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NEWS HEADLINES Laurel Christmas parade set for Dec. 7

The Laurel Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Laurel Fire Department and the Laurel Chamber of Commerce, will take place Friday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m. Line-up begins at 6 p.m. at the corner of Oak Lane and Evergreen Drive. The theme of this year’s parade is “The Joys of Christmas.”

A choral concert in the Market Street Park will follow the parade. The rain date is Saturday, Dec. 8.

CITIZENS PROTESTING - Some say that Invista should not be allowed to continue using a landfill.

Page 2 HOSPITAL CHALLENGES STATE DECISION Nanticoke Memorial does not want a private surgical center to come to town. Page 10 REFERENDUM COMING - After a series of public meetings, the Laurel School board will decide Dec. 12 how to improve its schools. See stories on pages 11 and 16 WINTER SPORTS - The high school winter sports season starts this week. Local previews start on page 41 and scores from Tuesday’s games are on page 48.

TAR HEEL - Seaford’s Derrik Gibson recently signed a letter of intent to play baseball and attend school at the University of North Carolina. Page 42

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Christmas marches through Delmar The town of Delmar hosted its annual Christmas parade Saturday, sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce.

Above, the Delmar High School band marches down State Street during the parade. The band also performed in the Seaford Christmas parade Saturday night.

Right, the Lone Ranger and his horse, Silver, joined in the parade and went home with the Most Unique Entry award. See additional pictures, page 52. Photos by Mike McClure

Council hires new town manager William Fasano is assistant professor of urban studies at Arizona State University

By Tony E. Windsor He was not in attendance at the Monday night town council meeting, but Laurel’s new town manager was appointed and introduced nonetheless.

Mayor John Shwed announced that after a “thorough search,” the council had found the candidate it feels best fit the needs of the town.

William J. Fasano Jr., Phoenix, Az., has been appointed to fill the position left vacant when former town manager Glenn Steckman resigned about two years ago. Fasano is assistant professor of urban and metropolitan studies at Arizona State University, Phoenix. He teaches graduate courses in public administration.

Shwed said he and members of the

council took their time to assure they had the right person for the job. At one point last year, the position was readvertised nationally because the council was not satisfied that in its initial search it had found anyone who was “the right fit” for the town.

“We feel Mr. Fasano has the skills Continued on page four

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Citizens voice objections to landfill at Invista plant

By Lynn R. Parks A handful of citizens turned out at a public hearing at Seaford City Hall Thursday night to speak out against a request by the Invista nylon plant in Seaford to be allowed to continue dumping ash in a landfill near the Nanticoke River. Most of their concerns revolved around arsenic in the ash and possible contamination by arsenic of groundwater and of the river.

“I have a simple question,” said Joan Deaver, Rehoboth Beach. “Why in the world would we want to renew a permit for an unlined fly ash pit?” The ash is the byproduct of Invista’s coal-powered generation of steam, which it uses to heat the plant and to generate electricity. Fly ash is the residue that is collected in pollutioncontrol devices installed on smokestacks.

Bottom ash, also deposited in the Invista landfill, is the residue that is left on the bottom of the furnace after combustion.

The landfill has no liner at its base, meaning, opponents of the dumping say, that arsenic and other heavy metals found in ash can seep into groundwater and from there into the Nanticoke River. The landfill is about 3,000 feet from the edge of the river.

But Gary Knight, manager of the Invista plant, said that the landfill is not a source of contamination. “I can certainly tell you that we are not causing any hu-

man health or environmental problem,” he said. “We are managing the plant waste in a safe way and the data analyzed by the state supports that.”

And Avery Dalton, environmental scientist with the state’s Division of Air and Waste Management, said that he is “very confident” that the landfill is not causing environmental damage.

Jack Conner, who lives near the Woodland Golf Park and owns nearly 1,000 feet of frontage along the river, is not convinced. He spoke at the public hearing against the permit renewal.

“Am I in danger? I could say that I am,” he said. In addition, “there is an eagle’s nest about 300 yards from the fly ash pit. Are [the eagles] in danger? I hope not.”

Conner is also concerned that in case of a flood, the contents of the fly ash pit could wash into the river, resulting in environmental damage downstream. The base of the pit is seven feet above sea level and the pit is located in the 100-year flood plain.

“So what happens if the pit gets washed out?” Conner asked.

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The drawbridge between Seaford and Blades will be closed for 11 days. Photo by Daniel Richardson

Maintenance repairs will require the closure of the Seaford drawbridge The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that the Seaford drawbridge on Front Street over the Nanticoke River will be closed on Monday, Dec. 10, through Friday, Dec. 21, for steel deck repairs. The contractor for these repairs is Eastern Highway Specialists.

Motorists are advised to follow the posted detours when traveling in the area.

Motorists are encouraged to check DelDOT’s website at www.deldot.gov or tune to WTMC-AM 1380 for traffic information.

Tina Shockley, community relations office with DelDOT, said the work along US 13, Seaford, will not be taking place at the same time.

She said the contractor for the US 13 project has agreed to work elsewhere along the highway during the time of the bridge closure.

Whenever the bridge between Seaford and Blades is closed, the traffic is rerouted to US 13 and is heavily congested at peak traffic times.

Sportsmen donate one million meals This holiday season needy Delawareans will receive nutritious meals of venison made possible by local deer hunters. The Delaware Sportsmen Against Hunger program is on track to donate enough venison to charitable organizations to provide more than 175,000 meals.

“This is the 15th year that the Delaware Sportsmen Against Hunger program has provided venison for families who are experiencing difficult times,” said Greg Moore, DNREC’s Wildlife administrator. “Since the program chapter was formed in 1992, nearly one million meals have been provided. We are grateful for the tremendous support of Delaware’s hunters willing to share their harvest and help fight hunger in our state.”

This year’s donations are expected to exceed the 44,400 pounds of venison donated in 2006.

Hunters drop off deer at state locations or participating butcher shops where it is cleaned and prepared. The venison is then distributed by DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife to 25 charitable organizations throughout the state.

Deer hunting season closes January 31, so hunters have several more opportunities to participate in the program. Donation locations for hunters include Redden State Forest, Assawoman Wildlife Area, and Trap Pond State Park in Sussex County.

Successful hunters can also take their deer to any participating private butcher shop. Volunteers are also needed to assist with the logistics of distribution.

Deer hunters and individuals willing to volunteer for the program are encouraged to contact Wayne Lehman at 302-284-1077.

Hunters not lucky enough to harvest a deer are encouraged to help the program by donating money. Funds donated will be used for direct program expenses and to buy additional food. No donations will be used for administrative expenses.

For more information, visit www.fw.delaware.gov/Info/SportsmenAgainstHunger.htm or call 302-834-8433.

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New town manager has worked with UD, Delaware towns

By Tony E. Windsor Though he makes his home in Phoenix, Az., at present, Laurel’s new town manager has spent the lion’s share of his life in Delaware. A native of the First State, William J. Fasano Jr. holds advanced degrees from the University of Delaware, and also worked extensively with the Delaware General Assembly in the spring of 2006 as a Legislative Fellow. In that role, he conducted policy and legislative research for state legislators and staffed house committees on environmental regulation and agriculture.

Prior to taking a position as assistant professor at Arizona State University, Phoenix, in 2006, Fasano was senior research

assistant for the planning services team for the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration for five years.

During that time he worked with nine Delaware municipalities in helping to develop state-mandated comprehensive land-use plans.

In the summer of 2002, Fasano worked as assistant to the town manager of Bethany Beach, where he reviewed and recommended revisions to municipal code and zoning ordinances. He also coordinated the development of the town’s Web site and comprehensive plan.

Fasano has studied in Nuremberg and Berlin, Germany, The Hague and Amsterdam in the Netherlands and in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

His studies all related to urban

social policy, including studies related to public health, housing and transportation, globalization and culture.

In a letter written by Fasano and read by town council president Terry Wright during the Monday night council meeting, Fasano said that he felt his educational background and experience in public administration will be beneficial in his role as Laurel town manager.

“My education, which includes both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware, has prepared me to serve as a wellinformed public manager equipped with the foundational knowledge and abilities necessary to execute my administrative and managerial duties effec-

tively and efficiently,” he said.

“My professional background, which includes multiple years of planning and policy work with local governments in Delaware as well as project management and leadership experience in both the private and public sectors, has established my professional competence in the field of municipal management.”

Fasano said he feels his background and experience will also serve to develop “strong and lasting” professional relationships between the town of Laurel, neighboring municipalities, Sussex County and the state of Delaware.

Fasano and his wife, Erin, are currently looking for a home in the Laurel School District. He

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plans to start his new job as town manager Jan. 1.

New town manager is a native of Delaware, graduate of UD Continued from page 1

to be successful in this position and has the ability to take a well-functioning team and lead it to an even higher level of performance,” Shwed said.

Shwed said that the council decided that the new town manager should reside in the Laurel School District. “We believe strongly that the people need to see and interact with the town manager in the community as well as in the offices of town hall,” he said.

Councilman Don Phillips expressed his satisfaction at the hiring of Fasano as town manager. “I value [Fasano’s] wealth of experience and I am confident when the citizens of Laurel meet our new manager they will enthusiastically welcome him into the community,” he said. “I will heartily vote to support this new appointment.”

Councilman William Trujillo expressed gratitude to Mayor John Shwed and council president Terry Wright. “It’s been a long process to find the right fit for Laurel town manager,” he said. “I would just like to express special thanks to Mayor Shwed and Council President Wright for not only all the hard work they gave in helping to find the right candidate for this position, but also the help they gave in assuring that

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After Steckman left town to take a position in Rhode Island, Shwed announced that until the right candidate was found for town manager position, he would act as the “point person,” utilizing council colleagues and department supervisors in a “team approach” to running operations in the town.

During the Monday night meeting, Wright read a letter Fasano wrote to the town council. Fasano wrote that he is excited about the new opportunity to return to professional public service in his home state of Delaware. “My wife, Erin, and I have both made a commitment to become productive members of the Laurel community and to make Laurel our longterm home,” he said.

“The town of Laurel is, without a doubt, a place that will continue to develop and establish itself as a true gem of the Delmarva region and I am again honored to be given the opportunity to take my place and dedicate myself to the town, its elected leaders, and all of its residents.”

Shwed said the appointment of Fasano as town manager begins a “new era” for Laurel. He lauded his colleagues on the council and the town staff for what he

termed “a fantastic job” of operating the town without a town manager. “For two years we have had a well-functioning government,” he said. “I look forward to interacting with our new leader and taking things to a new level.”

The council voted unanimously to appoint Fasano as new Laurel town manager. Councilwoman Robin Fisher was not in attendance at Monday’s meeting, but

Shwed said that he was aware that she was very supportive of appointing Fasano to the position.

Shwed said Fasano will start as town manager Jan. 1, and there will be an opportunity sometime after the first of the year at Town Hall for the public to meet Fasano and his wife.

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CITIZEN OF THE YEAR - For her 48 years of dedication to the Delmar Fire Department’s Lades Auxiliary, the Delmar Chamber of Commerce has honored Joyce Figgs with its Citizen of the Year Award. On Nov. 29, Figgs, a Delmar, Del., native, received the award in a ceremony held at the Delmar VFW. Representatives of state and local government as well as friends and family offered congratulations and recognition to Figgs for her commitment and service to the community. From left: Delmar (Del.) Mayor John Outten, Figgs and Delmar (Md.) Mayor Doug Niblett. Photo by Daniel Richardson

COLLECTING EYEGLASSES - On Halloween Night, members of the Laurel Middle School Leo Club went out in costume to collect used eyeglasses and sunglasses. In addition to glasses collected through the door-to-door process, the Leos also received three large donations from Wal-Mart Optical in Salisbury, Maxine’s Hair Happenings and Mayor and Mrs. John Shwed.

This is the fourth year the Laurel Middle School Leos have participated in this event.

They collected 258 pairs of glasses, more than in any previous year. “Sight Night” is a national event, sponsored by Give the Gift of Sight Foundation and Lions Clubs International.

The Laurel Lions Club has eyeglass collection boxes at the Laurel Post Office, Bank of Delmarva, Happy Harry’s, County Bank, Laurel Petroleum, Maxine’s Hair Happenings, Good Samaritan and the Laurel Senior Center.

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Business Starbucks opens on December 21

By Lynn R. Parks The new Starbucks coffee shop in Seaford should be open in time for holiday shoppers. A spokeswoman for the Seattle-based company said Monday that the shop is planned to open Dec. 21.

The 1,850-square foot shop will be large as compared to other Starbucks. The average shops in the chain are 1,400 square feet, the spokeswoman said.

The Seaford shop will be the third Starbucks in Sussex County. There are two Starbucks coffee shops in Rehoboth Beach.

The shop will include drive-through service. In addition to coffee, it will sell pastries and sandwiches.

Allen Foods reaches milestone

Allen Family Foods, Inc. announces a major milestone in their company safety program. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, Allen’s Harbeson, Delaware processing facility, which employs over 1,000 associates, successfully completed one million hours without a loss time incident. As an indicator of the company’s ongoing safety focus, Allen’s recognizes that this goal is both difficult to attain and seldom achieved.

Team Harbeson is leading Allen’s in employee and management focused goal achievement and can be justly proud of their accomplishments.

According to John Evans, plant manager, “We have now set our new goal of reaching the two million hour mark.”

Bramhall appointed NAR liaison

George Farnell, President, and Kathy Farnell, Broker, of Callaway, Farnell and Moore, Inc. announce that Sue Bramhall, currently a member of Callaway’s Board of Directors, has been appointed by Richard Gaylord, 2008 President of the National Association of REALTORS®, to serve as the 2008 President’s Liaison to URA in Ukraine.

Bramhall The President’s Liaisons play a dynamic role in maintaining NAR’S partnerships with 70 national real estate associations in 55

countries and are vital to NAR’S International Networks program.

President’s Liaisons serve as the mediator between NAR and their Cooperating Association by maintaining a consistent exchange of communication.

Sue is expected to attend the Cooperating Association’s annual convention and is encouraged to attend the annual regional meeting.

She plans to travel to Yalta, Ukraine in the spring as a representative of NAR and will also attend the regional CEREAN real estate annual conference later in the year.

As a certified trainer for the Transnational Referral Certification, Sue has been requested to facilitate the offering of that program during her visit to Ukraine.

It is also the Liaison’s duty to host the president, executive officer and/or delegation of the international Cooperating Association during the REALTORS® Annual Conference and Expo.

NAR President’s Liaisons may be asked to assist NAR staff in the event of a dispute or problem, about a specific Bilateral Cooperation Agreement.

In September, Sue visited the Ukraine cities of Odessa and Sevastopol, and in November, while attending the NAR Annual Conference in Las Vegas, she had the privilege to meet with several of the Ukraine delegation, most notably Victoria Bosa, International Relations Manager, Ukrainian Realtors® Association.

She is excited about the challenge of this new experience and would like to involve local and State Economic Development Offices.

Townhouses are planned

By Lynn R. Parks Developer Deric Parker wants to put five townhouses on East King Street, near the High Street offices of Dr. Marie Wolfgang. The Sussex Conservation District has told him that as the entire complex, including parking, would total only 5,100 square feet, he does not have to put in a storm water management system.

If, that is, the city agrees that his project would not negatively impact the city’s storm water management system, and would not cause nearby properties to flood.

But that agreement from the city is not going to come easily. In its approval of the townhouses’ sketch plan, the city council

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told Parker that to get final approval for his plans, he will need to hire an engineer to investigate how the development will impact storm water in that area.

“You are going to have to prove that this will not negatively impact the city system,” city manager Dolores Slatcher told him. “The city would not want to write that letter without substantiation that there will be no impact on the city’s system.”

The city council also asked that the police department investigate planning and

zoning’s recommendation that King Street be made one-way in the block where the townhouses would be built, and planning and zoning’s recommendation that parking be limited to the north side of the street. “I think we need police input before we can make those decisions,” Councilman Rhea Shannon said.

As designed, the two-story complex would have five townhouses, each 1,500square feet. The homes would face King Street and parking would be between them and the street.

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His assignment was not for the ‘faint of heart’ The Seaford and Laurel Star newspapers are running a series of articles on the veterans who served this nation during World War II. We welcome suggestions for interviews. Contact Bryant Richardson at 629-9788.

By James Diehl By all accounts, William Flynn is just your typical, mild-mannered Sussex County retiree these days.

Living in a home that’s more than 100 years old, the career United States Army man is enjoying his well-earned retirement with Marjorie, his wife of 45 years.

If you were a soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, however, Flynn was one of the last people you wanted to run in to.

Nicknamed “the killer” by men in his unit, Flynn spent much of the war on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Classified as a scout, it was his job not to be on the front lines, but rather in front of the front lines, scoping out any possible ambush by the Japanese.

His job was not pretty, it was not glamorous and it was certainly not for the faint of heart.

But it was a job that “had to be done,” according to Flynn.

Today, the former Army man sits in the Bridgeville home he purchased in 1991 and ponders those days so long ago. He still has the hat he wore on the battlefield in the 1940s, complete with several stars, one for each enemy soldier he killed during the war.

He also has a samurai sword taken off the body of a dead Japanese soldier, as well as a pair of blood-soaked Japanese battle flags.

For Flynn, they’re reminders of those

Bridgeville resident William Flynn served as a scout in the United States Army during World War II. He spent most of his time fighting the Japanese in the Philippine Islands.

days when a mentality of “kill or be killed” was a way of life.

“There was this one time when we were going to take a patrol and flush out the Japanese and I was told to go ahead and scout for them,” Flynn remembers.

“I came across a soldier who was sleeping and figured he was an outpost, so I

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[killed him] and, a few minutes later, I heard these Japanese talking and got within hand grenade range.

“I killed seven more [Japanese soldiers] that day and we took out all the heavy machine guns that they had.”

Born and raised in Easton, Pa., Flynn entered the service in 1943, several months be-

fore his draft notice was due to arrive in the mail.

“I went six to eight months earlier than I would have had to go because a friend of the family asked if I would take his call so he could be home when his mother passed away,” Flynn recalls. “I said I would and I’m glad I did that. I really had no responsibilities then so it didn’t make any difference to me.”

Flynn completed his basic training in Camp Wheeler, Ga., and was later assigned to the 43rd infantry.

And it was off to the Philippines, where he estimates he killed 15 Japanese soldiers during his days on the islands.

“My main job was to locate the Japanese, to find out where they were so the rest of the patrol could come in and destroy them,” Flynn said. “I’m very proud of the fact that I never led my platoon into an ambush. I was always able to spot the Japanese before they spotted us.

“I’ve killed [Japanese soldiers] who were very close to me and I never had any fear of getting killed,” Flynn continued. “I had no responsibility and no girlfriend back home and I think that’s why I was so successful. I had nothing but combat on my mind.”

Spending nearly all of his time in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation, Flynn often worked side-by-side with Filipino guerillas trained by the Americans.

To this day, he has a great respect for the contributions of the Philippine people during the war.

“The Filipinos scouted for us and they tried to help us in whatever way that they could,” Flynn said. “We armed them and

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Laurel invites public to ‘Yesterday’s Christmas’ Return to “Yesterday’s Christmas” with Laurel organizations as they present a holiday celebration in 19th century style.

On Sunday, Dec. 16, the Laurel Historical Society, the Old Christ Church League, and St. Philip’s Episcopal Church will be hosting an afternoon concert of Christmas music and readings at Old Christ Church, with a Victorian Open House before and after the program at the Historical Society’s Cook House headquarters.

The Open House at Cook House will be from one o’clock until six o’clock and the musical concert, presented by the Southern Delaware Choral Society Ensemble, will begin at Old Christ Church, Chipman’s Pond Road, at three o’clock.

This musical concert at Old

Christ Church, built in 1771, will mark the first time in remembered history that a service has been held during the Christmas season.

Music and history lovers will experience the singing of the Choral Society Ensemble in the original manner of their ancestors, bundled up against the cold with only the twinkle of candles to light the way for faithful worshippers.

Before or after the concert, visitors to Laurel are invited to warm up at The Cook House, home to the Laurel Historical Society, with light refreshments in the same 19th century style.

Located at 501 W. Fourth St., the Cook House will be festooned with greenery and decorations much in keeping with the

Old Christ Church will be the setting for some music and readings.

Flynn did not take prisoners Continued from page eight

they fought right alongside us.

They hated the Japanese for what they had done – a lot of them had friends and relatives who were in Cabanatuan.”

A destination of the so-called “Bataan Death March,” Cabanatuan was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp set up by the Japanese during its occupation of the Philippines.

The camp’s liberation by U.S. Army Rangers in 1945 was a celebrated historic achievement for Allied Special Forces during the war and later became known as the “Great Raid.”

But, prior to the liberation of more than 500 prisoners of war in late January, the suffering that went on there was unthinkable.

The way American POWs were treated by the Japanese at Cabanatuan hardened the hearts of many soldiers, Flynn included.

“When we went into the prison camp, I was on a latrine digging detail and [the ground] was like concrete,” Flynn remembers. “I’ll never forget when this American soldier near me, who was digging down about three feet, hit the first skull. When he hit it, we [kept digging] and it was a trench with about 10 American soldiers who had all been shot in the head by the

Japanese and thrown in this grave.

“It was the code of the Japanese army that you never surrendered.

You fought to the death and, if you surrendered, you weren’t much of a soldier,” Flynn continued. “They figured that the Americans who had surrendered weren’t worthy of being treated like soldiers. After seeing what the Japanese did to our boys, I made up my mind that I was never going to take a Japanese soldier prisoner.”

And he never did.

The proud recipient of two Bronze Stars – one earned during World War II and another years later in Korea – and one Silver Star, Flynn served his country with pride during one of history’s most difficult and trying times.

“I think the war was something that had to be done, especially after Pearl Harbor,” Flynn said. “I’m just glad I was able to make the contribution that I did.”

After the war, Flynn left the Army for three years before re-enlisting in 1948. He later retired after 20 years of service with the rank of captain.

NOTE: Next week’s feature will profile a Navy man, from Laurel, who served in the Pacific theater aboard the U.S.S. New Jersey.

period of the house.

Built around the time of the Civil War, the society headquarters was for many years the home place of the Laurel branch of the Hearne family.

An extensive Hearne Family Tree, created around 1911, will be on display as well as the newly opened Gov. Elbert N. Carvel display.

Also on display will be a Ralph Corner Cupboard, native to Laurel, and an 1815 Eli Terry Mantle Clock, both recently donated to the society.

Both events, being offered free to the public as a Christmas gift to participants, are intended to broaden public awareness of the uniqueness of these buildings and to celebrate the joys of the

season. However, free-will donations for the preservation and maintenance of these treasures are encouraged and will be gratefully accepted at each location.

For more information about the Old Christ Church League, call St. Philip’s office at 8753644. Call 875-2820 for more information about the Laurel Historical Society.

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Hospital protesting state’s OK of private surgical center

By Lynn R. Parks A planned for-profit, outpatient surgery center for Seaford could mean a $1 million drop in income for Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, said new hospital CEO Mark Rappaport. This for a hospital that is already struggling — last year, it posted a $1.8 million loss and the year before that, a $1.1 million loss.

But proponents of the Seaford Specialty Surgery Center say that $1 million is a drop in the bucket of Nanticoke’s $116 million patient revenue. With a surgery center, they say, patients would save time and money. And, added Rob McCarville, principal of the Medical Consulting Group, Springfield, Mo., which is developing and would manage the facility, there is a need in western Sussex County for more operating rooms.

On Nov. 15, the Delaware Health Resources Board approved construction of the 5,700-square foot surgery center, planned for land near the hospital’s Mears Campus at the intersection of Bridgeville Highway and Herring Run Road. The hospital is protesting that decision and has requested a public hearing on the board’s approval.

“A separate surgical facility would just not be good for us,” said Rappaport. “It would take surgical volume out of the hospital.”

The hospital performs about 1,700 outpatient surgeries a year.

Opposition to the center is an aboutface for the hospital. Earlier in the center’s planning stages, Nanticoke was part of the partnership of five doctors. But the hospital dropped out.

“We recognized that it was not a good thing for us to be involved in,” Nanticoke spokesman Tom Brown said. “We think that there is enough surgical capacity already and the center would be a drag on hospital funds.”

McCarville said that about 20 percent of the 27 surgical centers his company has developed nationwide have partnerships with hospitals. Bay Health, Dover, is a partner in the Dover Surgery Center, developed by Medical Consulting Group.

“We were disappointed that Nanticoke chose not to participate,” McCarville said.

“Then we were even more disappointed when it turned adversarial.”

In its request for a public hearing on the state board’s approval of the surgery cen-

ter, the hospital argued that the community does not need additional operating rooms.

Need is one of the criteria for state approval of such centers.

But McCarville said that population studies indicate that in fact, to handle the people who live here, the area does need more operating rooms.

“A lot of people are leaving Seaford and going to outside facilities for medical care, and we hope to keep some of those people here,” McCarville said.

Claude DiMarco, an ear, nose and throat doctor who is president of the doctor group that is planning the surgery center, said that because of limited staff, only four of Nanticoke’s six operating rooms are functioning. Patient demand would be there, he said, if the ORs were available.

This summer, for example, when parents wanted to schedule children for tonsillectomies, he could not get any surgery time at Nanticoke until September.

“I tell them they have to wait two months and of course, they go elsewhere,” he said.

Brown agreed that only four of the six ORs in Nanticoke are open. But that is not because of limited staff, he said. Rather, “we don’t have the volume” to have all six operating rooms running. “We could get the staff for the operating rooms, if we needed it. We have no indications of excess surgery waiting times.”

Nanticoke also said in its request for a public hearing on the board’s OK of the surgery center that cutting into the hospital’s bottom line would make it less able to serve indigent patients. Last year, the hospital had $4.2 million in charity care, defined by tax laws as care provided to people who say upfront that they will not be able to pay their bill. That was four percent of the hospital’s patient revenue.

In addition, Nanticoke had $11 million in bad debt, bills that people agreed to pay and then did not. “That totals $15 million in care we didn’t get paid for,” Brown said.

“Our facility is going to serve the indigent population as well,” McCarville said.

The Seaford Specialty Surgery Center will be required by state law to contribute 2.75 percent of its proceeds to indigent care.

“That is the minimum of what we will do,” McCarville added. “Depending on the circumstances of our patients, the percentage could be more than that.”

In addition to DiMarco, partners in the

surgery center are Ganesh Balu, a doctor “This will feed off itself,” he said. with Pain Management and Rehabilitation “More services being offered here will with offices in Dover, Middletown, mean more patients, and that will get surSeaford and Lewes, and surgeon Francisco geons talking about all that we are doing Rodriguez, obstetrihere, and maybe that cian and gynecologist mean more sur‘We think that there is enough will James Rupp and podigeons.” surgical capacity already.’ atrist Bradley Lemon, And he wonders all with offices in about Nanticoke’s Tom Brown Seaford. claim that the surgery Spokesman, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Balu said that the center will mean a fisurgical center would nancial loss for the mean less cost to the hospital. “They talk patients. “The health about the big hit they care system in general will take, but they ‘A lot of people are leaving would save millions,” could soften that a lithe said. “Patients Seaford and going to outside fa- tle bit by joining in,” would pay less to us he said. cilities for medical care, and we and that would equal But the hospital savings to insurance hope to keep some of those peo- doesn’t want simply companies, the govto lessen its loss to the ple here.’ ernment, everybody.” surgery center, Brown DiMarco added countered. It wants to that the center would eliminate that loss Rob McCarville Principal, Medical Consulting Group also mean greater efficompletely. ciency, with shorter “The whole idea is turnaround time for that revenue generated patients, and would enable the doctors to by procedures is used to reinvest in the better manage their schedules. Surgeries community, for new doctors, equipment could be planned for late in the afternoon, and staff,” he said. “We don’t want to setfor example, when the operating rooms at tle for losing less money.

Nanticoke are no longer open.

“The revenue generated in the operating Like McCarville, DiMarco was disaproom is used to support services of the pointed in the hospital’s decision not to be hospital that the community needs, and it a partner in the center. He counters Nantiis our job to fight for that. We are fighting coke’s claim that the center will mean for the community, not for private interfewer patients for the hospital. ests.”

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Board holds second of three meetings to discuss state of schools See related story, page 16

By Pat Murphy Laurel School District held its second of three scheduled meetings Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Paul Lawrence Dunbar School to discuss a proposed capital improvement project. Richard D. Moretti and Jim Hutchinson from the engineering firm Studio JAED shared the results of their roomby-room inspection of the four Laurel schools, Dunbar, North Laurel, Intermediate/Central and the high school. In their presentations, Moretti and Hutchinson hoped to explain what the improvements to the schools should be. Their survey was first presented to the Laurel School Board and administration.

Studio JAED has presented the board with the following options: renovate all four schools with only the top two priorities, renovate all of the schools with all of the priorities, replace one or more schools and renovate the rest, or replace all of the schools. Two other options that were discussed at workshops were to combine the two elementary schools into one school and to combine the middle school and the high school into one school. This is “a decision the Laurel Board of Education has to make rather soon,” Moretti said.

It would cost about $135 million to renovate the schools and $83 million to $85 million to repair the schools.

From the citizens at the meeting came several interesting proposals, including

putting the student body into two schools and building a 1,200-student elementary school. Proposals for the old schools included demolition and allowing service organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club to take them over.

“It is our thought, it is better to build, but we will listen to the public,” director of finance Bill Hitch. “I am so pleased with the positive comments throughout the meeting.”

Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Laurel Intermediate/Central schools were both built in 1921. North Laurel was built in 1955.

The high school was built in 1972 with what was then believed to be new and improved technology. ”The high school was built when people were not building very nice buildings and trying to get light into the building is hard to do,” Moretti said.

About the intermediate school, he said, “The building is large and is old, traditionally built and inflexible to modernize.

These buildings are past their primes.”

Moretti also said that nationwide, 20 to 30 years is the life of school buildings.

Laurel is very average as far as school districts go, but “there are certainly newer schools in most communities,” Hutchinson said. “It is interesting to go into Laurel Middle School. It is the same as hundreds of schools in the U.S. and they are all in a similar dilemma.”

One plus for Laurel is that “every site is fairly endowed with land,” Moretti said.

“With extra land it makes the transition easier.” But he added that renovating a

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Legion member is named to veteran’s affairs commission

For first time, drama club does serious play

By Donna Dukes-Huston On Nov. 15 and 16, the Delmar High School Drama Club presented its fall production, "Voices from the Shore." The club held a special performance for students during the school day prior to opening night.

“Last year the students decided they wanted to do something more serious since they had only performed comedies,” said Lorrie Sonnier, drama club advisor.

According to Sonnier, the actors peruse catalogs of scripts in small groups. Each group nominates a play for consideration, and then the club votes on its final choice. Practice begins in mid-September for the fall production each year.

"Voices from the Shore” is centered on a group of students who are approaching high school graduation. They are beginning to contemplate issues such as finances, leaving home and personal relationships. Two of the char-

Don Mathis (right), Dylan Gove (center), and Zach Bettes perform in ‘Voices from the Shore.’ Photo by Donna Dukes-Huston

acters in the play are dealing with psychological issues; one suffers from schizophrenia and the other hears voices in his head. These voices are trying to convince him that he has done terrible things in the past.

By the end of the play, the characters realize that they could still be successful after graduation despite the angst of growing up, Sonnier said.

Performing a serious play presented new challenges that the actors had not faced in the past.

One such challenge was that many of the actors had a tremendous number of lines to learn. In addition, while performing comedies the actors have always found it fairly easy to improvise if they make mistakes delivering their lines.

“It’s much harder to recover

from mistakes in a serious play,” Sonnier said. “It was a good lesson for the kids.”

Sonnier added that although they performed the play successfully, it was not as rewarding to the actors as the comedies in the past.

“They are used to getting laughs from the audience,” Sonnier said. “You don’t get the audience feedback like you do with a comedy.”

Despite these challenges, the actors said that they were glad that they had tried these new roles. They have decided, however, to return to the genre of comedy for their next performance.

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Evans retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2002 with 35 years of active and reserve time.

He also retired as an Air Reserve technician loadmaster at Dover Air Force Base with 30 years of civil service.

He, his wife, Bettylou, and stepsons are all members of the American Legion.

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State says tests show no contamination from landfill Continued from page 2

flood plain.

“Inaction basked on a previous lack of understanding of the nature of the material being stored is inexcusable,” Stribling said.

Maryland recently proposed new regulations that would require that all new ash dumps be lined. Last October, the Anne Arundel (Md.) County Health Department said that contamination of 23 drinking wells was caused by fly ash dumped in an unlined landfill by Constellation Energy. As a result, the power company was fined $1 million for contaminating drinking water.

“Why, when you know these things should be lined, would you still allow this?” Connor asked. “It boggles the mind.”

mit granted by the Division of Air and Waste Management. The landfill is located on 12.25 acres at the southwest corner of the 650-acre Invista site.

The permit to dump ash in the landfill was renewed in 1998. By state law, a permit to operate a landfill cannot be effective for more than 10 years. At the time the permit is issued, the issuing agency determines the length of the permit.

In April 2004, the DuPont Company sold off its Invista branch to Koch Industries and after several extensions, DuPont’s permit to dump fly ash at the Seaford site was transferred to Invista in June 2005.

The permit is set to expire in January.

Invista applied to renew the permit in May 2006 and reapplied for renewal July 27 af- ‘No risk to humans, environment’ ter DNREC required revisions to the earliKnight counters that his plant’s ash er application. Secretary John Hughes will landfill poses no risk to human health or to determine whether the permit will be rethe environment. “We have complied with viewed, based on the recommendation of our permit and with all state regulations,” the hearing officer. Hughes’ decision is ex- he said. “We do a significant amount of pected by the end of February. monitoring, all overseen by the state, and Thursday’s public hearing was the recontaminants are not migrating from this sult of the requests of several people conlandfill at any level.” cerned about the landfill operation. Tom Under the permit, the landfill contains Darby, whose home is on the Nanticoke 12 cells, each about one acre. Each cell is River, about four miles downriver from constructed of one-foot layers of compactthe landfill, is one of the citizens who reed ash. There are no coverings between quested the public hearing. He said at the the layers of ash. The top and the sides of hearing that he was concerned about arthe landfill are covered with a layer of topsenic leaching out of the ash. soil and planted in grass. “It is actually “Groundwater is the only source of very good habitat for deer,” Dalton said. drinking water for most people in the Through a series of area,” he said. “I am wells around the landconcerned about fill, the state monitors ‘Contaminants are not groundwater, and the the quality of the migrating from this landfill at Nanticoke River and groundwater in two any level.’ its wildlife are also a aquifers. A contracting Gary Knight concern.” company hired by InManager, Invista nylon plant Judith Stribling, vista is required to president of the take regular samples ‘Why, when you know these Friends of the Nantiof the water and subthings should be lined, would coke River, sent a letmit those samples to you still allow this?’ ter to DNREC that an independent lab for Jack Connor she asked to be intesting. The company Seaford resident cluded in the hearing is also required to regrecord. “It is difficult ularly test surface wato imagine a scenario under which ter in the area. leachate from this disposal site would not In addition to arsenic, the water is testbe directly conveyed into the Nanticoke ed for other heavy metals including bariRiver,” she said. The toxic materials could um, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, end up in fish and thereby in the human selenium and silver. Dalton said that the food supply chain, she added. state has always been satisfied that the Ashby said that the state’s watershed groundwater monitoring shows no leachassessment branch monitors the sediment ing from the landfill. in the Nanticoke River, the river water and The state also checks the levels of the river’s fish, testing them for contamiheavy metals, including arsenic, in the ash nants including arsenic. “There is not a before it goes into the landfill. problem with arsenic in this river,” he As for the possibility that a flood could said. mean contamination washing into the NanStribling also said that current knowlticoke from the landfill, Dalton and Knight edge about ash and its contaminants has to said that after the flood in the summer of be taken into account in the decision 2006, when the Seaford area received 13 whether to renew the existing permit. The inches of rain in six hours, the landfill held initial permit for the landfill was issued in firm. a time when fly ash was thought to be “Everything remained stable,” Knight pretty innocuous. Since then, regulatory said. “The landfill did exactly what it was agencies have grown stricter in saying designed to do.” where and how fly ash can be disposed of.

Knight said that if the permit to continState regulations that went into effect in ue putting ash in the landfill is denied, In1993 require that any new industrial landvista will have look at alternative ways of fill, including one that is put in place to disposing of the waste ash. That will probhold ash, have an impermeable 45-milably mean loading the ash on trucks or limeter liner as well as a secondary, 2-foot train cars and transporting it to a permitted clay liner. disposal site. Knight estimates that about Current state regulations also forbid any eight truckloads of waste per day would new landfill construction in the 100-year leave the site.

“The cost would not be insignificant,” he said.

The cost to go back and line the landfill would also be substantial, Dalton said. In addition, said Bryan Ashby, environmental program manager at the Division of Air and Waste Management, the excavation of the ash pit that would be required to put in the liner would cause more environmental damage than if the pit was left alone.

Cost should not be a determinate in the fate of the landfill, Stribling of the Friends

of the Nanticoke argued. “We understand that there is pressure in a situation such as this to continue along paths established earlier because of the cost of properly handling toxic waste, but such pressure should be resisted by an agency charged with protecting the natural resources and the environment of Delaware,” she wrote in her letter against the landfill permit renewal.

“Any public agency that puts private costs ahead of serious public health risks is failing the people it represents.”

Arsenic in the ground, but not from landfill High levels of arsenic have been detected in water pulled from monitoring wells on the Invista plant site. Those high levels were cited by several people at Thursday night’s public hearing as reason to deny Invista’s request for renewal of its landfill permit.

But Avery Dalton, environmental scientist with the state’s Division of Air and Waste Management, and Bryan Ashby, environmental program manager with the division, said that the arsenic that the state has detected has nothing to do with the landfill permit.

The arsenic was discovered as part of a routine investigation conducted because the DuPont Company, which operated the nylon plant before it was bought by Koch Industries, at one time had a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility on the site. Ashby said that division scientists

were unable to determine the cause of the high arsenic, but narrowed it down to three possibilities: the ponds in which fly ash and bottom ash is held before being put into the landfill, an old landfill abandoned by the DuPont Company and naturally-occurring arsenic.

The arsenic was discovered in 1992.

After a series of studies and public meetings, the state settled on a monitoring and attenuation plan 13 years later, in 2005, through which scientists watch the plume of arsenic to make sure that it does not go into groundwater or into the Nanticoke River. Ashby said that over time, probably decades, the arsenic will bond to the ironrich soil, where it will stay.

The settling ponds, a possible source of the arsenic contamination, are still in use, Dalton said. They are not regulated by any state agency, he added.

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Forget what everyone else is having — he’ll have the oddity We were in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. And my husband, alYNN ARKS ways the adventurer, wasn’t going to eat any Americanized lo mein or ‘What?’ she asked, obvichicken with broccoli. He wanted the real thing. ously confused by this So when the host handed us our Caucasian man ordering menus, my husband skipped over the first four pages and went disomething only the most rectly to the second section. The homesick native of China heading wasn’t exactly “Chinese would want. food for real Chinese,” but it indicated that here were authentic dishes right from the homeland. him the steamed jellyfish.

I, of course, focused on the front of the “What?” she asked, obviously confused menu, choosing a spring roll and vegby this Caucasian man ordering something etable soup with noodles. I was far too only the most homesick native of China hungry to run the risk of not liking my would want. lunch.

“The steamed jellyfish.”

In the end, my husband selected tofu, “Hey, guess what?” the waitress probaChinese style, a menu item which had no bly called out to the cook when she got description next to it other than a small, back to the kitchen. “We can finally get red pepper. Happily for him, and for me, rid of that jellyfish that’s been hanging because I had a few bites, the Chinese around.” know how to fix their tofu. In addition to For his entrée, my husband ordered the being in a beautiful pepper-red sauce, the cuttlefish. I don’t remember if it was with tofu was spicy and interesting, and the rice vegetables or if it was by itself in a sauce, just right. but it was the perfect accompaniment to This time, his daring paid off. But there the jellyfish. One was Jell-o like and inedhave been times that my husband’s quest ible, the other was shoe leather-like and for the new and exciting have gone seriinedible. And both were unappetizingly ously wrong, when even he had to admit ugly —I had to avert my eyes to enjoy my that adventure doesn’t necessarily equal chicken and vegetables, which by the way appetizing. were in a traditional white sauce and were Take, for example, the time we visited delicious. a Vietnamese restaurant with my brother If he were here to defend himself, he and his family in San Antonio. Just the would argue that at least now, he knows fact that we were there was adventure what a jellyfish and a cuttlefish taste like. enough for me, and I selected something He had to sacrifice a meal, it is true, and from the menu that sounded familiar and rely on the kindness of his family for a filling. Not my husband. And when his en- few scraps of food, but he knows sometrée arrived, the meat and vegetables were thing about world cuisine that few others practically swimming in coconut milk. We know. all had to share our food with him.

Thank goodness I can count on him to And then, there was our visit to a Chipass that knowledge on to me. I can stick nese restaurant in Chicago. There must be to the foods I know and love best and, something about the Far East that brings through him, still gain some understanding out his Marco Polo spirit, because there he of the exotic. outdid himself, ordering both an appetizer He and I seem to me to be the exact and an entrée that were practically inediblend of wild and timid — of spicy and ble. bland. The perfect thing, come to think of First, when the rest of us ordered soups it, that you might expect to find on a Chior egg rolls, he asked the waitress to bring nese restaurant menu.

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Renovate or build new?

School board will announce decision at Dec. 12 meeting See related story, page 11

By Mike McClure On Monday, the Laurel School Board and Studio JAED held the last of three workshop meetings to inform the public about the current needs of the district’s four schools. Next week the board will announce whether it will seek to renovate or replace some or all of the schools.

The board’s December meeting, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 5, will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

The board will announce which option it will ask district residents to support in a referendum and will vote on a new referendum date.

Studio JAED presented the board with the following options: renovate all four schools with only the top two priorities, renovate all of the schools with all of the priorities, replace one or more schools and renovate the rest, or replace all of the schools. Two other options that were discussed at workshop were to combine the two elementary schools into one school and to combine the middle school and the high school into one school.

On Monday, one board member stressed that the district is looking at renovating or replacing schools because of current needs, not because of expected growth in the area.

“I want to sell it [the referendum] because we have old schools and need new schools for the students we have,” board member Edward Jestice added.

Studio JAED inspected each of the district’s schools over the summer and has now presented its findings to the building’s staff, administration, school board and the public. Once the school board makes its decision, Studio JAED will develop certificates of necessity and submit them to the Department of Education for approval. The district will seek approval from the public to sell bonds to pay for the local portion of the project during next year’s referendum.

According to acting superintendent Linda Schenck, committees will be formed with district personnel and members of the public in preparation for the referendum vote. Several public meetings will be held prior to the referendum date and the board will also consider holding tours of the current buildings (which was proposed at the first board workshop).

“Some things aren’t visible when you walk through the door but the negative impact is felt during the instructional period,” said Schenck. “If that’s what the community wants to see we need to show it to them.”

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Students from kindergarten through grade eight began in early October preparing posters and essays that pertained to their grades’ theme. Teachers submitted the students’ work to the fire department, whose members judged them according to neatness, content and presentation of the theme. Winners were recognized at Laurel schools and at Epworth Christian School.

Selections were then made for the overall fire district. First-place winners at the district level will be judged against winners from across Sussex County.

Above are winners in the poster and essay contests.

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Teacher charged with terrorist threatening

On November 28, detectives assigned to the Youth Aid Unit at Troop 3 completed a four-week investigation into a bomb threat that occurred at Lake Forest High School in Felton.

On November 1, at approximately 9:47 a.m. the school resource officer was contacted by another state police detective who was assisting him at the school on this particular date.

The detective had been contacted by a teacher, Caroline L. Fluman, who provided him with a note in the form of a computer printout. The note indicated “bomb in school everyone dies.�

As the investigation unfolded, the detective and the teacher responded to her classroom at which time another printout came across the classroom printer claiming “There is a bomb in the school no joke.� As school administration was being informed of the situation, the teacher handed the detective a third printout indicating that a bomb was in the school.

During the school’s investigation, a fourth note was located by an assistant principal near a trash can outside the school store. This note was handwritten and said “bomb everybody dies.� As a result of the notes being discovered, the school was evacuated and the building was searched by three explosive canines. No explosive devices were located.

During the investigation, detectives learned that the teacher who provided the notes had been captured on video, via the closed circuit security system.

The video depicted Fluman in the area of the school store allegedly placing what appeared to be a note behind the trash can.

As a result of the investigation, Caroline L. Fluman, 46, of Harrington was formally charged with one count of terroristic threatening.

On November 29, Fluman turned herself in at Troop 3 and was processed and arraigned.

She was released on $2,000 unsecured bond. Fluman, a business education teacher, has been employed by the district for approximately two years.

Illegal hunting arrest

On Nov. 14, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents arrested James L. Flood, 41, of 27135 Gum Tree Road, Dagsboro. He was arrested in a field near Cypress Road for hunting during a closed season, unlawfully loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, and spotlighting.

Agents responded to the area, after receiving an Operation Game Thief report of shots being fired. A 30.06 Rifle and a spotlight was seized and forfeited.

The defendant pled guilty of all charges at JP Court 3 Georgetown and was fined $790.

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Education Laurel woman stage manager for college play Donna Weber of Laurel was selected to be the stage manager for the University of Mary Washington production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” The college is in Fredericksburg, Va. Weber is the daughter of Andra and Bob Weber of Laurel and is a 2004 graduate of Delmar High School.

Weber is a senior theatre major. She has been the house manager of “Antigone,” “Ah! Wilderness” and “Love’s Labours Lost” and the stage manager of “The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged,” “Finding Normal” and “Shakespeare’s R&J.” Weber has been the box office manager of Klein

Theatre, assistant stage manager of “Bat Boy” and a member of the Studio 115 committee. She is also the recipient of the Klein Memorial Scholarship and the Keith Beli Memorial Scholarship.

In addition, she has worked at Georgia Shakespeare in Atlanta.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” was inspired by the 26 surviving plays of Plautus, a popular playwright in Ancient Rome.

Stephen Sondheim, a Grammy and Tony awardwinning lyricist and American stage musical and film composer, wrote the score for the play. He also wrote scores for musicals such as “Sweeney Todd” and “West Side Story.”

Performances ran through Nov. 17.

Southern Delaware has teacher development center TOPS IN MATH - Seaford High School students (from left) Trevor Lee, Tuyet-Nhung Nguyen and Daniel Flagg, members of the Seaford Senior High Mathematics Team, came in third in a pool of 24 schools in the Eastern Shore High School Mathematics Competition recently.

Each student received a gift bag with a math book and a $50 savings bond. The mathematics team is led by Dr. Laurel Hollenbeck, math teacher at the high school.

Education briefs Honor students inducted

The Seaford High School Honor Society held an induction ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 14. The following students were inducted into the society: Daniel Flagg , Adeline Hemmen, Andrew Hoffman, Kyle Waugh, Kimberly Graves, Aubrey Hastings, Clayton Lester, Emily Wheatley, Kelsey Hoch, Erin Wootten, Kathryn Werner, Tyrek Camper, Elizabeth Perciful, Zach Hearn, Key Shawn Purnell, Haley Quillen, Joseph Mitchell, Phillip Demott, Aaron Robinson, Lee Mayer, John Darden, Alison Schwinn, Jenna Wills, Paige Venables, Timothy Halter, Tyler Hughes, Lorenza Williams and Tuyet-Nhung Thi Nguyen.

Schreffler to visit Rome

Danni L. Schreffler of Seaford will attend a 17-day study-abroad program to Rome through Lynchburg College. The students in her group will celebrate the New Year in Rome. Schreffler is a senior business administration major at Lynchburg College.

Pritchett in honor society

Sarah Pritchett, daughter of Bill and Penny Pritchett of Bridgeville, was recently accepted into Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, at Salisbury University.

Pritchett is a junior majoring in psychology. She is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, the national freshman honor society, and Pi Gamma Mu, a social sciences

honor society. She is a 2005 graduate of Woodbridge High School.

Pool operators course set

Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown, will hold a pool operators course Saturday, Dec. 8, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Owens Campus in Georgetown. The course will cover pool maintenance, supervision, troubleshooting, safety procedures and chemical use and dosages. Certification from this course meets the requirements for the State of Delaware’s Division of Public Health Operator of Public Pools. For details, contact Corporate and Community Programs at 854-6966 or 855-1617.

Medical training offered

The Sussex Tech Adult Division is offering a number of national certified medical training courses starting in January, including pharmacy technician, medical office administration, medical assisting, medical billing and coding specialist, physical therapy aide and phlebotomy technician. A Delaware State-approved nurse’s assistant class is also being offered. New programs this year include physical therapy aide and medical admissions clerk.

Most of these programs are approved by the National Healthcareer Association and the National Center for Competency Testing. For details, call 8569035 or visit the Web site www.SussexTechTraining.net.

The University of Delaware has opened the Southern Delaware Professional Development Center, which will provide public school districts and charter schools in Kent and Sussex counties with experts in teaching specific content areas.

The center, which opened in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education, was unveiled during a presentation for district leaders and curriculum directors recently at UD's Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown.

The center is the first in a potential network of professional development centers across the state with proposed additions for central Delaware, said Joseph Pika, professor of political science and inter-

national relations and director of the initiative.

The three student teaching specialists at the center are Tracy Hudson, former supervisor of elementary instruction in the Indian River School District and former adjunct professor at Wilmington University; Michael Buoni, a former adjunct professor of biology, microbiology and biotechnology at Delaware Technical and Community College; and Eileen F. Wilkinson, a former social studies teacher, dean of discipline and department chairperson at St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, and a former adjunct instructor at Wilmington University.

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Just in time for Christmas comes National Cookie Day Tuesday was National Cookie Day. I mention this because it never ceases to amaze me that there are so many people who love to bake cookies during the holiday season when there are so many reasons not to.

First of all, you can’t make just one kind. The holiday cookie tray must contain an array of luscious looking confections, one more tempting than the other.

Next there’s the matter of gathering the myriad of ingredients needed for each one and then finding the time to make them — scooping and dropping, rolling and spreading, baking and cooling and keeping everybody’s hands off them so there’ll be enough to last until Christmas.

I had a great aunt who put herself through this ordeal. Every year without fail she boxed a large assortment and brought them to our house.

They all looked beautiful — and all tasted the same. I don’t know how she managed this magic but she performed it annually.

This was probably the germ that grew into my full-blown cookie phobia. I’m not too traumatized to sample the products of others but friends and family know not to expect tasting any cookies that originated in my kitchen.

As a treat for those for whom the holiday season is one big cookie fest, here are a couple of the best tasting cookie recipes I never made. Happy baking!

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Biscotti From Food Network Kitchens Yields about 5 dozen cookies 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons) 2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 and 3/4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon fine salt 3 large eggs 1 and 1/4 cups sugar 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1/2 cup smooth natural peanut butter, room temperature 1 and 1/4 cups dry roasted peanuts 1 and 1/4 cups chopped dark chocolate or chocolate chunks (about 6 ounces) Position racks evenly in the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper.

Melt the butter over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally. Continue to cook until the butter browns and gets a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.

Beat the eggs in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and pale yellow, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the sugar while beating. Then slowly add the butter and vanilla until evenly mixed, about 30 seconds more.

Add the peanut butter and mix until combined.

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The Practical Gourmet gredients to the wet, in 2 additions, mixing just until absorbed. Fold in the peanuts and chocolate pieces.

Divide the dough evenly into thirds, and put each portion in the center of a baking sheet. Shape the dough with slightly wet hands into logs about 2-inches wide and 15 inches long. Bake until set and brown around the edges, about 25 to 30 minutes.

(For even baking take care to rotate the pans— top to bottom and front to back—about halfway though.) Cool logs on the baking sheets for about 10 minutes.

Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Carefully transfer the logs to a cutting board. Cut logs crosswise, with a long serrated knife at about a 45-degree angle, into 1/2-inch thick cookies.

Place cookies cut side down on the baking sheets. Bake until crisp, about 8 minutes. Flip the cookies over and bake until golden brown, about 8 minutes more. Cool biscotti on the baking sheets.

Serve.

Store cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 3 days.

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By Paula Deen Yields 4 dozen 1 stick butter, softened 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons milk 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts 1/2 cup candied cherries 1 and 1/2 cups white chocolate chunks Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a medium bowl, with electric mixer, cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until just combined. Set aside.

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add milk to the butter mixture and then add the flour mixture.

Mix until just combined. Batter should be stiff.

In another bowl, combine nuts, cherries, and white chocolate. Then add to batter, stirring only to blend.

Drop by heaping tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.

Bake for approximately 11 to 13 minutes.

Cool on wire rack.

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MORNING STAR • DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007

Community Bulletin Board Holiday Events House Tour and Craft Show

The Georgetown Historical Society presents their annual Christmas House Tour, Sunday, Dec. 9 from 12 to 5 p.m.

Tickets on sale now for $10 at the Georgetown Historical Society Welcome Center/Gift Shop as well as Chardon Ltd. and the Town Hall.

Craft Show on Dec. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nutter Marvel Museum Barrel Barn. Handmade crafts by local artisans, free entry and parking and fresh baked goods for sale along with apple cider and hot chocolate. For more information call Georgetown Historical Society at 855-9660.

Holiday activities for adults

Enjoy holiday trips and activities with the Adult Plus+ program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus, Georgetown.

Join the “Adult Plus+ Woodcarvers Club” every Monday, from Dec. 17 to June 16, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Keep in shape during the winter by building cardio endurance and muscle tone in the “Senior Circuit” program, Tuesdays and Thursdays from Dec. 18 to Feb. 14, 10-11 a.m.

Take trips to get into the holiday spirit.

See the popular smash hit “Holiday Pops” in Philadelphia on Dec. 9. Take a train ride to see the beautiful display of lights in Northside Park, drink tea and eat dinner in a Victorian oceanfront hotel in “Winterfest of Lights” in Ocean City on Dec. 11.

Don’t miss the chance to see the festive holiday celebration of “Happy Holidays” in great front-orchestra seats at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 13.

Trips are open to all ages, with discounts offered to Adult Plus+ members; for complete information about trips and activities, call the Adult Plus+ program at Delaware Tech, 856-5618.

Lone Pine sale

The Lone Pine Christmas Extravaganza will be held Dec. 7, 8 and 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale will feature antique and kitschy Christmas decor, vintage clothing and jewelry, antique and vintage furniture, large collection of paint by numbers, stoneware and textiles.

Baked items are for sale by the ladies of the Vienna, Md. Heritage Museum. The event is located on Rt. 313 between Eldorado and Sharptown.

Laurel Christmas ornaments

Christmas glass ornaments depicting historical scenes from the Laurel area are once again available for purchase at Shirley O’Neal’s Antique Store on Rt. 13 at Sycamore Road.

These are the remainders from several series that the Laurel Historical Society sold years ago as fundraisers. Each ornament costs $6 and comes in its own box.

Supplies are limited and not all scenes are available. This will be the last opportunity to fill in broken or missed selections.

Call 875-2820 or visit O’Neal’s Antiques.

Toys for Tots collection

Regional Builders, Inc. has begun its annual toy collection drive for the Toys for Tots program. This program, conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, collects and distributes toys to needy children in the community.

To participate, you may drop off new, unwrapped toys at Regional Builders, Inc., 300 High St., Seaford. Donations will be accepted on weekdays between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. through Dec. 14. You may also make a tax-deductible donation to Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, PO Box 1947, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA 22134. Regional Builders appreciates your continued support for this very worthy cause.

Christmas auction

The G.F.W.C.-Acorn Club of Seaford is having a Christmas auction at Wesley United Methodist Church on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. The hostess is Sue Ockels and her committee.

Christmas Choral Concert

Christmas Choral Concert at Old Christ Church with tea and … after the concert at Laurel’s historic Cook House on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16, the story of the birth of Jesus with choral accompaniment will be read from the gospel of Luke.

The story will be read by representatives of the daughter churches of Old Christ Church. Organist Mary Ann Torkelson will be providing accompaniment for the congregational caroling which will include such favorites as ‘Away in a Manger,’ ‘It came Upon a Midnight Clear,’ and, of course, ‘Silent Night.’

The Choral Society ensemble is a small group of 15 singers from the 80-voice chorus, and will be singing a variety of Christmas selections between readings.

This group performs twice a year throughout Sussex County. The director is the Rev. John Ranney, and accompanist is Rebecca McDaniel. The OCC concert is free although a good-will offering will be taken to support the preservation and restoration of Old Christ Church. Be sure to bring a lap robe and cushions.

Delmar Fire Dept. Santa schedule

Santa will be visiting Saturday, Dec. 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Dec. 10 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Dec. 12 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Dec. 17 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 22 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast with Santa will be Saturday, Dec. 15 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

‘Stocking Stuffers’

‘Stocking Stuffers’ presented by Woodbridge High School. Break-A-Leg Productions, Dec. 6, 7, and 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Woodbridge High School Auditorium.

Tickets are $3. Come meet Santa before the show.

Santa House schedule in Laurel

The Independent Order of Odd Fellow, Charity Lodge 27 of Laurel will again be hosting the free Santa House in Laurel.

The location will be at the Laurel Town

Park, at the intersection of 13A and Rt. 24. The Santa House is just to the left of the bandstand/gazebo. Last year we saw approximately 140 children over the six nights. Each of the children visiting Santa received a nice large candy cane and an age-appropriate reading book. The park is also beautifully decorated and adds considerably to the holiday spirit. Santa’s House will operate on Dec. 7, after the parade; Saturday, Dec. 8, 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.; Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.; Dec. 15, 10 a.m.noon and 6-8 p.m.; Dec. 21, 6-8 p.m. Dec. 22, 10 a.m.-noon and 6-8 p.m.

‘Let There Be Light’

The Delmar Church of God of Prophecy is excited to present the Broadwaystyle musical production “Let There Be Light.”

Directed and produced by three-time National Crystal Communicator Award winner, Wendy Craig, the production will premier Dec. 14, 15, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. with free admission. With a contemporary approach to the Christmas message, this group reminds us to “celebrate the joy of Christmas” – the joy of family and friends brought together again because of the baby Jesus. “Let There Be Light” is a major must-see event. The host pastor of the church is Bishop Michael Phillips.

The church is located on Rt. 13, just 3 miles north of the Maryland/Delaware state line.

Refreshments will be served following the performance. A $50 Toys R Us Gift Card will be given away each night.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Come early because seating is limited. For more information, call 875-7824 or 875-3242.

Senior Center Christmas party

Nanticoke Senior Center’s Christmas Party will be held Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. Entertainment at 10:30 a.m., will be Side By Side. Cost is $12 per person. Reservations must be made no later than Monday, Dec. 10. Food prepared on site by our staff.

Door prizes and surprises.

Don’t miss out on a great time of fellowship. Any questions call 629-4939.

Holiday Concert benefit

Dr. Marie Wolfgang’s Relay for Life team is sponsoring their second annual “Sounds of the Season” Holiday Concert to benefit the American Cancer Society and the 2008 West Sussex Relay for Life on Sunday, Dec. 9. The concert will again be held in the auditorium at Delmar High School at 2 p.m., with doors opening at 1:30 p.m.

Members of the audience will enjoy the talents of employees of Nanticoke Health Services, including Lori Miller, area middle school choruses and other members of the Sussex County area. Tickets are $15 each or $25 for two. Contact Dr. Wolfgang’s office at 629-2366 or any

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Kiwanis Club Santa House The Kiwanis Club of Seaford will again this year be sponsoring Santa’s House. Santa will be located at the Seaford Village Shopping Center next to Sears. The following will be the hours that Santa will be at his house: Friday Dec.7, 5-7 p.m.

Saturday Dec.8, 5-7 p.m.

Sunday Dec.9, 4-6 p.m.

Friday Dec.14, 5-7 p.m.

Saturday Dec.15, 5-7 p.m.

Sunday Dec.16, 4-6 p.m.

Friday Dec.21, 5-7 p.m.

Saturday Dec.22, 5-7 p.m.

Sunday Dec.23, 4-6 p.m. member of the Relay team for tickets. A silent auction will also be held, and refreshments will be available for purchase at intermission.

Children’s Christmas party

Laurel American Legion Post 19 is holding a Children’s Christmas party on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2-4 p.m. at the Post Home for children 12-year-old and under.

Santa Clause will be stopping by.

There will be games, goodies, gifts and fun for the kids.

‘One Quiet Night’

A Christmas play, “One Quiet Night” will be held at Laurel Baptist Church, 33056 Bi-State Boulevard, on Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. Any questions, call Shirley at 8752314.

Christmas cantata ‘Born to Die’

The public is invited to attend the First Baptist Church Choir and Drama Team’s production of the Christmas cantata “Born to Die.” The musical features an array of beautiful Christmas arrangements composed by Ron and Shelly Hamilton, blended with a heartwarming story which is sure to enhance the Holiday spirit of the audience. The cantata will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. The church is located at 543 N. Bradford St., in Seaford.

For more information call 629-7161 or 629-7299 ext. 116.

Community carol sing

There will be an old fashioned community Christmas carol sing at Delmar Park on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 4-5 p.m.

Bring your family and friends to get in the true spirit of Christmas.

Del Tech presents ‘Nutcracker’

Saturday, December 15 – The Nutcracker, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Delaware Technical & Community College, Theatre, Arts & Science Center, Rt. 18, Georgetown. The First State Ballet Theatre under the artistic direction of Pasha Kambalov will present this holiday classic.

General admission $20; students & senior citizens $15. For tickets call Del Tech at 856-5400, Ext. 5545.

Christmas caroling

On Friday, Dec. 14, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the Greenwood Public Library will be hosting an evening of Christmas caroling. There will be caroling in our neighborhood and refreshments at the library afterwards. The activity is open to all; however, children under 12 must be accompa-

nied by an adult. Bring a flashlight if possible. No registration is required. The library is located at 100 Mill St. in Greenwood, right next to the railroad tracks.

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Debbie Townsend from the Delaware Money School will answer these questions for you and more. She will also be teaching how to calculate mandatory distribution. It is open to the public at no charge.

To register, call Greenwood Public Library at 349-5309 or Debbie Townsend at 302537-1836. However, registration is not mandatory, walk-ins are welcome.

The Greenwood Public Library is located on the corner of Market (Rt. 16) and Mill streets, just east of the railroad tracks.

For more information about this program or the Delaware Money School, call 1800-267-5002 or go online at www.delawaremoneyschool.com.

Culinary arts and training

Gallery Open House

Christmas pot luck dinner

On Saturday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. a Christmas Pot Luck Dinner will be held at Bethel Church Community, 2381 Neal’s School Road, west of Seaford. Christmas Carol singing will be directed by Claudia Franceschi. Everyone welcome — call Lucy Slacum 629-7117 for details.

First State Community Action Agency’s new adult culinary training program is coming. Apply to be part of the adult culinary arts training program, located in Georgetown, sponsored by First State Community Action Agency, funded by the Workforce Investment Board of the Dept. of Labor. Evening classes are set to begin Jan. 7.

The training program focuses on providing basic culinary and job readiness skills to prepare the student for a career in the fast growing food service industry. For more information, contact Ann Morris, 856-7761, ext. 166.

SHS presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

The Seaford High School Drama Club will present a William Glennon adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic story “Alice in Wonderland" on Friday, Dec. 14 and Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Madden auditorium. There will also be a Sunday matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Dec. 16.

Tickets will be available at the door for $5 for adults and teens and $3 for children age 3-12. Children under 3 are free. The show will run about 1-1/2 hours, including a short intermission.

Trap Pond volunteers sought

Trap Pond offers free camping in exchange for volunteer services (required for free camping, 24 hours per week of volunteering). Host programs available in the campground, Nature Center, maintenance and administrative. For more information, contact: Glen.Stubbolo @state.de.us or call 302-739-1960.

Lap blankets for Vets sought

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 19 of Laurel is looking for people who knit, crochet, or can hand-make lap blankets for our veterans in the local nursing homes.

We have a goal of 60.

If you are interested in helping us reach our goal, contact Ann Foskey, president of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 19, at 875-0714.

AARP volunteer hours

AARP Chapter 1084 of western Sussex County request that members, who will not be present at the Dec. 13 membership meeting in the Methodist Manor House Fellowship Hall, to mail or phone in their 2007 volunteer hours to chapter president, Helen Skjoldager, at 875-5086 by Dec. 30.

All volunteers’ hours will be totaled and sent to National Headquarters before the Jan. 30, 2008 deadline.

Money School

Have you ever wondered what an IRA is? And what does “tax deferred” mean?

Come to the Greenwood Library on Tuesday, Dec. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. to find out.

Open House at Woody’s Paint and Pen Gallery, 330 N. Phillips St., Seaford on Sunday, Dec. 9, 1 to 4 p.m. Visit the Woodruffs at home and shop a unique group of more than 30 original 5x7 paintings, $50, framed and boxed. Enjoy free cookies and punch.

Model Railroad Club

Over 5000 square feet of displays including six operating layouts in four different scales. Large white elephant table with plenty of train related bargains.

Refreshments and snacks will be served and a chance to win one of three train sets being raffled. Admission is free (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult). Camelot Hall, 103 East State St., Delmar. Saturday, Jan. 12, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 13, noon 5 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 20, noon-5 p.m.

For more information call, 410-7429325 or 856-9250.

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AARP fund raiser

Longaberger fundraiser/bake sale sponsored by AARP Chapter #5340 Saturday, Dec 8, at Georgetown Wal-Mart. Basket donations are $2 each or three for $5.

For more information call 856-3404 or 945-1288. AARP Chapter #5340 scholarship fundraiser is the Longaberger 2007 Christmas Collection Sweets and Treats Bundle basket. Basket ticket donations are available until Dec. 20.

For tickets contact any AARP member, or call 856-3404 or 945-1288.

Georgetown Library events

• Hometown Pictures has returned to The Georgetown Public Library. The exhibit will be open to the public during the normal hours of the library in the conference room. For more information call the library at 856-7958.

• The Georgetown Public Library will hold story time at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday morning with Miss Sherri. For more information call the library 856-7958.

• The library is sponsoring Popcorn and a Movie on the first Friday of every month.

Stay and play

The “Parents As Teachers” (PAT) Stay & Play - Parents and children (birth to age four) are invited to play together, listen to a story, learn new songs and finger plays, and network with other families. Free. No registration required. Sessions are Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Seaford Dept. of Parks & Recreation (SDPR), 320 Virginia Ave., Seaford. Parent educator, Cris Henderson. (Closed on school holidays.) Call Anna Scovell at 856-5239 for more information.

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The Sussex County Genealogical Society meets the third Saturday of each month between September and May. The meetings are held at the Rehoboth Beach Public Library’s upstairs meeting

The Wellness Community-Delaware is offering a support group for people affected by cancer and their loved ones at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

The group meets at the Cancer Care Center on the third Thursday of the month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. To register for this program or for more information call Kaye or Lori at 645-9150.

All programs at The Wellness Community are free of charge for people affected by cancer and their loved ones.

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The Marine Corps League meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Log Cabin in Seaford.

Trap Pond Partners’ monthly meeting will be held at the park’s Nature Center, the second Wednesday of each month.

Anyone who is interested in Trap Pond State Park is invited to attend.

For more information feel free to call 875-5153.

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A good time is planned for the December meeting of the Sussex County Republican Women’s Club. Santa is coming and there will be entertainment by the ESQ singers. Also an auction of donated items is planned.

The meeting will be held at the Sussex Pines Country Club on Dec. 12 at 10:45.

Luncheon will be served at a cost of $15.

If you have items to bring for the auction bring them to the meeting with you.

Reservations can be made by calling Kathy Vengazo at 302-539-4757, or on the club web site.

For more information about our club and club activities see the club web site at: www.SCRWC.net.

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Breakfast with Santa, Saturday, Dec. 8, from 8 to 11 a.m., in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church hall, next to the Seaford Middle School.

You can have pictures taken of your child, your pet, or even send a picture of you with Santa to your grandchildren.

Cost is $7 for the first picture, $3 for copies. All pictures come with a card.

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Please call Donna Hastings Angell with any questions at 629-8077.

Breakfast with Santa

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Bridgeville Library Friends meet

The Friends of the Bridgeville Library will be meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., at St. Mary’s Parish Hall. We will be discussing fundraising ideas, library advocacy, future events and membership.

Everyone is invited to attend and to bring a friend. Let’s make history together. For directions or special needs, contact Karen Johnson at 337-7401.

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary PTA in Laurel is hosting their 2nd annual Breakfast with Santa Claus on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 8-11 am.

Santa will make the rounds as the little ones enjoy a pancake breakfast with fruit, juices and coffee for the adults. Photo’s with Santa will be available for $2.

Tickets are $3 for children under 12 and $5 for everyone else.

Tickets are available at the door, but advanced ticket purchase is suggested due to last year’s overwhelming attendance.

For sales or further information, call Patricia at 875-1778.

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The Seaford Chapter of the Widowed Persons Service will have its next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 12:15 p.m., at the Golden Corral.

The planned guest speaker will be Jerry Jones, Gospel singer, giving a Christmas program. Also, bring an unwrapped toy and/or canned goods for the local associated charities. All widowed persons of all ages are invited to attend. Come join us — we all enjoy the trips, lunches/dinners, etc. that we do.

The Georgetown Lions Club Christmas dinner meeting will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, Rt. 113, Georgetown on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 6:30 p.m. The “Country Cousins” will sing Christmas songs.

Visiting Lions and potential members are welcomed but should call Helen Wilson at 856-2972 or the Rev. Charles Covington at 855-1160.

Nanticoke Senior Center’s Sight and Sound Trip presents: Voices of Christmas, at Living Waters Theatre in Lancaster, Pa., on Dec. 19, at 10 a.m. Cost: $80 members, and $85 non-members. Price includes: Motor coach transportation and tip for driver, box lunch from the center, and dinner at Shady Maple Smorgasbord.

For questions, call 629-4939.

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The members of H.A.P.P.E.N., Hearns Pond Association for its preservation, protection, enhancement and naturalization, met to discuss the historical marker dedication for the mill at Hearns Pond, progress on the Hearns Pond Dam study, annexation, and traffic issues.

The next meeting will beheld on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Seaford Museum. Anyone interested in attending is welcome.

Georgetown AARP Chapter 5340 is offering a trip to see “All Shook Up” at the Dutch Apple Theater, Lancaster, Pa. The bus will leave Georgetown Square, East Market Street at 8 a.m. and return at approximately 7:30 p.m. The cost for each person is $73, which includes lunch. Registration and payment is due by Jan. 1.

Call Hilda Parker at 856-2760. Everyone welcome.

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The Western Sussex Democrat Club will hold its annual Holiday meeting on Dec. 10 at Duke’s Pool House, Sycamore Road in Laurel. This will be a dish to pass event with the turkey, dressing and potatoes furnished by the club.

Non-perishable food items should be brought that evening for giving to a needy family for Christmas. Any other items deemed appropriate and monetary contributions will also be accepted. These will be given to a family of two ladies and a little girl.

The nominating committee will also offer a slate of candidates to be voted on at this meeting. Also, anyone interested in an office will be included in the slate. Ideas for further fund raising efforts will also be discussed.

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Help the Red Hat’s raise funds by participating in their Christmas Money 50/25/25 Give Away. Chances are only $1 each or six chances for $5. Chances will be sold by the Red Hat members and at the front desk of the Nanticoke Senior Center until Dec. 17.

Open to the public - need not be present to win.

Toastmasters of Southern Delaware meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month in Bay Shore Community Church at 6 p.m. Develop your public speaking skills in a supportive environment. Contact Joy Slabaugh at 846-9201, or joy@estfinancial.com.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-04 meets the second Thursday of each month at Nanticoke Yacht Club in Blades. Call Wayne Hickman at 629-6337 for details.

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Parents, caregivers and children ages two to five are invited to enjoy stories, songs, poetry, art, science, math, music and fun at the Laurel Public Library’s Preschool Storytime, which is held every Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call the Laurel Public Library at 875-3184.

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Remembering when Christmas trees came from the woods “Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree.”

AT URPHY Let’s see now, are you a traditionalist? Or are you one of the more than 52 percent of Americans When was it that you last who now use artificial Christmas saw a cedar tree in a trees? According to a recent survey, house? Oh, the fresh 24 percent of Americans still put up live trees and another 24 persmell of cedar at Christcent have no tree at all. mas — that’s better than I can tell you several Christmas tree stories and I am sure you can most gifts. do the same. For some of us mature folks, looking back means reTry as we could we could not find the membering loading into Dad’s car and gotagged tree — so we picked out one, cut it ing to the woods with Dad’s trusty old ax and took it back to field maintenance. It or saw for that real fresh cedar, pine or, if was the ugliest tree you have ever seen. lucky, maybe a spruce tree, although most “Doesn’t matter,” laughed Pineapple. were short-needle or long-needle pines.

“We are not going to get the blame.”

Some years we paid the local merchant We laughed till we could laugh no more at Junior Collins’ store, or at the many oth- — that is, until we saw the expression on er locations in Laurel, the unheard of price Pash’s face when he saw that tree! of $4 to $7 for a Christmas tree. When For many years we kept this a secret, was it that you last saw a cedar tree in a but there are few secrets with more than house? Oh, the fresh smell of cedar at one participant and this story has been told Christmas — that’s better than most gifts. several times since then. It may, like most I will till my dying day remember my stories, even have grown a little. (I actualaunt Elizabeth Hallowell, who decorated ly believe it was the second ugliest tree I her cedar tree with bubble lights, old deco- have ever seen.) rations that we now see in the antique If you see me looking at a Christmas stores, and lots of angel hair. I can see that tree and laughing this year, maybe now beautiful tree now in the corner of their you will understand. I can truthfully say to living room on 10th Street, a great childyou all — my memories of DuPont are of hood memory. my friends and that’s a great Christmas Now I’m asking you to think back to gift. Memories are forever! your favorite memory — maybe I can tell it for you for others to enjoy. One of my Last week I mentioned in this column funniest memories of a Christmas tree, the new owner of Sun Kissed Tanning & however, was around 1982 when I worked Massage on Rt. 13, in the Calio Plaza. in maintenance at DuPont. “Pash” Hudson Only thing was, I spelled her name very and, I believe, Ed Adams or Cal Short wrong and she just laughed about it. were to go out behind the plant and tag a For the record her name is Margi Detree for our annual safety display in field Voter not Vevoter, as I spelled it. Lori maintenance. Only thing, when it came Stakiel is her massage practitioner. They time to go cut it, the honorable Mayor of can be reached at 302-875-1622.

Greenwood, Donnie “Pineapple” Donovan, and myself were sent to get it.

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going on at local churches, schools and other places it is hard to fit them all into our schedules, but attend as many of them as you can. I do know there is to be a service at Old Christ Church on Sunday, Dec. 16, with refreshments at the Cook House.

Please see the bulletin board for details.

This event caught my eye because it suggested you bring lap robes or throws to take the chill off in that historic church.

The church is getting much more use of late and that’s good. It is a piece of Laurel's history.

Not a word from our many local rabbit hunters this year. I do know some are on the disabled list due to leg injuries, which is more than the rabbits are.

Dick Whaley is still hunting, brother Bob is not, George Hitchens has given up on the group and the Bobby Whaley, Roland Wingate and Gardner Goottee group has not reported any large shootings to date. When last seen, Gardner was enjoying a humongous (large) breakfast at the Oasis in anticipation of dragging some very large rabbits out of the woods later that morning. Got to have the energy you know — right Gardner?

This is the end of my report, “Outdoors with Paddy.” Oh yes, 11-year old Zack Collins killed his first rabbit the other day and I don’t think he wants to join either of those groups.

As most of us know, “Woody” Phillips passed away the other day. He was a well-

known local farmer and that’s putting it mildly. I think this story about Woody needs to be told one more time for those who did not see it.

Around 1975 or 1976, I decided to take my 11- and 12-year-old Little League Team to Philadelphia to see the Phillies.

Many of those youngsters had never been outside of Laurel, much less to a game, and I was very excited to be taking them.

Only trouble, I could not find any drivers other than myself.

Then Woody and Dennis Brittingham heard about it and came to my rescue.

They were gracious to my “kids,” to say the least, and after the long, rain-delayed double-header we headed home.

Woody’s car went through a washout in Dover, after the intense storm, and he and several youngsters stayed at a motel until his car engine dried out the next morning.

For all this, Woody would not take a dime.

People who make a difference in your life, you tend to remember. I will always remember Woody, a good man.

To close this week, I must tell you that on Monday morning I saw the three wise men. They were at the Bethel Store, quite an honor for the owner Mark Shaver.

Actually, Harvey Cordrey, Joe Plummer and Elmo Stoakley are there most mornings and they do provide entertainment for the store’s customers.

Life is grand around people such as them. I think they were discussing my Christmas gift.

Carlton B. Whaley & Sons was the best choice for our family because of the quality craftsmanship of their work.

They considered our ideas and built our building exactly how we imagined. We are more than satisfied with our new building. Thank you Carlton B. Whaley & Sons for the outstanding services that you performed for our family. The Bakers

Long-forgotten books on display A long forgotten private collection of Christmas books dating from 1830 through 1960 is on display at the Laurel Public Library through the holiday season.

Discovered hidden away in the library basement during the 2006 expansion project, the collection has not been viewed for over 40 years at least. Notes found packed inside the four boxes indicate that

this was a personal collection belonging to Dorothy W. Curtiss, an early librarian at the library.

The collection will be available for viewing through Jan. 31. While the general population is invited to view the display, adults are cautioned that the condition of these old books is not conducive to handling by children.

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Church Bulletins Take My Hand Ministry meeting

The Mary and Martha Tea Room, a program of Take My Hand Ministry, Inc., meets on the third Wednesday of every month from 2-4 p.m. at 102 Maryland Ave. in Greenwood. A light lunch is served, and a guest speaker teaches and ministers. This is a women’s ministry.

Ministries third anniversary

On Dec. 7-9, All Walks of Life Outreach Ministries will be celebrating its third anniversary. This year’s theme is “Praise is the way we say thanks.”Guest preachers are Pastor Helena Bailey of Kingdom Life Family Ministries of Millsboro; Apostle Richard Scott of Grow in Grace Worship Center of Delmar, Md.; Rev. Annette P. Wilson of Cathedral of Love AUMP of Salisbury, Md. Friday and Saturday services begin at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 5 p.m.

Any questions contact the church at 875-7772; or email awolministry@ aol.com. Pastor Randy and Elect Lady Lorrie Jones, Host Pastors.

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery, a step program which claims Jesus Christ as its Higher Power, is meeting at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Pine and Poplar Streets, on Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. This program is open to all persons who wish to turn over their hurts, habits, and hang-ups to God such that they may be healed.

For more information, call Rev. Constance Hastings, 629-9466, or Robert Spadaccini 841-1720.

Messiah tickets now on sale

The Southern Delaware Choral Society, under the direction of John Ranney and the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, will present Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Eagles Nest Fellowship Church, off Rt. 1 in Milton. This is the first time the group has collaborated with the Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra of Towson, Md. and this year will only be giving one performance. Tickets, which are $25 for the general audience and $15 for students, are being sold at Puzzles in Lewes and Browseabout Books in Rehoboth or by calling 645-2013.

‘Operation Christmas Child’

The parishioners at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church are once again participating in Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse. Shoe boxes will be filled with a variety of small gifts, school supplies and toys to be distributed to needy children in the U.S. and countries throughout the world. Information on how to participate in this project can be obtained at the St. Luke’s Church office at 629-7979

Christmas musical

It’s Gracey’s two days only “Free Gift” Christmas musical presented by the children of Laurel Wesleyan Church. The greatest gift of all, salvation, is absolutely free and all we need to do is receive it.

Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9, at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Laurel Wesleyan Church is located north of Laurel on Alt. 13. For more information call 875-5380.

Christmas Play

On Dec. 23, at 5 p.m., Rock Church of Laurel, invites you to attend their Christmas play, “Messiah,” and experience the promise, peace, grace and real forgiveness of Jesus, the Messiah. Refreshments will be served after the play. For more information call 875-0894.

Youth Pastor sought

Trinity United Methodist Church, Phillips Hill Road, Laurel, is seeking a part-time Youth Pastor. For further information, contact 302-238- 7432.

Christmas Cantata

The Chancel Choir of Union Methodist Church in Bridgeville will present their Christmas Cantata, “Season of Wonders” on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.

Everyone is welcome. For more information call the church office at 337-7409.

Gospel Café

Centenary UM Church, Poplar & Market Streets, Laurel, is hosting a Christian music hour each Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the church.

Bruce & Nancy Willey are presenting Christian music, fellowship, and refreshments. Each week Mary Ann Young sings your Gospel favorites. December guest singers are: Dec. 8: DJ & Lillie Wootten, Voices of Harmony, Everett Hart Dec. 15: Dan Welsh, Ray & Revor, Bruce Willey & Linda Premo Dec. 22: Country Christmas Concert - Free admission but need ticket to attend due to limited seating.

Featuring Cassandra Abbott, Dawn Hopkins, Sierra Spicer, J. R. Mayle, and many more.

Dec. 29: Lights of Home Everyone is invited. For more info, contact the church at 875-3983 or Bruce Willey at 875-5539.

No Name Band at Grace UMC

The No Name Band will be at Grace United Methodist Church Hall, Georgetown, on Friday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.

For further information, contact Everett Warrington at 337-7198.

Celebration of Christmas music

Greenwood United Methodist Church presents: A Celebration of Christmas Music.

Join us Sunday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 a.m. for our celebration of Christmas music.

Everett Snyder will be playing the saxophone as well as leading our Cantata.

Immediately following we will be serving Christmas Dinner in the fellowship hall. Everyone welcome. We are located at the corners of Market and church streets in downtown Greenwood.

‘Let There Be Light’ musical

A Broadway musical “Let There Be Light” will be held at Delmar Church of God of Prophecy, Rt. 13 and Dorthy Road (3 miles north of MD/DE state line), on Dec. 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Free admission. A $50 ‘Toys R Us’ gift card given away each night.

For more information, call 875-7824 or 875-3242. more church items page 37

DIRECTORY: Your Guide To Local Houses of Worship TRINITY UNITED METHODIST Trap Pond, CHURCHNearLaurel, Del. 875-7715 Sun. School 9:00 a.m.

Worship 10:00 a.m.

Pastor Julie A. Lewis

“A caring church, a giving church, a sharing church; showing love, warmth and friendship to all.”

St. John’s United Methodist Church

Pine & Poplar Sts., Seaford 302-629-9466 E-mail: st_johns@verizon.net NURSERY & HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

SUNDAY WORSHIP 8:30 & 11:15 am Traditional 9:45 Sunday School 9:50 am Contemporary

Come as you are… and be transformed in the love of Christ!

Centenary United Methodist Church “Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for Over 200 Years” “NEW SONG!” - Contemporary Celebration, 8:45 a.m.

Sunday School, Classes for ALL ages, 9:45 a.m.

Every Traditional Family Worship, 11:00 a.m.

Sunday

Rev. John W. Van Tine, Pastor, 875-3983 200 W. Market St., Laurel, Del.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1010 S. Central Ave., Laurel Phone: 875-7748 Donny Weimar, Minister Worship Services: Sunday 10 a.m. 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study: Sun. 9:00 a.m.; Wed. 7:00 p.m.

In The Interest Of New Testament Christianity

CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 510 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DE Rev. Fred Duncan Church: 875-4233 Parsonage: 875-3398 Sunday Services: 8:30am Praise 9:30am Sunday School,11am Worship

DIAL DAILY DEVOTIONS: 875-4309

Christ Evangelistic Church Great Worship - Talented Singers Loving People - Powerful Preaching Youth Group Sunday 4:30 pm

Worship 10:45 a.m. • Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

Wed. Night 7:00 p.m. • Sun. Night 7:00 p.m.

Located on Camp Road between the Dual & Alt. 13 For info call: 629-3674 or 875-2915 Sr. Pastor Roland Tice

HARVEST CHRISTIAN CHURCH “Heart Felt Praise” Relevant Bible Teaching Children’s Ministry Midweek Bible Study Tom Birowski, Pastor Seaford, Del. • 628-7771

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church & Old Christ Church

“A Place to Belong”

600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, DE 19956 (302) 875-3644 Rev. Rita B. Nelson, Rector www.dioceseofdelaware.net/churches/stphlps.html Holy Eucharist with Healing and Church School ~ Sunday @ 9:30 am

SUNDAY WEDNESDAY Underground Family Worship (7-12 grade) 6:15 p.m.

10:45 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Prayer Team ‘The Table’ God’s Big Back Yard (last Wed. of mo) 7:00 p.m.

9:30 a.m.

94 Walnut St. Laurel, DE 19956

875-7873

Centrally located at 14511 Sycamore Rd., Laurel, DE 19956 Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

FasTrak Children’s Ministry - 10:30 a.m.; E318 Youth - 6 p.m.

Wednesday Midweek Services - 7 p.m.

For info, call 875.7995 or visit www.centralworshipcenter.org

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Road 68, South of Laurel Laurel, Del.

Sun. School 10 a.m. • Worship 9 & 11 a.m.

Wed. Night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Hymn Sing: Last Sunday Each Month - 7 p.m. www.StPaulsUMCLaurelDE.org

Pastor - Donald Murray - 856-6107

Christian Church of Seaford Dual 13N., Seaford, DE • 629-6298 Minister: John Herbst SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 Wed. Night Service & (Nursery & Jr. Church) Youth Groups 7:00 p.m.

A Firm Foundation • A Sure Hope • An Unending Love

MORNING STAR • DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007

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Great Christmas un-gifts By the Rev. Todd K. Crofford Laurel Wesleyan Church

PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

I know Christmas is supposed Each parent must to be a time of giving, but can I suggest three really good un-gifts make quality you can give this Christmas? Here are three things you should consid- decisions about what er not providing your children this is best for their child, Christmas that just may make your days safer and happier this season. and sometimes those Take ‘em or leave ‘em as suggesdecisions run tions from a careful observer of current culture. counter-culture.

1. Take your adolescent off of MySpace. This enormously popunot all children process things in the same lar sight likely can be properly navigated way. Remember that sometimes your and maintained by an older teenager, but teenager may be playing something they tweens and younger just don’t belong. I can handle but your six year-old is watchfear that tragedies like this week’s suicide ing as they play and is being adversely afof 13 year-old Megan Meier are only the fected. Furthermore, game systems are tip of the iceberg and if we knew even a time-gobblers. If you want your kids to bit of what transpires through those posts have the newest game system, at very our hair would stand up. least set parameters. Use the game system 2. Hold off on those cell phones for the as reward for completion of what needs to youngsters. I still remember when phones be done in their day. Also watch carefully were attached to walls. Next there was for a habit of two and three o’clock a.m. the era when the wealthy could actually game marathons. Some of these decisions talk from their car. Now it seems even the won’t be popular and you may be accused family pet has his own Razr or Envi. I of being too old-fashioned. The object iswonder if children 12 and under really n’t to be a stick in the mud, but to process need a phone? Most use them simply as for ourselves what our kids do and don’t overpriced fashion statements. The need to navigate their lives. Too many greater concern is that a phone is a power- parents have been caught in the peer presful communication tool that is very diffisure trap that “all the other parents are letcult for parents to monitor. In the day of ting their kids do it.” Each parent must reverse phone look-up and available infor- make quality decisions about what is best mation, I am not sure I want my child for their child, and sometimes those decireadily available to just anyone without sions run counter-culture. my knowledge.

In the end, my children are enjoying 3. Game systems. No, I don’t dare go many of the benefits and trappings of the “Don't buy them” route (though we modern life, but we are simply being caredon’t have them in our home), but let me ful not to allow that which seems unnecesencourage your careful monitoring. Many sary at best and dangerous at worst. games are very disturbing in content and

Mission to sponsor Adopt-a-Child

As part of their effort to give back to the community, the men at the Mission of Hope are organizing an Adopt-a-Child Tree. You can help this effort in several ways. First. we need names and sizes for needy children, ages 4 to twelve. Be assured that the child’s name will be held in strictest confidence.

Next, we need volunteers to adopt one or more of the children. Then you buy the clothing appropriate to the child’s age and gender on your adoption card,

and drop your purchases off at the Mission by Monday, Dec. 17. We will distribute all the clothing and toys by Christmas.

You can also help this effort to brighten Christmas for needy children with your financial donations. Specify that the money is for the Adopt-a-Child Tree.

Contact the Mission at 629-2559, or you can e-mail the Mission at info@MissionofHopeSeaford.org, or write to Mission of Hope, PO Box 1271, Seaford, DE 19973. Visit the Mission on the web at www.MissionofHopeSeaford.org.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 543 N. BRADFORD ST., SEAFORD, DEL. • 629-7161

Rev. Michael A. Hopkins, Pastor WEDNESDAY SUNDAY Sunday School......9:45 a.m. Prayer & Praise 7:00 p.m.

Worship...............11:00 a.m. Patch Club (kids) 7:00 p.m.

Eve. Worship........7:00 p.m. Youth Group 6:00-8 p.m.

Messiah’s Vineyard Church Located at Tyndall’s Furniture Plaza on Discountland Rd & Rt. 13, Laurel 302-875-4646 PO BOX 60, LAUREL, DE 19956

PRE-SCHOOL - 12TH GRADE - Office 629-7161 Quality Traditional Education Since 1973 Fully Accredited By Middle States in ACSI

Dr. Carl G Vincent, Senior Minister Pastor Barry B. Dukes, Music Minister Sunday 9:30 am Wednesday 7:00 pm Children’s Church • Nursery

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

SEAFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

A Cooperative S.B.C. Church 805 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE

302-629-8434 • www.graceseaford.org Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:45 am & 6:30 pm Children’s Church 10:45 am SPANISH Worship 10:45 am Wednesday Activities 7 pm Pastor: Homer McKeithan Youth Minister: James Hollis Music: Jim Burket “The Cross Is Grounded In Grace”

532 Stein Hwy., Seaford, DE 19973 Redemptorist Fathers • 629-3591

MASSES: SUNDAY: Sat. Eve. - Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Spanish 7:30 p.m.

Sunday - 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m.

DAILY: Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.

Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.; First Sat. 9 a.m.

HOLY DAYS: Eve. 7:30 p.m.; 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

NOVENA DEVOTIONS: Wed. 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

CONFESSION: Sat. 4:30 p.m.

LAUREL-MT. PLEASANT CHARGE 27225 Kaye Road, Laurel, DE 19956 Ph: (302) 875-7814

www.livingwaterworship.com Pastor: Rev. Timothy P. Jones

Wed. Bible Study & Sunday Morning Worship & Children’s Children’s Discovery Club 7:00 PM Ministries 10:00 AM “Flowing in Power and Love to a Parched and Thirsty World”

Passing on God’s Love and Grace in Laurel, Delmar & Surrounding Area United Methodist Churches

King’s St. George’s Mt. Pleasant

Worship Sun. Sch.

Gordy Rd...........8:50....10:00 St. George Rd.. . . .10:10..... 9:00

Mt. Pleasant Rd. 9:30,11:30..10:15 Pastor Barbara Auer

VICTORY TABERNACLE River of Life Christian Center CHURCH OF GOD

SUNDAY WORSHIP

11 AM and 6 PM ~ Sunday School 9:45 AM

WEDNESDAY NIGHT Ministry for the whole family 7 PM

Pastor Stacey Johnson 28261 Seaford Rd., Laurel, 2 miles N. of Laurel on Alt. 13

302-877-0443

The Atlanta Road Alliance Church 22625 Atlanta Rd., Seaford, DE (302) 629-5600 • www.atlantaroadcma.org Rev. Edward J. Laremore, Sr. Pastor David A. Krilov, Associate Pastor SUNDAY WEDNESDAY 8:30 Worship 6:45 Pioneer Clubs (age 3 9:45 Sunday School thru grade 6) & Divorce Care® 11:00 Worship/Kids Church 7:00 Prayer Service & Youth 7:00 Evening Service Group (grades 7-12)

COKESBURY CHURCH All Welcome Where Love Abides -- John 3:16

The Church by the Side of the Road 15092 Cokesbury Rd, Georgetown, DE (302) 629-5222 • www.cokesburywc.org Pastor Harold Carmean & Congregation Sunday School 9 am Contemporary Church Service 10 am

Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Serving Christ in the Heart of Seaford since 1830 315 High St. • Seaford, DE

Sunday Services: Informal Worship in Chapel 8:30 a.m.

Traditional Worship 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary 9:45 Sunday School Pastor: Rev. Thomas Gross • 302-629-4458 PROFESSIONAL NURSERY CARE PROVIDED

Laurel Wesleyan Church Rt. 13A, Just North of Laurel Sunday School - 9:30 Worship - 9:00 & 10:45 Sunday Evening Worship Wed. Youth Ministries 6:30 p.m.

Thurs. WKID, The Zone Children’s Ministries 6:30 Church 875-5380 • Sr. Pastor Todd Crofford Assistant Pastor Ken Deusa Asst. Pastor/Youth: Sue Boyce Children’s Pastor: Marilyn Searcey

17 W. Market St., Greenwood, DE 302349-9420 Pastors Joseph & Yvonne Dixon WORSHIP SERVICE: SUN. 11 AM BIBLE STUDY: WED. 7:30 PM

Proclaiming Faith 4 pm Sunday on WKDI 840 AM Radio

Food Outreach Emergency Food

www.river-oflife.org

Sailor’s Bethel United Methodist Church Bethel, DE Pastor Arthur Smith III Sunday School - 10 am Worship - 11:15 am Nursery Provided office 875-3628

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 629-7979 Holy Eucharist: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School & Adult Forum: 10:30 a.m.

Thurs. Eve. Service: 6 p.m.

Front & King St., Seaford, DE

The Rev’d. Jeanne W. Kirby-Coladonato, Rector

Seaford Church of Christ Acapella

(Rm. 16:16)

N. Dual 13, P.O. Box 783, Seaford, DE 19973 302-629-6206 Evangelist - Anthony Melakian - 629-3633 Elder - Don Birch - 629-8949 Elder - Ron Russell - 629-6033 Sunday School 10a.m.

Sun. Worship 11 a.m., Sun. Evening 6 p.m Wed. Evenings 7 p.m.

Live For God, Love Each Other, Light The World

“The Pickle Church” CHRIST THE CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH PICKLE MINISTRIES OUTREACH & CORNERSTONE NOTE MUSIC MINISTRY Corner of Bethel Rd. & Alt. 13 • 302-875-8150 Worship Svce 10 a.m. - Rev. Rick Elzey Church School & Jr. Church 10 a.m. - Pastor Doris Whaley Wings of Prayer Tues. 7 p.m.

Exploring God’s Word, Wed. 7 p.m.

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Obituaries Jacob Donald Ward, 86

Jacob “Donald” Ward of Laurel passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, at the Delaware Veterans Home in Milford.

Mr. Ward was born on April 10, 1921, in Laurel, son of the late Fred L. and Dora Ward.

Donald was a lifelong resident of Laurel and was a resident at the Methodist Manor House from 2000 until he moved to the Delaware Veterans Home in August 2007. He graduated from Jacob Donald Ward Laurel High School and married Mary Louise Collins of Millsboro in April 1945.

He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and returned to the family farm and became a US Mail carrier for the Laurel Post office in 1956 until his retirement in 1983. He and his wife were proprietors of the Don Louise Shoppe, a women's apparel store in Laurel. He was a member of the Laurel Independent order of Odd Fellows Lodge #27 where he served as Nobel Grand and Vice Grand, American Legion Post #0019 in Laurel, and VFW Post #7284 in Ocean View.

Mr. Ward was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and a sister, Jean Smarte of Seaford.

He is survived by his son, Jay D. Ward of Huntsville, Ala. and now residing at home in Laurel; his daughter, Donna Lee Tondreau and husband, Ken of Great Falls, Va.; four grandchildren, Michael Tondreau and wife, Sandy of Leesburg, Va., Michelle Tondreau Stephan and husband, Chris of Maple Plain, Mn., Lisa Ward Bolding and husband, Micheal of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Beth Ward of Huntsville, Ala.; two great-grandchildren, Jessica and Elizabeth Tondreau of Leesburg; his sister, Annabel Cordrey of Delmar; his brother, George Ward and wife, Francis of Seaford; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral was held at Centenary United Methodist Church, Laurel, on Friday, Nov. 30. The Rev. John Van Tine officiated and interment followed at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

The family wishes to thank the wonderful staff and caregivers at Methodist Manor House and Delaware Veterans Home for their love and attention.

Donations may be made in Donald's memory to the Alzheimers Association, 2306 Kirkwood Hwy. Wilmington, DE 19805 or Centenary United Methodist Church, 200 W. Market St., Laurel, DE 19956.

Arrrangements were in the care of Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel.

Alma Elizabeth Clerico, 96

Alma Elizabeth Clerico of Seaford, died on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at William Hill Manor in Easton, Md. Mrs. Clerico was in sales in Rite Aid Drug Store in Baltimore, Md. Her husband James L. Clerico died in 2003. She is survived by three sons, Ger-

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Obituaries are run without charge thanks to the support of area churches

ald Reville, Richard Reville and Ronald Reville, a daughter, Carol Walsh, nine grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one great great-granddaughter. Also surviving is her brother, Graham Floyd and her sister, Norma Able.

Memorial services will be on Friday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. at the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 Shipley St., Seaford.

Warren L. Pierce, 64

Warren L. “Skip” Pierce Jr. of Seaford, died on November 13, 2007 at home.

Mr. Pierce was a truck driver.

He is survived by his wife, Linda Bergstrom Pierce, three daughters, Ginger Clifton, Nicole Dickenson and Krystal O’Neal all of Seaford and seven grandchildren. His brother Hardy Wright also survives him.

Memorial services will be on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at the Woodland United Methodist Church, Woodland Ferry Rd, Seaford. Arrangements by the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford.

Daniel Carroll Fulgham, 60

Daniel Carroll Fulgham triumphantly entered into the Lord’s presence on Nov. 20, 2007, at his home in Georgetown, in the presence of his loving wife.

He was born in Sikeston, Mo., a son of Lorene (Hicks) and Carl Fulgham, who predeceased him.

He was president of PATS Aircraft in Georgetown. During his professional career he occupied several positions of increasing responsibility in the aerospace industry. He is known for his integrity, decisive management style and his team building.

Mr. Fulgham valued time at home with his wife, Jacquie. He was passionate about music and enjoyed sharing his passion with close friends and family. He liked to ride his Harley and enjoyed being with friends who rode. He also enjoyed walking his dogs on the beach and riding his horse.

He was a graduate of Oklahoma State University, past Rotarian, member of The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, golfing member of Seaford Golf and Country Club and active in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church where he was lovingly known for passing the peace and his enthusiastic “Amens.”

He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; son, Derek; daughter, Megan Wilson and husband Brent; sister, Sharon Aloffo and husband Cookie; his brothers, Larry Fulgham and wife Debra, and Darrell Fulgham; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and his church family at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

A service will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Front Street, Seaford, on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 11 a.m., St. Luke’s rector, the Rev. Jeanne Kirby-Coladonato, will celebrate at the Requiem Holy Eucharist. A reception will follow in the Great Hall of the Parish House. Burial will be private.

The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to St. Luke’s Memorial Fund and Fox-Chase Cancer Center, Development Office, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497.

Woodrow Wilson Phillips, 83

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Phillips of Laurel died peacefully in the arms of his wife on Tuesday, Nov. 27, with his family by his bedside.

Woody proudly served his country as a sergeant in the US Army, during World War II. He was a pillar of the Portsville United Methodist Church were he served on the Board of Trustees.

He left high school during the great depression to help his father on the family farm, later receiving his GED following the War. He was very proud of his 13 years of service as a member and vice president of the Laurel School Board and of his five children attending Universities.

He lived on the family farm where Woodrow Phillips he was born and raised. He loved watching the crops grow and especially enjoyed giving away watermelons to friends and neighbors each summer. He and his wife spent 40 years operating Woodrow Phillips Spray Company.

Starting in 1950, Phillips Spray Company disinfected poultry houses on Delmarva for all major integrators. He raised chickens beginning in the early 1960s and was a director of the Delmarva Poultry Industry.

He was founding member of the Laurel Grain Company and a lifetime board member of the MarDel Watermelon Association. It was said of Woodrow, that he never met a stranger. His love of others and faith in God were the bedrock of his time here on earth.

Mr. Phillips was preceded in death by his mother and father, Eliza Ellen Adams

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Phillips and Columbus Washington Phillips; two brothers, J. Marshall Phillips and Jenning B. Phillips; and two sisters, May P. Williams and Hazel P. Glover.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary Belle Phillips; his five children, Scott Phillips and his wife Darlene of Millsboro, Jayne Gordy and her husband Benny of Laurel, Chris Phillips of Delray Beach, Fla., Vance Phillips and his wife Lisa of Laurel and Susan Lloyd and her husband Mike of Moore, S.C. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service was held at Centenary United Methodist Church, Laurel, on Saturday, Dec. 1, where friends called prior to the service. Friends also called at the church Friday evening. The Rev. Art Smith officiated. Internment followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery Laurel.

Contributions can be made to Portsville U.M. Church, c/o Robert Hudson, 32221 Horsey Church Road, Laurel, DE 19956; or Centenary U.M. Church, 200 W. Market St., Laurel, DE 19956.

Arrangements were in the care of the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, 700 West St., Laurel, DE 19956.

Arthur N. Colona, 93

Arthur N. Colona of Seaford died on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007 at Beebe Hospital in Lewes.

Mr. Colona was born on Chincoteague Island, Va., on Dec. 7, 1913 the second son of Norman and Roena Daisey Colona.

He graduated from Chincoteague High School, then joined the United States Coast Guard in 1935. He retired from the USCG in 1965 after 30 years. Most of his

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MORNING STAR • DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007 military career was spent on ships at sea.

At the start of World War II, he was transferred to the Navy as a lieutenant in both the European and Pacific theaters. After the war he returned to the Coast Guard and served their ships anywhere from Greenland to Alaska.

His last eight years he served in maritime inspection in Baltimore, Md., and Long Beach, Calif. He was an active member of the Chief Warrant Officers Association and the Retired Military Officers Association. He and his wife Eleanor established a scholarship fund for Children of Coast Guard Members.

After his retirement from the Coast Guard he worked as Port Engineer for American President Steamship Line and was a real estate salesman, a condominium manager and the Captain of several sports fishing vessels.

Mr. Colona had been an active member of numerous Masonic organizations for the past 60 years. He was a member of Cap Island Lodge, Cape May, N.J., ELBEKAL Shrine Center, Anaheim, Calif., National SOJOURNERS Chapter 750, El Toro, Calif., Lower Delaware Shrine Club, Nur Shrine Center, Wilmington, Hiram Lodge #21, Seaford Scottish Rites Club, Lewes, Scottish Rite Club, Baltimore, Md., Royal Order of Scotland, Eastern Shore Scottish Rite Club, Salisbury, Md. He and his wife Eleanor also established a scholarship fund to be administered by the Scottish Rite Club of Salisbury, Md. His wife, Eleanor Kirk Colona passed away on March 5, 2002. His mother and father and brothers, Everett and Elmer, and a sister, Minerva Colona Graham, preceded Art in death.

He is survived by a brother, Robert and his wife Shirley Colona, and a sister, Lillie Colona Boothe; eight nieces and nephews, and 14 great-nieces and nephews and his friend, Joan Hudson.

Funeral services were on Saturday, Dec. 1, preceded by a Masonic Service by Hiram Lodge at the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford. Visitation was prior to the services. Burial will be at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery with full Military Honors.

In memory of Art and to honor Eleanor Kirk Colona, donations may be made to the Order of the Eastern Star, c/o Ester Berner, 8277 Hearns Pond Road, Seaford, DE 19973.

Ella M. Human, 83

On Nov. 26, 2007 Ella M. Human passed away.

Ella was born in 1924, and grew up in Cape Girardeau, Mo. An avid artist and musician, she was a cellist with the Cape Girardeau Symphony Orchestra and paid for half of her tuition at what is now Southeast Missouri State University by playing the cello at faculty functions with a string quartet.

She moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1944 where she continued her education at Washington University and where she met and married an Army officer, Ted Human.

The couple settled in Maryland after World War II where Ella stayed at home to raise two children. After her children were grown, she became a secretary at the Shepard Pratt Hospital and at the time of her retirement she was secretary to the director of the Child and Adolescent Unit.

A lifelong learner, she continued to take college courses and painting classes at Towson University and the Community College of Baltimore at Essex, where she became a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.

Mrs. Human was diagnosed as having

Alzheimer's disease in 1998. She lived in her own home until a week before her death.

She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore “Ted” H. Human. She is survived by her children, Timothy M. Human and his wife Susan, and Linda T. Human; grandchildren, Alex and Scott Human, Gwen Willey and her husband Mike, and Laura Human; and great-grandmother of Ayden and Ethan.

The family received friends in the Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley Inc., Timonium, Md., on Friday, Nov. 30, at which time a Memorial Service was celebrated. Internment was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Expressions of sympathy may be directed in Ella's memory to Alley Animals, P.O. Box 27487, Towson, MD 21285-7487

Jody Lynne Justice, 47

Jody Lynne Justice of Delmar died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 at her home in Delmar.

She was born on May 26, 1960 in Salisbury, a daughter of Rose Baker Moore of Delmar and the late Jerry H. Moore, Sr. Jody enjoyed her work as a Dental Assistant for Atlantic Dental in Ocean City, where she worked for more than 15 years. Jody loved Jody Lynne Justice spending time at the beach, where she found solace and comfort.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Hurston

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Moore, Jr.; a sister, Kathy Ann Moore Dennis; her father-in-law, Robert L. Justice, Sr.; and grandparents, Charles and Catherine Moore and Raymond and Rose Baker.

In addition to her loving mother, Rose, she is survived by her son, Brandon Lee Peek; her husband, Robert “Bobby” L. Justice; her brother, Jay Moore, all of Delmar; her mother-in-law, Jeanne Murray of Laurel; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

A visitation for family and friends was held Monday, Dec. 3, at Short Funeral Home, Delmar. A graveside service was held on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Delmar. Dr. William Warren and Harry B. Naugle, Chaplain of the Delmar Fire Department, officiated.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Delmar Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 143, Delmar, DE 19940.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com.

Thomas James Geoghegan, 58

Thomas James Geoghegan of Greenwood passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at his residence after a long battle with cancer. He departed this life into the loving arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Mr. Geoghegan relocated to Sussex County, from Brandywine, Md. in 2006.

He had been employed in the professional heating and air conditioning business in Columbia, Md. and was a member of Local 602 Steamfitters Union, Capital Heights, Md. for more than 20 years. He liked boating and fishing, and enjoyed Delaware's finer restaurants and cuisine.

He was preceded in death by his father, William Geoghegan, formerly of North

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Forestville, Md. He is survived by his loving spouse of three years, Patricia Ann (Hanna) Geoghegan of Greenwood; his mother Thelma May (Robertson) Geoghegan, of Manassas Park, Va.; two step-daughters, Karen Steel of Millsboro, and Melanie Brierley of Newark; his best friend, Charles Buchanan of Georgetown; three sons, Thomas Geoghegan of Annapolis, Md., Bryan Geoghegan and wife Erin of Annapolis, Md., and Christopher Geoghegan of Alexandria, Va.; a grandson Patrick Geoghegan of Annapolis, Md.; a sister, Patricia Lomp and husband Andrew of Bristol, Va.; and a brother Robert Geoghegan and wife Patricia of Columbia, Md. A memorial service was held at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, Bridgeville, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, with the Rev. Ronald Wyatt officiating.

There was no visitation and interment will be private.

Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Jude's Children’s Research Hospital, Research & Honors Program, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

Send on-line condolences to: condolences@parsellfuneralhomes.com.

Donald Lewis, Sr., 56

Donald “Butch” Lewis, Sr., of Delmar, passed away on Nov. 30, 2007 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

“Butch” was an avid country music guitarist, playing in many local bands. He was a member of the American Legion. He graduated from Laurel High School class of 1969. He then served his country in the National Guard and had also worked in construction.

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Entertainment Osifchin joins Messiah Baritone Matthew Osifchin will be among four guest soloists singing with the Southern Delaware Choral Society and the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Christmas concert of the Messiah on Saturday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Eagles Nest Fellowship Church, off Rte. 1 in Milton.

The chorus, under the direction of John Ranney, and the symphony orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Julien Benichou, will be joined by soloists soprano Meghan McCall, mezzo soprano Jessica Renfros, and tenor Alvaro Rodruiquez. This is a first time collaboration between the choral society and the acclaimed Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra.

“Many people in both organizations have worked hard to make this collaboration possible and I believe SDCS will be the best it’s ever been,”said SDCS President Clement Edgar.

Following a number of notable debuts this past season, Osifchin has become one of the most promising young talents in the country.

The Southern Delaware Choral Society is supported in part by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, the

Baritone Matthew Osifchin is one of four soloists scheduled to sing at the Messiah concert on Saturday, Dec. 8 in Milton.

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Possum Point Players presents ‘WPPP 1954 Christmas Special’ Possum Point Players “The WPPP 1954 Christmas Special” is a step back in time, with the old-style radio version of “Miracle on 34th Street” and traditional carols. This Possum original opens on Nov. 30, and runs for the first two weekends of December.

Similar to last year’s production, Possums’ Ad Hoc Touring Company will be doing the performance, this time of the radio version of “Miracle on 34th Street,” directed by Ad Hoc member Dick Rossé of Dagsboro. Rossé is a radio veteran of 50-plus years - including as a current essayist for Public Radio and writes a bi-weekly column for Coastal Point newspaper.

His theatrical credits are many. Currently an active member with Ad Hoc, Rossé has also taken part in numerous main-stage performances at area community theatres, most recently seen on the Possum stage in the April 2007 production of Bedroom Farce.

The name of the show “The WPPP 1954 Christmas Special” is the beginning of the retrospective. It’s meant to evoke an image of Possum Point Players as a

radio station: WPPP, which in 1954 would have aired the newest Christmas show, “Miracle on 34th Street.” An oldfashioned radio studio would have had its own singers, and therefore the musical portions of this fictional radio station’s production are being performed by “The WPPP Singers.” Beryl Martin is directing the musical portion.

The singers include male and female vocalists ranging in age from JuniorHigh to retirement. While tickets are still available for the six performances, office administrator Mary Cahill urges reservations.

“The WPPP 1954 Christmas Special” will be performed on Dec. 7 and 8, at 8 p.m., and on Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. at Possum Hall in Georgetown. Tickets are $16, or $15 for seniors or students. Call the Possum Point Players ticketline at 302-8564560 to make reservations, request further information, or for directions to the theater.

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Health The Look-In Glass Shoppe, a gift to the community

By Sarah Trivits, NHS Volunteer In a prominent corner of the lobby at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital is an enchanting gift shop known as "The Look-In Glass Shoppe."

Staff and volunteers responsible for the shop believe they are doing something right - their customers tell them so, day after day.

In this delightful corner, are numerous gifts for any occasion and always a variety of seasonal items. Many people don't realize that the shop is open to the general public.

It is not difficult to find a gift for any event - be it a new baby, birthday, wedding, get well or any of the holidays.

Fresh flower arrangements are also available. Shelves display a variety of merchandise such as collector's items, plush, candles, cards, sundries, balloons, and candy.

The Look-In Glass Shoppe takes phone orders, delivers to patients' rooms, and holds a variety of sales throughout the year.

Manager Dawn Kolbe, the shop's one full-time employee oversees approximately 35 volunteers who help in the shop. "I just can't do it without them," says Dawn.

"They are the face of the shop. They greet and wait on customers, show the newest items, restock merchandise, and show a genuine interest in making shopping at The Look-In Glass Shoppe a pleasant experience.

The Shoppe will host a poinsettia and ornament sale on Friday, December 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the main lobby of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. Live 6" poinsettias in a decorative planter will be available with your choice of cardinals or chick-a-dees for $19.99.

Artificial arrangements will also be available. Santa's helpers will be present to offer free personalization for purchased ornaments.

The 12 Days of Christmas event, which is Dec. 8 - 21, features selected Christmas merchandise at discounted prices.

If you haven't visited The Look-In Glass Shoppe take a few minutes and stop in - you'll be glad you did. The Shoppe is open from 9-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

During the holidays, the shop will also be open on Saturday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop will stay open until 7 p.m. from Dec. 14 to Dec. 21. For more information, call the shop at 629-6615 extension 2493.

Health briefs Depression support group in Laurel The Mental health Association in Delaware will be sponsoring a Depression Support Group in Laurel on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

The meetings begin at 7 p.m.

The purpose of the Laurel Depression Support Group is to share experiences related to living and coping with depression. The group is confidential and offered at no charge.

The MHA encourages anyone dealing with a depressive disorder to attend.

Register in advance by calling 1-800287-6423.

• Peer support groups sponsored by Mental Health Association of Delaware are not intended to replace professional mental health treatment.

To maintain the privacy of our members, MHA does not publish support group locations; locations are provided with registration.

Stroke support group Nanticoke Memorial Hospital will offer free monthly Stroke Support Group meetings designed for individuals who have survived a stroke and their families and caregivers.

Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at Nanticoke Cancer Care

Center, from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

The meetings will consist of guest speakers and breakaway sessions, in which caregivers and survivors will meet in two groups to discuss concerns, provide support and networking. Refreshments will be provided.

Sheila Brant and Joan Burditt, occupational therapists at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, will facilitate the support group meetings.

Pre-registration is not required. For more information, call 629-6611, ext.

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Alzheimer's holds training The Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter is sponsoring a training program for family caregivers at LifeCare at Lofland Park in Seaford on Friday, Jan. 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The program includes a medical overview; legal and financial issues; challenging symptoms, daily care issues; and information on getting the help you need.

The session is free and lunch will be provided, but pre-registration is required

by Jan. 11. For more information or to register, call Jamie Magee, branch office coordinator, at 854-9788.

Look-In Glass Shoppe coordinator Dawn Kolbe and gift shop volunteer Faith Willin admire the unique gifts that are offered in the hospital's gift shop. Proceeds from the shop benefit Nanticoke Health Services.

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For Christmas, have ‘Santa’ bring some self-esteem

By Anthony Policastro, M.D Christmas is approaching and most people have the shopping bug. For many their shopping was done on Black Friday. However, there are usually some gifts that still need to be bought.

One of the things that I would like to suggest that you look at getting for your children is improved self-esteem.

The first thing that you need to find out is how much self-esteem your child has.

There are many things that hint at this.

The main one is listening to the comments that the child makes about himself/herself.

Children with poor self-esteem will not like themselves as much as they should.

They may complain about being fat.

They may complain about being stupid.

They may complain about not liking their name.

Another thing to watch for is what they

want for Christmas. Children who feel poorly about themselves will want to make others think more of them.

They do that by external appearances.

They may want designer clothes. They might want to have something else that will make others take notice.

These are the kinds of things that parents should be aware of before they shop for presents.

The second thing that needs to happen is to look at gifts that will support self-esteem.

My usual recommendation is that every child should have something that they can do better than anyone else.

That will enhance their self-image. It

will also allow others to look up to the individual.

There are many possibilities. One of those is to find a sport that the child is good at. I once had a patient with a memory problem. Her classmates were making fun of her. She was very upset. Her parents decided to put her in gymnastics. She had a natural talent for it.

Within six months, she was one of the top gymnasts in South Carolina.

After each meet, the school would announce where she placed over the loudspeaker on Monday. She became one of the most popular girls in school.

Not everyone has athletic talent. Some

Not everyone has athletic talent. Some are musically inclined. Learning to play an instrument can help foster self-esteem.

are musically inclined. Learning to play an instrument can help foster self-esteem. It needs to be the child that wants to play it.

The parents can’t push it. The child must want to practice. However, this is another possible approach.

A third approach is to start the child with a hobby. Collecting things can be fun.

Becoming an expert on a specific topic can help support their self-image.

As Christmas approaches, it is useful to ask yourself about your child’s self-esteem.

If the signs suggest that it is poor, you can use Christmas gifts to improve it. Buying designer clothes might help the outward appearance.

It might help the self-image from worsening. However, it will not get to the underlying problem. Like most things that parents do, promoting self-esteem is a challenge.

DPH concludes TB testing No additional workers at Mountaire Farms have tuberculosis (TB) disease after testing by Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) concluded this week.

Since Nov. 13, 250 employees at the Selbyville poultry processing plant were evaluated as part of a routine health investigation to rule out spread of TB from a female worker confirmed with the disease on Nov. 15.

The employee is receiving treatment at home until medically cleared for work and the employee's family has tested negative for TB. Statewide, only 12 new cases of TB have been reported in 2007.

Public health workers identify the presence of TB bacteria before it causes disease by taking the following steps: • Skin testing to determine if individuals have any risk for TB. The test identifies if a person's immune system has ever encountered TB bacteria. Millions of people in the U.S. have positive skin test results because their bodies successfully fought off TB and they remain healthy.

The vast majority of people with a positive skin test never develop TB disease and are never contagious to others.

• People with a positive skin test receive a chest x-ray and physical examination for evidence of active TB disease in the lungs.

• When x-rays and physical exams show no evidence of active TB disease, individuals usually receive medications to further reduce their risk.

TB is a bacteria that is inhaled into the lungs. The bacteria are released into the air when a TB-infected person coughs or sneezes.

People with TB are most likely to spread it to people that they spend time with every day, such as family members, friends, and co-workers.

Signs and symptoms of TB include a strong cough that lasts more than two weeks, coughing up blood or sputum, chest pain, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, appetite loss, chills, fever and night sweats.

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‘89 LINCOLN TOWNCAR, 115k mi. original, loaded, mint cond. $900 OBO. 6293336. 11/01

'03 CHEV. VENTURE EXT. SPORT VAN, 3.4L V6.

Lease vehicle purchased in '06;. Exc. cond., 47k mi.

Warranty transferrable. $9400. For more info, call Melissa, 855-9002. 10/25 '00 DODGE DURANGO, green, tan int., 3rd seat, int. like-new cond., Michelin tires, running boards, tow pkg., $6500. 228-9737.

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FREE ELEC. RANGE, for single mother of 4 children, now using a hot plate. Call 875-0964 before 7 pm. A good refrig. could also be used. 11/15

LOST CAT: On Rt. 9 W. of Dukes Lumber Rd., Multi color top, white bottom, gray tail. 875-3890. 11/15

GOOD USED FURNITURE, at no cost for elderly lady. 877-0777. 11/8

2 LOST DOGS, on Woodland Ferry Rd., Sun., 10/28.

Male Beagles, lemon & wh., orange color. 2 yrs. old. If found please return. 5426316. 11/8

AUTOMOTIVE

GIVE-AWAY FULL SIZE BED, 75x54, mattress, box springs, bed frame, very good cond.

875-7119. 11/22 BLACK WALNUTS, Seaford. Call 628-8761. 11/15 2 MALE CATSm Blk. w/wh. chest; orange tabby w/wh. chest & paws. Very friendly.

249-9287. 10/18 FREE ENGLISH SETTER, to good home, about 5-6 yrs. old, good hunter, orange & white. 542-6316.

SERVICES WILL HAUL your old appliances & remove big old satellite dishes, free. Call Mike, 245-2278. 12/6/2t

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'04 NISSAN TITAN TRUCK, 25K MI., WHITE, AC, Auto 5 spd., CO pkg., 4-whl. PDB, $12,995. 2286202. 10/18

LADDER RACK, Stainless steel, for 6' Bed PU, $175.

Metal tool box fdor standard size PU, $75. 344-3052.

MOTORCYCLES/ REC VEHICLES GO CARTS for Christmas!

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Help Wanted The Woodbridge School District

FAMILY SERVICES COORDINATOR

LOST

'99 MERC. MYSTIQUE, 4 dr., 4 cyl., AT, PW, PL, AC, 118k mi., no rust, no leaks.

Great work transportation. $2450. 877-0231. 10/25

Sussex Co. Habitat for Humanity seeks AmeriCorps*VISTA member to serve as Family Services Coordinator. Member will contribute to SCHFH’s ability to meet growing needs for affordable housing by implementing a streamlined family selection process and expanding orientation and training programs for partner families and existing homeowners. F-T position for one year. AmeriCorps stipend, health coverage, and education award provided. Please send resume to admin@sussexcountyhabitat.org or call 302-855-1153.

Help Wanted The Woodbridge School District is seeking a qualified person to fill a Full-Time position for an Athletic Trainer at Woodbridge High School.

is seeking a qualified person to fill a temporary opening for the remainder of the 2007-2008 school year at Phillis Wheatley Middle School.

• Special Education Eighth Grade Math Teacher Qualifications: Licensed and Certified in Special Education in the State of DE. Salary Range: $37,215.00 - $72,444.00/per year.

Closing Date: Monday, December 3, 2007.

APPLY TO: Heath B. Chasanov, Assistant Superintendent, Woodbridge School District 16359 Sussex Highway, Bridgeville, DE 19933 Phone: (302) 337-7990, Fax: (302) 337-7998, or www.teachdelaware.com The Woodbridge School District does not discriminate in the employment or educational programs, services, or activities, based on race, sex, or handicap in accordance with the State and Federal Laws. The District reserves the right to modify and/or delete any possible vacancy at its discretion for this position.

• Athletic Trainer Qualifications: Successful candidate must have a State of DE Athletic Training certification.

Job Information: Other duties will be assigned to the successful candidate based on their qualifications and experience; and will be expected to work a flexible schedule in order to accommodate the needs of our athletic programs.

Salary Range: $36,292.00 - $70,586.00/per year.

Closing Date: Monday, December 10, 2007.

APPLY TO: Heath B. Chasanov, Assistant Superintendent, Woodbridge School District 16359 Sussex Highway, Bridgeville, DE 19933 Phone: (302) 337-7990, Fax: (302) 337-7998, or www.teachdelaware.com

CAREER FAIR The Delaware Hospice Center located in Milford, Delaware is still being built, but it is time to find the right people for our open positions. Please join us at our Career Fair on December 12, 2007.

Delaware Hospice supports patients and families in all three counties of Delaware, and some parts of Pennsylvania. Over 30,000 patients and families have looked to us to help them when they need it the most. As the most recommended Hospice Care Facility in the State, Delaware Hospice is committed to taking care of our employees so they can take care of our patients and their families.

The Woodbridge School District does not discriminate in the employment or educational programs, services, or activities, based on race, sex, or handicap in accordance with the State and Federal Laws. The District reserves the right to modify and/or delete any possible vacancy at its discretion for this position.

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'05 YAMAHA KODIAK 400 4-wheeler w/a 05 trailer.

Both in exc. cond. $6000 OBO. 875-4188. 10/11

BOATS 17' CENTER CONSOLE Pro Line Sport 170. '95 Boat w/low hr. 2002 Mercury 90 oil-injected & '95 EZ Loader Galvanized Trailer.

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Kept indoors. Trailer ha brakes, new nonmarking rollers, radial tires w/ spare. $7495. 628-5479. 11/22

ANTIQUES/ COLLECTIBLES '71 LAUREL HIGH SR. Group photo, 8x14, exc. cond., $25. '71 LHS Year Book, exc. cod., no writing, $75. 682-7111. 11/22 ANT. OAK PUMP ORGAN, upright, $700 OBO. 6280741. 11/8 MICKEY MOUSE Memorabilia, includes TV, DVD player, cookie jars, figurines, etc. for info call 6289856 after 5 pm, ask for Ruth Ann. 11/8

B u s i n e s s

• DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007

GIRL'S FRENCH PROVINCIAL BR SUITE, 6 pc., $100. 629-3652 after 5 pm.

11/29

UPRIGHT PIANO, Gulbransen, w/bench, good cond. $975 OBO. 6443317. 11/01

22 BALES cow or goat hay. $3.50 ea. 337-7563. 11/22

SILVERTONE ORGAN, w/padded bench. $125 OBO. 644-7344. 11/01

GOULDS WATER PUMP, 1/2 hp, $100 OBO. 410546-4335. 11/15 VANITY, SINK & COMMODE, 1.6 gpf, $100 OBO. 410-546-4335. 11/15

LAWN TRACTOR, Bolens Husky, Snow Blower, mover deck & plow blade. $500 OBO. 628-5198.

11/01

2 STEEL SPOKED IMPLEMENT WHEELS, 32" $22 for both. 846-9788. 11/15

FIREWOOD, 5+ Cords, Seasoned Hardwoods, you move, $400. Call 410-5464335. 11/01

3 IH 100 lb. HANG ON Weights & 3 IH PTO Tractor Shields. $85 for all. 8469788. 1/15

COMPUTER MONITOR: Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 15HX SVGA color, $49.

856-3799. 10/25 CRIB/BED & Mattress, $150. 875-2647. 10/25

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BOOKS, FICTION, all kinds, $3/bag. 30 DVDs, all kinds, $5 ea. 875-3744.

WASHER $120; DRYER $120. 628-1320. 11/29/tnc

GE PROFILE DRYER, 220 plug, $150. 628-0741. 11/8

OLD CAST IRON WOOD / COAL COOK STOVE, great shape, $210. Old wooden folding ironing board, $35. 846-9788. 12/6

PEDESTAL OAK RND. DR TABLE w/4 chairs, $165.

629-8745. 11/8

RICKY RUDD Memorabilia: jacket, die cast sz. 1/24 to 1/64, etc. For info call Ruth Ann, 628-9856 after 5 pm.

11/8 ELVIS MUSIC BOX DECANTER SET. 875-2647.

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11/29 6' SLENDER CHRISTMAS TREE, ideal for year round decorating, $25. 875-4570.

DELL COMPUTER w/printer, Windows 98 & office 2000 on hard drive. $200 OBO. Computer desk & chair set, never used, box unopened, $30. 875-5186 after 6 pm. 11/29

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LEGALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING Broad Creek Hundred Case No. 10026 In accordance with Chapter 115, of the Code of Sussex County, a hearing will be held on a request for a variance as provided by: Chapter 115, Article IV, Subsection 115-25, Item C of said ordinance of RW & WD Investments LLC who are seeking a variance from the front yard setback requirement, to be located south of Road 487A, being Lot 9 within Easter Heights development.

The hearing will be held in the County Council Chambers, County Administrative Office Building, Georgetown, Delaware, on Monday evening, JANUARY 7, 2008, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as may be heard.

All interested parties should attend and present their views. If unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted but must be received prior to public hearing.

For additional information, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 302-855-7878.

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LEGAL NOTICE ON DECEMBER 31, 2007 at 11:00 a.m., Laurel Storage Center, Road 468, Laurel, DE will conduct a sale pursuant to Title 25, DEL. C. ANN 4904-4905.

The contents of the following bins will be sold: Bin’s #64 Letitia Daven-

NOTICE Estate of Ronald D. Baker, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Ronald D. Baker who departed this life on the 12th day of October A.D. 2007 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Deborah D. Baker on the 26th day of November, A.D. 2007, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 12th day of June, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Deborah D. Baker 28900 Johnsons Drive, Seaford, DE 19973 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 12/06/3tc

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Estate of Kenneth E. Riggins, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Kenneth E. Riggins who departed this life on the 19th day of October A.D. 2007 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Letricia D. Tucker, Kenneth E. Riggins, Jr. on the 16th day of November, A.D. 2007, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Co-Executors without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Co-Executors on or before the 19th day of June, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Co-Executors: Letricia D. Tucker 9062 Riverside Dr., Seaford, DE 19973 Kenneth E. Riggins, Jr. 36165 Robinhood Rd., Delmar, DE 19940 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 11/29/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Isabell Moore Bell, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary upon the estate of Isabell Moore Bell who departed this life on the 3rd day of November A.D. 2007 late of Bethel, DE were duly granted unto Timothy S.

PROPERTY FOR SALE ON ROUTE 13, LAUREL, DELAWARE 107’ Frontage on Northbound Rt. 13 15.0 acres total, Zoned Commercial Improved with 7,500 sq. ft. office/ warehouse building $925,000.00 Also has been subdivided into three parcels 5.3 acres with building. . . . . . . . . . .$540,000 3.5 acres..............................$210,000 4.3 acres .............................$260,000

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PAGE 35 Miller on the 14th day of November, A.D. 2007, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the 3rd day of July, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executor: Timothy S. Miller 34313 Pepper’s Corner Rd. Frankford, DE 19945 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 11/29/3tc

NOTICE Estate of Donald R. King, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamen-

tary upon the estate of Donald R. King who departed this life on the 7th day of November A.D. 2007 late of Seaford, DE were duly granted unto Barbara L. Seidel on the 9th day of November, A.D. 2007, and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payments to the said Executrix without delay, and all persons having demands against the deceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executrix on or before the 7th day of July, A.D. 2008 or abide by the law in this behalf.

Executrix: Barbara L. Seidel 1022 Radley Dr. West Chester, PA 19382 David L. Wilson Register of Wills 11/22/3tc

IM THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN AND FOR SUSSEX COUNTY IN RE: MORTGAGE OF MYRA G. ELZEY, Petitioner, V. UNKNOWN HEIRS OR ASSIGNS OF HAROLD H. ROBERTS, Respondent.

C.A.No. 07M-11-011 RFS Dated: December 2, 1985 Mortgage Book 925, Page 42 NOTICE TO HAROLD H. ROBERTS OR THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OR ASSIGNS OF HAROLD H. ROBERTS AND ANY OTHER UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED MATTER PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above-captioned case presently pending in the Superior Court, State of Delaware, in and for Sussex County, is an action brought by Myra G. Elzey to show cause, if any, why a mortgage granted by Myra G. Elzey to Harold H. Roberts, dated December 2, 1985 and recorded in Mortgage Book 925, Page 42 and encumbering Tax Parcel 3-32 2.00 81.01 shall not be marked satisfied on the record. The aforesaid Petitioner claims that said mortgage has been paid in full.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to said Order, the aforementioned person, his heirs and assigns, or other unknown owners and claimants in the above-entitled action are hereby notified that they must file a written response to the Petition by filing a response with the Superior Court, The Circle, Georgetown, Delaware and serving a copy of the same upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, the law firm of Procino Wells, LLC, 225 High Street, Seaford, Delaware 19973, on or before January 11, 2008, or in lieu of thereof, appear in the Superior Court, The Circle, Georgetown, Delaware on January 18, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. A copy of the Petition may be obtained at the Office of the Prothonotary, The Circle, Georgetown, Delaware.

In the event that the persons to whom this notice is directed fail to file a written response, the Plaintiff’s Petition may be heard by the Court without further notice.

Joyce M. Collins PROTHONOTARY Kendra Mills Per Deputy Shannon R. Owens, Esquire Procino Wells, LLC 225 High Street Seaford, DE 19973 (302)629-4140 Attorney for Petitioner

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MORNING STAR •DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007

Police Journal Man sought in assault

On Sunday, Dec. 2, at approximately 4:16 p.m., Seaford Police officers were called to the area of Liberty and North streets of Seaford in reference to shots being fired.

The caller advised that the suspects were in a Blue Ford Victoria leaving the area. A responding officer observed the vehicle east bound on Norman Eskridge Highway with four subjects inside. The Seaford Officer executed a traffic stop in the area of U.S. 13.

Once the vehicle was stopped it was revealed that the victim from the shooting was inside and the occupants were taking him to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.

The victim was given first aid by Sussex County Paramedics and transported to the hospital by Seaford Fire Department ambulance. The victim was treated for gunshot wounds to the leg and wrist and transported to Christiana Hospital where he is in stable condition.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim along with three other subjects were involved in a confrontation with the suspect in the area of Liberty and North streets. Sometime during the confrontation the suspect pulled a weapon and fired striking the victim in the wrist and leg.

The Seaford Police Department Criminal Investigations team is asking anyone with information about this crime to contact them at 629-6644 or Delaware crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Delaware Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons involved.

The suspect is described as a black male, dark skin, mid to late 20s, wearing a dark Hoodie, possible first name of “James.”

Delmar robbery investigation

State Police detectives are investigating a robbery that occurred on Saturday, Nov. 24, at Chaps liquor store at 36929 Bi-State Blvd., in Delmar.

On the evening of Saturday, Nov.24, troopers were dispatched to the liquor store to investigate a reported armed robbery. Upon arrival investigators learned that at approximately 7:24 p.m. four armed suspects entered the store wearing black hooded sweat-shirts, black sweat pants, black ski masks and black gloves.

One of the suspects was armed with a black handgun and removed an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.

This suspect also told the clerk he was not going to hurt her but asked where the store kept the Grey Goose vodka.

According to the victim, the other suspects were armed with shotguns and they did not speak during the robbery. After removing the cash, the four suspects fled.

The clerk was not injured.

The first suspect is described as a black male, 5’6”, 180 lbs, muscular build and armed with a handgun.

The second suspect is described as a black male, 6’2”, 200 to 225 lbs, large build, with a thin mustache and armed with a shotgun.

The third suspect is described as a black male, 6’2”, 180 lbs, thin build and armed with a shotgun.

The fourth suspect is described as a black male, 6’0” to 6’2”, 180 to 200 lbs,

thin build and armed with a shotgun. All four suspects were wearing black clothing and ski masks.

State Police Major Crimes detectives ask anyone with information about the aforementioned case to call Troop 4 at (302) 856-5850 attention Detective Rex Mears, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-TIP3333.

Candle causes fire

The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office investigated a dwelling fire that occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 2:41 p.m. on the 400 block of East Poplar Street in Seaford.

The Seaford Fire Department responded to the scene and was assisted by Blades Fire Department. Upon arrival, they encountered light smoke.

The home, owned by Ruth Smallwood, was occupied by Monte Smallwood at the time of the fire. Mr. Smallwood discovered and attempted to extinguish the fire until he was removed from the dwelling by the Seaford Police Department. No injuries were reported. The home was equipped with working smoke detectors.

Delaware State Fire Marshal Investigators have determined the fire originated in a second floor bedroom and was caused by an unattended candle. Damages have been estimated at $5,000.

Greenwood man held at SCI

The Delaware State Police charged a 18-year-old Greenwood man with being a fugitive from another state after he turned himself in.

On Friday, Nov. 30, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Donald K. Walls, 18, of Greenwood, was taken into custody at Troop 5 and charged with being a fugitive from another state. Walls, was reported to be wanted by the Dorchester County Maryland Sheriff's Office for Murder 2nd Degree and other related charges.

Walls was arraigned at the Justice of the Peace Court 4 in Seaford and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution (SCI). Walls is being held at SCI without bail pending extradition to Maryland.

Laurel man in stable condition

Troop 4 Major Crimes detectives are currently investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital early Friday morning.

On Friday, Nov. 30, at approximately 4 a.m. troopers were dispatched to a residence located at the 34000 block of Columbia Road in Laurel. Dispatchers received a 911 call from the home reporting a male suspect was in the back yard armed with a shotgun.

Upon arrival, investigators learned that the suspect discharged the weapon into the rear of the home shattering a glass kitchen door. Further investigation revealed a 49year-old Laurel man had been shot in the left torso area. He was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) where he underwent surgery.

During the investigation, it was learned, the home had been shot several times while three children were asleep inside.

The children, ages 11, 12 and 15, live at the residence with the victim and were not injured. A 47-year-old Sharptown, Md. man was also in the home during the

shooting and was not injured.

After surgery, the victim was admitted for observation and is currently listed in stable condition. While at the hospital, the victim told police there were two masked suspects armed with guns. Witnesses at the scene could not provide any suspect information or motive.

No other information is available at this time. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should call Troop 4 at 856-5850, or Crimestoppers at 1-800TIP-3333.

LAUREL POLICE NEWS

On Nov. 17, at 11:30 p.m., Laurel Police attempted to make contact with a suspicious person in front of the 2100 building of Carvel Gardens. When officers approached the subject, he fled on foot. During the foot pursuit, the suspect was observed throwing a knife. Once the suspect was caught, he was taken into custody after a brief struggle.

Andre Farlow, 39, of Laurel, was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and unlawful littering.

Farlow, who was also found to have an active capias out of Sussex County Family Court, was committed to SCI on $1,800 secured bond for new charges and $20,000 cash only for capias.

On Nov. 21 at 9 p.m., Laurel Police stopped Douglas Pusey at a traffic stop on Woodland Ferry Road. Further investigation led to the recovery of a marijuana smoking device. Pusey, 28, of Laurel, was arrested without incident and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on criminal summons.

On Nov. 24 at 12:17 a.m., Laurel Police responded to Maryland Avenue in reference to a criminal mischief with a paintball gun. The victim observed a tan Chevy with Delaware temporary tags shooting at his business with paintballs. Officers later observed the vehicle at the Shore Stop in Laurel. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, Ryan Marland, was arrested without incident. Ryan Marland, 18, of Seaford, was charged with criminal mischief and released on $500 unsecured bond.

On Nov. 24 at 11:43 a.m., Laurel Police stopped Tarryn Heyward at a traffic stop on Brooklyn Avenue. A wanted check revealed that Heyward had an active capias out of Justice of the Peace Court 7. Heyward, 25, of Dover, was arrested without incident and released on $100 unsecured bond.

On Nov. 24 at 9:30 p.m., Laurel Police stopped a Cadillac on Discount Land Road for a traffic violation. Further investigation led to the recovery of an amount of marijuana, packaging materials, and digital scales. The suspect, Theodis Strand, 32, of Newark, was arrested without incident.

Strand was charged with failure to signal a turn and drive right of center; possession with intent to deliver marijuana; maintaining a vehicle; carrying a concealed deadly weapon; and three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was committed to SCI on $24,200 secured bond.

On Nov. 24 at 8:40 p.m., Laurel Police

made contact with Wilson Gibson in the area of 600 Little Creek Apartments. A wanted check revealed that Gibson had an active capias out of Justice of the Peace Court 1. Gibson, 26, of Selbyville, was arrested without incident and committed to SCI on $810 secured bond.

On Nov. 26 at 10:41 a.m., Laurel Police were contacted by a female victim who said she was sexually assaulted a few weeks earlier.

The victim advised that she was walking from her residence in the 500 block of West 7th Street to a friend’s house when she was grabbed and led to the rear of a church. Once behind the church, the suspect forced the victim to have sex.

During the investigation, the suspect was identified as Shawn Johnson. Later that same day, Johnson turned himself in to the Laurel Police Department on an active warrant for assault. The warrant stemmed from a separate investigation on Nov. 22 at 2:35 a.m. in the Wexford Village Apartments in Laurel when Johnson struck a victim in the mouth causing a laceration to the upper lip.

Johnson, 43, of Laurel, was arrested and charged with third degree assault and criminal mischief for the assault in Wexford Village. He was charged with two counts of fourth degree rape and second degree kidnapping for the sexual assault on West 7th Street. Johnson was committed to SCI on $1,500 secured bond for the assault and $60,000 cash bail only for the sexual assault.

On Nov. 26 at 8:05 p.m., Laurel Police on patrol made contact with a suspicious vehicle parked in the parking lot of the spill way on Willow Street. Further investigation led to the recovery of a small amount of marijuana on the passenger in the vehicle who was arrested without incident. Lavar Giddens, 27, of Seaford, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He was released on $750 unsecured bond.

On Dec. 1 at 9:40 p.m., Laurel Police stopped a Pontiac on Discount Land Road for a traffic Violation. Further investigation by officers led to the recovery of a large amount of marijuana. The driver, John Lofland, 23, of Laurel, was arrested without incident. Lofland was charged with possession with the intent to deliver marijuana; maintaining a vehicle; possession of marijuana; and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on $5,550 unsecured bond.

Police seek help with identification

The Delaware State Police Financial Crimes Unit is currently investigating an unlawful use of a credit card that occurred in July.

On July 8, 2007 at approximately 10:03 a.m. the suspect entered the Rite Aid at 2 Nanticoke Crossings Plaza in Long Neck and purchased a carton of Marlboro cigarettes with the victim's credit card. The suspect is described as a white male, heavy set with a mustache. The suspect was last seen wearing a plaid shirt.

Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact the Delaware State Police Troop 4 Financial Crimes Unit, Detective Arnold, at 856-5850 ext. 257 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

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Historical Society celebrates 100th anniversary of Christmas seal The Historical Society of Delaware celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Christmas Seal with a new exhibit and lecture program by Dr. Constance Cooper, director of Library and Archives.

The presentation in 2007 Signature Series Lecture program will focus on “Emily P. Bissell and the Christmas Seal.”

In addition to the lecture, a

small exhibit featuring both Emily Bissell and the Christmas Seal will be on display in the Society’s Willingtown Square Gallery at 505 Market Street.

The exhibit tells the story of Delaware’s Christmas Seal founder, Emily P. Bissell; the history of the Christmas Seal; and the fight against tuberculosis.

Photographs, memorabilia and documents from the Society’s

Church Briefs Christmas at Centenary Centenary United Methodist Church, Laurel, invites you to join them for their special Christmas services.

On Sunday, Dec. 9, our children/youth choir will present the musical “Bows of Holly.” On Sunday, Dec. 16, The Chancel Choir will present the cantata “Jesus, Our Emmanuel” with PowerPoint presentation by Cheryl Jones. Both of these services will be at 11 a.m. There will be no 8:45 service either day.

On Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, there will be only one service at 8:45 a.m. with the Praise Team and special music.

Christmas Eve services will be at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. At both services, the Rev. John Van Tine will portray a Wiseman.

The 10 p.m. service will be the traditional candlelight service with the chancel and bell choirs.

Holy Communion will be offered after both services. Join us!

archives tell this inspiring story.

In 1907, Emily Bissell’s cousin, Dr. Joseph Wales, asked her to raise $300 to keep Delaware’s small struggling tuberculosis sanatorium open.

In an effort to raise the much needed funds, Emily Bissell introduced the Christmas Seal in the United States, which originally sold for a penny so everyone could afford to help “Stamp out

tuberculosis!” The first seal succeeded beyond anyone’s expectations raising $3,000, profoundly changing the life of Emily P. Bissell and the course of the disease.

Join us as we celebrate the Christmas Seal- which now benefits the American Lung Association - at the Delaware History Museum on Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m.; in conjunction with the Lewes Historical Society at the

Lewes Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6; and at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, at the Biggs Museum in Dover. These programs are free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 302-655-7161 or email hsd@hsd.org. For more information, contact MaryLynn Mack at 302-295-2390 or publicrelations@hsd.org, or visit www.hsd.org.

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Christmas Musical

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The choir of the Atlanta Road Alliance Church will present “Repeat the Sounding Joy: The Never Ending Christmas Story,” on Friday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m.

The Christmas story is creatively told, moving from modern day though different eras back to Bethlehem using new and beloved seasonal songs and Christmas carols. The public is invited to attend this free event.

The Atlanta Road Alliance Church is located at 22625 Atlanta Road in Seaford, 1-1/2 miles north of Stein Highway. For more information, contact the church at 629-5600 or visit www.atlantaroadcma.org.

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Monique Ivanov, M.D. and their staff.

Living Nativity Greenwood United Methodist Church will be having a Living Nativity on Sunday, Dec. 16, from 5-8 p.m.

Come and celebrate the wonder of Christmas with us as we honor the coming of our Savior. There will be a short narrative of the Christmas story and singing of Christmas carols at the top of every hour.

Hot chocolate and cookies will be served in the fellowship hall. Everyone welcome. We are located at the corners of Market and church streets in downtown Greenwood.

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Mr. Deal is from the Chicago, Ill., area and has presented more than 2,400 sacred and classical piano concerts in Europe, Asia, North and South America. He has presented numerous solo concerts in the United States. He has performed with symphony orchestras including an appearance at Chicago’s historic Orchestra Hall.

Mr. Deal is a graduate of the American Conservatory of Music, the Moody Bible Institute, and the Sherwood Conservatory of Music, all of Chicago. He was a faculty member of the Sacred Music Dept. of the Moody Bible Institute.

Mr. Deal arranges his own sacred piano arrangements and has released six professional recordings. The most recent is entitled “Majestic Piano Praise,” a collection of favorite hymns and praise music.

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MORNING STAR • DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007

People Delmar girl has won many pageants

Valerie and James Harrison

DuBosq, Harrison are married in Bridgeville Valerie DuBosq of Bridgeville and James Harrison of Lewes were married Sept. 29, 2007, at Union United Methodist Church in Bridgeville.

The bride is the daughter of Erin DuBosq of Bridgeville and the late John DuBosq.

The bridegroom is the son of Joe and Fran Harrison of Millsboro and Sandra Greene of Wilmington.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dale Brown.

The bride wore a strapless gown by Alfred Andelo.

Her matron of honor was Jenifer DuBosq of Trappe, Md., the bride’s sister-in-law. Bridesmaids were Alison Lane of Milford, a friend of the bride; Shellene Davis of Seaford, a friend of the bride; Jean Hendrickson of Seaford, friend of the bride; and Michelle VanVorst of Seaford, friend of the bride. Flower girl was Danielle Gray of Salisbury,

Md., another friend of the bride.

Best man was Chris DuBosq of Trappe, Md., a brother of the bride. Groomsmen were Shane Kisor of Seaford, a friend of the bride; Jason Stadler of Lewes, a friend of the groom; Derrick Brade of Harrington, a friend of the groom; and Robbie Richardson of Harrington.

A reception was held at Bridgeville Fire Hall. Music was provided by disc jockey Pat Waters.

The bride is a graduate of Wilmington College, with a master’s degree in nursing. She is employed as a nursing instructor at Delaware Tech in Georgetown.

The groom is enrolled at Delaware Tech in the paramedic program. He is employed as a EMT at the City of Wilmington emergency medical services.

Since their return from a honeymoon in Bermuda, they are living in Bridgeville.

Conaway, Short to wed

Samantha Conaway and Corey Stranick

Robert E. and D. Starr Conaway of Laurel and Kim S. and Anna L. Short of Seaford announce the engagement of their daughter, Samantha Lynn Conaway, to Corey Joseph Stranick, son of Joseph and Dori Stranick of Frankford.

A June 14 wedding is planned.

Both the bride-to-be and her fiance are seniors at Sussex Tech in Georgetown, and are employed at Grotto’s Pizza in Seaford.

Alana Mumford of Delmar, Md., is 4 years old. She attends pre-kindergarten at Wicomico Day School. Her mother is Megan McGinnis and her grandparents are Ronnie and Nancy McGinnis. She enjoys singing and dancing and is on Nor’ Eastern Storm cheerleading team and on Lil’ Kickers Soccer team. She also attends gymnastics classes at Delmarva Gymnastic Academy.

She has won many titles in 2007: In Laurel - Petite Little Miss Delmarva, winner; and Delmarva’s Beautiful Baby, first runnerup; USA Beach Babes, winner; American’s Fairy Tale Pageant – winner; In Delmar - Little Miss Delmar Fire Prevention, first runnerup In New Jersey - NES State Pageant, Supreme Queen

In Dover - Magical Moments Patriotic Pageant – Supreme Queen; Hawaiian Tropic State Pageant, Md./DE. Supreme queen Alana competed in Quebec, Canada, in the International Hawaiian Tropic Pageant. She was sponsored by Delmar VFW 8276, Donald Phillips from Malone & Phillips Concrete and Larry Richardson from Car City Auto, Delmar. Her titles won were: tropical wear – first place; western wear – winner; swimwear – third place; partywear – best personality.

In 2006, Salisbury, Md., she competed in the New Star Discovery pageant and was first runner-up. In Ocean City, Md., she was the winner of the Lil’ Miss Tri-State pageant.

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Drivon and Fischer plan to be married Michele Drivon, daughter of Leigh and Ted Clark of Laurel and Andre and Pat Drivon of Pocono Pines, Pa., and Kenneth Fischer, son of JoAnn and Fred Fischer of Louisville, Ky., announce their engagement.

The couple met in 2004 in Asheville, N.C., where both were studying ceramics. A 1995 graduate of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Michele also completed an associate degree in professional crafts at Haywood Community College in Clyde, N.C. Kenneth graduated from the

Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md., specializing in installation art, and was a core student at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, N.C. After three months of travel in New Zealand and Australia in 2006, the couple moved to Berkeley, Calif., where they are training to teach the Alexander Technique, a practical method of reducing back pain and muscle tension. Kenneth is a kindergarten teacher for an arts magnet elementary school, and Michele manages a start-up home decor store.

Kenneth Fischer and Michele Drivon

They will celebrate their wedding in August 2008 near Asheville.

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High tech society brings greater risk of identity theft In 2006, identity fraud in the U.S. totaled $56.6 billion. The averRANK ALIO age fraud per person rose from $5,249 in 2003 to $6,383 in 2006.

(My bank) called the Only 15% of victims find out company and found about the theft through proactive action taken by a business, and 75% they were having of the frauds involved a credit card. trouble with their fax, so they gave us a third Often, we read of horror stories fax number, which also from victims who spend years trying to regain their credit because of did not work. identity fraud. Businesses take great precautions to protect their interThe clerk was frustrated because we ests, sometimes going too far. had done business there for years and our We had an embarrassing incident hapcredit has never been in question. pen to us recently, which pushed our paTwo more visits to the store with the tience to the limit for two weeks. same result.

Finally the bride, a little anWhile vacationing last month, we denoyed, asked what the problem was. cided to purchase a time share. Instead of She was given a toll free number to call opting for their payment plan with outrathe check cashing company. The lady on geous interest rates, I chose to pay the full the other end said she would send a form amount by check. We only had checks for her to fill out and the problem would with us for our personal account, not our be solved. business account.

Turns out the employee didn’t know Prior to writing the check, I called my what she was talking about. Almost two local bank and asked them to transfer weeks went by with nothing from the money to our personal account; no probchecking company, and two more checks lem, done.

The big guy came back and said he was rejected.

Anyone who lives in a small town having trouble with the check going where you know everyone can imagine the through. It dawned on me he may have embarrassment my bride went through called the corporate branch because of the with people standing in back of her and routing number on the check. what they must be thinking as the clerk So I gave him the number and person to kept saying, “It won’t go through,” after call at my local branch for verification of each time she tried to put the check the transfer. He did, and discovered that through. money was in our account.

Not thinking about the rejected checks, End of problem? No, the beginning of a the bride sends me to pick up her prescripnightmare! tions a few days later. I’m rejected, but I In the few minutes between his first don’t take rejection as well as the Mrs. phone call and the second call, my credit The manager comes in and simply says rating sunk, although we did not know it she can’t cash the check, so I told her until we returned to Laurel and my wife about the form that hasn’t made it to our wrote a check to a local pharmacy and the house. She points to the phone number on check wouldn’t go through the check mamy receipt and suggest I call. chine. This machine is used by all large So, I return home with the same 800 stores and involves a cash checking comnumber, and I call putting the girl on the pany that clears or denies your check.

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Laurel Library plans programs for youth Children in grades K-6 are invited to a "Winter Holidays Around the World" program at the Laurel Public Library on Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 4:15 p.m.

Kids will make decorations, play games, and enjoy refreshments. Pre-registration is required and can be done in person at the Library, by phone at 875-3184, or you can email Becky Norton, youth services Librarian, at bshortri@lib.de.us.

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other end on the defensive as I complain about not receiving the form.

I had wrong information she said. I needed a letter from my bank stating I had money in my account and the bank never had a problem with my credit. I thought, here we go, no one knows the left hand from the right.

When I asked why, she explained that the check I had written several weeks ago did not clear. The largest check we had written at that particular store was a little over $100 and when that large check came in and didn’t clear, they figured someone had gotten into our account.

I tried explaining what happened with the phone call, but of course to no avail.

She was only an employee, not a decision maker, and policy is policy.

So, armed with a Caller ID number and two fax numbers, I went to my bank first thing Monday morning.

The bank tried faxing the letter. The first number rang and rang, the second number was busy all day. Finally, my bank called the company and found they were having trouble with their fax, so they gave us a third fax number, which also did not work.

With no luck, the bank mailed their letter asking the company to email us when our credit had been satisfied.

In the meantime, we contacted an official at the corporate office of the pharmacy who told the local pharmacy that our checks are to be honored and posted as a cash entry.

With almost two weeks passing and no answer, I called the check processing company and got the same lady I had spoken to previously. She informed me it takes about two weeks for the paper work to be processed.

I was concerned we would write a check at a public place and the same rejection would occur, so I asked to speak to her supervisor.

After what seemed like an eternity, she

returned to the phone and said she put in the same information as before when the checks were rejected and everything came back normal.

She felt we were good to go and could write checks again. We’ll see. I’m still waiting for an email to confirm the bank’s letter.

What’s so frightening is I’m talking to a person I do not know, hundreds of miles away who knows my checking account and routing number, my drivers license, and probably has my social security number on file as well.

Tonight I’m watching the news where a person in Russia “took over” a person’s computer in this country with a self made program capturing her identity.

An 18-year-old hacker in New Zealand remotely took more than $2.5 million from unsuspecting computer users, victims of so-called “botect” activity.

Hackers install viruses, worms, and other attack programs that allow them to take over computers to commit those cyber crimes.

In today’s society, we have become a number instead of a name. Without our knowledge, we can have our identity stolen and used to clean us out.

While I was state election commissioner, we tried to protect the 550,000 registered voters by not placing their birth date on their records.

Voting lists are sold to political organizations, some marketing groups, given at no costs to state offices, and to the legislators, as authorized by law.

I was challenged by some legislators who wanted birth dates in order to send out birthday cards to their constituents.

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Toys were as much fun 40 years ago as they are now This weekend I received the tenth or eleventh special Christmas ONY INDSOR sales book from regional retail stores. It seems like I get one in the I had Rock’em – Sockmail every other day. The front page always seems to feature three or four of the “hottest” selling toys. ’em Robots, Mr. Potato The inside of the paper usually is chocked full of every kind of toy Head and pearl-handled there is in existence, some complete with free levels of lead.

Each time these sales papers and six-shooters. magazines come to my house it reminds me of the excitement that music in bars and honky tonks throughout came with the arrival of the Sears & Roethe area, there will always be a handful of buck annual “wish book.” Even 40 years musicians who come to mind whenever I ago, retailers knew the impact of baiting recall some of those more bodacious days. the kids to get to the buying adults.

Butch is one of those special musician It was as if Sears & Roebuck and the friends. He was one of the first people I Saturday morning cartoon shows worked met when I came to Delaware in 1975 and in tandem. I would see the newest toys on we spent a great deal of time crossing Saturday morning and watch how they did paths and sharing stages in scores of bartheir magic. Then when the wish book rooms over the years. His smooth, articucame in it was as if this was the followup late style of singing left me envious of his sales call and the ball was now in my talents. Songs like Conway Twitty’s “The court.

Clown” and Ray Price’s “For the Good I think if I am fair, I would admit that Times” seemed to have been written Mom and Dad did the best they could to specifically for Butch to sing. get three heathen kids some pretty cool I want to thank Butch’s sister Millie toys. I had Rock’em – Sock’em Robots, Price and the rest of the family for giving Mr. Potato Head and pearl-handled sixme a chance to spend time with Butch in shooters. My brother had several chemhis last days to laugh over memories of istry sets, complete with microscope and our shared “good old days.” Butch, you bottles of smoking and foaming potions. and your songs will be missed.

However, visiting some of my classmates at their homes throughout the year I did see a few things I did not get. Some of the more popular toys that never made OPEN DAILY their way under my tree were Creepy 9 AM - 9 PM Crawlers, GI Joe, Toss Across, Kenner Dual 13 Give a Show Slide Projector, Twister and South Laurel Battleship.

Mom and Dad must have fallen in love 302 with certain toys, because no matter how many times the toys got broken or lost, I could count on getting a View Master, an Enter to Win Etch-a-Sketch and a Cootie Bug. I would think Mom would have grown tired of picking up various Cootie Bug body parts and sweeping up the very fine silver powder that came from the inside of the Etcha-Sketch after the screen was broken.

We had to use a great deal of imagination when it came to playing with our toys. I hear how exciting it is to play Madden Football on an X-Box game station.

Compare that to a rousing game of electric football. It amazes me that we were spellbound watching these tiny plastic football players gyrate and shuffle around, powered by a vibrating metal playing field.

How in the world did we actually play a game like that?

Oh well, there is nothing wrong with having to use your imagination when playing with toys. And we got carried Always the Best Ice Cream away sometimes. Like when we put lit & Shakes in Town firecrackers in the matchbox cars to pretend they were the victim of a mob hit. Or Merry Christmas! when we put a whole roll of paper caps on a brick and banged them with a hammer.

There will always be something special about the Christmases of our youth, no FRIDAY matter how primitive they may seem.

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Laurel Star Sports Delmar girls’ basketball team looks to gain experience, compete in South

By Mike McClure

Laurel’s Jernel Ross is shown looking to drive the baseline during a game against Delmar last season. Ross is one of four returning starters for the Bulldogs, who will be guided by first year head coach Christopher Griffin. Photo by Mike McClure

Griffin looks for Bulldogs to surprise some people in 07-08

By Mike McClure Laurel varsity boys’ basketball coach Christopher Griffin’s transition to head coach of the team has been an easy one so far. Griffin, who assisted former head coach Clarence Giles for two years, was very familiar with the team’s players entering the season.

“It’s easy for me taking over because I worked two years with coach Giles,” said Griffin. “The kids know me and know what I expect from them.”

Gone from last year’s team, which went 1-19 in the Henlopen Conference and 3-19 overall, is graduate Trent Passwaters. But the Bulldogs have four returning starters including a pair of seniors.

The Bulldogs’ returning players are seniors Cody Bristow (forward) and Lance Kelley (guard) and juniors David Albert (forward), Carey Shelton (center), and Jernel Ross (guard). Ross, Kelley, Shelton, and Albert all started last season and each of juniors and seniors have at least two years of varsity experience.

“I’m looking for the seniors to step up and show leadership this year,” Griffin said.

Laurel’s newcomers include juniors Dashawn Griffin (forward), Kline Valentin (forward), Rayshawn Feilder (center), Shannon Collins (forward/center), Treyon Parker (guard), and Caleb Wilson (forward).

The Delmar varsity girls’ basketball team, under the leadership of second year head coach Shawn Larrimore is looking to improve upon last season’s 3-17 record while gaining experience as the season goes along.

Back from a year ago are senior Katie McMahon (guard) and juniors Shannon Wilson (forward), Melanie Twilley (center), Lindsay Lloyd (guard), and Deneen Trader (guard). This year’s squad includes 10 varsity players with 10 players on the JV team.

The varsity team’s newcomers include senior Alison Bloodsworth (point guard) and sophomores Kelsey Lambrose (point guard) and Amanda Fields (center). Seniors McMahon, who has been with the varsity team since eighth grade, and Bloodsworth, who played point guard for the Wildcats as a sophomore, will look to lead this year’s team.

Larrimore was pleased with the number of players out for the team this year (27) as well as the play of his team in a scrimmage against Crisfield.

“I saw significant improvement. We’re Continued on page 44

Delmar’s Shannon Wilson goes to the basket during a past game against Woodbridge. Wilson, a junior, is one of five players back for the varsity girls’ basketball team. Photo by Mike McClure

New head wrestling coach looks for Wildcats to have strong showing

By Mike McClure

Laurel’s Lance Kelley goes in for a layup during a boys’ basketball game last season. Kelley is one of two seniors on the team. Photo by Mike McClure

Dashawn Griffin played with the Bulldogs as a freshman and moved to New Jersey last year. Coach Griffin expects the newcomers, who played for him at the JV level, to show improvement as the season moves along.

One area of concern for the Bulldogs in 07-08 is the lack of size with the loss of their big man (Passwaters). As a result, Continued on page 44

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New Delmar varsity wrestling head coach Justin Bradley is pleased with the turnout for the 2007-09 season. Bradley, a Sharptown native who attended Mardela, takes over as head coach after serving as former head coach Mark Quillin’s assistant coach for the past four years.

“It was always kind of a shared thing between me and (Mark) Quillin. We worked well together,” said Bradley.

Last year’s team went 6-8 overall and 4-5 in the Henlopen Conference. Among the graduates from last year’s team is heavyweight standout Darren Collins.

Returning for the Wildcats are seniors Justin Thomas (189), Justin Perry (112), Joe Pete (171), Taylor Ballard (160), and Jeremy Layton.

Bradley calls Thomas a “strong returner.” He says Ballard has come a long way following his first full year with the program.

Pete, in his fifth year with the varsity program, and Layton are out with knee injuries sustained during football season.

Both are expected to be back by January.

Among the other wrestlers back for the varsity squad are Dillon Wein, Geoffrey Wells and Jose Flores. The Wildcats also have a number of newcomers up from their competitive middle school team.

“The middle school program helps tremendously. If you don’t have a good

Delmar’s Justin Thomas, shown during a match last season, is one of five returning seniors for the Wildcat wrestling team. Last year’s team notched six wins including four Henlopen Conference victories. Photo by Mike McClure

feeder program you really can’t accumulate much over four years,” Bradley said.

“It’s a great transition from football to wrestling,” said Bradley. “I think wrestling teaches you a lot about life. It Continued on page 45

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Seaford’s Gibson signs letter of intent with UNC

By Gene Bleile Seaford’s Derrik Gibson, the 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year for Delaware and a first team All-State shortstop, held a press conference in the Seaford High School media center last Thursday to announce that he signed a letter of intent to attend the University of North Carolina in the fall of 2008.

In essence, this means that Gibson will play college baseball for the Tar Heels for the next four years, after graduating from high school next June. Derrik is currently ranked number 101 out of all the high school and college baseball prospects ranked by Perfect Game in the upcoming 2008 Major League Baseball draft.

Down in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Tar Heels have signed eight out of the nation’s top 112 high school prospects, (10 overall) and head coach Mike Fox couldn’t be happier.

“Derrik is a great athlete as well as a great person. He is athletically gifted and those skills give him the ability to change the game. He is also very versatile in the fact that he can play shortstop and center field. We think he has the ability to be a terrific player for us,” Fox stressed.

When asked how hard it was to pick a school from all the Division I schools interested in signing him, Gibson replied, “North Carolina is a great academic school and that is what comes first for

Last Thursday Derrik Gibson signed his letter of intent to play college baseball at the University of North Carolina. Pictured (l to r) are: front row: Madison Parker, Derrik’s sister and Derrik Gibson; second row: Kenny Cummings, Blue Jay baseball head coach; Sharon Parker and Ben Parker, Derrik’s parents; Janet Gibson, grandmother; Shana Bredbenner, aunt; Cathy Parker, grandmother; back row: Craig Dickerson and Ethan Long, assistant varsity coaches, Richard Parker and Jack Gibson, grandfathers. Photo by Gene Bleile

Seaford senor Derrik Gibson, shown pitching in a baseball game last season, recently signed a letter of intent to attend the University of North Carolina where he’ll play baseball. Photo by Gene Bleile

me. My mom, (Sharon Parker, fifth grade teacher at Blades Elementary School) has taught me that good grades are important, and then baseball comes next in line.”

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Seaford swim teams gear up for 2007-08 season

By Gene Bleile In this day and age it is tough to repeat as Henlopen Conference Champions in any sport in back-to-back years. The Blue Jay boys’ swim team, led by seventh year head coach Jackie Morris, is in that unique position to start the 2007-2008 season.

The Jays won the conference championship (7-0 conference, 10-2 overall) with a group of talented young swimmers last year and will return all but one, Brian DeMott, who was a 500 yard freestyle, 400 yard medley relay and 200 yard freestyle swimmer that finished 19th in the state swim meet as a distance swimmer. The team finished overall in 10th place at the state meet, their best showing in team history.

Morris, who was also Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year last season, takes it all in stride.

“We look forward to a competitive season and should perform well in the conference,” she said. “If all goes well and the team continues to work hard and stay focused, it’s possible for them to finish in the top 10 at States.”

“We are strong in the 50 and 100 yard events and should do well in the relays, but we may have some weakness in the 500 yard free, and filling the 200 yard free and 200 I.M. events,” she emphasized.

Returning swimmers who are seniors this year include Andrew Halter, third last year in the state meet in the 100 meter

Senior Andrew Halter, who finished third in the state meet in the 100 meter backstroke and 12th in the 100 meter butterfly, will help the boy’s team contend for a second straight Henlopen Conference title this season. Photo by Gene Bleile

backstroke and 12th in the 100 meter butterfly, Drew Venables, who finished 19th in the 50 yard freestyle and 16th in the 100 yard freestyle at states and Trevor Lee, who will swim free and fly events.

Juniors Daniel DeMott (free and fly events) and Spencer Noel (breast stroke and free events) also have state meet experience to add to the mix. Also look for a break out year from sophomores Cory Darden (back and free events), Phillip DeMott (breast stroke), Tim Halter (all events) and Lee Mayer (all events). As a freshman, Mayer finished 20th in the state in the 200 I. M. last season. Newcomers to the team are freshman, Jon Schwinn, Ryan Stewart and Alexander Welding.

Lady Jay swimmers start rebuilding

for the future- The Lady Jays will start a rebuilding process this year, after a strong finish last year which saw the team defeat Milford in the last meet of the season and take firm control of second place in the Henlopen Conference.

Alison Venables enters her third year as head coach with the task of pushing her young girls hard in pre-season to see which ones will step up and improve their times and eventually become top swimmers.

Gone from last year’s squad is standout swimmer Christina Bradham, who was versatile in many events and was a key to the team’s strong finish. This season, her younger sister, Olivia Bradham and another strong swimmer, Jeanmarie Ferber, the only two seniors on the squad, must provide leadership early in practice to set the tone for the year.

Venables sees her challenge early on and knows that inexperience and less swimmers out for the team this year, will make her job even harder. “We are a young team with only two seniors, so this will be a rebuilding year,” she said.

“We have a smaller team than last year, so our meets will be more difficult,” she added. “We could field three relay teams in each relay event last year, but this season that will not be possible.”

She must rely on her top five swimmers from last year to hit top times early.

That group consists of: Ferber (senior, freestyle); Bradham, (senior, freestyle); Paige Venables, (sophomore, butterfly, breast stroke); Jamie Swain (junior, but-

Senior Jeanmarie Ferber, along with senior Olivia Bradham, will provide leadership for a young Lady Jays team in a rebuilding year. Photo by Gene Bleile

terfly, back stroke) and Taylor Swain (junior, backstroke).

Newcomers to the squad this year include three freshman transfers: Chelsea Procino (I.M.), Ania Sypek, (freestyle) and Alex Smith (breast stroke). Venables is happy with their early progress.

“Our three newcomers to the sport are showing tremendous improvement so far in preseason,” she emphasized.

“We have a hard working group of girls and I expect great things from them, hopefully a winning season. I am looking for all of my returning swimmers to improve their times from last year and if they can do that, then I know they are giving all they got,” she concluded.

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Delmar’s Katie McMahon, left, and Alison Bloodsworth are the Lady Wildcats returning seniors. McMahon is in her fifth season with the girls’ basketball team while Bloodsworth returns to the team after a year off. Photos by Mike McClure

Laurel’s Carey Shelton, shown on the left during a game against Delmar last season, and David Albert are two of the Bulldog varsity boys’ basketball team’s returning players. Both are juniors who started last season. The team has four of its five starters back from a year ago. Photos by Mike McClure

Griffin’s team will look to be more aggressive and will be patient on offense.

“My outlook on the season is good if we come in and play hard every game,” said Griffin, who expects week by week and game by game improvement from his team as long as the players are competitive, aggressive, and play hard. “If we do those three things it will lead to some wins.”

Griffin expects Woodbridge to be the

team to beat in the Henlopen South, but every game will be a challenge for the Bulldogs as they look to once again establish themselves as a contender in the division.

“Everybody’s looking tough for us right now because we’re coming from the basement the last two years. I think we’re going to surprise some people this year,” Griffin said. “We’re going to be a well disciplined team. I think everybody will be surprised with the new look of the Bulldogs this year.”

Woodbridge boys’ basketball

Seaford High boys’ basketball

Head coach- Damon Ayers Years coaching- nine Last season- 16-8 overall, 14-5 conference Returning players- Seniors Deaven Horne (guard), Vashad Whidbee (guard/forward), Derrick Short (guard); juniors Marcus Nock (forward), Jorge Young (forward), Jevontae Dale (forward) Newcomers- seniors K’yan Andrews (guard/forward) and Jordan Mosley (guard); juniors Akeem Frazier (center), Shawn Colson (guard), Andre Dickerson (forward), Justin Mosley (guard); freshman Trezmon Kane (guard) Key losses- McArthur Risper, Terrence Nock, Tyler Smack

Head coach- Sean Knowles Years coaching- eighth season Last season- 6-16 overall, 4-15 conference Returning players- seniors Daniel Dorvilier (guard), Panalosky St. Fort (forward), Mavenson Saincy (guard), Josh Owens (forward), Tyree Davis and junior Terry Hood (forward) Newcomers- seniors Ryan Purnell (guard), Addison Gabriel (guard), Berkay Kevatay (guard); junior Byron Stackhouse (forward); sophomores Julius Mullen (guard), Vincent Glover (forward), and Lamar Meekins (guard) Key losses- Jermaine Purnell and Gary Andrews, K’yan Andrews

Laurel boys’ basketball continued

Laurel Little League looking for board members, coaches Anyone interested in running for a board position please submit a letter of interest to Laurel Little League, P.O. Box 207, Laurel, Del. 19956. An election date will be posted in the near future.

Also, any managers or coaches that wish to return are asked to submit a letter of interest before 12/23/07.

Wicomico County holding men’s basketball league Wicomico County’s Department of Recreation and Parks will hold an interest meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12 for a men’s basketball league. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Flanders Room 1.

Team captains and individuals interested in learning about the league should attend this meeting. League schedule, game times, locations, individual and team registrations as well as league rules will be discussed.

For further information contact Kelly O’Brien at kobrien@wicomicocounty.org or call at (410) 548-4900 ext. 108.

Delmar girls’ basketball continued playing better and we’re more experienced,” said Larrimore. “We got some quality play from some of our subs. We’ll be looking to go to our bench a little bit more than we did last year.”

Larrimore would like to see his team be competitive in every game. The fact

that his team will face only one Henlopen North team, Smyrna (which Delmar went 1-1 against last year) will help build the Lady Wildcats’ confidence and self esteem.

Larrimore expects Milford and Laurel to be the two of the teams to beat in the South.

Woodbridge girls’ basketball

Sussex Tech girls’ basketball

Head coach- Artie Uhlich Years coaching- over 20 Last season- 7-15 overall Returning players- seniors Jenna Schrock (guard) and Ayonna Maddox (forward); junior Demashia Holmes (guard); sophomores Kera Sampson (guard), Jere’ Hutson (forward), Je’Neil Fortt (forward) Newcomers- Senior Leah Bowman (center); juniors Ashley Edwards (center) and Dametra Hammond (forward); freshmen Taneisha DeShields (forward), Willesia Nelson (guard), Taylor West (guard), and Princess Haigler (guard) Key losses- Tiandra Felix

Head coach- Wesley Townsend Years coaching- six Last season- 11-12 overall, third place in Henlopen North Returning players- Brittany Griffin (guard), Bethany Callaway (forward), Sierra Laws (guard), Leigh Powell (forward), Paige Morris (guard), Samira Peacock (forward) Newcomers- Heather Fuller (forward), Samantha Derr (guard), Joy White (guard) Team strengths- veteran returners Concerns- depth Outlook for season- Look to improve on last year’s record, gain state playoff berth

Registration open for Junior Girls Volleyball League Wicomico County’s Department of Recreation and Parks will hold a Junior Girls’ Volleyball League in January. The instructional program is open to all girls in grades three through eight and divided into two divisions by age. Both Division I and II will run from January 8 to February 26.

Division I is open to all seventh and eighth grade students as well as fifth and sixth grade girls with one year of junior volleyball experience. Division I play will take place on Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. at Bennett Middle School.

Division II is open to all third and fourth grade girls as well as fifth and sixth grade girls new to the sport. Division II will play from 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays at Bennett Middle School.

The cost to play for either division is $40 for Wicomico County residents and $45 for non-residents.

To register visit the Wicomico Civic Center box office, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online at www.wicomicorecandparks.org. For more information please contact Kelly O’Brien at 410-548-4900 ext. 108.

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Delmar Sports Scene

By Tommy Young

Delmar senior Joe Pete, shown during a wrestling match last season, and fellow senior Jeremy Layton are expected to return to the mats in January after recovering from injuries sustained during football season. Photo by Mike McClure

Delmar wrestling continued teaches you about yourself.”

Bradley is hoping his wrestlers will have a strong showing in the competitive Henlopen Conference following wins over Dover, Polytech, Sussex Tech, and Woodbridge last year.

Delmar will take part in a round robin tournament at Cambridge South-Dorcester this weekend. Each wrestler will have an opportunity to wrestle in at least eight matches in the annual tourney. The Wildcats will also take part in the Parkside Invitational before facing Wicomico High in a dual meet.

Two weeks ago the Delmar High regular fall sports season was riding high as two of their teams had completed undefeated season and another one had won the most games they had in recent years making all three eligible for the Delaware state playoffs for the first time in several years. The football and field hockey teams are no strangers to the playoffs because they are usually there, but for the soccer team, it’s always a struggle. However, Greg Cathell and his coaching staff had the largest turnout they have had in several years and developed them into a good soccer team.

They wound up with a 9-5 record which placed them in eighth place in the playoff standings.

This is where the good news stops, as I think there was a snake loose on the Wildcats’ playing fields, and he managed to bite each team because they each were eliminated by one score.

The soccer team suffered the first “snake bite” when one of their leading scorers, Denny Murray was not allowed to play in the opening playoff game because of too many “yellow flags” in the last game of the season. Dover defeated the Wildcats 2-1.

Then it was the field hockey’s team to get bit as they lost 2-1 decision to Sussex Tech, but that wasn’t the real “snake bite.” It came later when Sussex Tech had that win and a win over Brandywine taken away from them because they used an ineligible player.

This should have put Delmar in the final game for the State championship against Tower Hill because they had a better record than Brandywine, but no, the DIAA selected Brandywine to play Tower Hill who promptly disposed of Brandywine, snakebite number 2.

Then it was the football team’s time to get bit, and it happened in the fourth

quarter of the semifinal game against Hodgson. After fighting this much larger team all night and only being down eight points, Delmar recovered a fumble on the Hodgson 40-yard line, but the officials called the Hodgson runner down before the fumble, and Hodgson kept the ball and ran out valuable time before the Wildcats stopped the visitors. Delmar got the ball and moved down the field, but time ran out before they could score and tie up the ball game.

I know that all this may sound like excuses and “sour grapes,” but it is not.

It is only stating what went on in these contests that could have made a difference in the final outcomes. In fact, the Delmar High School fall sports program does not have to make excuses about their record because it has been the best in Division II South in the 21st century (2000-2007) on the strength of the football and field hockey teams play. For example, the football team has won five conference titles and three State titles over this period of time.

This dominance will probably all change next year as the football team will lose 15 players through graduation, two thirds of whom were not only starters, but also two-way players, and the field hockey team will graduate seven starters, so they, too, will be hurting, but with two of the best coaching staffs in the conference for each of these teams returning, I am sure they will have a lot of work to do, but they have been through this before (remember 2002), and the rebuilding process will begin.

I wanted to mention the names of the graduating seniors from all the teams, and maybe a little something about them, but I have run out of space, and this will have to happen in next week’s column.

Laurel wrestling team looks for continued improvement

By Mike McClure

Seaford varsity wrestling

Delmar’s Justin Perry, top, and Taylor Ballard, above, are two of the Wildcat wrestling team’s returning seniors. Photos by Mike McClure

Head coach- Dave Rogers Years coaching- 32 Last season- 10-8 overall, 6-7 conference Returning wrestlers- seniors Korey Hearn (171), Aaron Saunders (125), Dan Flagg (171); juniors Marcus Wright (Hwt.), Spencer Coulborne (145), Yvens St. Phard (171), Brian Wright (145), Kirk Neal (119), Josh Smith (215), C.J. Martinez (152); Mike Smith (189), C.R. Wilkins (140), Jordan German (125), David Turner (140) Newcomers- sophomores James Betts (189) and Ross Clagg (145); freshmen Matt Joseph (152), Jordan Stanley (125), Tyler Elliott (112), and Aytron Sosa (189) Key losses- Mike Wright, Trevor Polk, Jon Geniesse

Laurel varsity wrestling head coach Craig Blount enters the season with a young team which has lost a pair of wrestlers to injuries.

The Bulldogs still have a core of returning wrestlers and Blount is hoping for winning season and a strong showing in the tournaments the team competes in.

Gone from last year’s teams are graduates Antwon Trimball and Brett Shockley. The Bulldogs are also without injured wrestlers Chris Moore and Matt Parker.

Laurel’s returning wrestlers include Marco Hernandez (112/119), L.J. Watts (130), Aaron Givens (135/140), Chris Cutsail (140/145), Josh Kosiorowski (160), David Bartee (171/189), and Jerry Henry (275/285).

Blount expects Bartee and Kosiorowski to be the leaders on the team.

The team’s newcomers include Zach Toadvine, Tyler Givens, Anthony Dickinson, Anthony Cornish, and Kyle Henry.

Laurel junior Josh Kosiorowski, who While the Bulldogs are still young, will wrestle in the 160 pound division, Blount would like to see his team finish with will be looked to as one of the leaders of a record similar to last season’s mark (9-6) the young Bulldog wreslting team this season. Photo by Mike McClure and place in the top seven in tournaments.

Blount expects Milford and Lake Forest to join perenial powerhouses Indian River, Sussex Central, and Caesar Rodney as some of the top teams in the conference.

Laurel will compete in the Milford Invitational this weekend. The Bulldogs were scheduled to compete in the Brandywine Invitational last weekend but no results were submitted.

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Sussex Tech boys’ basketball team looks to build on solid pre-season

By Mike McClure Sussex Tech boys’ basketball head coach Joe Thomson is looking forward to the regular season after a solid pre-season.

The Ravens return all of their starters from last year’s team which went 14-5 in the conference and 15-8 overall.

“We’ve had a very good pre-season.

The guys have been working real hard,” said Thomson, whose team lost graduates Angel Malabet and Kyle Furniss from last year’s team.

Returning for the Ravens are seniors Kory Belle (forward) and Corey Wyatt (forward); juniors Jacob Mitchell (center), Jeffone Hill (guard), Trey Smith (center), and Andrew Townsend (guard); and sophomore Sean Hopkins (guard).

Belle, who is in his fourth season with the varsity team, is moving from the post to the wing with Wyatt and Mitchell playing inside. Guards Hill and Hopkins have each started in the backcourt since they were freshmen.

“I really can’t play center in college.

Coach is giving me an opportunity to play on the wing,” said Belle.

“It (the team’s experience) makes things a lot easier. We can move through the fundamentals more quickly,” co-captain Wyatt said.

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Wyatt looks forward to playing his role on the team, which includes playing solid defense and motivating his teammates to play to the best of their ability. “I’m looking forward to it because we’re tight knit

group. We’re like brothers,” said Wyatt, who is more of a vocal leader than Hill, the team’s point guard and leader on the floor.

The Ravens’ newcomers include seniors Terrel Hutchins (guard) and Robert Passwaters (guard); junior Chad Sturgeon (forward); and sophomores Denton Mow (guard), Gunner Isaacs (guard), and Tyler Belle (guard).

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onship and earn a berth in the state tournament. He is proud of his team’s cohesiveness, experience, and character.

“These kids are great kids. This is one of the best groups I’ve worked with,” Thomson said. “We want to be competitive. We want to be one of the better teams in the conference and go to the tournament.”

“I don’t think anybody can go to a game in the North and think they have a game won,” he added.

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Seaford resident Roy Lamberton was recently appointed the State Chairman for Delaware American Legion Baseball by the Delaware American Legion executive committee.

Lamberton takes over for Merrill Yocum, who had chaired the committee for the past two years. The Delaware American Legion has sponsored this premier youth program since 1927.

“As we enter our 81st year of Legion Baseball, we’re looking to continue our recent growth to give more Delaware baseball players a additional chance to show off their skills,” Lamberton said. “Our games are regularly scouted by coaches from Professional Baseball to Division I schools to the local Junior Colleges, and our alumni are playing and coaching all over the region.”

“Legion ball is growing and is well respected around the country and we expect to continue to play at the highest levels here in Delaware, my predecessors have seen to that,” Lamberton noted. “My immediate goal is to increase awareness of our program around the state.”

Roy Lamberton is known as the “voice” of Seaford High School baseball’s home games, and for his work with the Little League Senior Softball World Series[as media director], held in Roxanna every year. In recent years he has helped coach the Post 6, Sussex West Patriots and has coached in the Seaford Parks and Rec football league for over 15 years.

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The Harley-Davidson of Seaford race team traveled to Las Vegas Nevada for the last race of the season with high hopes. The Rush performance exhaust nationals also included a Scream’in Eagle high stakes shootout with the money being paid to only the winner and runner up.

Ronnie Fensick entered the high stakes shootout along with 165 other racers to try and win the big bucks. They ran three rounds Friday and finished the shootout on Saturday. In the second round Ronnie had a perfect light at the starting line to continue on to the third round which he also won. On Saturday he lost in the fifth round and finished ninth out of 166 racers.

In the Top Fuel class Bob Malloy qualified third out of 24 top fuel bikes with a run of 6.381 seconds at 207 MPH. In the first round he was disappointed when an air leak problem in the fuel system caused the RPMs to go up pulling him through the lights causing a red light. Even with this disappointing finish to his season, Malloy finished seventh in national points while running a limited schedule.

In the Destroyer class Fensick qualified ninth out of 25 motorcycles with a pass of 9.521 seconds at 138.39 MPH. Fensick won his first round race and then was defeated in the second round by .0095 seconds ending this season. Ronnie’s second round loss dropped him to a fourth place finish in national points.

In the Super Gas class Ronnie qualified 24th out of 45 motorcycles with a pass of 9.837 seconds in a very competitive field. Fensick again lost in the second round of this class and finished the year in eighth place in national points.

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Sussex Tech wrestling team has mix of experienced, young wrestlers

By Mike McClure For the Sussex Tech varsity wrestling team to have a successful dual meet season, head coach Scott Layfield is looking for contributions from his core of returning wrestlers as well as his young newcomers.

Layfield, who has coached the team for the past eight seasons, likes his team’s mix of experienced wrestlers and young, eager wrestlers.

The Ravens went 3-8 in the Henlopen Conference and 3-9 overall last season.

Gone from that team is graduate Chris Richards (Hwt.). Heavyweight Jon Davis is also unavailable due to an injury (torn ligament).

The team’s returning wrestlers include seniors Jamar Beckett (215) and Rob Wilgus (171); juniors Alex Thomas (189), Kyle Kunzler (135), Ryelan Pavlik (145); and sophomores Wendell Cannon (125) and Evan Gillespie (112/119). Also back are Trent Lathbury (160) and Jeff Shaffer.

Layfield is looking for leadership out of Wilgus, Beckett, and Thomas as well as Kunzler and Cannon. He expects Beckett and Thomas to be contenders for state titles with his other experienced wrestlers possibly surprising other contenders at the conference tournament.

Sussex Tech’s newcomers include

sophomores Cole Magagnotti (140) and Jon Taylor (119) and freshmen John Briddell (103), Matt Bennett (112), and James Whaley (119). Magagnotti is a transfer from Caesar Rodney.

“The younger kids that we have, have wrestling experience,” said Layfield.

“The key in dual meets is not the matches that you win, it’s the matches that you lose and not get pinned.”

With Smyrna joining the Henlopen North this year, the Ravens face stiff competition against Caesar Rodney, Sussex Central, and the Eagles. Sussex Tech opens the dual meet season against all three teams. Layfield also expects Henlopen South teams Indian River, Laurel, and Milford to have solid squads.

The Ravens opened the season last weekend by placing first in the Haverford Tournament. Cannon, Pavlik, Wilgus, Thomas, and Beckett placed first; Briddell and Magagnotti were second; and Kunzler finished fourth. The round robin tournament allowed each wrestler to compete in at least three to five matches.

The team is scheduled to wrestle in a tournament at Penn Manor (Pa.) this week. Beckett, Thomas, Cannon, and Kunzler will later compete in the prestigious Beast of the East tournament while the rest of the team will go to Indian River for a tournament.

Shown above (l to r) are the LDUSBC youth team tournament winners for Division A (age 12 and up): Seaford Combo (2782)- Katie Hickey, Michael Cherrix, Keith Parlier, and Jacob Dubinski. Below are the winners of the Lower Delaware United States Bowling Congress youth team tournament for Division B (11 and under): Baby Blue Jays (2480)- C.J. Redd, Nolan Lamontagne, and Brad Morgan. Missing from the photo is Becca Ingraham.

Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament schedule Players from 24 teams will take the court Dec. 26-29 at the Wicomico Civic Center for the annual Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament sponsored by the Salisbury Lion’s Club. Each squad will be competing for their bracket’s championship title.

At this year’s Holiday Classic, basketball fans can witness intense competition and take part in contests, live entertainment and giveaways.

Admission is $7 per person and children under six are admitted free. Tickets, only sold at the gate, are good for one full day of the tournament, with the first tip off at noon. The schedule for thelocal teams is as follows: Wednesday, Dec. 26- Wicomico vs. Sussex Tech, Salisbury Lions Club Championship, 7 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 27- Salisbury Lions Club Championship consolation game, 1:30 p.m., Salisbury Lions Club Championship Cup championship game, 9 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 28- Mardela vs. Delmar, Mason-Dixon Cup, noon; Saturday, December 29- Mason-Dixon Cup consolation game, noon, Mason-Dixon Cup championship game, 9 p.m.

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Seaford/Laurel Star Tuesday high school scoreboard

Laurel/Seaford Star sports predictions: week 14

Girls’ basketball- Seaford 37, St. Andrews 33- Ambre Burbage netted 12 points, De’Andria Farlow had nine points, Destiny Pierce scored seven points, and Samantha Savage added six for the Jays.

Laurel 33, Delmar 26- Laurel used a 17-2 advantage in the second quarter to defeat the feisty Wildcats. Sharay Smith scored 10 points and Tomorrow Briddell added seven for the Bulldogs. Katie McMahon (12) and Shannon Wilson (8) paced Delmar.

Caesar Rodney 62, Sussex Tech 15Brittany Griffin had 17 points and Bethany Callaway added a6 in the Raven loss.

Woodbridge 46, Lake Forest 47- Jenna Schrock and Taylor West each netted 13 points and Kera Sampson scored 12 for the Raiders.

Boys’ basketball- Woodbridge 93, Lake Forest 33- Vashad Whidbee scored 24 points, K’yan Andrews had 16 points, and Andre Dickerson added 11 for Woodbridge.

Laurel’s Sharay Smith pulls down a reWilliam Penn 71, Seaford 44- Terry bound during her team’s win over Delmar on Tuesday. Smith had a team high Hood had eight points in the loss.

10 points for the Bulldogs. Photo by Sussex Tech 74, Caesar Rodney 68 (OT)- Jeffone Hill made three three-point- Mike McClure ers and 10 free throws for a game-high 27 points to lead the Ravens. Kory Belle added 20 points and Jacob Mitchell had 16 points.

College football- University of Delaware vs. Southern Illinois- University of Delaware 45-28 NFL- Chicago at Washington- Washington 27-10 New York Giants at Philadelphia- Philadelphia 21-20- I have a feeling on this one. It feels like New York will be exposed.

Indianapolis at Baltimore- Indianapolis 42-13 Pittsburgh at New England- New England 34-30- Pittsburgh usually plays well against tough teams, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a blowout.

High school- Seaford at Woodbridge boys’ basketball- Wood- Jesse Piquette- 3-5bridge 74-61- Woodbridge is the team to beat here at the begin- last week, 70-46-1 overall ning of the season.

Seaford Christian girls’ basketball team wins tourney The Seaford Christian girls’ basketball team won the Harford Christian Tip-off Tournament with a pair of wins last weekend. The Lady Eagles outscored Harford Christian, 26-9, in the second and third quarters for a 42-24 win in game one. Nikki Meredith had 14 points and Rebekah Cain and Jennifer Carr each had eight points and eight rebounds. Seaford Christian outscored Red Lion Christian, 23-10, in the second half for a 36-23 win in the tournament’s championship game. Jennifer Carr had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Julia Carr added 11 points for the Eagles.

College football-University of Delaware vs. Southern IllinoisUniversity of Delaware 35-21 NFL- Chicago at Washington- Chicago 17-10 New York Giants at Philadelphia- Philadelphia 28-27- If Feeley is still the quarterback he might have a pretty good game considering the Giants’ weak secondary. Indianapolis at BaltimoreIndianapolis 28-10 Pittsburgh at New England- New England 28-27- Pittsburgh has the best chance of beating New England this year. They just need to watch the tapes from the Philly-New England game.

Daniel RichardsonHigh school- Seaford at Woodbridge boys’ basketball- Wood- 3-5 last week, 76-401 overall bridge 60-50 College football-University of Delaware vs. Southern IllinoisUniversity of Delaware 35-31- Both teams put up a lot of points on the board in quarterfinal wins last week. Southern Illinois edged UMass last week, look for the Hens to prevail this week.

NFL- Chicago at Washington- Chicago 28-17 New York Giants at Philadelphia- New York 24-14 Indianapolis at Baltimore- Indianapolis 21-9 Pittsburgh at New England- New England 28-24 High schoolSeaford at Woodbridge boys’ basketball- Woodbridge 60-50- Mike McClure- 2-6 Seaford’s team has potential, but the Blue Raiders are the team to last week, 79-37-1 overall beat in the Henlopen South right now.

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He is survived by his father Robert Lewis of Delmar; two daughters, Michele Mattingly of Salisbury and Morgan Lewis of Seaford; two sons, Donald Lewis, Jr. and his wife Kelly of Seaford, and Brad Lewis of Salisbury. His brothers, Bobby Lewis of Delmar, Tony Lewis of Pa., and Jimmy Cooper of Laurel; his sisters, Maryanne Rogers of Salisbury, Barbara Hitchens of Laurel, Becky Madden of Dagsboro and Helen Cropper of Laurel. A nephew Wayne Price, Jr., along with numerous other nieces and nephews. His grandchildren Chase Ashley, Briley Mattingly, Brianna Lewis and Linley Lewis.

Butch’s companion Joyce McAllister also survives him. He is also survived by his loving sister, Mildred Price and her husband Wayne of Laurel, who raised Donald.

A Funeral Service was held at the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, where friends called prior to the service.

The Rev. Donald Murray officiated. Internment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Contributions may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society, 1138 Parsons Road, Salisbury, MD. 21803.

Arrangements are in the care of the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel.

Leon Taylor, 78

Leon Taylor of Millsboro died Nov. 28, 2007, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford.

He was a son of Will and Annie Taylor of Painter, Va., who preceded him in death.

He was the husband of Annie Mae Taylor who passed away on Sept. 5, 1993.

Leon was most known by all who called him “Uncle Lee.” He was everyone’s uncle. He was a very happy and caring person, full of joy, always had a smile and loved to talk.

He worked for many years at H&H Poultry in Selbyville, and in later years he worked as a Senior Companion until he could no longer work.

He attended the Pentecostal Holiness Prayer Room in Millsboro. He enjoyed fishing, crabbing, and dining with his friend Blanch at Bonanza. He enjoyed singing, and making his own music, and he was a very spiritual person and that was the life he lived.

Besides his parents and wife, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Vernon Taylor and James Taylor; one sister, Mary Taylor; and two nephews, Robert Lee Taylor, and Junior Lee Taylor.

He leaves behind his son, Russell Lee Garrison and wife Joyce of Frankford; one granddaughter, Debbie Garrison-Felton; one grandson, Cornelius Felton, whom he loved dearly, all of Frankford. A very special niece, who was his caregiver, Lois A.

Handy of Frankford. Other nieces, Lucinda Taylor of Frankford, Ernestine Dixon of Millsboro, Lillian Taylor of Long Branch, N.J., and Marie Taylor of Selbyville; nephews, James Taylor of Asbury Park, N.J., and Alexander Taylor of Oxon, Md. His Sisters, Martha Sample of Exmore, Va. and Mary Sample of Smyrna.

Services were on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Watson Funeral Home, Millsboro, where friends called one-hour prior to the services.

Donald W. Sharp officiated.

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Patricia Scott Taylor, 57

Patricia Scott Taylor of Bridgeville died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Born in Morgantown, W.Va., the daughter of the late Betty Carpenter and Robert W. Scott, Sr., she was a homemaker and a member of Christ Evangelistic Church, Laurel.

She formerly worked for Eastern Shore Veterinarian Hospital, Laurel; Super Thrift and DuPont Company in Seaford, the Car Store in Seaford and Laurel, United Insurance Company of Salisbury, Clayton Homes of Delmar and Beautyrama of Seaford.

She was a former owner of Maid to Serve Cleaning, TC’s Touch of Class Restaurant and Pat's Sun Hut Tanning, all of Seaford, and the Hoagie House of Seaford and Laurel.

She is survived by her husband John F. Taylor, Jr. of Bridgeville; a son, Scott R. Taylor of Magnolia; a daughter, Traci Toomey and husband Timmy of Laurel; a brother, Robert W. Scott, Jr. and wife Somchan of Idaho Falls, Idaho; two grandsons, Freddie Clauss and Hunter Toomey; a step-sister, Joann Cannon and husband Ron of Bridgeville; and nieces and nephews.

Services were on Tuesday, Dec. 4, in Christ Evangelistic Church, Camp Road, Laurel, where friends called prior to the service. The Rev. Roland E. Tice officiated. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.

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William A. Messick, 78

William Arthur “Bill” Messick of Federalsburg, Md., passed away on Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

He was born Feb. 18, 1929 near Laurel, the son of Cecil and Blanche Henry Messick, who predeceased him.

His wife, Mamie “Sally” Spear Messick, preceded him in death on Aug. 17, 2004.

He was a retired poultry and grain farmer. He was a member of the New Liberty Wesleyan Church where he served as Sunday School Superintendent, member of the Board of Trustees, and

a member of the Called Out singing group that visits area nursing homes and churches.

He is survived by two sons, Daniel William Messick and David Arthur Messick, both of Bridgeville; a daughter, Debra Messick White of Hurlock; two step-sons, Laurence David Kerrick of Hartly, and Bernard Wallace Kerrick of Stewartstown, Pa., nine grandchildren, many great-grandchildren; a sister, Louise Warrington of Laurel, two brothers, LeRoy Messick of Seaford, and Ronald Messick of Bridgeville; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the New Liberty Wesleyan Church in Federalsburg with the Rev. Doug Thornburgh officiating. Interment followed in Bethel Cemetery near Federalsburg. Friends called on Monday at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the New Liberty Wesleyan Church, 28418 Bridgeville Road, Federalsburg, MD 21632.

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Dorothy Mae Marvel, 91

Dorothy Mae Marvel of Millsboro died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes.

She was born in Ocean View, a daughter of George and Deborah Fenton Littleton, who predeceased her.

Mrs. Marvel graduated from Lord Baltimore High School and Milford School of Nursing and she enjoyed a long career as a registered nurse.

She spent most of her career working at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. and later she worked at Beebe Hospital in Lewes.

She moved to Millsboro after her retirement to be near her family. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, Millsboro and the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Marvel, one brother, Joshua Littleton, and four sisters, Florence Borleske, Eva McCabe, Elsie Godwin, and Marguerite Moore.

She is survived by her son, George Wayne Scorah and his wife Nancy B. Scorah; two grandsons and their wives, Todd and Mary Scorah and Chad and Lorette Scorah; one great-grandson, Jordan Scorah, one greatstep-granddaughter, Heather Jackson and her daughter, Alexis; two sisters, Lula Webb and Elva Elliott; and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the Watson Funeral Home, Millsboro, where friends called one hour prior to the services. Pastor James Ellwanger and Dona Rayne, Lay Leader and Director of Disciples, officiated.

Interment was in Mariner’s Bethel U.M. Church Cemetery, Ocean View.

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Letters People of all opinions deserve care from police, fire companies

There have been a lot of different opinions about the proposed Discovery Project, and now there are comments about the cancellation of the project. I am a member of SCOLDM, and I must say that this group has never attacked anyone personally, or wished anyone any ill fate; and made that clear from the very beginning.

I, as well as most of the other members of this group, have lived in Laurel my entire life and dearly love it for its small town atmosphere and rural farmland. I grew up in town limits, attended Laurel School for 12 years, have been an active member of my local church, etc, but now live outside of the town limits, but I don’t think that qualifies me as as a “non-Laurel resident” as James Waddel stated in his disrespectful letter (The Star, Nov. 29).

Yes, Mr. Waddel is entitled to his opinion like anyone else, but I was appalled when I read about he hopes that fire and police will not respond to any members of this group if needed. How could any adult wish that for anyone? As a health care professional and a Christian, I could never “select” who I care for because of their beliefs or opinions. I truly respect our fire and emergency personnel, and I certainly hope and pray that they would respond to anyone in need.

This comment from Mr. Waddel really hurt me to think that an adult could wish “slow response, if at all” for members of the SCOLDM group. These folks are human, and have exercised their right to their opinion in an adult and respectful manner, something that I’m sorry to say that Mr. Waddel has not done.

Martha E. Whaley

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Decision to penalize hockey team was unfair to players

It is the dream of every young athlete who competes in Little League, middle school, or high school sports to play in the state championship of his/her respective sport. Such was the case of the Sussex Tech field hockey team.

After beating arch rival Cape Henlopen in the opening round of the state tournament, they proceeded to beat number two ranked Delmar and then number three

ranked Brandywine to earn their spot in the state championship game.

Two days prior to the game, a concerned parent instructed her daughter to show her report card to her coach. What happened was one of the worst conclusions to an athlete’s season that one could imagine.

Because the athletic director, who had checked the report cards to ensure players’ eligibility, failed to inform the coach that one player was ineligible, Sussex Tech was disqualified from the tournament and not allowed to play in the state championship game. The dreams of 22 young ladies were shattered.

This situation brings a couple of questions to mind.

1) Is it fair to penalize young athletes rather than the one guilty of the illegal act — Sussex Tech High School? It was a school official, the athletic director, who was at fault — not the hockey players. I would offer that the team should have been allowed to play and the school penalized in some manner.

2) Should an athletic director be allowed to also coach? In the 1970s, coaches had to make the choice between being the athletic director or coaching a sport. I do not know for sure if this was a rule or just a suggestion within the system, but I know it occurred. Now here are athletic directors that also coach sports such as Jerry Mears in Laurel and the Joe Thomson at Sussex Tech. I don’t know how many other school also practice this.

As a former coach, I know that when it is “in-season” time, a head coach is consumed by the sports season. Sussex Tech’s AD started his basketball program the same day he was responsible for checking the report cards of the athletes. One has to question what he was focusing on.

3) Don’t teachers have a responsibility to inform coaches when one of their players fail their class?

Finally, I find it interesting that the News Journal newspaper added insult to injury by ranking Sussex Tech below the two teams the team had defeated on the field in their final rankings.

What was taken from these young ladies can never be repaid. I hope that the athletic community and Sussex Tech High School will show them the proper respect and take the steps necessary to ensure that

Announcing the birth of

Hayden Elizabeth Balback She was born at 11:42 p.m. on August 15, 2007 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long.

Parents are Stacey Dean and Joseph Balback of Laurel.

Maternal Grandparents are Lawrence and Pam Dean of Seaford.

Paternal Grandparents are Joseph and Joan Balback of Millsboro.

Great Grandparents are Kathleen Truitt Hastings of Seaford, the late Kelly Hastings, the late John Truitt, and the late Bill and Lucille Dean all of Seaford. The late George and Anna Balback of Wilmington and the late Edward and Helen Montejunas of Lynn, MA. Hayden was also welcomed by her Aunts Veronica Dean, Tracy Ramsay, and Laura Bausch, her Uncles L.J. Dean and Jay Balback, and her Cousins Dakota Dean and Hannah Ramsay.

a travesty of this magnitude never happens again.

Mike Pugh Laurel

We should get rid of career politicians, federal income tax

The “Moments with Mike” column in the Nov. 29 edition of The Laurel Star reflects what I have been saying about our elected officials for years now: They have jobs with perks and benefits most of us can only dream about.

Where else can you vote yourself a raise? Where else can you run for another office while getting a salary for the one you hold now but don’t devote yourself to it because you are out on the campaign trail trying to get elected for another? The perks and benefits are too numerous to be put into a letter to the editor.

It was widely understood by our founding fathers that the job of representation in Congress was to be a temporary one and not a lifelong career. The understanding was that you would go to Washington, serve a term or two and then come back home and take up you life where you left off and let someone else go and serve. But then that was before it became financially lucrative to serve in Congress.

We, the people, are going to have to stop this lunacy that has been thrust upon us for the last 50 years by our elected officials. Things have gotten out of hand and

the only way we are going to change things is to vote these self-centered, egotistical elitists out of office.

They view the masses as mostly stupid because they can return to their states or districts at election time and tell the people how much they have done for them already and how much more they are going to do if re-elected. How they say the things they do with a straight face, I’ll never know.

Until the American people get fed up and stop re-electing these clowns, we at least can take some of their power away and that is Congress’s power to tax us. We need to call, write letters, e-mail or confront our senators and representatives and tell them to support the House Bill HR25 or Senate Bill S25.

This legislation is called the “Fair Tax Bill” and would replace our present tax system with a federal consumption tax. In a nutshell, it would eliminate the IRS and the federal income tax and take the power to tax away from Congress. One can find out more about it at Fairtax.org. Like everything else, politicians won’t act on it until they start getting prodded by their constituents.

I hope whoever reads this letter will check this out. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

It’s not perfect, but it’s an improvement over what we have now.

Larry Calhoun

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MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND - The Delmar Middle School band performs.

VFW COLOR GUARD - The VFW Post 10159 Color Guard makes its way through Delmar during last weekend’s Delmar Christmas parade. Photos by Mike McClure

EVEN THE GRINCH WAS THERE - The Grinch joined Mitchell’s Martial Arts in a demonstration during the parade.

SCOUT FLOAT - Members of Delmar Boy Scout Troop 827 wave to the crowd while riding on their float last Saturday, in the Delmar Christmas parade.

AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS SANTA - Santa Claus came to town during the parade.

Winners in Delmar Christmas parade announced

CHRISTMAS WITH A SCOTTISH FLAIR - The Ocean City Pipe and Drum Club take part in the parade. The parade was sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce.

Parade winners were: Best appearing float, first - Delmar Wesleyan Church, second - Brownie Troop #691, third - Red Hat Society Best appearing marching unit, first Black Belt World, second - Ocean City Pipe and Drum Band, third - Mitchells Martial Arts Best appearing vehicle, first - John Rig-

gin; second - Ralph and Pierce Hooper, Richard Gosslee, third - Dave’s Detailing and Carwash Best fire department, first - Delmar, second - Laurel, third - Parsonsburg Most unique entry- - Lone Ranger and Silver Judges’ award - Jerry Carr, Delmar Senior Band

MORNING STAR • DECEMBER 6 - 12, 2007

Change is coming to Sussex, whether we like it or not This is the time of year when most of us are on the road going from one area to another in search of holiday gifts and all else that is involved in the observance of Christmas. We travel from one area of the county to another in order to find the special items we want to give to family members and others on our list.

Husband of 61-plus years and I have made our lists and are attempting to complete the special purchases early in the month. We are not unlike every other purchaser of gifts.

Going to the beach area is something we rarely do during the summer months.

The roads are crowded with wild and wooley drivers who insist upon passing on the right-hand side of the automobile while driving at least 10 miles above the speed limit. Familiar sights are almost a thing of the past, landmarks we have been accustomed to for years and years have disappeared and a relaxing stroll along the boardwalk or beach town streets is practically nonexistent.

Changing lifestyles have been with us forever, and that is not about to change.

Last week we journeyed over to Lewes for a day of shopping, lunch and just looking at the changes in the area. From the time we left the intersection of Rt. 13 and 24, we noticed change. We can easily remember when Lake Pines was a limited number of homes and had lots of open space. There were a few homes along the Millsboro Road out to the Legion Home, but many vacant lots. Gradually, almost all of the vacant areas have become home to young families and some retirees.

Ruth Rogers’ store was almost isolated out on the Millsboro Road and the turnoff to Trap Pond was a “long way out.” Not so anymore as homes now occupy much of the land.

Many retirees have discovered Sussex County, people from across the Chesapeake Bay, from Washington, D.C., and the huge area it encompasses, from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New Castle County. Along with this group comes the need for housing, golf courses and shopping centers.

As we drove to the beach last week, we went via Rt. 24 over to Rt. One, then came back along Rt. 9.

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Just in case you have not noticed, Sussex County is no longer “slower lower.”

Along with all of the newer inhabitants, businesses have grown by leaps and bounds. Who among those of us who have lived here for years and years would ever have thought that a huge basic lumber/supply store would have been built at the intersection of Rt. 1 and 9? Or that the two lane road into downtown Lewes and the Cape May Ferry would now be filled with several traffic lanes, rerouting, new roads and shops, shops, shops?

Many of us can remember when Lewes and Rehoboth residents were not too anxious to have those two communities face major changes in the business areas and all that it encompassed. But, change came.

The canal in Lewes is filled with boats; new shops and restaurants in Rehoboth have given employment to lots of people; the old Lewes High School is just a memory, as a huge complex provides excellent education to lots and lots of students.

Those who complain that progress in Laurel will change our lifestyle have no idea of what progress is all about. This group chooses to live in a narrow world.

Fifty years ago our road had two houses on it, ours and Catherine and Olen Boyce’s. Now every lot contains a home of hardworking, productive families.

Every area around town has experienced the same growth.

Progress involves change. Change results in employment, needed services, new families, more tax dollars.

To choose isolation is being very narrow-minded and selfish. And as for the “sun shining a little brighter in Sussex County” now, many of us feel a very dark cloud is covering our area. What a pity.

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On a recent weekend, Phoebe and Jeff Bird of Smyrna spent holiday time with Phoebe’s parents, Bruce and Euneta Farrelly.

Kelsi Ward was celebrated on her 16th birthday to a party at the Tokyo Steakhouse in Salisbury, which included her parents, John and Donna Ward, her grandparents, Mitch and Marilyn, her sisters, Kati and Kristina, the Trivits family and several other friends. The evening was great for Kelsi, but as you know what was foremost in her mind was, “Oh, goodie, I can drive now!”

On Sunday, Nov. 25, a surprise dinner was held for Donald and Rita Baker at the Red Lobster in Salisbury in honor of their 49th wedding anniversary. The dinner was hosted by their children, Donnie and Donna, Scott and Karen, Kristine and their granddaughter Samantha. We don’t hear much from Rita anymore since the closing of French’s but she's still around and as full of life and pep as ever. Keep goin’, Rita.

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Doing the Towns Together Mrs. Doris Banks of Delmar spent Thanksgiving day with her granddaughters Sarah and Adele in South River, N.J., and the remaining part of that weekend with her son Greg and his wife, Louise, in Harford, Pa. Omitted in last week’s write up of Michael Truitt’s graduation ceremony from Ft. Benning, Ga. was his wife’s name Dawn, who also attended with other relatives. We knew you were there, Dawn, but just slipped off the copy.

Happy birthday to another Delmar resident, Jason Ramsey, who will celebrate his on Dec. 5.

On Sunday, Dec 2, Friends of the Laurel Library held a holiday tea in the community room at the library. At this time one of Laurel’s Red Hat Ladies’ groups, Twisted Sisters, celebrated their holiday party , enjoying the atmosphere of the afternoon and exchanging gifts. It was a most fruitful and joyful day for all who participated.

We express our deepest sympathy to the families and friends of: Mildred Tull Williams, Donald Ward, Woodrow Wilson Phillips, Anna K. Cugler, Sylvia Mae Adkins, James S. Banks, Charles Robert Mumford, Gladys W. Smith, Alice Marie O’Neal and Charles A. Stewart.

We continue with prayers for all of our service men and women and for all of our friends who are ill: Philip Lowe, Robert D. Whaley, Steve Trivits, Jean Henry, Derrick Henry, Martha Windsor, Hattie Puckham, Teresa Littleton, Irma Ellis, Sam Moore, Madelyn Mitchell, Herman Cubbage, Harriett MacVeigh,Terry Layton and Donald Layton Sr. Happy December birthday greetings to: Kenneth Bennett and Charles Horsey (Dec. 5), Patsy Bryan (Dec. 6), Ellie Guest (Dec. 8), Geraldine Lowe (Dec. 10) and Ardella Hearn, Elsie Lowe and Oliver Whaley (Dec. 11).

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Letters School for troubled teens belongs in town, not out in the country

This letter is regarding a zoning change that is requested by Lori Rider and Shiloh House on property she owns on McDowell Road in Bridgeville.

There have been two meetings held.

One on Sept. 27 with Planning & Zoning and the second meeting on Oct. 16, with Sussex County Council in Georgetown. At the Planning & Zoning meeting, Shiloh House tried to turn this meeting into a church or Christian issue and not a zoning issue. We residents are all Christian people but this is definitely a zoning issue.

It has been well documented at both meetings that almost every one of the neighbors surrounding Ms. Rider’s farm are solidly against any change in zoning from the present Agriculture/Residential.

The file against this change is very, very thick with individual letters and petitions signed by the residents in the area.

Ms. Rider is requesting this change in zoning in order to bring in 13- to 18-yearold troubled teens, some of whom are on drugs, alcohol, into occult activities, as well as sexual, mental and emotional abuse. (This is according to the Shiloh House Web site.)

There may also be teens with records of violence, although, “they will not be sought.” But, I’m sure Shiloh House will accept them, too. What is it they say —

“Follow the money”?

Just because you put troubled teens, 13to 18-years of age, in a Christian environment, you cannot expect them to become good citizens and leave their lifestyles behind. They will bring their problems and lifestyles with them.

Ms. Rider and Shiloh House is trying to model her facility after the one in Orlando, Fla., which, according to the police in Orlando, has had numerous police calls to that facility. That property is across the street from a jail, close to police, fire and emergency protection and is hooked up to public water and sewer facilities.

Whereas, on McDowell Road in Bridgeville, this area is seven to 10 miles away from fire, police and emergency personnel and there is absolutely no public water and sewer facilities available. There may also be environmental issues here.

All the residents have heard what happened to Woolford, Md., near Cambridge where a facility began as a Bible school and now these troubled teens are walking away, breaking into homes, stealing and car-jacking and the local residents are under lock and key and even have police officers at various times escort the local children on and off school buses. We just do not want that in our community and we are not equipped to handle these problems.

Also, through no fault of our own, our property and homes would be devalued.

Just to illustrate this, there is a home in the

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We will be ministering in song, scenery, and message of Glory to God in the Highest, a beautiful message of the birth of Christ and how He came to have a personal relationship with man on the following dates:

Sundays, Dec. 9th, 16th, & 23rd, At 9:30 AM

Sunday, Dec. 23rd - Happy Birthday Jesus Party for ages 2-12 during Junior Church time. Cake, Ice Cream, & fun are planned during this party. Please come and bring your children to be a part of this special time. Junior Church children will be ministering in drama & song at this service.

Monday, Dec. 24th - Christmas Eve Service We will be having a special service from 6-7 PM. Family time Christmas story geared for kids ministered in power points & drama by Kyle Holloway. Worship, Communion, & Candlelight Service will take place as well. Special gift time following the service for children.

January we will begin a new exciting junior church program.

Your children will want to be apart of it.

More information to come.

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neighborhood that was on the market.

Buyers have purchased the property, settlement has taken place, buyers have moved in and they heard that a facility such as described above might be located here.

Needless to say, they have threatened a law suit if this takes place. People want to come home from work to a quiet, safe area for their families and themselves. Not a troubled area.

This is definitely a zoning matter and not a church or Christian matter and if anyone on Planning & Zoning and/or Sussex County Council has a problem separating zoning matters from church matters, then they should refrain from voting on this important issue and let each member of these councils make his own decision.

If this is a church issue, they why is Ms. Rider and Shiloh House applying for a zoning change?

This area around McDowell Road in Bridgeville is a farming and residential area and has been for many, many years. If Planning & Zoning and Sussex County Council allow this zoning change to take place, it will completely change the character of this small community forever.

We are hoping and praying that Planning & Zoning and Sussex County Council members will vote against this zoning change and Shiloh House can be built where it needs to be — near where police, fire, emergency and public water and sewer facilities are readily available just like

the Shiloh House in Orlando, Fla. There is one thing for sure — we will not give up and we are not going away.

Eileen Craft Bridgeville

Sorority thanks all who participated in fundraiser Laureate Epsilon Seaford-Laurel Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi would like to send a huge thank you to all who attended our combined Longaberger Basket and Pampered Chef bingo held Nov. 1 at the Seaford Moose.

A special thank you to Mary Lee Groton for helping with the Longaberger Basket gifts, and for donating door prizes.

A special thank you also goes to Michelle Moyer for helping with the Pampered Chef gifts and also donating door prizes.

We could not have accomplished this without the Seaford Moose. Thank you for everything.

Last but not least, a special thank you to our bingo caller, Chris Martinez. Partial proceeds of this event will be donated to Delaware Hospice.

Thanks again to all.

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Beautiful 2BR, 2BA home situated in an active-adult community with indoor/outdoor pool, club house, golf and tennis. Home has many upgrades. All this and much more! $389,000 MLS #553944

Lovely ranch home with open floor plan & vaulted ceilings situated on larger corner lot with stream. This 3BR, 1BA home features beautiful wood & tile floors. Recent updates include new septic, furnace & well pump. $215,000 MLS #551451

30X52 DETACHED GARAGE

Large wooded lot with a nice 4BR, 2BA rancher w/sunroom. All in a development just west if Seaford. Call Julie for an appt. $215,000 MLS #554996

Adorable 2-year old 3BR, 2BA Ranch inside Bridgevilleʼs town limits. Features include a rear deck off kit, security system, garage & paved drive. $184,500 MLS #549139

Lovely 3BR, 2BA home w/custom window treatments, great room, large closets, finished garage interior and much more!

Located in a lovely development. $239,900 MLS #544834

A water view of the Broad Creek River can be enjoyed from this spacious colonial.

Features 4BRs, 2 full BAs, 2 half BAs, updated kit., full bsmt., paved drive and irrigation system w/sep. well. MLS #550302

Looking for a quiet country setting and a place for a workshop or antique cars? Check out this 3BR, 2BA ranch just minutes from the beach with a detached 30x52ʼ garage with 12 ft. ceilings with heat & airconditioning. $269,900 MLS #553127

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Attractive home on a quiet in-town street in Woodside Manor. Updates include new front brick steps, fresh interior & exterior paint, and new stainless steel appliances. Other features include hardwood floors in LR & DR, rear deck & fenced rear yard. $184,500 MLS # 551877

Newly renovated & affordable “Class C” home in the country! Home features 3BRs, 2BAs, eat-in kit, and walk-in closets. There are too many renovations to mention, but come and see for yourself! $144,500 MLS #554306

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3BR, 2BA home in age-restricted community.

Features include upgraded trim package, all appliances convey, irrigation, beautiful landscaping and paved driveway. $255,000 MLS #554725

Immediate occupancy with this 3BR, 2BA ranch in mint condition in a country setting.

Home has many recent upgrades & improvements. Enjoy the views from the sunroom and deck! $249,900 MLS #553545

4BR Cape Cod nestled on a 2-acres conveniently located to Atlantic beaches. 2 outbuildings (80x28 & 150x25). Many mechanical & cosmetic upgrades have been made. $249,000 MLS #553187

8 lots available in Riverʼs End Phase V. There are different sizes and prices may vary. No builder tie-in.

MLS #552023552030

Poultry Farm with 112,000 bird capacity in 4 houses (computerized, tunnel ventilation, 3 w/foggers, and 1 w/pad). Includes 4BR ranch home and garage w/workshop. It is on 14.29 acres of land. Call for more details. MLS #547044