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Weather: Forecast Update

Event will last from Friday (9/5/08) commencing in the evening with light rain from the leading bans until early Sunday (9/7/08) morning when this storm is projected to move out of this area.

Saturday (9/6/08) between 5:00a.m. and 2:00p.m. sustained winds are expected to be 25 to 35 mph. with maximum gusts of 45 mph. rain fall is expected to be 3 -5 inches with tides up to 2 foot above normal.

Wicomico County Emergency Services

Is continuing to monitor the situation in conjunction with representatives of surrounding counties, local government representatives and first responders, and the National Weather Service, and MEMA.

Citizens will be informed of any significant changes through local media.

Community Emergency Preparedness Information

Citizens are encouraged to monitor local media and or weather radio.

A flash flood watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for Wicomico County. Residents are advised to avoid driving through standing water over roadways. Residents living in flood prone areas should be extra vigilant in monitoring their surroundings.

Residents should secure all outside items/objects due to the expected winds to reduce flying debris/objects.

Residents should be prepared for power outages associated with the storm.

Residents can visit the Wicomico County Department of Emergency Services website at www.wicomicocounty.org/es for additional information on Emergency Preparedness Topics to include flash flooding and power outages.

Westside Community Center Indoor Yard Sale Cancelled

(Salisbury, MD) The Westside Community Center’s indoor yard sale scheduled for Saturday, September 6 from 7:00am-1:00pm has been cancelled due to weather.

The Westside Community Center is located at 21109 Bivalve Lodge Road in Bivalve, Maryland. For more information, call Joy Klauder at 410-873-2993. If you would like to learn about other upcoming programs offered by Wicomico County Recreation, Parks and Tourism sign up for Recreation email alerts at www.wicomicorecandparks.org

Please Help Sally

Meet Sally Shipley. She is a mother of 3 children and 1 stepson. She lives in Berlin and works 3 different jobs to help make ends meet with her husband, Mark. She is my best friend.

Her life was turned upside-down late June when she had a major seizure. After many tests in local hospitals, she was told she had 2 "lesions" on her brain that needed to be tested. She was then rushed to Johns Hopkins where she was told that the lesions needed to removed ASAP and tested. Sally had successful her surgery on July 3rd. The test results from her surgery confirmed she has stage IV Glioblastomas multiforme cancer. The type of cancer she has in NOT curable. She is in the middle of daily radiation and chemo, along with many other drugs and anti-seizure medications.

The benefit will be held at Oasis Bar & Grill in Whaleyville on Rt. 346 (Old Ocean City Rd). I will post more information soon.

If you would like to contribute to the benefit, please contact Teri Darby at 443-880-6868 or email oc_teri@yahoo.com. Or Billy Reynolds at 443-614-7073. Or, you can reach me at

443-880-3594 or email me at atlanticjw@aol.com.

Joe Weker Is Still Teaching RIGHT NOW At Wor Wic

Guess who is filling in for Joe Weker at Wor-Wic Comm College while he is awaiting court for DWI and assault? Joe Weker is.

Joe Weker is still teaching, and joking with students about his arrest.

Annual Maryland Chief Conference To Be Held in Ocean City

The 47th Annual Conference of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association will be held in Ocean City, Maryland at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel.

The Conference is to begin Sunday through Wednesday. On Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. the Association will recognize the Maryland “Police Officer of the Year” at the annual awards program. Other private organizations will be recognized for their contributions to public safety and crime prevention. The Maryland Chiefs are proud to recognize the outstanding work and dedication of the several Maryland Police Officers during the awards ceremony.

On evening of Wednesday, September 10, Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino will be installed as the new President of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association. This will be the first time in the 47 year history of the Association that a woman will be named President.

Members of the media are invited and encouraged to attend both the awards ceremony and the installation banquet. For more information regarding these events, please contact the OCPD Public Affairs Office.

Ahhhhh, it feels so good to be invited. See you there Chiefy.

Wicomico Recreation Outdoor Sports Cancelled For Saturday, Sept. 6

(Salisbury, MD) All Wicomico Recreation outdoor sports are cancelled for Saturday, September 6 due to threatening weather. This includes the West Wicomico Heritage Ride and Youth Soccer. Make-up dates will be announced. For further information please call the Wicomico Recreation Cancellation line at 410-548-4900 ext. 5.

HELP! Stolen Vehicle

My Silver 2000 Lincoln Navigator was stolen from my driveway at approximately 10 pm last night. It has Maryland tags 429M371. There was a Delaware temp tag in the back of the vehicle that belongs to a boat trailer that could possibly be used. There was a hit and run last night involving a light colored Navigator after leaving the Royal Farms store on Main St. Any information on this please call me ANYTIME at 443-783-0877. There is a slight scuff on the corner of the right rear bumper. The front tag also has a slight bend through the middle of it.

Thank you,
Bill Shockley

“Budweiser Celebrity Billiards Shootout”

Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 Carl Edwards, Bobby Labonte, Clint Bowyer and others will play for $10,000 in prize money for their charity
DOVER, Del. – Carl Edwards, Bobby Labonte and Clint Bowyer are all comfortable behind the wheel of an 800‐horsepower stock car on the high banks of Dover International Speedway, and have each visited victory lane at the Monster Mile during their careers. On Friday, Sept. 19, fans in attendance at the “Budweiser Celebrity Billiards Shootout” at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino will get to see how talented they are off of the track during a $10,000 winner‐takes‐all tournament for their respective charity.

A 12‐person field of drivers and celebrities, including Edwards, with support from Kraft, Bowyer, Labonte, SPEED personality Hermie Sadler, NASCAR pit reporters Jamie Little and Shannon Spake, “American Builder” host Brian Gurry, and a cast of others will participate in the inaugural nine‐ball shootout sponsored by the NKS Beverage Group. Additional participants will be announced in the near future.

The Friday night event at the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. following a full day of on‐track activities at the Speedway. Tickets are now available for $15 for general admission, or $30 for VIP seating, and can be obtained by calling 800‐711‐5882.

“We are pleased to host the Budweiser Celebrity Billiards Shootout as part of the upcoming race weekend at Dover International Speedway,” said George Fiorile, vice president and general manager of hotel operations for the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. “Thousands of race fans converge on Dover for race weekend, and it’s exciting to be able to offer them a unique event to further add to their race weekend experience.”

Music, giveaways and much more will be part of the night, and guests are invited to play pool on the tournament tables after the event concludes at 8:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be available for purchase during the event.

NASCAR returns to Dover International Speedway this September for three days of championship‐fueled action including the Sept. 21, 2008 “Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, the Sept. 20, 2008 “Camping World RV Sales 200 supporting the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma” NASCAR Nationwide Series race, and the Sept. 19, 2008 “Sunoco 150” NASCAR Camping World Series race. For more information, or to purchase race tickets, call 800‐441‐RACE or visit DoverSpeedway.com.

About Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Owned by Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: DDE), Dover Downs Hotel & Casino® is a premier gaming and entertainment resort destination in the Mid‐Atlantic region. The 165,000‐sq.‐ft. casino is open 24 hours daily and has approximately 3,200 video lottery terminals (slot machines) controlled by the Delaware Lottery. The most recent casino addition, The Colonnade, includes a casino lounge, shops and restaurants consisting of The Colonnade Marketplace, Swarovski, Godiva Chocolatier, Fashions of The Colonnade, Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House, Public House and Marabella’s. The AAA‐rated Four Diamond hotel is the largest in Delaware with 500 luxurious rooms/suites, indoor pool, sauna, exercise room, gift shop, Toppers Spa/Salon, 1600‐seat Rollins Center® ballroom and 35,000 sq. ft. of multi‐function space. Additional amenities include eight restaurants/cafes, five bars, live harness racing and simulcast horse racing. For more information, please visit www.doverdowns.com.

About Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD), a leading promoter of motorsports events in the United States. DVD subsidiaries operate four tracks in three states, and present more than 500 motorsports events each year. This includes 16 major, national events which operate under the auspices of three of the premier sanctioning bodies in the U.S. — NASCAR, NHRA, and IRL. Dover Motorsports, Inc. also owns and operates Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Mo., Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis, Tenn., and Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tenn. For further information log on to www.dovermotorsports.com.

Rock Band Staind’s New Release, The Illusion Of Progress, Debuts #3 On Billboard 200

Staind will Perform at the WY&CC on November 19

(Salisbury, MD) Talk about detonating on impact. The Illusion of Progress, the new album from Flip/Atlantic recording artists Staind, rocketed onto the Billboard 200 this week at #3, making it the fourth consecutive album of the band’s career to debut in the top 3.

News of the album’s explosive arrival follows a flurry of headline-making moves for the multi-platinum band, who recently teamed with online retailer Amazon.com for an innovative pre-release promotion, and have been on a worldwide summer tour, to be followed by a run in Europe with Nickelback in September, and headlining dates with special guests Seether and Papa Roach including a date at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury, MD on November 19.

About The Illusion of Progress, the Boston Globe wrote, “…the music packs as much punch as ever—and more variety, as Staind sometimes departs from its rock-metal power ballads for tunes that suggest Pink Floyd and even Brit band Oasis.” The Hartford Courant praised the band for “pushing its musical boundaries outward,” and USA Today hailed the quartet for serving up a “nicely crafted ballad or two” and “a few engaging surprises, including the sparse, acoustic “Tangled Up In You,” politically charged “Rainy Day Parade” and “The Corner,” with a gospel choir and a bluesy grandeur worthy of Pink Floyd.”

Over the course of the past decade, Staind has sold more than 12 million records worldwide. They’ve had four #1 singles that span three different radio formats, including two massive crossover singles “It’s Been Awhile” and “Right Here.” “It’s Been Awhile” spent 16 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, making it the #1 most played rock record of 2002.

Office Procedures Concerning Storm And Office Closings

The following are the
firm's guidelines based upon the hurricane's intensity:

Hurricane Category #1
No excuse for being late. Leave earlier to give extra time to
avoid fallen trees and limbs.


Hurricane Category #2
Due to the horizontal rain, you may wear jeans.


Hurricane Category #3
Whereas most of the area will be flooded we suggest you
avoid wearing open toe sandals when coming to work. Canoes will be
provided to get to the building safely without getting wet.


Hurricane Category #4
More than likely there will be no electricity. Given that, we
will have manual typewriters available to all staff members. Please take
extra caution and wear water-proof make-up if Category 4 or above.


Hurricane Category #5
Velcro will be provided to keep you attached to your chairs when
the windows blow out. For those that survive, we will have chocolate
cake at 3:00 pm in the kitchen.

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By grannydragon

Frank Kratovil - Who Will Pay?

Last night, a few hours before Sen. John McCain told us why we should STAND UP and FIGHT for AMERICA, Frank Kratovil - the man who wants to be our Congressman - told a group in Salisbury that he wants the government to have ultimate control over health care in the United States. The timing was ironic, to say the least.

Health care spending in this country amounts to almost 20% of our economy. The federal government can't get you through an airport efficiently, yet Kratovil wants it to manage your health care.

Kratovil, trying to be all things to all people, preached an incremental socialism. He wants to start off with a requirement to make you buy health insurance. He admits this isn't because it's the best solution. No, Kratovil wants socialized medicine. This is how we get their. Read More ...

Don't Forget Our Classified Ads

If you have something you'd like to sell or even give away, put a FREE Classified Ad on Salisbury News. Send the information to, alberobutzo@wmconnect.com . Today is the final day to submit items for the week and the ads come out tomorrow morning.

Quote of the Day

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may: Mark Twain

Solutions

Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country
lately: illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking
people in Florida .

Not me. I concentrate on solutions for the problems. It's a win-win
situation.

+ Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.

+ Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levies.

+ Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border.

Any other problems you would like for me to solve today ? Yes!

Think about this one:

1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments

C O W S

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad
cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada
almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state
of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they
are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our
country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N

They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... Why
don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart
guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.

T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a
courthouse is this:
You cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal,' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit
Adultery,' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers,
judges and politicians...It creates a hostile work environment.

It is Time for America to Speak up !

Alaska License Plate

How's My Driving?

No seat belt, foot on the dash. Heck, all she was missing was a Comegys Text Message Cell Phone and it would have completed the whole image on how not to drive a vehicle.

Andy Harris Supporters Gather On The Eastern Shore

Many local Andy Harris Supporters gathered this week to go over schedules and strategies. I just wish they would have listened to the STRONG suggestion about New York Pizza and not Domino's! Tight Wads! LOL

Daily Times Proof Reading?

"Was reading the DT today, (don't shoot me) and this just jumped right out at me. In the delmarva section on the first page at the bottom where they have the newstracker updates on previous stories..on the 2007 princess anne home invasion it says under the latest russel was sentenced to 10 years in prison with 15 years suspended LOL..I shit you not...now I am no journalism major..but that should have caught someones eye before going to press."

This was yesterday's paper.

Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Releases

Incident: Burglary
Date of Incident: 2 September 2008
Location: 2400 block of Ivy Street, Salisbury, MD
Suspects:
1. Stephon E. Harris, 19, Salisbury, MD
2. juvenile, 17, Salisbury, MD

Narrative: On 2 September 2008, deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s office responded to a reported home invasion style burglary in the 2400 block of Ivy Street in Salisbury, MD. The resident advised that he was home at 10:30 PM on that date when four male subjects forced their way through the front door of the residence. Once inside, the resident confronted the four subjects and they left the residence and fled from the area.

Deputies searched the area and were able to locate two individuals that the victim positively identified as being involved in the incident an 18 and 17 year old male. The identities of the other two subjects remain unknown and the Sheriff’s office is continuing the investigation. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776.

The 19 year old suspect arrested, Stephon Harris, was transported to the Central Booking Unit at the Wicomico County Detention Center where he was processed and taken before the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, Harris was released on Personal Recognizance.

Charges:
Burglary, Trespassing, malicious Destruction of Property

Incident: Possession of Heroin
Date of Incident: 2 September 2008
Location: 1300 Block of Mt. Hermon road, Salisbury, MD

Suspects: David Lee Powell, 20, Berlin MD

Narrative: On 2 August 2008 at 1:04 PM, a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle on Mt. Hermon Road for a front seat passenger that was not restrained by a seat belt. Upon making contact with the driver, the deputy observed that the passenger, David Powell, appeared extremely nervous just because of the deputy’s presence. This raised the deputy’s suspicions which caused the deputy to further investigate. Eventually, the deputy initiated a search of the vehicle and found six envelopes of what the deputy recognized as heroin along with three hypodermic syringes. The passenger claimed ownership of the Heroin and syringes and admitted to the deputy the heroin was destined for sale.

Powell was arrested and transported to the Central Booking Unit at the Wicomico County Detention Center where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. After an initial appearance, Powell was held in the Detention Center in lieu of $75,000.00 bond.

Charges:
Possession of Heroin
Possession of Heroin with the Intent to Distribute
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

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