THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
VOL. 11 NO. 23
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HOME & GARDEN Section in This Edition QUILTS OF VALOR - Catherine Roberts is the founder of the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Through her group 6,400 hand-made quilts have been sent to soldiers and Marines who have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Page 2 POLICY UNDER FIRE - Parents in the Woodbridge School District are concerned about a new policy that they think puts their kids at risk. Page 9 SONIC BUST - An employee of Sonic restaurant is accused of a break-in and theft. Page 10 HABITAT SUCCESS - Six local homebuilders partnered with Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to build three homes in one week. Page 16 HOME OPENER - The Woodbridge varsity football team won its home opener last Friday, while Seaford fell to Howard. Coverage begins on page 41 STARS OF THE WEEK - A Seaford field hockey player and a Woodbridge football player are this week’s Seaford Stars of the Week. Page 43 HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP - Nanticoke Health Services announces the recipients of the 2nd Annual Nanticoke Tributes for Healthcare Leadership. Page 50 LETTERS GALORE - Development proposals bring out the opinions. Page 52
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Holly and Jesse Conaway, who live near Woodland, are interviewed by a television reporter about their opposition to a 170-foot cell phone tower planned for their neighborhood. Cingular, the company that wants to put up the tower, raised a 170-foot crane on the proposed site to show residents what the tower would look like. Photo by Bryant Richardson
Monopole would be unsightly in historic area, residents say By Lynn R. Parks A demonstration to show what a proposed cell telephone transmission tower would look like did nothing to change the mind of Holly Conaway, who is fighting Cingular and its placement of the tower. “In fact, it absolutely confirmed the idea I had,” she said. Cingular wants to put the 170-foot “monopole” near Woodland Ferry Road at Deer Lane. The site is close to the housing development Patty Cannon Estates and just south of the historic Woodland Ferry. The proposed tower
site is owned by Byard Layton, Laurel. Last Wednesday, Cingular put up a 170-foot crane to show residents what the tower would look like. “From time to time, we do simulations such as a crane test so the community can get a visual picture of the height of a proposed cell site,” said Ellen Webner, spokeswoman for Cingular. For Conaway, who lives near Patty Estates on property that has been in the Conaway family for more than two centuries, that “visual picture” was ugly. “From Patty Cannon Estates, the tower is just in your face, big as life,”
Conaway said. “And for people driving down River Road, it is right there.” “It’s a monster,” said Jacqueline Henderson, who has lived in Patty Cannon Estates for three years. “If it had been there three years ago, I would not have bought a home in this community. And if it goes up, I will probably move, if I can sell my house.” Henderson believes that if the tower goes up, property values in the development will go down. “It towers over the tree line, and it’s going to have lights,” she said. “It took me six Continued to page 8
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