Salisbury News

Monday, November 07, 2011

Duo Charged In Lincoln Home Invasion Style Robbery

Location:

· 8000 block of Flounder Drive, Lincoln, DE

Date of Occurrence:

· Saturday, November 5, 2011 12:10 a.m.

Victim:

· 25 year old male from Lincoln, DE

Defendants/Charges/Bond Information:

· Tiffany L. Huntenburg-19 of Felton, DE

· Daniel L. Hunter-22 of Frederica, DE

· Robbery First Degree

· Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (2 counts)

· Burglary First Degree

· Conspiracy Second Degree

· Criminal Mischief

· Huntenburg- Committed to Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $50,750 Cash Bond

· Hunter- Committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $150,000 Cash Bond.

Resume:

Lincoln-Delaware State Police Detectives have charged a Felton woman and Frederica man in connection with a contrived set up style home invasion that took place early Saturday morning on November 5, 2011.

Delaware State Police Detectives have charged Tiffany L. Huntenburg-19 and Daniel L. Hunter with a total of 12 charges related to Robbery First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (2 counts), Burglary First Degree, Conspiracy Second Degree, and Criminal Mischief. Huntenburg was committed to Baylor Women’s Correctional Center on $50,750 Cash Bond and Hunter was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $150,000 Cash Bond.

The incident started on Friday, November 4, 2011 at approximately 11:45 p.m. when the 25 year old male victim received a phone call from an acquaintance identified as Tiffany Huntenburg. Both made plans and agreed for Huntenburg to watch a movie at the victim’s house later that evening. Approximately 25 minutes later, on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 12:10 a.m., Huntenburg arrived at the victim’s residence located in the 8000 block of Flounder Drive, Lincoln, DE. When the victim opened the door to let her in, he was greeted by Daniel L. Hunter who was armed with a handgun, with Huntenburg standing behind him. Hunter forced his way through the door and into the house, pointing the handgun at the victim’s head, demanded his wallet in which the victim complied. Hunter then threw the victim onto a bed and rifled through his pockets. During the struggle, the victim attempted to use his cell phone. Hunter struck the victim in the head with the handgun, taking the cell phone and breaking it. Hunter then demanded the victim’s “Percocet” prescription medication. It was determined that Huntenburg had knowledge that the victim possessed the medication and had given this information to Hunter. Hunter continued to ransack the residence and then he and Huntenburg fled on foot with the victim’s bottle of Percocet prescription medication and wallet that contained an undisclosed amount of cash. The victim received minor injuries as a result of the assault, but declined medical treatment at the scene. The victim was able to identify both Huntenburg and Hunter as the assailants.

Detectives continued their investigation and on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at approximately 3:00 p.m. were able to locate Hunter at a residence in Frederica, and Huntenburg at a residence in Harrington. Both were taken into custody without incident. Detectives continue their investigation into this incident.

The Business of 'Murderabilia': Websites Selling Murder Memorabilia

Have you ever wanted to own a lock of Charles Manson's hair? Or a painting by John Wayne Gacy?

Probably not, but for those who have, there are six websites in the United States currently selling "murderabilia," or murder memorabilia, from almost any killer imaginable.

Can My Job Only Pay Me For 8 Hours Instead Of 9 Because Of Daylight Saving Time?

A man says that he worked on Sunday, and, because of daylight saving time, his boss only wants to pay him for 8 hours instead of the 9 he worked. Is this legal?

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Iran On Brink Of Nuclear Capability, Report Says

ntelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran's government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, receiving assistance from foreign scientists to overcome key technical hurdles, according to Western diplomats and nuclear experts briefed on the findings.

Georgia Mayor Sues City Over Hike In Water And Sewer Rates

The mayor of East Point, Ga., is suing her city over a water and sewer utility rate increase that will cost most households an average $47 more per month.
Mayor Earnestine Pittman told MyFoxAtlanta that she is trying to help residents who can't afford a major rate increase.
"I stand with the people when the city errs, and in this instance they have made a great error," she said.

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Salisbury Settles MTBE Lawsuit For $900,000.00

While most, (if not all) of you were unaware the City was participating in a class action lawsuit, one well in the City that was shut down in November of 2010 had a reportable level of MTBE. 20 Cities across the country participated in the class action suit against Big Oil Companies in which they added a chemical, (MTBE) to gasoline. Mind you, every one of you should be aware that while there was a reportable contamination level in just one well, the numbers were hardly something to be afraid of.

If a person drank 2 liters of water containing 2 parts per billion (ppb) of MTBE every day, it would take 46 years to consume one drop of MTBE. The City well that was shut down only supplied 33% of the drinking water in the City.

The cause was based on underground storage tanks as service stations and contaminated groundwater throughout the United States. The City has in place new filters that will trap the MTBE's and are adding to their filter system with funds from this lawsuit.

Although the settlement was for $900,000.00, the City's portion after attorney fees will be $700,000.00. To prove his confidence in the new filtration system, Mayor Ireton took a glass and filled it with water directly from the well at the Zoo and Ben's Red Swings and guzzled it down without hesitation.

The long and short of this is, your drinking water is safe and the City got on a free roller coaster ride and walked away with $700,000.00 and in my honest opinion, I'm proud of Wilber and Ireton for taking advantage of a good situation to relieve taxpayers while providing even more safety measures for the City's drinking water.

BREAKING NEWS: Verdict Reached In Trial Of Michael Jackson's Doctor

Jury in involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray reaches verdict, due to be read at 4 p.m. ET
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Rt. 13 Shut Down North And South For The Moment

There's been an accident with injuries at Gordy Rd. and Rt. 13. At this exact moment there is no free travel in either direction. We're told there are three ambulances on the scene.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The City Council has scheduled an additional work session for Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6:15 p.m.

The work session will be held in Conference Room 306 of the Government Office Building (125 N. Division Street) for continuing discussion of 1) Board of Zoning (BZA) procedures and 2) rental inspection program.

Multiple #OccupyDC Protesters Hit by Car: DC Police Admit They Only Interviewed Two 'Non-Involved' Witnesses

Many thanks to Adam Green for getting this video together.

I was at this press conference last night with the Assistant DC Police Chief.

The Sippel Family, two mothers, one pregnant and their 13-year-old son in from Dayton, Ohio were mowed down by a driver near a Koch brothers protest at their Americans for Prosperity conference in DC on Friday night. They were taken to the hospital where they were issued citations (while being wheeled into a CT scan) for going against the "don't walk" sign and obstructing an intersection. The driver of the car was let go with nocitations at all.

Oklahoma Man Walking Billboard For The Mother Road

TULSA, Oklahoma -- One of Oklahoma's own has taken body art to a new level. Ron Jones turned his skin into a walking billboard of sorts for the Mother road.

"My first tattoo was the Route 66 shield with part of the highway running through it. What the second was, I couldn't tell ya. After you get so many you lose track," Ron said.

Wisconsin Reborn

Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with collective bargaining for Teacher's unions? The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result. They are even hiring new teachers, not firing like the Liberals said would happen. Why?

It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since the outfit was guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers, and the State had to pay for it (not the teachers) the insurance company was increasing annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state. Then the company was donating millions and millions of dollars to its favorite democrat politicians who, when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the union's outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians.

Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away. Now the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bids and, lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.
If you weren't aware of the reasons Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don't like to read anymore.

Here is the article: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/07/wisconsin-schools-buck-union-cut-health-costs

Fast Food's Biggest Customer: Not The Poor, But The Middle Class

Contrary to popular wisdom, eating at McDonald's isn't exactly cheap, costing some $28 for a family of four. Which might help explain the results of a recent study from the University of California, Davis, which found that people's visits to fast-food joints increased along with their incomes, and that poor people were spending fewer dollars on fast food than lower-middle and middle-income Americans.

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Check Out This Technology For Our Armed Forces

Wilson Proposes Easing Requirements On Builders

GEORGETOWN — At least one Sussex County councilman wants to amend the performance bond process that ensures developers finish infrastructure work and amenities.

At the Nov. 1 meeting, Councilman Sam Wilson, R-Georgetown, introduced an ordinance that would allow developers to construct improvements without a bond under the condition that no building permits or property transfers be issued until all work was completed. In addition, if a developer had completed only part of the improvements, they would have the option to obtain bonding to complete the work so lots could be sold and building permits issued.

Last Saturday night the Main Street Gym held another amateur fight night that brought in fighters from Baltimore, Delaware and even Pennsylvania.

If you went you enjoyed a full evening of fights with exciting results. The Main Street Gym is one of those quiet gems in our community. Fernando and Alex Guerrero were there coaching these young men and women.

Give credit where credit is due. Pohanka and Robinson's Family Businesses were the key sponsors to this event and it couldn't have been the success that it was without them.

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Taxing Online Sales Likely Brings More Hassle Than Revenues, Franchot Study Says

While passing state legislation taxing online merchandise has the possibility of netting Maryland up to $40 million in additional revenues, Comptroller Peter Franchot said in a study released Friday that it would more likely raise much less and embroil the state in a long legal battle.

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Some Belated Parental Advice To Protesters

Marybeth Hicks
Columnist
The Washington Times

Oct 20, 2011

Call it an occupational hazard, but I can’t look at the Occupy Wall Street protesters without thinking, “Who parented these people?”

As a culture columnist, I’ve commented on the social and political ramifications of the “movement” - now known as “OWS” - whose fairyland agenda can be summarized by one of their placards: “Everything for everybody.

Thanks to their pipe-dream platform, it’s clear there are people with serious designs on “transformational” change in America who are using the protesters like bedsprings in a brothel.

Yet it’s not my role as a commentator that prompts my parenting question, but rather the fact that I’m the mother of four teens and young adults. There are some crucial life lessons that the protesters’ moms clearly have not passed along.

Here, then, are five things the OWS protesters’ mothers should have taught their children but obviously didn’t, so I will:

• Life isn’t fair. The concept of justice - that everyone should be treated fairly - is a worthy and worthwhile moral imperative on which our nation was founded. But justice and economic equality are not the same. Or, as Mick Jagger said, “You can’t always get what you want.”

No matter how you try to “level the playing field,” some people have better luck, skills, talents or connections that land them in better places. Some seem to have all the advantages in life but squander them, others play the modest hand they’re dealt and make up the difference in hard work and perseverance, and some find jobs on Wall Street and eventually buy houses in the Hamptons . Is it fair? Stupid question.

• Nothing is “free.” Protesting with signs that seek “free” college degrees and “free” health care make you look like idiots, because colleges and hospitals don’t operate on rainbows and sunshine. There is no magic money machine to tap for your meandering educational careers and “slow paths” to adulthood, and the 53 percent of taxpaying Americans owe you neither a degree nor an annual physical.

While I’m pointing out this obvious fact, here are a few other things that are not free: overtime for police officers and municipal workers, trash hauling, repairs to fixtures and property, condoms, Band-Aids and the food that inexplicably appears on the tables in your makeshift protest kitchens. Real people with real dollars are underwriting your civic temper tantrum.

• Your word is your bond. When you demonstrate to eliminate student loan debt, you are advocating precisely the lack of integrity you decry in others. Loans are made based on solemn promises to repay them. No one forces you to borrow money; you are free to choose educational pursuits that don’t require loans, or to seek technical or vocational training that allows you to support yourself and your ongoing educational goals. Also, for the record, being a college student is not a state of victimization. It’s a privilege that billions of young people around the globe would die for - literally.

• A protest is not a party. On Saturday in New York , while making a mad dash from my cab to the door of my hotel to avoid you, I saw what isn’t evident in the newsreel footage of your demonstrations: Most of you are doing this only for attention and fun. Serious people in a sober pursuit of social and political change don’t dance jigs down Sixth Avenue like attendees of a Renaissance festival. You look foolish, you smell gross, you are clearly high and you don’t seem to realize that all around you are people who deem you irrelevant.

• There are reasons you haven’t found jobs. The truth? Your tattooed necks, gauged ears, facial piercings and dirty dreadlocks are off-putting. Nonconformity for the sake of nonconformity isn’t a virtue. Occupy reality: Only 4 percent of college graduates are out of work. If you are among that 4 percent, find a mirror and face the problem. It’s not them. It’s you.

Is Obama's Rail Initiative A 'Train To Nowhere'?

High-speed train plan draws little enthusiasm as California costs soar

President Barack Obama's high-speed rail initiative is in danger of turning into the big train that couldn't.

As part of the economic stimulus plan of 2009, Obama pushed through more than $8 billion in initial funding to extend high-speed intercity rail service to 10 major U.S. rail corridors by 2034. The idea is to create superfast rail service — like Japan's futuristic bullet trains — that would be available to 80 percent of the U.S. population.

A quarter of that money — a little more than $2 billion — went to California, where voters in 2008 approved a plan to build a 220-mph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The California High Speed Rail Authority promised voters that the line would open in 2020, at an overall price of about $33 billion.

Since then, not a single segment of track has been laid and not a single station has opened.

Jack the cat, the Norwegian Forest kitty that captured hearts across the country when he was found seven weeks after getting lost at JFK airport, died Sunday.

According to a statement made on his fan Facebook page, the 5-year-old feline was euthanized Sunday by a veterinarian.

Cain Offers Ethics Reminder to Reporters in Pushback Over Sex Harassment Allegations

Attempting to turn reports of sexual harassment allegations back on the media, the campaign for Republican presidential contender Herman Cain is targeting journalists by passing out a code of ethics offering guidelines on how to report stories.

On Sunday, Cain campaign spokesman J.D. Gordon emailed passages from the Society of Professional Journalist Code of Ethics that highlighted limiting the use of anonymous sources and evaluating their truthfulness and motives before allowing their use.

Video Of Pot Bust Spotlights Lapses By Police

It looked like an open-and-shut case. A cop pulls over a car, walks up to the driver's door, and sees a plastic baggy of marijuana. He brings in a drug-sniffing dog to prove probable cause for a search, gets a warrant, and finds a kilo of weed in the trunk.

Do we still need Daylight Saving Time?

Oyster Kill Forces Area's Last Skipjack Captain To Quit

Working skipjacks are now a thing of the past on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

The sole remaining waterman who captained one of the wooden oystering sailboats is calling it quits because of the major die-off of Upper Bay oysters.

Capt. Barry Sweitzer has put his skipjack Hilda M. Willing - a treasured sight on the Magothy River - up for sale.

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Thousands Protest At White House Over Pipeline

WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters are gathering in Lafayette Square across from the White House exactly one year out from the presidential election to oppose a plan for a transnational oil pipeline they fear could harm the environment.

Search For Infant's Body Begins After Abuse Charges Filed In Oklahoma

TULSA, Okla. -- Investigators plan to scour a vast patch of land in rural eastern Oklahoma this weekend in search of the body of a baby born to a young girl whose parents were arrested on child abuse charges.

The girl told authorities her father helped her deliver the child at home, told her it was dead and buried it behind a goat pen. Goats and cows mulled about the property Friday while officials used a backhoe to dig for answers.

Lindsay Lohan Serves Just Hours Of 30-Day Jail Sentence

Talk about much ado about nothing.

Lindsay Lohan was released from a Los Angeles County jail just hours after she turned herself in to serve a 30-day sentence for violating probation.

Deputy Tony Moore said Lohan was released from the Century Regional Detention facility in Lynwood early Monday morning, less than five hours after she reported to jail.

The 25-year-old "Mean Girls" star was booked into the jail at 8:50 p.m. News crews staking out the jail and her Venice home said she made it back home by 2 a.m.

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Campus Police Shoot Gunman At North Carolina University

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C – A former student at a North Carolina university who was seen carrying an AK-47 style rifle on campus was shot by police Saturday before being taken into custody and charged.

Rashaad Gardner was charged with assault by pointing a gun, possession of a weapon on state educational property and going armed to the terror of the people, WAVY reported.

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Maryland Watermen Finding Dead Oysters

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland watermen say they are finding most of the oysters dead on bars above the Bay Bridge. And they are blaming heavy rains this fall from Tropical Storm Lee and Hurricane Irene.

Josh Davidsburg, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, says teams are sampling oyster bars to determine a cause and could have some preliminary answers later this week.

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WhatThe Death Penalty And Foreclosure Have In Common

There is so much news—mostly ugly news from the consumer point of view—about the foreclosure crisis, but it seems one of the most important initiatives taken against the banks that caused the crisis has been all but overlooked. For a period of months, the federal government and most of the states' attorneys general have been negotiating with the banking industry over appropriate sanctions and penalties that should be imposed for lender misconduct during the foreclosure process.

"Unlike the president and the Democrats who run the Senate, House Republicans are designing legislation to pass, rather than fail. They want to make a difference rather than a point. And the only thing keeping these bills from becoming law is the fact that Democrats in the Senate won't take them up. Every one would help create jobs. And none of them would raise taxes."

…Mitch McConnell.

The Forgotten Fifteen:

15 Jobs Bills the House Republicans Have Passed That Are Now Stuck In the Senate

1) The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act (H.R 872) - Reduces overlapping and unnecessary regulation on pesticides; thereby reducing costs to both farmers and small business owners.

* Passed the House by a vote of 292-130 on March 31, 2011

2) The Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910) - Prohibits the federal government from regulating greenhouse gas emissions; thereby by preventing a needless increase in energy prices for American households and businesses.

* Passed the House by a vote of 255-172 on April 7, 2011

3) A Resolution of Disapproval Regarding FCC's Regulation (H.J. Res. 37)- Prevents the federal government from regulating the Internet and broadband providers

* Passed the House by a vote of 240 to 179 on April 8, 2011

4) Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act (H.R 1230)- Helps to reduce energy prices and promote job creation by expediting offshore oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and the Virginia coast.

* Passed the House by a vote of 266-149 on May 5, 2011

5) Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act (H.R. 1229)- Promotes job creation and reduces energy prices by reinstating oil drilling permits in the Gulf Coast.

* Passed the House by a vote of 263-163 on May 11, 2011

6) Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act (H.R 1231)- Promotes lower energy costs and job creation by allowing drilling in at least 50 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf areas known to contain the most oil and gas.

* Passed the House by a vote of 243-179 on May 12, 2011

7) The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act H.R 2021)- Promotes job growth and reduces energy costs by expediting the process of obtaining an offshore drilling permit.

* Passed the House by a vote of 255-166 on June 22, 2011

8) The Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act (H.R 2018) - Prevents the federal government from interfering with a state's water quality program once that state has already met existing federal standards; thereby eliminating needless red tape and tinkering by bureaucrats.

* Passed the House by a vote of 239 to 184 on July 13, 2011

9) The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 (H.R. 1315)- Improves consumer protection and provides greater economic stability by allowing the Financial Stability Oversight Council to vote to set aside any harmful federal regulation.

* Passed the House by a vote of 241-173 on July 21, 2011

10) The North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938)- Promotes job creation and energy security by ending the needless delay of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL pipeline.

* Passed the House by a vote of 279-147 on July 26, 2011

11) The Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587) - Seeks to guarantee private companies the flexibility to develop their businesses in the state that offers the best opportunities for growth, job creation and stability.

* Passed the House by a vote of 238-186 on September 15, 2011

12) The Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts (TRAIN) Act (H.R. 2401) - establishes an interagency committee to evaluate the economic impacts of EPA regulations and delay the final dates for both the maximum achievable control technology (Utility MACT) standards and the cross-state air pollution rule (CSAPR) until the full impact has been studied. Both regulations would cost consumers and businesses $184 billion from 2011-2030 and would skyrocket electrical prices.

* Passed the House by a vote of 249-169 on September 23, 2011

13) The Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2681)- provides a stay of the EPA's overly burdensome rules and allows for the implementation of effective regulation that protects communities both environmentally and economically.

* Passed the House by a vote of 262-161 on October 6, 2011

14) The EPA Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2250)- alleviates the excessive regulatory burden placed on employers by the EPA's Boiler MACT rules, potentially costing companies $14 billion and 224,000 American jobs, and replacing them with sensible, achievable rules that do not destroy jobs.

* Passed the House by a vote of 275-142 on October 13, 2011

15) The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2273)- bipartisan legislation providing consistent, safe management of coal combustion residuals in a way that protects jobs and encourages recycling and beneficial use.

* Passed the House by a vote of 276-144 on October 14, 2011

Call your Senator today and tell them to start moving on Republican's American job creation bills.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at

(202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senator!

Operation Proper Exit: A Return To The War Zone

(CBS News)

Operation Proper Exit brings U.S. troops, gravely injured on the battlefield, back to Iraq to confront their haunting memories and, hopefully, get past them. Scott Pelley profiles this unusual program through the eyes of several wounded warriors - still struggling with PTSD, amputations, and other injuries - as they travel back to the place their nightmares were born.

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FIVE DAYS
NOVEMBER 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13

of Dog Shows
THE EASTERN SHORE CLASSIC

8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
At The Wicomico Civic Center
Admission $5.00 adults --- $1.00 students
BREED JUNIORS OBEDIENCE RALLY
Special Attraction
4-6 MONTH PUPPY
CLASSES
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
at NOON
Come Check out your Favorite Breeds and
Shop for You and your Dog

For the safety of everyone No Baby Strollers or
Un-entered Dogs Allowed

For more information: http://www.easternshoreclassic.com/

Talbot Kennel Club*Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club*Mispillion Kennel Club

Should You Date Outside Your Class?

You come from two different worlds. With two different bank accounts. Blue collar, white collar--lower class, upper class--whatever you want to call it. But you're smitten with one another and want to make it work. Can you successfully date someone outside your social class? And, if so, what are some of the challenges you should expect to face?

Vintage/Antique Toy show

Poplar Hill Mansion is presenting a Vintage/Antique toy show Sat. and Sunday Nov. 12-13 from 1-5pm. Come and see favorite toys from your childhood , your parents and grandparents, and some not so old, but very cute! . Dolls and clothing, furnishings, old tin toys, cars, trucks , trains, books, mechanicals and more.

Get in the mood for the holidays as you revisit your childhood treasures. Miniatures by Bonnie Lavish will also be available for sale. $5.00 per person, all proceeds go toward the preservation of Poplar Hill Mansion, Salisbury’s oldest documented Federal home, open for free tours the 1^st and 3^rd. Sundays of each month from 1-4. Call Aleta Davis for more information, or if you would like to show your toys.

Sat, Nov. 12-Sun Nov. 13, 1-5

Poplar Hill Mansion

117 Elizabeth Street

Salisbury, MD. 21801

410 749 5168

Cost Of Gasoline Falls 4 Cents In The Last 2 Weeks

U.S. average retail gasoline prices fell almost 4 cents a gallon over the last two weeks as the weak economy prevented refiners and retailers from passing their higher costs along to consumers, according to an industry analyst.

WICOMICO COUNTY PLACES PROTECTIVE EASEMENT ON 710 ACRES IN QUANTICO CREEK RURAL LEGACY AREA

Funding Comes From Maryland’s Rural Legacy

Program and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

Wicomico County Executive Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., announced today that the Wicomico County Council has passed a resolution authorizing the county to acquire an easement on 472 acres within the Quantico Creek Rural Legacy Area which covers a portion of a tract known as the Tracey Properties. The county will be able to place the remaining 238 acres of the Tracey property under protective easement with funds from the Maryland Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP).

Pollitt said that the 472 acre parcel easement will be acquired with $1.08 Million of Rural Legacy funding. $940,000 in CREP funds will acquire the easement for the remaining 238 acres. The total parcel is 710 acres.

The Tracey property is located near the corner of Nanticoke Road and Royal Oak Road extending north from Nanticoke Road to the waters of Quantico Creek.

Pollit commented, “This is another important step in the preservation of our rural way of life here. The fact that this unspoiled property will remain as that is of crucial importance to us and future generations. We are deeply appreciative of Governor O’Malley’s support through the Department of Natural Resources.”

Since its inception in 2002, the Wicomico County Rural Legacy program has received over $5.7 Million in grant funds from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. For Fiscal Year 2011, the State further acknowledged and commended the county’s efforts in purchasing and protecting lands within its designated Rural Legacy Area by awarding it $1 Million for the second time in three budget cycles. The funds are to purchase easements on lands that fall within the Quantico Creek Rural Legacy Area. The purpose is to protect rural lands from the pressures of development and to promote the continuation of traditional, rural-based economic activities.

As a result of Rural Legacy funding, Wicomico County has protected over 2,600 acres of prime agricultural and forest lands.

New Mexico High School Teacher Put on Leave Over Student Sex Survey

A New Mexico teacher is on paid leave after administering a sex survey to ninth-grade biology students without parental consent, KOAT.com reports.

The four-question survey, designed to keep students anonymous while teaching about disease and infection, asked students at Rio Rancho High School in Albuquerque to list who they had kissed in the past six months and whether they are sexually active.

NO PARENT LEFT BEHIND......

I promise you cannot read these and not laugh out loud....

These are real notes written by parents in the Memphis school district.
Spellings have been left intact......

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.

2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29,30, 31, 32 and also 33.

4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

10. Please excuse ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels..

11. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had~~diahredyrea~~ ~~direathe~~ the shits.

12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday.. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.

13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

14. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because i don't know what size she wear.

16. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.

17. Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.

18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired.She spent a weekend with the marines.

19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.

22. Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.

23. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever,sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat , her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

Anger at Government Hits a New Peak, Marking Battle Lines in the 2012 Election

A fed-up public is greeting election year 2012 with a razz for the government, a jeer for incumbents and a wearying sense of economic frustration — yet also with sharp partisan and ideological divisions that make the contest ahead equally challenging for both sides.

Thanksgiving Travelers To Pay More For Gas In 2011

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Mid-Atlantic Triple A says it's not too early to think about Thanksgiving and the price of holiday travel.

The auto club says the price of gasoline is likely to be significantly higher than the 2010 holiday.

The Triple-A says the national average price of gasoline is 58 cents higher than one year ago, and it forecasts a price of about $3.40 per gallon when Thanksgiving rolls around.

The cost of a gallon of gas last Thanksgiving was $2.87 a gallon nationally.

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8 Ways To Beat The Winter Blues

As the days get shorter and winter closes in, many people feel like hibernating. We start sleeping more, eating more, avoiding social contact. The effects can be particularly oppressive for people with depression, many of whom feel escalating dread as the end of Daylight Saving Time approaches. Here are eight ways to keep the black dog at bay, after you turn back the clocks.

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STEPHEN MERRITT SENTENCED TO ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) YEARS

On November 4, 2011, Stephen James Merritt, age 38, of Mardela Springs, Wicomico County, Maryland was sentenced to one hundred ten (110) years in the Division of Corrections. Merritt pleaded guilty on August 30, 2011, to three counts of sexual abuse of a minor and five counts of third degree sexual offense, committed against eight minor children.

"The State commends the bravery of the victims and their families. Their courage to come forward and be heard has resulted in the removal of a sex offender from our community for a very long time," stated Wicomico County State’s Attorney, Matthew A. Maciarello.

State’s Attorney Matthew A. Maciarello commended the Wicomico Child Advocacy Center and its partners (Salisbury Police Department, Maryland State Police, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Social Services and Life Crisis Center), and ASA Jamie Dykes for their work in the investigation and prosecution of this case.

Abortion Battle At Crucial Point In Mississippi

(CBS News)

The latest battle over abortion rights comes to a head on Tuesday, when Mississippi voters will consider an amendment to their state constitution that would say a human being is a person from the moment of conception.

CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston has more reports that, with religious conviction, Les Riley led the petition drive to put "Personhood" on the Mississippi ballot, which would declare that a fertilized egg is a person.

Our dog is missing, he is a brindle boxer almost 2 years old. He goes by the name Nata. He went missing around Johnson and Airport Road, Salisbury, MD. Our contact number is 410-835=3401.

Today's Weather- 11/07/11

Salisbury,Maryland

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63°F

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10%

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39°F

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Monday, November 07, 2011

High-speed train plan draws little enthusiasm as California costs soar

Do we still need Daylight Saving Time?