Christmas Tree Pick Announcement

NOTICE

USED CHRISTMAS TREE PICK UP

FOR THE ENTIRE CITY WILL BE

THE WEEK OF JAN 11 THRU 15, 2010

PLEASE PLACE YOUR TREE

BESIDE YOUR GARBABE CAN AT THE CURB.

TREE PICK UP WILL BE ON YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED GARBAGE COLLECTION DAY.

AFTER THAT WEEK YOU MAY TAKE YOUR TREE

TO THE COUNTY LANDFILL ON

BRICK KILN ROAD TO BE MULCHED.

Nike Comes Through.... Again

Although there still remains speculation on how Tiger got his lips cut up the other nite....some say his lovely little wife did in fact take a 9 iron to his mug as a result of a domestic dispute over another woman.

Other are saying that he did a face plant into the steering wheel or windshield when he hit a fire hydrant and then a tree, because he couldn't sleep that night thinking about the upcoming tourney he was hosting and the problems he has had driving it straight...so he was out practicing bare foot in his escalade!

But, NIKE has once again shown complete support for their prize athlete and have paid for reconstructive lip surgery.

2010 Wicomico County Girls Softball Programs

Registration is currently open for the Junior Girls Softball & Li’l Sluggers

(Salisbury, MD) Registration is open for Girl’s Spring Softball Programs. The Junior Girls Softball League is open to Girls 8 – 18 years of age and Li’l Sluggers is open to Girls 5 – 8 years of age.

The Junior Girls Softball League is a recreational softball league divided into 4 age divisions. Pre-Minor is for girls 10 & under, Minor is for 12 & under, Major I is for 14 & under, and Major II is for 18 & under. Games are played twice a week beginning in May, with an occasional Saturday game. The registration fee before February 20 is $25 per player for the Pre-Minor League and $40 per player for all other leagues. Umpires and volunteer coaches are needed to help run a successful league.

Li’l Sluggers is an instructional softball program where the basic fundamentals of the game are taught. Girls will learn and practice catching, throwing, fielding, and batting from a tee through station exercises and activities. Li’l Sluggers is broken into four age divisions (5 year olds, 6 year olds, 6 & 7 year olds, and 7 & 8 year olds) and meets once a week May through June for 7 weeks. The registration fee is $40/player for Residents and $45/player for Non-Residents.

Registration will be accepted at the Box Office located at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center or online at www.wicomicorecandparks.org. ;

For more information contact program director Kelly Rados at 410-548-4900 ext. 108 or email krados@wicomicocounty.org.

A Letter To The Editor

Hello

I am from Salisbury, MD. I have relocated to Alabama but I have family and friends in Salisbury so I am in constant contact with everyone. I was in shock when I heard of Sarah Foxwells disappearance. I prayed and called who I could to find out details. Whatever they told me was from what you posted. You do an awesome job and I just wanted to thank you.

From Alabama, we prayed for Sarah and mourned her death.

Important Information On Sarah Foxwell & Bank of Willards

The fund set up for Sarah Foxwell at Farmer's Bank of Willards was not set up as a Trust Fund. It is set up, at least at one family member's request, as an account from which any of the account owners may withdraw.

I'm telling you this not to discourage all possible help for the family, but in the interest of transparency I want to make sure everyone is aware.

Autopsy Finds Maryland Girl, 11, Died Of Multiple Injuries

DOVER, Del. — An autopsy has found that a Maryland girl abducted from her home last week died of multiple injuries.

According to the chief medical examiner's office in Maryland, the death of 11-year-old Sarah Haley Foxwell is listed as a homicide. The office did not specify her injuries.

SLIDESHOW: Police Search for Missing Girl in Maryland

Foxwell was taken last Tuesday from the Salisbury home where she lived with her aunt. Her body was found Christmas Day after a search that involved thousands of volunteers.

Thomas J. Leggs Jr., who has convictions for sex offenses in Maryland and Delaware, faces a preliminary hearing Jan. 21 on charges of kidnapping and burglary in Sarah's disappearance.

Authorities have said Leggs will face additional charges.

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Memorial In Honor Of Sarah Foxwell

Items are starting to get dropped off at the Shorebirds Stadium in Salisbury in memory of Sarah Foxwell.

Orphans Praying For Brooke Mulford

American Resistance Movement?

Joe, I got an e-mail from some sort of militia coalition called the American Resistance Movement. They are apparently a leaderless association of citizen militia groups from all over the country. I went to their site and checked out their chat room. There are militia groups from California, Georgia, Alabama, New Jersey, New York, Nebraska, Michigan, on and on. They are recruiting heavily in anticipation of some sort of conflict and they are serious. Check out this video that was attached to the e-mail.



Here's the site: http://www.theamericanresistancemovement.com/get-involved.php

This is crazy stuff. The level of detail from technical support to recruiting let's you know that these folks are serious.

Obama Describes Nigerian As ‘Isolated Extremeist,’ Despite Ties To Yemen

President Barack Obama, in his first public comments on the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit, described the suspect as “an isolated extremist,” despite reports that the 23-year-old Nigerian had been trained in Yemen, a country he visited twice.

The Associated Press, quoting a Yemeni government official, said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab lived in Yemen for two extended periods of time -- a year, from 2004-2005 and again from August-December this year. He apparently was in Yemen a few weeks before the attempt to blow Flight 253 out of the sky over Michigan.

A statement posted online Monday by Al-Qaeda in Yemen said its “manufacturing sector” had provided Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with the explosives he took onboard the aircraft.

President Obama, in recounting what happened in the air over Michigan on Christmas day, used the word “allegedly” to describe the attempted bombing.

More here..

A Community United Over Sarah Foxwell

Folks, I am finally getting back to normal after several days of very little sleep and I can only hope that ALL of the names listed below can forgive me for being this late on a personal THANK YOU.

You see, on Christmas Day, Salisbury News reached out to all of the businesses and persons who read Salisbury News desperately asking for help. There came a time very early on Christmas morning when they realized they had run out of water and were running extremely low on food.

Folks, the people/businesses above and below immediately dropped what they were doing on Christmas Day and started packing their vehicles, started cooking food and even opened up their stores specifically to help the 4,000 volunteers searching for Sarah Foxwell. The Store Manager of Wal-Mart in Fruitland actually opened the store for Sheriff Lewis and delivered anything and everything requested, that's just one example out of many.

I want to take this time to THANK ALL OF YOU and ask for forgiveness in advance for anyone I have missed. It was a very hectic day and to recall everyone, well, it's just impossible and please forgive me if I have missed you.

A community divided by so much crime, frustrated with a horrible economy, came together as one and did everything in their powers to give back in whatever way they could. I'm proud to live here on the Eastern Shore and together we can and will make a positive difference.

I'd like to also reach out to Gary Bratten who was contacted at 2:30 AM Thursday morning by Sheriff Lewis asking for help arranging and managing all of the food and beverage services at the Shorebirds Stadium. Gary worked tirelessly for days making the proper contacts and assuring NO ONE went hungry or thirsty, THANK YOU Gary.

Sam's Club
Wal-Mart
Dunkin Donuts
Devages
Subway
Local Churches
Pepsi
Canada Dry
Holt Paper Company
Cloverland Dairy
Citizens from everywhere
JT's Market
Domino's
Station 7 Restaurant
Royal Farms
WaWa
SHOREBIRDS STADIUM
Olive Garden
Applebee's
Schmidt Bakery
Happy Harry's
Food Lion
Pittsville Fire Department

Delmar FD
Sharptown FD
Willards FD
Powellville FD
Parsonsburg FD
Berlin FD
Salisbury FD
Subrunners
Culligan Water
Taylor Oil
Chick FelA'
Perdue Farms
Adams Ribs
McDonalds
Penara Bread
Starbucks
Tasty Cakes
Sharp Water
Ace Printing
Ocean City Police Department
CoCo's

Delaware Judge Faces Sexual Abuse Charges

Court of Common Pleas Judge William C. Bradley faces two lawsuits alleging sexual abuse over 30 years ago.  Bradley remains on the bench.

from Delmarva Dealings

SOR Laws

Joe,

First off, Thank You for the sbynews blog with your news and information that is more useful than the newspaper and the 2 news station. My reason for writing you today is that I am not to happy about these criminal suspects, convicts, and sex offenders having more rights than the victims. I am outraged by that issue. 6 years ago my family encountered a teenager living here in Md and this teenager was a registered Delaware Sex Offender and was attending a school here in Salisbury with a younger sibling of mine. How we found out that this teenager was a registered sex offender was through the mouth of a kid who rode the bus. At first, It was something I did not believe due to anyone under the age of 18 isnt required to register in Md. Intuition told me to check Delaware and there was this kids picture and address, plus seen where this kid did a sexual act to a child who was under the age of 5.

My relatives written to those who represent us in Annapolis. 3 or 4 letters went out and only one response with only literature on the SOR laws and that was no help to us and nothing accomplished. I would like to see stiffer penalties on those who are under 18 and those who are attending school with our children because they are just as bad as the over 18 sex offenders. If you are under 18 and registered from another state, it should be a mandatory registration in Maryland. That needs to be the law. I worry for our children and those who are defenseless, I worry about everyones safety. I would like to encourage your readers to flood the offices of the elected officials. We need to do something about sex offenders all together with stiffer laws and punishment. I hope you post this on your blog and get my point out to the
readers. Please take my first email and put this together with this email.

Thank You!

Yesterday's Sarah Foxwell Press Conference From WBOC

GO HERE to watch the interview.

You Better Not Pout, You Better Not Cry, You Better Watch Out, I'm Telling You Why.....

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A Comment Worthy Of A Post

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Funeral Arrangements for Sarah Haley Foxwell":

I heard on WZBH 93.5 earlier that tonite at Pickles, I think they said tonite...anyway a fundraiser toward funeral expenses, do they not know that this is covered? I don't mean this ugly, but, if the funeral is covered, where would the money go...didn't Leggs used to work at Pickles? what's that about, a fundraiser there? sorry, the funeral is covered, the burial is covered- family-you don't get compensated for putting us all through hell. Sound cold? don't mean to, honest I don't.

Editors Note: If ANYONE knows of or has heard of ANY fundraiser for Sarah Foxwell's funeral, please contact us immediately. That being said, Pickles is NOT doing a fundraiser for funeral expenses. They are raising money for Sarah's siblings with a state educational fund. This money cannot be touched for anything other than education down the road.

The fundraiser will be this evening from 7 to 10 PM.

Weekly Crime Prevention Newsletter

Please follow the link to the weekly crime prevention news letter.

http://www.salisburypd.com/Crime_Prevention/Newsletters/122009.pdf

Justice Transfers Panthers Pursuer Out Of D.C. Office

The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year's elections has been removed from his post and transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina.

Justice Department officials confirmed Monday that Christopher Coates, who signed off on the complaint's filing in federal court in Philadelphia in January accusing the party and three of its members of civil rights violations, would begin his new assignment next month.

The complaint, which accused party members of intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place while wearing black berets, black combat boots, black dress shirts and black jackets with military-style markings, and wielding a nightstick, was later dismissed by Obama administration political appointees at the Justice Department.

The dismissal resulted in outrage by some Republican members of Congress and in a formal investigation by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which subpoenaed Mr. Coates and J. Christian Adams, the lead attorney in the case, to testify on why the complaint was dismissed. The commission also is seeking documents to explain why the charges were dropped just as a federal judge was about to approve sanctions.

More..

What Is An American

To Kill an American

You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.

So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)

'An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish , Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.

An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian , or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan . The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.

An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.

An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.

The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.

An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return..

When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan

The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America

Some of them were working in the Twin Towersthe morning of September 11 , 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must.. Hitler did. So did General Tojo , and Stalin , and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself . Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

Delaware to Suspend Doctor’s License

The Delaware Board of Medical Practice will hold an emergency meeting today to vote on the emergency suspension of Dr. Earl Bradley’s license to practice medicine.  Bradley, a Lewes pediatrician, has been charged with the rape of 9 children and is suspected of molesting at least 100 children over the last decade.

Bradley is being held in the Delaware state prison in Smyrna in lieu of $2.9 cash bail.  Because Bradley is considered an “imminent danger to the public”, the Board chose to undertake an “expedited investigation” and hold today’s hearing.

"Even though someone is incarcerated, tomorrow they might not be incarcerated," said James L. Collins of the Delaware Division of Professional Regulation.

from Delmarva Dealings