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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

City Of Salisbury City Council Meeting/Agenda For Week 13


Times shown for agenda items are estimates only.

6:00 p.m. CONVENE – LORD’S PRAYER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

6:04 p.m. ADOPTION OF AGENDA

6:06 p.m. BRIEFING – Pam Baker (Barbacane Thornton and Company)
FY09 Audit

6:21 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA – City Clerk Brenda Colegrove

June 8, 2009 minutes

Resolution No. 1794 – to join the Retiree Health Plan Trust previously created by the Wicomico County Board of Education and Wicomico County, Maryland and to name the City of Salisbury’s Trustees

Resolution No. 1795 - accepting American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds for various energy projects

Resolution No. 1796 – approving the City’s Consolidated Plan for Program Years 2009-2013 and the Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant funds for CDBG Program Year 2009 and authorizing the mayor to submit the Consolidated Plan and CDBG
2009 Action Plan to HUD

Resolution No. 1797 – authorizing the mayor to sign a Law Enforcement Services Agreement between the City and the Macerich Company for secondary employment at the Centre at Salisbury

Resolution No. 1798 - appointment of Bob Nelson to the City Park Committee for a term ending June 2012

6:25 p.m. AWARD OF BIDS – Internal Services Director Pam Oland
6:35 p.m. MANUFACTURING EXEMPTION REQUEST – Internal Services Director Pam Oland DiCarlo Precision Instruments

6:40 p.m. ORDINANCE – City Attorney Paul Wilber
Ordinance No. 2080 - 1st reading – amending Chapter 15.32,
Plumbing Standards, of the Salisbury Municipal Code to adopt fats,
oils and grease regulations

6:55 p.m. RESOLUTION – City Administrator John Pick
Resolution No. 1799 - authorizing a speed limit reduction for the
Villages of Sleepy Hollow development

7:05 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS

7:15 p.m. ADJOURN

Suspect Sought In ATM Robbery


Location of Incident: PNC Bank, 4725 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE , New Castle County

Date and Time of Occurrence: June 12, 2009 on or about 22:30 hours

Suspect(s): White male, 5’04” to 5’06”, 140 lbs. Suspect was wearing a black shirt with a black hat.

Resume:

State Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at a Kirkwood Hwy ATM machine.

The incident happened around 10:30 last evening when a 47 year-old woman stopped to withdraw money from an ATM machine at the Midway Plaza Shopping Center. As she approached the machine she was confronted by the suspect who was brandishing a handgun. The suspect forced her entered her PIN at gun point and made her withdraw an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect fled the area on foot with the money.

The victim was not injured.

Pedestrian Struck On Rt. 50 Draw Bridge


Hey, Joe! I just sent you a picture a minute ago of an accident that appears to involve a Pedestrian that got hit on Rt 50 at the draw bridge by a silver Honda Accord. The victim was lying on his back on the concrete median and appears to have suffered hardly an injury, if any. SPD was on the scene and ambulances were on their way. Traffic my be backed up in that area so beware traveling eastbound.

Planning & Zoning Closed Friday From 9:30 AM To 12:00 Noon


Funeral Services: Holloway Funeral Home – Friday, June 19, 2009 10 a.m. for viewing and 11:00 a.m. for service

Reception to follow afterwards – directions to be given

Donations may be sent to:

Re: Linda “Sam” Lenox

Wellness Community Delmarva
1506 S/S Blvd
Salisbury, Maryland 21801

“Cancer Support”

Another Reader Finds A Different Violation



Since when did the state of Delaware start offering two tage for one vehicle?

Delaware State Police Press Releases



Domestic Stabbing

Location of Incident: West Marina Drive, Angola by the Bay, Lewes, Sussex, DE

Date and Time of Occurrence: Tuesday, June 17, 2009 on or about 03:11 hour

Suspect(s): Kendra West, 27, Lewes

Resume:

Troopers responded to Angola by the Bay for the report of a domestic assault.

Troopers arrested West after she allegedly stabbed her 28 year-old boyfriend in the throat with a large kitchen knife during a domestic argument.

The male victim was rushed to Beebe Medical Center in Lewes where he underwent emergency surgery for an exterior jugular laceration.

West was charged by troopers for assault 1st, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and failure to comply with finger printing and taking photos. She was committed to the Department of Correction pending a preliminary hearing in the Court of Common Pleas in and for Sussex County. No bail information was avalible at the time of this release.

The victim is in stable condition.

Subjects Target Lewes Home for Repeated Acts of Criminal Mischief

Location of Incident: Red Mill Farms, Lewes, Sussex County, DE

Date and Time of Occurrence: November 1, 2008 to Present

Suspect(s): Two white males.

Resume:

State police are investigating numerous acts of criminal mischief to a Red Mill Farms home.

The home owner has experienced several acts of criminal mischief over the past several months. Since November damage to the house has occurred using baseball bats and B B guns.

A surveillance system was set up and images were capture of two men damaging the property.

Anyone with information as to the identity of the two subjects is ask to call the state police at Troop 7 by dialing 302-644-5020. All inquiries should be directed to Corporal Michelle Mullins.

Home Invasion Robbery

Location of Incident: Unit Block of Canal Court, Canal Landing, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Date and Time of Occurrence: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 22:50 hours

Suspect(s): Two Male Suspects

Resume:

State Police were called to the unit block of Canal Court in Canal Landing last evening to the report of a robbery and home invasion.

The incident occurred just before 11 pm when a woman pulled into her driveway. As she parked her car she was immediately confronted by two male suspects. One of the suspects was brandishing a handgun. They forced her out of her car and into the residence. Once inside they escorted her through the residence looking for jewelry and money. They took her purse and other property and forced the victim in the garage before fleeing.

The victim was not injured and troopers have very little to go on. If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact the State Police Criminal Investigation Unit at Troop 4 in Georgetown by dialing 302.856.5850.

City Police

"Would you believe today we had an incident which needed attention of our city police. I called the non-emergency number and GOT A RECORDING stating they were busy please leave a message or call back later. I don't know what is up next. We have no narcotics task force, no one in charge of gang activity. I think we have been put on a raft down a fast moving river. It is time the chief went down the river on that raft and take his cronies with him. We need a chief who will stand by his personnel and be a man. He needs to be a chief that will take his job serious and protect the people in this city. We ask last week to send e-mails to our city council members about replacing the chief. There was 4 -5 e-mails. Evidently the citizens are feeling "safe". I for one don't feel safe knowing the drug dealers and gangs have a free hand. We need police who can run them out of town. Let your voices be heard or we are in a lot of trouble."

Teg Nugent Interview


WHAT DO DEER THINK?

Ted Nugent, rock star and avid bow hunter from Michigan, was being
interviewed by a French journalist and animal rights activist. The
discussion came around to deer hunting. The journalist asked, "What do you
think is the last thought in the head of a deer before you shoot him? Is it,
'Are you my friend?' or is it 'Are you the one that killed my brother?' "
Nugent replied, "Deer aren't capable of that kind of thinking. All they care
about is, 'What am I going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and
can I run fast enough to get away. They are very much like the French.' "
The interview ended at that point...

Ruling On NightJack Author Richard Horton Kills Blogger Anonymity

Thousands of bloggers who operate behind the cloak of anonymity have no right to keep their identities secret, the High Court ruled yesterday.

In a landmark decision, Mr Justice Eady refused to grant an order to protect the anonymity of a police officer who is the author of the NightJack blog. The officer, Richard Horton, 45, a detective constable with Lancashire Constabulary, had sought an injunction to stop The Times from revealing his name.

In April Mr Horton was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing, but the judges were unaware that he was using information about cases, some involving sex offences against children, that could be traced back to genuine prosecutions.

GO HERE to read more.

Vegas Paper Gets Subpoena To ID Online Commenters

LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Tuesday that its editor, Thomas Mitchell, plans to fight the request, which the newspaper received after reporting on a federal tax fraud case against business owner Robert Kahre.

The subpoena seeks the identities and personal information about people who posted comments on the story. The newspaper said prosecutors told the judge in the case that some comments hinted at acts of violence and the subpoena was issued out of concern for jurors' safety.

Mitchell said anonymous speech is "a fundamental and historic part of this country." The newspaper would consider cooperating if specific crimes or real threats were presented, he said.

The newspaper said the subpoena bears the name of U.S. Assistant District Attorney J. Gregory Damm, a lawyer on the Justice Department team that is prosecuting Kahre and others on charges including income tax evasion, fraud and criminal conspiracy.

Grand jury proceedings are secret, and the subpoena is not a public record.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney for Nevada declined to comment.

The newspaper said it received the subpoena June 2, a week after its story describing the government's case against Kahre, a Las Vegas construction company executive accused of paying contractors with gold and silver U.S. coins based on the precious metal value of the coins but using the much lower face value of the coins for tax purposes. Kahre and the other defendants have pleaded not guilty.

The story drew nearly 175 online comments by Monday night, most in support of Kahre and critical of the government and jurors and attorneys in the case.

One commentator said: "The sad thing is there are 12 dummies on the jury who will convict him. They should be hung along with the feds."

Another called Damm a "socialist, fascist Mormon" and a "Nazi moron."

The comments are written under pseudonyms. Along with the real names of people who posted comments, the subpoena asks the newspaper for the writers' gender, birth date, physical address, telephone number, Internet service provider, IP address and credit card numbers.

After a 2003 raid on Kahre's business, Kahre and several of his workers sued Damm, two Internal Revenue Service agents and others who were involved. That civil matter is pending.

In 2007, Kahre sued Damm and agents of the FBI and IRS, alleging criminal behavior. U.S. District Court Judge David Ezra dismissed the complaint in December, and Kahre appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Two years ago, Damm prosecuted a similar tax case against nine defendants, including Kahre. The trial ended with no convictions and four acquittals.

Five defendants were partially acquitted, and two of them were dropped from the indictment that generated the current case.

Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com

Only In America

Only in America...we spend billions because we can't let GM and Chrysler go bankrupt, and then, let GM and Chrysler go bankrupt.

Only in America...Can congress force Fannie and Freddie to buy subprime loans, and then blame Fannie and Freddie for buying subprime loans. Then fir the CEO's with giant severance packages and nationalize the companies so the taxpayers can pay off all the debt.

Only in American...financial crisis requires swift action by congress to pass a bill without reading it, then they go on vacation for three days before the president finds the time to sign it.

Only in America...you can be legally illegal.

Only in America...newspapers make the President's dog more important than our family members dieing for our freedom.

Only in America...can congress make laws that they don't have to, or intend to, follow.

Only in America...The Vice President declares "JOBS" a 3 letter word.

Only in America...can you get a tax refund for taxes you didn't pay.

Only in America...can politicians blame others for their own failures.

Only in America...you have more rights being illegal, than you do if you're legal.

Only in America...can you be 13 and have an abortion without telling your parents, but you must have a written note from your parent explaining why you missed school.

Only in America...do we worry about 3 guys that get water up their noses, while their associates are beheading captives and blowing up crowds of people with suicide bombers.

Only in America...you can be President without having a birth certificate.


Only in America...whatever goes wrong will always be G.W. Bush's fault.

WICOMICO COUNTY REFINANCES $21 MILLION IN BONDS


Wicomico County Executive Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., announced today that the county has refinanced three outstanding bond issues totaling $20,940,000, at an interest rate of 2.36%. This refinancing is expected to save the County about $1.36 million in interest costs over eleven years with an immediate benefit to the FY2010 budget of approximately $900,000 in savings.

Prior to today’s sale, the County received bond ratings from all three of the New York bond rating agencies. Despite the poor economy, the County did very well in its ratings update. Moody’s Investors Service maintained the A2 rating it assigned last year, and Standard and Poor’s also maintained last year’s AA- rating. Fitch Ratings maintained the County’s A+ rating but revised the outlook from Positive to Stable.

Moody’s cited strong financial management, a willingness to make cuts and forego raises to balance the fiscal year 2010 budget, and conservative budget practices that are projected to allow the County to finish fiscal year 2009 in the black. The agency also stated that they believe fiscal year 2010 is the first true test of the revenue cap, and will watch to see how the County performs in the economic downturn.

Standard & Poor’s cited the County’s diversified economy rooted in agriculture, a healthy and stable property tax base, sound financial performance, conservative management practices, and a low debt burden in maintaining its rating.

Fitch Ratings noted a moderate debt burden, solid reserve levels, and a stable employment base in maintaining the County’s bond rating. The outlook was revised from positive to stable due to the budgeted use of the fund balance (savings account), which lowers financial flexibility. They also cited the revenue cap’s impact on property tax revenue and the broader recessionary environment’s impact on income taxes.

Seven firms bid on the County’s bonds, demonstrating continuing investor confidence in the County. Interest rates ranged from 2.36% to 3.09%.

“I am very pleased with the results of our bond sale,” said County Executive Pollitt. “It was clear that the rating agencies felt Wicomico County was managing its financial affairs well, and that is reflected in our solid ratings and the market based interest rate we received on the sale.”

No Buyers


While they stand on the old Court House Steps selling houses in foreclosure, no one is buying. You have the seller and one witness and no buyers. Yes, the time has come when even the Slumlords aren't even buying.

ROY LIVE



Bluesman Roy Book Binder will be playing live at the Globe Theater in Berlin, Friday the 19th from 7PM to 10PM. Admission is $20.


Roy has been described as a guitar pickin' hillbilly bluesman. Back in the 60's he began his career, traveling and learning guitar from the legendary Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson, a medicine show entertainer who recorded back in 1928. Book Binder has recorded five albums and has performed at most major blues and folk festivals in the U.S. and Europe, including Merlefest. He has toured with Bonnie Raitt, and has shared the stage with many great bluesmen including; BB King, John Jackson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. Roy has appeared regularly on Nashville Now, a national cable TV show and has been included in Sheldon Harris' book, The Blues who's who. Roy is a veteran teacher whose engaging style of music and storyteller have enraptured his students at many workshops nationally. He is a regular at the Fur Peace Ranch. www.roybookbinder.com

New Lungs For Chuck Raffle


New Lungs For Chuck Raffle


Win a Golf Course Townhouse and a Brand New Mercedes-Benz SL convertible for $50.00


We have already sold 4,479 Tickets! There are only 35,521 Tickets left so Order Yours TODAY!

OK, Even I'm Confused


Click on this image to enlarge it and I'm confident you'll be thrown by it as well. Clearly a picture is worth more than a thousand words, I'm speechless.......

NEVER Give Up On Your Dreams Or Talent


Because you can succeed, if you believe in yourself!

Caption This Photo

$8.00 A Pack! What's The Lowest YOU Ever Paid For A Pack Of Cigarettes?


Today's Wildlife Photos/Video

How Would YOU Like To Own This Car For $50.00?




This is a vehicle to die for, no questions asked. However, you have to be able to afford it and there's only ONE WAY 99.% of you can do so.

Chuck Campbell is holding a raffle for this vehicle AND a Town House in Florida. There will be 40,000 tickets sold for $50.00 a piece. I want you to think hard about that one. You can win a Town House and this Mercedes for only $50.00!!!!!

What are your odds with the Lottery? One in several million? This is one in 40,000! I will be providing another Post with more detailed information for you to get involved. At some point soon Salisbury News will also be doing another contest to start GIVING AWAY some tickets for your chance to win this package as well.

Stay tuned!

Our Historically Challenged President

by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services


In his speech last week in Cairo, President Obama proclaimed he was a "student of history." But despite Barack Obama's image as an Ivy-League-educated intellectual, he lacks historical competency, both in areas of facts and interpretation.

This first became apparent during the presidential campaign. Candidate Obama proclaimed then that during World War II his great-uncle had helped liberate Auschwitz, and that his grandfather knew fellow American troops that had entered Auschwitz and Treblinka.

Both are impossible. The Americans didn't free either Nazi death camp. (Regarding Obama's great uncle's war experience, the Obama team later said he'd meant the camp at Buchenwald.)

Much of what Obama said to thousands of Germans during his Victory Column speech in Berlin last summer was also ahistorical. He began, "I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city." He apparently forgot that for the prior eight years, the official faces of American foreign policy in Germany were Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — both African-Americans.

In the same speech, Obama seemed to suggest that the world had come together to save Berlin during the Airlift. In fact, it was almost an entirely American and British effort — written off by most observers as hopeless and joined only by a handful of Western allies when the improbable lift looked like it might succeed.

In the recent Cairo speech, Obama's historical allusions were even more suspect. Almost every one of his references was either misleading or incomplete. He suggested that today's Middle East tension was fed by the legacy of European colonialism and the Cold War that had reduced nations to proxies.

But the great colonizers of the Middle East were the Ottoman Muslims, who for centuries ruled with an iron fist. The 20th-century movements of Baathism, Pan-Arabism and Nasserism — largely homegrown totalitarian ideologies — did far more damage over the last half-century to the Middle East than the legacy of European colonialism.

Obama also claimed that "Islam . . . carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment." While medieval Islamic culture was impressive and ensured the survival of a few classical texts — often through the agency of Arabic-speaking Christians — it had little to do with the European rediscovery of classical Greek and Latin values. Europeans, Chinese and Hindus, not Muslims, invented most of the breakthroughs Obama credited to Islamic innovation.

Much of the Renaissance, in fact, was more predicated on the centuries-long flight of Greek-speaking Byzantine scholars from Constantinople to Western Europe to escape the aggression of Islamic Turks. Many romantic thinkers of the Enlightenment sought to extend freedom to oppressed subjects of Muslim fundamentalist rule in eastern and southern Europe.

Obama also insisted that "Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition." Yet the Spanish Inquisition began in 1478; by then Cordoba had long been re-conquered by Spanish Christians, and was governed as a staunchly Christian city.

In reference to Iraq, President Obama promised that "no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other." Is he unaware of how the United States imposed democracies after World War II?

After the defeat of German Nazism, Italian fascism and Japanese militarism, Americans — by force — insisted that these nations adopt democratic governments, for their own sakes and the world's. Indeed, it is hard to think of too many democratic governments that did not emerge from violence — including our own.

Obama also stated: "For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights."

With all due respect to our president, this assertion is again not fully accurate. The only thing that ended slavery in the United States was the Civil War, which saw some 600,000 Americans — the vast majority of them white — lost in a violent struggle to ensure that nearly half the country would not remain a slave-owning society. Also, the massive urban riots of the 1960s and 1970s were certainly violent.

This list of distortions could be easily expanded. President Obama, in elegant fashion, may casually invoke the means of politically correct history for the higher ends of contemporary reconciliation. But it is a bad habit. Eloquence and good intentions exempt no one from the truth of the past — President Obama included.

Salisbury Fire Department Live In Program

Coming to Salisbury University? Currently a Maryland certified FF-I and EMT-B? The Salisbury Fire Department is currently recruiting for candidates for the Departments live in program. For more information on program requirements contact Lt. Patrick Davis at pdavis@salisburyfd.com

Why A Handgun Is Favored Over A Woman

10 - YOU CAN TRADE IN AN OLD 44 FOR A NEW 22, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

9 - YOU CAN KEEP ONE HANDGUN AT HOME, AND HAVE ANOTHER FOR WHEN YOU’RE ON THE ROAD.

8 - IF YOU ADMIRE A FRIEND’S HANDGUN AND TELL HIM SO, HE WILL PROBABLY LET YOU TRY IT OUT A FEW TIMES.

7 - YOUR PRIMARY HANDGUN DOESN’T MIND IF YOU KEEP ANOTHER HANDGUN FOR A BACK UP.

6 - YOUR HANDGUN WILL STAY WITH YOU EVEN IF YOU RUN OUT OF AMMO.

5 - A HANDGUN DOESN’T TAKE UP A LOT OF CLOSET SPACE.

4 - HANDGUNS FUNCTION NORMALLY EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH.

3 - A HANDGUN DOESN’T ASK, “DO THESE NEW GRIPS MAKE ME LOOK FAT?”

2 - A HANDGUN DOESN’T MIND IF YOU GO TO SLEEP AFTER YOU USE IT.

and the number one reason a handgun is favored over a woman

#1 - YOU CAN BUY A SILENCER FOR A HANDGUN

Dover Air Force Base Open House This Weekend

Dover -- The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is prepared for heavy volumes of traffic on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, as aeronautic-enthusiasts make their way to the Dover Air Force Base Open House and Air Show. Featuring daily performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds, approximately 100,000 visitors are expected at the Air Show. Motorists traveling through the Dover and Kent county area should tune their radio to 1380-AM (WTMC) for the latest up-to-date, real time traveler's information.

Due to the expected high traffic volumes, motorists are given the following suggestions:

Coming from the north to the Air Show, Route 1 southbound will have all travel lanes open; however, motorists should use caution approaching Barker's Landing Bridge south of the Dover Air Force Base as general parking for the Air Show will only be available from Route 1 northbound. Motorists will need to use Barker's Landing Bridge to gain access onto Route 1 northbound.

Coming for the south to the Air Show, the right lane of Route 1 northbound will be merged to the left lane south of the Barker's Landing Bridge. At the approach of Route 9, the right lane to Route 1 northbound will be dedicated to Air Show patrons turning into the general parking area. The left lane of Route 1 northbound will be reserved for northbound traffic. Shuttle buses will take visitors from the parking area to the base.

Motorists displaying handicapped placards and VIP guests will enter the base using the Main Gate that can be accessed from Route 1 Exit 93 to be directed to parking closer to the Open House and Air Show.

Local Kent county residents may want to consider using Route 9 southbound to travel to the Air Show parking area, especially if they are planning to arrive at the Dover Air Force Base early in the day.

Note of caution - there will be periods during Saturday and Sunday where Route 9 is temporarily closed due to the activity at the Air Show.

Local residents not visiting the Air Show are encouraged to center their trips on Saturday and Sunday using the Route 13 corridor, and avoid the Dover Air Force Base area. Congestion is expected from the Route 13/Route 1 split in Dover from the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

DMV Adds New Features To Online Services Menu

Redesigned Website Now Offers Vanity Tag Reservation Service & Handicap Placard Issuance & Renewals

Dover
-- In conjunction with a new website design, the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has added three new functions to their menu of online services. The new features will assist the elderly and persons with disabilities and their caregivers; as well as customers looking to reserve a vanity registration plate for their vehicle. The website is www.dmv.de.gov.

The DMV now allows the online reservation of desired vanity license plates to complement the existing vanity plate registration search functions. These two functions have been combined and any reservation made online is valid for 60 days from the date of initial reservation. This allowance will benefit the customer and DMV staff by eliminating the possibility of a vanity tag combination being issued to another party before a person has the chance to visit the DMV to make payment on the tag.

Also launched this week are two services aimed at assisting the elderly, persons with disabilities and their caregivers. Delaware citizens that have reached the age of 85, by law, are entitled to receive a handicap placard for their personal use. These citizens and/or their caregivers may now request this placard on line. Citizens that already have a handicap placard and simply need to renew the placard may also renew their existing placard online. The handicap placard renewal can be done 90 days prior to the expiration.

Certain security measures and identification requirements have been put into place to ensure that these transactions are accurate and the transaction information is secure. The online service is for placards only. Handicap license plates must still be renewed in person at a DMV facility.

These new options add to the growing menu of DMV online service offerings such as; vehicle registration renewal notifications, administrative hearing requests, DMV fee calculator, Centennial License plate purchases, and organ donor requests.

Yard Sales Anyone

Is anyone interested in posting their yard sale free here?

Please email me, SunnyInOC, at atlanticjw@aol.com. Please type "yard sale" in the subject of your email.

Please have all requests emailed by 3pm on Thursday for Friday morning's post.

Thank You.

Puppies For Sale


For anyone interested they will make great hunting dogs. Their father is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever & their mother is a Yellow Lab. We have 2 yellow females left, I attached their photo. They were born on May 1st and are ready to go. They have had their first shots & have been wormed twice. We are asking $150 for them. My husband can be reached at 757-894-2107

Urban Salisbury Open House Presentation

The first Public Open House Presentation of the Downtown MasterPlan is tonight at 6 pm at the Chamber of Commerce.

Engaging the public is critical. Your comments and suggestions are valuable.

Even if you've seen the Plan before, join us to get a better sense of the community's reaction.


Allan Hope
Urban Salisbury, Inc.

KFC And The Pope


After watching sales falling off for three straight months at Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Colonel calls up the Pope and asks for a favor.

The Pope says, "What can I do?"

The Colonel says, "I need you to change the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken'. If you do it, I'll donate $10 Million Dollars to the Vatican."

The Pope replies, "I am very sorry. That is the Lord's prayer and I can not change the words." So the Colonel hangs up.

After another month of dismal sales, the Colonel panics, and calls again. "Listen your Excellency. I really need your help. I'll donate $50 million dollars if you change the words of the daily prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken.'"

And the Pope responds, "It is very tempting, Colonel Sanders. The church could do a lot of good with that much money. It would help us to support many charities. But, a gain, I must decline. It is the Lord's prayer, and I can't change the words." So the Colonel gives up again.

After two more months of terrible sales, the Colonel gets desperate. "This is my final offer, your Excellency. If you change the words of the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken' I will donate $100 million to the Vatican."

The Pope replies, "Let me get back to you."

So the next day, the Pope calls together all of his bishops and he says, "I have some good news and I have some bad news. The good news is that KFC is going to donate $100 million to the Vatican."

The bishops rejoice at the news.

Then one asks about the bad news.


The Pope replies, "The bad news is that we lost the Wonder Bread account."

Italian Tomato Garden

Italian Tomato Garden:

An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days.
Love,
Papa


A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Pop,
Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried.
Love,
Vinnie


At 4 a.m. The next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Pop,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love you,
Vinnie