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Circulation 14,000 Free March 30, 2018 You “Beta” Believe These Kids are Egg-cellent Story and Photos by Linda Cicoira the group. “We have a great group of kids,” mert, both juniors, suggested helping the The common quote, “It is better to “They just need someone to show Bueno said. “I’m showing them what family of their friend, Madison Hudgins. give than to receive,” is being practiced them the way,” the enthusiastic in- you can do to give back. There are just Madison’s sister, Brianna Merritt, a by all 43 students in the Senior Beta structor said last week while prepar- things that they have enjoyed doing and Chincoteague Elementary School girl, Club at Chincoteague High School. ing for a massive Easter egg hunt the I think that’s important,” she continued. is fighting leukemia for the second time. And it’s happening with the help of na- students came up with and held last “I’m trying to show them it’s not about The club is holding a Superheroes 5k tive islander and math teacher, Lacey Saturday. It took three hours and 20 always getting something in return.” Walk/Run set for May 19. The goal is to Potts Bueno, who has pushed the ini- people to stuff 4,375 eggs that were About four weeks ago, two of the stu- tiative in her first year of sponsoring hidden for local children to find. dents, Caroline Thornton and Zoe Mum- (Continued on Page 21) 2 • EASTERN SHORE POST • MARCH 30, 2018 Business After Hours Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Keith Lilliston State Farm Insurance Marching for Babies: The Donoways Story & Photo by Angie H. Crutchley “I was high risk already with twins. at the Onley Town Fresh from a nap in their home in I saw the doctor every two weeks from Cashville, Nolan and Dryden Donoway the get go,” said Meagan, who went are fast to show their separate person- into labor that year on July 3 and was Center in the alities. The twins, who will be 3 in July, successfully delayed for ten more days give their mom, Meagan Donoway, a thanks to prolonged medical care and run around the living room gathering advanced medicines. Oyster Room for a (mostly) unwanted portrait. Dono- “While my boys were in the NICU, way smiles the whole time and takes they gave them surfactant to help their the good with the bad as there was a lungs develop,” she said. Surfactant is time, three years ago, when she feared a protein that keeps small air sacs in 25020 Shore Parkway, they may not make it out of the Neo- the lungs from collapsing. According to Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). the Donoways MOD sponsorship page, The Donoways are this year’s March of https://marchforbabies.org/Fundraising/ Onley, VA Dimes (MOD) Ambassador Family. This Personal?personId=6570471&participa year’s walk is Sunday, May 6, at the ntId=8570207&user=meagandonoway, Old Onancock School. where readers can sponsor the walkers, Born at 32 weeks, Nolan, with curly “Premature birth affects about 380,000 blonde hair and less than thrilled to be babies here in the United States. I’m bombarded with questions fresh from walking in March for Babies to get the Please RSVP by the Land of Nod, and Dryden, with message out about this terrible problem brown straight hair, ready to chat, and and you can help. ... Together we can three inches shorter than his womb- help the March of Dimes fight prematu- March 30th. mate, came into the world at Peninsula rity so more babies can get the strongest Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, start possible.” Md. 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Ini- the spouses’ names.” The records were bank records that show numerous from the home electric service of former tially, that paper stated, “No docu- from Jan. 1, 2014, to Oct. 31, 2017. unauthorized checks being written Hallwood Town Clerk Angela Taylor, 45, ments seized.” Hallwood Mayor Jackie Poulson con- to, signed by and endorsed by Taylor. and her husband, Gregory Taylor, 49, However, it was later amended to tacted the state police regarding “a pos- Poulson stated that Taylor should not were seized earlier this month from Ac- show “transaction histories in electron- sible embezzlement by the town clerk,” have received these checks. A town comack Northampton Electric Coopera- ic format and billing statements in pa- according to the records. Last fall, he council meeting was held and Taylor’s tive as part of an embezzlement investi- per format were seized under authority told officers, “The town’s finances have signature authority was revoked.” gation, according to court documents. of the warrant on March 7, 2018.” been in a steady decline and in an effort “After the discovery of the unauthor- Also taken were service records for “The records of Angela Taylor are re- to discover the reason … the town coun- ized checks, the electric company bill- the town and Gregory Taylor’s business.