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Annual Report Finds Ocean City Crime In 2018 Hit Historic Lows

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Resort Continues Work On Md.-Del. Bike Path Concept

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – Creating a seamless bicycle route from one end of the resort to the other continues to progress, but the town’s elected officials were less than keen on some of the proposed solutions this week.

In an effort to continue progress in making Ocean City more bicyclefriendly and get more bikes off Coastal Highway and onto safer side streets, resort officials have been working for over a year to implement an unofficial bike path for the entire length of town and thus far the effort has been largely successful, if not tedious at times.

Much of the work has been done at the committee level through the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee,

which met last week to discuss a variety of issues germane to the proposed bike route. On Tuesday, the Mayor and Council got an update on the proposed bike route including a couple of trouble spots and were less than keen on some of the solutions proposed.

For example, under current conditions, the bike route shares the bus lane along both sides of Coastal Highway and for years has worked successfully for the most part. However, a problem arises in the section of Coastal Highway from roughly 60th Street to 64th Street where lane reconfigurations to accommodate the entry of Route 90 into town causes the bike route to essentially disappear in that area.

The disappearance of the bike and bus lane in that area creates a no-man’s land of sorts for bicyclists uncertain of

whether to continue in the traffic lanes, ride on the sidewalk or dismount and walk their bikes through that area. During the committee meeting last week, State Highway Administration (SHA) officials proposed having northbound bicyclists continue into the vehicle travel lanes in that section from 60th Street to 63rd Street with appropriate signage and road markings installed.

However, when presented with the proposed solution this week, Councilman Matt James said having bicyclists continue into the shared travel lanes with vehicles in that section was a recipe for disaster.

“So, if you’re riding in the bus lane heading north, you can just continue in the traffic travel lanes?” he said.

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just going to ride right out in front of a car going 40 miles per hour.”

Councilman Tony DeLuca, who chairs the bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee, said he was not present at last week’s meeting and was merely relaying the minutes for the council. However, DeLuca said he, too, was not entirely sold on the concept of the bike lane sharing the vehicle travel lanes in that section.

“I didn’t like that either,” he said. “I think that needs to be revisited and I’ll broach the subject when at our next meeting.”

James said SHA went to great lengths to install the median fence down the center of a long section of Coastal Highway to improved pedestrian safety and now appeared to be advocating for bicycle traffic to mingle with vehicle traffic.

“They just put up a fence to keep people out of the travel lanes, so I don’t think it’s a good idea to encourage people to ride a bike into them,” he said.

Another major goal of creating a bikefriendly path in Ocean City is connecting to similar path in neighboring Delaware to afford bicyclists safe and easy access to shops, restaurants and other attractions. The plan calls for connecting the existing marked bike path along Sinepuxent Avenue in the north end of town to the bike path along Route 54.

During the committee meeting last week, it was learned the desired connection point for the bike path to Route 54 was along 146th Street, but that street had fallen into such disrepair that the new recommendation was connecting the path along 142nd Street, which ends at the same intersection. However, Councilman Dennis Dare said 142nd Street was not an appropriate location for the bike route and its connection to Delaware.

“That street is very busy and we’re not going to able to put a dedicated bike lane in, so it will have to be a shared road,” he said.

Dare said 142nd Street was heavily traveled with through-traffic entering the north end of Ocean City and urged a reconsideration of adding bicycles along it.

“That road is already an enforcement problem as far as speeding goes,” he said. “It would be a tremendous conflict to have bikes going down that road.”

Dare said 146th Street was the more appropriate connection for the north-end bike path to a similar path in Delaware. He said 146th Street would have to be resurfaced in the future, but could accommodate the bike path in the meantime with repairs.

“There is less traffic on 146th Street,” he said. “There are a few areas that need to be repaired before you encourage people to bike down that street. It appears to me the street has suffered a failure of the sub-base, so a reconstruction of the entire street is needed and it’s probably going to be expensive. In the short term, repairing a few of the worse spots could make it passable as a bike route.”

County Letter To State Outlines Sprinkler Plan

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – Worcester County leaders this week forged ahead with their plan to bypass the state’s residential fire sprinkler requirements.

On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners voted unanimously to send the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation a letter outlining the county’s plan to offer property owners a residential fire sprinkler waiver. The commissioners believe the state’s fire sprinkler requirement is government overreach that’s impacting the cost of homebuilding.

“While we understand that there is an argument that such systems may save lives and/or reduce fire damage, it is our collective feeling that the decision whether or not to install such systems should be left to the homeowner and not mandated by state law,” the letter reads.

Last month, the commissioners instructed county staff to develop a building permit that would include the option for a single-family dwelling residential sprinkler waiver. Property owners not interested in installing residential sprinklers would simply be able to check a box on the permit and sign an accompanying waiver.

The commissioners’ request for the waiver came when staff confirmed that Allegany County was not requiring residential fire sprinklers in spite of state law, which made them mandatory in new residential homes in 2015.

“In a rural county such as ours, where public water supplies are limited, this state mandate costs individuals building their home thousands of extra dollars in construction costs,” the letter sent this week reads. “Oftentimes this extra cost can keep a firsttime home buyer from purchasing a new home. Additionally, Worcester County borders both the states of Virginia and Delaware and therefore our local home builders must compete with home builders in those states that do not have a fire sprinkler mandate.

This situation adversely affects our local economy.”

The commissioners set a proposed effective date of July 1 for the new permit and waiver and are seeking a response from the state regarding the proposal by May 1.

“If they get back to us by May 1, that’ll give us two months to hash it out,” Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said.

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Report Finds Ocean City Crime Hit ‘28-Year Low’ In 2018

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – Serious crime in Ocean City continued to decline to “historic” lows in 2018, according to the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) annual report released this week.

OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro presented the annual crime report for 2018 to the Mayor and Council on Tuesday and the weighty tome revealed crime rates in most statistical categories continued to trend downward last year. Three years ago, Buzzuro raised eyebrows when he reported serious crime had dropped to a 25-year low. Now, three years later, the trends have continued to reach a low not seen in nearly three decades.

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“This year, we saw a reduction in serious crime by 14 percent,” he said. “If you look at the five-year average, we’re down 22 percent. In 2015, I reported serious crime was at a 25-year low.

After three more years with continued reductions, we’re now at a 28-year low.”

The annual report released this week showed a double-digit decline in serious crime for the fifth straight year, a remarkable achievement for the department according to Buzzuro.

“That number is significant,” he said.

“Any time you talk about crime numbers being reduced by double digits, that is significant. What that means is there are a whole lot less victims of crimes. We’re talking in the hundreds in this last year alone. We’re talking about crime levels lower than they have ever been in modern history and we’re very proud of that.”

Not only have crime rates continued to decline at rapid rates in Ocean City, but the department has been able to achieve the results by spending less each year. In 2018 alone, the OCPD total expenses have come in over $684,000 under budget.

“Not only do we have terrific results, but once again we came in under budget to the tune of around $684,000,” said Buzzuro. “We’re under budget by 3 percent and that’s taxpayer money.

Over the last three years, we’ve been under budget by over $1 million. As you can see, we’re doing more with less.”

Perhaps the best barometer on which to judge the 2018 annual report is the level of Part I, or the most serious crimes. For example, the number of Part I crimes declined significantly in every statistical category but one in-

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cluding a 40-percent reduction in rape, a 36-percent reduction in robbery, a 45-percent reduction in motor vehicle theft and a 28-percent reduction in both burglary and theft. The only Part I crime that saw an increase in 2018 was aggravated assault, which went up by about 21 percent.

Another key indicator in the report is the number of calls for service during 2018, which went up. The number of citizen calls for service came in at 19,782, while officer-initiated calls for service came in at 54,483 for a total of 74,265. Buzzuro said the number of calls for service was credited to the proactive approach by his department in reducing crime. However, the chief was not ready to rest on his laurels despite the glowing report.

“There is always more work to be done and we always strive to do even better,” he said. “When we look at some of these reductions, we often ask what is an acceptable level? The answer is there is no acceptable level.”

Mayor Rick Meehan praised the chief and his staff for continuing to reduce crime and making Ocean City a safer place to live and visit.

“Thank you for your leadership,” he said. “You should be very proud. I know your people are vested in our community and it shows through with the results in this report.”

Councilman John Gehrig also had high praise for the department.

“When talk about strategic planning, we talk about the importance of a clean, safe community,” he said.

“You can’t do much better than that.”

Council Secretary Mary Knight said the proliferation of internet and social media sites often casts Ocean City in a bad light.

“Any time there is a report about a crime on social media, people immediately start posting that Ocean City is crime-ridden and not safe,” she said.

“I always provide a link to this report.

Every area of Ocean City is safe and this report shows that.”

Maintaining Ocean City as a clean and safe resort is a pillar of the town’s mission statement and comprehensive plan, and Council President Lloyd Martin said the annual report reveals the latter is being accomplished.

“When we talk about the importance of keeping Ocean City clean, we always say one piece of trash is too much,” he said. “The same goes for crime. One crime is too much.”

Buzzuro said it couldn’t be accomplished without the dedication of his staff, from the top brass to the rankand-file officers and from the support staff and auxiliary officers.

“After achieving yet another year of historic lows in crime, the officers and staff members that make up the Ocean City Police Department continue to exceed my expectations,” said Buzzuro. “The facts and figures within this report are a testament to their hard work and dedication to keeping this town and its citizens safe.”

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Plans Outlined For Proposed Drug Treatment Center In Wicomico

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

QUANTICO – With plans to open a drug treatment center in a vacant correctional facility, officials in Wicomico County presented last week their visions of what could become of the space.

Since last July, Wicomico County has spearheaded efforts to convert the shuttered Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit, a state-owned correctional facility in Quantico, into a residential treatment center.

Officials said the idea is to partner with the state, a service provider and other agencies to offer an immediate and long-term option for those seeking treatment for drug addiction.

In a tour of the facility last week, County Executive Bob Culver said the

facility will house 20 men initially but will expand to a co-ed treatment center in the coming years.

This is going to be a joint project … ,” he said. “This treatment center will be for anybody on this side of the Bay Bridge.”

But to do that, officials said the facility – which sat vacant for two years – would have to be renovated. The county plans to use a portion of a $972,000 state grant to remove window bars, install air conditioning and retrofit existing bunk rooms, among other things.

“These would be converted into private rooms, or maybe even double rooms …,” said Assistant Director of Administration Weston Young. “We are going to take what was a pre-release unit and convert it to what it feels like walking into a house.”

Culver said the state grant must be

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Wicomico County Assistant Director of Administration Weston Young and Executive Bob Culver led a tour of the state-owned correctional facility in Quantico last week.

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provider to operate the treatment center, as well as negotiate a long-term lease to use the building, which would require approval from the Wicomico County Council.

“We negotiate the lease and then we present it to council,” Young said.

“If they have any tweaks to it, we sort of debate that then and there.”

Amid turmoil between the county executive and the county council, it’s unclear how that meeting will play out.

But Young said he expects to go before the legislative branch in March.

“Right now we are looking at a 20year term with two five-year renewals,” he said. “Our intention is to then sublease to a service provide at similar terms.”

While Poplar Hill is a state-owned facility, the county will act as a facilitator in launching the treatment center.

Young said they are currently seeking additional grants and low-interest loans from USDA Rural Development and bids from service providers.

“We just got the bids in yesterday afternoon, but we only got one,” he said. “We now need to figure out what’s in that bid, if that’s acceptable and talk to the people that showed interest but didn’t put in a bid.”

Culver said the treatment facility would be a vital resource for the community. He highlighted plans to provide observation, detox and recovery services and efforts to seek job opportunities for residents.

“With longer term care, you need to get them a job, a profession or training or something to put them back into the workforce …,” he said. “That’s the kind of community partners we are looking for.”

Culver added the treatment center would also serve as a model for other state facilities.

“There’s other prisons that have become available because of the decline in prison population,” he said. “This will be an example for the rest of the state as far as opioid treatment.”

Culver said he hopes to have the facility up and running by next year.

“The last thing I ever want to see is us throw away people,” he said. “I’m for doing whatever I can do to lend a helping hand.”

Association, Berlin Initiate Deal For Property Transfer

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – The Berlin Community Improvement Association has agreed to move forward with transferring ownership of the Flower Street Multi-Purpose Building to the Town of Berlin.

Town officials met with D.J. Lockwood, chairman of the Berlin Community Improvement Association (BCIA), Tuesday. Lockwood informed them that the group wanted to proceed with developing a memorandum of understanding that would allow for transfer of the property – which houses the multi-purpose building and Head Start classrooms – to the town.

“It’s definitely going to be a good deal for the community,” Lockwood said.

Mayor Gee Williams agreed.

“I’m very pleased,” Williams said. “I think that’s what we all hoped for.”

The BCIA has owned the roughly three-acre property at 130 Flower St. since 1971. Though the property has been used by the BCIA in cooperation with various community groups in years past, activity there has decreased as the condition of the buildings on the site has declined.

Because the BCIA doesn’t have the funding for major improvements, the

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organization approached town officials about taking over the property.

According to Lockwood, in the weeks since discussions of a potential transfer began, he consulted with not only members of the BCIA but also community members.

“I spoke with educators, coaches, elders in the community,” he said.

“Everyone was pretty much in favor.”

He said it was impossible to please every single person but that the vast

majority of BCIA members also supported the proposal.

“We’re satisfied to move forward,” he said.

Now that both parties have agreed to the concept, Williams said the town would have its engineering firm conduct a survey of the Flower Street property.

“From that we’ll prepare a memorandum of understanding,” Williams said, adding that would lead to a contract.

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He said that the property would continue to be available to Head Start.

“We’re looking forward to continuing that,” Williams said. “That’s certainly an asset to the community.”

Williams pointed out that as the Flower Street property transfer was underway, the town was also in the process of hiring a firm to conduct a town-wide survey regarding services and recreation options citizens wanted to see in the community. The information collected during the survey could help shape the future of the Flower Street property as well as Berlin Falls Park, as it’s not site specific.

“We want people in town to identify what services they feel need to be provided,” Williams said. “We’re not going to tell the public what they need. We’re waiting to hear from them.”

As for the BCIA’s role going forward, Lockwood said it would continue to work toward expanding opportunities for local children. He pointed out that the organization existed before it purchased the multi-purpose building and would not disband simply because it no longer owned the property.

“The BCIA is focused on the next generation,” Lockwood said. “I’d like to see us partner with the schools to do some educational functions, community activities and mentorship.”

council To Revisit parade day Street closure Request

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – Resort officials this week stalled a decision on closing a section of 48th Street to accommodate a midtown business party amid concerns over public safety and parking issues.

During last week’s Ocean City Police Commission meeting, the owners of the Red Red Wine Bar in the Gateway Grand complex at 48th Street requested permission to close the street on the east side of Coastal Highway to accommodate a St. Patrick’s Day Pa-

rade party on March 16. Red Red Wine and sister establishment Dry 85 want to host a parade-day party serving beer, wine and Bloody Mary’s in a tent in a section of parking adjacent to the public street to provide an alternative to the thousands of parade-goers in that area.

Last week, the police commission told the business owners to go back to the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners seeking permission to basically extend their liquor license to the area desired for the parade-day party without closing the street. However, Councilman Tony DeLuca told his colleagues on Tuesday the business

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operator said not closing the street was a deal-breaker for the proposed party.

“He called me today and told me the liquor board has said the street has to be closed to accommodate their request to extend their license,” he said. “The property has to be contiguous and they can’t have a single lane of traffic open, so they need the closure to be able to do this.”

Councilman Dennis Dare said he was not receptive to the idea of closing a public street and losing some onstreet parking on one of the busiest days of the offseason. In addition, Dare said there were public safety issues associated with the request.

“That is one of the largest condos in Ocean City,” he said. “In the interest of public safety, I think it would be irresponsible to close the road.”

However, Councilman Matt James said there was likely a way to accommodate the establishment’s request while meeting the liquor board’s contiguous demands. He discounted the notion closing the street would create public safety issues.

“If we close the street, I don’t think it would be a public safety issue,” he said. “I’m sure the police and fire department could still access 48th Street if there was an emergency.”

James said there was likely a way to meet the street closure request while keeping at least some areas of 48th Street open to the public. He

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made a motion to honor the request to close the street as requested.

“We don’t have to close all of 48th Street,” he said. “We could probably just close the spots closest to Coastal Highway and the parking spaces closer to the beach could remain open.”

Nonetheless, Dare could not be dissuaded from his concerns about losing parking spaces on parade day.

“I don’t think that we should take away parking for something like this, especially on a day like the St. Patrick’s Day parade,” he said. “It’s a pretty popular area around there and they are going to need those spaces.”

Councilman Mark Paddack seemed inclined to approve the request, citing DeLuca’s conversation with the business operator that very afternoon.

“Councilman DeLuca said he has spoken with owner of the business just this afternoon and they need closure to meet the requirements of the liquor board,” he said. “I don’t know why we need to kick this down the road again for another week.”

However, Council Secretary Mary Knight said there was still time to review the entire plan.

“Nobody on the council aside from the committee members has seen the schematics for this,” she said. “I don’t think we need to make a decision on this right now because we have some time.”

The council voted to bring the issue back to next week’s work session.

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BISHOPVILLE – A grassroots community effort has been launched to help a local family of three recover after losing their home in a devastating fire Monday.

Around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, firefighters from Bishopville, Berlin, Showell, Ocean City and Ocean Pines along with several volunteer companies from neighboring Sussex County responded to a reported residential fire on Salt Point Road in Bishopville. First-arThe Ange family’s residence in Bishopville is rivers found heavy fire Submitted Photo showing from the residence. pictured early Monday morning.

Property owners Mark The page reads, “Asking for help for and Becky Ange were home with their a very close family in our community!

12-year-old son, Carter, at the time of Tragically the Ange family Mark, Becky the fire and all three were transported & their son Carter (12 years old) lost to Peninsula Regional Medical Center. everything Monday morning, including Becky Ange, a licensed stylist at Head- their home, their loving pets and all of lines Salon and Spa in Ocean Pines, their belongings. They are a kind and suffered first- and second-degree loving family that have always lent a burns and was transported to the Bay- helping hand to their friends and view Burn Center in Baltimore. Mark neighbors whenever needed! Let’s all and Carter Ange were treated for their join together and help the Ange family minor injuries. rise and rebuild their lives and home.

Two family pets, a dog and a rabbit, Thank you to everyone in advance we perished in the fire and the home has love you all and please continue to been declared a total loss. keep the Ange family, close and exThe house had working smoke tended family and all of their amazing alarms but was not equipped with a res- friends in your prayers.”

As a result of losing their belongidential fire sprinkler system, according to the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s ings, volunteers have launched a clothing drive for the Ange family. DoOffice, which is investigating the fire. nations are being accepted as follows: Anyone with information is urged to Becky Ange, women’s six pants, mecontact Deputy Fire Marshal Chris dium tops and size six shoes; Mark Vieira at 410-632-5666, ext. 5, or cvieAnge, pants and jeans, size 30/30, ira@co.worcester.md.us. sweatpants medium/large, shirts meMeanwhile, as word spread through- dium/large and size nine shoes; and out the community about the family Carter Ange, boys size 10 pants, shirts being displaced, a grassroots effort to boys 10/12 and shoe size four. help the Anges recover is underway.

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OCEAN CITY – One of the takeaways from the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) annual report presentation this week was that strides have been made in addressing the resort’s growing homeless issue.

For years, multiple state and local agencies attempted to assist the growing homeless population in Worcester County and in Ocean City, where the problem had become particularly acute in and around the Boardwalk area, with varying degrees of success.

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However, the various state and local agencies lacked a certain amount of cohesiveness as they attempted to address the homeless issue in and around the resort.

That changed last year with the creation of the Worcester County Homeless Outreach Team (HOT), a partnership between the Worcester County Health Department, Local Behavioral Health Authority, Department of Social Services, Ocean City Police Department, Diakonia, Ocean City Crisis Coalition, and Atlantic General Hospital. It was created to offer outreach to homeless individuals throughout the county. The effort began, however, in Ocean City, as homelessness in the Boardwalk area has been a cause for concern among

residents and visitors. Resort officials have cited complaints from tourists and police reports occasionally include individuals with “no fixed address” who have been charged with crimes like disorderly conduct and burglary.

On Tuesday, OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro presented the department’s annual report to the Mayor and Council and said the HOT program had been successful in the latter part of 2018 in assisting some of the homeless in Ocean City and addressing some of the issues associated with the proliferation in the downtown area.

“With our homeless outreach team, we’re really starting to see some successes,” he said. “It has been very challenging in dealing with the home-

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less in our community, but we feel like we’ve really turned a corner.”

Since the HOT program began last fall, the allied agencies including the OCPD have made contact with around 40 homeless individuals and have been able to find permanent or temporary housing for nine. In addition, the HOT program has assisted 14 other homeless individuals with food assistance applications and five more with getting needed medical care.

“We’re starting to really make strides,” he said. “We’re starting to get the homeless in our community the services they need. It’s not only an OCPD issue or response, but with our partnerships it has become a holistic approach and I think that’s really important.”

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OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Fire Department Chief Chris Larmore announced last week he will be retiring before the start of the upcoming summer season.

Larmore was hired as fire chief in 2008 during a turbulent time when the Town of Ocean City combined its career paid division and its volunteer division and has led the department for over a decade.

Serving as the merged department’s first chief, Larmore oversees the various divisions including the career division, the volunteer division and the fire marshal’s office. He has been a member of the department for nearly three decades.

“I have been honored to serve as a member of the volunteer fire company for over 27 years and most recently served as fire chief for the Ocean City Fire Department,” he said. “I am thankful for the men and women I work with each and every day, and for the opportunity to serve the community that has been my home for most of my life.”

Although an official date has not been announced, Larmore is expected to retire before the start of the upcoming summer season. City Manager Doug Miller praised Larmore for shepherding the department through a time of great transition.

“Chief Larmore led the department through both changing and challenging times,” he said. “He played a vital role in the successful merging of our volunteer division and our EMS division. He exemplified the slogan ‘united to serve’ and he service will most certainly be missed.”

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Pines GM Out After 19 Months

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

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BERLIN – Less than two years after his arrival, the Ocean Pines Association has parted ways with its general manager.

On Tuesday, the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) released a statement regarding General Manager John Bailey.

“The Board of Directors of Ocean Pines Association, Inc. and its General Manager John Bailey have mutually decided to part ways,” the statement reads. “Mr. Bailey intends to pursue other professional opportunities. The board thanks Mr. Bailey for his hard work and dedication to Ocean Pines and wishes him well in the future. The board will conduct a thorough search to identify a replacement for Mr. Bailey.”

Doug Parks, president of the board, did not return a call for comment. When asked whether Bailey’s departure had already occurred and if so who was acting as general manager, Denise Sawyer, the association’s public relations director, also declined to comment.

“The Ocean Pines Association cannot speak further on this matter,” she said.

A “Transition Organization Chart” on the association’s website, however, lists the transition management team as the association’s board of directors, led by Parks. While the board will oversee a few departments – such as

OPA General Manager John Bailey is pictured at a recent board meeting.

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police and golf – directly, Director of Finance Steve Phillips will manage a portion of OPA departments as Director of Aquatics Colby Phillips oversees the majority of departments.

Bailey was hired by OPA in September 2017. He came to Ocean Pines with more than 15 years of experience, as he’d served as general manager at two large-scale homeowners associations in Virginia. At a meet-and-greet upon his arrival in September 2017, Bailey told residents he’d been waiting for the opportunity to lead the community.

“I’ll be blunt,” he said. “Becoming the general manager has been on my list. I wanted this job. I told the board that ... I intend to be here 15 years …

Let’s be honest, in this line of work that’s a long time. I recognize that, but that’s what we are shooting for.”

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – Ocean Pines Association officials continue to make changes to the proposed budget, which is now expected to be approved Saturday.

Last Saturday, the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) Board of Directors tabled a motion to approve the proposed $12.8 million budget. The decision came after lengthy discussion of ways to cut the spending plan, which as initially proposed included a $127 assessment increase.

“My recommendation would be to table the motion, based on getting the information that came out of this discussion summarized by the general manager,” said Doug Parks, president of the board.

While General Manager John Bailey has since parted ways with the association, a special meeting to approve the budget has been scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 23, at 9 a.m. at the Ocean Pines Community Center.

The majority of changes discussed at last week’s meeting related to cutting payroll costs for the coming year. While they agreed to include funding for merit raises, board members expressed concern over the possibility that some employees could receive exorbitant increases. Director Slobodan Trendic said one position last year received a

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20-percent raise and was slated in the coming year for a 15-percent raise.

“I’ve got serious issues with these numbers,” he said.

Board members agreed that raises above 4 percent should be based on documented justification.

Other budget issues discussed by the board last week included medical benefits, bulkhead fees and departmental spending. Board members told Bailey they wanted to be sure the $17,250 in department cuts he presented had been reviewed with department heads.

“They’re the ones that have to im-

plement the work,” Director Esther Diller said.

Bailey said he had not yet reviewed the cuts with those individuals. Director Frank Daly asked him to get information from each department about what the cuts would impact.

“I’m not suggesting we micromanage these cuts,” he said. “I want to know what these cuts effect.”

At Trendic’s suggestion, the board agreed to make additional cuts in the marketing and public relations department.

“I don’t want to spend $50,000 on radio and TV commercials unless

there’s some metrics showing return,” he said.

Diller and Parks agreed.

“If we don’t have that maybe what we do at this point is pare that back… ,” Parks said. “I’m thinking bigger picture. I think it’s a small price to pay that’ll give us a little relief.”

While the board instructed Bailey to have an updated copy of the proposed budget online for residents to review

by Wednesday, officials announced Tuesday that he and the association had parted ways. Saturday’s meeting remains scheduled for 9 a.m. at the community center.

School Board OKs $110M Budget

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – The $110 million proposed budget approved by the Worcester County Board of Education this week will give educators the biggest salary increase in a decade.

While the budget still has to be reviewed by the Worcester County Commissioners, the board of education this week approved a $110 million budget for fiscal year 2020. The spending plan is highlighted by increases in capital spending and raises for employees.

“As the board knows, this is the best salary package we’ve been able to offer in the last 10 years,” said Vince Tolbert, the board of education’s chief financial officer.

Tolbert presented a summary of the $110,539,188 budget at Tuesday’s school board meeting. As proposed, the budget includes $89.9 million in county appropriations, an increase of 2.73 percent over the current year. The budget shows $19.8 million in state aid, an increase of more than 17 percent.

Tolbert said that was a big increase compared to recent years and added that unlike some school systems, Worcester always received the bulk of its funding from county government.

Expenditure increases in the proposed budget include $2,353,403 in salary increases – a step and 2 percent cost-of-living-adjustment – as well $83,264 in bus contractor increases.

Notably, there is no health insurance rate increase in the proposed budget.

The budget includes $853,055 in funding for one-time capital projects.

“Included in that is $131,055 for schematic and partial design fees for Stephen Decatur Middle School,” Tolbert said. “As the board knows, that project’s coming up in a couple years, to add the wing on, and to keep that project on track we need to start spending some money to do those schematic and partial design pieces.”

Education officials are also seeking capital funding for roof replacement at Pocomoke Middle School, portable classroom repairs at Stephen Decatur Middle and HVAC unit replacement at three other schools. Tolbert pointed out the portable classrooms at Decatur Middle had been in use for years.

“Those portables have been there for a number of years,” he said. “In some cases, I think they came from Stephen Decatur High School when that was renovated back in 1998 and 2000 so we’re asking for some money to repair those portable classrooms.”

One-time local grant items included in the budget include $200,000 for elementary reading curriculum and $50,000 for a Pocomoke Middle afterschool program.

The approved budget now goes to the county for review with a budget work session planned with the commissioners April 2.

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BERLIN – Charles “Buddy” Jenkins was honored last week with the inaugural Stephen N. Parker Conservation Legacy Award. The award was presented at a banquet hosted by the Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT) at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin.

The award was designed by Jordan Pippen of Steel and Glory in Berlin.

Speakers included Dave Wilson, Jr. and Jim Rapp of Conservation Community Consulting. Pat Shrawder and Emily Nock presented Jenkins with recognition citations from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates.

The award was to be given in memory of Parker, a renowned conservationist, to recognize a landowner or conservation practitioner for their contributions to private land conservation on the Lower Eastern Shore. Parker served on the Board of Directors of LSLT and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program and is remembered for his work as director of the Virginia Coast Reserve with The Nature Conservancy – as well as being a long-time board member of the Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore. Parker’s background in business and nonprofits served to bring together economic development and conservation – further preserving the health and productivity of large ecosystems while meeting the

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At left, Charles “Buddy” Jenkins was presented proclamations from the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate and Gov. Larry Hogan by Pat Schrawder and Emily Nock.

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OCEAN CITY – Satisfied the concerns of the neighboring community were allayed, resort planners this week approved a conditional use request for a north-end water taxi service.

The Ocean City Planning Commission on Wednesday held a public hearing on a request for a conditional use to allow for a water taxi service based at a canal adjacent to the Food Lion shopping center near 118th Street. The owners operated the business on a temporary basis for six weeks at the height of the summer season last year with the requisite business license. However, because the owners plan to add a floating dock and a handicap-accessible ramp to the operation this year, along with utilizing an existing kiosk as an office and ticketing facility, the business must be approved as a conditional use.

It’s a rather unique case because riparian rights allow for a water taxi business on the public waterways, but because there are elements attached to the land including the kiosk and ramp, for example, it falls under the town’s zoning code. By way of background, the area proposed for the new water taxi business falls in one of the most permissive zoning designations in the town code and almost any other business including a waterfront restaurant and bar would be permissible.

The plan calls for two 27-foot Carolina skiffs outfitted for public use each capable of carrying up to 19 passengers. Called the Bay Hopper, the service would shuttle passengers along the bayside from one end of the resort to the other with guided tours of the back bays and Assateague, for example. Perhaps more importantly, the water taxi service would shuttle individuals and groups of people to and from the various restaurants, bars and other amenities on the bayside. Each of the Bay Hopper’s principle owners is a licensed captain with years of experience on the water.

Zoning Administrator Frank Hall explained the proposed water taxi service was considered a transportation use and not a recreational amenity. He said the weighty comprehensive plan was rife with references to a desired water taxi service and transportation alternatives.

“Water taxi use is emphasized in the comprehensive plan,” he said. “The comp plan encourages increasing transportation alternatives to take vehicles off Coastal Highway and exploring a bayside water taxi should be encouraged.”

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FROM PAGE 19 for the Bay Hopper operation. It will be limited to just two boats, always with a licensed captain at the helm, and would operate roughly from 8:30 a.m.midnight each night of the summer, although the volume of business and the demand for the service would likely dictate how many trips are made daily.

“We want to establish a convenient, reliable, professional transportation system,” he said. “A year ago, we started planning for this business and became very enthusiastic about water taxi service. Currently, there is no water taxi that serves all of Ocean City. There is a need for alternative transportation and this provides that along with the beauty of traveling along the bayside.”

The water taxi service had already gained approval from the Board of Port Wardens although those hearings generated a lot of public comments raising concerns about the potential noise, the hours of operation and the number of trips in and out of the canal.

Douglass assured the public the plan was to be the least intrusive as it can be on the surrounding neighborhood and there was no intention to start a water sports marina at the location.

“The boats are very quiet and we’re not out there renting boats to the public,” he said. “There will always be a Coast Guard master captain at the

helm. As business owners, we are very family-oriented and we’re experienced professionals. We care about our reputation and we care about the town.”

In terms of the potential noise associated with passengers, Douglass said there were plans in place to minimize that.

“We have a very low tolerance for excessive noise,” he said. “We live along that canal too and we have a great deal of respect for the neighborhood.”

Attorney Joe Moore, who represented the applicants at the hearing, was cognizant of the two dozen or so members of the public who were in attendance at Wednesday’s hearing.

While the applicants essentially only had to make their pitch to the planning commission, Moore said gaining the public’s confidence in the proposed business was important.

“Our goal is to make them just as comfortable with this plan as you are,” he said. “They are doing everything to be good neighbors and they want to be a welcome part of the community.”

The planning commission received 60 emails concerning the proposal, 50 of which were in support. However, it is not known where the majority of senders live or if they could be directly impacted by the water taxi business.

Nonetheless, the majority of those who appeared in person for the hearing were clearly opposed. It should be

pointed out nearly everyone who spoke against the proposal in Wednesday said they believed the water taxi idea was a great concept, but they simply didn’t want it in their backyard.

Their comments ran the gamut from concerns about excessive noise from the vessels themselves and the passengers often coming back from a night of bar-hopping through the otherwise quiet canal-front neighborhoods to the safety along those same canals where they live. Some raised concerns about the relatively late hours of operations, while others said a single captain could not safely navigate the vessel and monitor the passengers as well.

In terms of the hours of operation, Douglass said the expectation was to have the boats back at the dock by midnight, but that he did not anticipate bringing rowdy passengers back at that hour. Instead, he said much of the business, at least at night, would involve shuttling patrons to and from bayside establishments and many of those would choose alternative modes of transportation to get home including cabs and Uber, for example.

“We don’t plan on running up and down that canal at all hours of the night,” he said. “We do expect to be taking people from one restaurant to another restaurant at night.”

In terms of appropriately staffing the vessels, Douglass said the volume

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and demand and the time of day would likely dictate that.

“We’ll likely have two people on board with a captain and a crewmember, but it’s not required by the Coast Guard,” he said. “The captain can concentrate on navigation and the crewmember can handle any other situation. It will be a learning process early in the season as we figure out what staffing we need for each situation.”

After the public hearing was closed, Planning Commissioner Joe Wilson said the midnight stop time was likely appropriate.

“I like the hours,” he said. “They’re not going to be out there at 2 a.m., which would bring some of the problems we heard concerns about tonight.

I don’t think a lot of people are going to be coming back to the Food Lion parking lot after dinner. They’re probably going to take different transportation somewhere else. … The two main concerns I heard were the potential for noise and boat safety. They have more experience than probably 99 percent of the people out on the water in Ocean City. They are more than qualified.”

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FROM PAGE 20 tive to the concerns of the neighbors and I think they will continue to be that way.”

Shanahan said the comparatively small water taxi business was likely less offensive than what could be allowed in that area.

“I’m sure the Food Lion shopping center could lease some of the bulkhead frontage and you could end up with 20 boats in there,” he said. “That would really mess up the end of that canal. These guys are pros and I’m confident they will run a great business.”

Planning Commissioner Lauren Taylor said there was already a high volume of boat traffic in that area in the summer.

“There are a lot of boats in that canal already that are bigger and noisier and a lot of them probably don’t follow the regulations as well as these guys will,” she said. “The water belongs to everybody. It doesn’t belong to the person that owns that condo nearby.”

Taylor pointed to the sections in the comprehensive plan that encouraged water taxis and alternative modes of transportation.

“The shared use is a transportation use the city desperately needs,” she said. “I can only hope they are successful and can carry a lot of people. This is probably the least intrusive use of that space you could have. Somebody could come in and put a waterfront café there.”

Planning Commissioner Peck Miller dismissed some of the alternative locations for the business proposed during the public comment period.

“It is an ideal location for this,” he said. “There is adequate parking and it’s well-lit and safe. This is probably the least offensive use you can have with real licensed captains running those boats.”

The planning commission debated some additional conditions other than those already imposed by the staff such as requiring two crewmembers on every trip and ending any loading and unloading of passengers by 9 p.m., but Taylor said she was satisfied with the staff conditions.

“I’d be cautious about micro-managing their business too much with a lot of conditions,” she said. “I think they’re smart enough to know what manpower they need.”

After hours of debate, the commission voted unanimously to forward a favorable recommendation to the Mayor and Council. The approval included the conditions spelled out by the staff including a 24-month approval, only two vessels allowed and no amplified music or announcements from the boats or the kiosks.

Planning Commission Chair Pam Buckley said the proposal met the definition of the conditional use.

“As a conditional use, we have to decide if this is something greater than what is already allowed there,” she said. “I don’t think we can say that.

They could put boat slips in there.

There could be another restaurant in there.”

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OCEAN CITY – One week after approving nine new small-scale cell towers in north-end residential areas, the Ocean City Planning Commission on Wednesday reviewed a request for an extension of a tall temporary cellphone tower on a downtown lot.

Last week, after considerable debate, the Mayor and Council approved nine new small-scale cell towers at different locations in north-end residential areas. On Wednesday, the planning commission had before them a different issue related to the same general topic, which has been highly debated in recent weeks.

As the demand for more wireless connectivity increases in the resort, especially in the summer, the need for more towers to provide the service has followed suit. To that end, the nine small-scale cell towers in the residential areas were approved, although somewhat reluctantly. A separate issue is the need for temporary tall cells on wheels, or COWs, in the populated downtown area in the peak summer months.

Two years ago, AT&T brought in a COW on a lot on Worcester Street. The COW was expected to be a temporary solution, but it has been extended twice already with a request for a third extension now on the table. The planning

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commission does not make decisions on the placement of cell towers, but it does hold sway over the aesthetics of structures in the city. To that end, the commission was asked Wednesday to review the request for another extension and make any appropriate recommendations. Planning Commission chair Pam Buckley said she visited the site prior to the meeting and didn’t find the temporary COW offensive.

“I don’t see it as a major detriment to visibility,” she said. “It just seems like they should be able to put that above street level somewhere.”

Planning and Community Development Director Bill Neville told the planners AT&T had been seeking a permanent home for the tower but needed another extension as that process moves forward.

“They were in negotiations with Belmont Towers, but no agreement was reached,” he said. “They were also negotiating with the town to put it on the beach ball water tower. While those negotiations are going on, they get a second extension that expires in September. They are seeking a third extension, but my understanding is they need to continue to work toward a permanent location.”

Neville said the request for a third extension triggered a review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) See NexT PaGe

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FROM PAGE 22 because of the temporary location’s proximity to historic district properties.

Although they have not been included on the national registry of historic places, a handful of downtown buildings fall under the purview of the FAA in terms of locating temporary cell towers including the Atlantic Hotel, the pier building and the Henry Hotel.

However, he also pointed out there are other significantly high structures in the same area.

“It’s in a location where there are already large, vertical structures, so it really doesn’t seem out of place,” he

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said. “You have the roller coaster, the Ferris wheel and the sling shot all relatively close to this.”

Planning Commissioner Peck Miller said he could support the extension for the temporary tower in its current location as long as AT&T continues to search for suitable long-term solution.

“I would encourage them to find a permanent location sooner rather than later,” he said. “In the short term, it would be nice if they had some fencing or screening around the base.

That’s something we’ve required of Delmarva Power for equipment in other neighborhoods and I think the

same courtesy should be extended to this neighborhood.”

Buckley said the commission was not required to take any action because it was largely an FAA issue.

However, she suggested sending a letter to the FAA and AT&T voicing some of the town’s concerns.

“I think we’ve reached a consensus,” she said. “We would like to see them find a permanent solution sooner rather than later.”

Meanwhile, the issue of the smallscale towers in the north-end residential neighborhoods resurfaced during Tuesday’s Mayor and Council meeting. Last

Page 23 week, the town’s elected officials approved four cell towers in Caine Woods, two in Heron Harbor, two in Caine Keys II and one in Little Salisbury.

Former Councilman Vince Gisriel, who has been a fierce opponent of the new small towers, came to Tuesday’s meeting equipped with charts showing six tower sites already in Caine Woods, two in Heron Harbor, two in Caine Keys II and three in Little Salisbury. Gisriel continued to push health concerns with the proposed and existing towers and urged the Mayor and Council to reverse the approval.

“I ask you to reconsider your vote and give these neighborhoods the same courtesy you afforded Montego Bay,” he said. “Don’t let these utilities bully you from your responsibilities in the charter.”

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Alleged Crack Dealer Busted OCEAN CITY – A Berlin man was arrested on drug distribution charges last week after allegedly selling crack cocaine to an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer on different occasions.

During the month of November, an OCPD narcotics detective began an investigation into a suspect believed to be involved in distributing crack cocaine in the resort.

On Jan. 11, the OCPD detective made arrangements with the suspect, identified as Joshua Pitts, 50, of Berlin, to purchase crack cocaine at an appointed place and time and the deal was allegedly consummated as planned. On Jan. 23, the same detective made arrangements with Pitts to purchase crack cocaine at an appointed place and time and that deal was allegedly consummated. A similar deal was allegedly completed on Feb. 7.

Last Thursday, the undercover detective allegedly made arrangements with Pitts for yet another crack cocaine deal. The deal was completed in the area of 120th Street and the officer and suspect parted ways. A short time late, Pitts was stopped in his vehicle in the area of 123rd Street and a search of the vehicle revealed a quantity of crack cocaine in two bags. Pitts was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.

Disorderly, Resisting Arrest OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man was arrested on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges last weekend after two separate incidents.

Around 1:25 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to 49th Street for a reported disorderly male who had been harassing employees and allegedly yelling racial slurs at other patrons. The suspect, later identified as Barry Lewis, 27, of Wrightsville, Pa., had been removed from the establishment and had been given a trespassing warning, but allegedly refused to leave the area.

According to police reports, at one point, Lewis walked up to another OCPD officer in the area conducting a DUI stop and handed him a business card in the middle of the investigation. Lewis was asked to leave the area of the unrelated traffic stop and the larger areas in general because he had been issued

a trespassing warning, but he allegedly launched into an expletive-laced tirade at the officers and demanded a courtesy ride because he “had bombs fly over his head,” according to police reports.

Eventually, Lewis did get in a cab and leave the area. About 30 minutes later, OCPD officers were handling a call for a domestic incident near a downtown bar at 8th Street when Lewis showed up again and got out of a taxi. The bar was closing and the staff was getting the last stragglers out when Lewis allegedly walked right past the staff and the OCPD officers and into the bar, according to police reports.

Lewis was asked to leave the area again, but instead started screaming at and taunting the OCPD officers in the area, causing a scene at closing time with dozens of other individuals in the area. Lewis than walked into a nearby pizza carryout and continued to cause a scene, at which time OCPD officers decided it was time to arrest him.

According to police reports, Lewis resisted arrest and scrapped with OCPD officers before he was eventually subdued and taken into custody.

He was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Hit-And-Run Arrest OCEAN CITY – A Bel Air woman was arrested on drunk-driving and other charges last weekend after allegedly hitting another vehicle and leaving the scene only to be tracked down by the other driver.

Around 3:30 p.m. last Saturday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to the area of Northside Park for a reported hit-andrun collision. The officer arrived and observed a Nissan Frontier parked

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across two parking spaces at the recreation complex, with a Jeep parked nearby. The owner of the Jeep told police he was at the red light on eastbound 127th Street waiting to turn onto Coastal Highway when the driver of the Nissan, later identified as Victoria Pyzik, 29, of Bel Air, Md., made a right turn from the highway and collided with the front of his vehicle.

The victim told police Pyzik continued west on 127th Street, rolled through a stop sign at Jamaica Avenue and pulled into Northside Park.

The victim told police he was stunned at first, but called police and followed Pyzik until she stopped at Northside Park.

According to police reports, when the officer asked Pyzik for her license and registration, she replied, “umm, you want my fishing license or what?” When the officer requested her information again, she reportedly handed him a red folder which contained her license.

When the officer asked Pyzik where she had been and what she had been doing, she did not answer directly, instead telling the officer she just bought a house in Delaware and that she just bought the Nissan. She also told the officer it was her birthday the day before and that she was coming from a yoga class, according to police reports. Pyzik also told police she had hit the victim’s vehicle and that she was going to stay in a hotel now.

According to police reports, Pyzik exhibited signs of intoxication and did not perform field sobriety tests to the officer’s satisfaction. She was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and was taken to the Public Safety Building where a breath test reportedly returned a result of .27.

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man, charged with theft and rogue and vagabond in January after stealing change from a vehicle, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

On Jan. 4, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) was patrolling in the 28th Street area and was waved down by an individual chasing after another man. The officer responded and found the individual, later identified as a nearby restaurant manager, holding another man, later identified as John Tarr, 39, of Ocean City, in a headlock in front of a bar across the street.

The witness told police he was the manager of a restaurant on the east side of Coastal Highway at 28th Street and had walked out of the kitchen to observe the suspect, later identified as Tarr, inside another employee’s vehicle. At first, the witness said he believe the individual inside the vehicle was one of his employees and yelled for him to get back into work.

However, the manager quickly realized the individual was not his employee and questioned Tarr about why he was in the vehicle. According to police reports, Tarr told the manager the vehicle belonged to a friend and that his friend was inside the bar.

The manager told Tarr to take him to his friend and motioned for another employee to assist him when Tarr took off running, according to police reports. The manager and the other employee gave chase and motioned to the OCPD officer to assist. When the officer arrived, the manager had detained Tarr in a headlock in front of a bar on the west side of Coastal Highway at 28th Street.

It was determined that Tarr had taken about $5 in change from the victim’s vehicle. According to police reports, Tarr told the arresting officer he had only taken change from the vehicle in order to take a bus to West Ocean City. Last week, Tarr pleaded guilty to theft under $100 and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

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FROM PAGE 24 in the downtown area during a domestic dispute, pleaded guilty last week to violating an out-of-state order and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Around 9:30 p.m. last August 26, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to a reported domestic assault in progress in the area of Baltimore Avenue. Upon arrival, the OCPD officer met with a witness who said both parties had left the area. During that time, the officer observed a vehicle the witness said was involved in the incident drive past his location at least two times.

The officer flagged down the vehicle and it turned into a downtown motel parking lot near the Inlet. The officer made contact with the female driver who appeared to be very flustered and upset, according to police reports. The victim told police she had gotten into the verbal argument with her legal husband, later identified as Anthony Velasquez, 33, of Harrisburg, Pa., and that Velasquez was attempting to leave her and take all of her belongings.

The victim told police she was standing in front of the vehicle when Velasquez started to drive forward in an attempt to leave. The victim said Velasquez accelerated toward her, causing her to jump on the hood of the moving vehicle in order to avoid being hit by it. According to police reports, the victim said Velasquez continued to accelerate at a high rate of speed for about 50 feet as she clung to the hood.

The victim told police Velasquez then slammed on the brakes, which tossed her off the vehicle. The victim said she and Velasquez then got into a shoving match and he threw all of her belongings into the parking lot as multiple witnesses in the area attempted to break up the fight. When Velasquez heard someone say they were going to call the police, he fled the area on foot.

The victim then drove around looking for Velasquez, which is when the police arrived. Velasquez was located a short time later and was detained.

OCPD officers observed the victim to have multiple superficial injuries to her body including scrapes and abrasions on her arms, feet and forehead, but she refused any medical treatment at the scene. The officers also observed the vehicle to have multiple scratches on the hood and sides along with fresh blood on the hood. In addition, one of the windshield wipers had been ripped off and was laying in the passenger seat.

When questioned, Velasquez told police he had been in an argument with the victim earlier, but they had gone their separate ways. He told police he had nothing to do with the incident involving the vehicle. OCPD officers Velasquez had a cut on the back of his head and he reportedly told police he had hit his head on a rock earlier, which is why there was blood on the hood of the vehicle.

OCPD officers further interviewed the victim, who had a cut with stitches in her lip. The victim told police that cut

The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch was from an incident about two weeks earlier when Velasquez had assaulted her. A background check revealed there was an active protective order against Velasquez in Pennsylvania prohibiting him from having any contact with the victim. Last week, Velasquez pleaded guilty to violating an out-of-state order and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Probation For Burglar Held At Gunpoint OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man, arrested last September after attempting to break into a downtown residence and being held at gunpoint by the victim until police arrived, pleaded guilty last week to malicious destruction of property and was placed on probation.

Around 9 p.m. last Sept. 10, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to a residence on Dolphin Street for a reported breaking and entering in progress. Upon arrival, three OCPD officers retrieved their patrol rifles from their vehicles, while a fourth officer unholstered his handgun.

While the officers were approaching the residence, a female victim stepped outside and told them there was a man attempting to break in the back door and her husband was holding the suspect at gunpoint. All four officers entered the residence and found the male victim holding a black semi-automatic pistol and pointing it toward the back door.

OCPD officers observed a suspect, later identified as Aaron Dill, 38, of York, Pa., at the back door and licking the glass. According to police reports, the OCPD officers pointed their weapons at Dill and gave him commands to get on the ground. The officers also ordered the male victim to put down his gun and he complied, putting the handgun on the coffee table. One of the OCPD officers moved the victim’s gun further away to create more distance from the victim.

Dill was detained by the officers but was not yet under arrest. Dill agreed to speak with officers and told them he was directed to the house by a friend, although he could not identify the friend or provide a description. Dill acknowledged he didn’t belong there and admitted to being intoxicated. According to police reports, Dill’s pants were wet in the crotch area and a strong odor of urine and fecal matter was emanating from his person, although it is not clear from the report if Dill soiled himself before or after the male victim and later the police pointed their guns at him.

The male victim told police he was in the shower when the female victim told him someone was trying to break in the back door. The male victim told the female victim to call 911 and take their two boys, ages 5 and 2, to the master bedroom to wait for police to arrive. The male victim then retrieved his handgun from a safe and moved toward the back door. An inspection of the door revealed the screen had been kicked in at the bottom. At that point, Dill was arrested and charged with malicious destruction of property and intoxicated endangerment.

Last week, Dill was placed on probation for one year and ordered to pay $30 in restitution for the damaged door.

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Worcester High School Display ‘A Labor Of Love For Us’

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

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Worcester High graduates, surrounding French teacher Hattie Carey (seated, center), cheer following unveiling of a new display recognizing the African American high school that closed in 1970.

Photo by Charlene Sharpe

NEWARK – Dozens of Worcester High School graduates gathered this week as the school system paid homage to its former African American high school.

Worcester County Public Schools hosted a ribbon cutting of a new historical display honoring Worcester High School in the lobby of the school system’s central office. The building was Worcester High School from 1953 to 1970.

“We are all so excited to have so many of you here with us today to commemorate the history and the heritage of this building,” Superintendent Lou Taylor said.

In an effort to recognize the build-

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ing’s history, school system staff have spent the past several months collecting artifacts and memorabilia from Worcester High School to display in the lobby of the central office. With the help of students from Worcester Technical High School’s hospitality program, as well as contributions from other students and former students, the artifacts now line the wall of the lobby. Visitors are also greeted with new furniture and flooring as they step into the building.

“I know our county commissioners are here today and some of them are going to say ‘Lou where’d you get the money to take care of this,’” Taylor said, drawing laughter from the crowd.

“Let me tell you, 90 percent of this was donated by our community. We know the Harrison Group out of Ocean City, they donated all this furniture. Lowe’s of Pocomoke donated this flooring to put down here.”

Taylor expressed appreciation for everyone who helped bring the project to fruition.

“This has been a labor of love for us,” he said. “Many, many people have contributed.”

He said there had been an outpouring of support from former Worcester High students willing to provide memorabilia for the display.

“I would be remiss if I didn’t say thank you to all those that contacted us to donate artifacts to make this display truly come to life,” he said.

Taylor said officials were unveiling the display in February as a way to mark Black History Month as the school system was in the midst of its 150th year.

Gregory Purnell, a 1967 Worcester grad, shared his memories of the school that so many of the county’s residents attended. He pointed out that it was the only school African Americans in Worcester County could attend after sixth-grade and the only school in Worcester County where African American teachers could teach.

“It was them that came and instilled into us the need for education,” Purnell said. “They themselves, coming from meager beginnings – some of them were the first to even attend high school or graduate and then to go on to college – they wanted us to have a taste of that. So they took time with each of us, we being like they, to let us know this is the place where you get the key. The key to that house, the key to that car, the key to the world itself – and that would be in education.”

Purnell said the camaraderie among the students at Worcester was what he remembered most.

“We still think about it when we go by this building,” he said. “It’s just something that was a part of your life.

Today, anyone over 65, we know that they had something to do with this school. Who’s your family? Didn’t they go to Worcester? What year did they graduate?”

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From Page 26 for honoring the building and its history.

“I fashion myself as one of the ‘Mr. Worcesters’ but each class had their own,” Purnell said. “We just have so many memories and we’re just happy to be here today.”

Purnell, invoking Dr. Martin Luther King’s message to be the best of whatever you are, said Worcester’s graduates had gone on to do just that.

“The Worcester High spirit continues to live in them and travel,” he said.

“That’s why so many have come out this morning to be here for this occasion. I applaud each of you for taking the time to come here and remember old Worcester High. You can still hear the echoes in the aisleways and alcoves of this place. I don’t hear the lockers clanging but still there’s that memory that comes back.”

Teola Brittingham, a 1968 Worcester grad, led those in attendance – many of whom sported black and gold “Worcester High Alumni” shirts – in singing the school song.

“This is a prideful day for us,” she said. “I know that when we sing this song everybody’s going to join in and sing it with us. Worcester High you will live on through all of us.”

Jimmy Purnell – the county’s first African American elected official – was another Worcester grad in attendance Tuesday.

“As I walked in this building this morning it still brings back memories,” he said. “I graduated in 1955.”

He offered his thanks to Jon Andes, former superintendent of Worcester County Public Schools, for his assistance in preserving the building.

“That was a time they were talking about doing away with this building,” he said. “I came to Dr. Andes with the advice of some other people. He sat down with some of the board members. They voted to save our school.

My thanks and heart goes out to those that took the time and had the initiative in their heart to save this school.”

He said graduates were willing to work with county officials to make sure the building was preserved going forward.

Worcester graduates are also doing their part to support today’s students.

Hattie Beckwith, organizer of the Worcester Junior Senior High School Joint Alumni Association, said the group was in its 28th year of providing scholarships to local high school students.

“Our legacy runs on through the scholarships that we give,” she said.

This week’s ribbon-cutting ceremony closed with a special signing event featuring Maya Batson, the first educator offered a teaching position through the school system’s new “Grow Our Own” program. The program identifies minority high school students with aptitude and interest in pursuing a career in education and offers them support through high school and college.

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NEWARK – Changes to the calendar for the coming school year will mean longer vacations for Worcester County’s public school students.

In a break from past practice, the Worcester County Board of Education this week approved a calendar that includes no inclement weather days. By eliminating the usual three built-in bad weather closures, officials were able to provide students with longer winter and spring breaks.

“It is a big change for us,” said Carrie Sterrs, the school system’s coordinator of public relations and special programs.

The calendar approved Tuesday sets the first day of school at Sept. 3.

Noteworthy closures include a winter break from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3 and a spring break from April 6-13. The last day of school is tentatively set for June 15, but Sterrs stressed it was tentative, as it could be as late as June 22. Because there are no inclement weather days built in to the calendar, they will instead be tacked on after June 15.

“Say we have a closure on Feb. 10,” Sterrs said. “That would mean we automatically shift the end of our school year to June 16. So for every day that we are closed throughout that school year we will keep going until we

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hit that June 22 hard end. Now say we get hit with massive amounts of snow and we’re closed for 10 days. Once we got past these five days, we will then need to make further modifications within our calendar.”

Superintendent Lou Taylor told the board he and Sterrs had reviewed the school calendars from the last 15 years and had found there were just three or four years when schools were closed more than five days.

Sterrs said officials opted to remove the built-in inclement weather days to allow for more flexibility in the calendar. She said that prior to removing them, the spring break had been broken up because of a required April 7 closure.

“That is a day we legally had to be closed for students because of the presidential primary,” she said. “Again, and also during that week, April 10 and April 13 are also legal holidays for schools so we’re required to have full closure those days. It kind of made a very choppy week in the other two proposals but in making this change with our inclement weather days we were actually able to make this a more solid break for students as well as staff.”

Sterrs said officials hoped the new calendar would also encourage parents to schedule vacations when schools were closed to reduce absences.

“Building these breaks should af-

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BERLIN – Acting on an anonymous tip, Maryland State Police (MSP) troopers arrested a Princess Anne man on cocaine distribution charges at the Ocean Downs Casino.

Around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, MSP troopers received an anonymous alert to be on the lookout for a vehicle containing drugs to distribute heading to the casino.

MSP troopers from the Berlin barrack, working in coordination with Ocean Downs Casino security, were able to locate the vehicle on the casino grounds and identify the suspects. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Robert Lee Elmore, 45, of Princess Anne. The investigation revealed Elmore was wanted on a ford our schools a talking point for parents to say ‘hey we’re giving you ample opportunity to take a solid vacation throughout the school year so if we can limit vacation during the school year when we’re actually in session that would be preferable,’” she said.

“That’ll be a help as well.”

School board member Elena McComas said she thought the most difficult part of the new calendar would be educating parents. Sterrs agreed that in-

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Worcester County grand jury indictment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

During the investigation, MSP troopers were assisted by the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) K-9 unit, which resulted in a positive alert on the suspects’ vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed 15 individuallywrapped bags of cocaine, approximately nine grams of marijuana and two baggies of crack cocaine weighing roughly three grams each.

Elmore was taken before a District Court Commissioner and was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.

He was held on a $5,000 bond for the fresh charges from Sunday and was held without bond pending a hearing in Worcester County Circuit Court for the grand jury indictment. forming parents was vital and pointed out that they shouldn’t count on June 15 being the last day of school.

“That 22nd is kind of your safe space to start planning your vacations, or when you’re going to start reporting to your summer job, things like that,” she said.

Taylor agreed, saying the school system will market the change and do their best to make students and parents aware of it.

Talks Continue On OC Gym Property

February 22, 2019

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – Negotiations are reportedly continuing that could keep a midtown gym open temporarily until Ocean City needs the property.

Late last year, the Mayor and Council approved an ordinance authorizing the purchase of the World Gym property at 67th Street for a little over $1.2 million. The 18,000-square-foot property is one piece of a larger puzzle of properties needed for a future water treatment plant.

During a public meeting two weeks ago, the Mayor and Council learned the business and its equipment had been purchased by Todd Clark about a year ago and the original owner has remained on hand as the general manager of the gym. Following that meeting, the council left the door open for continued negotiations to keep the gym in business on site through a lease agreement.

With many of the same gym supporters and members of the public back at Tuesday’s meeting, Council President Lloyd Martin took a preemptive step to head off more lengthy discussion, telling those in attendance negotiations were ongoing but the details had not yet been made public.

“The ball is in Mr. Clark’s court,” he said. “It is what it is. We’ve been negotiating on a new contract with him, but that’s all we can really say at this point.”

Later during the public comment period, at least one citizen made his views known about the ongoing negotiations.

John Robbins asked the council to continue to work with Clark on a new lease for the facility.

“We know the ball is in someone else’s court, we just don’t know what that ball is,” he said. “We believe there should be an opportunity to keep a viable business open until the town needs the property. In my experience, the most expensive hotel room is the one that sits empty.”

Robbins related the importance of the gym as a viable business entity that could pay a lease and property taxes on the land until the town needs it, which could be years down the road, but also its importance as part of the fabric of the community.

“The gym opens its doors to the air show pilots at no charge,” he said. “It also opens its doors to the Believe in Tomorrow House for family members at no charge. It’s not only a business.

It’s a source of good will for the town.

It’s better to discount that hotel room rather than leave it empty.”

Mayor Rick Meehan promised the gym owner would have ample opportunity to negotiate a new lease.

“We’re dealing with whom we now believe is the owner of the business,” he said. “We’re working in good faith, and when you work in good faith, good things can happen. But as it has been said, the ball is in their court.”

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Regional Digest Stamp Tapped To Chair State EMS Board OCEAN CITY – Governor Larry Hogan has named Clay Stamp to chair the Maryland Emergency Medical Services Board.

Stamp became Ocean City’s first-ever emergency management director in 1984 and held the position until 2004. He is currently Talbot County’s director of emergency services and assistant county manager as well as senior advisor to Hogan for emergency management and the chair of the Governor’s Emergency Management Advisory Council.

“Providing quality emergency medical services to Marylanders is a responsibility we take very seriously,” said Hogan. “Clay’s emergency management expertise will be a key asset to this board and help reinforce the best practices that have made Maryland's EMS system a national model.”

Maryland’s EMS Board oversees the state’s trauma and EMS system.

“I am honored to have been asked by Governor Hogan to oversee Maryland’s Emergency Medical Services System as chair of the EMS Board, serving alongside the other dedicated board members,” said Stamp. “I look forward to working hand in hand with our partner organizations and the many individuals that make our system great.”

Pirate’s Wharf History Will Be Presented SALISBURY – Before any decision is made on the future of the historic Pirate’s Wharf property in Wicomico County will come an opportunity to learn about its rich past.

Wicomico County officials this week announced a public presentation of the history of the Pirate’s Wharf property has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 6 at the Flanders Room at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center. Through a mini-grant from the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Area Council, the county was able to hire Mike Hitch as a consultant to develop the story of Pirate’s Wharf.

Hitch is a local historian and genealogist known for his research on Delmarva. Hitch will detail the history of Pirate’s Wharf dating from 1666 to the present day. Hitch will also provide recommendations on how the county can incorporate the property’s history into the park’s master plan.

In October, the county announced it had received an $820,000 grant from the National Parks Service through the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the future development of Pirate’s Wharf. The goal is to develop Pirate’s Wharf to SEE NEXT PAGE

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death by her son, Steven J. Collins. She is also cherished by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at Sound United Methodist Church in Selbyville, Del., on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m.

Donations may be made in memory of Flo Collins to Sound United Methodist Church, 35131 Lighthouse Rd., Selbyville, Del. 19975 or Coastal Hospice and Palliative Care, 2604 Old Ocean City Rd., Salisbury, Md. 21804.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.bishophastingsfh.com.

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Mary Margaret Curran OCEAN CITY – Mary Margaret “Peggy” Curran, age 62, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Born in Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Curran and Regina O’Keefe.

She is survived by her son, Todd Dolan; daughter, Thomasine Dolan; brothers Charles Curran (Chris) and Michael Curran; sister Carol Ann Curran; beloved dog “Kush”; three nieces; one nephew; and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Tommy Curran, and a son, Scott, who died prematurely at 2 weeks of age.

A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, MARY MARGARET Feb. 23, 2019, at 10 CURRAN a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 8420 Bel Air Rd., Perry Hall, Md. 21236.

Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Letters of condolence may be sent to the family at www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

Anne Florence “Flo” Collins OCEAN CITY – Born Jan. 13, 1930, Anne Florence “Flo” Collins was welcomed into the arms of our Lord on Feb 10, 2019.

Flo was born in Washington, D.C., and was married to Thomas P. Collins in July of 1947 and lived in Beltsville, Md., for 40 years. She retired in 1986 and moved to Ocean City in 1987.

Flo remained very active with her beloved family, church, fire service and community. She was a devout member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Beltsville, Md., and Sound United Methodist Church in Selbyville, Del., and was a past president of the United Methodist Women.

She was a den mother with the Cub Scouts for 11 years, active with the Boy Scouts, PTA, and an active member of the Civil Air Patrol. Flo was a life member of the Beltsville VFD Company 31 and Laurel VFD Company 10 Ladies Auxiliaries, the MSFA Ladies Auxiliary Convention Chair, past president of the Maryland Fire Chiefs Association Ladies Auxiliary, and past president of the Prince Georges County Fire and Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary.

She was also inducted into the Hall of Fame for the MFSA and the Prince Georges County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association,and a 2012 Honey Award recipient for her many endeavors.

Flo is survived by her beloved husband of 71 years, Thomas P. Collins, and sons, Wayne G. Collins and Kerry P. (Starla) Collins. She was preceded in

Elizabeth C. Rayne BISHOPVILLE – Elizabeth C. “Betty” Rayne, age 77, of Bishopville, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at home.

She was born in Berlin and was the daughter of the late Jerry J. and Eleanor (Gibbs) Connolly.

Betty had worked for many years at the Style Guide and Syl-Mar Shop.

She was a member of Bishopville Vol. Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary for 35 years and a member of the Ocean City Worship Center.

She is survived by her husband, Denny D. Rayne, of Bishopville; a son, Denny C. D. Rayne II and wife ELIZABETH RAYNE Terry of Berlin; two daughters, Debra D. Weber of Monkton, Md., and Deneen D. Rayne of Berlin; a brother, Jerry Connolly of Cromwell, Conn.; five grandchildren, Patrick, Jeremy, Shelby, Kasey and Andrew; one step-grandchild, Jordan; and two great-grandchildren, Clara and Caleb.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Bishopville Cemetery in Bishopville. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department immediately following the graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 350, Bishopville, Md. 21813, Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 350, Bishopville, Md. 21813 or Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, P.O. Box 23, Bishopville, Md. 21813.

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Gale Lee Messick Thomas QUANTICO – Gale Lee Messick Thomas, 65, of Quantico, Md., gained her angel wings on Feb. 16, 2019, following a year-long battle with cancer.

Gale was born Sept. 9, 1953, in Cambridge to the late Perry H. and Betty T. Messick.

She is a 1971 graduate of Cambridge High School and 1973 graduate of West Liberty State. Gale worked as a dental hygienist for 45 years in both Cambridge and Salisbury. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Cambridge and Rockawalkin United Methodist Church in Hebron. Gale gave the best hugs and was always willing to listen or lend a hand.

Gale’s life was defined most by her relationships with her family and many wonderful friends who became family.

She enjoyed collecting antiques and boating with her devoted husband of 42 years, Ronald E. Thomas. Together they raised three children, Michelle T. Wagaman of Fredericksburg, Va., Stacy L. Thomas of Ocean City and Jeffrey C. Thomas of Bivalve, and spoiled five grandchildren, Caroline Wagaman, Andrew Thomas, Kyle Wagaman, Connor Foley and Hadley Thomas.

Gale enjoyed special relationships with her son-in-law, Bryan Wagaman, and daughter-in-law, Brittany Thomas.

Gale is also survived by one brother, Herbert Messick, and his wife, Deena, of Cambridge, nephew Carl Messick, niece Jennifer Daniels and their families.

A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury.

Visitation was held Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, from 6-8 p.m. and one hour prior to the service.

Rev. Julie Lewis officiated. Interment at Dorchester MemoGALE LEE rial Park was pri- MESSICK THOMAS vate.

A reception followed at the Rockawalkin Community Hall (6772 Rockawalkin Rd., Hebron, Md. 21830).

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Rockawalkin United Methodist Church (6777 Rockawalkin Rd., Hebron, Md. 21830).

Honorary pallbearers were Bryan Wagaman, Carl Messick, John Smullen, John Aukward, Ray Bolt and Carter Christensen.

Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home, PA, 501 Snow Hill Rd., Salisbury, Md. 21801.

Please visit www.hollowayfh.com to send condolences to the family.

Ocean Pines Swim Team Reaching New Heights

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Members of the Ocean Pines Swim Team are pictured last summer.

BY BETHANY HOOPER

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OCEAN PINES – Nearly 40 swimmers will represent the Ocean Pines Swim Team in state championship meets beginning next week.

Throughout the month of March, 39 registered swimmers with the Ocean Pines Swim Team (OPST) will conclude their season in a series of championship meets throughout Maryland.

“This year is definitely the most we’ve had going to championship meets …,” said head coach Kristina Watts.

From Feb. 28 through March 3, two OPST swimmers will participate in the Maryland Swimming 14 and Under State Championships at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Swimmers had to beat the qualifying times and meet the age requirements to attend the competition.

The next week, seven team swimmers will return to St. Mary’s for the Maryland Swimming Junior State Championships. This meet is for all swimmers 9 years and older who qualified for the time standards but slower than the State Championship time standards.

On March 16-17, 14 OPST swimmers who did not qualify for either the state championships or junior state championships will attend the Maryland Swimming B Championships at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

The final two meets will be held on March 23-24 at the McDonogh School

in Owings Mills, Md. Six team swimmers will participate in the 9-10 B Championships, while 10 team swimmers will compete in the Maryland Swimming 8 and Under Championships.

“All season these kids are trying to qualify for the March championships,” said Joy Fink, a member of the team’s board of directors. “It’s exciting to see our little Ocean Pines team compete on a state level.”

The OPST – a nonprofit governed by a board of directors and led by its coaches – provides competitive swimming opportunities for children between the ages of 4 and 18, and is where many of the current Stephen Decatur High School swimmers began competitive swimming at high levels.

The team is a member of USA Swimming – the national governing body of competitive swimming – and competes locally as a member of the Maryland Local Swimming Community.

“We are one of the few USA Swimming teams on the shore,” Watts said.

“We have them go to higher tier meets and they get more exposure.”

Fink said OPST started as a summer league in 1975, but the organization has since grown to include year-round programs.

In the current season, which runs from September to March, 85 registered swimmers competed in short course competitions held at natatoriums around the state.

“Being on the shore, we do not have a lot of competition pools around here,” Fink said. “A lot of families travel

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to meets across the bridge on the weekends, and this year we’ve had the most families participating in these meets.”

With the current season wrapping up, Watts said OPST will soon hold evaluations for its summer team, which competes in the Delmarva Swim Association (DSA) league. The past two summers, OPST has been undefeated in their dual meet season, and last year the team finished second at the DSA Championship Meet.

Officials said the summer season is a chance for swimmers to learn the sport and perhaps choose to pursue competitive swimming year-round.

“It’s an amazing sport that builds selfconfidence and personal growth,” Fink said. “Every meet they go to they see individual achievement, as well as team achievement. It becomes a passion.”

Watts agreed.

“I have seen our swimmers grow as individuals since they’ve joined the team,” she said. “They’ve become leaders.”

The OPST will hold evaluations for its summer season on March 25-28 from 6-7 p.m. at the Ocean Pines Sports Core Pool. Coaches will evaluate swimmers in the pool, and parents will have an opportunity to talk to the coaches, meet team parents and learn more about competitive swimming.

Drop-ins are welcome, but officials encouraged those interested in attending evaluations to email opsthammerheads@gmail.com.

For more information on the Ocean Pines Swim Team, visit www.opsthammerheads.org.

SALISBURY – Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore this week announced it has received two national awards from JA USA based on its impact and overall performance.

The two new awards come on the tails of their recent Henson Nonprofit Award of Excellence from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. Out of 107 Junior Achievement area offices in the country, Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore was one of only 17 offices to be selected for a Peak Performance Team Award.

This award recognizes superior annual performance by a JA Area team in achieving growth in students reached or contact hours delivered, while sustaining financial and operational soundness. In addition to the Peak Performance Team Award, Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore was also presented with the 5-Star Award.

“We are so honored to be recognized for the hard work our donors, board members, and staff pour into our organization,” said Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore President, Jayme Hayes.

“Our goal is to always do the right thing and have the most impact spending the least amount of money. Receiving these awards solidifies that we’re consistently achieving this goal.”

Award Nominees Sought SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council is seeking nominations of individual adults, youth or groups who have made outstanding contributions to drug and alcohol prevention or treatment.

The awardees will be honored at the annual Drug and Alcohol Awards Reception and celebrating the 36th year of the council’s existence on Thursday, April 11 at the Worcester Career and Technology High School beginning at 6 p.m.

Nominations of individuals or groups who have performed commendably and beyond the call of duty are currently being accepted at the Worcester County Health Department. Criteria for selection of honorees include program impact on community, appropriateness of approach, and personal contribution to the program. The deadline for nominations is March 15. Call 410-632-1100, ext. 1038, or email jack.orris@maryland.gov to request a nomination form or to make a reservation.

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County agreed this week to extend the date for adopting the Capital Improvement Program for fiscal years 2020-2024 to next month.

On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council voted unanimously to extend the adoption date for the fiscal years 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) from the third Tuesday in February to March 19.

The extension is expected to give the county council more time to review and discuss the county executive’s proposed CIP. At a work session later in the meeting, Councilman Marc Kilmer questioned how capital improvements at the proposed Poplar Hill drug treatment facility would be funded. He noted the county executive did not include the project in the CIP. “It would seem like it would be a capital expense,” he said. “I was just curious how that would be handled.”

Director of Administration Wayne Strausburg said the county would work with state partners to secure capital funding for the proposed treatment center.

“We are going to try and leverage the state for more money, to be honest with you,” he said. “We want to keep

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any investment by the county to a minimum.”

Councilman Larry Dodd told county staff he was led to believe county funds would not be used to finance the project. Strausburg, however, noted the time and effort spent to launch the facility.

“I’ve spent a lot of time on this, Weston [Young, assistant director of administration] has spent a lot of time on this,” he said. “We get paid by the county, so it’s a minimal investment.”

While he applauded the administration for proposing pay-go, or pay-asyou-go, funding to address deferred maintenance and airport projects, Council President John Cannon said he was concerned that the county’s proposed financial commitment for capital projects nearly doubles from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2021.

“In the plan, if I read it correctly, we go from about $22 million in county responsibilities to about $38.8 [million], which is almost double …,” he said. “It does concern me as to how far we will obligate ourselves.”

Strausburg said the county would have a better idea of projected revenues in the coming weeks and how it would contribute to pay-go CIP funding.

“We are looking pretty good on our property tax revenues and I’m suggesting that our income tax rate will probably be flat to what we budgeted last year …,” he said. “I can’t really tell you at this moment how much pay-go could be covered by this coming operating year’s revenue and how much would have to come out.”

Councilman Joe Holloway questioned if the county should be concerned about projected income tax revenue.

“We have been, up until this year, increasing income tax [revenue] and now you are saying it’s going to be flat,” he said. “Isn’t that concerning about what we might see in the next year?”

Strausburg noted the projected income tax revenue for the coming year was a conservative estimate.

“I’d rather say that income taxes are going to be flat than to get myself out on a ledge and say, ‘well things are growing, and we are going to plan on continued growth,’” he said. “I’m not sure if that’s going to happen.”

Holloway then questioned why capital spending would increase.

“That doesn’t reflect on spending in the capital budget because it’s going up,” he said.

Strausburg noted he was working with each department to identify savings in the operating budget.

“I would rather that spending go towards one-time capital projects right now than to have it go towards recurring spending,” he said.

Fire Destroys Snug Harbor Home

February 22, 2019

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An unoccupied home in West Ocean City is pictured Thursday morning after a destructive fire.

Photo courtesy Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

WEST OCEAN CITY – An unoccupied second home in Snug Harbor in West Ocean City was completely consumed by a fire late Wednesday night, sending one firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries.

Around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a residential house fire was reported in the Snug Harbor community along the waterfront in West Ocean City.

Firefighters from Berlin, Ocean City, Showell, Ocean Pines and Newark responded and found heavy fire showing from the house.

The property was a second home for the owners and was unoccupied at the time of the fire. It has been declared a total loss. One firefighter was transported to Atlantic General Hospital in a leg injury and was later released.

The house had working smoke alarms but was not equipped with a residential fire sprinkler system. The Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Matt Owens at 410-632-5666, extension 2, or mowens@co.worcester.md.us.

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OCEAN CITY – The 45th Annual Ocean City Spring Trade Expo is returning March 3 and 4 at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.

Designed to bring hospitality buyers and sellers together for two days of discovery, education and conversation, this event is produced by the non-profit Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association (OCHMRA). The expo has become a regional favorite as the OCHMRA welcomes the return of many loyal exhibitors and showcases new and emerging regional and national companies and products.

Attendees have the opportunity to utilize their senses to see, touch, taste and experience the latest trends in every component of the hospitality business. Filling three exhibit halls, attendees will leave armed with new ingredients, knowledge, equipment and inspiration to successfully run their business. This face-to-face interaction provides a valuable, efficient and cost-effective opportunity to do onestop shopping and product comparison.

Educational Sessions

In addition to sampling, the expo will spark attendees’ creative appetite for learning by delivering real, applicable business lessons and best practices.

The OCHMRA has developed educational sessions to enhance business savvy, boost profits, amplify knowledge and encourage thoughtful discussion.

Here is a glimpse into the sessions: The Delaware Restaurant Association and Worcester County Health Department will be exploring substance abuse in the industry. Recently, the Delaware Restaurant Association launched an online training course for managers to identify and assist employees in battling addictions. Additionally, the Worcester Health Department created Addictions in the Workplace and has a wealth of resources available to employees. These tools and interactive discussion will be the focus of the workshop, “Substance Abuse is Affecting Your Workforce…do you have the Tools to Handle This Growing Problem?” This session will take place on Sunday, March 3, at 11:30 a.m.

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The Restaurant Association of Maryland’s legal team will tackle another tough issue that has led to businesses spending thousands of dollars in settlements. Bert Randall, Jr., principal at Franklin & Prokopik, will explore employment laws such as overtime wages, sexual harassment, tip pools and more. This session is designed to help employers navigate all the labor laws. The legal advice will be invaluable and is free. It will be held before the expo opens on Monday at 9 a.m.

Toast Food for Thought division will share “Creating a Brand That Sticks.”

The restaurant industry is continuously evolving, and as it does how you market your businesses needs do as well. Very rarely do people just walk into a restaurant any more without googling it or looking at reviews on TripAdvisor/Yelp.

In this session, businesses will learn how to build your brand the right way, how to get the word out and how to manage your online reputation to continue to grow your customer base.

TravelClick, an Amadeus company, has designed a session around the

lodging attendees. It will explore how hoteliers can maximize revenue and increase bookings. Discover how to acquire the right guests at the right price, convert shoppers into bookers and retain guests to create customers for life, using interconnected business intelligence and data-driven solutions.

Teaming up to deliver a session teaching managers how to improve staff service are Essential System Solutions and Cohn Resnick. “Training your team to provide the best guest experience” is the name of their session where two industry experts will discuss how to use POS tools, detailed sales data and traditional techniques to train your staff to provide the best guest experience.

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National leader Entercom Communications Corporation will deliver “Online Advertising-How to Be a Contender.”

With digital making up 51.5 percent of the total ad spend in the country, it’s at an all-time high and is expected to increase year over year for the foreseeable future.

Delmarva Two-Way Radio, Inc. of Ocean City has announced its new “Digital Long Range” Radio System and it will showcase this instant communication during their session.

Todd Collins operates RestaurantReputations.com and he’ll present “Supercharging Your Social Media and Stopping Negative Reviews.” His company provides social media and reputation management strategies to restaurants highlighted on the Food Network, such as Jimmy’s Famous Seafood, Pappas Crab Cakes, Nacho Mama’s and more. Learn how he has helped these brands go viral and reach national brand awareness as well as protecting them from negative customer reviews with their patented strategies.

Paint, Pose & Pour Pavilion

Noting the popularity of providing interactive elements to tradeshows, the OCHMRA has added a new area featuring an abundance of activity. Located on the second level in the Ballroom, Paint, Pose & Pour will allow attendees to experience each of those activities.

TC Studios will provide the paint experience by teaching attendees the elements of painting a food and wine scene. Attendees will paint their own version with guidance from owner Ali Jacobs. Photo Booth OC will offer many different costumes and scenarios for posing and posting at their station. For the pour part, new Wine On Tap Distributor, Tap 26, will partner with the Bubbles & Brews Prosecco and Craft Beer Bar to feature prosecco, wine and beer on a vintage Piaggio Ape. To catch an advance glimpse of this vintage beauty, check out, bubblesbrewbar.com.

from throughout Maryland, Delaware, DC and Virginia will be featured in the Dockside Hall. Additionally, one craft beer will be upstairs, Raven Beer, who has teamed up with Madhouse Oysters to create an oyster stout.

Show Specials, New Products Loyal exhibitor AC Beverage will be unveiling his new Custom Cocktails On Tap, which is a new custom system that allow cocktails to be served on tap.

APPI Energy has launched a new energy efficiency division, offering clients the opportunity to further reduce their energy expenses and carbon footprint with lighting retrofits and LEDs. The Bank of Delmarva's West Ocean City branch offers a unique service called CoinPlus. Businesses have the ability to place "orders" for the cash they need, down to specific denominations. They then go to the secured-access CoinPlus Room to retrieve their cash when ready.

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Industry veteran Jim Hoffman of Market First will showcase the Reverse Tap, a direct draw beer system that fills the cup from the bottom delivering a 20ounce beer in seven seconds and provides operator a 97-percent yield on product Seacrets Distilling is unveiling a new product that promises to please many palettes – bumbleberry vodka.

Seven times distilled, made with fresh blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, it is similar to a grape juice/sangria taste with stronger notes of sweet blueberries and blackberries.

The expo is not open to the public.

To walk the show floor, you must be a buyer or guest in the industry and you must be 21. Expo hours are Sunday, March 3, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Monday, March 4, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., with a VIP Buyer Only hour from 1011 a.m. After Feb. 28, on-site registration is $15 per person with proof of being in the industry; a business card or license or letter from employer on the company letterhead; paystubs not accepted. For complete expo information, check out www.oceancitytradeexpo.com or call 410-289-6733.

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Wicomico County Strategic Plan Process In Early Stages

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

SALISBURY – Fiscal strength and stability, responsible management of the Salisbury airport and water and sewer expansion topped a list of longterm goals presented to the Wicomico County Council this week.

On Tuesday, Councilman Bill McCain presented the legislative branch with a proposed strategic plan for Wicomico County. Since taking his seat on the council in December, McCain said he has worked alongside Council Administrator Laura Hurley to develop a county-wide strategic plan, an idea he said was mentioned several times during the campaigning season.

“A lot of our departments do have strategic plans so in some ways this is

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a little bit like the tail wagging the dog …,” he said. “I thought that we should put some effort into coming up with a base plan that we can work with.”

McCain said the proposed strategic plan incorporates goals identified by both the county council and the county executive’s office.

“I want to make clear this is a Wicomico County plan,” he said. “It’s not a council plan. It is not an executive plan.”

As part of the document, officials have identified seven goals and strategies for which to achieve them. Long-term goals include responsible management of the county budget, responsible management of the Salisbury airport, water and sewer expansion, providing wellmaintained transportation infrastructure, preserving and protecting public safety, having a professional county govern-

ment workforce, responsible management of parks and recreation areas, and continuous improvement of the public school system.

“This isn’t rules or legislation we are trying to create,” McCain said. “A plan should be flexible, but at the same time it gives you a roadmap, a direction.”

While he applauded the plan, Councilman Joe Holloway said he would like to see the document address school safety issues.

“Years ago, I used to hear from teachers about pay scale, pay grade,” he said. “Now I hear from teachers and teachers’ aides and substitute teachers that they are afraid for their safety. It’s something that’s got to be really addressed in this.”

Councilman Larry Dodd agreed.

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teachers prior to the election that was one of their biggest concerns,” he said.

Council President John Cannon said he would also like the strategic plan to include grant initiatives.

“I think that’s where we are really at a shortfall in Wicomico County,” he said. “We may not be taking advantage of all the grants.”

Director of Administration Wayne Strausburg agreed. He noted the county would benefit from hiring a fulltime grant writer.

“An effective grant writer is going to pay for his or her self,” he said.

Cannon and Strausburg also noted the plan should incorporate economic development goals.

“While every aspect of that plan is supporting economic development, I think we should make a point of investing ourselves in that goal,” Strausburg said, “that we support economic development without sacrificing the quality of the community we have.”

Councilman Josh Hastings commended McCain for his efforts.

“It really looks like something we could point to, even if it’s never adopted.”

McCain said he encouraged feedback from members of the county council and county executive’s office.

“It will take several drafts of this to get to something that everyone feels good about,” he said.

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February 22, 2019

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Transportation is currently hiring Jeep drivers for the pulling of the Boardwalk Trams this summer.

Seven of the nine Jeep C-4 Wranglers are 2018 models with one other purchased in 2017 and the oldest purchased in 2013. If you sign up to drive a Jeep pulling the trams, what can you expect? Let’s find out and take a ride down the Ocean City Boardwalk in a Jeep pulling two tram coaches.

Don’t worry you have a conductor to spot you and handle the people in the back. Your job is basic. Just drive the Jeep and its coaches from one end of the Boardwalk to the other and back again safely. As a driver you don’t have to handle the tickets or cash. That is done by the conductor or the booth sales people.

The journey starts at the South Tram Station. With your load of up to 76 people and your conductor, the booth supervisor gives you the go-ahead to leave the station. Right out of the station pointed south, you make a U-turn and go north back through the station. Next, we head on the tram lane behind the Boardwalk parallel to the Inlet lot with a great view of the ocean while listening to the rides at Jolly Roger and the screams of people having fun as we head back to the Boardwalk. As we approach the Caroline Street Comfort Station, keep your eyes open for many children running around.

Continue heading north on the concrete lane until you reach 4th Street.

Watch for people as always on our historic Boardwalk, but now watch for your oncoming tram coaches, too.

Headed north from 12th Street, things get a little quieter with the noise of the shops and attraction now muted so as you can now experience the sound and smells of the ocean itself a few hundred feet off to your right. Some of our drivers say it’s like driving in a parade, except here the parade never stops.

Your destination of 27th Street is in sight. Restrooms await with a friendly booth attendant and maybe an update on the weather or a snack to help you through the shift.

One more last U-turn with your train, swing all the way to the right and point it back south so in a few minutes after a short break while the conductor re-loads the tram coaches you will be ready to do it all over again. Your ride back will be different, as you never know as a driver for the Boardwalk trams what you will see.

Interested in driving? Check out https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/human-resources/employment/ or call 410-723-2174 and tell them you want an application.

– Mark Rickards Special To The Dispatch (The writer is the transit manager for the Town of Ocean City’s Department of Public Works.)

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OCEAN CITY – Bank of Ocean City President/CEO Reid Tingle, along with the Board of Directors, has announced the promotions of Mary Kato and Harry Hammond to senior vice presidents.

Kato joined Bank of Ocean City in February of 1994 and has served in various roles in the Operations Department, currently serving in the positions of director of operations and information security officer.

Hammond joined the MARY KATO bank in December of 2005 with 20 years of banking experience and is a graduate of Maryland Banking School and First Virginia University.

He is currently the bank security officer in addition to the oversight of all branch operations.

Hammond is active HARRY within the local commu- HAMMOND nity, serving as a member of the Worcester County Social Services Advisory Board and the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and is an active member and treasurer of the Showell Volunteer Fire Department.

OCEAN PINES – EXIT Realty at the Beach announced Lauren Bunting has joined its growing team of dedicated real estate sales professionals.

EXIT Realty at the Beach, located at 11002 Unit 3 Manklin Meadows Lane in Ocean Pines, is a member of EXIT Mid-Atlantic's rapidly expanding network of independently owned and operated brokerages across the region.

Coastal Hospice Expands CAMBRIDGE – Coastal Hospice announced the opening of a new office location in Cambridge, continuing with its long history of serving residents of Dorchester County.

Located at 216 Dorchester Avenue, the office serves as a central hub for a team of dedicated healthcare professionals that includes nurses, social workers, aides, spiritual and bereavement counselors, as well as volunteers that specifically serve Dorchester County.

“Striving to enhance care has driven us to increase our presence in Cambridge. Our new office will help us strengthen our services and increase our accessibility. It provides greater opportunities to educate patients, families, and the community about hospice services,” said Alane Capen, president of Coastal Hospice.

Coastal Hospice officially became the sole hospice provider in Dorchester County in 1997 and served 130 patients in the area last year. The Dorchester Chamber of Commerce and Coastal Hospice hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new location on Feb. 4. Mayor Victoria JacksonStanley greeted the crowd of over 50 as she welcomed the organization and guests.

Top Producer Recognized OCEAN CITY – Lynn Mauk, branch vice president of the Ocean City offices of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, has announced Ocean City resident Nancy Reither has been recognized by America’s Top 100 as a leader in the real estate industry.

With 12 years of real estate sales experience, Reither is a consistent top producer for Coldwell Banker. She is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), Coastal Association of REALTORSV in Maryland (CAR) and Sussex County Association of REALTORSV (SCOAR) in Delaware. She is a member of the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and has earned both a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation and received the Million Dollar GUILD™ recognition from the organization.

In addition, she has completed the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury certification. She serves clients in the Ocean City area, as well as the surrounding communities of NANCY Berlin, Ocean Pines, West REITHER Ocean City and the Delaware beaches.

As a member of the Ocean City community, Reither has been active with several organizations including the Worcester County Humane Society, which she personally collected a truck load of supplies and raised $1,650 in 2018.

“I am very happy Nancy has been awarded with this honor from America’s Top 100,” said Mauk. “She has distinguished herself as a leader in the industry and is committed to helping her clients realize their home ownership goals.”

Local Agents Rank High OCEAN CITY – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Ocean City Offices recently had several agents ranking in January’s Top 100 highest producers for the greater Baltimore region.

Top local agents named to the list were Nancy Reither, four; Whitney Jarvis, 12; Eric Green, 22; Michael Nolen, 39; Shawn Kotwica, 58; Dennis Medlock, 72; and Terri Moran, 79.

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School Officials Address Student Conduct

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

SALISBURY – School system officials highlighted efforts this week to address concerns regarding student conduct at a Wicomico County middle school.

Superintendent of Schools Donna Hanlin released a statement on school safety this week after recent media coverage and comments on social media highlighted parents’ concerns regarding student conduct at Salisbury Middle School.

“Wicomico County Public Schools is working with administrators and staff at Salisbury Middle School to address the recent concerns about student conduct, and we are taking these concerns very seriously,” the statement reads.

In a message sent to families and school staff on Monday, Salisbury Middle School Principal Kris Gosnell noted an increase in student fights over the past two weeks.

“Please know that we take the safety and security of our students very seriously,” she said. “These situations have been dealt with immediately and we continue to strive to improve the climate for all students. Many of our routines have been reviewed and adjusted to minimize disruptions.”

Gosnell said students who engaged in fighting have and will receive

maximum penalties, and that their behavior would not be tolerated.

“We are prepared to continue to make adjustments as needed to ensure that our students are able to come to school and learn in a positive and productive environment,” she said.

Hanlin said central office staff and additional school resource officers are on site to assist the school’s administrative team. She also highlighted the school system’s support for Gosnell and her disciplinary measures.

“As I indicated, we take this responsibility for student safety very seriously,” the statement reads. “However, it is very important to also emphasize that these issues cannot be solved by the school system alone. In many cases the issues that students bring to school are community issues. Parents and school administrators and staff must work together to find productive solutions, especially when issues originate in the community or on social media.”

Hanlin encouraged parents to talk to their children about what they see, read or hear in school and to report any concerns to school staff. She also noted that Gosnell is planning a parent meeting for the school community.

Hanlin said parents and students wishing to report their concerns without calling the school should can contact the Maryland Safe Schools hotline at 833-MD-B-SAFE. Every anonymous tip and report is investigated.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Try to say as little as possible about the work you're doing through the end of the month. Then you can make your announcement and accept your welldeserved plaudits.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You face a more difficult challenge than you expected. But with that strong Taurean determination, you should be able to deal with it successfully by week's end.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): Before you act on your "feelings" about that upcoming decision, it might be wise to do a little fact-checking first.

You could be very much surprised by what you don't find.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22): A recent workplace success can open some doors that were previously closed to you. On a personal level, expect to receive some important news from a longtime friend and colleague.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22): Put your wounded pride aside and do what you must to heal that misunderstanding before it takes a potentially irreversible turn and leaves you regretting the loss of a good friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22): One way to kick a less-than-active social life into high gear or rebuild an outdated contacts list is to throw one of your well-organized get-togethers for friends and associates.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22): Getting out of an obligation you didn't really want to take on can be tricky. An honest explanation of the circumstances can help. Next time, pay more attention to your usually keen instincts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21): Use your Scorpion logic to push for a no-nonsense approach to a perplexing situation. This could help keep present and potential problems from creating more confusion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21): A friend's problem might take more time than you want to give. But staying with it once again proves the depth of your Sagittarian friendship and loyalty.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19): The Sea Goat can benefit from an extra dose of self-confidence to unsettle your detractors, giving you the advantage of putting on a strong presentation of your position.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18): You might want to ask a friend or relative for advice on an ongoing personal matter. But be careful not to give away information you might later wish you had kept secret.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20): Use the weekend for a creativity break to help restore your spiritual energy.

Once that's done, you'll be back and more than ready to tackle whatever challenge you need to face.

BORN THIS WEEK: You get great joy out of creating beautiful things and sharing them with others who appreciate them. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Congratulations To Decatur Wrestlers, Coaches HOW WE SEE IT

Sports can be cruel and heartbreaking at times, but they can also be inspiring and rewarding.

The Stephen Decatur High School wrestling team’s state Class 3A championship earlier this month is one of those feel good stories that highlights the positives in amateur sports.

It was a memorable season for Decatur, rolling through most of their matches with ease on their way to an undefeated team season. For a while at the state championship at North Point High School, it looked like the Seahawks had met their match against top-seeded Linganore. In fact, it took some last-minute heroics by sophomore Micah Bourne in the final match to give Decatur a thrilling come-from-behind victory.

The excitement of the match nearly cost Decatur as a matter of fact.

Bourne’s amazing pin of his opponent gave Decatur the two-point victory.

However, an excited parent stormed the mat to celebrate the win, resulting

in Decatur being penalized a point.

Fortunately, that’s a memory everyone involved can chuckle about in the years ahead, as Decatur was able to win the state team title by one point.

There are a lot of layers to this state championship for Decatur, but each one is linked to hard work and dedication from these young athletes.

Coach Todd Martinek, a long-time teacher at the school, took over the wrestling program seven years ago after Kevin Gilligan moved away from the area. Martinek served as an assistant under Gilligan. Both Gilligan and fellow assistant Doug Romano passed away unexpectedly in recent years. Martinek admitted to thinking a lot about the two men after winning the state championship this month. “[Gilligan] built a great program out of nothing,” Martinek said. “We had great success from 2002 to 2011, but when he left Stephen Decatur, I did not want to see the program fall apart, so I took over as head coach. It was

a lot of work filling Kevin’s shoes. He and Doug have passed away and I think about them often. I know they would be happy for the school and myself. … Coaching at the high school level is a thankless job. I do it for the love of the kids and competition. I’m so happy for these athletes.”

For Decatur, the season is not over, as 12 individual wrestlers will now compete for state titles in their own weight classes this weekend. These are coveted titles for the wrestlers and would clearly serve as the icing on a memorable season.

Perhaps most impressive about this entire season is the fact Decatur will only lose three wrestlers to graduation from this state-winning team. The future is bright, thanks to a tremendous work ethic, commitment to be the best and passion for the sport from the participants, parents and coaches.

For at least this year, they were just that. We congratulate them on a tremendous accomplishment.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Healthy Air Act Deserves Support Editor: Among the many bills being proposed in Maryland this year, is one that is of special interest to those of us on the Eastern Shore.

It is the Community Healthy Air Act (CHAA). This bill would require the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to "assess air pollutants and public health risks associated with large animal feeding operations in the State." This would be a onetime study and would require that the findings be reported to the Maryland General Assembly. This bill does not regulate poultry operations in any way.

Recently MDE proposed to do a very limited study, funded by the Delmarva Poultry Industry and the Keith Campbell Foundation, that would only involve two monitors and not require any analysis of the health impacts of the findings.

Air emissions from many different pollution sources are already monitored in our state, so why not find out what is in the air we breathe around large animal feeding operations?

Residents who live downwind of the exhaust fans from these poultry houses report that their homes become covered with particulate manner, which can trigger asthma and other respiratory disease, and they must keep their windows closed and use air filtration machines inside their homes in order to breathe. We need to find

out what is in the air.

Let's pass the Community Healthy Air Act (SB 542) this year.

Joan Worrall Ocean City

Proposed Bills Require Shore’s Attention

Editor: Everything old is new again. At least as it concerns legislation in Maryland, that is.

Sanctuary State laws are back, increasing the minimum wage is back, physician assisted suicide is back, ranked choice voting is back and bigger than last year.

Governor Hogan has several bills dealing with school accountability that really need to be passed and enacted into law. Unfortunately, the Democrats in the legislature are more interested in blocking his popular Executive Order from last year making the school start date after Labor Day than they are in actually requiring account-

ability for the millions of dollars we spend on education every year in Maryland.

New “common sense gun laws” are proposed this year that will apply to “long guns,” i.e. hunting rifles and shotguns.

I urge my fellow Eastern Shore citizens to take the time to pay attention to what’s going on in Annapolis – most of it is not in our best interests.

You can find out all about current proposed bills by going to mgaleg.maryland.gov.

Members of the Republican Women of Worcester County (I am legislative committee chair) are definitely tracking legislation and urging citizen action (emails to legislators, phone calls and testimony at hearings).

I hope we can work together to defeat some of these proposed bills which will harm our way of life if passed.

Carol Frazier Ocean Pines

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This is probably the least intrusive use of that space you could have.

Somebody could come in and put a waterfront café there.”

OCEAN CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONER LAUREN TAYLOR ON THE PROPOSED WATER TAXI BUSINESS

“When we talk about the importance of keeping Ocean City clean, we always say one piece of trash is too much. The same goes for crime.

One crime is too much.”

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Marijuana And Increased Violence

February 22, 2019

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Editor: As a person who has been solicited twice in the last three years to invest in marijuana farms, I have been curious about the explosion of use of cannabis both locally and nationally.

Medical marijuana has been approved in Maryland by our leaders. I took particular interest when I came across Mr. Alex Berenson’s speech titled “Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence” delivered at the Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2019. Mr. Berenson was an investigative reporter for The New York Times from 1999 through 2010.

“Far less work has been done on marijuana than on alcohol, in part because advocates have stigmatized anyone who raises the issue but studies showing that marijuana use is a significant factor for violence have quietly piled up,” says Mr. Berenson.

“In September of last year, a large federal survey found a rise in serious mental illness in the United States … , especially among young adults, the heaviest users of cannabis. ... 7.5 percent of young adults 18-25, met the criteria for serious mental illness in 2017, double the rate in 2008.”

“Most people with mental illness are not violent,” says the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Most means over 40 percent, the truth is psychoses is a shockingly high risk factor for violence, says Berenson.

Dr. Seena Fazel, an Oxford University psychiatrist and epidemiologist, found in in his study published in PLOS Medicine in 2009 that “people with schizophrenia are five times as likely to commit violent crimes as healthy people, and almost 20 times as likely to commit homicide.”

The marijuana-psychosis-violence connection is even stronger than those figures suggest. Along with alcohol, the drug that psychotic patients use more than any other is cannabis. In Schizophrenic Bulletin a 2010 reviews states, that “27 percent of people with Schizophrenia have been diagnosed with Cannabis use disorder in their lives.”

A Swiss study of 265 psychotics, published in Forensic Psychiatry, June 2018, found that “young men with psychoses who used cannabis had a 50-percent chance of becoming violent.”

“The most obvious way that cannabis fuels violence in psychotic people is through its tendency to cause

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paranoia,” Mr. Berenson says. A 2007 paper in the Medical Journal of Australia on 88 homicide defendants who committed homicide during psychotic episodes found that most believed they were in danger from the victim and almost two-thirds reported misusing cannabis. ...”

It’s worse than that. It appears that the link between marijuana and violence is not limited to preexisting psychoses. A 2012 paper in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence found in a survey of 9,000 adolescents that “marijuana use was responsible for a doubling of family violence.” Also a 2017 paper in the Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology examined drivers of violence among 6,000 British and Chinese men found that “drug use contributed to a five-fold increase in violence.” The drug used nearly always was cannabis.

In a 2017 speech calling for federal legalization, Sen. Cory Booker stated, “states that legalized marijuana are seeing decreases in violent crimes.”

This is not true.

Berenson states, “The first four states to legalize recreational use of marijuana were Colorado and Washington in 2014 and Alaska and Oregon in 2015. Combined these states had 450 murders and 30,300 aggravated assaults in 2013. Last year, after legalization, they had 620 murders and 38,000 aggravated assaults. An increase of 37 percent for murders and 25 percent for aggravated assaults, far greater than the national increase.”

“Before we can do anything about cannabis advocates and those who credulously accept their claims, the elite media need to come to terms with the truth,” Berenson cautions.

It is clear that the medicinal use of cannabis and its decriminalization in Maryland have opened more pathways to access for adolescents, young adults and in general everyone in Maryland.

I fully understand the states craving for tax revenue, but casinos and marijuana, even if only for “medicinal” purposes, may prove a Pandora’s box of nightmares in the future, particularly for our young adults and adolescents. Don’t you think the younger generation has enough to deal with without adding decriminalization of this seductive and in appearance harmless drug when the reality might be quite the opposite?

Tony Christ

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By Publisher/Editor Steve Green

Proposed school calendar reviews are typically mundane for the Worcester County Board of Education, but that’s not the case this year. It seems to me the school system is rolling the dice and hoping for the best on the weather front for the next school year.

If all goes well and there are no weather closure days, school will start on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 and end on Wednesday, June 15, 2020. The holiday break will be Dec. 23-Jan. 3, 2019, and a new and expanded spring break is planned for April 6-13, 2020. This calendar is a departure from the norm for Worcester schools where spring breaks are typically short and three weather closure days are built into the school calendar.

It’s a risky decision in my opinion to not account for any school closures, and school officials seem to acknowledge that fact. “Say we have a closure on Feb. 10,” said Carrie Sterrs, the school system’s coordinator of public relations and special programs. “That would mean we automatically shift the end of our school year to June 16. So for every day that we are closed throughout that school year we will keep going until we hit that June 22 hard end. Now say we get hit with massive amounts of snow and we’re closed for 10 days. Once we got past these five days, we will then need to make further modifications within our calendar.”

Although it’s rare for Worcester schools to be closed five days in a school year, it would be wrong for schools to be open until June 22 under any circumstances. If that were to happen, I would anticipate a lot of cries for “Let Summer Be Summer,” the familiar marketing message used to advocate for a post-Labor Day school start.

Social media is a toxic place when it comes to many topics, especially school closings for weather. Since everyone has an opinion on these decisions, I will offer mine.

Schools should not have been closed Wednesday. That’s clear today, but only as a result of hindsight. If I were making the call for Wednesday, understanding what was predicted Tuesday night, I would have closed schools as well. I may not have closed them so early on Tuesday evening, but I think it was the right decision. Snow, accumulating about one to three inches, was forecasted to begin around school start time on Wednesday.

That would have made for a tricky commute. It’s just not worth the risk.

Nonetheless, the decision to close schools did look silly by 10 a.m.

Wednesday when there was nothing but rain outside my window. It’s still better to be safe than sorry.

A rosy picture was certainly painted this week in the Ocean City crime report. Highlights of the Ocean City Police Department report include a 14percent reduction in serious crime in 2018, bringing it to a 28-year low. Serious crime has declined significantly for five straight years.

“Any time you talk about crime numbers being reduced by double digits, that is significant,” Chief Ross Buzzuro said. “What that means is there are a whole lot less victims of crimes. We’re talking in the hundreds in this last year alone. We’re talking about crime levels lower than they have ever been in modern history and we’re very proud of that.”

The OCPD should be proud of this fact and there’s no disputing the fact Ocean City does appear to be on the downward trend on the crime front.

For the last couple years, we have remarked in our newsroom how even the month of June has been tamer in recent years. Of course, it’s worth remembering June is always the month with the most arrests and criminal activity is high as a result of the demographics changing in the resort. The severity of the recorded crimes has been noticeably down, however.

Despite the high marks documented in the annual report, former Ocean City Councilman Joe Hall, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor this past November, pointed out some valid concerns with the report on this newspaper’s Facebook page.

“Unfortunately this report is flawed. As someone who served on police commission for few years. It's common knowledge that the crime rates is manageable by simply how one registers a crime or call for service,” Hall wrote. “Also with the decriminalization of open alcohol container municipal laws and statewide weed laws all the arrests previously made with higher repercussions. Now are simple tickets. Which are why calls for service are higher. Yet arrests are down. Simple what police used to make arrests for now they give ticket an the added infractions that would be stimulated by the arrest. Go to way side. Im sorry. Lived here 45 plus years.

Town is as it always has been. Adrenaline fueled tourist destination with mixed of guests. Including our far share of disrespectful law breaker. I give my thanks to anyone putting on a uniform to protect us. I dont believe the job has gotten easier for you. God bless with love all that wear blue. Your valued.”

Hall is right to a degree that crime reporting has changed and that moving forward comparing the data from previous years is no longer an apples-to-apples relationship. However, I do think the serious crime reporting still is important and the overall downward trend in crime deserves attention.

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Students

The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch

February 22, 2019

In The News

Annually the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City supports student leadership clubs including Berlin Intermediate School. The club received a $500 donation recently from the parent Kiwanis Club to support the BIS Builders Club, which is making 300 blankets for Diakonia, the local shelter for people in transition from homelessness to stability. Pictured, back from left, surrounded by club members are BIS teacher advisor to the Builders Club Jane Slotter, Kiwanis Club President Dick Clagett and Kiwanis Club advisor to the BIS Builders Club Skip McComas.

Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School is a STREAM school, emphasizing science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and mathematics in the curriculum. Grade level and core subject teachers work alongside enrichment teachers to weave common threads within lesson plans. Fourth-grade students are pictured working on the final stages of their robotics lesson. Working with robotics gives students hands-on experiences that are both engaging and creative.

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Announcements

•Some 110 Worcester County area students were named to the Dean’s List at Salisbury University for the fall 2018 semester.

Berlin area residents include Hailey Bianca, Zachary Bounds, Kate Carpenter, Cora Cox, Zachary Davis, Britaney Dunkle, Cassidy Eichelberger, Rachel Eure, Brianna Fleischmann, Taylor Frederick, Tesher Freng, Justine Graham, William Groome, Kelsie Hawkins, Sadie Helvig, Michael Jones, Kaitlyn Kahl, Casey King, Olivia Kurtz, Keeley Marks, Cynthia Marrufo, Elizabeth Masters, Conor May, Victoria Miller, Kayla Mozeik, William Neville, Caitlyn Nilo, Katlyn Orf, Lauren Paulsen, Zachary Pilarski, Allyson Possident, Jared Rabel, Jessica Reeck, Jessica Roache, Eli Rush, Annie Silva, Barbara Taylor, Kyla Taylor, Breanna Tedeschi, Haley Trice, Gregory Tyndall, Zoe Watson, Leann Weamer and Jordan Welch.

Bishopville area residents include Cole Barrett, Shane Cioccio, Owen Dennis, Dylan Kerkovich, Sara Nickoles, Caroline Savage and Allison Shumate.

The students in Abby Harrison's second-grade class at Ocean City Elementary School, along with the other second-grade classes, collected over 600 canned goods for their 100th Day of School Project. These cans were then donated to Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen in Middletown, Del.

Eden area residents include Allison Cook, Michael Mayberry and Alexandra Nuttall.

Newark area residents include Alex Bradford, Hannah Jones and William Tyndall.

Ocean City area residents include Hannah Adkins, Bahaa Banna, Claire Bowersox, John Bunke, Jake Clapsadle, William Cordial, Kristen Cutter, Cameron Diperna, Evangelina Fermin-Cordero, Wyatt Gibbs, Emma Hancock, Meredith Hannahs, Christopher Jackson, Miki Katna, Emily Knopp, Paige Kreppel, Gina Pappas, Marley Parsons, Carly Pasqualine, Hannah Proctor, Brooke Ricks, Karlie Southcomb, Rares Stoia, Emily Taylor and Matthew Ward.

Ocean Pines area residents include Bailey Hanna and Yvonne Mills.

Pocomoke City area residents include Maya Batson, Courtney Baylous, McKenzie Beauchamp, Hope Bowden, Michelle Collins, Madison Cunha, Amber Hall, Tineka Harmon, Rachel Hobbs, Shayla Jones, Jaclyn Laman, Kristy Mason, Danny Nguyen, Sara Randall, Brittany Tedder and Taylor Zimmerman.

Berlin Intermediate School’s sixth-grade students are working together to donate needed supplies and to raise money to benefit the animals at the Worcester County Humane Society shelter. Students are competing in a Penny Race to raise money to be donated for the shelter’s 20th Annual Boardwalkin’ for Pets event on Saturday, April 20.

Snow Hill area residents include Leslie Dixon, Hettie Epison, Erica Jones, Gianna Pesaniello, Luke Schofield, Benjamin Schofield, Laura Short, Justin Taylor and Joseph Tolbert.

Other area residents include Maci Barron of Girdletree and Augustus Esham of Whaleyville.

Things To Do

February 22, 2019

The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch

Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: AARP Tax-Aide Free Tax Preparation

Mondays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Ocean Pines branch library, 11107 Cathell Rd., Ocean Pines. Appointment: 443373-2667. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Mac Center, 909 Progress Circle, Suite 100, Salisbury. Appointment: 410-957-0878. Fridays: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Pocomoke branch library, 301 Market St., Pocomoke City. Appointment: 410-957-0878. Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Ocean City Senior Center, 104 41st St., Ocean City.

Appointment: 443-373-2667.

Every Monday: TOPS Meeting

5:30-6:30 p.m. Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a support group promoting weight loss and maintaining a heal-thy lifestyle.410641-0157.

Every Monday: Delmarva Chorus Meeting

7 p.m. Ocean Pines Community Center. Women of all ages invited to sing with the group. 410-641-6876.

Second Monday Of Month: Ocean Pines Camera Club 7 p.m. Ocean Pines branch library. Monthly get-together to share photos, tips, programs. Group goes on a photo shoot the Saturday following meeting and hosts a hands-on workshop the last Thursday of each month. Professional and amateur photographers and new members welcome. Meets second Monday of each month.

Every Tuesday: TOPS Meeting

5:30-7 p.m. Worcester County Health Center, 9730 Healthway Dr., Berlin. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. jeanduck47@gmail.com.

Third Tuesday: Alzheimer’s Support Group

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9715 Healthway Dr., Berlin. Free caregivers group. 410-629-6123.

Every Wednesday: Delmarva Hand Dance Club Dance To Sounds of ’50s And ’60s Music

5:30-9 p.m. Ocean City Elks Lodge, 13708 Sinepuxent Ave. $5 donation per person to benefit veterans and local charities in the Delmarva region. Dance lessons with Certified Hand Dance instructor Diane Engstrom on first and third Wednesdays of every month, 5-5:45 p.m. Dancing afterward until 9 p.m,. All are welcome. dance@delmarvahanddancing.com or http://-delmarvahanddancing.com. 410-208-1151.

Second Wednesday: Polish American Club Of Delmarva Meeting

2-4 p.m. Columbus Hall. Anyone of Polish or Slavic descent is welcome. No meetings June, July, August.

410-723-2639 or 410-250-2548.

Second Thursday: Ocean Pines Garden Club

10 a.m. Ocean Pines Community Center. Visitors and new members welcome.

Every Friday: Knights Of Columbus #9053 Bingo

Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo at 6:30 p.m. 9901 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City. Possible to win the $1,000 big jackpot each week. 410-524-7994.

First Saturday Of Month: Writers Group

10 a.m.-noon. Berlin branch, Worcester County Library. Anyone interested in writing is invited to join the group and share a story, poem or essay or just come and enjoy listening to others. This is a free activity.

New members are always welcome. The group is comprised of amateur as well as professional, published writers willing to share their knowledge and offer tips on being creative with words.

Feb. 22: Dinner And A Movie

Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m.; movie begins at 7 p.m.

Children’s movie will also be shown. Please bring a covered dish to share. Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., Berlin. 410-641-1137.

Feb. 22: Carrabba’s Carry-Out/Dine-In

5-7 p.m. Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. Menu will be chicken marsala, penne pomo, salad, bread, mini cannolis and a drink: $14. Carry-out or dine-in. Limited number of dinners available. Preorders are encouraged: 443-880-6966.

Feb. 23: Annual Black History Program

5 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 405 Flower St., Berlin. Rev. Lucille Nichols of New Bethel/St. John United Methodist Charge will be guest speaker. All are welcome. 443-235-0202.

Feb. 23: Chesapeake Bay Council Of Girl Scout Fundraiser

Noon-3 p.m. Carrabba’s Italian Grill, West Ocean City.

Menu selections include spaghetti and meatballs, chicken marsala or tilapia, soup or salad, sofst drinks and mini cannoli. Door prizes include two weekend getaways at Marriott Hotels, Assateague and Salisbury locations. $15 per person, cash or check payable to Star Charities. The Chesapeake Bay Council of Girl Scouts will march in the Ocean City St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, March 16. All Girl Scouts participating will receive a gift certificate from McDonald’s. Parade starts at noon. 410-641-7667.

Feb. 23: Karaoke Night With DJ Conrad

8 p.m.-midnight. American Legion Post 123, 10111 Old Ocean City Blvd., Berlin. $5 cash donation. Light fare served 6-10 p.m. Full bar all night. Open to the public.

Feb. 23: Winter Pancake Breakfast

8-11 a.m. Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean PinesOcean City. Assateague Room of the Ocean Pines Community Center. Pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs. orange juice, coffee, tea. Tickets: Adults, $6; under 12, $3; under 5, free. Carry-out also available.

Tickets: See any Kiwanis member of call 410-2086719. Same price at the door. Proceeds benefit youth of the community.

Feb. 23: All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet

Chamber Of Commerce Oyster Roast

1-5 p.m. Old Firehouse, Green Street, Snow Hill. Allyou-can-eat Chincoteague oysters (prepared different ways), pork barbecue and all-you-can-drink beer (must be 21 and over). Live music. Tickets now on sale. snowhillchamber.com.

Feb. 27: Art Studio, Art Movements

4 p.m. Worcester County Library, Pocomoke branch.

Learn about artists and art movements as you create your own piece of work. Registration necessary: 410957-0878. worcesterlibrary.org.

Feb. 28: Worcester County Democratic Club

6:30 p.m. Asssateague Room, Ocean Pines Community Center. Presentation by Matt Heim of Oceana on impact of sonic oil explorsation of the seabed off the mid-Atlantic coast. Open to the public. 443-523-4491 or tcwieland3@gmail.com.

March 2: Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School 15th Year Gala Celebration Fundraiser

6-11 p.m. Residence Inn, Ocean City. Hosting a cocktail-inspired atmosphere with fare from local restaurants, entertainment, live and silent auctions and more. Fundraising proceeds go directly to expanding the education of students at MBS. Tickets: $75 per person. 302-228-0800 or mostblessedsacramentschool.com.

March 2: Information And Training Session Visitors And Pen Pals

2-4 p.m. Daily Brew Coffee Shop, Snow Hill. Anyone interested in being a visitor or pen pal for people held in immigration detention in the Snow Hill Jail are invited. Co-sponsored by the DC Visitation Network and Worcester Immigration and Support Center. Volunteers grow in their understanding of themselves and others, compassion for all people and knowledge of our country’s immigration system and its impact on American and immigrant families. RSVP appreciated but not necessary. 702-407-1372 or jconly@hotmail.com.

March 2: 2nd Annual Carnevale di Venezia

7-10 a.m. Whaleyville United Methodist Chrch, 11716 Sheppards Crossing Rd., Whaleyville. Adults:$8; children: $4. Includes panckaes, bacon, sausage, scrapple, scrambled eggs, chipped beef, toast, hash brown potatoes, fruit and assorted beverages.

6:30-9:30 p.m. The Salt Pond Community Center, 400 Bethany Loop, Bethany Beach, Del. $45 per person.

Dinner included. Cash bar available. Festive attire at your discretion. Music and song by Vince Varrassi.

Presented by the Delmarva Chapter of Unico National.

Proceeds support groups community services projects. Dina1of10@aol.com or 410-726-1461.

4-5:30 p.m. Powellville UM Church, 35606 Mt. Hermon Rd., Powellville. Eat in or carry out. Includes spaghetti with meat or tomato sauce, salad, bread, dessert and drink. God’s Country Crossroads will perform in the sanctuary at 6 p.m. 443-880-8804.

4-6:30 p.m. Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., Berlin. Cost: $7/adults; $5/ages 6-12; 5 and under, free. Eat in or carry out. Youth fundraiser.

443-235-6761.

Feb. 23: Spaghetti Dinner And Gospel Sing

Feb. 24: 9th Annual Snow Hill Area

March 5: Pancake And Sausage Dinner

March 5: Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Page 45 4:30-7 p.m. All Hallows Episcopal Church, 109 W. Market St., Snow Hill. Menu includes sausage, pancakes and baked apples. Tickets for dine-in service are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All takeout orders are $7. Advance ticket sales only. 410-6321216.

March 5-6-7: Maryland Basic Boating Safety Course

Ocean Pines branch library. Maryland Safe Boating Certificate required for all boat operators born after July 1, 1972, and is awarded after successful completion of the course. Includes piloting in local waters, tying nautical knots, foul weather facts, legal issues and common marine maintenance. $15 for all three evenings. Register at 410-935-4807 or email CGAUXOC@GAMIL.COM.

March 8: Free Naloxone Training Sessions

9-10 a.m. for first, 10:15-11:15 a.m. for second. Room 207, Fulton-Owen Hall, Wor-Wic Community College campus. Wicomico County Health Department’s Christina Bowie-Simpson will provide training. Register before March 6: pwalters@worwic.edu or 410-3342900.

March 8: Maryland Crab Cake Dinner

4-6:30 p.m. Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., Berlin. Single Maryland crab cake sandwich, green beans, baked potato, cole slaw and drink. $12. Carry-outs and bake sale table available.

March 8: Food Pantry

8:30 a.m. registration. Potters House Charge, New Bethel U.M. Church, 10203 Germantown Rd., Berlin.

Sponsored by Communion Stewards & Evangelism.

443-235-0889, 410-641-2058 for home-bound boxes.

March 9: “Come Mingle At Our Bingo”

Doors open at 5 p.m.; bingo starts at 6 p.m. Berlin FIre Company Hall, Main Street, Berlin. $25. Sponsor: Lioness Club of Berlin. Chinese and silent auctions, special raffle, tear-off tickets. Refreshments available. debbiejensen1949@gmail.com or 410-208-6496.

March 14: AARP Meeting

10 a.m. Ocean City Senior Center, 41st Street and Coastal Highway (behind the Dough Roller). Please arrive early at 9:30 a.m. for a social half-hour and refreshments. Guest speaker will discuss elder law. Optional luncheon will follow the meeting at a local restaurant. New members welcome. 410-250-0980.

March 16: CaTourny Charity Poker Tournament

9 a.m. satellites; noon main event. Willards Volunteer Fire Department, Willards, Md. Free hot dogs and sodas. Buy-in amounts for the tournament are $125, $240 and $350, your choice. Or win an entry for $30 in a satellite. All proceeds go to support the fire department.

March 23: Soup And Oyster Luncheon

10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Powellville UM Church, 35606 Mt. Hermon Rd., Powellville. Eat in or carry out.

Homemade soups, oyster fritter sandwiches, chicken salad, barbecue pork and desserts on sale. 443-8808804.

March 23: Abate Of Delaware 11th Annual Chili Cook-Off

Noon-4 p.m. Doors open at 10 a.m. for set-up. Sussex Moose Lodge, 35933 Zion Church Rd., Roxana, Del. If you think your chili is the best, bring it on. Admission: $8 gets you a cup and spoon for tasting; $5 if you enter your own chili. Voting at 3 p.m. by People’s Choice: first-, second- and third-place awards. Door prizes every hour. 302-732-3429 or 410-251-8699.

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Sports

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February 22, 2019

Seahawks Cruise To Bayside Title In The News

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team stayed on a major roll last weekend, cruising to the Bayside Conference championship and collecting six first-place finishes.

The Seahawks, fresh off their state championship win a week earlier, rolled through the Bayside Conference championship last weekend in Cambridge. Decatur finished first with 283 team points, followed by Parkside with 209 and Queen Anne’s with 196.

Decatur wrestlers placed in 12 of the 14 weight classes including six first-place finishes, one second-place finish, two third-place finishes and three fourth-place finishes. Winning conference championships were Shamar Baines at 106, Jagger Clapsadle at 113, Nico D’Amico at 120, James Parana at 160, Micah Bourne at 170 and Dakota Souder at 285.

At 106, Baines beat Aron AshleyPinder of Kent County in the quarterfinals, Landon Church of Parkside in the semifinals and Dazheem Emory of Cambridge-South Dorchester in the championship bout. At 113, Clapsadle went straight to the semifinals where

he beat Michael Corder of Queen Anne’s. Clapsadle then beat David Willis of Cambridge-South Dorchester in the championship.

At 120, D’Amico beat Nic Corkran of Cambridge-South Dorchester in the quarterfinals, followed by a win over Pete Lemmons of Queen Anne’s in the semifinals. D’Amico then beat Patrick Hughes of Bennett in the championship bout.

Parana ran the table at 160 with a win over Chandler Dyott of St. Michaels in his opener, followed by a win over Ian Weingaertner of Queen Anne’s in the quarterfinals and Camren Lake of Cambridge-South Dorchester in the semifinals. Parana beat North Caroline’s Trenton Hillard in the championship.

At 170, Bourne beat Randy Main of Kent Island in the quarterfinals, followed by a win over Micah Reddish of Bennett in the semifinals. Bourne beat Eli Sellinger of Parkside in the championship. At 285, Souder beat Moses Ansari of Wicomico in the quarterfinals, Troy Gibson of Bennett in the semifinals and Angelo Moore of Queen Anne’s in the championship.

At 183, Lukas Layton beat Lamar Crossel of Wicomico in the quarterfi-

Six Stephen Decatur wrestlers took first place in their respective divisions in the Bayside Conference championships and 12 Seahawks overall advanced to states. Pictured above are Shamar Baines, Dakota Souder, Micah Bourne, Nico D’Amico, Jagger Clapsadle and James Parana.

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nals and Justin Tucker of Parkside in the semifinals before falling to Joey Bunce of Kent Island in the championship to finish in second. At 126, Noah Reho beat Gabe Yiannakis of Kent County in his opener, but fell to Max Bentley of Easton in the semifinals. Reho then beat Andre Setter of St. Michael’s and Brandon Draper of Colonel Richardson to finish in third place.

At 132, Kyle Elliott had to battle back to win third place. Elliott beat Cameron Faulkner of Kent Island, but then lost to Matt Lewis of Parkside. Elliott then beat Aidan Hughes of Bennett, Zach Stanley of Colonel Richardson, Camden Harrison of St. Michaels and Hunter Charles of Queen Anne’s.

At 152, Jhymir Blake beat Anthony Weiss of Snow Hill and Jared Silva of Kent Island before falling to Will Ashmore of Kent County. Blake then beat

Hunter Cale of North Dorchester, but fell to Jacob Westfall to finish in fourth place. At 195, D.J. Taylor beat Corian Mills of Bennett, but lost to Gabe Dennis of Snow Hill. Taylor then beat David Ludwig of Easton and lost to Jordan Gabriel of Colonel Richardson to finish in fourth place.

At 220, Daletez Smith beat Alex Waidner of Parkside, but fell to Hayden Blanchard of Kent Island. Smith came back to beat Brandon Crouch of Kent County, but lost to TreVontae Hodges of Bennett to finish in fourth.

With the big win in the Bayside Conference championships, Decatur is sending 12 wrestlers to the state 4A-3A East regional tournament in Severna Park this weekend out of the 14 possible weight classes. Heading to the state tournament are Baines, Clapsadle, D’Amico, Parana, Bourne, Souder, Layton, Reho, Elliott, Blake, Taylor and Smith.

the Decatur team of Bahlman, O’Halloran, Cardamone and Luke Crisanti finished second. In the men’s 400meter freestyle relay, the Decatur team Vaxmonsky, Poist, Slaysman and Deickman finished second.

On the women’s side, in the women’s 200-yard freestyle, Abby Crisanti finished third and Farrah Brown finished fourth. In the women’s 200 individual medley, Mikayla Denault was sixth and Kiley Hamby was seventh.

In the women’s 50-yard freestyle, Gracie Coker was ninth and Kennedy Hamby finished 11th.

Graham finished first in the women’s 100-yard butterfly, while Brown was sixth. In the women’s 100-yard freestyle, Crisanti was fifth and Coker finished eighth. Allison Hunter finished second in the women’s 500-yard freestyle, while Delaney Williams finished eighth.

In the women’s 100-yard backstroke, Graham finished second and Graybill was seventh. In the women’s

100-yard breaststroke, Hunter came in fourth and Denault was seventh.

In the women’s 200-yard medley relay, the Decatur team of Davina Graybill, Allison Hunter, Kirsten Graham and Gracie Coker finished fourth. In the women’s 200-yard freestyle relay, the Decatur team of Coker, Crisanti, Kiley Hamby and Graham finished third. In the women’s 400-yard freestyle relay, the Decatur team of Graybill, Denault, Brown and Crisanti finished fourth.

The Decatur swim teams are sending 21 athletes to the state 3A-2A-1A championship meet this weekend at the University of Maryland-College Park. Representing the men’s team in the state championship meet are Bahlman, Cardamone, Crisanti, Deickman, O’Halloran, Poist, Slaysman, Sperry and Vaxmonsky. Representing the women’s team at the state championship meet are Brown, Coker, Crisanti, Denault, Graham, Graybill, Kennedy Hamby, Kiley Hamby, Hunter and Williams.

Decatur Swimmers Outstanding In Regionals, Prep For States

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s varsity swim teams turned in outstanding performances at the state 3A-2A-1A East region meet last weekend with top three finishes for both teams and dozens of top 10 individual performances including a handful of region titles.

The Decatur men’s team finished second overall with 302 points in a meet. Easton finished first with 341 points, while Cambridge-South Dorchester was third with 244. The Decatur women finished third with 305 points in a meet in which only four points separated third from first place. Queen Anne’s was first with 309 points and Kent Island was second with 307 points.

Richard Poist won the region championship in the 100-yard butterfly, while Kirsten Graham won the championship in the girls’ 100-yard

butterfly. Caleb Vaxmonsky also won the region championship in the 500yard freestyle.

In the men’s 200-yard freestyle, Nicholas Cardamone finished sixth and Jack Bahlman finished eighth.

Jack Slaysman finished fourth in the 200-individual medley. In the men’s 50-yard freestyle, Chase Deickman was second.

In the men’s 100-yard freestyle, Deickman finished second and Bahlman finished seventh. Vaxmonsky finished first in the men’s 500-yard freestyle, while Wyatt Sperry came in fourth. In the men’s 100-yard backstroke, Vaxmonsky finished second and Poist was third. In the men’s 100yard breaststroke, Slaysman finished fourth and Patrick O’Halloran was seventh.

In the men’s 200-meter medley relay, the Decatur team of Caleb Vaxmonsky, Jack Slaysman, Richard Poist and Chase Deickman finished second.

In the men’s 200-meter freestyle relay,

Mallards Roll In ESIAC Semifinals

February 22, 2019

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team rolled past Salisbury School, 44-18, on Tuesday in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) tournament semifinals.

After winning four straight, the Mallards lost to St. Thomas More on the road on Senior Night last Friday to close out the regular season with a 143 record. On Tuesday, the Worcester girls quickly shook off that rare loss with a rout of Salisbury School at home in the ESIAC semifinals.

The Mallards led 12-7 after one quarter and 20-14 at the half before opening it up in the second half. Worcester outscored the Dragons, 11-2, in the third quarter and 13-2 in the fourth to cruise to the ESIAC championship.

Seahawks Rout Bulldogs, 61-40

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team continued a late-season run this week with a 61-40 win over North Caroline on the road.

The Seahawks did fall to Parkside, 67-45, last Thursday, but rebounded with the big win over North Caroline on Tuesday. With the victory, the Decatur girls have now won five of the last six to improve to 12-9 after flirting with the .500 mark for much of the season.

Against North Caroline on Tuesday, the Seahawks traded leads with the Bulldogs through much of the first quarter before a decisive 19-6 run in the second quarter. North Caroline played Decatur pretty evenly in the second half, but the damage had been done and the Seahawks cruised to the 61-40 win.

Decatur Falls To North Caroline

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – It was an up-and-down week for Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team, which routed Parkside last Thursday before falling to North Caroline in a heartbreaker, 57-55, on Tuesday.

The Seahawks routed the Rams, 76-36, last Thursday, avenging a 7946 loss to Parkside back on January 10. Decatur led North Caroline through much of Tuesday’s contest before the Bulldogs pulled it out in the end. With the loss, the Seahawks are now 11-10 on the season.

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By STEVE GREEN

mbrace the laziness.”

That was the mantra around our house last week as soon as the doctor confirmed Beckett had the flu and should miss an entire week of school.

When the doctor said he needed to do nothing but relax the rest of week, and possibly more depending on how he felt, I wondered to myself how that would possibly happen.

Who has time for this? It’s Monday afternoon.

Nothing tests my patience more than a sick kid who waffles between needing you for tissues, medicine and liquids and wanting to be left alone in a passionate way. Caring for a sick kid is not a rewarding experience for me. It’s a job, one that’s not really my groove and exposes my weaknesses as a parent.

I’m more of the busy type of parent. I’m the mule. I’m the three times a week grocery shopper (because I forget what I’m there to get most of the time), the errand runner, the homework checker, the shower monitor and enforcer and the valet service putting hundreds of miles on my truck every week running kids from here to there.

I’m much more comfortable in the role of being busy and productive.

That’s why last week was so trying because everything in life grinds to a halt with a sick kid who must stay inside, ignore other commitments and simply rest so he can get better. The goal quickly becomes keeping the other kid away from the sick one so there are not two kids in the same house with the flu. Add work responsibilities to the caregiver role and the result is a lot more juggling and stress than usual.

After a few down days, then comes the time when he starts to feel better and gets too active around the

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house, resulting in him spending the night coughing in bed and waking up exhausted.

Beckett is an active kid. He can be a live wire. When he gets sick, which is rare as he has often earned perfect attendance at school, it’s usually in a bad way. When he goes down, he falls hard. It’s tough on him, as he stresses about what he’s missing in school and the amount of work he will have to make up when he returns to school.

Throughout the week, I continuously assured him his teachers understand and do not expect you to return to school with everything completed. I reminded him to just “embrace the laziness” and give himself time to recover.

The worst part of the flu is how long it takes to get better. Although they are more intense, most illnesses, like stomach viruses, typically move quickly and do not require long recuperations. They can be more violent but at least they pass through quickly. The flu is a long-term deal. In Beckett’s case, it took about 10 days for him to regain his strength and energy level.

Throughout the week, as I balanced Kleenex and medicine duties with working remotely, I kept telling myself these are the days I will miss 10 years from now. Although time has a way of altering the perspective, I’m skeptical.

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long the same lines, let’s fast forward a week to Wednesday when school was cancelled for the threat of snow. I was back battling a familiar case of cabin fever.

It was more imperative for Pam to be in the office on this particular day than me. Therefore, I stayed home with the boys because I could get done what I needed to for work from

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(The writer is the publisher and editor of The Dispatch. He and his wife, Pamela, are proud parents of two boys. This weekly column examines their transition into parenthood and all that goes along with it. E-mail any thoughts to editor@mdcoastdispatch.com.)

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By now, Beckett was back to himself, meaning there were dozens of questions throughout the day about whether he could play outside in the pouring rain. When the answer repeatedly was no because it was so nasty out, he grew impatient. He even wondered aloud whether he would just rather be at school and how come school was canceled due to rain. Complaints also came from Carson, but he wasn’t willing to go so far as to prefer to be in school.

With the crew becoming restless, I started a schedule they seemed to embrace and one that kept me sane.

Thirty minutes of playing something with me and thirty minutes of independent time so I could work. Carson was the timekeeper. On more than one occasion, I caught him rigging the clock. He said it was a mistake that he put in three minutes instead of 30 during one break from a game, but I wasn’t buying it. He could have easily fooled me with a more realistic time cheat.

Our playtime included a game of “Horse” on our little indoor basketball hoop that somehow turned physical between the boys, some card games mired by accusations of cheating and a vigorous round of Monopoly Fortnite that took up most of the afternoon.

By mid-afternoon, the “rain day” had morphed into a Fortnite dance contest between the kids. It was about this time I gave up on working and gave them my entire attention.

When Pam came home, she noticed neither kid had changed out of their pajamas the entire day. The funny thing was I hadn’t even noticed.

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Berlin Intermediate School recently received a donation of various school supplies from Worcester Youth & Family Counseling Services (WYFCS). Pictured, from left, are Dr. David Gell, assistant principal; Tiffany Scott, WYFCS youth coordinator; and Steve Taylor, WYFCS executive director.

The newest club sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean PinesOcean City is the Kiwanis Aktion Club, located in the Worcester County Developmental Center (WCDC) in Newark. On Jan. 28, the annual $500 check presentation took place at the WCDC. The Aktion Club is for adults with disabilities interested in completing projects to better the community. Pictured with club members are, from left, Kiwanis co-advisor to the Aktion Carolyn Dryzga, WCDC Executive Director Jack Ferry, Kiwanis Club President Dick Clagett, Aktion Club President Donta Smith and Steve Cohen, front, of the Kiwanis Club.

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Democratic Central Committee of Worcester County Chair Dr. Roxie Dennis Achlononu and Berlin Mayor Gee Williams welcomed Democratic State Chair Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings for a presentation of her goals and our concerns at the committee’s monthly meeting.

The General Levin Winder Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution participated in a Community Class Room at Snow Hill Middle School. The members attended two of Sean Wilson’s eighth-grade history classes and advised students on their history projects. Pictured, from left, are Chapter Regent Gail Weldin and members Barbara May, Pat Arata, Diane Lorton, Janet Simpson, Patricia Ayers and Carole Krueger.

Hertrich Toyota of Pocomoke recently launched new project funding through its Teacher of the Year automotive partner, the Hertrich Family of Dealerships.

Teachers were asked to create a video conveying their classroom ideas of need and benefit for their classrooms and students. The teachers at Berlin Intermediate School were recipients of the reward. Teachers pictured are Sallie Gaddis, Kristin Parker and Pat Chapman.

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Last weekend, I went to Johnny's Pizza & Pub for the Fisherhouse benefit, Dry Dock 28's Love The Wine You’re With wine pairing and five-course dinner and Fager's Island's 6th Annual Oyster Garden event where a portion of every ticket sold will go to The Oyster Recovery Partnership.

great Job, dry dock 28 Staffers: Mike “goody” goodbrod, chrissy ruthuss, Matty Wisor, Jared hilton, Tiarra estrella and Mariah Bickford

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Johnny’s pizza & pub: 50/50 sellers larry and carolyn Testerman and musician leo carlins

dry dock 28: owners doug and annie Buxbaum

Johnny’s pizza & pub: Fisherhouse event coordinators randy and lisa ashcraft

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Johnny’s pizza & pub: event volunteers ray Banahan, Janae Merchant, debbie Marvel, Mike pinto and lisa ashcraft – great Job!

Johnny’s pizza & pub: owner John hofman, Midge Butler, Sarge Bryan Sturm and patti Sides

Fager’s island: gM Kevin Myers and eVo co. owner Tom Knorr

Fager’s island: oyster shuckers nikki and casey godman and Thomas Fager

dry dock 28: Wine rep clint dempsey and his wife, nancy haines

Fager’s island: Bartenders Jess Malicki and Jeff hennessey

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The Five Crowns playing card game Watching my kids run on the beach Crushed ice in a fountain drink

Kids biking around a neighborhood Athletes with silly superstitions Getting into heated car seats An old sweatshirt

Driving a beltway with light traffic The Waze app on a road trip

Grassroots fundraising efforts

Seeing improvement in young athletes

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ClariOn HOTEl 410-524-3535 10100 Coastal Highway Ocean Club: Friday & Saturday, Feb. 22 & 23: On The Edge Every Friday & Saturday: DJ Dusty FagEr’S iSlanD 410-524-5500 60th St. in the Bay Friday, Feb. 22: DJ Greg, 5 p.m., DJ RobCee, 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23: DJ Groove, 9 p.m., The Loop, 9:30 p.m.

grEEnE TurTlE nOrTH 410-723-2120 11601 Coastal Hwy. Fridays: DJ Wax, 10 p.m.

Saturdays: Karaoke w/DJ Wood, 10 p.m.

grEEnE TurTlE wEST 410-213-1500 rte. 611, west OC Friday, Feb. 22: Rogue Citizens Tuesdays: Blake Haley HARBORSIDE 410-213-1846 South Harbor Road, West OC Fridays: DJ Billy T Saturdays:

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Who’s Where When Side Project/Chris Button, 2 p.m., DJ BK, 9 p.m.

Sundays: Opposite Directions, 2 p.m.

Thursdays: Opposite Directions, 6 p.m.

ON THE EDGE Clarion/Ocean Club: Friday & Saturday, Feb. 22 & 23

THE LOOP Fager’s Island: Saturday, Feb. 23

HARPOON HANNA’S 302-539-3095 Rt. 54 & The Bay, Fenwick Island, DE Friday, Feb. 22: Dave Hawkins, 5 p.m., Full Circle, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23: Dave Sherman, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 26: DJ Rupe Thursday, Feb. 28: Kevin Poole HOOTERS 410-213-1841 12513 Ocean Gateway, Rte. 50, West OC Friday, Feb. 22: DJ Wax, 4 p.m.

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RANDY LEE ASHCRAFT & THE SALTWATER COWBOYS Johnny’s Pizza & Pub: Wednesdays Smitty McGee’s: Thursdays & Fridays

JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 410-723-5600 56th St. & Coastal Hwy., Bayside Friday, Feb. 22: Rookie Dize Saturday, Feb. 23: Pearl Every Wednesday: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys PICKLES PUB 410-289-4891 8th St. & Philadelphia Ave. Friday, Feb. 22: Beats By Jeremy Saturday, Feb. 23: Cloud 9 Vibes Mondays: Karaoke With Jeremy Thursdays: Beats By Wax

ROGUE CITIZENS Greene Turtle West: Friday, Feb. 22

LIMA BEAN RIOT Seacrets: Saturday, Feb. 23

FULL CIRCLE Harpoon Hanna’s: Friday, Feb. 22 Seacrets: Saturday, Feb. 23

CLOUD 9 VIBES Pickles Pub: Saturday, Feb. 23

SMITTY MCGEE’S 302-436-4716 37234 Lighthouse Rd., West Fenwick Ireland, DE Thursdays & Fridays: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys SEACRETS 410-524-4900 49th St.& Coastal Hwy. Friday, Feb. 22: Flowers For Taco, 9 p.m., DJ Tuff, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23: Shorecraft Beer Fest, 1-4 p.m.

Brett Andrews & Company, Full Circle Duo, Full Circle Band, 5 p.m., Lima Bean Riot, 10 p.m., 2 DJs

Page 54 FRUITLAND-SALISBURY RESTAURANT 213 213 N. Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland 410-677-4880 • www.restaurant213.com Recently named one of the 100 Best Restaurants for Foodies in America for 2015 by OpenTable (1 of the only 2 restaurants named in the State of Maryland), the food at Restaurant 213 is far from your conventional Chesapeake Bay fare. A former apprentice of Roger Vergé in southern France, chef Jim Hughes prepares unpretentious, globally influenced cuisine inspired by the area’s plentiful ingredients.

Chef Hughes has catered many events for Ronald Reagan, while he was President of the United States. He also served as Chef for the King of Saudi Arabia at the Saudi Arabian Royal National Guard military academy. Chef Hughes has been honored by the James Beard Foundation and DiRoNA (Distinguished Restaurants of North America). For 2015 Restaurant 213 was voted Best Chef, Best Special Occasion Dining, and Best Fine Dining Restaurant by Coastal Style Magazine, and Best Special Occasion Restaurant by Metropolitan Magazine.

Frommer's Travel Guide has Awarded Restaurant 213 its highest Rating of 3 Stars, making it one of only 3 restaurants on the Eastern Shore.

Additionally, "Special Finds" awarded this distinction from 2010-2015 in their Maryland & Delaware Travel Guide Edition. Open TuesdaySunday at 5 p.m. Special 5-course prix-fixe dinners offered on Sundays and Thursdays.

WEST OCEAN CITY-BERLIN OCEAN PINES ASSATEAGUE DINER Rte. 611 & Sunset Avenue, West Ocean City • 443-664-8158 www.assateaguedinerandbar.com Inspired by a classic diner culture, this new hotspot offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu here features classic comfort foods prepared and executed with a modern coastal trust.

Be sure to check out the exceptional coffee program and the Westside Bar within features delicious craft cocktails throughout the day.

BLACKSMITH RESTAURANT AND BAR 104 Pitts Street, Berlin • 410-973-2102 Located in the heart of America’s Coolest Small Town, Berlin, Md., Blacksmith has established itself as one the area’s most loved dining and drinking destinations for foodies and wine, spirt and craft beer enthusiasts. Chef owned and locally sourced, Blacksmith keeps the main focus on Eastern Shore tradition. Everything here is homemade and handmade. Cakes and baked goods are delivered daily from down the street.

Cozy and modern, traditional and on trend; Blacksmith has risen to the ranks of the area’s finest casual eating and drinking establishments.

Visit and see why folks from Baltimore, D.C., Chincoteague and locals alike think Blacksmith is worth the trip. Open daily at 11:30 a.m. for lunch, dinner and bar snacks. Closed Sunday.

BREAKFAST CAFE OF OCEAN CITY 12736 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-213-1804 Open 7 days a week between Sunsations & Starbucks, across from Outback, come join us at the “Breakfast Cafe” (formerly Rambler Coffee Shop) we are a family-friendly restaurant that’s been family owned for 30 years passed from mother to son in 2001. We believe that fair pricing, putting out quality food as fresh as we can make it and a nice atmosphere makes a meal. I like to think we have many “House Specialties” which include our Crab Omelet, real crab meat, cheddar cheese and mushrooms, our Sunfest Omelet, Swiss cheese, ham and mushrooms; Cafe or French Sampler, pancakes or French toast, with eggs, bacon and sausage.

Homemade creamed chipped beef on toast and sausage gravy on biscuits with browned potato home fries, with onion, excellent cheesesteak subs and fries and more! We use Rapa Scrapple fried on the grill the way you like it for all our breakfasts, sandwiches and sides. Summer hours, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Come enjoy!

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This classic ice cream shop is a tradition for many families. Voted O.C.'s “Best Ice Cream” for the past 20 years, Dumser's is celebrating 80 years of serving the shore, and the ‘40sstyle décor takes you back in time. With locations throughout Ocean City, treating your tastebuds to this signature homemade ice cream is easy. The 49th and 124th streets locations offer vast lunch and dinner menus (breakfast too at 124th) in addition to a wide variety of ice cream treats. You’ll find an impressive array of kid-favorites, along with fried chicken and seafood options, wraps, subs, sandwiches, salads and sides like sweet potato fries and mac-and-cheese wedges.

FOX’S PIZZA DEN 11328 Samuel Bowen Blvd., West Ocean City 410-600-1020 • www.foxpizzamd.com Enjoy a brand new, spacious dining room.

Happy hour every day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with $5 food specials. Full menu includes appetizers, salads, stromboli, hoagies and wedgies, pizza, spaghetti and more. Open every day from 11 a.m. to midnight.

FULL MOON SALOON 12702 Old Bridge Road, West Ocean City 443-664-5317 Locally owned and operated, this moderately priced casual restaurant/bar has freshly caught seafood, BBQ, and pork entrees, giant sandwiches as well as a variety of homemade soups.

Locally we are known for our jumbo lump crab cakes, pork and beef BBQ, cream of crab soup, and 100% angus burgers as well as a variety of other sandwiches and entrees that are cooked with a local flair. Open daily at 11 a.m. for lunch and open until midnight. Sundays breakfast offered 8 a.m.-noon. Fifteen televisions and a big screen available for all sports events.

GREENE TURTLE-WEST Rte. 611, West Ocean City • 410-213-1500 Visit Maryland’s No. 1 Sports Pub and Rest-aurant, the World-Famous Greene Turtle. Proudly serving West Ocean City since January 1999, The Greene Turtle features a beautiful 80-seat dining room, large bar area with 54 TVs with stereo sound and game room with pool tables.

With an exciting menu, The Greene Turtle is sure to please with delicious sizzling steaks, jumbo lump crab cakes, raw bar, homemade salads and more. Live entertainment, Keno, Turtle apparel, kids menu, carry-out. Something for everyone!

Voted best sports bar, wings and burgers in West OC. Great happy hour and plenty of parking.

HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL South Harbor Road • 410-213-1846 They take their mantra, “Where You Always Get Your Money’s Worth,” seriously here with daily food and drink specials during happy hour as you watch the boats come in from a day offshore. Delicious daily chef specials are always worth a try or stay with any of the house favorites, such as the calamari and ahi bruschetta for appetizers or any of the homemade tacos and fresh off the dock seafood selections as sandwiches or entrees. It’s the home of the original fresh-squeezed orange crush, of course.

HOOTERS RESTAURANT Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd., West Ocean City 410-213-1841 www.hootersofoc.com New mouthwatering smoked wings with half the calories. Traditional wings and boneless wings with 12 sauce selections. Burgers, quesadillas, tacos, and healthy salads. Extensive seafood selections with raw bar and Alaskan crab legs.

Children's menu and game room. Apparel and souvenir shop. Sports packages on a ton of TVs and live entertainment. Wing-fest every Tuesday from 6 to 8 with 50 cent wings. And of course, the world famous Hooters Girls. Large parties welcome. Call for private party planning.

LIGHTHOUSE SOUND St. Martin’s Neck Road • 410-352-5250 Enjoy the best views of Ocean City at the newly renovated, Lighthouse Sound. Come relax and dine overlooking the bay and the beautiful Ocean City skyline. Savor entrees such as local rockfish, tempura-battered soft shell crabs, char-grilled filet mignon and jumbo lump crabcakes. Open to the public, we serve Sunday brunch, lunch and dinner. One mile west of Ocean City, Md., just off Route 90 on St. Martin’s Neck Road. Reservations recommended.

RUTH’S CHRIS Within the GlenRiddle Community 410-213-9444 • www.ruthschris.com Ruth’s Chris specializes in the finest customaged Midwestern beef. We broil it exactly the way you like it at 1,800 degrees to lock in the corn-fed flavor. Then we serve your steak sizzling on a heated plate so that it stays hot throughout your meal. Many of our recipes were developed by Ruth, favorites such as shrimp Remoulade, Crabtini and Ruth’s chop salad. Located five miles west of Ocean City in the GlenRiddle Golf clubhouse. Extensive wine list. Reservations recommended.

THE SHARK ON THE HARBOR 12924 Sunset Ave., West Ocean City 410-213-0924 • ocshark.com We make real food from scratch. We believe that great food and healthful ingredients are not mutually exclusive of each other. Featuring local organic produce and seafood. All natural products – clear of preservatives and antibiotics. Whole grains and whole foods are used in the preparation of our menu – which our chefs write twice daily, based on what's fresh, available and delicious. Fresh. Local. Organic.

Taste the difference. Open Daily Year Round, Monday through Saturday for Lunch & Dinner and Sundays for Brunch, Lunch & Dinner.

Reservations suggested.

INLET TO 94TH STREET 28TH STREET PIT & PUB 28th Street & Coastal Highway 410-289-2020 • www.pitandpub.com Ocean City’s home of Pulled Pork and the finest barbecue, the legendary 28th Street Pit & Pub is known for serving up delicious smokehouse specialties. Grab a brew and enjoy the live sports action on one of the big screen TVs. Happy Hour daily, 3-6 p.m. Family friendly atmosphere. Weekend entertainment.

32 PALM 32nd Street Oceanside In The Hilton 410-289-2525 Executive Chef Rick Goodwin has introduced an exciting new menu. A favorite among many is the Bermuda Triangle, featuring cinnamon seared scallops finished with an ancho mango coulis along with house broiled crabcake with a sweet chili remoulade and finally, applewood smoked bacon wrapped around jumbo shrimp, grilled to perfection with jalapeno barbecue sauce. Other wonderfully delicious dishes cover the land and sea as well and each have a special touch that makes this restaurant unique among its peers. Children’s menu available.

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

45TH STREET TAPHOUSE 45th Street and the bay • 443-664-2201 At the newly remodeled 45th Street Taphouse, the best views of bayside Ocean City, MD are the backdrop where craft beer meets Maryland cuisine. This is vacation done right, all year long.

Wash down a Crabby Pretzel or homemade crabcakes with one of our 35+ craft beers on tap, all made right here in the USA. Not feeling crabby?

Pair your craft brew with our award-winning wings or even our brand new breakfast menu. Anyway it’s served, come get tapped with us.

February 22, 2019 BONFIRE 71st Street & Coastal Highway 410-524-7171 www.thebonfirerestaurant.com 150 ft. Seafood & Prime Rib Buffet A famous Ocean City Restaurant for 37 years.

It’s all here. The service, the atmosphere and the finest, freshest food available. Fresh seafood, snow crab legs, prime rib, BBQ ribs, raw oysters, raw clams, steamed shrimp, fish, homemade soups & salads. Decadent dessert selection – homemade donuts & bread pudding, soft serve ice cream with hot fudge topping and lots more! Large selection of children’s favorites – chicken tenders, hot dogs, burgers, macaroni & cheese and pizza. A la carte menu available featuring fresh cut steaks and seafood. Open Monday-Friday at 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, at 3 p.m. Plenty of free parking.

BUXY’S SALTY DOG 28th Street • 410-289-0973 www.buxys.com Destiny has a new home in Ocean City. From the ‘burgh to the beach, Buxy’s is your home away from Pittsburgh. Come see what all the locals already know and have known – Buxy’s is the place to come to meet friends, relax and be social with no attitudes. House specialties include “The” Cheesesteak Sub, Primanti-styled sandwiches, pierogis,egg-rolls and homemade crab dip. Don’t miss our daily specials.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street & Baltimore Avenue 410-289-7192 One of Ocean City’s premier restaurants is back with a new and improved atmosphere and a brand new home. However, the mission to provide the same fresh, quality food and attentive service has not changed. Excellent chefs, who inspect each dish for culinary perfection, prepare the meals here. The finest seafood is guaranteed and nothing but the best in black angus beef is served. Be sure to inquire about the daily specials and check out the new bar and lounge area. They have the kids covered as well with a quality kids menu. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

COINS PUB & RESTAURANT 28th Street Plaza • 410-289-3100 Great mid-town location offering a complete dinner menu, lunch and lite fare. Coins features the freshest seafood, shrimp, scallops, clams, fresh catch and lobster plus the best crab cake in Maryland, hand cut steaks cooked to your liking, succulent veal and chicken dishes. Also authentic pasta selections. Enjoy live entertainment and dancing in the lounge nightly. Happy hour daily 3-6 p.m. Casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere. Special kids menu. Lots of free parking.

DRY 85 OC 12 48th Street • 443-664-8989 • dry85.com Steps from the beach. Gourmet "stick to your ribs" Lowcountry cuisine. A made-from-scratch kitchen with every sauce and every dressing hand crafted. It's that attention to detail that takes the concept of burgers, fries, ribs and wings and turns them completely on their head. Charcuterie boards. Late night bar. 120+ Whiskies. Craft beer. Artisanal craft cocktails. Seasonal outdoor seating. Named one of the Top 40 Whiskey Bars in America by Whiskey Advocate.

DRY DOCK 28 28th Street and Coastal Highway 410-289-0973 The new kid on the dining scene in Ocean City features eclectic pizzas, delicious sandwiches, soups, salads and hot steamers in a modern, nautical themed atmosphere. A beautiful boat bar is featured inside and features craft cocktails and brews. Outdoor seating is available. Carry out available and beer and wine to go. Live music is also offered in this kid-friendly establishment.

FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR 201 60th Street On The Bay 410-524-5500 • www.fagers.com Fager’s Island is an award-winning popular bayfront restaurant where lunch is a forgivable habit, dinner an event and sunsets unforgettable. Lite fare lunch served from 11 a.m.-9 p.m., dinner from 5 p.m., famous raw bar, festive Sunday Jazz Brunch, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and children’s menu. Complete house wine list and award-winning proprietor’s list available upon SEE NEXT PAGE

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FROM PAGE 54 request. Outdoor decks and bar. Nightly entertainment in-season, Friday-Saturday, off-season. Open every day, year-round. A Fun Place!

GENERAL’S KITCHEN 66th Street & Coastal Highway 410-723-0477 Join us at our new bigger and better location.

Everybody likes breakfast, but for too many it comes too early in the morning. Not so at this sunshine-happy delight. Breakfast is what it’s all about, from 6:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The menu is a breakfast lover’s dream. From juice, cereal and eggs, to corned beef hash, waffles, hot cakes, bacon, sausage, to the best creamed chipped beef on the coast (try it on french fries). This is definitely the place. House specialties: creamed chipped beef, O.C. No. 1 breakfast, own recipes.

HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE 31st Street & Coastal Highway 410-289-2581 There is no doubt about it. Higgins offers traditional Eastern Shore favorites for the entire family to enjoy. Of course, the house specialties include all-you-can-eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp and baby back ribs.

In addition, there is a full menu offering a variety of delicious soups, appetizers and entrees.

Open Friday at 2:30 p.m., & Saturday at noon.

JOHNNY'S PIZZA & SPORTS PUB 56th Street & Coastal Highway 410-723-5600 • www.johnnyspizzapub.com The Official Pizza of OC, Johnny's Pizza & Sports Pub serves families throughout Ocean City and its surrounding communities 365 days a year. Eat in, carry out or have it delivered right to your doorstep. Our comfortable dining room features ample seating for small groups or large parties and our speedy delivery service will deliver your hot, delicious pizza right to your home, hotel or condo for your added convenience. From steaming homemade pizzas to lightly tossed salads and fiery hot wings, we have something for everyone. Live entertainment every weekend all winter and live entertainment four nights in the summer.

MARLIN MOON RESTAURANT 33rd Street in the DoubleTree Ocean City Oceanfront • 410-289-1201 www.marlinmoonocmd.com Eat where the locals eat. Marlin Moon is back in town with the talented Executive Chef, Gary Beach, creating his legendary food magic. Marlin Moon combines an eclectic atmosphere of ocean views and a fresh vibe with creative seafood and steak dishes you won’t forget.

Winner of the Maryland People’s Choice Award, Marlin Moon delivers the culinary combinations you’re craving and uses only locally sourced seafood, meats and vegetables. Some of the original classics, such as Mom’s Shrimp and Fred-dy’s Seafood Pasta, are back as well as a raw bar, small plate appetizers, fresh salads and entrees sure to satisfy any food mood.

Open daily serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner from 7 a.m.-11 p.m.

RED RED WINE BAR OC 12 48th Street 443-664-6801 • redredwinebar.com Steps from the beach. Fresh coastal cuisine with

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a focus on locally sourced seafood and hand tossed pizzas. Artisanal cheeseboards. 35+ Wines By the Glass. Full bar. Craft beer. Late night bar. Luxurious colors and custom built couches. Casual atmosphere. Seasonal outdoor seating. Named Best Wine and Beverage Program in Maryland by the Restaurant Association.

PICKLES PUB 8th Street, Ocean City • 410-289-4891 It’s pub food with a twist and a special emphasis put on quality and large portions. The big juicy burgers and oven baked wedge sandwiches are locals’ favorites as are the pub wings (in a variety of styles) and tacos (choose from thai pulled pork, grilled chicken and blacked ahi avocado). There are numerous unique craft pizza options to choose from as well with the house favorite here being the blackened shrimp and arugula.

SEACRETS On The Bay At 49th Street 410-524-4900 • www.seacrets.com We are Jamaica USA! Serving our world famous jerk chicken, along with a full menu of appetizers, soups, sandwiches, salads, entrees, desserts and a children's menu. Enjoy happy hour drink prices everyday until 7 p.m.and live entertainment in a tropical atmosphere. Please check our website www.seacrets.com for a complete list of live bands and daily food and drink specials or call 410-524-4900. Find us and get lost!

94TH STREET NORTH-FENWICK BETHANY BILLY’S SUB SHOP • 410-723-2500 140th Street, Oceanside • 410-250-1778 Rte. 54, Fenwick Shoals • 302-436-5661 Now the best just got better because they deliver fresh-dough pizza, subs and shakes to your door and have three locations to serve you better. Washington Magazine wasn’t lying when it said Billy’s had the best milkshakes and fresh ground beef hamburgers at the beach and they don’t stop there. Fresh-dough pizza, cones, shakes, sundaes and more. More cheese steaks sold than anyone else in Maryland.

Billy’s accepts MC/Visa.

CAROUSEL OCEANFRONT HOTEL AND CONDOS 118th and the Beach • 410-524-1000 Reef 118 Oceanfront Restaurant located in the Carousel Hotel offers beautiful oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Enjoy a hearty breakfast buffet or try one of our specialty omelets including lump crab and asparagus. Our menu offers a wide variety of Succulent Seafood along with steaks, pastas & ribs. $5.95 kids’ menu available. Stop by the Bamboo Lounge serving

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BEER • WINE • SODA Open 7 Days A Week Mon.-Thurs., 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 7 a.m.-10 p.m. & Sun., 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

Gas • Ice Cigarettes 410-641-2366 • Main St. & Old O.C. Blvd., Berlin, Md.

happy hour daily 4-6 p.m. with super drink prices and $4.95 food specials. Visit the Carousel and get served by the friendliest staff in OC!

THE CRAB BAG 130th Street, Bayside 410-250-3337 Now serving lunch and dinner, trust us when we say you can’t go wrong with anything you order here. The crabs are fat and never disappoint and are available eat-in or carryout. The BBQ ribs are also worth a try as well as any of the chargrilled specialties. Remember “Super Happy Hour” offered seven days a week, all day. Plenty of bargains available on drinks and food.

THE CRABCAKE FACTORY USA 120th Street/Beachside (Serene Hotel) 410-250-4900 Voted “Best Crabcakes in Maryland, DC and Virginia” by The Washington Post. Full-service family restaurant, carry-out and sports bar.

Outside seating available. Menu selections include prime rib, chicken Chesapeake, steamed shrimp, beer battered fish, real Philly cheesesteaks, burgers, and a kids menu. Casual attire, full liquor bar, no reservations. Open Year Round. The Crabcake Factory started out as a breakfast house in 1996 and still serves one of the best and most creative breakfast menus in Ocean City. Try Eastern Shore favorites prepared daily by Chef-Owner John Brooks including a chipped beef, skillets, omelettes and their famous lump crab creations. World-Famous Crabcakes are served all day starting at 8 a.m. and can be packed on ice for you while you are eating breakfast. Try Sue’s Spicy Bloody Marys to start the day with a kick. Full breakfast menu available for carry-out. Online at: www.CrabcakeFactory-USA.com. See other listing (Crabcake Factory USA). Open year-round.

CRABCAKE FACTORY BAYSIDE Rt. 54, Selbyville, DE 302-988-5000 Under new ownership but SAME award-winning crab cakes and bloody marys! Enjoy WATERFRONT dining.

Full-service family restaurant, carry-out & sports bar. Outside seating available. Open daily at 9 a.m. YEAR ROUND. Menu selections include crab cakes, prime rib, Philly-style cheese steaks, various seafood, kids menu plus full breakfast menu. visit us online at crabcakefactoryonline.com or on our Facebook page. Casual dress, full liquor bar, no reservations.

GREENE TURTLE-NORTH 116th Street & Coastal Highway 410-723-2120 www.facebook.com/OriginalGreeneTurtle This is the Original Greene Turtle, an Ocean City Tradition, since 1976! A fun and friendly

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Sports Bar & Grille, where every seat is a great spot to watch sports with 50+ High Def. TVs up & downstairs! Menu favorites include homemade crab cakes, kids’ menu, salads, burgers, wings and more! Join them for weekday lunch specials 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and happy hour 3-7 p.m. Popular features are game room, gift shop, carry-out, party trays, nightly drink specials, MD Lottery-Keno, Powerball and DJs with dance floor. Something for everyone! Open 11 a.m-2 a.m., year-round.

HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR Rte. 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, DE www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com 302-539-3095 No reservations required. Harpoon Hanna’s features a children’s menu & full bar. We are a casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch & dinner including fesh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and all-you-can-eat Alaskan crab legs. Open year-round.

HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT Located inside the Clarion Resort 101st Street, Ocean City • 410-524-3535 Horizons Oceanfront Restaurant is proud to have Chef Rob Sosnovich creating beach-inspired dishes in both our oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breaker’s Pub. Our new all day menu, available 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., features many of your favorites and some exciting new creations with a local flare – from Lite Bites to Big Bites and everything in between. Our deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet is open yearround and our “famous” all-you-can-eat prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet is available most weekends throughout the year and daily in season. The Ocean Club Nightclub features top-40 dance music every weekend and nightly this summer. We’ve added some popular local bands to our lineup, so come join us “where the big kids play!” Lenny’s Beach Bar & Grill: enjoy surf, sun and live entertainment 7 days a week on the deck, from Memorial day through Labor Day during our afternoon beach parties. Enjoy something to eat or drink from our extensive menu. Try our “Bucket of Fun”, or a fresh “Orange Crush”–two of our favorites!

NANTUCKETS Rte. 1, Fenwick Island 302-539-2607 Serving the beach great food and spirits for over 20 years. David and Janet Twining will wow you with the finest foods and drinks in the area. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by what one of the coast’s finest dining establishments has in store for guests. Everything here is a house specialty. There’s the memorable steaks, fresh seafood, famous quahog chowder and the chef’s daily specials, just to name a few.

SMITTY MCGEE’S Rte. 54-West Fenwick Ireland 302-436-4716 www.smittymcgees.com Smitty McGee’s is the place to be for fun. Best wings on the beach for 28 years and counting.

Enjoy great food and drink specials in a casual atmosphere. Happy hour daily. Come enjoy the live entertainment Thursday and Friday. Full menu served unil 1 a.m. Banquet facilities available. Open seven days a week. We never close!

RACETRACK AUTO SALES

WE PAY CASH!

We Buy Like-New And Used Cars, Trucks, Trailers

(410) 641-4600

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enjoying the comradery at the Knights of Columbus hall on 99th street, were Gary a. Waesche and Cheryl simpson, at the January Community supper.

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By Jeanette Deskiewicz

FeaTuRiNG Those helPiNG Causes iN The ResoRT aRea

Knights of Columbus Community suppers continue this winter, the last Wednesday of each month, with Wayne and Mary straight handling the cooking in January.

In Society

February 22, 2019

Registering auction bidders at the Believe in Tomorrow 2019 Groovy Prom Night were lori simon, suly Del Valle and Bethany simon.

During the 6th annual Prom Night, Believe in Tomorrow volunteers Dayna hackman and Jim hamlin struck a pose in front of the star Wars themed photo booth.

Come see Joe Kostelac and Richard Thomas at the Knight of Columbus February Community supper this Wednesday 2/27 from 5-6:30 p.m.

seacrets’ DJs JJ Roth and Bobby-o kept things moving at the 6th annual Prom Night benefitting Believe in Tomorrow Children’s house by the sea.

as diners came into the a Village at The shore fundraiser at Mt. Pleasant united Methodist Church, sandra hill and Mary hall, took their food orders.

in the Mt. Pleasant united Methodist Church kitchen, James Truitt helped his mom, Cyndie, with her oyster fritter fundraiser to benefit a Village at The shore.

Keeping the chocolate fountain flowing were Davielle Marsh and Rebecca Flax at the Groovy Prom Night for Believe in Tomorrow.

The Queen and King of Bling, Jill and Todd Ferrante of Park Place Jewelers, generously sponsored many raffle items for the Believe in Tomorrow 6th annual Prom Night.

The Dispatch Classifieds

February 22, 2019

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$15/Week For Minimum Of Five Lines • $2 Thereafter Per Line Display Classified Ads: $20/Week Per Column Inch (Contract Discounts Available)

HELP WANTED INDEPENDENT CLEANERS Business Opportunity.

Cleaning condos in OC, MD. Must have experience & license.

Contact Linda or Keti Shoreline Properties

410-524-6688

SOUTHSIDE GRILL WOC: Hiring Line Cooks, Kitchen Help, Dishwashers. YR, FT or PT. Ambitious, willing to work individuals only. Pay neg. based on performance. 9923 Stephen Decatur Hy, 410-2131572.

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CONSTRUCTION HELP WANTED: Call 443-614-0234.

Ocean City Area. ___________________________

Come Join Our WinningTeam!

Now accepting applications for the following positions: FRONT DESK RECREATION ROOM INSPECTOR ROOM ATTENDANT MAINTENANCE SERVER BARISTA HOSTESS LINE COOK We are looking for experienced personnel with customer service skills. Must be flexible with hours. Email resume to jobs@carouselhotel.com or stop by and complete an application at the Front Desk.

We require satisfactory pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE Looking for an

to join our Dental Management team for a

Experienced Person

Must have managerial experience in the dental field. Insurance knowledge is required.

Benefits, Health insurance, and 401k offered

FT POSITION(M-F).

Work With the Best Ocean City has to Offer ...

We Invite You to be a Part of our Family!

Year Round - Full/Part Time ~POOL MANAGER ~SERVER ~BARTENDER ~HOSTESS/HOST ~BUSSER ~ROOM ATTENDANT ~HOUSEKEEPING HOUSESTAFF ~MAINTENANCE FREE EMPLOYEE MEALS AND EXCELLENT BENEFITS! FAX RESUME & SALARY REQ. to: 410-723-9109 Online at www.clarionoc.com APPLY IN PERSON Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

CLARION RESORT FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL 10100 COASTAL HWY. OCEAN CITY, MD. 21842 EOE M/F/D/V

PUT YOUR LOGO IN COLOR FOR JUST $10

CONTACT INFORMATION Phone: 410-641-4563 • Fax: 410-641-0966 Email: classifieds@mdcoastdispatch.com Mail: P.O. Box 467, Berlin, Md. 21811

Deadline For Insertions, Cancellations And Payment Is 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Pre-Payment Is Required. We Accept Visa & MasterCard.

DENTAL OFFICE: Busy Dental Office looking for Dental Assistant with Radiology Cert, good clinical & keyboard skills. Also, Front Desk position. Dental knowledge and good keyboard skills required. M-F, FT w/ many benefits. Fax 410-213-2955 or Email: contact@atlanticdental.com –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Call 302-732-3852 or email to brafmanfamilydentistry@mchsi.com

NOW HIRING AWESOME PEOPLE

Holding open interviews

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11am-2pm

Now accepting applications for the following positions:

MAINTENANCE LINE COOK Full time, Year round. Benefits

SERVERS FRONT DESK Full-time seasonal with year-round possibilities

Apply in person or email resume to duran.showell@marriott.com 2 15th Street, Ocean City, Maryland No phone calls, please All candidates must go through a satisfactory background check.

www.courtyardoceancity.com

FULL-TIME ACCOUNTING CLERK Farmers Bank of Willards has a full-time Accounting Clerk position available. Looking for someone with strong accounting background, proficient knowledge of Excel and detailed oriented.

An Accounting Degree or 3-4 years accounting experience preferred.

Please send resume to P.O. Box 10, Willards, MD 21874 or email: kris.derickson@fbwbank.com Application cut off is 3-04-2019

“Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer”

Work With the Best Ocean City has to Offer ...

We Invite You to be a Part of our Family!

for:

DINING ROOM MANAGER

Come by and join our 2019 family!

We are currently recruiting an experienced Dining Room Manager to oversee and be responsible for our busy dining room & convention center. Must have strong management experience in a large restaurant, banquet and/or convention services experience, ability to train staff, excellent communication skills and ability to solve problems. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.

Our current F&B Manager is retiring after 26 years.

Excellent salary and benefits package.

Send resume and salary requirements to:

•SERVERS •HOSTS •BUS STAFF •KITCHEN STAFF •SECURITY

54th ST OCMD 410-723-5565

Behind Chauncey’s Surf Shop

CLARION RESORT FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL 10100 COASTAL HIGHWAY OCEAN CITY, MD. 21842 Phone: 410-524-3535 Fax: 410-723-9109

EOE M/F/D/V

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$15/Week For Minimum Of Five Lines • $2 Thereafter Per Line Display Classified Ads: $20/Week Per Column Inch (Contract Discounts Available)

RESTAURANT MANAGER YR/PM

Come Join Our WinningTeam!

SALES MANAGER

Email resume to jobs@carouselhotel.com or stop by and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE

SUMMER BEACH CONDOS #3 35TH ST., OC NOW HIRING

MAINTENANCE PERSON (PT, MARCH-SEPT.):

7am-12noon 5 days week (wknds a must) *must be able to lift heavy objects General cleaning duties, some light maintenance work Call Diana 410-603-5627 SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!

Assawoman Ale Shoppe Hiring for all positions.

Apply within store.

52nd Street, Bayside, OC.

Selbyville Goose Creek Fenwick Goose Creek Hiring for all positions.

For Both Locations Apply Online www.mygcjob.com

SALES Homeworks Carpet One is a member of America's largest flooring retail group. We are seeking a bright, energetic individual to join our sales team. This is a year round position for a person looking to establish a career. You will work in a beautiful showroom environment utilizing a superior consumer-friendly selection system which we will train you in. You must be a good communicator, well organized and excited about the opportunity for significant income.

Minimum 1 year sales experience required.

The work week is 5 days and includes weekends. We will pay a salary during the learning period which will convert to salary plus commission afterward.

CALL BUDDY TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW.

HOMEWORKS CARPET ONE 85TH ST. & COASTAL HIGHWAY 410-524-5454

PUT YOUR LOGO IN COLOR FOR JUST $10

CONTACT INFORMATION Phone: 410-641-4563 • Fax: 410-641-0966 Email: classifieds@mdcoastdispatch.com Mail: P.O. Box 467, Berlin, Md. 21811

Deadline For Insertions, Cancellations And Payment Is 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Pre-Payment Is Required. We Accept Visa & MasterCard.

The Carousel Group is looking for an energetic individual to become part of our sales team. The candidate’s area of responsibility includes conducting outside sales calls, obtaining new business accounts, conducting site tours, networking within the local business community and driving sales. The ideal candidate must be organized, professional, a team player and able to multi task. Excellent communication and presentation skills are imperative. Qualified applicants should possess a willingness to learn hotel sales and rooms software with a solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook. Prior hotel experience is a plus. This position requires a flexible work schedule.

February 22, 2019

Seeking YR, EXPERIENCED

LINE COOKS SERVERS BARTENDERS Apply within Wednesday - Sunday 11 AM - 10 PM

Entry Level Position Banquet exp. a plus Inquire Within 32 Palm at Hilton Suites 3200 Baltimore Ave. Ocean City, MD

FULL-TIME PERSONAL BANKER Farmers Bank of Willards has a full-time Personal Banker position available at our West Ocean City location. Looking for professional and motivated individuals with extraordinary customer service skills. Cash handling experience & excellent computer skills a must.

Please send resume to 12641 Ocean Gateway, OC, MD 21842 or email: jennie.rice@fbwbank.com

WATER DAMAGE RESTORATION TECHNICIANS & MANAGERS IICRC certifications a plus

DECK COATING APPLICATORS INTERIOR REMODELING PROFESSIONALS LEAD CARPENTER/FRAMERS Please apply in person 12905 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City MD or online at https://oceantowerconstruction.com/careers/ call 443-366-5556 during regular business hours

Now Hiring

Year Round

LINE COOKS KITCHEN STAFF Apply in Person or Online www.smittymcgees.com 302-436-4716

FULL-TIME PERSONAL BANKER

Application cut off is 3-04-2019

“Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer”

The Lighthouse Club Hotel Personnel Needed

HOUSEKEEPERS Full & Part Time Please apply in person Monday thru Thursday at The Lighthouse Club Hotel 56th Street Bayside Ocean City, MD Positive Attitude, Good Grooming, and Good Work Ethic Required.

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

Farmers Bank of Willards has a full-time Personal Banker position available at one of our Salisbury locations. Looking for professional and motivated individuals with extraordinary customer service skills. Cash handling experience & excellent computer skills a must.

Please send resume to P.O. Box 10, Willards, MD 21874 or email: kris.derickson@fbwbank.com Application cut off is 3-04-2019

“Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer”

SALES SECRETARY Busy hotel is seeking a year round full time Sales Secretary. Must have hotel sales experience. Applicant must be detail oriented and computer literate, proficient in Excel, Word & Publisher. Sales CRM experience a plus. Exceptional people skills, professional phone & email etiquette a must. Excellent benefits, working conditions and salary (commensurate with experience). Qualified applicants only, forward resume with salary requirements to: SALES SECRETARY P.O. BOX 467 BERLIN, MD 21811 EOE M/F/D/V

Higgins Crab House now taking applications: •EXP. LIQUOR STORE ATTENDANT Please Apply in person Fri-Sun, 10am-7pm 128th St., Ocean City

RENTALS

YR, DOWNTOWN OC: 1BD, 1BA Talbot St. No smoking. $650 per mo + util.’s. Must haave 3x proven steady income/mo. ref.’s. for rental application TEXT: first, MI & Last name & adddress to 303-8193545.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WINTER RENTAL: 1BR, 1BA. 122nd St. Oceanblock. Furn. No smoking. $700 + elect. + sec. dep.

W/S incl. Avail. Now-May 2019.

Call/Text 443-373-5638. ___________________________

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$15/Week For Minimum Of Five Lines • $2 Thereafter Per Line Display Classified Ads: $20/Week Per Column Inch (Contract Discounts Available)

AFFORDABLE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS Low and Moderate Income

SEASONAL RENTAL May 10th-Sept 10th

2BR, 1.5 BA Newly remodeled, big kitchen/ living area.

Sleeps up to 6. $13,500/season + util’s $2,000 sec. dep.

410-428-7333 312 Sunset Dr., Sunset Terrace www.sunsetterracerentals.com

~Accessible Units and Facilities Available ~Air Conditioning ~Kitchen-Furnished w/Range & Refrigerator ~Wall-toWall Carpet ~On-Site Laundry Facilities ~One Year Lease Call Us Now To See If You Qualify!

TTY users via MRS Dial 711 REEDY COVE APARTMENTS Germantown Rd., Berlin, MD 21811 410-641-0830

2 BR Apartment $300.

4 BR House $500.

1210 Philadelphia Ave.

410-289-8581

HOPING TO BUY ROOMMATES

ROOM FOR RENT, OP: Private RR, shared house. Must like dogs.

Non smoker. $600. per mo. incls. utils. Avail. immed. 1 mile from North Gate. 215-852-2189.

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E.D.U.’s

West Ocean City

TOP DOLLAR! Call David 443-880-0089

inch. Deadline for all legal advertising is Tuesday at noon. For more information, call 410-641-4563 or fax 410-641-0966.

RAYMOND D. COATES, JR, ESQ. COATES, COATES & COATES, PA 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY SUITE 300 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17719 To all persons interested in the estate of KELLY LEABERRY SMAR, ESTATE NO. 17719. Notice is given that DANIELLE ANN DOUGLAS, 11302 BACK CREEK

FOR SALE, N. OC Unrestricted view of ocean & bay.

Direct Oceanfront,Top Floor

Large 1BR, 1BA. Sleeps 6.

One of the most desireable bldgs.in OC. Steps to ocean.

Fully furn. 2 assigned parking spaces. Broker protected.

Great Rental Income!

Call for details 717-938-5986

SERVICES

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST: All new & existing decks. Builiding, powerwashing and staining. General Maintenance & Property Mgmt. Call for any other odd jobs!

Joe 443-610-4644.

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ROAD, BISHOPVILLE, MD 21813, was on FEBRUARY 04, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of KELLY LEABERRY SMAR, who died on JANUARY 03, 2019 without a will.

against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates:

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

(1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 4th day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim

COMMERCIAL

& More!

•YARD MAINTENANCE •PAINTING •POWER WASHING 410-251-3425 410-202-2545

YARD SALES

MOPS OF OCEAN CITY: Sat, 2/23 8am-12noon. Indoor Yard Sale with over 30 sellers!! Community Church of OP. Supporting MOPs of Berlin/OC. Please No earlybirds.

FB Mops/Berlin?Ocean City or email mopsccop@outlook.com. Donations being taken.

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FOR SALE

SADDLE FOR SALE: Circuit Elite, English. Brown. Used but in great condition. Call for details.

410-713-9139.

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Call & Lv. msg. Steve 410-2513412.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WEST O.C. OFFICE/RETAIL SPACES AVAILABLE: 3 Offices/Retail and 2 Warehouses.

Plenty of Parking. 443-497-4200.

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Ceja’s Landscaping

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Burgundy Inn

REAL ESTATE

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer

WEEKLY RENTALS

PUT YOUR LOGO IN COLOR FOR JUST $10

CONTACT INFORMATION Phone: 410-641-4563 • Fax: 410-641-0966 Email: classifieds@mdcoastdispatch.com Mail: P.O. Box 467, Berlin, Md. 21811

Deadline For Insertions, Cancellations And Payment Is 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Pre-Payment Is Required. We Accept Visa & MasterCard.

RENTALS

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WAREHOUSE (LARGE) FOR RENT: 11212 Gum Point Road, Berlin, MD. $1,200 per month.

Call 410-430-9797.

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mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 08, 2019 DANIELLE ANN DOUGLAS Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street

Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 2-08, 2-15, 2-22

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17716 To all persons interested in the estate of EILEEN GIBBONS, ESTATE NO. 17716.

Notice is given that JOE P. GIBBONS, JR., 7439 MAHALO HUI DRIVE, DIAMONDHEAD, MS 39525, was on JANUARY 31, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of EILEEN GIBBONS, who died

LOOKING EVERYWHERE? CHECK HERE FIRST!

The Dispatch Classified Pages Can Point You In The Right Direction

on JANUARY 25, 2019 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 31ST day of JULY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or be-

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LEGAL RATES: Legal advertising rate is $7 per column

inch. Deadline for all legal advertising is Tuesday at noon. For more information, call 410-641-4563 or fax 410-641-0966.

fore the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 15, 2019 JOE P. GIBBONS, JR. Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 2-15, 2-22, 3-01

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17725 To all persons interested in the estate of GLADYS VIRGINIA VENABLE JARMAN, ESTATE NO. 17725. Notice is given that TERESA DENISE JARMAN CHANDLER, 8034 OLD OCEAN CITY ROAD, WHALEYVILLE, MD 21872, was on FEBRUARY 05, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of GLADYS VIRGINIA VENABLE JARMAN, who died on JANUARY 18, 2019 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

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jection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 5TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 15, 2019 TERESA DENISE JARMAN CHANDLER Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 2-15, 2-22, 3-01

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RAYMOND D.COATES, JR. ESQ. COATES, COATES & COATES, PA 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY SUITE 300 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17720 To all persons interested in

the estate of MARGARET R. HOLTGREFE, ESTATE NO. 17720. Notice is given that SUZANNE ELAINE HOLTGREFE GREEN, 2744 SOUTHWEST MONTEGO TERRACE, STUART, FL 34997, was on FEBRUARY 07, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of MARGARET R. HOLTGREFE, who died on JANUARY 27, 2019 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 7TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 15, 2019 SUZANNE ELAINE HOLTGREFE GREEN Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 2-15, 2-22, 3-01

SECOND INSERTION WEBB, CORNBROOKS, WILBER, VORHIS, DOUSE & LESLIE, LLP DAVID B. DOUSE, ESQ. 115 BROAD STREET PO BOX 610 SALISBURY, MD 21803 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 17726 Notice is given that the ORPHANS’ COURT of DELAWARE COUNTY, PA, appointed ROBERT GREEN ZIFF, 214 LYNBROOKE ROAD, SPRINGFIELD, PA 19064, as the PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE of the Estate of MARGARET MORROW ZIFF, AKA: MARGARET MORROW COX ZIFF, who died on NOVEMBER 01, 2017, domiciled in Pennsylvania, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is DAVID B. DOUSE, ESQ. , whose address is 115 BROAD STREET, PO BOX 910, SALISBURY, MD 21803. At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following MARYLAND counties: WORCESTER. All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for WORCESTER COUNTY with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice.

Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

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BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND IN THE ESTATE OF JOHN W. ROCHFORT ESTATE NO. 17714 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE To all persons interested in the above estate: Notice is given that a petitiion has been filed by JAMES A. SULLIVAN, JR, ESQ., 11N WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 700, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, for judicial probate. A hearing will be held at: WORCESTER COUNTY COURT HOUSE, COURT ROOM 4, ONE WEST MARKET STREET, SNOW HILL, MD 21863 on 4/02/2019 at 10:00 AM. This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent time. Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills.

Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 22, 2019 TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 2x 2-22, 3-01

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MICHAEL B MATHERS, ESQ. WEBB, CORNBROOKS, WILBER, VORHIS, DOUSE & LESLIE, LLP PO BOX 910 115 BROAD STREET SALISBURY, MD 21803-0910

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 15, 2019

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

ROBERT GREEN ZIFF Personal Representative

ESTATE NO. 17715

To all persons interested in the estate of ARTHUR W. ECKERT, ESTATE NO. 17715. Notice is given that GARY R. ECKERT, 4243 7TH AVENUE, TEMPLE, PA 19560, was on FEBRUARY 08, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of ARTHUR W. ECKERT, who died on OCTOBER 25,2018 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 8TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 15, 2019 GARY R. ECKERT Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 2-15, 2-22, 3-01

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Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 22, 2019

ESTATE NO. 17734

RYAN PUTNEY Personal Representative True Test Copy

To all persons interested in the estate of HELEN STEPHANI DAVID, ESTATE NO. 17734. Notice is given that RYAN PUTNEY, 11525 CAREFREE LANE, BERLIN, MD 21811, was on FEBRUARY 14, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of HELEN STEPHANI DAVID, who died on MARCH 09, 2014 without a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 14TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be ob-

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17733 To all persons interested in the estate of DOROTHY LEE WHARTON, ESTATE NO. 17733. Notice is given that MAISIE M. COLLINS, 4415 MARKET STREET, SNOW HILL, MD 21863, was on FEBRUARY 13, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of DOROTHY LEE WHARTON, who died on JANUARY 06, 2019 without a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 13TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died be-

fore October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 22, 2019 MAISIE M. COLLINS Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 2-22, 3-01, 3-08

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JEAN S. LAWS, ESQ. LAWS, INSLEY & BENSON, LLP 209 E. MAIN ST PO BOX 75 SALISBURY, MD 21803-0075 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 12TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 22, 2019 ALISE F. FURLONG Personal Representative True Test Copy

ESTATE NO. 17731 To all persons interested in the estate of ANN S. RINCK, ESTATE NO. 17731. Notice is given that ALISE F. FURLONG, 1 PINTAIL DRIVE, BERLIN, MD 21811, was on FEBRUARY 12, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of ANN S. RINCK, who died on FEBRUARY 02, 2019 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the

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B. RANDALL COATES, ESQ. COATES, COATES & COATES

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ESTATE NO. 17735

ESTATE NO. 17721

To all persons interested in the estate of FREDERICK H. LESSER, AKA: FREDERICK H. LOESSER, SR. , ESTATE NO. 17735. Notice is given that FREDERICK H. LESSER, JR., 201 E. MARKET STREET, SNOW HILL, MD 21863, was on FEBRUARY 14, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of FREDERICK H. LESSER, who died on OCTOBER 05, 2019 with a will.

To all persons interested in the estate of JOSEPH R. DRYMALA, ESTATE NO. 17721. Notice is given that MARY K. DRYMALA, 12638 BALTE ROAD, OCEAN CITY, MD 21842, was on FEBRUARY 14, 2019, appointed Personal Representative of the estate of JOSEPH R. DRYMALA, who died on JANUARY 15, 2019 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 14TH day of AUGUST, 2018.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates:

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 14TH day of AUGUST, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates:

(1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or

(1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or

(2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

(2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication FEBRUARY 22, 2019

FREDERICK H. LESSER, JR. Personal Representative True Test Copy

MARY K. DRYMALA Personal Representative True Test Copy

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Rolling chairs were a familiar sight in Ocean City in the 1920s and 1930s and were an early version of today’s Boardwalk tram. Many college students helped pay their tuition by pushing tourists up and down the Boardwalk in those wicker chairs on wheels.

Rolling chairs originated in Atlantic City, N.J., and quickly made their way south. Dr. Francis Townsend Sr. introduced them to Ocean City where he rented them for 25 cents an hour from his Washington Pharmacy on the Boardwalk at Somerset Street.

Although gone from the resort scene since the World War II era, these chairs on wheels were a big attraction for several decades. A restored rolling chair is on display at the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum.

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