Michael Schwartz

Our annual Lincoln Day Dinner will be held in the Bistro Dining Room of the Guerrieri Center (aka the Commons) at Salisbury University on Saturday, February 6th, with dinner served at 7 p.m. – the cash bar opens at 6:30. Tickets are $40 for individual, with couples at $75 and students $25. Sponsorships are also available and range from $15 to $50.

Featured guest speakers will, as noted in the title, be Bob and Kendal Ehrlich.

For information or tickets, contact Bob Laun at (410) 543-2116 – reservations must be made by January 27th and tickets are limited, so they’re sure to go fast!

A dense fog advisory is in effect until 9 a.m.

School delays include a 2-hour delay for Caroline County Public Schools and a 90-minute delay in Queen Anne’s County.

The Associated Press reports that a yacht belonging to actor Johny Depp has been sighted around the Chesapeake Bay this week. The yacht, named the Vajoliroja, was seen leaving Annapolis Wednesday and was docked in St. Michaels Thursday.

Depp was not seen and the crew said he was not on board Thursday.

WJZ

First District U.S. Rep. Frank Kratovil, visiting Wicomico and Worcester counties, heard a lot from constituents angry about proposed health care bills.

Kratovil had intended the visits to be for discussion of agriculture issues. Instead, he was greeted by sign-carrying residents unhappy with universal health care proposals.

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About 70 people cheered or jeered at a meeting in Snow Hill; about 75 gave Kratovil a similar reception in Wicomico County.

WBAL.com

Kratovil told constituents at a town-hall meeting Monday in Caroline County that he tried to make the bill easier on farmers. Amendments to the bill would exempt agriculture and forestry from the cap-and-trade system and allow farmers to be compensated for their emission-control measures.

The Democratic congressman says the bill is not perfect but that regulation of emissions is inevitable.

One poultry farmer said the resulting increase in energy costs would threaten his family’s future and stormed out of the meeting before Kratovil could finish his response. Anita Smith of Greensboro also spoke out against the bill, saying it would be too expensive and burdensome for farmers.

The bill passed the House in June but has not yet passed the Senate.