“BEN” was found on Drummondtown Rd. in Onley. Dog had a collar with tag with Ben and phone number. Have tried multiple times to call with no luck of anyone answering and voicemail being full. So if you know this dog please call the facility to find out how to reclaim your dog 757-787-7091.
Enjoy a big fat blunt: Virginia Legalizes Simple possession of Marijuana
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia General Assembly gave final approval to a bill to legalize simple possession of marijuana and limited home growth beginning July 1, 2021, three years sooner than initially planned.
The accelerated timeline won a majority in the House and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) broke a 20-20 tie in the Senate on Wednesday during a session dedicated to the consideration of Gov. Ralph Northam’s budget and bill amendments.
The vote makes Virginia the first state in the South to green light recreational cannabis and the 16th state overall, including D.C.
When the new law takes effect this summer, Virginians will still be barred from smoking in public and in a vehicle. Penalties remain for youth use and possession on school property.
It will be legal to grow up to four marijuana plants beginning July 1, it could be several years (2024?) before the state begins licensing recreational marijuana retailers. And unlike other states, the law won’t allow the commonwealth’s existing medical dispensaries to begin selling to all adults immediately.
History Notes Special: Greatest Beer Run Ever
From the memoir by John “Chick” Donohue, “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War” (William Morrow),
In January 1968, Sergeant Rick Duggan had to look twice when, standing in front of him was his old friend, John “Chick” Donohue.
“Chickie!” Duggan exclaimed. “Holy sh-t! What the hell are you doing here?!”
They were old friends from NYC, but their reunion was happening in Vietnam, more than 8,000 miles away–right in the middle of a combat zone in the Quang Tri province.
Donohue had served in the Marine Corps, but he wasn’t currently enlisted.
“I brought you some great beer from New York,” he said.
Donohue had set out on a four-months earlier during the height of the war to find a half-dozen enlisted men from his neighborhood and hand-deliver each of them a beer as a token of appreciation.
Finding Duggan involved talking his way onto several military helicopters and fabricating a story that Duggan was his stepbrother, before finally tracking him down in the middle of an ambush patrol.
The idea came to him in November 1967, at a now-closed Irish pub on Sherman Avenue called Doc Fiddler’s. Donohue and several other regulars were watching a news report about an anti-war demonstration in Central Park. The bartender, talking to the TV said, “Somebody ought to go over to ’Nam, track down our boys from the neighborhood, and bring them each a beer!”
Challenge accepted.
Donohue loaded a duffel bag full of Miller, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Schlitz — and landed a job as an oiler on the Drake Victory, a merchant ship taking ammunition from New York to Vietnam.
Despite the odds against him, he managed to find four people on his list. Those first sips were emotional for all involved. Donohue remembers watching them as they “popped the cans open and … took their first sip of beer in a while.”
The soldiers weren’t just happy for a taste of American beer, but they were touched to realize that they weren’t forgotten. As Duggan told him, “The fact that you showed up is, like, whoa, there are actually people back home who care about us.”
Riverside Health System Hosts Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
Riverside Health System is offering a free prostate cancer screening event on the Eastern Shore. The screenings will be performed by Jack W. Lambert, M.D. and several team members of Riverside Urology Specialists and the Riverside Cancer Center. Each screening will include a questionnaire in addition to a physical exam and a blood test which will be done safely and in compliance with COVID-19 safety protocol.
Community members who would benefit from having this screening:
- Men at average risk, aged 50 to 70 and currently in excellent health
- Men at high risk including:
- Men aged 40 to 70 with more than one first- degree relative who has had prostate cancer prior to age 65 (father, brother or son)
- African-American men aged 45 to 70
- Men aged 45-70 with one first-degree relative who has had prostate cancer prior to age 65 (father, brother or son)
Those not eligible for this screening include:
- Men who have or had prostate cancer
- Men who have prostate problems at present and/or are seeing a doctor for prostate issues
To ensure everyone’s safety at this event, men attending a screening should wear their own personal masks when they arrive. For additional protection, all patients will be given guidelines on effective hand sanitizing using our existing hand sanitizers on-site. As part of our usual routine, Riverside team members will be wearing personal protective equipment (mask, gloves and eye protection). Exam rooms will be cleaned and sanitized between each visit as well as non-clinical areas (waiting room, desks, lobbies).
Please call 1-800-520-7006 to schedule your appointment.
Event details:
- Eastern Shore: May 4, 2021, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
- Riverside Urology Specialists Shore
20486 Market St, Onancock VA
On the campus of Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital
In compliance with COVID-19 safety, Riverside asks that media schedule interviews with Riverside medical professionals to discuss the benefits of prostate cancer screenings in men as young as 40 ahead of the events.
History Notes this week of March 3
847 AD – St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope. He is crowned as co-emperor the Frankish emperor Lothar I’s son Louis II. In church affairs, Leo took a firm hand against abuses by important ecclesiastics. He censured the powerful archbishop Hincmar of Reims for excommunicating an imperial vassal without papal approval, and he excommunicated Cardinal Anastasius of San Marcello (later the antipope Anastasius Bibliothecarius), in 853, to enforce ecclesiastical obedience to Rome.
1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
1682 – The French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, becomes the first known European to explore the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico in 1682.
1767 – Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress, winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
1790 – The U.S. patent system is established.
1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1865 – At Appomattox Court, Va, General Robert E. Lee issues his last orders to the Army of Northern Virginia.
1895 – Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered X-rays – the ‘X’ signified their unknown origin.
1890 – Marjory Douglas, a writer, suffragist, and environmentalist, was born today in 1890. Her most influential work was the book The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), which redefined the popular conception of the Everglades as a treasured river instead of a worthless swamp. Its impact has been compared to that of Rachel Carson’s influential book Silent Spring (1962). Her books, stories, and journalism career brought her influence in Miami, enabling her to advance her causes.
1902 – South African Boers accept British terms of surrender. In 1899, the conflict between the British and the Boers burgeoned into a full-fledged war that was fought in three stages: a Boer offensive against British command posts and railway lines, a British counteroffensive that brought the two republics under British control, and a Boer guerrilla resistance movement that prompted a widespread scorched-earth campaign by the British and the internment and deaths of thousands of Boer civilians in British concentration camps.
1915 – Legendary blues singer Billie Holiday was born today in 1915. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
1923 – Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”
1925 – F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes the great American novel, The Great Gatsby.
1931 – 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell, the second woman to play baseball in the all-male minor leagues, pitched an exhibition game against the N.Y. Yankees and struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The next day, the Baseball Commissioner voided her contract, claiming baseball was too strenuous for women. The ban was not overturned until 1992.
1934 – Jane Goodall is born. Primatologist and conservationist, she is still considered the world’s foremost authority on chimpanzees.
1941 – U.S. troops occupy Greenland to prevent Nazi infiltration.
1945 – Allied troops liberate the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald north of Weener, Germany.
1947 – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.
1960 – Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.
1872 – Great Fire of Boston destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston.
1967 – A Saturn V rocket carrying an unmanned Apollo spacecraft blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a successful test flight.
1989 – Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
1970 – Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.
More Seasonal Workers Needed for Seafood Industry
ANNAPOLIS, MD—With Maryland’s blue crab harvest season underway, Governor Larry Hogan today urged federal officials to make more H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas available to help protect Maryland’s $355 million seafood industry and supply chain.
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, the governor also called for a long-term, permanent solution to provide certainty to rural Maryland, particularly the Eastern Shore. Read the governor’s letter here.
“In support of Maryland’s seafood industry and other seasonal employers, I request that you take immediate action to eliminate the unfair lottery system and increase the number of H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas—now capped at 66,000—to the maximum allowable under federal law and under the legislative language included in the omnibus bill,” said Governor Hogan. “These essential workers are vital to Maryland’s seafood industry and market, which has grown to include regional, national, and international reach.”
In a typical year, 450 H-2B seasonal workers are needed for Maryland’s 23 licensed crab picking houses. Research conducted by the University of Maryland indicates that every H-2B temporary worker in crab processing helps create 2.5 jobs for American citizens.
“Without these temporary workers, and without an end to the arbitrary lottery system, local Maryland seafood processors will be unable to open for business or be forced to significantly reduce their operations,” said Governor Hogan. “Continued hardship could permanently damage America’s seafood industry, causing these iconic family and small businesses to close here in Maryland, especially those on the Eastern Shore.”
In his letter, the governor also invited Secretaries Mayorkas and Walsh to personally visit a Chesapeake Bay crab house or processor.
History Notes Special: The Exegesis of Philip K Dick
In February 1974 something happened to author Philip K Dick that changed his life forever. Was it an illness, a psychotic reaction, or something truly mystical? Early on, he came to the conclusion that the world is not entirely real and there is no way to confirm whether it is truly there. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
But, by 1969, he had published over 40 novels and stories, as well as winning the 1963 Hugo Award for The Man In The High Castle…and he was a heavy amphetamine user. In 1972, after his fourth marriage failed and his home was burgled, he made his first suicide attempt. He later entered the X-Kalay rehab centre to recover.
On 20 February 1974 Dick was at home recovering from dental surgery, which had involved sodium pentothal for the pain…The painkillers were delivered by a woman wearing a gold necklace with a Christian fish symbol. On seeing this he was suddenly blinded by a flash of pink light and a series of powerful visions ensued. He later described this vision as anamnesis – “loss of forgetfulness.”
He immediately knew he and the delivery woman were both persecuted Christians in ancient Rome. Time was unreal, or rather it was a Platonic ideal. More visions happened in the following months: abstract patterns, philosophical ideas, sophisticated engineering blueprints. He felt he was actually living two simultaneous lives. One of his visions told him his child had an undiagnosed life-threatening hernia, which turned out to be true.
His night-time murmurings turned out to be Koine Greek:
In that instant, as I stared at the gleaming fish sign and heard her words, I suddenly experienced what I later learned is called anamnesis—a Greek word meaning, literally, “loss of forgetfulness.” I remembered who I was and where I was. In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, it all came back to me. And not only could I remember it but I could see it. The girl was a secret Christian and so was I. We lived in fear of detection by the Romans. We had to communicate with cryptic signs. She had just told me all this, and it was true.
For a short time, as hard as this is to believe or explain, I saw fading into view the black, prisonlike contours of hateful Rome. But, of much more importance, I remembered Jesus, who had just recently been with us, and had gone temporarily away, and would very soon return. My emotion was one of joy. We were secretly preparing to welcome Him back. It would not be long. And the Romans did not know. They thought He was dead, forever dead. That was our great secret, our joyous knowledge. Despite all appearances, Christ was going to return, and our delight and anticipation were boundless.
He called this “an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind.” The invader called Zebra, made more effective and rational decisions than he could, including sorting out his finances and royalties. Dick wrote a private journal – called Exegesis – from 1974 up to his death in 1982.
In it he tried to make sense of the intense visions he had experienced. He made a further suicide attempt in 1976 when his visions ceased. He worked on many theories for his visionary experiences: God, the KGB, satellites, aliens, a telepathic first-century Christian called Thomas, the CIA, a version of himself from a different dimension, his twin sister in the spirit world.
Most of Philip K Dick’s later works explore the gnostic ideas and implications of his visions. VALIS – “Vast Active Living Intelligence System” – is part of his unfinished trilogy of books about what he believed he had discovered.
In his Exegesis he wrote: “We appear to be memory coils… in a computer-like thinking system which, although we have correctly recorded and stored thousands of years of experiential information… there is a malfunction of memory retrieval.”
Think of it what you will, it seemed to make him happy and secure. Philip K Dick passed away on 2 March 1982. His ashes were buried next to his twin sister Jane, who had died in infancy. Her tombstone had been inscribed with both of their names at the time of her death, 53 years earlier.
Working Group Formed for Chesapeake “Bay” National Recreation Area
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Va), Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes (both D-Md.) led a bicameral group of lawmakers and more than 30 regional organizations in forming a Working Group to explore the designation of a Chesapeake National Recreation Area managed by the National Park Service.
Despite its ecological importance, iconic landscape, rich culture and history, and vast recreational benefits, the Chesapeake Bay region does not have a unified National Park System designation. Proponents agree that a unified designation provides an opportunity to help conserve the Bay, deliver additional federal resources to the region, and spur economic growth and prosperity across the Watershed. The Working Group, led by Senator Van Hollen and Congressman Sarbanes, will collaborate over the coming months to consider legislation that would designate a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area. The proposed legislation would be released for public comment.
“The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure and a vital economic engine for the Commonwealth. I am proud to partner with my colleagues and an all-star cast of Bay-related organizations to further elevate the Chesapeake Bay as one our nation’s greatest natural and cultural assets,” said Senator Warner. “This effort will help advance Chesapeake Bay restoration, conserve critical natural and historic sites within the region, and increase recreational opportunities along the Bay.”
“Marylanders know the Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure. Designating a Chesapeake National Recreation Area will highlight that reality – and bring national recognition to the importance of the Bay and its natural, cultural, historical, and recreational significance. This is also a unique chance to bring new resources to protecting the Bay and to generate new opportunities to grow Maryland tourism and outdoor recreation. While this will be a challenging undertaking, I have confidence that this Working Group will unite behind these common goals,” said Senator Van Hollen.
“Designating a national recreation area in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed could help protect the Bay for future generations and permanently enshrine the Bay as an American treasure,” said Congressman Sarbanes, who co-chairs the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force. “I look forward to working with communities and stakeholders throughout the region – who have worked tirelessly to conserve the Bay – as we explore this important initiative.”
Members of the working group are: the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Chesapeake Conservancy, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the National Parks Conservation Association, Choose Clean Water Coalition, the Conservation Fund, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, Nature Conservancy, Potomac Conservancy, REI, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the American Sportfishing Association, the National Marine Manufacturing Association, the Watermen of Maryland, the Sport Fishing Commission, Historic Annapolis, Oyster Recovery Partnership, Blue Oyster Environmental LLC, Preservation Virginia, Shellfish Growers of Virginia, the James River Association, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, the Maryland Marine Trade Association, the Audubon Naturalist Society, Living Classrooms, the Hispanic Access Foundation, Latino Outdoors, Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project (SERCAP), Chispa Maryland, Baltimore Tree Trust, and Black Watermen of the Chesapeake.
Also involved in this effort are Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Elaine Luria (D-Va.).
“Ensuring greater access to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, including through new federal parks, allows the public to reap the benefits of our resources firsthand, supporting our shared water quality goals,” said Senator Cardin. “Chesapeake Bay restoration has always been a grassroots effort from the ground-up, and I am confident this National Recreation Area pursuit will be no different.”
“It’s important that we work to expand access to recreational opportunities in the Bay area for all and protect Virginia’s beautiful landscapes for future generations,” Senator Kaine said. “I am looking forward to collaborating with this talented and diverse Working Group to achieve these goals.”
“A Chesapeake National Recreation Area would enhance visitors’ experiences in the region, help us to better tell the stories of special places, like Fort Monroe, and bring additional resources to our communities. The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure and I am pleased to participate in the working group to ensure that Virginians and visitors to the Commonwealth are able to enjoy it for generations to come,” said Congressman Bobby Scott.
“The Chesapeake Bay is a vital natural resource for Coastal Virginians and a critical economic engine for the region,” Congresswoman Luria said. “A National Recreation Area designation will protect the Chesapeake Bay for future generations while promoting economic growth and prosperity.”
Use the iANGLER Tournament App to track Invasive Fish Species
Since their release into the Chesapeake watershed, the Northern snakehead (Channa argus) and the blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) and flathead catfish(Pylodictis olivaris) have continued to spread to nearly all bodies of water that have proper habitat and conditions for the species. All species are officially classified as invasive or injurious, and may not be transported alive or release anywhere in Maryland.
The Great Chesapeake Invasives Count is an angling based effort to provide important data to Maryland DNR, USFWS, and other management agencies on what you’re seeing on the water.
Information related to the number of fish you catch during a given time, as well as the length and weight of the fish you catch is important to fishery managers. It is also vital to investigate the feeding habits of invasive fish to help understand the short and long-term impacts that their existence may cause on native species.
It is important that ALL CITIZENS recognize the impacts that these species have on our natural ecosystems, and does not continue the spread of these fish.
To help provide data, please register for this event by following the steps below.
To Register:
- Download the free “iANGLER Tournament” app from your app/play store. Make sure you select the correct app (note blue app icon above).
- Using the Ap or a computer register by creating a profile by selecting the “REGISTER” button; Returning users: enter your username and password, then “LET ME IN”.
- You may need to search for this tournament on the app by selecting the magnifying glass icon at the bottom, and searching for “Chesapeake Invasives”.
- Once logged in register for FREE on this page or via the app on this event
- Go fishing, have fun, and report your data
What Information are we asking anglers to provide?
Fishery managers need help in understanding where invasive species are being caught, and with what regularity or how much effort.
Please report the location of your catch using the iAngler Tournament automatic location setting. This information will not be shared with other anglers, it will simply be provided to the fishery managers that need help knowing where these species have spread and are being caught.
There are 2 main categories of information per species that managers are seeking, these are listed in the app.
– Lengths and weights.
– Stomach contents & the weight of them
All data should be submitted with a picture against a ruler, and the appropriate division should be selected in the app when submitting each item. (sample image stomach contents)
Random Prizes:
To thank you for your participation, participants will be entered to win random prizes as follows:
- one “ticket” with registration for the Great Chesapeake Invasives Count.
- one “ticket” for each approved submission per division from June 1 – Dec. 5th
- An approved submission is one that includes the location of the catch and at least one of the following
- Length
- Length & Weight
- Weight
- Stomach contents weight & picture
- An approved submission is one that includes the location of the catch and at least one of the following
Additional bonus “tickets” and prizes may be given at the discretion of CCA Maryland leadership and event partners and sponsors.
The random drawing will be held on CCA Maryland’s facebook page and announced via the app on the following dates: June 15th, June 29th, July 13th, July 27th, August 10th, August 24th, Sept 7th, Sept 21st, October 5th, October 19th, Nov 2nd, Nov 16th, Nov 30th.
While all who participate are eligible for winning prizes, those who are active CCA Maryland members qualify for additional prizes.
Should President Joe Biden be denied Holy Communion?
At Holy Trinity Catholic Church, President Joe Biden came to Mass, and when it was time to receive Communion, he got in line like any other parishioner. Should a Catholic president who publicly supports expanding abortion rights, contrary to the faith’s teachings, be allowed to receive Communion?
Absolutely not.
Regarding the Holy Eucharist, the Church has always believed and taught that the Sacred Host is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, God-the-Son Incarnate. The faith of the Church is expressed by the Council of Trent: “Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread [cf. Mt 26:26-29; Mk 14:22-25; Lk 22:19f; 1 Cor 11:24-26], it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy council now again declares, that, by the consecration of the bread and wine, there takes place a change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of his blood” (Session 13, Chapter 4). From Saint Paul his First Letter to the Corinthians: “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord” (1 Cor 11, 27).
The reception of Holy Communion by those who publicly and obstinately violate the moral law is a particularly grave form of sacrilege. Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear, “Sacrilege is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist, for in this sacrament the true Body of Christ is made substantially present for us” (no. 2120).
The denial of Holy Communion is a recognition of the unworthy state of a person to approach to receive Holy Communion. Denial safeguards the sanctity of the most sacred reality in the Church, the Holy Eucharist, keeps the person who obstinately perseveres in grave sin from committing the additional most grievous sin of sacrilege by profaning the Body of Christ.
Pope Saint John Paul II presented the Church’s constant teaching regarding procured abortion in his Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae. “Therefore, by the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his Successors, in communion with the Bishops – who on various occasions have condemned abortion and who in the aforementioned consultation, albeit dispersed throughout the world, have shown unanimous agreement concerning this doctrine – I declare that direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, always constitutes a grave moral disorder, since it is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being.”
This teaching “is based upon the natural law and the written Word of God–it is transmitted by the Church’s Tradition and taught by the ordinary and universal Magisterium.”
In the 1960s, it was argued that a Catholic politician can personally believe in the immorality of abortion, while favoring a public policy which provides for so-called “legalized” abortion. This occurred in the summer of 1964 at the compound of the Kennedy Family in Hyannisport, Massachusetts during the summit of certain Catholic moral theologians who espoused the erroneous moral theory of proportionalism or consequentialism. Pope Saint John Paul II slaps down this false moral thinking in Evangelium Vitae: “No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself, and proclaimed by the Church.”
Bottom line, it is the Church’s solemn responsibility to safeguard the holiness of the Holy Eucharist, to prevent the faithful from committing sacrilege, and to prevent scandal among the faithful and other persons of good will.
President Biden sacrilegiously receives Holy Communion, and then uses the Holy Eucharist for political purposes. He presents himself as a devout Catholic, yet the reality is that he is not. The President is also guilty of heresy, as he denies and doubts the truth about the intrinsic evil of abortion as it “is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith”. Heresy, like apostasy, incurs automatically the penalty of excommunication.
Apostle Paul taught the requirement of conscience for the reception of Holy Communion. Without it results in the desecration of the most sacred reality in the Church – the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ.
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