services, open to public inspection. Also per charter SC7-15, “The Mayor shall cause sufficient copies of the budget and budget message to be prepared for distribution to interested persons.” The county library downtown has traditionally kept a copy as well.
For your convenience, at right under our pictures, you’ll find links to downloadable PDFs of the “Next Year/Current Year Budget Analysis.” This provides detailed information about the proposed budget accounts. We hope you will review your areas of interest (the document is broken into several files for downloading ease and focus area review) and contact council members with your questions, concerns and suggestions.
Again, GO HERE to view their Blog.
SUPPLIES FOR SOLDIERS
Help give back to those that have already given so much!!!!
“Supplies for Soldiers” is being conducted to collect items for soldiers
overseas to fulfill their needs and provide them with some comforts of
home.
When: Friday, May 2, 2008
From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Parsonsburg Fire Department
“Supplies for Soldiers” is being conducted to collect items for soldiers
overseas to fulfill their needs and provide them with some comforts of
home.
When: Friday, May 2, 2008
From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Parsonsburg Fire Department
Courageous Christopher 5k Update!
From Christopher's Mother,
To date we have 179 registrants. We have planned an amazing family friendly post race party with 4 bounce houses, sunshine the clown, face painting, snow cone, cotton candy, popcorn machines, a pig roast, Music by "Red No Blue", pizza, ice cream truck, fire truck, puppet show and much more. We have prizes for the top 3 in each age group and the top 3 male and top 3 female overall runners. We also have a host of prizes to be drawn at random from Bib numbers at the post race party. We are thrilled with the support our community has shown and can't wait for the event!
Thank you for your support, Karen!
Now folks, not only is this going to be a great race it is going to be even more of an amazing social event for an amazing cause. 179 enterants is a large field for a local 5k which is not established year to year. I would love to see this field get even bigger! Pencil in this event and come out, even if your not running. The post race party will be a great event to bring the whole family out to!
Remember, walkers, strollers, and even doggies are invited to run along with Christopher. The date of the event is Saturday May 17 at Asbury Church on Camden. Raceday registration begins at 8:30 and the race goes off at 10:00.
From all of us at Salisbury News and on behalf of the Mull family, we thank you all for your support!
http://www.courageouschristopher.com/about.htm
To date we have 179 registrants. We have planned an amazing family friendly post race party with 4 bounce houses, sunshine the clown, face painting, snow cone, cotton candy, popcorn machines, a pig roast, Music by "Red No Blue", pizza, ice cream truck, fire truck, puppet show and much more. We have prizes for the top 3 in each age group and the top 3 male and top 3 female overall runners. We also have a host of prizes to be drawn at random from Bib numbers at the post race party. We are thrilled with the support our community has shown and can't wait for the event!
Thank you for your support, Karen!
Now folks, not only is this going to be a great race it is going to be even more of an amazing social event for an amazing cause. 179 enterants is a large field for a local 5k which is not established year to year. I would love to see this field get even bigger! Pencil in this event and come out, even if your not running. The post race party will be a great event to bring the whole family out to!
Remember, walkers, strollers, and even doggies are invited to run along with Christopher. The date of the event is Saturday May 17 at Asbury Church on Camden. Raceday registration begins at 8:30 and the race goes off at 10:00.
From all of us at Salisbury News and on behalf of the Mull family, we thank you all for your support!
http://www.courageouschristopher.com/about.htm
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2 Years Ago Today
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Two years ago, the MDE had stepped in to the Salisbury WWTP and demanded the old liner and sludge be removed immediately. They slapped the City with a $10,000.00 Fine and this was one of the final pictures taken before they were actually forced to remove the sludge seen above with the boat still floating in it.
Board of Ed kicks off it's Q&A
Yesterday I got a message from Tom Field, A/Superintentendant of Schools. Mr. Field advised that the BOE website had impemented the Q&A portion as it had previously promised. Upon my returning home I stopped by the site and found that it was just as Mr. Field stated. It requires that you send an e-mail and recieve your answer via e-mail or letter (I believe that's what I read). I can understand the need to have questions e-mailed in order to moderate the inappropriate language, etc., but I'd like to see the questions posted on the website as well as the answers for ALL to see. This is what I understand the site indicates. This would eliminate any allegations that the board is trying to avoid answering certain questions. I'm not saying that this occurs, only that there are those who feel that way.
I think that this is definitely a step toward open dialogue between the BOE and the tax paying citizens. Anyone interested should go to http://www.wcboe.org/BOE/questions/ and pose your questions. Perhaps they'll be posted for everyone to see.
I think that this is definitely a step toward open dialogue between the BOE and the tax paying citizens. Anyone interested should go to http://www.wcboe.org/BOE/questions/ and pose your questions. Perhaps they'll be posted for everyone to see.
One Year Ago Today
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A foul ball came Michael's way at a Shorebirds Game last year and he was kind enough to give it to one of these young girls shown above. The infamous former 47 News Anchor Mr. Kenny Beck and his Bride were also sitting right there when Michael gave away the ball. Nice work Michael!
Quote of the Day
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable". James Garfield 1831-1881, 20th U.S. President