SFD Firefighter Makes Another Threat?

Anonymous J Pritchens, SFD 1 said...

"Hey Joe, how about you meet me somewhere in public and I'll readjust that attitude for you? No bullshit like you tricking Wayne Barrall into coming to your house, then you hiding and crying and pressing charges. Just you and me settling some scores? The winner gets this blog, which means your hobby is history.

How about it tough guy? You're so quick to call people pussies, let's see you man up. Not a threat, just an invitation to see how tough you really are. Then you can run to your favorite DWI & Handgun DA and see cry how a Salisbury firefighter beat your ass!"

How many of you wonder if Chief Webster, (SPD) will have this person arrested for making such threats? I guess he's only interested in arresting me and not the bad guys!

WBI Press Release

INCIDENT: First Degree Assault
DATE: August 15, 2009
LOCATION: Willing Drive, Salisbury, MD

NARRATIVE: On August 15, 2009 at 0142 hours the Wicomico Sheriff’s Office received a call for a person shot in a residence on Willing Drive. Deputies arrived and located a 32 yoa W/M shot in the leg. The victim and suspect were involved in a verbal argument that led to him being shot. Salisbury EMS responded and cared for the injured patient. He was transported to PRMC and later to Shock Trauma. His condition is unknown at this time.

The suspect was charged with first degree assault and is being held on bond at the Wicomico County Detention Center. The investigation is continuing and additional charges could be forth coming.

Anyone with information is asked to contact WBI at 410-548-4898 or Crimesolvers at 410-548-1776.

ACCUSED*: White, Jennifer Kay W/F 30 Willing Drive *include first/middle/last names, age, race, city or town of residence
CHARGES: First Degree Assault
Second Degree Assault
Other related charges
DISPOSITION: Unknown
INVESTIGATING DETECTIVE TFC J. Peters
RELEASTING AUTHORITY Sergeant David Owens
MSP Wicomico Bureau of Investigation
DATE: August 15, 2009 TIME: 0700 hours


Wicomico
Bureau of Investigation

Wicomico Bureau Of Investigation Press Release

INCIDENT: Apparent Drowning
DATE: 08/14/2009
LOCATION: Area of Cherry Beach, Sharptown, Wicomico Co. MD.

NARRATIVE: On 08/14/2009 at approximately 2:51 PM, members of the Sharptown Fire Department, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland State Police Trooper 4 responded to Cherry Beach in Sharptown, Wicomico County Maryland in reference to a subject who had been swept away by a swift current while swimming in the Nanticoke River. The responding units were able to affect a rescue of the swimmer. The swimmer was transported to PRMC where he was pronounced dead. The family of the deceased was notified and responded to PRMC. The body of the deceased was released to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

VICTIMS: Thomas Andrew Toomey, 20 YOA, W/M Delmar, DE.

Worcester County Fire Marshall Shot Last Night

During a domestic dispute the Wife of a Worcester County Deputy Fire Marshall shot her husband who is in stable condition at Johns Hopkins. Read comments for more details. More to come........

HISTORICAL COMMENTS BY GEORGE CHEVALLIER

BELL STREET SCHOOL

(A picture surfaced in an old Daily Times issue of Nov. 27, 1977 that includes the following students. It is believed to be from around 1900.)

First row, left to right, Carl Brewington, George Strattner, Thomas Foster, Gordon Adams, Oscar Benjamin, Leon Ulman, Wallace Smith, Harry Parker, George Parker, and W. B. Tilghman, Jr.

Second row, Claude Dorman, Benjamin Calloway, Raymond Doward, Wm. Slemons, Charles Bailey, Ralph Duffy, Calvin Morris, Samuel Hitch, Wm. Records, Ernest Lucas, and unknown.

Third row, William Killiam, Warren Titlow, Garley Brittingham, Wm. Layfield, Miss Stella Dorman, Clarence Parsons, Fred Grier, unknown, and Emmett Moore.

Fourth row, unknown, Harry Bethke.

Those grim-faced kids glaring at what now is a valuable antique camera bring to mind what one might think a group photograph of all the characters who used to appear in the old “Our Gang” film series would look like.

Actually, the photo shows what is believed to be the third or fourth grade class perched on the front porch of the old Bell Street School, built in 1894. Torn down in 1939, the two-story, four-room frame school was located across from W. Chestnut Street, near the old standpipe behind the John B. Parsons Home on Lemmon Hill Lane. Along with the Chestnut Street Grammar School, the school was replaced by the newly built North Salisbury Elementary on Emerson Ave.

As near as anyone can figure out, the picture appears to have been taken around 1900 or so. The photograph, framed and accompanied by an almost complete list of names, surfaced a couple of years ago when a Laurel, Del. Man, Olan O’Neal bought it for $8 and an auction in Delmar. O’Neal attends auctions fairly regularly, but he doesn’t consider himself a professional collector.

“I have no idea where the picture came from”, he commented. “I’ve never come across a picture like this before. I hated to see some antique dealer buy it and away it goes. So, I stopped in to see Harold Fulton (superintendent of Wicomico County schools) and showed it to him. He was very interested, and I thought it would be nice for the school people to keep it,” O’Neal explained. He then presented it to Fulton. The photograph will become part of a dozen such historical photos that will be on display at the Board of Education office.

But what about those kids, attired in knickers? Who is a better repository of facts and figures, and who has a greater wealth of knowledge of names, places, family histories and the like than Walter R. Holloway, at the funeral home bearing his name? Himself a graduate of the Bell Street School, Holloway chuckled when shown the photo. “I remember many of these kids, some of them quite well. But these kids were a bit older than I am (78) and some of them I can only recall being familiar with the family name,” he mused. “When I was there it was called a grammar school. The girls and the boys were separated, the girls upstairs, and the boys downstairs. The street was named for Miss Daisy Bell and her brother George Bell, who was a state’s attorney at one time here. They lived together right there near where the school was in a lovely big old white house. When we were finished there, we were sent about 50 feet across the street to the Chestnut Street School. From there, we attended class at the Upton Street High School, where your building (the Times Building) is now,” Holloway continued.

Because the photograph appears to have been taken several years before Holloway attended Bell Street, what follows is not necessarily a complete history of each and every name, only what the long and sometimes vivid Holloway memory can provide.

Carl Brewington – “He lived in Bivalve when he died. His father, Clarence Brewington, used to have a grocery store in front of the old Jackson House (now gone.) When I used to live on Smith Street, I used to go across a lot full of sandburs where Light Street is now, and go in the back door of the store to spend my penny on candy.”

George Strattner – “I know his father was a power man with the BC&A Railroad, but beyond that I can’t recall much else.”

Gordon Adams – “Used to work in the Jackson Shirt factory (where Lowe’s is now).”

Leon Ulman – “His father, I think, was Charley Ulman, or maybe Ike Ulman. Anyway, I know they used to live where the C & P Telephone Co. building is now in a big rambling house. I also think it is the same family that was connected with the Old Ulman Theater (which burned to the ground in 1963).”

W. B. Tilghman, Jr. – “His father was Col. W. E. Tilghman. His nephew, Nash Strudwick, now runs the Tilghman Company (one of Salisbury’s most famous commercial landmarks).”

Claude Dorman – “A very proper fellow. His father was Will Dorman. He used to direct nearly all the weddings around. He made curtains, draperies and did a little needlework. He used to always lead the Grand March at annual dances. They used to live where City Hall is now.”

Benjamin Calloway – “Used to work at R.D. Grier’s machine shop. His son, Roland, works at the Grier Tire Co. now. Ben was a member of the Salisbury Fire Company.”

William Slemons – “He was with T. L. Ruark grocery store.”

Charles Bailey – “Worked in a shirt factory, I believe.”

Ralph Duffy – “Was a sheriff here in the county. He was a blacksmith by trade, and used to shoe many a horse.”

Calvin Morris – “Was an auto mechanic for a time.”

Samuel Hitch – “Worked for the C & P Telephone Co. His Dad, Herbert H. Hitch, had a grocery store at the corner of W. Main Street and Delaware Avenue. Sam used to drive around in a horse and buggy, carting a huge piece of telephone equipment that was battery operated.”

Ernest Lucas – “Was the son of Martin Lucas, who used to run Uncle Mart’s Sandwich shop on Market St., featuring oyster fritter sandwiches. I think he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for a while.

William Killiam – “He was a chief of the fire department. They lived in a house which is now at the corner of Cherry Street and Route 13. I remember when he used to ride about on a big bicycle wearing a white raincoat.”

Miss Stella Dorman – “Miss Dorman. She was strict. Never married. I never had her for a teacher but I heard she would whip the devil out of you.”

Fred Grier – “Another fire chief. I believe his brother was R. D. Grier.”

Harry Bethke – “His father was a fine tailor whose shop was over the old Twilley-Hearn Barber Shop downtown. They lived at the corner of Elizabeth Street and North Division Street.”

Fruitland Council Meeting

The "work session" agenda for the Bennett middle school issue that has been scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 PM is now posted on the city website.Folks who are interested in the discussion should plan to attend-- this is an important issue and it will dramatically affect life in Fruitland if the school is built there. It will also create a lot of i$$ue$ involving the construction and upgrading of infrastructure if it happens.Fruitland citizens should be sure they know what is going on with this issue and make their desires known.

Prayer

"Anyone with needs to be prayed over, come forward, to the front at the altar," the Preacher says:

Leroy gets in line, and when it's his turn, the preacher asks: "Leroy, what do you want me to pray about for you."

Leroy replies:"Preacher, I need you to pray for my hearing."

The preacher puts one finger in Leroy's ear, and he places the other hand on top of Leroy's head and prays and prays and prays,he prays a blue streak for Leroy. After a few minutes, the Preacher removes his hands, stands back and asks, "Leroy, how is your hearing now?"

Leroy says, "I don't know, Preacher, it ain't til next Wednesday!"

Useful Tools - Directory To Your Elected Representatives

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Use it often.......Use it well.....Let them hear from you........

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Bel Air Tea Party Coalition

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Women Supporting Women

THE AMERICAN DREAMS LONGABERGER BRANCH is proud to present their 10th Annual Hope is on the Horizon Benefit Dinner on Friday, August 21st to be held at a new location, The Fountains in Salisbury. All proceeds will benefit WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN, a local breast cancer support organization. Doors open at 4:30 pm and dinner is at 6:00 pm. with a Luau Theme – Hawaiian Attire Optional. There will be guest speakers, a cash bar, live, silent and Chinese auctions, a 50/50 and door prizes.

Tickets are $60.00 in advance and are not available at the door. They include the dinner and a Horizon of Hope Basket. For more information contact Joyce Hickman at 410- 749-2147, or jhbasketsandmore@comcast.net. Tickets are also available at Women Supporting Women, 106 West Circle Ave., Salisbury, MD 410-548-7880.

Stocks Stumble Amid Worries About Consumers

Widely watched survey shows consumer sentiment slipping in August

NEW YORK - The fear on Wall Street is that nervous consumers are going to short-circuit the economic recovery.

Stocks fell sharply Friday after investors were disappointed by media reports that the Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment fell significantly short of expectations for the first part of August. That’s a sign consumers may well keep cutting back their spending as they worry about losing their jobs. Consumer spending is crucial for the economy to emerge from recession as it accounts for two-thirds of all U.S. economic activity.

GO HERE to read more.

SALISBURY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA (Revised – 8/14/09)

AUGUST 17, 2009
CONFERENCE ROOM 306
GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING

4:30 p.m. Briefing on fire and life safety concerns for commercial properties –
Tom Stevenson

5:05 p.m. Authorization for destruction of specified records (Internal Services) – Pam Oland

5:20 p.m. Election issues – City Clerk Brenda Colegrove / City Attorney Paul Wilber

Moving Election date
Primary Election Ballot (voting for one per seat)
Elimination of Primary
Polling locations
Election Districts
Charter amendment – amending §SC6-12, Vacancies

6:40 p.m. General discussion/upcoming agendas

6:45 p.m. Adjourn

The Council reserves the right to convene in Closed Session as permitted under the Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a

A nice compromise

I like to be the type of person that finds a compromise in a contentious issue.

Well the latest one happens to be health care reform.

Why don't we have each party (Democrat, Republican, and any Independent parties in Congress) draft up a health care reform bill? Then we present them to the voting citizens of the US, without telling anyone which party wrote each one (in order to eliminate bias on all sides). We give it 6 months to a year for the people of the United States to have a chance to read and decide. And then the people vote. Which ever one receives the people's majority wins. And then we reveal which party wrote the bill people want. Just for kicks of course. The health reform bill the people of the US voted for directly, is the one we have, that way the majority wins, and (hopefully) everyone makes an informed decision.

Let's face it folks, Congress has for the most part stop listening to the people who voted them in. In an issue as important and life changing as this one is, we shouldn't go relying on people who don't listen to us to make the decision. The people of the US should directly vote for it, as it is something that affects us deeply.

Now a few other rules. The bill should be no more than 100 pages long. There is no reason for a 1,800 page bill that (I am going to go out on a limb here) the VAST majority of Congress hasn't bothered to read. I think you can cover everything in 100 pages. Maybe 150 tops. The bill needs to be written in plain simple language that anyone with a basic high school education can understand. There should be people ( not from Congress) to explain any part of each bill that someone doesn't understand in the easiest way possible. That way everyone can figure out which works best for them.

Something tells me that if this happened, we would have a voter turnout that would lead to a true majority deciding the path our country is to take. Not a bunch of power hoarders out of touch with their constituents deciding for us.

If this miracle were to occur, even if which ever bill I voted for lost, I would still be pleased with the outcome, because I would know that this is what the majority of the country wants, and that democracy has (finally IMHO) worked.

Just a thought. What do you all think?

Seaford Man Arrested For Indecent Exposure, Lewdness And Disorderly Conduct

Location: Country Living Road, Millsboro, Sussex County, DE
Date of Occurrence: July 28 to 30, 2009
Suspect(s): Vernon H. Holloway, 24, Seaford, Delaware

State Police have arrested a 24 year-old Seaford man for exposing himself to a 17 year-old victim.

Troopers arrested Holloway last evening after they tracked him down to his Seaford home. The investigation started back on July 30th when the father of a 17 year-old boy reported Holloway had stopped his car and got out with no clothing. The victim reported Holloway was exposed his genitalia as the 17 year-old boy was jogging.

The victim was first made aware of Holloway on July 28 when the victim was out jogging in the morning at 6 a.m. Holloway was driving and allegedly pulled over and watched the victim run by. On the 29th, again at 6 o’clock in the morning, Holloway drove by the victim and then pulled over. Holloway allegedly exited his vehicle without any clothing on and exposed his genitalia to the victim as he ran by. Finally on the 30th ,again at 6 a.m., Holloway drove by the victim again. When the victim saw Holloway, he called his father who was able to obtain a tag number after chasing Holloway’s vehicle but was unable to stop it.

Holloway was charged with Indecent Exposure, Lewdness and Disorderly Conduct. He was arraigned and released on $2,000 bail.

Holloway was operating a white Ford Fusion with a Maryland temporary 01855J. Anyone with similar incidents involving this vehicle is asked to contact the State Police at Troop 4 by dialing 302-856-5806 ext 255.

Yard Sales 8/14/9

GO HERE for this weekend's yard sale.

If you have a yard sale to post, please email me, SunnyInOC, at atlanticjw@aol.com. Please have your requests in by Thursday at 3pm.

Town Hall Meetings Sway Rep. Kratovil's Opinion On Health Care

A recent article in the Financial Times has made light of the effect that town hall meetings are having on freshman members of Congress. Our own Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD01), and Virginia's Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) were profiled as members of the Democratic majority who are wavering in support of a government-run health care option due to the public outcry during the August recess. To read the article, CLICK HERE.

AFP-Maryland was very effective in encouraging all of our 1st Congressional District members to attend Rep. Kratovil's town halls to let him know to keep "Government's Hands Off Our Health Care"! Besides the recess meetings that the Congressman scheduled, citizens have been rallying against a government option outside of his local district offices. On Tuesday our partner in the fight for liberty, Campaign for Liberty, helped organize a rally outside of Rep. Kratovil's Bel Air office where more than 250 local residents attended.

All of these public displays of displeasure are truly having an impact on public policy. Yesterday, Gallup released a poll that showed Americans say the protests make them more sympathetic to our cause. Swing voters, particularly registered Independents, agree with that statement by more than a 2-to-1 spread! What we are doing is working, but we need to keep the pressure on the elected officials. Both AFP-Maryland and C4L will be helping to organize more rallies against government-run health care, so please stay tuned...

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FDIC Chief: Parts Of Obama Plan Won't Fly

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair is pushing back against key elements of the Obama administration's financial overhaul plan, saying they wouldn't survive in Congress and calling her own alternatives more viable.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Bair said Congress won't approve two major parts of the package: Expanding the Federal Reserve's authority to regulate the largest financial companies and giving a proposed new consumer protection agency examination and enforcement powers over banks.

Such authority now belongs to her agency and other bank regulators.

"There's a lot of resistance from a lot of different quarters to a lot of the things the administration has submitted," Bair told the AP Thursday. "That is a reality the administration needs to deal with."

GO HERE to read more from CBS News.

Rapper C-Murder Sentenced To Life In Prison

The 38-year-old Corey Miller was convicted of shooting a 16-year-old fan

GRETNA, La. - Rapper Corey “C-Murder” Miller has been sentenced to life in prison for his second-degree murder conviction.

District Judge Hans Liljeberg gave Miller the mandatory life sentence on Friday, days after the rapper was found guilty of the 2002 killing by a Louisiana jury.

The 38-year-old Miller was convicted of shooting 16-year-old fan Steve Thomas at a now-closed nightclub in Harvey.

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‘Squeaky’ Fromme Released From Prison

Manson follower spent decades in prison for trying to shoot President Ford

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars, a prison official said.

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was 26 years old when she pointed a semiautomatic .45- caliber pistol at Ford in September 1975 in Sacramento, Calif. Secret Service agents grabbed her and Ford was unhurt.

Fromme, now 60, left the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth at about 8 a.m. Friday, spokeswoman Dr. Maria Douglas said in a statement.

GO HERE to read more.

Cardin to Constituents – Listen to Me, Not to the Facts

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) has stones, I’ll give him that.  To Cardin, and most other elected Democrats in the Not So Free State, voters are like cattle to be herded to fiscal slaughter.  When faced with voters who have actually bothered to read HR 3200 (the leading ObamaCare bill), or who read newspapers, or who watch TV news we’re “misinformed”.

Is there misinformation out there?  Of course there is.  It’s coming from both the left and the right.  However, it’s Democrat officials who are calling their own constituents “misinformed” or just plain stupid because we won’t allow a government takeover of another 17% of our nation’s economy.  That’s essentially the message from Cardin at yesterday’s meeting in Salisbury.  If you’re against ObamaCare, you’re “misinformed”. 

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A SFD Comment Worthy Of A Post

"Joe I hope that your house doesn't catch on fire or that you'll need Salisbury's fire Dept.'s help one day. Why must everyone bash the fire dept? Some of you have no idea what these men and women have been through. And most of them are volunteers. So when your sleeping sound in your bed at 3 in the morning. When the pager goes off your not the one responding. Your not the one out in the cold or the heat for hours. Just so that when you finally get home you have an hour before you have to go to work."

While MOST of this is true, I'll keep this for my records just in case one of my properties does catch on fire and it's not taken care of properly. What saddens me the most about a comment like this is the fact that YOU place a CONDITION to the service provided.

I guess if I were to donate a bunch of money I'd be taken care of better than those who oppose fishing trips or hey, let's even mention the $2,000.00 per Station by the Volunteers Funds to pay for Chief See's Retirement Party. All of which they even have the nerve to charge you something like $37.00 per person to get in too!

Let me state this as well. Folks, messages like this come from a very select few. You can probably recognize them in the video. The rest of the Volunteers are in fact great people. That being said, it doesn't matter what ANY of them think, what was done with the money for a fishing trip was, (IMO) wrong. I can guarantee you that a good 95% of the Volunteers would agree with me.

I have heard all sorts of different numbers, 5 to 8 people on the boat. That leaves out more than 100 other Volunteers that former Chief See hated anyway. Your statement above would make a LOT of sense if ALL were treated equally but that is NOT the case. I guess what you're saying is, only a select few Volunteers wake up at 3 AM to provide a service in the hot and cold and that's why this select few were chosen to have a party.