THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
vol. 15 No. 6
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News HOUSING - Workshops offered to reduce foreclosures and help residents stay in their homes. Page 2 MEMORIAL DAY - Hundreds turn out to remember the nation’s heroes. Page 4 POWER - Solar power plant sets stage for selling power. Page 6 HEROES - Dale Dunning’s life changes over a bowl of soup. Page 8 LEGEND - Waller was the secret behind Papale’s rise to fame. Page 10 HEALTH - Nanticoke Memorial Hospital celebrates EMS Week. Page 12 HONORS - County honors EMS personnel at annual banquet. Page 24
Sports HONORING THE SHEDAkERS - Bill and Diana Shedaker are presented with Henlopen Conference Lifetime Gold Passes in honor of their service to Seaford High School and statewide athletics. Page 39 STARS Of THE WEEk - A pair of Sussex Tech baseball players are this week’s Seaford Stars of the Week. Page 41 IN THE MINORS - Seaford graduate Derrik Gibson makes a visit to Maryland as his Minor League baseball team plays in Hagerstown. Page 40
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The Nanticoke River is a vital waterway for barge traffic into and out of western Sussex County. Photo by Ronald MacArthur
County purchases 41 acres for dredging and a new public park
Portions of a former golf course near Seaford will become home to Sussex County’s newest public park, as County officials have purchased the property as part of a federal government plan to dredge the nearby Nanticoke River. County officials went to settlement recently on the Woodland Golf Park, agreeing to pay $580,000 to acquire 41 acres of the approximately 52-acre parcel at the corner of Woodland and Lonesome roads west of Seaford. County Council authorized the purchase. The agreement paves the way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move forward on its years-long plan to perform maintenance dredging on a stretch of the Nanticoke River extending from the Delaware-Maryland line up to Seaford. The river, which flows to the Chesapeake Bay, is a vital waterway for barge traffic into and out
of western Sussex County. But the purchase also sets the stage for something more – a County park, one in which passive, open space would be made available for public use. Only about half of the acreage purchased is necessary for the dredging project, leaving the remainder to be converted into walking trails and other natural attractions. “Sussex County is pleased to be a partner in this effort to strengthen our local economy, to safeguard our environment and to enhance recreational opportunities for our citizens,” County Administrator David B. Baker said. “The Nanticoke River dredging project will ensure that commerce continues to smoothly and safely flow along the river for years to come, and with it will come the wonderful byproduct of a passive park-like setting for our citizens and visitors alike. County officials plan to apply for a
$280,000 state parks grant in the coming weeks that would help defray the cost of the land purchase. The park could be ready for public use in about a year at the earliest, Baker said. Meanwhile, about 20 acres of the site will serve as a location to deposit mud that will be pulled from the bottom of the Nanticoke River during the four-month-long, $1.9 million project to restore to 12 feet the river’s main channel depth. Once piped to the location, the excess dredge material will dry over an extended period of time before settling atop the soil. The site could be used again in the future if another dredge project is necessary. In order for the federal project to progress, Sussex County, as the local government body, was obligated to provide a site for dredge material under an agreement with the Corps of Engineers, Baker said. County officials for Continued to page three
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