Troopers Shut Down Dover Ecstasy Drug Ring – Several Arrested

Dover - Yesterday, members of the Delaware State Police Troop 3 Drug Task Force and Governor’s Task Force conducted a drug operation in the 100 block of Saxton Road, Kent Acres, Dover. This operation was the result of a three-month undercover drug investigation into the sale of Ecstasy (MDMA). A search warrant was obtained for the residence on Saxton Road, along with an arrest warrant for Ashley N. Ortiz, 17 who resides at the home, for delivery of Ecstasy.

Prior to the execution of the search warrant, vehicle stops were conducted related to the investigation. Two persons, Charles L. Gray, 48 of Wyoming and Jermaine A. Colbert, 27 of Harrington were observed by undercover surveillance officers exchanging narcotics and money at the Saxton road home. Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Gray and found him to be in possession of .1 grams of crack cocaine.

Troopers attempted a traffic stop on Colbert after he left the residence on Saxton Drive. Colbert is a tier II registered sex offender who had numerous active warrants from the Delaware State Police for failure to reregister, along with active warrants from various courts for violation of probation. Colbert refused the commands to stop, fled in the vehicle, and led troopers on a brief vehicle pursuit. The pursuit ended when Colbert lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a telephone pole on Woodleytown Rd, Magnolia. Colbert then fled on foot disposing of 14 baggies containing crack cocaine. He was apprehended after a brief foot chase and struggle. The recovered crack cocaine weighed a total of 3.2 grams. A search of the vehicle also yielded 66 empty plastic baggies, which are commonly used to store crack cocaine, and a digital scale.

Roshaya T. White, 18 of Dover, and Anthony D. Rollins, 15 of Dover, were contacted after they left the residence on Saxton Rd. Rollins had active warrants from Troop 3 for robbery first degree and numerous active warrants from Kent Family Court. Rollins was taken into custody without incident. Detectives later located 3.2 grams of crack cocaine on White.

The main target of the investigation Ashley Ortiz was later observed entering the vehicle of James R. Dodd, 24 of Dover in a parking lot off Webbs Lane. Ortiz and Dodd were found in possession of 39 Ecstasy pills. They were arrested without incident.

As a result of Dodd’s arrest, a follow-up search warrant was executed by DSP and the Dover Police Department. The search warrant was executed at Dodd’s residence on Fair Winds Place, Dover. The following evidence was seized during this investigation: 235 Ecstasy pills, 6.6 grams of crack cocaine, .1 grams marijuana, 1998 Toyota Camry and
$2065 United States Currency. Detectives have also identified Olivia M. Lee, 20 of Dover as resident of the home with Dodd and currently have obtained arrest warrants for her.

As a result of the investigation, the following individuals were arrested for the following offenses:
Ashley N. Ortiz was arrested for 2 counts of Trafficking in Ecstasy, 3 counts of Delivery of Ecstasy, Possession With Intent to Deliver Ecstasy, 2 counts of Maintaining a Vehicle for Keeping Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Dwelling for Controlled Substances, 3 counts of Conspiracy 2nd Degree, and four counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was remanded to the Stevenson House in Milford in lieu of a $98,500 secured bail.

James R. Dodd was arrested for 2 counts of Trafficking Ecstasy, Delivery of Ecstasy, 2 counts of Possession With Intent to Deliver Ecstasy, 2 counts of Maintaining a Vehicle for Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Dwelling for Controlled Substances, 3 counts of Conspiracy 2nd degree, Possession of Marijuana, and 3 counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was remanded to the James T Vaughn Correctional Center in lieu of a $207,750 secured bail.

Jermaine A. Colbert was arrested for two counts of Failure to Re-register as a Sex Offender, Possession with Intent to Deliver Crack Cocaine, Maintaining a Vehicle for Controlled Substances, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Resisting Arrest, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Failure to Stop at Command of Police Officer, and numerous traffic offenses related to the vehicle pursuit. Colbert also had active warrants from Kent Superior Court for violation of probation, Kent Family Court, and Justice of the Peace Court #7. He was remanded to the James T Vaughn Correctional Center in lieu of a $56,000 secured bail.

Anthony D. Rollins was arrested for two counts of Robbery 1st Degree, Possession of Firearm during the Commission of a Felony, Possession of Firearm by a Person Prohibited, Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon, 2 counts of Conspiracy 2nd degree, 3 counts of Theft, Tampering with Evidence, Possession of Crack Cocaine, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Rollins was also arrested by Dover Police Department for two counts of Delivery of Crack Cocaine. Rollins also had multiple active warrants from Kent County Family Court. He was remanded to the Stevenson House in Milford in lieu of a $94,000 secured bail.

Roshaya T. White was arrested for Tampering with Evidence, Conspiracy 2nd degree, Possession of Crack Cocaine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was released after posting a $3,000 secured bail.

Charles L. Gray was arrested for Maintaining a Vehicle for Controlled Substances, Tampering with Evidence, and Possession of Crack Cocaine. He was released on a $3350.00 unsecured bail.

Arrest warrants are currently on file with the Dover Police Department for Olivia M. Lee, for Trafficking Ecstasy, Possession with the Intent to Deliver Ecstasy, Maintaining a Dwelling, Conspiracy 2nd, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Marijuana.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Ms. Lee is urged to contact Dover Police Department at 302.739.7111 or Crime Stoppers at 1.800. Tip.3333.

The Dispatch Newspaper Comes Through With Another Great Article

I was very pleased to see my good friend Chris Laramore, (Chief of the Ocean City Fire Department) being brought to the forefront in the news once again. The following story is one in which proves that some people do what they do for the good of the community and ask for nothing in return.

Nevertheless, Chris is recognized for the unconditional man that he is and my hat is tipped to Bryan Russo for a superb article. I'll provide the beginning of the article and then a link to read the rest as they truly deserve the hits for this one. Thanks for all that you do Mr. Laramore! By the way Chris, Salisbury desperately needs a new Fire Chief, any interest?


Fire Chief Talks $1 Salary, Major Changes, Personnel Moves

By Bryan Russo, Staff Writer Originally published March 27, 2009

OCEAN CITY – Chris Larmore has had quite a year as the chief of the newly merged Ocean City Fire Department, and he’s got much more to show for it than just the $1 he made in salary.

Larmore, the appointed figurehead of the merged volunteer and career fire department, has gone through a year of scrutiny, controversy and seemingly, has had his every move under constant watch by some since taking the reins and trying to move the fire department out of the turmoil and into the future.

In an interview with The Dispatch on Wednesday, Larmore says despite all that has happened in the past year, the task is very simple.

“The fire service has always been based on trust and honesty and if you tell the truth and aren’t shy about reaching out for help, a lot of the good people come to the front and that’s what I’ve been seeing a lot of in the last six to eight months,” said Larmore. “Ask good people to do a job, and what you get in return is really good work. That’s the basis of it all.”

Larmore could be deemed one of the biggest bargains in Ocean City history as he opted to be paid $1 for his service as chief of the fire department, even though his position would easily pay over $100,000 and has worked tirelessly since that appointment (60-80 hour weeks on average) to make the “ship” run in a more efficient manner.

GO HERE to read the rest of the article.

***Parental Advisory***

After School Student Approached and Harassed in Shopping Center Parking Lot

Location of Incident: Four Seasons Shopping Center, Route 896 and Four Seasons Parkway, Newark, Delaware, New Castle County

Date and Time of Occurrence: Thursday, March 26th, 2009, at approximately 6:00 p.m.

Suspect(s): Black male, 30 – 35 years old, with thin sideburns and short hair. The suspect vehicle is only described as black in color.

Resume: Yesterday afternoon, a 10th grade student from Hodgson Vocational Technical High School participated in an after school sporting program. She finished practice and boarded the bus to go home.

The bus dropped her off in the area of the Four Seasons Shopping Center in Newark. The student got out and proceeded to walk through the shopping center to get to her house.

A black car drove up behind the female student. The operator of the car, a male subject, rolled down his window and began to ‘blow kisses’ at the girl. He then started to, what the girl described as, ‘cat call’ her.

The student became nervous and started walking quickly. The operator of the car then propositioned the girl to get into the car with him. She started running and continued to run until she got home where she told her parents what had happened.

Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call the Hodgson Vo-Tech School Resource Officer at 302-832-0274 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

Cpl/1 Jeff Whitmarsh says, “Parents are encouraged to speak to their children about this incident. Although this particular case occurred in Newark, this is a good time for parents of all schools and districts to speak to their kids about this very important issue.”

How The Whole Blonde Thing Got Started

More From The Court Plaza Tenants

Sperry Van Ness opens up a whole new can of worms.

The tenants at the Court Plaza are billed for water and sewer but yet we have no individual water meters. We are charged by the square foot, which means the hair salons are paying less for their water than the retail stores. More to come from the Tenants of the Court Plaza as the investigation continues.

~the Tenants of the Court Plaza~

21 Classified Items Tomorrow

Don't forget to click on the Classified Ad Logo on the right hand side of Salisbury News tomorrow morning. We already have 21 items set to go. If you'd like to add to the list, do so before the end of the day today.

Citizens Speak Against Noise Ordinance Penalties

On August 27, 2007 at a regular city council meeting Ordinance No. 2036 amending the penalty provision of Section 8.20.130 of the Salisbury Municipal Code was discussed, voted on and passed.


As noted in the minutes on page 4, seven citizens spoke against the penalties to be imposed for noise violations. In the audio file embedded in this post and in the audio file section on the right side of this blog, you will hear their thoughts expressed to the council before council voted to pass this ordinance. Their comments would be taken into consideration by true representatives of the people, as we have all come to know, that is not the way it works in Salisbury. The decisions are made long before the meetings. It is quite obvious by the grunts and groans of those members of the council majority when the only two representatives with functioning brain cells take the time to do the research and ask questions. Twice, Debbie Campbell made a motion to return this to a work session for further discussion and work. Twice it was voted down by the council majority with what has become the predictable 3-2 vote.

Listen to SJ Disharoon, Bob Caldwell, Tim Spies, President of the Camden Neighborhood Association, Ellen Neufeldt, VP Student Affairs at SU, Jim Trader, and Bob Taylor voice their strong opposition to the penalties imposed. Tim Meagher avoids pointing out what was obvious to everyone else in the city and eludes to the noise made by trash trucks. I suppose if I were a member of Barrie's round table I'd choose my words carefully as well. We all know how vindictive that woman can be. Just ask Stewart Leer.

Click here to listen to the audio file Citizens Oppose Penalties


Then there is Gary Comegys lying to SU students. Not only did he lie to them, he lied to them in their own house, at the SU Forum. He stated the noise ordinance was meant for trash trucks not students. Please listen to this audio and tell me where he one time mentions trash trucks or any other type of trucks. Noise Ordinance - Comegys

My Apologies

To those of you who sent me messages via e-mail yesterday between 4:30 PM to midnight, I cannot explain why but I cannot open any of them. I can see them but I cannot open them. If you'd be so kind as to resend those messages to this address I'd greatly appreciate it. Please resend them to sbynews1@gmail.com and I will get back to you asap. Thank You, Joe

SU Mayoral Forum From A Student's Perspective

Here is my take-away notes from the Mayoral Forum last night.

I was greeted on my way in by Ireton's gang asking me to sign up on the mailing list and receive a free t-shirt. I let them know I was already on the mailing list. One gentleman went right over and got me a T-shirt and another gentleman handed me Jim's brochure AND a handout titled "Do you know about Tenant Rights?". The man looked me right in the eye and said that these were MY RIGHTS as a tenant. Great job Jim Ireton!

The event opened with an introduction by an SU student and then the candidates took the stage, Comegys first and Jim following. Jim shook the hand of the student as he walked by and then Comegys turned around and walked a few steps back to the podium to shake the student's hand also. I thought that this was HILARIOUS and a perfect way of foreshadowing the rest of the evening.

On to the Questions. KEEP IN MIND that these are not quotes but my paraphrasing of what they said. In parentheses are my additional thoughts or commentary.

Q. How do you plan to reach out to SU students?
Comegys: SU is an asset to the community and the community should be warm and welcoming.
Ireton: There are shortcomings between the relationship of the University and the community. We need to find ways for graduating students to stay in Salisbury. (He mentioned the Student Safety Committee and Tenant Rights). The city can do better.

Q. What are your feelings about the idea of having a SU student representative
on the city council?
Ireton: I am not quite sure how I feel about this. There are many ways that students can be involved in city politics. (but it seemed like he was mostly against this and that students should be on city councils when and where they settle down and buy a home.) (I respect and understand this answer. However I am a student, permanent resident, AND a homeowner...)
Comegys: I agree with Mr. Ireton and I'm not sure how I feel about doing this. I am an open door for communication. I am good at listening to your ideas. (because he has none of his own.)

Q. What are your plans for the jurisdiction of police: University, City, County,
& State?
Comegys: Crime cannot be solved this way. I want to reduce crime. Everyone needs to be aware of their surroundings, walk together, lock their doors and cars, and look out for each other. (because he's not planning on fixing the crime problems.)
Ireton: I plan to engage the Judiciary system and work with them so they are not throwing out cases because of jurisdiction. When you or I call 9-1-1, we don't care who shows up. We don't care if it's a city policeman or a county sheriff. Just get someone there. The line of city limits is all over and it's a problem to try to figure out who's jurisdiction it is.

Q. How do you plan to create new jobs in Salisbury?
Ireton: I want to draw businesses to the city that will keep business students
here. I want to get the students active in the community.
Comegys: There needs to be improvement in the job category. With the way Obama is leading the country there should be new energy opportunities.

Q. How do you plan on dealing with the issue of Rentals when the students want more and the community members want less?
Comegys: Housing has always been an issue for the University. There are many opportunities for students and city citizens to be neighbors. (How does this
answer the question? Really...?)
Ireton: This question may be flawed because it's not necessarily true that students want more rentals and city citizens want less. There are a finite
number of houses and there are different estimates on the percentage of which are rental units (I believe he mentioned a possible stat of 55% and another possible stat of 70% rental houses.) (Then he sort-of went slightly off topic to mention part of his platform to help students:) You need to keep in mind that your landlord is the ONLY person who can raise your rent. It's not my job to get involved with your relationship with you and your landlord, but it is my job to protect you. (then he made heated remarks basically saying that landlords don't have any repercussions for not taking care of the rental houses and that they are raising rent and it's not the city's fault and that someone is smiling all the way to the bank and "its not you [student] and it's not me [himself, as mayor]." The main point he was making was that students are getting ripped off by their landlords.)

Q. Students are worried about crime and want to know what you plan to do for crime prevention.
Ireton: I worry about the University. I want to open up substations where SU students can work to answer the phones while the police are out in the field on
bicycles. (It is to my understanding that the substation would be open for anyone to work including university students, retirees, and other city citizens) The job of the mayor is to keep you save. We need to be pro-active and not reactive. (He also mentioned the crime rates for the city and how badly it is out of control - Jim is a man with a plan)
Comegys: Substations are an archaic idea. Police cars are rolling substations with all sorts of computers and technology. ($$$) We need to protect not only residential areas, but industrial and commercial as well. It takes everyone to solve crime and we need to take a regional approach. (so what's the plan? buy more police cars fully outfitted with the work$ and charge the taxpayers?)

Q. There is currently no objective criteria for the noise ordinance. Do you think jail time is a fair consequence for a noise violation?
Comegys: The penalties in place are consistent with MD law. We don't have the tools available or haven't invested in them (decibel meters) to put an objective
criteria on the ordinance. There are many sources of noise such as trash pickup at 4 am and construction vehicles. It probably needs to be worked on and must be
consistent with the law.
Ireton: (Ok, so this question really seemed to pluck a nerve with Jim and he got pretty emotional and kept interrupting himself. I am not 100% sure the point that he was trying to make. He started by saying that there are speed limits and maximum BAC levels that are objective criteria...and then he kind of broke off. My impression of what he was saying was that he is for the noise ordinance and that people who are getting 2 and 3 violations really need to be quiet.)(my 2 cents: I think that there NEEDS to be an objective requirement (it can be a strict one, but it should be measurable) and I am okay with maximum db level
and harsh punishments for 2nd, 3rd, 4th...etc offenses. I am not a "big party" person. I like small parties. I hate being stereotyped as a loud, drunk, partying college student. Students need to be responsible when they party and punished when they break the law over and over again.)

Q. What will you do to improve Recycling?
Ireton: I am vice chair of the Recycling Committee. When asking why multi-family dwellings (i.e. apartment complexes) are not recycling, the answer was 'because they don't have to.'
Comegys: Apartment complexes have the choice whether or not to use the city's trash/recycling pickup or that of another business (i.e. BFI or Waste
Management). A policy can be implemented but we need to find an efficient and cost effective way of improving recycling or it's just for looks and not really impacting the environment in a helpful way.

Q. How do you plan to clean up the Wicomico River?
Comegys: "When the Waste Water Treatment Plant gets running..." As the news
indicates we are having issues. When it works....blah blah blah. We need to look at storm water drainage. We have an aged infrastructure and it is not just as easy as putting filters on the pipes. This is an expensive proposition. Until there is a sufficient revenue source, we can't afford to fix the river. (CHA CHING. I just heard city taxes go up...)
Ireton: I want to make the Wicomico River swimable and fishable in 10 years. Testing indicates we have elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus and an excess number of algae blooms. We need to conduct indigenous species studies. I
will map out all of the outfall pipes into the river and trace them back to their sources and filter them also. I want to start up environmental studies on the river for class credit and MSA approved for younger students. All students, k-12 and college can be part of this. We can ALL be part of this. You can read more about the Wicomico River Project on my website. (I think this was the best answer of the whole night and it really shows that Jim Ireton has a PLAN for this city.)

Q. What do you feel are SU student's responsibilities for the greater Salisbury?
Ireton: The requirements for acceptance in to Salisbury University are high. I don't think that I could have gotten in with these requirements. You guys are smarter than me and with that increased intellectuality comes more responsibilities. I want to challenge students to think critically. Think critically about this campaign and how the city should grow and move forward.
Comegys: SU students are bright. I think students need to be good citizens and be involved with the community. If you want to be embraced by the community you need to embrace the community as well. You're already doing a lot with Relay for Live and the upcoming Big Event. We can all be better neighbors. The bottom line it you should enjoy your experience as a student and contribute to the economy. (I read between the lines here. "enjoy your experience here" translates to:
"have more parties" and "contribute to the economy" translates to: "and we will bust you and you will pay tons of fines to contribute to our economy".)

Then there were closing remarks beginning with Jim Ireton where he stressed again how much the landlords are ripping the students off. I don't remember what Comegys said after that....

After the candidates, the SU Democrat club went up on stage to meet Mr. Ireton and get their photo taken with him. After a few shots, Mr. Comegys joined in for the next shot. Then I talked to the SU Dem club for a few minutes and they said that they think Mr. Ireton is the right man for the job, but he came off as slightly abrasive and defensive. One of them had been fooled by Mr. Comegys and his lies and was quick to say that Gary Comegys was manipulating his entire speech to appeal to the students and that the reason that Jim was seemingly defensive was because he was being brutally HONEST and that he really had emotions and opinions about the questions being asked. Comegys just wants the city to tell him what to do and had no new and creative ideas to bring to the table. I noticed then that Gary had seemingly left and Jim Ireton was still being asked questions and shaking hands.

Rebecca Bullard

More FBI Crime Data

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Lost Dog Flyer

Mayor Tilghman steps in her own Poo and wants Ireton to apologize

If you missed the press conference Jim Ireton gave Tuesday (you know, the one Barrie Tilghman claims Jim misrepresented facts about crime and disparaged city employees) it was posted in it's entirety on youtube. Check it out, it's worth it. Part 1 Part 2

Here are the specifics of the speech which, according to Queen Barrie, just ain't true:

"We stand here today in a city that was second in 2007 only to Baltimore City among municipalities in violent crime incidents. A city second only to Baltimore City among municipalities in forcible rape incidents. When looking at acts of violent crime per resident, Salisbury is actually ahead of Baltimore City. As of 3 weeks ago, we are still seeing more Part One crimes year-to-date than we have seen in the last two years in the same time period."

"What does that mean to us? Part One crimes, year-to-date for January and February: 2007, 495 and in 2008, 489 and now in 2009, 522."

That’s what he said. EVERY WORD IS TRUE.
Every. Single. Word.
And the per capita statistics he cited were true, too. No apologies needed.

Don't believe me? Check out the Salisbury Police Department's own webpage. And look at Part One Crime for Jan-Feb '09 compared to Jan-Feb '08 and Jan-Feb '07. And here's the data comparing cities in Maryland in 2007.

What gives Barrie, what gives? Can you really be that stupid not to even check your own police chief's website to see if Jim was even telling the truth? I guess you aren't as savvy on the interweb as those "vicious bloggers." What a joke. Did you think he was pulling numbers from thin air? Just because you might do that, it doesn't mean everyone does. Mare, it's time you are put out to pasture.


Note: Special thanks to Duck Around who I plagiarized half this from.

More Salisbury Crime Stats

Check out homesurfer.com. The HomeSurfer crime rating for Salisbury, Maryland is 0.0 out of a possible 5 total points. Higher ratings indicate that your area is safer. The HomeSurfer crime rating is calculated depending on how the crime rate in your city compares with crime in the state and the nation. Violent crime is weighed more heavily than property crime, and the national ranking is more important than the state ranking.

Salisbury, Maryland has a violent crime rate of 1869 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with a rate of 1502 in Maryland and a rate of 596 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.


Salisbury, Maryland is in the 100% percentile rank in the state for Violent Crime. It is in the 99% percentile rank nationally. Lower numbers are better. In this case, 100% of cities in Maryland have crime rates equal to or lower than Salisbury, or said another way, 0% of cities in Maryland have crime rates higher than Salisbury.

Maryland cities ranked from worst to best for crime.


Worst
18 Salisbury, MD
17 Baltimore, MD
16 Annapolis, MD
15 Frederick, MD
14 Cumberland, MD
13 Laurel, MD
12 Bel Air, MD
11 Cambridge, MD
10 Easton, MD
9 Greenbelt, MD
8 Elkton, MD
7 Havre de Grace, MD
6 Aberdeen, MD
5 Hagerstown, MD
4 Hyattsville, MD
3 Takoma Park, MD
2 Westminster, MD
1 Ocean Pines, MD
Best

Tilghman Wants to Change the Subject

Her chosen one was walloped in the primary. Her $80+ million white elephant has been exposed in PooGate. It appears that the only tools left in Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman's shabby little bag of tricks are her lapdogs over at the Daily Times and her willingness to bully any member of the public who opposes the Queen of Barrieland.

In an attempt to divert attention away from PooGate, Tilghman decided to go on the attack this afternoon. Her target - mayoral candidate Jim Ireton. Claiming that Ireton had done the city wrong by committing the grave crime of stating facts - namely that Salisbury has a higher per capita crime rate than just about anywhere in Maryland -Tilghman demanded an immediate apology. I'm looking forward to seeing how accurately the Daily Times prints Tilghman's dictation in Friday's edition.

Besides attacking Ireton, Tilghman (and her Chief of Police) also showed the lack of character for which she is renowned by having members of the public barred from her dog and pony show in a public building. Claiming that only persons she deemed worthy could be admitted to her little "event", Tilghman managed to smear the credibility of both WBOC-TV and WMDT-TV. To the best of my knowledge, the Daily Times did not even bother sending a representative (unless they sneaked in a back door). Perhaps Tilghman has already emailed them tomorrow's story.

I have two problems with Tilghman's tacky charade:

• Barring ANY member of the public from ANY event funded with tax dollars or held in a public building (unless expressly permitted by the Maryland open meetings law) is an insult to every honest citizen and an attack on one of our most basic liberties.

• It is possible, even probable, that the representatvies of both TV stations did not know that Tilghman had barred members of the public. However, unless WBOC and WMDT wish to acquire the same reputation as the Daily Times, they would be wise to refuse to cover any Tilghman event where the public is barred. Elizabeth Harrington was reporting for WBOC today. I know that she is as honest as they come. I don't know who reported for WMDT. Unfortunately, the mere appearance of participating in what was obviously a political smear job at taxpayers' expense can cause irreparable harm to the reputations of both the reporters their employers.

Looking on the bright side, Salisbury will soon be rid of the despotic Tilghman. On the darker side, continued cooperation from the Tilghman Times could wind up delivering the citizens of this once fair city to one of her puppets.


G. A. Harrison publishes Delmarva Dealings and the Campaign Edge. In addition, he is a regular contributor to Salisbury News and Red Maryland.

Saturday Tea Party Meeting

We are having another organizational meeting this Saturday, 10am, downtown Salisbury on W. Main St. We are now shooting for over 500 people for our Tax Day Tea party.

Need I Say More Salisbury?

Free Summer Camp for Military Kids‏

For more information on this program, please visit www.operationpurple.org.

From: "Luecking, Betsy" <Betsy.Luecking@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Date: March 25, 2009 12:24:52 PM EDT

Subject: Free Summer Camp for Military Kids

The attached flyer is to promote a FREE summer camp for any child age 9
- 13 who has a parent in the military who is deployed long term either
overseas or domestically. Registration for this event
is online and is covered in the flyer. Camp Fairlee Manor - Chestertown
MD- August 19 - 20th, 2009. Please spread the word. See attached flyer

Betsy Luecking
Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services
401 Hungerford Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 777-1256 Voice/TTY
betsy.luecking@montgomerycountymd.gov
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/disability

A Thing Of Beauty

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Parkside High School Post Prom Party

Parents of Parkside High School Class of 2009
Post Prom Committee
1015 Beaglin Park Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804


To Whom It May Concern:

The Parkside High School Class of 2009 will be holding their Senior Prom and Post-Prom celebrations May 1, 2009. We, the parents and guardians of the senior students, are arranging an after prom activity.

The Post Prom Party has proven to be a worthwhile endeavor as it gives the students a drug and alcohol - free outlet in which to celebrate their prom weekend. We are soliciting your business for donations of gift certificates, products and services that will be used as door prizes to entice our students to stay at this safe event.

Thank you for your consideration and support in our effort to provide a safe and fun post prom activity. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please contact Ashley Capute or Ben Vickers at 410-677-5143 to further discuss the request with you.

Sincerely,

Tracey Twilley
Parent of Parkside High School Class of 2009
Post Prom Committee

Scholarship Seminar Sunday

Scholarship Seminar Sunday, March 29, to Give Students Valuable Information and to Benefit the Maryland Food Bank

The Rotary Club of Salisbury, in partnership with the Delmarva Education Foundation, will offer a 1-day workshop entitled “How to Pay for College in Tough Times.” Juniors and seniors from Wicomico, Worcester, Dorchester, and Somerset Counties are eligible to participate.

The workshop will be facilitated by James Gillespie, Executive Director of the Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. Gillespie was the recipient of 15 scholarships/grants and currently serves as a national scholarship judge for the Roothbert Fund, Inc. based out of New York City.

Workshop will be held on Sunday, March 29th from 12:30pm-3:30pm at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore located at 1324 Belmont Avenue Salisbury, MD. Limited to the first 50 students. Students only please.

Registration fee is at least 10 canned goods per student. All proceeds to benefit the Maryland Food Bank.

To RSVP, please contact James Gillespie by THIS FRIDAY, 5 p.m., at the Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council, 410-543-2787.

M.O.O.D. Lighthouse for Coastal Hospice

OFF-CAMPUS ROBBERY

From: University Police
Thursday - March 26, 2009 3:26 PM
To: University Police
Subject: Campus Bulletin - Off-campus robbery
CAMPUS SAFETY BULLETIN OFF-CAMPUS ROBBERY

On March 26, 2009 at approximately 9:10 a.m., a Salisbury University student was robbed near the intersection of College Ave and Smith Street. The offender was apprehended a short time later, and transported to the Wicomico County Detention Center for booking by the Salisbury Police Department.

I would like to remind our campus community that crimes can occur anywhere at anytime. Individuals should always be attentive to their surroundings, and remain alert to the potential ill-intent of others nearby.


Please review and consider the following street robbery tips:

1. Try to remain calm. Do not resist. Consider the robber dangerous.
2. In most cases, the robber only wants your valuables/money and is not there
to hurt you.
3. Assume the robber is armed, even if you don't see a weapon.
4. If a weapon is displayed, consider it to be real and loaded.
5. Do only what the robber tells you. If you don't understand, tell the robber.
6. Attempt to get a good, complete description of the robber, - taking note of unique and unusual characteristics.
7. Your main goal is to survive!
8. Don't resist and fight with the assailant unless it is evident that your
life is in danger.
9. Remember--your valuables can be replaced, - your life can't.

Report all crimes and any suspicious persons immediately to the police. If possible, use a cellular phone to call 911 while maintaining visual observation of the subject(s).

Chief Edwin L. Lashley
University Police
ellashley@salisbury.edu

Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On March 24, 2009 at approximately 4:23 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department were on routine patrol in the area of West Railroad Avenue and observed the below listed suspect trespassing on posted property. The officers met with the suspect who fled from the officers on foot. The officers caught the suspect after a brief foot chase and found that the suspect was wanted on an outstanding Wicomico County Circuit Court Bench Warrant for failing to appear for a Violation of Probation hearing.

ARRESTED: Kalvin Lee Holley, 20 years of age Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES:
Trespassing
Wicomico Co. Circuit Court Bench Warrant
Failure to appear – Violation of Probation

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 200900009680/200900009684

On March 25, 2009 at approximately 12:07 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the Lombardi’s Restaurant on Civic Avenue for the report of a disorderly subject. Upon arrival the officers met with restaurant employees who advised that the below listed suspect had consumed food at the restaurant and attempted to leave without making payment. When approached the suspect struck an employee of the restaurant. The suspect was placed under arrest and also struck one of the officers. A records check of the suspect revealed that the suspect was wanted on two (2) outstanding Worcester County Circuit Court Bench Warrants for failing to appear for two (2) Violation of Probation hearings.

ARRESTED: Christina Jo Minton, 48 years of age Ocean City, Maryland

CHARGES:
Second degree assault (2 counts)
Theft (under $ 100)
Worcester Co. Circuit Court Bench Warrants (2)-
Failure to Appear – Violation of Probation

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 200900009808/200900009812/200900009865

Microsoft Does It Again!

Shoplifter’s Identity Sought

Location of Incident: Shop Rite, 1300 Rocky Run Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware, New Castle County

Date of Occurrence: March 19th and 23rd, 2009

Suspect(s): White male, dark hair, muscular build, bearded who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt in the most recent incident

Resume: Troopers from Delaware State Police Troop 1 are seeking the publics’ help in identifying the below pictured subject.

On both March the 19th and 23rd, this subject entered the Shop Rite on Rocky Run Parkway and removed various merchandise items from display. He concealed the items and fled the store without paying for same.

Anyone who may recognize this subject is asked to call Troop 1 investigators at 302.761.6677 ext. 305.

Calling ALL SU Students

Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM sharp I will deliver a Post here on Salisbury News that will expose Mayoral Candidate Gary Comegys as a liar. I will deliver a video PROVING what he told you last night was a flat out lie. This is NOT a man YOU want to cast your vote for and tomorrow at 10:00 AM we will prove it to you.

Mr. Comegys is NOT your friend. In fact, Mr. Comegys LOVES you Students because you make the City a ton of money. Be here at 10:00 AM sharp and see for yourself just what this guy is all about. See you then. You're going to love this Folks!

Suspect Identified

Updated DSP News Release: Thursday, March 26, 20099- Suspect’s Identity Sought in Over the Counter Medication Theft Case

Wilmington- Thanks to media coverage and the public getting involved, the suspect at the center of the below included news release has been identified and warrants have been obtained.

Investigators have warrants on file for Ms. Amanda Baffone, 26, of Golding Court in Hockessin. She has agreed to turn herself in on the single charge of Shoplifting (misdemeanor) in the days to come.

The Delaware State Police appreciates the involvement of all those who helped in this case.

Chelsea Estates Man Charged In Major Drug Bust

Location of Incident: Unit block of Louise Road, Chelsea Estates, New Castle, Delaware, New Castle County

Date and Time of Occurrence: March 19th, 2009, at approximately 6:50 p.m.

Suspect(s): Damien J. August, 41, of Louise Road, New Castle, Delaware

Resume: Members of the Delaware State Police New Castle County Drug Unit have completed a narcotics investigation and arrested a Chelsea Estates man for his part in the sale and distribution of drugs in our area.

Since December of 2008, members of the drug have focused their attention on Damien J. August. Through the fruits of their investigation, detectives were able to obtain a search warrant for August’s home. In the early evening of March 19th, officers conducted a motor vehicle stop as August was leaving his home in his 2005 Dodge Ram pick-up truck. With him safely in custody, officers returned to his home where the search warrant was executed.

The following items were seized:
Approximately 801.1 grams of powder cocaine
Approximately 380.4 grams of packaged marijuana
17.5 Xanax pills
$17,934.00 in U.S. Currency
One (1) 1990 Harley Davidson motorcycle
One (1) 2001 Indian motorcycle
One (1) 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle
One (1) 2005 Dodge Ram truck

Damien August was formally charged on March 20th with Trafficking Cocaine (felony), Possession with the Intent to Deliver Cocaine (felony), Possession with the Intent to Deliver Marijuana (felony), Maintaining a Dwelling for Keeping Narcotics (felony), Maintaining a Vehicle for Keeping Narcotics (felony), Possession of Narcotics (misdemeanor) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (misdemeanor).

August was committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institute in lieu of $1.6 million dollars bail.

Media Note: This case was not prepared for dissemination last week as the investigation was not complete simply with the arrest of Mr. August.

Damien J. August

You guys will like this...

I know this topic has come up many times, especially last fall, and it's always pitted as a red vs. blue issue but I think there is surprisingly more consensus than people would think. Finally a Two Sentz post you can be proud of...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Want government assistance? Just say no to drugs. Lawmakers in at least eight states [WV, OK, AZ, FL, MS, HI, MN, KS] want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.

Those in favor of the drug tests say they are motivated out of a concern for their constituents' health and ability to put themselves on more solid financial footing once the economy rebounds, but they also concede they also want to send a message: you don't get something for nothing.

Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financial aid and making already desperate situations worse.

Personally, I like the idea in theory, but I'm sure there are certian situations that would warrant case by case evaluation. Thoughts?

Full Article

New Lungs For Chuck

Hello everyone,

As you probably already know, my brother-in-law, Chuck Campbell, needs a double lung transplant and we have been diligently working to raise the $1,000,000 which the hospital says he needs in order to get started.

The deadline for the townhouse/condo raffle is March 31, 2010 or when we sell 40,000 tickets, which ever comes first. If we fail to sell 8001 tickets (enough to pay for the house and car) before then, all funds raised will convert to a 50/50 raffle with the winner receiving 50% and New Lungs for Chuck receiving 50%. The terms are on the back of the ticket which you will receive after you purchase on-line.

I have exciting news! Chuck’s boss, (Sandy Fitzgerald-Pohanka) has graciously offered to raffle off her beautiful Palm Aire Golf Course Townhouse in Sarasota, Florida for his benefit. But that’s not all. The raffle also includes a brand new Mercedes-Benz SL Convertible. WOW! The tickets are $50.00 each and can be purchased on-line at his new website, http://www.newlungsforchuck.com/. Visit the website to see his complete story, photos of past fundraising events, etc.

In order to maximize the number of ticket sales, please pass this message to everyone in your contact list. It needs to reach thousands of people because this fundraiser has the potential to raise the entire amount needed to get Chuck in a position for new lungs.

Most importantly, please pray for him and his family. God can make a way when there seems to be no way!

Visit http://www.newlungsforchuck.com/ to purchase your raffle ticket today!

With love and appreciation,
Carol Wilkinson

Editors Note: Now this is a fundraiser worthy of a donation. Not only are you saving a mans life, (a Husband and a Father) you have a chance of bettering your own while someone unconditionally donates their home and a car to make it happen. Get on board with this one Folks. It's the best $50.00 you may ever spend for the rest of your life.

Selbyville Robbery Suspect Identified And Arrested

Location of Incident: 37000 block of Bearhole Road in Selbyville, Delaware, Sussex County

Date and Time of Occurrence: March 25th, 2009, at approximately 3:14 p.m.

Suspect(s): William J. Wingle, II, 20, of Johnson Road in Selbyville, Delaware

Resume: On Wednesday afternoon, Troopers were called to a home along the 37000 block of Bearhole Road in Selbyville for a reported robbery / burglary. Investigators learned that a 50-year-old victim came home, and when he entered his residence, he was confronted by an unknown male.

The suspect approached the victim and kneed him in the groin area causing the victim to fall to the floor. The suspect then punched the victim, and while the victim was in pain, the suspect fled the home in an unknown direction.

The homeowner called 911 and waited for a police response. An inventory of the home revealed the suspect had stolen jewelry in this caper.

Investigative developments led to a possible suspect named William Tingle. Tingle was then identified through a photo line-up and warrants were obtained.

Late yesterday evening, Troopers located William Tingle at his residence. He was taken into custody without incident and transported back to Troop 4 for processing.

Tingle was formally charged with Robbery 1st (felony), Burglary 2nd (felony) and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor). He was committed to the Sussex Correctional Institute in lieu of a $36,000.00 cash bail.

William Tingle

PooGate Continues ... Is Barrie Tilghman Hiding the Facts or Just Doesn't Care?

Imagine ...

Imagine yourself the mayor of a small city. You're in the process of building a new waste water treatment plant (WWTP) that has helped to explode the city's debt load. You have just told your puppets on (what is called) the city council that you need to increase water and sewer rates by 50%. You're up for re-election in a year. Either you'll run or one of your primary partners-in-crime will.

Then ... You receive a letter from a nationally recognized firm that they would like to talk to you about managing that new WWTP. They think that they can save the ratepayers of your city some of their hard earned coin. They can handle the overall management of the plant as well as the day to day operation and maintenance of that facility.

What do you do? Well, if you're Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman you evidently ignore them.

Read More ...

Monthly Message From Dr. John Fredericksen, Superintendent Of Schools

I’m John Fredericksen, superintendent of Wicomico County Public Schools. For my March 2009 Superintendent’s Message, and I will focus on three important topics: budget, HSA and MSA tests, and school activities.

I cover these topics in this month’s video web message, which you can view by clicking on the Superintendent box on the home page. My comments in the video are summarized below.

Budget:

The Wicomico County Board of Education has approved the proposed consolidated current expense budget for fiscal 2009-2010. This proposed budget has been submitted to the County Executive. As we move toward having a final budget by June 30, we anticipate some positive results from the Thornton formula. The Thornton formula is the key to education funding in the state of Maryland, and through Thornton Wicomico expects to receive $5.8 million in new funds for the 2009-10 school year.

That funding increase is primarily driven by the school system’s rising enrollment, a growing percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced meals, and costs for special education services. This $5.8 million is dependent upon the county providing maintenance of effort funding in the amount of $577,056. The County Council has virtually always supported the school system’s budget with maintenance of effort funding. We look forward to working with County Executive Rick Pollitt and the Wicomico County Council on the budget for the next fiscal year.

The school system is pleased and excited to have an entirely new revenue source for public education, and that is the federal stimulus money coming out of Washington, D.C. This stimulus money will come in three important areas: Title I, Special Education, and technology.

Title I allocations are provided to elementary schools based on their percentages of students qualifying for free or reduced meals. Supplemental services are provided for students based on instructional needs in math and reading. Targeted Title I schools serve students identified through multiple criteria, while schoolwide programs may serve all students. The federal stimulus plan will bring approximately $2.6 million in additional funding for Title I programs for the next two years. We are excited about the additional learning opportunities this will provide for our students.

The second area receiving federal stimulus funding is Special Education, which will receive an additional $1.7 million each of the next two years. Again, we are looking forward to helping these students achieve the very best they can.

The third funding area, technology, will receive substantially less money, but we are pleased that the school system will receive approximately $100,000 per year for the next two years for technology, services and tools for our students to use.

We anticipate that this total of about $3.8 million per year for two years will do a great deal to help our students achieve and will also provide jobs in our communities, one of the main goals of the federal economic stimulus plan.

HSAs and MSAs:

The High School Assessments (HSAs) and Maryland School Assessments (MSAs) are important tests for our students and schools, and in the case of MSA, the tests are happening this month. In Grades 3-8 they will be assessed on reading and mathematics skills (March 17-18 MSA Reading, grades 3-8; March 19-20 MSA Math, grades 6-8; March 24-25 MSA Math, grades 3-5). Through the MSA, we will be looking at our students’ performance in comparison with their peers across the state, as well as how their MSA scores match up with their other work here in Wicomico County.

The next administration of the HSAs will be April 20-23 for seniors who must still meet the state’s HSA requirement to graduate this spring. The HSA tests are in the areas of English, Algebra, Government and Biology. These are critical tests. If you know a student who is planning to graduate this spring, please ask how the student is doing with the HSAs. Every student – and every parent or guardian -- should know the student’s status with regard to the HSAs.

About 89 percent of Wicomico students have passed the HSAs and a ready for commencement. Approximately 102 students are still working to meet this goal, and the number drops almost daily. Please help them understand the importance of meeting this state graduation requirement and encourage them as they work to meet the requirement through Saturday Academy, regular day-time classes that we provide for students who need assistance in this important area, Bridge projects and the April retesting.

Activities:

School activities are critically important for the success of our students. Both research and personal experience show us that academic performance generally thrives when a young person is involved in school activities, whether that be an athletic team, music or other fine arts, debate or mock trial, or one of the many other clubs and organizations that schools offer. Please encourage your children or grandchildren to participate in whatever interests them – the arts, athletics, speech, service clubs or one of the many other opportunities students have at school. Involvement in these activities helps students learn leadership, build personal and teamwork skills, and develop a kind of school connectedness that goes beyond what they learn in the classroom.

BARRIE & GARY: STOP SCAMMING SALISBURY!

Even if Comegys were not running for mayor, the misrepresentation and cover-up of the latest debacle at the waste water treatment plant that he and Barrie Tilghman perpetrated for many months – until it was exposed this week – is unethical if not also unlawful. And now there’s yet another effort to scam the voters in the upcoming City election.

In Barrie’s hasty attempt to do damage control on the WWTP in another of her absurd media events, she very predictably blamed this blog for publishing “privileged” material that was “leaked” by Debbie Campbell and Terry Cohen [Ms. Cohen was not involved in any activity of the kind]. When it was pointed out that the material was not designated confidential, she attempted to claim that the City Attorney had advised the Council members that it was privileged. But that charade died in birth – Paul Wilber, who knows that lying to support a client can jeopardize a lawyer’s license, remained mute when asked to confirm Barrie’s fabrication. For once let’s commend him for doing the right thing.

What makes Barrie’s antics in her one-ring circus truly asinine is her statement that she was going to reveal the entire situation at the WWTP “in the first week in April,” the suggestion being that this would have happened before the election to be held on April 7. But, if (as Barrie has said) disclosing the information could harm the City’s claim for damages reimbursement, why would Barrie do so? The answer, of course, is that it is not potentially harmful in that regard. The documents that were “leaked” contain nothing that the parties involved in the design and construction of the WWTP do not already know or would learn in the course of litigation or arbitration proceedings.

It’s also obvious that Barrie and Gary had no intention of making any disclosure whatsoever before the upcoming general election. On the day before the recent primary election, in a “public affairs” program that ran on WICO, they touted the WWTP upgrade as a major accomplishment. Ten days later, in her State of the City speech, Barrie boasted that “the upgrade and expansion of the Waste Water Treatment Plant was substantially completed in 2008.” In neither instance did they mention that it still cannot be operated as intended or that the City has “suspended” the project engineer (O’Brien & Gere) and has retained a special consultant to remedy the non-functional system that has cost some $80 Million to design and build.

That Gary Comegys is once again complicit with Barrie in scamming Salisbury is further proof that, if elected on April 7th, his tenure as mayor would be more of the same.

R.I.P. Ed Freeman

Ed Freeman

You're an 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.

As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.

And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses.

And, he kept coming back.... 13 more times..... And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.

Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul!

Terry.

I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a whole bunch about some Hip-Hop coward beating the crap out of his "girlfriend.”


Medal of Honor Winner

Ed Freeman!

Shame on the American Media!!!

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Retiring Chief David See Goes To Las Vegas On The City Of Salisbury Taxpayers

Oh yeah, the man is retiring and the City not only sent him to Las Vegas for a week, he's there on a "Urban Wild Fire Conference."

Can anyone please tell me the last time we experienced an Urban Wildfire? Now wait a minute, I'm not through. The City, (YOU) are also sending him to Indianapolis next month for another get away, even though his services will no longer be needed or available after his retirement on April 15th. Gordo was heading there as well but backed out because there's been way too much pressure on him on the Blogs.

Yeah, this is news Gary Comegys and Barrie Tilghman didn't want exposed either. Hey, maybe she'll get stupid again and call another Press Conference defending why it's all the Blogs fault that more CONFIDENTIAL information leaked out.

Is this how you want your City Business run Folks? Why not send Hoppes instead? Oh, what am I talking about. That would actually make sense and NOT look like the City was giving a personal perk to its FOB Employees. I'd like her to explain this one when we're in Court at the end of April.

Too Busy For A Friend?

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.

Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet n am and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.

The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.'

After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon.
Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.

'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his
pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that
had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.

'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark
treasured it.'

All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather
sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'

Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.'

I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet
and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'

That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all
his friends who would never see him again.

The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be...

So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.

And One Way To Accomplish This Is: Forward this message on. If you do not send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to do something nice and beautiful.

May Your Day Be Blessed As Special As You Are

Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On March 23, 2009 at approximately 1:25 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the six hundred block of W. Railroad Avenue for the report of possible drug activity. Upon arrival the officers made contact with the below listed suspects. A check of the suspect’s residence, with their consent, resulted in the recovery of three (3) baggies of suspected “crack”/cocaine.

ARRESTED #1: Carl (nmn) Anderson, Jr., 24 years of age Salisbury, Maryland

ARRESTED #2: Ashley Latoya Anderson, 20 years of age Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES (both):
Possession of cocaine
Possession of CDS/paraphernalia

DISPOSITION: Both released to Central Booking CC # 200900009504

On March 23, 2009 at approximately 2:24 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department were located at the Wa Wa Convenience Store on South Salisbury Boulevard investigating an unrelated theft and were advised by store employees of a shoplifter. Store personnel advised that the below listed suspect had been observed by employees taking food from the store without making payment. The officers arrested the suspect and recovered the food items, which were returned to the store.

ARRESTED: Oliver Lawrence John Harrill, 18 years of age Ocean City, Maryland

CHARGES: Theft (under $ 100)

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200900009520

A Thing Of Beauty

Delmarva Tech Expo - Document Management Saves You Money

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We have many opportunities for you to explore Document Management solutions at the Delmarva Tech Expo. Special breakout sessions on this topic include:

Leveraging Sharp's Open Systems Architecture - Organizations everywhere are constantly seeking new opportunities to reduce costs and eliminate inefficient workflows. In this year’s Tech Expo Keynote, Dave Lewis will highlight how Sharp’s OSA technology allows organizations like yours to create highly efficient document workflows that improve customer service, boost productivity, and become more profitable.

Automating your Document Workflow with NSi's Autostore - Participate in an interactive demonstration of AutoStore, the powerful and flexible document workflow solution. We’ll be demonstrating several streamlined solutions for processing paper records.

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Sex

SOCIAL SECURITY SEX

Two men were talking. "So, how's your sex life?"

"Oh, nothing special. I'm having Social Security sex."

"Social Security sex?"

"Yeah, you know; I get a little each month, but not enough to live on!"
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LOUD SEX

A wife went in to see a therapist and said,

"I've got a big problem, doctor.

Every time we're in bed and my husband climaxes,he lets out this ear splitting yell."

"My dear," the shrink said, "that's completely natural. I don't see what the problem is."

"The problem is," she complained, "it wakes me up!"
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QUIET SEX
Tired of a listless sex life, the man came right out and asked his wife during a recent lovemaking session, "How come you never tell me when you have an orgasm?"

She glanced at him and replied, "You're never home!"
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CONFOUNDED SEX

A man was in a terrible accident, and his "manhood" was mangled and torn from his body. His doctor assured him that modern medicine could give him back his manhood, but that his insurance wouldn't cover the surgery since it was considered cosmetic.
The doctor said the cost would be $3,500 for "small, $6,500 for "medium, and $14,000 for "large."

The man was sure he would want a medium or large, but the doctor urged him to talk it over with his wife before he made any decision. The man called his wife on the phone and explained their options.

The doctor came back into the room, and found the man looking dejected.

"Well, what have the two of you decided?" asked the doctor.

"She'd rather remodel the kitchen."
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SEX

A husband and his wife had a bitter quarrel on the day of their 40th wedding anniversary. The husband yelled, "When you die, I'm getting you a headstone that reads: ' Here Lies My Wife - Cold As Ever '."

"Yeah," she replies, "when you die, I'm getting you a headstone that reads: Here Lies My Husband - Stiff At Last.' "
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WOMEN'S HUMOROUS SEX

My husband came home with a tube of K Y jelly and said, "This will make you happy tonight." He was right. When he went out of the bedroom, I squirted it all over the doorknobs. He couldn't get back in.
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ELDERLY SEX

One night, an 87 year-old woman came home from Bingo and found her 92 year-old husband in bed with another woman. She became violent and ended up pushing him off the balcony of their 20th floor, assisted living apartment, killing him instantly.

Brought before the court on the charge of murder, the judge asked her if she had anything to say in her defense.

She began coolly, "Yes, your honor I figured that at 92, if he could have sex, he could also fly."

Beware Conficker Worm Come April 1

In an event that hits the computer world only once every few years, security experts are racing against time to mitigate the impact of a bit of malware which is set to wreak havoc on a hard-coded date. As is often the case, that date is April 1.

Malware creators love to target April Fool's Day with their wares, and the latest worm, called Conficker C, could be one of the most damaging attacks we've seen in years.

Conficker first bubbled up in late 2008 and began making headlines in January as known infections topped 9 million computers. Now in its third variant, Conficker C, the worm has grown incredibly complicated, powerful, and virulent... though no one is quite sure exactly what it will do when D-Day arrives.

GO HERE to read more.

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Perspective

A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school.

As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she feared the electrical storm might harm her child. Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school.

As she did she saw her little girl walking along. At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile. Another and another flash of lighting followed quickly and with each the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drew up beside the child she lowered the window and called to her "What are you doing?"

The child answered "I am trying to look pretty because God keeps taking my picture."

May you be blessed today and everyday as you face the storms that come your way.. Your perspective makes the difference!

Joke Of The Year

A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United States . He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. American for letting me into this country, giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!" The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."

The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America ." The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."

The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand, and says, "Thank you for wonderful America!"
That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from Middle East .
I am not American.."

He finally sees a nice lady and asks, "Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa .."
Puzzled, he asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says, "Probably at work."

Ever Have One Of These Days?

Does anyone around here have lousy service? Then again, who has the best service. I know, to top that, who's the best Waiter or Waitress you know and where do they work?

Wicomico Students Excel in Maryland SkillsUSA Competition

Five Students Headed to National Contest

Five Wicomico students finished first in their skill areas in the 36th annual Maryland SkillsUSA Contest, qualifying to compete in the National SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City this summer.

The SkillsUSA competition took place during the SkillsUSA Maryland Annual State Leadership Conference March 21-22. Nicollette Parsons, a Parkside junior, was sworn in as the Maryland SkillsUSA president. The organization represents more than 5,000 students across the state.

Jim Maynard Sr., advisor for the SkillsUSA chapter at Parkside CTE, was named the Maryland SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year and is one of four finalists for the honor of National SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year.

Wicomico students swept the gold, silver and bronze medals in both Electronics Technology and Electronics Applications, once again proving that Wicomico County's electronics students receive outstanding education and training from instructor David Miles, said Bryan Ashby, supervisor of Career & Technology Education. In addition, Parkside CTE graduate Spencer Crockett, a student at Wor-Wic Community College, finished first in post-secondary competition in Electronics Technology. Alex Stevenson, a 2008 graduate of Parkside CTE, won first place in the nation in both Electronics Technology and Electronics Applications in 2007 and 2008.

A three-man team also brought back Wicomico's first state gold medal in Welding Fabrication.

The following students finished first in their skills areas and qualified to compete in the National SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City this June. The 2009 Gold Medal winners were:

Tyler Moskov, Parkside High junior, Electronics Technology
Jung An, Parkside High senior, Electronics Applications
Matt Fletcher, Mardela High senior, and Daniel Chance and John Winn, Parkside High seniors (three-man team), Welding Fabrication

Silver medalists (second place) were:

Jojo Duah, Wicomico High senior, Architectural Drafting
Hunter Pennington, James M. Bennett High senior, Electronics Technology
Nathan Weeks, Wicomico High senior, Extemporaneous Speaking
Chris Davidson, Wicomico High senior, Electronics Applications
Jake Jones, Mardela High junior, Mobile Electronic Installation

Bronze medalists (third place) from Wicomico were:

Alex Gonzalez, Wicomico High junior, Electronics Technology
Ben Bardzell, Parkside High senior, Electronics Applications
Michael Turner, James M. Bennett High senior, Technical Drafting

Forty-five students from the Department of Career & Technology Education at Parkside High School finished in the top three in local competition and advanced to the state SkillsUSA Championships, held at the University of Maryland Baltimore County last weekend. More than 1,000 students from throughout Maryland competed for state recognition and honors in technical and leadership competitions.

Nationally, SkillsUSA serves more than 300,000 CTE students and professional members enrolled in trade, technical, and skilled-service occupations, including the allied health professions.

Wal-Mart Text-Message Hoax Warns Of Gang Initiation

Have no fear, shoppers. Text messages warning of imminent violent gang initiations at local Wal-Marts are a hoax. You shouldn't have any problems lugging out your newly purchased 36 rolls of toilet paper. Late last week, residents in Arkansas and other states received texts that purported to be from the police, reading, "Do not go to Wal-Mart tonight. Something bad could happen. Credible threat to women. Killings possible." Local law enforcement in several areas said they didn't know the origin of the warning and that investigations turned up no credible threats.

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