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By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) In a battle of Ocean City v. Worcester County, city officials on Tuesday approved the county Recreation and Parks Department’s request of $25,000 to secure the Great Inflatable Race obstacle course event with one condition: move it from West Ocean City to Ocean City proper.

The demand reflected the city’s age-old grudge against the county for seemingly leeching off the resort’s amenities.

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UPLIFTING A large crane looms next to the Capri condominiums located on 110th Street, Monday, Feb. 3. A representative from Capri told Ocean City Today that the crane was necessary to install an A/C system onto the 20th floor of the building.

Bills would cost county Education, immigrant detainee measures would mean millions

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Two bills that would cost Worcester County big money should they pass are making their way through the General As-

sembly in Annapolis, with one requiring more spending on education and the other ending the revenue Mary Beth the county reCarozza ceives by housing immigration detainees in the county jail.

The Dignity Not Detention Act would prohibit governm e n t a l entities from Wayne Hartman e n t e r i n g agreements to house immigration-related detainees in detention cenSee IMMIGRANT Page 64

As the name suggests, the Great Inflatable Race is a 1.5-2 mile inflatable obstacle course, Tom Perlozzo and includes more than 14 giant inflatable structures for participants to climb on, bounce over and slide through.

Under the current proposal, the event would be held on the grounds of the Seaside Christian Academy in West Ocean City.

“Why would we fund this?” Councilman Matt James asked, adding that the resort stood to gain little from an event located outside See COUNCIL Page 70

Bridge repair project heads into final weeks SHA says some work will continue into ’21, but won’t delay traffic

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Maintenance work along the Route 50 Bridge is moving along smoothly, according to a Maryland State Highway Administration spokesman.

“Following the lane shift and lane reduction on the bridge a few weeks ago, crews immediately got to work installing new underwater electrical cables and tackling some steel repairs in tight

areas that require the drawbridge to remain closed to boaters,” District Community Liaison Bob Bob Rager Rager said.

Although the work is scheduled for completion in early March, steel and concrete repairs will continue into 2021, but will cause marginal disturbance to traffic.

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By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Resort business organization leaders gave their reports to the Ocean City Tourism Commission meeting on Monday.

Chamber of Commerce Chamber CEO/President Melanie Pursel said the group had gotten Attorney Doug Desmarais of Smith & Downey to host a workshop on the Department of Labor’s overtime rules and paid leave regulations.

The workshop is slated for Feb. 20, and will be held at the Grand Hotel at 2100 Baltimore Ave., and Melanie Pursel costs $15 per person.

Employers can register online at chamber.oceancity.org.

Pursel said the chamber is following around 95 bills in the General Assembly relevant to Ocean City businesses, and would oppose any bills that could harm small businesses in the resort.

The chamber is voicing its support for a bill that would require employees to provide a doctor’s note or other verification for paid sick leave between 107 and 120 days of employment.

The chamber will also support Gov. Larry Hogan’s post-Labor Day school bill.

OCDC Board member Kevin Gibbs said the corporation is working on six façade projects, as well as several green building and new business assistance projects.

Gibbs said bands had been booked for Sunset Park concerts on Thursdays in July and August, as have craft beer food truck events.

Gibbs said one of the food trucks was Mother’s Cantina restaurant, located on 28th Street.

Councilwoman Mary Knight asked why the city did not host a larger food truck festival, to which Special Events Superintendent Frank Miller replied that such an event would be difficult to pull off because of Worcester County’s strict food truck regulations.

Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association Executive Director Susan Jones said her schedule has been slammed as she prepares for the association’s Spring Trade Expo Show slated for March 8 and 9 at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street.

As Monday, spaces for 406 booths had been sold, and only four open spots remained, she said.

Jones said the vendors were a mix of old Susan Jones and new, and guests can expect activities ranging from a painting experience with T.C. Studios to an exhibit on cyber security.

She also announced that the association had managed to book celebrity speaker Ryan Estis as the event’s keynote speaker.

Estis worked for 15 years as an ad agency executive, and has worked with AT&T, Motorola, MasterCard, Adobe, MassMutual, the National Basketball Association, the Mayo Clinic, Honeywell, Thomson Reuters, Ernst & Young, Lowes and Prudential.

Estis will speak on March 9 at 9:30 a.m., just before the second day of the expo begins.

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Rec and Parks aim for complex renovations

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Ringing in a new decade, the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department is determined to begin piecing together renovations to the Downtown Recreation Complex.

“In 2007, we actually did have a master plan done for that park,” Parks Director Susan Petito said. “We went through the Susan Petito whole process, [but] when we went to move forward with the project, the town did not actually own the property, it was owned by the county. The town didn’t want to invest funding into something they didn’t control.”

Further compounding the issue was the 2008-09 real estate market collapse, when property values and the tax base declined. With money tight, the downtown complex was shuffled to the bottom of the city’s priority list.

Nevertheless in 2014, Worcester County officials agreed to give the deed to the park to the resort, and with a recovering economy the timing was perfect to reignite the park renovation project.

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Susan Petito, director of Ocean City Recreation and Parks, hopes this will be the year to get moving on the city’s Downtown Recreation Complex on Third and Fourth streets. The project’s development has been stymied by a bad economy among other obstacles.

a vision survey … to get some feedback on the parks. Then we held our community meetings in October and November of 2016, and February of 2017 ... and then we did a council survey in October of 2017,” Petito said.

Using all of the data collected by the survey and the community outreach, Petito and the Recreation and Parks staff created a parks master plan.

However, internal back-and-forth among Recreation and Parks Committee members, as well as disputes among

council members, halted the project once again.

As Ocean City Today reported in July 2017, former councilman and current Del. Wayne Hartman, who chaired the Recreation and Park Committee at the time, argued the plan needed to go before the mayor and council, as the three councilmen on the committee could not come to an agreement.

“We need the consensus of the council before we spend any more time on this. It needs to be a priority to see where

this whole master plan process needs to go,” Hartman said at a council meeting.

Nonetheless, the survey results that followed left city officials still divided, particularly on basketball courts and the skate park, and the project was stopped once again.

Finally, three years later, Petito announced at Tuesday’s Recreation and Parks meeting that City Manager Doug Miller had given her the OK to issues a request for proposals for the project’s See PETITO Page 5

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City approves funding for basketball event

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The Ocean City Council approved a request for $18,300

by Premier 1 Events to rent basketball courts at the Ocean City convention center for basketball tournaments slated for June 6-7.

The money will be used to help offset the costs of booking the four basketball courts in the convention center.

Tourism Advisory Board [TAB] Chairman Steve Pastusak said in 2018, 98 teams played in tournaments split between Ocean City and Snow Hill, resulting in roughly half of the players, family members, coaches and viewers booking hotels in Salisbury.

The following year, all tournaments were held in Ocean City with the addition of the convention center courts, and despite a lack of time to advertise, the city managed to increase the number of teams by 59 percent and secured roughly 1,007 room nights — a 65 percent increase from 2018.

Both the number of teams and num-

ber of room nights are expected to grow this year, with a 100 percent growth in teams and 1,400 projected room nights in the resort.

Originally, Premier 1 had requested $25,000 in financial assistance, bu, Pastusak said the board chose to reduce the amount because it had granted the applicant a full funding request previously.

The board follows a three-year funding policy, where each year the funding it grants decreases, and after the third year the applicant is no longer eligible for tourism board money.

Councilman Dennis Dare expressed concerns over the request, viewing it as too high.

“We’re talking about something less than $40,000 in registration fees,” Dare said. “As far as the city is concerned, our revenue source would come from room tax. Assuming $200 a night average room cost, that would yield the town around $12,600. It seems like a huge request for not a whole lot of return.”

Pastusak said the applicant has been

Petito, staff spent long hours to get community feedback Continued from Page 4 design phase, which she hopes to have out by the end of this week.

She also announced that the Ocean City Development Corporation expressed its interest in aiding the Recreation and Parks department with the project.

“Once someone is selected, they will meet with us and the town and get some guidance on the direction we want for that,” Petito said.

To address the mayor and council’s interests, Petito will send out a stream-

lined checklist, per committee chair and Councilman John Gehrig’s recommendation.

As for costs associated with the project, Petito said her plan is to tackle the project in prioritized phases and apply for grant funding — a pay-as-you-go approach.

“If I can get the RFP out by the end of next week, and I can get something in mid-March, which we’re going to be in budget season right then, starting in April, we can get this work started,” Petito said.

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Tourism Advisory Board Chairman Steve Pastusak requested approval to allocate $18,300 of funds to Premier 1 Events to rent basketball courts at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street for the company’s basketball tournaments. The council granted its approval Tuesday afternoon.

bringing basketball tournaments to Ocean City since 2014, and had been willing to move it fully to the resort two years ago, which resulted in the aforementioned gains in room nights.

Councilman John Gehrig said the council needed to be consistent in approving funds, and he pointed to an earlier funding approval for the Shore Craft Beer Fest: Love on Tap event.

Then, the council members had argued in favor of funding the event for its potential in drawing in investors and

businesses to the resort.

“TAB vetted it out, and we’re trying to be a sports destination, and it’s not just sports, it’s participant-based activities in general,” Gehrig said. “This is part of helping promoters do business in Ocean City, make it easy for them to come to Ocean City and make them want to come to Ocean City and grow their events.”

The council voted to approve the funding request, with Councilmen Tony DeLuca and Lloyd Martin absent.

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Planning Commission passes Windmill Creek plat review Development will next seek approval of construction drawings, building permit

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The Refuge at Windmill Creek continues to move closer to beginning construction, as it passed through the Worcester County Planning Commission last Thursday for another preliminary plat review.

The 90-single family lot subdivision will be located on the northwest side of Beauchamp Road and north of Racetrack Road.

The project passed its first step back in July, when the planning commission approved the concept plan.

Windmill Creek then received residential planned community status from the Worcester County Commissioners on Sept. 3.

Following that, the project passed step two of the master plan on Nov. 7, but on the condition that the developers, Blue Water Development, extend the sidewalk to both sides of Beauchamp Road for bicycle and pedestrian safety. The original plan had the sidewalk only extending toward St. John Neumann Catholic Church.

The housing development will be the first residential planned community in Worcester County in 11 years.

Chris Larmore, a contractor with Blue Water, said housing construction could begin by late summer or early fall.

Larmore also said that Blue Water is in the process of obtaining the building permit. The next step is involves the approvals of the construction drawings.

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Longtime OC zoning analyst promoted to administrator Two decades of experience under her belt, Kay Gordy perfect fit for role in resort

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Two decades ago, Karen “Kay” Gordy stepped away from academia and plunged into the world of building codes and zoning.

It was a move that would lead to her appointment last November as Ocean City’s zoning administrator.

With 20-years of experience under her belt, Gordy reflected on her career in the resort and elsewhere in Worcester County.

“I was on my way to teaching at the collegiate level, which I did at the community college [Wor-Wic] for three and a half years, and then things just kind of changed in life,” Gordy said. “I called my hometown, Snow Hill, municipal government office and I asked what kind of jobs do you have. They said, ‘We have one, but I don’t think you know anything

about it,’ and I said, ‘Give me an opportunity’.”

The former art history expert’s bold request landed her a position as Snow Kay Gordy Hill’s code enforcer.

In a small town such as Snow Hill, this meant Gordy was running a one woman show.

“That’s where I got my feet wet,” she said.

Tracey Greene-Gordy, the director of the Maryland Department of Planning, Lower Eastern Shore, trained Gordy, as well as other Worcester County staff.

A few years into the job, however, Gordy realized the small town needed code enforcement by someone who had more building experience than she.

In the late winter of 2005, Ocean City developed its zoning analyst position. Gordy applied and got the job.

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Convention center sees big numbers last 16-18 months Continued from Page 3 EDC Michael James, COO of Hospitality Partners and managing partner of the Carousel Group, said a recent Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore meeting was dominated by discussions of the wind turbine projects that have been approved offshore of for Ocean City.

James said some people at the foundaMichael James tion meeting expressed their frustration with those who spoke at a Public Service Commission public hearing held in January.

Particularly, their frustrations centered on how proponents of the project repeatedly mentioned how they would profit from the wind turbines, yet held no connection to the resort other than an occasional visit.

He also said the hearing had been filled with misinformation.

Knight inquired as to when the city would hear back about the hearing, and City Manager Doug Miller said he expects the commission to come to a decision sometime this month, although nothing was set in stone.

Convention center Convention Center Director Larry Noccolino said events at the center, located on 40th Street, have seen a huge increase in numbers in the last 16 to 18 months.

Particularly, last weekend’s ROCK Baltimore-Washington Conference drew 5,000 people to the center.

Knight said parking was slammed all throughout West Ocean City, a testament to the success of the event, as well as a reminder to Worcester County officials of how important the center was to both city and county economies.

Special Events Special Events Superintendent Frank Miller said Springfest preparations were underway, and a new vendors tent had been established with 24 participants.

Miller also said a headliner for Sunfest had been booked, but he could not disclose that information until later.

Despite the date change of Sunfest, from September to October, Miller said he had received no backlash.

The special events head said the commission’s desire to see a revamped weekend entertainment schedule this summer will be fulfilled. Mondays will be beach movie night and big games at 27th Street; Tuesday will be family beach games at 27th Street; Wednesdays will offer beach movies at the Carousel Hotel at 117th Street; Thursdays will feature beach games at the Carousel Hotel, Sunset Park party night, OC dance party at Caroline Street and fireworks at Dorchester Street; Fridays will have movies and big games at 27th Street; Sundays will be Sundaes in the park Miller explained that big game nights would feature corn hole, jumbo checkers, connect four and Jenga.

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Selsey Road in the Cape Isle of Wight community will receive upgrades to improve resiliency to flooding and erosion from a grant through the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Flood resiliency project on Selsey Road moves along

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The state and county project to protect about 1,000 feet of shoreline along Selsey Road in the Cape Isle of Wight community from erosion and other storm-related damage could advance at a quicker pace now that the Worcester County Commissioners have contracted with a title search company.

Responding to concerns from the Department of Natural Resources about who owns the properties that would be affected by the shoreline restoration project, the commission-

ers last Tuesday agreed to sign a contract with Wright, Constable & Skeen, which has provided similar services to the DNR in other cases.

The project involves restoring the marsh along a stretch that also protects about 20 homes from flooding during abnormally high tides, but neither the state nor the county can begin the physical aspect of the work until permits can be obtained.

It will be the job of Wright, Constable & Skeen to identify who needs to sign for a permit to be issued.

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Gordy’s goal — to keep most accurate records and notes Continued from Page 10 years,” she said.

For the first five years as zoning analyst, Gordy worked with the Board of Zoning Appeals as staff liaison, secretary, handled building permit applications and follow-up work.

Then, in 2010, the former deputy zoning administrator retired, and Gordy’s responsibilities expanded to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Eight years later, in July 2018, she was promoted to zoning analyst II, and then in November last year she was promoted to zoning administrator following the departure of her predecessor, Frank Hall.

“I have the task of making final interpretations and making sure that I have researched things well enough to give a definitive final interpretation on a code issue,” Gordy said about her new position.

She said training in ancient and art history has helped her to become extremely detail oriented, which helps her stay focused with the code work

that can be tedious and confusing.

Nonetheless, Gordy said most important is collaborating with fellow city staff members, such as Planning and Community Development Director Bill Neville.

“I feel like we’re a team effort,” she said. “I like to talk with them, talk things over, bounce things off people and then make the best interpretation possible.”

Despite the recent start, Gordy is already thinking ahead, and said her goal is to keep the most complete and thorough records of her work, so future zoning administrators will continue running the city’s building code operations smoothly.

“I’m very, very grateful to staff here and also to the mayor and City Council for allowing me this opportunity. I feel like that I am well suited for it, prepared to take on the task, enjoy working with people and I like to be able to get the results that they’re asking for, if it’s in reason and in code.”

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MDOT Traffic Engineering Design Division Supervisor and Assistant Chief Adison Zoretic, left, and Project Manager Stephen Hollie present a sign proposal to the Ocean City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The signs will help guide visitors to areas such as the inlet parking lot, the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street and visitor booths.

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By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Be on the lookout for new signs throughout the resort next year, following the Ocean City Council’s approval Tuesday afternoon of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s tourist and corridor sign program.

“We had a preliminary endorsement in 2016, and in 2017 we had a concept that we were ready to run with, but a schedule change was required,” Project Manager Stephen Hollie said. “ Now here we are, we’ve obtained funding to put in signs countywide and this design and construction is funded at this point.”

The city would not be responsible for any costs, save for potential maintenance support.

The signs, similar to those seen on interstate highways that alert motorists to nearby attractions and services, would be more localized in Ocean City’s case. The new signs that will be posted were reviewed by an eligibility committee that decided whether the attraction

they identified were worthwhile.

“We did wind up with one denial, and I believe that was because one key aspect of all the attractions is we need to have random visitation,” he said, meaning that a point of interest should not be available by appointment only or via advanced ticket sales.

Altogether, the program proposes 16 proposed signs along state highways, three along municipal roads and three signs to be removed and or replaced.

Ocean City would see signs advertising the skate park and fishing pier, visitor center, the inlet parking lot, Sunset Park, the Life-Saving Station Museum, the Ocean City convention center, Northside Park and the Art League of Ocean City.

Assuming the department gets a greenlight from other parties involved in the state campaign, the SHA would work on designs for approximately six months, and the signs would be posted sometime early 2021.

The council approved the recommendation, with Councilmen Lloyd Martin and Tony DeLuca absent.

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Continued from Page 11 $50,000 Community Resilience Grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources awarded in June 2018. Bob Mitchell, director of environmental programs, said that the project was delayed because the department of natural resources wanted to use a different title company than the county.

“We have decided to just go ahead after talking with DNR staff to go with their recommended title firm to complete this work as to not delay the permitting any longer,” Mitchell said.

The county is a phase I recipient in the program, meaning that it will receive additional funding for construction after design and permitting are

completed.

Mitchell said that county staff have conducted pre-bids and previously awarded the design contract to Coastline Design for $43,603 in March 2019.

“This is the future and the future is here,” Mitchell said. “These kinds of projects are going to become more common as we move forward in providing coastal resiliency in Worcester County.”

County Commissioner Bud Church applauded Mitchell for moving the project along.

“It’s taken quite a while to get to this point,” Church said. “Selsey Road is an area that I represent. It’s under water probably a third of the year.”

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OCEAN CITY RECREATION AND PARKS BRIEFS

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The following took place during Ocean City Recreation and Parks Committee meeting held on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

Eagle’s Landing Recreation and Parks Director

Susan Petito said bridge repair work was almost complete at the Eagle’s Landing Golf Course, located at Eagle’s Nest Road, Berlin.

She said the work cost less than expected, which resulted in roughly $20,000 leftover in the budget.

With this money, Petito said she would like to fund four projects: bulkhead repair at $5,000, a master plan assessment at

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$2,250, a utility vehicle purchase at $9,500 and an HVAC unit for the golf course’s club kitchen at $3,000.

The request was approved, and it will be presented to the mayor and council during budget time in March.

Semper Fi The committee approved to forward a favorable recommendation to the mayor and City Council for a Semper Fi bike ride event.

Bob Broderick, representing the First State Detachment Marine Corps League, told committee members that although the league participated in various charity events it did not have one of its own.

If approved by the council, the bike ride would take place on Oct. 18, and

the organization would work with local bike businesses to promote it.

Councilman Mark Paddack recommended reaching out to Nancy Howard, president of the Life-Saving Station Museum, who was very familiar with the event approval process and could help move it forward.

The event will go before the mayor and council next Tuesday, Feb. 18.

Fees and charges Recreation and Parks Director Susan Petito presented department fee changes to the committee, which was approved to move forward to the mayor and council during budget time in March.

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According to Worcester County Parks and Recreation, the new construction will be a 24-foot by 30-foot building with an 18-foot by 20-foot covered porch seating area in the park. Additional sidewalks will be provided as well.

The Worcester County Commissioners granted permission to bid for the design/build package on Jan. 10.

The current budget has $200,000 set aside for the Showell project. The state’s Project Open Space will provide 90 percent reimbursement and a 10 percent match will be performed by in-house labor.

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County prepares for census, one month out

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The Complete Count Committee continues to prepare for the U.S. Census, as the nation’s decennial headcount is less than a month away, on March 12.

Kelly Henry, technical services division manager and coordinator of the committee, said the committee is looking through each municipality’s calendar Kelly Henry of events and deciding which events will be the best locations for a census informational booth.

Worcester County formed the Complete Count Committee in October to attempt to reach 100 percent participation. The committee consists of individ-

uals affiliated with community organizations such as education, government, business and media.

Henry said this educational push is primarily to emphasize that the census is vitally important to fill out – and it’s safe.

“All of your monies that you’d be getting from the federal government for services, for health care, for education, for roads, that’s all based on number count,” Henry said.

For every person not counted, state and local jurisdictions lose a total of $18,250 in federal funds over the next 10 years. Worcester County had the lowest response out of all Maryland counties.

Henry borrowed an example from the health department – if a population needs a vaccine, they’ll get a number of vaccines based on the population count.

If that’s incorrect, there could be people that go unvaccinated.

“A lot of times, the most undercounted are those less than 5 and those over 65,” Henry said. “Those are the ones that need a lot of the services. We hope that through the health department, human services and board of education, we can reach those people.”

These agencies, as well as the local libraries, will work to connect people who don’t have reliable internet access to the census, since this is the first year the census will be available online. The committee will also distribute flyers through county paystubs and to students through the board of education.

Henry said that more residents will receive paper copies of the census than the committee had originally thought.

Everyone will receive a notification in the mail with an identification number

to connect them to their census form.

The address will continue to receive notifications, and if by the fourth notification they haven’t filled the census out either by phone or online, they will receive a paper copy.

“Now because of different areas in the county not having internet service or not having other devices available to them, they’re going to send out more paper copies initially,” Henry said.

“Even if I’m in an area that does have internet service and I, for some reason, do not fill it out online, I eventually will get a copy, but there’s just going to be more of an area that gets paper copies and that’s due to the lack of internet access.”

Rural areas will be more likely to initially receive a paper copy. Henry added that those whose only address is a post office box will not receive a census survey. Each county will send those addresses instructions to fill out the survey without an identification number.

The other focus for the committee is reassuring those who might not feel safe working and sharing information with the government.

“People who may be concerned that it may be shared with ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], it’s not going to be shared with ICE,” Henry said. “It’s not going to be shared with the sheriff’s office. It’s not going to be shared with the zoning department or anybody else. It’s only used for statistical data by the U.S. Census.”

She added that there are only nine questions regarding name, age, gender and how many people live in the household.

Although census will go live in the second week of March, the federal government recognizes April 1 as U.S. Census Day. The deadline to fill out the survey is July 31.

Henry said anyone who needs assistance can go to any of the agencies involved with the census for help.

“Don’t not fill it out because you’re not familiar with how to work a computer or you don’t have a smart phone,” Henry said. “If you need assistance, please seek assistance.

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Gas, diesel tanks to be replaced

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) After almost four decades of fuel storage service, it was time to say goodbye to four underground 8,000 gallon tanks at the 65th Street Public Works facility.

Two tanks held diesel, while the other two held natural gas.

“They [the tanks] date back to a time period of probably 1983, 1984, so we’re approaching 37 years or so,” Public Works Director Hal Adkins said. “It was one of the first projects built up there when the town took over Playland and started building the bus barn, the purchasing department and the fuel depot.”

Adkins said although the fuel depot had renovations done in the 1990s, the tanks remained untouched.

Over the last several years, the public works department has been revamping its main headquarters located at 65th Street.

During the design phase of the project more than two years ago, the fuel tanks had been tested and passed Maryland Department of the Environment standards, so replacement tanks had been left out of the scope of the project, Adkins said.

However, with the fuel depot phase of the public works facility project beginning recently, the fuel tanks were inspected once again, but this time

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they failed, which forced Adkins and his department to siphon out the residual diesel and gas from the tanks and discard them.

The department then scrambled to re-establish a new fuel depot.

After pouring over a year’s worth of fuel consumption data, Adkins and staff met with Maryland Transportation Administration officials, who agreed to cover 50 percent of the cost of the new tanks.

In total, the replacement of the fuel tanks costs $608,605, which means the city would pay $304,302.50.

The removal and replacement work will be handled by Harkins Contracting Inc. Councilman Matt James wondered whether the cost of the work provided

by Harkins was reasonable.

“I’m able to say it’s reasonable. We also have an engineering firm … and they have to do an analysis at every single proposed change order to make sure it is in line, and that was done as part of this,” Adkins said.

The council approved the request, with Councilmen Lloyd Martin and Tony DeLuca absent.

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Local franchisee working to bring Nathan’s contest to OC Coney Island staple good fit for resort, would be held same day as city’s Air Show

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Ocean City residents and visitors may see competitive eaters shove grotesque amounts of hot dogs down their throats this summer, as local Nathan’s Hot Dog franchisee Russell Laurenzano works with the company to bring a part of its famous contest to the resort.

“They have been trying to get into the Ocean City market for many, many years,” Laurenzano said at Tuesday’s Recreation and Parks Committee meeting.

Laurenzano has been a franchisee with the company for five years, and is a New York native himself.

He said that the company had been “dangling” the opportunity of hosting one of its pre-qualifier competitions in the resort for quite some time.

“Through some of the contacts that I have in the corporate office at Nathan’s, they [Nathan’s contacts] were able to convince them [Major League of Eating] to let Ocean City be a feature to host one of these events,” he said.

Despite the contest being called Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Major League of Eating — the Major League Baseball of competitive eating — has sanctioned it since 1997.

There are only 12 qualifiers and they typically are held at raceways for NASCAR events. They also generally receive national media coverage from ESPN, meaning the event had huge crowd-drawing potential for the resort, Laurenzano said.

The only issue, however, was the

Crown Castle cell antenna gets OK from OC Council

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Ocean City Council approved a Crown Castle request to install one small cell antenna at 138th Street.

City Engineer Terry McGean said the request met the city’s criteria of replacing a pre-existing street light and would be located in a R3A zone.

Crown Castle will also be responsible for all costs associated with the light’s electricity usage and maintenance.

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date and desired time for the event: Saturday, June 13, 1-4 p.m., at the same time as the Ocean City Air Show.

However, City Special Events Superintendent Frank Miller seemed unfazed by the conflicting schedules, and said it could be worked around.

Councilman Mark Paddack said the event would be a parking nightmare, as the city already sees droves of visitors for the air show, but “It [the event] could be a homerun, because the people will be here anyways,” he said.

Other committee members expressed similar enthusiasm, and gave their approval to move the event request forward to the full mayor and council as soon as possible.

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Local Nathan’s Hot Dog franchisee, Russell Laurenzano, is hoping to bring the company’s famous annual hot dog-eating qualifier contest to Ocean City. The event is tentatively scheduled for June 13. His store is located on Third Street and the Boardwalk.

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OP golf spray irrigation under consideration

By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The possibility of using treated wastewater to irrigate Ocean Pines Golf course was examined during the Worcester County Water and Sewer Advisory Council meeting on Monday.

Worcester County Deputy Director of Public Works John Ross and OPA General Manager of Golf Operations John Malinowski have been working on a cost estimate of such a project, but have yet to arrive at a figure, and County Public Works Director John Tustin said the need to replace the course irrigation systems is still being explored.

One problem of converting to spraying effluent is the age of the existing irrigation system. Ocean Pines Service Area Water and Wastewater Advisory Board member Jack Collins said the golf irrigation infrastructure dates back about half a century.

“I don’t know how much pressure those pipes can stand,” he said.

Advisory board member Fred Stiehl asked if other courses in the county use the spray irrigation approach and was told that Ocean City’s Eagle’s Landing Golf Course began doing that last summer.

“We reduced the amount of water they have to pull out of the ground,”

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Preliminary discussions about using treated wastewater for irrigating Ocean Pines Golf course took place during the Worcester County Water and Sewer Advisory Council meeting on Monday.

he told committee members. “We got rid of the effluent from the Mystic Harbour Treatment Plant.”

Ross said spray effluent is also being used at the Glen Riddle Golf Club and River Run Golf Course in Berlin. “There are certain setbacks we have to maintain,” he said. “Depending on quality of water, setbacks go away totally.”

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“You’re monitoring what’s happening at these places,” he said. “There are a lot of questions … before we move ahead, and we need to keep asking those questions.”

Ross said Worcester County has included $25,000 in next year’s budget to study the use of spray effluent at

the Pines golf course.

“In the meantime, we will gather information from the golf course [about the] irrigation system,” he said.

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Heron Park officially reopens for public use

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) It’s official: after being closed for five months and nearly nine months of cleanup, Heron Park is again open for public use, after a motion by Berlin Town Administrator Jeff Fleetwood was approved by the mayor and Town Council on Monday.

“For the last probably six weeks or so, there’s been a significant amount of work accomplished by town staff,” Fleetwood said. “I want to publicly recognize Jamey Latchum and Tim Lawrence … everyone contributed.

Lots of employee involvement, what I can tell mayor and council is it looks like it never happened.”

Nine months ago, an undisclosed amount of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda or lye) was spilled in June during demolition work by a contractor.

Chesapeake Environmental Services handled the bulk of the clean-up for $283,000. Other work was done by town workers and contractors at a cost of about $3,000 rather than the $50,000-$60,000 quoted by other companies.

“Again, I want to reiterate … there are no chemicals on site, they’re gone,” Fleetwood said.

All five council members voted to have the park reopened on Tuesday.

Some work remains to be done.

The Maryland Department of the Environment will evaluate the groundwater under the area where the spill occurred. The testing, which is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 19, will involve drilling three wells about 15 feet deep near the original spill site.

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Heron Park is officially open for public use after a motion was approved by the Berlin mayor and Town Council on Monday. The park will be seeded in March and town employees expect to see grass by May or June.

to come back that day. If there are levels of any of the spill left over, the other perimeter wells will be tested as well.

After the groundwater tests are

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Water tower may solve problem Continued from Page 22 especially an issue for emergency services personnel.

In December 2018, Worcester County Commissioners rejected a five-year lease agreement for a cell tower site at the wastewater facility.

Calvert Crosslands would have subleased space on the tower to Verizon.

During that vote, county commissioners Chip Bertino and Jim Bunting, who represent the area where the lease space is located opposed the agreement after hearing from constituents who live nearby and objected to the tower’s presence.

One such possibility that may be discussed, however, is an antenna on the north water tower in Ocean Pines.

This option was brought up last month when commissioners approved a request from Public Works to open bids to repaint the water tower.

County Commissioner Joseph Mitrecic advised asking if Verizon could use the water tower after the project was complete. John Tustin, director of public works, said that the idea would be explored.

The paint project is estimated for completion around May.

OP golf course spray irrigation Continued from Page 21 cost for bringing a specialist in,” he said.

OPA General Manager John Viola said the board of directors had agreed to proceed with the preliminary study.

OPA Treasurer Larry Perrone said an initial concern is the cost to OPA membership.

“We need to see what the numbers are,” he said.

Stiehl, however, said health concerns should override cost considerations.

“The cost is going to be borne by the ratepayers one way or the other,” he said.

Pines resident Joe Reynolds said the expenditure should be covered by Worcester County because of the inclusion of residents who live outside of Ocean Pines but who are still connected to the Ocean Pines sewer service area.

“Any expense made on the plant has to be paid for by the ratepayers in the district,” he said.

Perrone agreed that any benefits

would reach beyond the community.

“The overall benefit is not just Ocean Pines,” he said.

Stiehl said spraying effluent on the golf course would also eliminate tapping drinking water supplies.

“One of the concerns was Ocean Pines was pulling water out of the aquifer that we use for drinking water to water the golf course,” he said.

Stiehl also inquired when effluent water would be likely to hit grass.

Ross said the approval process would take at least two years, but more likely twice that time.

“You’re going to have to get the study done, put the number to it [and] then go find the money,” he said.

Ross said the use of spray irrigation effluent also has the potential to reduce nutrient levels in the St. Martin River.

“You can’t discount that because that is a selling point,” he said.

To advance the matter, Stiehl proposed that Worcester County and Ocean Pines form a work group to determine the costs.

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Michael Brittingham earned first place in electrical wiring for the SkillsUSA local competition at Worcester Technical High School in Newark on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Thousands of people are expected to visit the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street for the 37th annual Seaside Boat Show, this weekend.

OC-Berlin Optimist boat show raises money for children

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club’s annual Seaside Boat Show will return to the resort for the 37th year, with more than 350 boats, 50 dealers and 150 vendors, at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street, this weekend, Feb. 14-16.

Dealers and exhibitors will feature the latest and most popular models, and many are offering special show prices during what has become one of the most popular boat shows on the East Coast.

Visitors can browse an array of sport cruisers, sport fishing, performance and “super boats.” Financing and insurance is available for interested buyers.

The show grows in popularity every year, drawing thousands of water and boating enthusiasts to the resort to see various equipment and supplies, such as boat electronics, canvases, wave runners, jet skis and pontoon boats. More than 17,000 people attended the show last year.

“People come to see the latest line of boats,” Boat Show Chairman Charlie Dorman said. “Plus, every penny that is made on this boat show goes

Various fishing and boating equipment and vehicles, like these jet skis, will be available for purchase during the 37th annual Seaside Boat Show at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street, this weekend.

back into the community. That’s why it’s named ‘the boat show that works for children.’ Every cent goes back in our community projects with the children.”

Exhibitors will be selling state-ofthe-art marine electronics, trailers, motors, boat lifts, dock builders, paddle boats, fishing and other water sports-related gear, in addition to jewelry and artwork.

“The main reason I think it’s a popular show is they sell more boats here – from what I understand from the

dealers – more than any other show in the area,” Dorman said. “A lot of dealers say they see people in Washington, they see people in Baltimore and they come down and make their final decision.”

New this year will be a seminar on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. with Scott Lenox, of “Hooked on OC” fishing TV show.

Lenox, as the main speaker, will discuss flounder fishing in the bay.

Dorman is also expecting a presentaSee SHOW Page 26

Wor. Tech provides students practice with local contest

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Students from Worcester Technical High School showed off their trade expertise during the sixth annual SkillsUSA local competition, held Saturday, Feb. 8.

About 130 students competed in 35 different contests, which included masonry, welding, automotive service, electrical wiring, cosmetology, nursing, computer programming, mobile robotics and culinary arts at the Newark, Maryland, school.

Those who placed first, second or third have qualified for the state competition, which will take place in April in Baltimore, Principal Tom Zimmer said.

Rick Stephens, a welding teacher and the lead SkillsUSA advisor for Worcester Tech, said that the local competition brings multiple opportunities for the students – the first and foremost being practice before the state competition.

He added that on the other side of the Bay Bridge, the schools have more competition, so their regional events are similar to the state competition in Baltimore.

“Our region isn’t as large and we don’t have as many schools that participate,” Stephens said. “That’s why we started our local competition – to give our kids some practice before they go to states. And, it’s really paid off.”

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Show offers over 350 boats and 150 vendors Continued from Page 25 tion from the Maryland State Police, Department of Natural Resources, Coast Guard Auxiliary and a representative from Mid-Shore Electronics.

The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club sponsors the event and is a local affiliate of Optimist International.

The chapter has 114 members and is recognized as one of the top clubs in the volunteer organization.

The Seaside Boat Show is also one of the major fundraisers for the Optimist Club’s children’s programs. All of the funds raised are used for youth activities and community service in Worcester County.

In the past, the show has supported Worcester GOLD, Diakonia, the Worcester County Fair, Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services, Boy Scouts, oratorical contests, WEXL banquet, Junior Achievement, Youth ID, art contests, reading programs in the elementary schools, the drama program at Stephen Decatur High School, essay contests, an art show in Berlin, after-prom parties, and scholarships at the three county high schools.

For more than 30 years, the club has provided scholarships totaling more than $3 million to more than 400 Worcester County seniors at Stephen Decatur, Snow Hill and Pocomoke high schools, Dorman said.

“All the middle schools, high schools and elementary schools all ask for funds and we support them – anything that has to do with children who request money,” Dorman said.

“We look at [the programs] and we supply funds that we can give to them.

So, it’s all about the kids.”

In addition, anyone who buys a ticket to attend the show will be eligible to win a Sweetwater 18-foot pontoon boat with a 40 horse power Suzuki motor valued at $21,000, courtesy of North Bay Marina. The Fenwick Island, Delaware business has donated a pontoon to the show for the last three decades.

“The biggest, biggest draw that a lot of people come, is because there is no other boat show on the sea anywhere on the East Coast. That for the price of admission of $10, you can get a pontoon boat,” Dorman said. “You get to win that thanks to North Bay Marina who has given to us for the past 34 years. Thanks to [owners] Scott and Mary McCurdy for doing that.”

Admission is $10 for a day pass or $15 for the entire weekend.

The Seaside Boat Show runs from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

For a chance to win a boat, attendees must include their name, ad-

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Visit www.ocboatshow.com for a

list of exhibitors. For more information about the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club, visit www.ocberlinoptimist.org.

Various types and horse power motors will be displayed during the 37th annual Seaside Boat Show this weekend at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street, this weekend.

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Irwan Cabello-Vargas, left, and Isaiah Haswell placed first and third, respectively, in the masonry category during Worcester Technical High School’s local SkillsUSA competition on Saturday, Feb. 8 in Newark.

SkillsUSA students prepare for state competition in April Continued from Page 25 Sixty out of 100 Worcester students last year placed in the top of the state, Stephens said.

Twenty-nine students then went on to the national competition in Louisville, Kentucky, in June. Piper Gooding, now a freshman at Pocomoke High School, placed second in the middle school pin design competition at the national event.

The program is also now starting to draw in more middle school students, Stephens said.

“It gives the kids the opportunity – one, to compete in their trade, to show off their skills, what they’ve learned and be able to expand on those,” Stephens said. “Competition brings out a lot in people. Plus, they get to travel across the state and compete and meet new friends that way.”

Zimmer said his favorite part of the program is watching the students demonstrate their skills.

“Whether it be in welding or cosmetology or any of the other trades, the students take such pride in showing what they can do,” Zimmer said.

He added that Worcester Tech’s past success shows that the need for tradespeople is high in demand.

“There are many opportunities for our students to go out into the community upon graduation and gain employment immediately – an early start to a career,” Zimmer said.

The event was also an open house for local eighth graders.

“It gives them a chance to see kids

actually in action when they’re in their program,” Stephens said. “It’s a good recruiting tool.”

It’s a multi-opportunity event for students participating, as representatives from local businesses help judge the competition and local colleges set up booths for students to explore.

“We bring businesses into our schools to see hopefully their future employees and for our kids to make contact with possibly some different businesses they’ll be able to go to during their apprenticeship or after graduation,” Stephens said.

He said he thought the students performed well over the weekend and was grateful for the support from teachers, the board of education and the Worcester County Commissioners.

“I was very impressed,” Stephens said. “The time that the teachers spend with these kids to help them prepare, not just for this, but to graduate and go into the trades and go on to a higher education is phenomenal.

And we got lucky. We’ve got great kids in Worcester County, we really do.”

A few more local competitions will take place at the school over the next two weeks, Stephens said.

Worcester Tech will take about 110 to 120 students to the state competition, held April 17-18, in Baltimore, he added.

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By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The third annual Manny’s Fanny Multiple Sclerosis Benefit will take place Saturday, Feb. 15, at Duffy’s Tavern on 130th Street in the Montego Bay Shopping Center, from 2-6 p.m.

Manny Lopez, 59, of Ocean City, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 26 years ago. Since then, he has made it his mission to raise awareness about the disease.

Manny’s Fanny Multiple Sclerosis Benefit originated in Florida, where he spent several years before ultimately moving to Ocean City a few years ago.

“It’s a neurological disease that really, really wreaks havoc on your immune system,” Lopez said. “After 26 years, you know, it’s just part of my life now. I have great friends and family and a lot of support. [Multiple Sclerosis] is something that doesn’t really define me.”

The inaugural Ocean City benefit in 2018 collected over $7,000 for the MS Society. Last year, around $8,400 was raised for the organization and more than 150 guests filled the bar for the event.

“Even though we haven’t found a cure, we have found methods and means of reducing the daily impact,” Lopez said. “The MS Society has been a good vehicle and I’ve experienced it firsthand. It’s a great vehicle to get information, to look at your options and gets very, very in-depth into the five or six different levels of the solutions that they’ve come up with. They do a great job of just communicating and helping people with just those couple things.”

The benefit will offer happy hour prices as well as a chance to win several prizes in the Chinese auction.

Prizes include golf packages, spa packages, alcoholic beverages, tickets and memorabilia from the Baltimore Ravens, including a jersey signed by

numerous players and a helmet owned and signed by Lamar Jackson, hotel stays and gift cards from local businesses. Guests can also buy tickets for a 50/50 raffle.

During the benefit, Lopez will once again conduct a “State of Address,” explaining MS and how it affects the body as well as where to send donations.

“Everybody is just really generous,” Lopez said. “I think the way [my fiancé] Bonnie and the crew there at Duffy’s set things up – it’s a social event, obviously, but it’s the way people participate in buying the baskets or entries into winning a basket. It just resonates real well with everybody.”

Tickets for the Chinese auction and 50/50 raffle must be purchased at Duffy’s. However, guests do not need to be present when the prize winners are announced. There is no cost to attend the benefit.

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Local man with MS raising funds for research and cure Continued from Page 28 “It’s just a way to get everybody together for a common cause,” Lopez said. “There’s not one bad thing about that whole situation, except they haven’t cured the disease yet. But, at least this benefit will help some of the less fortunate.”

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By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) A limited number of tickets remain for the second annual Art of the pARTy on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin from 6-8 p.m.

Ticketholders will have the opportunity to sample the cooking of students at Worcester Technical High School’s Culinary Program during the fundraising event for culinary-related scholarships. Several restaurants and organizations, as well as high school culinary programs from Wicomico, Worcester and Dorchester counties, and Wor-Wic Community College will be participating.

To promote food as a form of art, the Worcester County Arts Council and the Delmarva Chefs and Cooks Association created a scholarship for students of creative cuisine last year, and netted more than $3,800 through their first food sampling party.

“We decided to bring it back this year and we’re hoping to hit the $4,500 mark and just kind of keep growing from there,” said Phil Cropper, president for the Delmarva Chefs and Cooks Association and culinary instructor at Worcester Technical High School. “Our feedback was great. We’re just excited to keep building on it, making it bigger and better every year.”

This year’s event will have live jazz and will be one hour shorter to avoid dragging out the event. There will also be ice carving, a 50/50 and art raffle.

Guests at the event will find 12 stations featuring food from American Culinary Federation-certified restaurants. Established in 1929, the American Culinary Federation is the premier professional chefs’ organization in North America with more than 17,500 members and more than 150 chapters nationwide.

The American Culinary Federation is what makes someone a certified executive chef or a pastry chef or a culinary educator, Cropper said.

Students from Worcester Technical High School, Wor-Wic Community College and Somerset Culinary will prepare food onsite.

American Culinary Federationcertified restaurants and organizations slated to participate in the event are Centerplate of the convention center on 40th Street, Marlin Moon on 33rd Street, Box Car 40 of Pittsville, Baked Desserts in Berlin, Coastal Coffee Roasting in West Ocean City, Princess Royale on 91st Street, Coastal Cupcake in Berlin, Washington Catering of Snow Hill and the Handy Seafood Company in Salisbury.

“It’s a great community event and it’s great to see students in action as well as all your favorite restaurants in one spot,” Cropper said. “All the proceeds from the party go directly back to the community in the form of culinary literacy and scholarship.”

The money raised from last year’s party will be used for scholarships this year, since the inaugural fundraising event took place after the scholarship deadline. Additional money raised this year could be used to help members of the chefs association continue their education by sending them to conferences and conventions.

Some of the meals guests can taste will be dry rubbed brisket of beef with roasted red pepper and tomato chili sauce, roasted pork, gourmet deviled eggs and candied bacon, artisan cheese, sautéed blackened shrimp over three cheese grits, and shrimp wrapped with shredded phyllo dough and coated with a Thai sweet chili sauce. Desserts, of course, will follow.

Cropper hopes to move the event into a larger space in the future, to allow for more tickets to be sold, as the Atlantic Hotel ballroom can only hold so many people.

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Bourbon Street restaurant owner Barry Reichart and manager Debbie Milutin celebrate the reopening of the 116th Street establishment on Friday, Feb. 7.

Ocean City residents Michael Pinto, left, and Dave Sherman grab some drinks at the reopening of Bourbon Street on 116th Street restaurant on Friday, Feb. 7.

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Longboard Café General Manager Shana Myers, left, and server Whitney Laws proudly display the first-place plaque the 66th Street restaurant won during the Souper Bowl competition held at 45th Street Taphouse on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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Tina and Danny Walburn of Ocean City order drinks during the reopening party of Bourbon Street on 116th Street, Friday, Feb. 7.

Leslie Knopfler, left, of Fenwick, Delaware, and Cindy Harper of Ocean City, have a girl’s night out during the reopening of Bourbon Street on 116th Street restaurant, Friday, Feb. 7.

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Enjoying beer during the reopening of Bourbon Street on 116th Street restaurant on Friday, Feb. 7, from left, are Ocean City residents Gwen and Patrick Fitzpatrick and Rick and Carol Blyler.

Ocean City residents Win Billhimer and Kathy Witmer have a nice dinner at Longboard Café on 66th Street, Sunday, Feb. 9.

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Dazzle up chocolate covered strawberries with gold dust

By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Unexpected company can cause complete havoc if one does not have a few recipes that can be prepared on the spur of the moment.

Since time is of the essence, decisions need to be made quickly.

Cooking time must be kept to a minimum if merriment is to flourish.

Chocolate covered strawberries have come a long way. Simplicity has been replaced with elegance and sophistication; this current trend makes for a dazzling dessert.

Inspiration is literally in the hands of the beholder. Following are a few helpful tips and creative ideas for stunning, decorative strawberries.

It is imperative to completely dry your strawberries before dipping them in chocolate. Otherwise, the moisture will keep the chocolate from properly adhering to the strawberry.

CandiQuik chocolate coating that is packaged in microwavable trays are simple to use and easy to clean up.

If you have chocolate leftover, simply store in a Ziploc bag and place in a cool area. The chocolate will last for several months.

Chocolate is delicate by nature, especially when applied to heat. Follow instructions precisely when melting chocolate, or you might end up with a burnt mess.

If your chocolate starts to get thick, add a touch of canola oil to smooth it out.

Make sure you incorporate both ingredients thoroughly.

If you are coating strawberries with toppings such as crushed pistachios or pretzels, insert a bamboo skewer into the strawberry and dip it into the chocolate, allowing the excess to drip off.

Then, place the dipped strawberry over a paper towel and sprinkle toppings over the melted chocolate. Insert the skewer into a block of Styrofoam and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Decorating pens are perfect for those whose piping skills need a little work.

Cover the strawberry in chocolate of your choice and allow it to set (harden).

Warm the pen in hot water, snip off the tip, and decorate.

Edible candy coatings, sprinkles and glitter can be purchased in an array of colors and flavors. These embellishments add an incredible “wow” factor to your dish.

Gold dust is another option. This product is used when air-brushing desserts. It is generally mixed with vodka as opposed to water because the alcohol evaporates faster.

But for those who are not professional pastry chefs, mix the gold dust with a few drops of water.

Using a pastry brush, brush the mixture onto the dipped strawberry for a beautiful, stylish look. You can also decorate your serving plate for an added element of adornment.

A bouquet of chocolate covered strawberries is a festive idea. If you want to kick it up a notch, a small terra cotta planter filled with crushed Oreo cookie dirt, chocolate covered strawberries, cupcakes and fresh flowers makes a gorgeous, edible centerpiece.

Strawberry towers that are made of dipped strawberries and fresh flowers are a spectacular arrangement that will make a lasting impression.

Once you learn how to make a strawberry tower, it can be customized for any occasion. Instructions for a basic strawberry tower follow.

A nine-inch Styrofoam cone will need approximately two trays of CandiQuik chocolate, three (1-pound) containers of fresh strawberries, and three bunches of mini carnations.

Wrap the Styrofoam cone in plastic wrap. This step ensures the strawberries will not touch the Styrofoam. Do not wrap the bottom of the cone, this will cause the cone to be unstable.

Wash the strawberries and allow to dry thoroughly. I cannot reiterate how important it is to dry the strawberries thoroughly.

Remove chocolate CandiQuik from the package and microwave according to instructions.

Holding the greenery, dip the strawberries in the CandiQuik and swirl so the strawberry is mostly covered. Place on a baking sheet lined with wax paper.

Repeat this process for the remaining strawberries. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

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Decorative chocolate covered strawberries Continued from Page 31 Start forming your tower from the base of the cone. Insert a bamboo skewer through the upper portion of the strawberry and then push the skewer through the cone at a 45-degree angle facing upward, otherwise the strawberry will slip off.

Snip the bamboo skewer with a clean pair of pruning shears. Using the flat end of another skewer, push the inserted skewer into the strawberry so you do not see the inserted skewer.

Repeat this process until you have

two rows of dipped strawberries at the base of the cone.

At this point, you will see small amounts of the white cone showing in between the strawberries. Insert a small straight pin into the base of the flower, then insert it into the cone in between the strawberries.

The mini carnations will not only fill these empty spaces but also add to the beautification of the tower.

Continue alternating dipped strawberries and flowers until the tower is

completely covered. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Presentation: place the strawberry tower on a sturdy, decorative plate and garnish with powdered sugar or edible glitter.

If you would like to view more detailed instructions, google “Delmarva Life, Deborah Walker, and Strawberry Tower.”

In closing, if you need a dessert and do not have much time, consider homemade chocolate covered strawberries.

One does not have to be a professional chef to achieve a fabulous finale. Enjoy!

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OC Power Squadron awards display rededication at club

By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The Ocean City Power Squadron welcomed back a display of awards during a rededication celebration at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club on Mumford Landing Road, Sunday, Feb. 9.

Power Squadron Commander Stuart Glassman told the story of how the cabinet that held the awards returned to the yacht club while a little over 40 members

enjoyed food and drink.

The power squadron, a nonprofit group that provides free boating safety courses and vessel checks to the public, first set up the display at the old yacht club in 1998.

“After years, the yacht club got demolished and some brave souls saved our cabinet [and] took it to the administration building,” Glassman said.

The yacht club was rebuilt and when See GLASSMAN Page 33

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Stuart Glassman, commander of the Ocean City Power Squadron, cuts the ribbon to mark the rededication of the group’s award display at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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Glassman shares history of display during ceremony Continued from Page 32 Glassman became the commander for the first time in 2015, his first task was to ensure the display’s return. He said after many months, he was successful, but the cabinet was removed again when the yacht club went through renovations.

When Glassman returned for a second term as commander in 2019, he had the same assignment – to ensure the cabinet’s return. At that time, it was stored in a committee member’s garage.

However, the Ocean Pines Association, which owns the yacht club, was concerned about bringing the cabinet back at first because of all the other clubs that share the building.

“President Doug Parks of the OPA [Ocean Pines Association] was kind enough to meet with us because we were disappointed that we couldn’t bring the cabinet back,” Glassman said.

The Ocean Pines board then changed its mind and agreed that the cabinet should return to the yacht club.

“As the power squadron, we were beyond delighted that we were able to reconnect ourselves with the yacht club since we’re a boating organization and we’re focused on safety,” Sandy Glassman, the publicity officer for the power squadron, said.

Bruce Young was named Habitat for Humanity ReStore’s Volunteer of the Month for January.

One of the awards the squadron celebrates is the safety inspector who checks the most boats and watercrafts and another is for the member who makes the most contributions to volunteer services.

“You have to focus on being safe out there and how to navigate – what do all those markers mean and how to get in the channel [and] if you’re going someplace, how to get home,” Sandy Glassman said. “It really is important to us as a group, they come here, they have a really good time, but they also know how to navigate safely.”

Stuart Glassman said he was surprised to see so many people show up for the rededication. He cut the red ribbon off the display cabinet, signifying that there it shall remain, just in time to celebrate the power squadron’s 40th anniversary this year.

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(Feb. 14, 2020) The Habitat for Humanity ReStore named Bruce Young as volunteer of the month for January.

Young volunteers at the ReStore every week, taking charge of the lighting department, assisting customers and helping with donation intake.

“Bruce makes everyone feel welcome,” said Linda Myers, ReStore volunteer coordinator.

Originally from Washington, D.C., Young worked for 46 years in the commercial door and hardware industry and raised a family with his wife, Suzy, living in Richmond and Kent Island before moving to Berlin in 2006.

Young spent six years volunteering at the Shepherd’s Crook Food Pantry at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, where he served in a leadership role.

When Young saw an ad for the new ReStore, he reached out to Habitat for Humanity about getting involved. Young finds the ReStore to be a great fit for his personality and he enjoys interacting with the customers and volunteers.

“The ReStore staff always has a good time when Bruce is here,” Myers said. “He is so jovial and such a hard worker. He’s the life of the party, and the life of the ReStore when he is here volunteering.”

The ReStore is a “great place to give back for all that God has blessed you

with,” Young said.

The ReStore is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center that sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home accessories, building materials and other items to the public at a fraction of the retail price.

Proceeds are used to help build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter in Worcester County.

Those interested in volunteering should email volunteer@habitatworcester.org. The Habitat ReStore is located at 9026 Worcester Highway in Berlin, and is open Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Feb. 19: Dust N’ Bones Duo, 6 p.m.

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BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH 116th Street, Ocean City, behind Fountain Head Towers Condominium 443-664-2896 / www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com Feb. 14: Dave Sherman, 7 p.m.

Feb. 15: Ricky & Lennon LaRicci, 7 p.m.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave., Ocean City 410-289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com Every Friday & Saturday: Phil Perdue, 5:30 p.m.

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12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 / www.ocharborside.com Feb. 14: DJ Billy T, 4 p.m.

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Finishing up a meal at Longboard Café on 66th Street, Sunday, Feb. 9, from left, are Chuck Anderson and Jackie Hart of West Virginia, and Donna and Mike Rouser of Fenwick, Delaware.

Becoming new friends at Longboard Café on 66th Street, Sunday, Feb. 9, are Becky Wolf and Suzanne Goad, of Ocean City.

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Wor. Prep students celebrate honors

by College Board (Feb. 14, 2020) Worcester Preparatory School students from the classes of 2019 and 2020 captured one National AP Scholar and 35 Advanced Placement Honors from the College Board.

National AP Scholar who received a grade of 4 or higher on eight or more exams was Dominic Anthony, ‘19. He also received the AP Scholar with Distinction.

AP Scholars with Distinction who achieved scores of at least 3.5 on all AP tests taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams were: Anthony; Matthew Durkin, ‘19; Max Huber, ‘20; Kurt Leinemann, ‘20; Maya Natesan, ‘19; Eli Prushansky, ‘20; and Henry Taboh, ‘19.

AP Scholars with Honor who received an average of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these

exams were: Sam Cantor, ‘19; Gracie Gardner, ‘19; Kathryn Marini, ‘20; Owen Tunis, ‘19; and Devin Wallace, ‘20.

AP Scholars with scores of 3 or higher on three or more exams were: Delaney Abercrombie, ‘19; Hailee Arrington, ‘19; McKenzie Blake, ‘20; Parker Brandt, ‘19; Frank Carter, ‘20; Damiana Colley, ‘20; Emily

Copeland, ‘20; Maria Deckmann, ‘19; Jared Gabriel, ‘19; Kaitlyn Hamer, ‘19; Molly McCormick, ‘19; Jacob Meakin, ‘19; Hailey Merritt, ‘19; Hannah Merritt, ‘19; Colin Miller, ‘19; Dakin Moore, ‘19; Spencer Paquette, ‘20; Abi Plylar, ‘20; Cooper Richins, ‘19; Andrew Stickler, ‘19; Ellie Todorov, ‘20; Madison Van Orden, ‘20; and Enzo Zechiel, ‘20.

Mediacom offering scholarships (Feb. 14, 2020) Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarship support for high school seniors who plan to obtain further education.

The scholarship program is in its 19th consecutive year and Mediacom’s investment will award $1,000 World Class Scholarships to 60 high school seniors.

Scholarship recipients are given the flexibility to use the financial award to support post-secondary college costs or vocational training from any accredited institution starting in the fall of 2020. Award selection is

based on academic achievement and leadership.

Applications for Mediacom’s World Class Scholarships are available online at: www.mediacomworldclass.com. All high schools in Mediacom-served communities were sent informational cards asking school officials to make seniors aware of the scholarship and encourage submission of applications on or before the Feb. 15 deadline.

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Worcester Preparatory School Class of 2020 students honored for outstanding Advanced Placement scores, in front, from left, are Madison Van Orden, McKenzie Blake, Abi Plylar, Kathryn Marini, Emily Copeland, Damiana Colley and Ellie Todorov, and in back, Kurt Leinemann, Spencer Paquette, Devin Wallace, Enzo Zechiel, Max Huber, Frank Carter and Eli Prushansky.

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VIRTUAL REALITY Testing out their new virtual reality equipment, which included Oculus Quest headsets and an Insta360 Evo 3D-360 degree camera, are Worcester Prep students Jason Todorov, Arnav Sehgal, Amna Iqbal, Meeta Agarwal, Cayden Wallace and Cooper Ludt. See story on page 37.

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TACO FUNDRAISER Helping serve dinner for Stephen Decatur High School’s $1 Taco Night on Tuesday, Feb. 4, from left, are Donnika Jenkins, of Newark, Rosemarie Leonard and Jennifer Leichliter, of Berlin, and Roger Blades, of Parsonsburg.

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CLUB DONATION The Aktion Club, located in the Worcester County Developmental Center in Newark, is a Kiwanis Club – the only service club for adults with disabilities – recently received a $500 annual check from the parent sponsoring Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City. Pictured, from left, are Jack Ferry, executive director of the Worcester County Development Center; Valerie Reed, vice president of the Aktion Club; Steve Cohen Aktion Club advisor; and Donte Smith, club president.

GEOMETRY LESSON Students in Faith Murray's fourth grade class at Ocean City Elementary School constructed gingerbread houses during their geometry unit in math. They used their knowledge of area, perimeter, lines, angles and symmetry to build their houses and write about the attributes of each element.

MAKING BROCHURES Mendy Fiori’s third grade social studies class at Ocean City Elementary recently learned about physical features, climate and natural resources. They are creating brochures about Worcester County. Pictured are Alana Brittingham, Ella Conev, Jack Harkins and Colton Rhoad.

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INDUCTED Michael Castoro was inducted into the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City on Nov. 13. He is pictured with his sponsor, Lynne McAllorum, the club's membership chair.

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Box of Joy service project (Feb. 14, 2020) Students at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School filled over 120 shoe boxes with small toys, games, toiletries, socks, school supplies and other gifts for the Cross Catholic Outreach’s Box of Joy service project.

This school-wide service project offered students,

families, teachers and staff the opportunity to donate items that will provide children in developing countries with a special Christmas.

The boxes are given to children in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Most Blessed Sacrament in Berlin was also a drop-off location for other organizations in the area. St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Ocean City, St. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Salisbury and Knights of Columbus Council (Feb. 14, 2020) It is predicted that #3489 from Salisover the next five years developers will bury brought their be offering more Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) experiences to students, from Pre-K through post-secondary school.

With the support of Worcester Prep parents, Jennifer and Jason Ludt, of Selbyville, along with a grant from the Parents Association, and an expanded budget, the school’s new Virtual Reality Club received cutting edge equipment.

The new hardware includes Oculus Quest headsets, accessories for adaptation, storage/maintenance, and an Insta360 Evo 3D-360 degree camera.

The equipment allows students to visit remote museums, travel through time, tour distant realms, experience career paths first-hand, and conduct labs with other students and professionals across the world.

All of this was made possible starting last year, because of eighth grader Cooper Ludt who approached Middle/Upper School technology teacher, Nancy Raskauskas, to initiate a Virtual Reality Club.

Knowing how quickly VR/AR are becoming part of the world’s education arsenal, she immediately agreed to sponsor and create the Club.

Raskauskas did not want them to just experience what others built, so she challenged her students to pursue programming their VR/AR environments for others, creating shared environments in which students can interact.

Using the 360-degree camera and drone technology, the students can record and create 21st Century virtual reality environments and avatars from real-time video and photography and code virtual experiences using Unity and C# software.

The result will be an immersive experience in what is certain to be an indemand skill set in a technology-driven job market.

Now a Worcester Prep freshman, Ludt, along with his zealous VR Club members, get to significantly expand their capabilities with cutting-edge equipment thanks to a giving community of parents, teachers and administrators.

Virtual Reality Club presented new equipment

shipments to the school.

In total, 300 Boxes of Joy were shipped.

Service to others is a major theme throughout the educational experience at Most Blessed Sacrament.

Staff conducts various service projects each year both locally and in other communities where the need is great. So far this school year, students have also collected money for the annual Kiss the Donkey fundraiser with all proceeds sent to families in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian and eight graders built a handicap ramp for a Westover, Maryland woman.

Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School first graders Adrianna Sanchez and Charlotte Johnson help fill boxes with gifts to send to children in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Nicaragua through the school-wide Cross Catholic Outreach Box of Joy service project.

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COMMUNITY/SCHOOLS

GREETERS

NEW LEADERSHIP The Ocean City Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy at its January meeting installed a new president and executive board.

Pictured are the organization’s officers.

Stephen Decatur High School seniors Lexi Orf and Lauren Kennard, members of Future Educators of America, served as greeters during the annual American Education Week, Nov. 18-22.

PAJAMA DRIVE CLUB DONATION The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City recently donated $500 to the Stephen Decatur High School Key Club. The donation will help sponsor two annual blood drives and defray the cost of attending the Key Club leadership conference in Washington, D.C. this coming spring. Pictured, in back, from left, are Advisor Sabra McIntosh, Jayden Johnstone, Erin Trask, Emily Stitely, and Advisor Stella Malone, and in front, Gabby Izzett, Lydia Woodley, Kiwanis Liaison Roy Foreman and Julissa Astudillo.

To help make the holidays a little warmer for those less fortunate in the community, Worcester Prep’s Student Government Association and National Honor Society sponsored a “Pajama Drive” for the Pajama Program Eastern Shore Chapter. Upper School students collected and donated more than 200 pairs of pajamas. Pictured, in front, from left, are Brooke Phillips, Anna Williams, Quinn McColgan, Maddy Shanahan, Worcester English Teacher/NHS Advisor Kathleen Otway, and Pajama Program volunteer/United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Leadership & Planned Giving Officer Cathie Thomas, and in back, Hayes Peterson, Alex Bunting and Gavin Henschel.

TOP READER Berlin Intermediate’s Assistant Principal Jennifer Garton presents fifth grader Avery Weber with a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble along with a Certificate of Excellence for reaching 500 Steps of Reading in the school’s new reading program “100 Book Challenge.” Student are required to read for 30 minutes per night, which is equal to two steps. In addition, students read in class for another 30 minutes.

SUPPORTING TROOPS In honor of Veterans Day, Stephen Decatur High School students donated 38 packed boxes of toiletries and other goods, a monetary donation, and handwritten thank you cards to the troops. The annual drive was coordinated by Connections Advisor Laurie Chetelat.

American Legion Post #166 partnered with the school to deliver the packages. Pictured, in back, are Chetelat, Lauren Kennard, Gabby Izzett, Hunter Selzer, Mae Purnell, Isy Kristick, American Legion Post #166 member Sarge Garlitz, Sydney Boger and Mary Fogle, and in front, Elizabeth Meyer, Ellie Dutton, Malery Andrews, Danielle Consigli and Macy Dill.

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OP Players present musical tribute

(Feb. 14, 2020) The Ocean City Power Squadron, a unit of the United States Power Squadrons, will present a four-night comprehensive safe boating course at the Ocean Pines Library, beginning on Feb. 24.

This is a nine-hour course and will be given on four consecutive days starting Monday, Feb. 24 and continuing on Feb. 25, 26 and 27. This includes a review and exam on the last day.

On the first day there will be registration from 6-6:30 p.m. Class will begin at 6:30 p.m. The course will take place from 6:30-9:30 p.m. each evening.

There is a $20 fee for the course and materials. Middle and high school students under age 18 will be admitted free.

Anyone born after July 1, 1972, must satisfactorily complete a safe boating class to operate a recreational vessel or personal watercraft in Maryland. Successfully completing this class also satisfies the requirements nationwide.

This course covers basic boat handling, navigation, federal and state regulations, rules of the road, aids to navigation and required equipment, among other topics.

Statistics show that in 82 percent of

(Feb. 14, 2020) The Ocean Pines Players are kicking off 2020 with “Different Drum: A Musical Tribute to Linda Ronstadt,” later this month.

Show dates and times are Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22, at 7 pm; and a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m. All performances will be at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 10301 Coastal Highway, Ocean City. Parking is free and the location is handicap accessible.

Tickets cost $15 (cash) and can be purchased at the door. Walk-ins are welcomed.

Those wishing to make reservations in advance can do so at www.oceanpinesplayers.com. Click on “Tickets & Reservations.”

The tribute, “Different Drum,” is named after Ronstadt’s first hit single recorded in 1967. She became known as the “Queen of Rock” during the 1970’s.

She reigned for four decades in alboating fatalities the captain had no formal boating education. The Ocean City Power Squadron encourages all boaters to complete a boating safety course.

For more information and early registration, call 410-641-6535 or 410641-8040.

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“Linda Ronstadt was one of my two greatest idols growing up, the second being Joan Baez,” said Cabaret Director Amy Morgan. “Through my own love of singing, these two ladies brought me up and got me through my teen and young adult years, where love and heartbreak run rampant.

“I especially loved belting out tunes with Ronstadt to get me through the most difficult times,” she continued.

“I am so very happy and honored to be involved in this tribute.”

The tribute will focus on the songs from the 1970’s decade of Ronstadt’s far-reaching career, centering around the Troubadour Club in West Hollywood, California, where she performed with her first band, The Stone

Poneys. “It’s going to be a whole lot of fun with a multitude of great songs to perform,” Morgan said.

The 90-minute, all-female cast production features Morgan and Annabelle Brady of Ocean City; Karen McClure of Ocean Pines; and Brenda Golden of West Ocean City.

This year has been declared by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan as the “Year of the Woman.”

Ocean Pines Players’ productions this year will feature women actors and directors as much as possible.

Next up will be “The Dixie Swim Club” by Jessie Jones, beginning last weekend in May. The Ocean Pines Players is a local, all-volunteer, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization. Follow the Ocean Pines Players on Facebook or visit www.oceanpinesplayers.com.

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A sunny and warm day on the beach, local artist Randy Hofman used his sand sculpting skills to carve out the Ocean City Film Festival logo on Feb. 3, in preparation for the fourth annual event slated for March 5-8. To view the full schedule of films and for more information, visit OCMDFilmFestival.com.

Over 100 films chosen for fourth annual OC festival (Feb 14, 2020) The fourth annual Ocean City Film Festival will screen more than 100 films at venues in the resort March 5-8.

The festival will bring together film lovers and filmmakers from across the globe to Ocean City for this four-day event. The Art League of Ocean City produces the festival along with broad community sponsorship.

Over four days, the festival will screen independent films spanning multiple genres — from featurelength to short horror to social commentary — at the Flagship Cinemas, Carousel Hotel, Fox Gold Coast Theater, Clarion Hotel, and Seacrets.

Local filmmakers, as well as filmmakers from across the country and around the world, submitted films that were specifically judged for the festival. In addition, films with local interest were curated by the Art League and will have their public debut at the festival.

The film festival will kick off with a Hollywood-style opening reception on Thursday, March 5, at the Residence Inn by Marriott Ocean City where film lovers party with filmmakers and celebrate the festival kickoff.

The festival will conclude with the awards ceremony and party in Seacrets’ Morley Hall on Sunday, March 8. A panel of Eastern Shore media and arts professionals will judge the films and present the awards.

Maryland Film Office Director Jack Gerbes and other film industry professionals will lead a panel discussion on Saturday, March 7, at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on creating and producing films.

Tickets cost $99 for an all-access four-day pass that includes unlimited films, the opening “meet the filmmakers” reception with hors d’oeuvres, the panel discussion and the award ceremony. The cost for a oneday film-only pass is $20 and $69 for a four-day film-only pass.

Tickets to the parties can be purchased separately for $25, and to the panel discussion for $10.

Tickets are available at OCMDFilmFestival.com, by visiting the Arts Center on 94th Street, or by calling 410-524-9433.

Tickets will also be available at the film locations the day of the screenings on a cash-only basis. Several local hotels are offering discounted room packages for the weekend, posted on the festival’s website.

Hundreds of films were submitted to the festival, and Festival Director William Strang-Moya contributed to hand-picking the final selection.

“We have local films, films from all over the world, and films that can’t be seen anywhere else but in Ocean City at the festival,” Strang-Moya said.

“The festival and our selection of films are truly getting bigger and brighter every year.”

The films that will be shown have not been rated, and some feature adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Sponsors for this year’s film festival include: Town of Ocean City, Aloft Hotel/Blue Water Group, BB&T, Carousel Hotel, Clarion Resort Hotel, Coastal Style Magazine, Delmarva Public Radio, The Dispatch, Fager’s Island, Flagship Cinemas, Marlin Moon/Harrison Group, Maryland Film Office, Ocean City HMRA, See MULTIPLE Page 41

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The inaugural festival was held in June 2017 and was the first of its kind in Ocean City. The 2018 festival

moved to the off-season to better accommodate traveling filmmakers and filmgoers and to stimulate the local economy in a shoulder-season month.

More information, tickets, and links to hotel packages are available at OCMDFilmFestival.com.

The Ocean City Center for the Arts at 502 94th Street is the home of the Art League of Ocean City, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the visual arts to the community through education, exhibits, scholarship, programs and community art projects.

Award presented to Castorinas for years of service (Feb. 14, 2020) The Ocean City Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy presented its 2019 Distinguished Citizens of the Year award to Sal and Mary Castorina, of Frankford, Delaware.

The couple was honored for years of significant contributions to the local community, including mentoring students, providing food for needy families and local food pantries, and playing leadership roles in the Sons and Daughters of Italy and the Knights of Columbus Council in Ocean City.

In presenting the award to the Castorinas at the group’s year-end function, incoming 2020 president of the lodge Vincent Mollicone said, “As a couple they are charity personified. He is a fund raiser par excellence and she is a charity organizer like no other.”

Mary Castorina has mentored two young women at Sussex County School for the Arts for five years.

She organized the Women’s Club in the Frankford, Delaware, community where they live and subsequently began the club’s tradition of adopting needy Sussex County families, who received food and gifts at Christmas.

Mary next turned to collecting nonperishable foods year-round at meetings of the women’s club, expanded this effort to get her entire neighborhood involved, and then began delivering food donations as well to local food pantries.

Mary organized and chaired the first charity committee for the Ocean City lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy.

She began the lodge tradition of adopting needy families at Christmas and organizes and coordinates delivery of all gifts to the Snow Hill offices of Worcester County G.O.L.D. She also is active in the Ladies Auxiliary of Knights of Columbus, and has served as its president and vice president. In 2018, she was honored by the Knights as Lady of the Year.

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Sal Castorina also has mentored students in Sussex County schools.

As a member of the Knights of Columbus, he was the president of the Columbus Club, which manages the Knights of Columbus Hall facility.

He has been an officer in the Knights for years and is instrumental in its functions and fund raising. He is a past president of the Ocean City Sons and Daughters of Italy lodge and has been one of the driving forces behind the continued success and growth of the organization’s annual St. Joseph’s Festival.

He acted as contact person for the Grand Lodge of Maryland to hold the last two statewide conventions in Ocean City and helped make all arrangements for successful conventions over the past four years.

The Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America has been in existence in the U.S. since 1905. The Ocean City lodge was started by Italian businessmen and women in May of 1980.

Today, Ocean City Lodge 2474, with more than 200 members living in Worcester County and Sussex County, Delaware, is active throughout the local area, donating to many charitable organizations.

The lodge also provides scholarships to young Italian American high school students and helps support the many young men and women who travel from Italy every summer to work in Ocean City and the surrounding resort areas.

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Beach district plants offered by town; deadline March 1 (Feb. 14, 2020) For the 15th year, the Town of Ocean City will be offering beach district plants to the public for planting in the secondary dune area.

The plants being offered are hardy plants that tolerate the harsh environment of the oceanfront areas.

In addition, these plants provide habitat enhancement, food and shelter, water quality treatment and erosion control to the secondary dune area, which tends to be overlooked and needs attention.

“We began this program to help create habitat and prevent erosion of the area behind the dune which was in need of attention,” said Town of Ocean City Environmental Engineer Gail Blazer. “The plants are very beneficial to the stability of the dune system and help with erosion and scour.

Our residents and property owners love the program and it benefits the

environment and the beach, so it is a win for everyone.”

Oceanfront and oceanside residents will have the opportunity to order plants that will need to be picked up at a predetermined date and time.

Suitable plants to add to a secondary dune area include beach grass, bayberry, rugosa rose, beach plum, high tide bush, red cedar and panic grass.

Applications are now being accepted. The deadline for all applications is March 1.

For more information or to receive an application, contact Blazer at 410289-8825 or email gblazer@oceancitymd.gov.

Additional information is available at http://oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/engineering/environment/.

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TACO NIGHT Eating dinner during Stephen Decatur High School’s $1 Taco Night on Tuesday, Feb. 4, from left, are Mindy, Christian, 6, and Edie, 8, Ouellet of Berlin.

Local DAR chapter sponsors two history essay contests (Feb. 14, 2020) The General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently sponsored two essay contests in area schools.

The American History essay contest was open to all fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in a public, private, or parochial school, or those who are home schooled. This year’s topic was “The Voyage of the Mayflower.”

A panel of judges comprised of DAR members and nonmembers selected the following chapter winners: fifth grade, Allison Baig-Gallegos, Berlin Intermediate School; sixth grade, Sydney Todorov, Worcester Preparatory School; seventh grade, Angeline Todorov, Worcester Preparatory School; and eighth grade, Vanesska Hall, Worcester Preparatory School.

The Christopher Columbus Essay Contest was open to students in

grades nine through 12 in public, private, or parochial schools, or those who are home schooled. The topic was “A Sailor’s Experiences as Part of Christopher Columbus’ First Expedition to the Americas.”

Henna Preet Parmar of Worcester Preparatory School was selected as the General Levin Winder Chapter winner.

The students will receive their awards and be invited to read excerpts from their essays during a luncheon at Worcester Technical High School in Newark on April 15.

Their essays have been forwarded for competition at the state level.

The DAR is a women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education. For more information, visit www.dar.org or http://GeneralLevinWinder.marylanddar.org.

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Dune patrol volunteers sought (Feb. 14, 2020) The Town of Ocean City is looking for volunteers for the Ocean City Dune Patrol.

These volunteers will be assigned specific dune areas to help keep them clean of trash and debris, and inspect the integrity of the fences, crossovers and vegetation.

“They are our eyes on the front line,” said Town of Ocean City Environmental Engineer Gail Blazer. “We are looking for a dedicated group of individuals who take the time to clean

up the dune areas and keep them in presentable condition so that all can enjoy the beach.”

The volunteer efforts by the dune patrol are a valuable asset to the Ocean City community. The patrol, which performs clean-ups according to their own schedule and availability, are essential in keeping the dunes healthy and stabilized.

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BREAKFAST Head chef and organizer Chris Greenwood serves fresh eggs made to order during the Grace Parker breakfast at the First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City, Wednesday, Feb. 5.

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Eight students from Snow Hill Middle School participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee on Jan. 21. Seventh grader Dominic Kuipers won first place and eighth grader Eli Labesky came in second. Pictured, from left, are Social Studies teacher Maria Thompson, eighth grader Sean Alvarado, Social Studies teacher Joanie Shumate, eighth grader Conner Elliot, sixth graders Savannah Wertz and Xander Wakefield, seventh grader Luke Bickford, Kuipers, Labesky, eighth grader Adam Hunter, and Social Studies teacher Sean Wilson.

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SHMS students participate in Nat’l Geographic GeoBee (Feb. 14, 2020) Eight students from Snow Hill Middle School participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee on Jan. 21.

Dominic Kuipers, a seventh grade student, won first place. Eighth grader Eli Labesky came in second place.

The school competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography com-

petition designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world.

School champions will take an online qualifying test. Up to 100 of the top test scorers in each state then become eligible to compete in their sState GeoBee. Kuipers recently completed the online exam and the results will be posted on the National Geographic website on March 2.

Ocean City Chamber lights contest winners announced (Feb. 14, 2020) Each year, the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce holds its Chamber Lights Decorating Contest in an effort to have resort businesses and residents help Light Up OC for the holidays.

This contest is open to chamber member businesses and area residents alike.

For 2019, there were over 40 entries throughout Ocean City and West Ocean City.

Chamber businesses could enter in their category under indoor and/or outdoor decorations and lights, all residential entries were entered under outdoor.

A panel of volunteer judges from the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee headed out to visit and view all of the displays over two nights.

They went out to judge all entries and choose the winners in a van donated by Fager’s Island.

The Ocean City Chamber of Commerce presented awards on Jan. 9, during its January Business After Hours at Ocean Downs Casino.

Winners are: Judges Award – Jolly Roger Pier and Jolly Roger Amusement Park Restaurant – Indoor: first, place; Nick’s House of Ribs; second, Buxy’s Salty Dog/Dry Dock 28’ third, Barn 34 Restaurant – Outdoor: first, Dead Freddies; second, Barn 34; third, The Original Greene Turtle Hotel – Indoor: first, Holiday Inn & Suites, 17th Street; second, The Grand Hotel & Spa; third, Dunes Manor Hotel Hotel – Outdoor: first, Dunes Manor Service – Indoor: first, Ocean City Post Office, 71st Street Service – Outdoor: first, City Hall – Beautification Committee; second, Farmers Bank of Willards, 128th Street Residential: first, Mark Jahnke (Caine Woods Christmas House) Residential honorary mention: Bruce and Nancy Jones, Steve Wheeler, Brandon Connoly, and Lisa and Sean Stephenson

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DOWNTOWN

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■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT 15th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-7192, www.captainstableoc.com $$-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Family-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott.

■ THE CORAL REEF CAFE / HEMINGWAY'S RESTAURANT 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612, www.ocsuites.com/dining $-$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Four-story atrium cafe and an elegant dining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine, fresh seafood, fresh cuts of meat, farm-to-table produce, artisanal desserts, hearty sandwiches and much more.

■ VICTORIAN ROOM RESTAURANT Dunes Manor Hotel, OCEANFRONT at 28th and Baltimore Ave, Ocean City 410-289-1100, www.dunesmanor.com $$ - $$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Open year round. Oceanfront dining atmosphere with local, farm to table/sea to table cuisine. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Also Zippy Lewis Lounge with daily happy hour from 4-6 p.m., featuring Craft Beer selections and light fare menu; Milton’s Deck Dining; and tasty beach grillables at the Barefoot Beach Bar, in season.

MIDTOWN

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■ 32 PALM 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2525, www.oceancityhilton.com/dining $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, extensive wine list and gourmet desserts.

■ BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street, Ocean City 410-5247575, www.bjsonthewater.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Entire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days a week, yearround. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No cover. Available for parties and banquets. Indoor and outdoor dining.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER 41st Street and Coastal Highway 410-524-9254; 70th Street and Coastal Highway 410-524-7981 $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Breakfast served daily at West OC, 41st, and 70th street locations. Check

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■ DRY 85 OC 12 48th Street, Ocean City 443-6648989, www.DRY85.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Steps from the beach. Gourmet “stick to your ribs” home cooking. A madefrom-scratch kitchen with every sauce and every dressing hand crafted. It’s that attention to detail that takes the concept of burgers, fries, pork chops and wings and turns them completely on their head. Late night bar. Seasonal outdoor seating.

■ HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE 31st Street, Ocean City 410-2892581, higginscrabhouse.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Known for all-you-can-eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp, and baby back ribs.

■ LONGBOARD CAFÉ 67th Street Town Center, Ocean City 443-664-5639, www.longboardcafe.net $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving lunch and dinner. Lite fare to dinner entrees offering a variety of burgers, paninis, sandwiches and salads. The "veggies" menu features wrinkled green beans. Signature house libiations and signature entrees made with ingredients from local farms and fisheries. A family restaurant.

■ MARLIN MOON 3301 Atlantic Ave., in the DoubleTree Ocean City 410-280-1201, www.marlinmoonocmd.com $$ | Full bar Featuring Executive Chef Gary Beach.

Fresh cuisine featuring locally sourced seafood, steaks and vegetables. Small plate appetizers, fresh salads. Local craft beers and cocktails. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

■ RED RED WINE BAR OC 12 48th Street, Ocean City 443-6646801, www.RedRedWineBar.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Steps from the beach. Coastal cuisine with a focus on local seafood and hand tossed pizzas plus artisanal cheeseboards. 35+ wines By the Glass, 120+ By the Bottle. Flights.

Luxurious colors and custom built couches. Late night bar. Seasonal outdoor seating.

■ SEACRETS 49th Street, Ocean City 410-5244900, www.seacrets.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

■ SKYE RAW BAR & GRILLE 66th Street, Ocean City 410-7236762, www.skyebaroc.com $-$$ | Reservations | Full bar Lunch, dinner, raw bar or lite fare, at the top of 66th Street and Coastal Highway. Happy hour, 3-6 p.m. with food and drink specials.

UPTOWN

91st to 146th streets

■ ABBEY BURGER BISTRO OC 126th Street, behind the Holiday Inn, Ocean City 410-289-2525, 410-2502333, www.abbeyburger.com/oceancity $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Large parties welcome. Craft beer.

Award winning burgers. Voted Best in Maryland, Wild Game.

■ BEACH BARRELS 13207 Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250-0522, www.beachbarrels.com $ | Full bar Happy hour Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m. Live entertainment Friday and Saturday. Featuring primo hoagie menu where premium ingredients are fresh, nothing is pre-cut. Open 7 days, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.

■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR 94th Street, Ocean City 410-5243983, www.bluefishocmd.com $-$$ | Reservations | Full bar Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take out and delivery available.

■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT 101st Street, Ocean City 410-5243535, www.clarionoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving beach-inspired dishes in our oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breakers Pub. All-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet, open year-round.

■ NORI 11403 Coastal Highway (Gold Coast Mall), Ocean City443-880-6258 $$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open 7 days serving lunch and dinner.

Our creative menu features hand-cut steaks, grilled fish, crab cakes, sushi and sashimi. Dine-in or carry-out.

■ REEF 118 118th Street, in the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condos, Ocean City 410-524-1000, www.carouselhotel.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Serving breakfast, Friday through Sunday 7-11 a.m. Featuring a breakfast buffet or special order from the regular menu. Enjoy our delicious 3 Course Dinner for $25 served every Friday and Saturday, 4-9 p.m. with the choice of appetizer, entree and dessert.

■ WHISKERS PUB 120th Street, OC Square, Ocean City 410-524-2609, www.whiskerspub.com $ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Certified Angus® burgers and casual fare. Call for hours.

WEST OCEAN CITY ■ THE DOUGH ROLLER West Ocean City, 12849 Ocean Gateway 410-213-7655

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Breakfast served daily at West OC, 41st, and 70th street locations. Check out our new bar and happy hour specials at our new West OC location.

Order online at www.TheDoughRoller.com.

■ HARBORSIDE BAR AND GRILL 128741 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846, weocharborside.com $-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Home of the Original Fresh Squeezed Orange Crush! Open every day, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Appetizers, fresh seafood, steak and pasta. Live entertainment Wednesday through Sunday.

■ HOOTERS Route 50 & Keyser Point Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1841, www.hootersofoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu and game room | Full bar New smoked wings with half the calories. Traditional wings, burgers, quesadillas, tacos and healthy salads.

Seafood selections with raw bar and crab legs. Sports packages and live entertainment. Large parties welcome.

■ POPEYE’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN Route 50, West Ocean City 443-6642105 $ | Kids’ menu Family restaurant. Eat-in, carry out or drive-thru. Open seven days, yearround. Every Wednesday, free kids meal with purchase of combo.

OCEAN PINES ■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB 1 Mumford Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-641-7222, www.OPyachtclub.com $$-$$$ | Full bar Amid a bay front setting, the Ocean Pines Yacht Club offers dining selections for lunch and dinner. Fresh seafood and signature drinks. Open Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

■ TERN GRILLE 100 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean Pines 410-641-7222, oceanpinesgolf.org/dining $$ | Full bar Located next to the Golf Shop, the Tern Grille serves freshly-prepared breakfast and lunch items. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, weather permitting.

BERLIN ■ OCEAN DOWNS CASINO, POSEIDON’S PUB 10218 Racetrack Road, Berlin 410641-0600, www.oceandowns.com $-$$$ | Full bar House soups, small plates, sandwiches, burgers and entrees including steaks, chicken, veggie and Eastern Shore favorites. Dining room hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 411 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to midnight; Sunday, noon to 11 p.m. Pub open late.

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Calendar Submit calendar items to: editor@oceancitytoday.net.

Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, the week of publication. Local submissions have priority. Area event listings are subject to space availability.

Fri., Feb. 14

Sat., Feb. 15

FIBER FRIENDS

CRAFTY SATURDAY MAKE & TAKE ‘PRESIDENTS DAY’

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM. Bring your lap work and join the group as they knit, crochet and embroider. All are welcome. Victoria Christie-Healy, 703-507-0708, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Crafty fun for children of all ages. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Winner Take All Jackpot, Tear Offs and door prizes. Tickets available at Wednesday Bingo or the lodge bar or by calling 302-988-8115.

FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET Saturdays - White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Featuring live music, chef demos, children’s activities and other special events.

Shop for everything from fresh local produce to unique handmade artisan goods.

Open to the public.

Sun., Feb. 16 SEASIDE BOAT SHOW

Atlantic General Hospital, Conference Room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM. TOPS is a weekly support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. Berlin group No. 169. Rose Campion, 410-641-0157

DELMARVA WOMEN’S A CAPELLA CHORUS Mondays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 7:00 PM. Come and sing. Drop-ins welcome. Carol, 410641-6876

Tues., Feb. 18 STORY TIME ‘WARM UP WITH BEACH STORIES’

Meet at the Berlin Town Hall, 10 William Street, 9:00 AM. There is a short presentation by a doctor on a current health topic followed by a walk at your own pace while having conversation with the doc.

Family and pet friendly event. Genie, 410-641-9268

Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Inside boat show featuring approximately 350 boats, more than 140 exhibitors including more than 50 boat dealers, bass boats and accessory show specials. Admission costs is $10 per day or $15 for weekend pass. 410-641-5057, http://www.ocbooatshow.com/index.cfm

Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:30 AM. For children ages 2-5 years. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

SEASIDE BOAT SHOW

BRIDAL SHOW

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:00 PM. Bring your besties to the library for an afternoon tea where there will be refreshments and fun activities. Register: 410-208-4014. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Inside boat show featuring approximately 350 boats, more than 140 exhibitors including more than 50 boat dealers, bass boats and accessory show specials. Admission costs is $10 per day or $15 for weekend pass. 410-641-5057, http://www.ocbooatshow.com/index.cfm

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30 PM. The group meets twice a month to discuss both classic and modern reading selections recommended by the Great Books Foundation. 410-208-4014, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

OCEAN PINES BOOK OF THE MONTH

DONUT WARS

Lighthouse Sound, 12723 St. Martin’s Neck Road, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Complimentary admission for brides and complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a champagne toast. Ticket prices are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lighthouse-sound-bridal-show-tickets80375153247. 410-641-1199, https://lighthousesoundrestaurant.com/ ocean-city-maryalnd-weddings/

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:00 PM. Featuring Carravaggio by Francine Prose. Copies of books are available in advance in advance at the library.

410-208-4014, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 11:00 AM. Decorate donuts and display them for a chance to win the coveted prize of Best Library Donut. Register: 410-6410650. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

WALK WITH A DOC SEASIDE BOAT SHOW Ocean City convention center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Inside boat show featuring approximately 350 boats, more than 140 exhibitors including more than 50 boat dealers, bass boats and accessory show specials. Admission costs is $10 per day or $15 for weekend pass. 410-641-5057, http://www.ocbooatshow.com/index.cfm

FRIENDSHIP TEA

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT FRIED CHICKEN DINNER STEM TECH FOR HOMESCHOOLERS ‘CODE IT!’ Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:00 PM. Come explore and experiment.

For ages 4-14 years. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

MARYLAND CRAB CAKE DINNER Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM. Cost is $12 for one crab cake sandwich, green beans, baked potato and cole slaw; $20 for two crab cake sandwiches, green beans, baked potato and cole slaw; and $8 for a crab cake sandwich only. Carryouts and bake table available.

New Hope United Methodist Church, 7338 New Hope Road, 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM. Menu includes mashed potatoes, greens, string beans, macaroni and cheese, beets, biscuits, dessert and coffee.

Cost is $13 for adults. Carry-outs and baked goods available. 410-543-8244 or 443-235-0251

LEGO® / DUPLO® CHALLENGE ‘MARBLE RUNS’ Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 1:00 PM. Children 3-14 years, come flex your building skills. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

VALENTINE BINGO & LUNCH VALENTINES DAY DINNER American Legion Post #166, 2308 Philadelphia Ave., 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Dinner includes New York strip steak, baked potato, garlic green beans, tossed salad, roll with butter and sweetheart cake for dessert. One free drink. Cost is $18 per person. Tickets: George Pickeral, 301-9439722 or call the post, 410-289-3166.

Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 13708 Sinepuxent Ave., 12:00 PM. Doors open at 11 a.m., lunch served at noon with bingo starting at 1 p.m. Admission cost is $40 and includes homemade soups, assorted subs and homemade salads, dessert and non-alcoholic beverages.

Featuring 16 regular games paying $100 each, four specials paying $200 each,

PLAY TIME Pocomoke Library, 301 Market St., 10:30 AM. A play date fro infant to 5 year old children. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

FAMILY TIME ‘CRAFTS’ Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Join the group every Tuesday for Family Time. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

AUTHENTIC ITALIAN DINNER St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 302 N. Baltimore Ave., 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM. Everything is carefully made following old family recipes including homemade salad dressing, pasta, Bolognese sauce and cannoli shells. Tickets cost $15 for adults, $7.50 for children ages 6-12 years and free to those 5 and younger.

Carry out available. Advance tickets are recommended. For more information, call the church office at 410-289-3453 or email office@stpaulsbythesea.org or call 410-641-8171.

Mon., Feb. 17

YOUTH MENTORING VOLUNTEER INTEREST MEETING Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services has recently developed a youth mentoring program that will serve 6th graders through high school seniors. If interested in becoming a youth mentor, contact 410-6414598 or shine@gowoyo.org.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING Tuesdays - Worcester County Health Center, 9730 Healthway Drive, 5:30 PM 7:00 PM. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. SLCGS@comcast.net

CPAP MASK FITTING Atlantic General Hospital Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, 9733 Healthway Drive. Free mask fitting clinic for patients who are having trouble adjusting to their CPAP equipment. By appointment only: Robin Rohlfing, 410-641-9726.

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB MEETING Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 10:00 AM. Coffee served at 9:30 a.m.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING

Wed., Feb. 19 MARYLAND VA REPRESENTATIVE Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs Representative Michelle Licata is available to offer outreach services to veterans and their families on the third Wednesday of each month. No appointment necessary. 410713-3482, http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

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CALENDAR WITTY KNITTERS Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Knitters, crochet enthusiasts, needle artists of all skill levels are invited. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

PLAY TIME Ocean City library, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 AM. A play date for infant to 5 year old children. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

LAP TIME Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 10:30 AM. Songs, stories, games and finger plays for children under 2 years old. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

GENEALOGY WORKSHOP Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 11:00 AM. The workshop starts with a 20-minute lesson on genealogy research followed by a Q&A session. Register: 410208-4014. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

MORGAN PILZ/OCEAN CITY TODAY

BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER Enjoying a hot meal during the seasonal Grace Parker breakfast at the First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City on Wednesday, Feb. 5, from left, are Dennis Dellies of Barclay, Maryland, Ocean City Councilman Mark Paddack and Ocean City residents Virginia, Rhett, Emily and Fletcher Case.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP John H. ‘Jack’ Burbage Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center Conference Room, 9707 Healthway Drive, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Women Supporting Women/AGH Support group for women and men who are battling breast cancer (current patients and survivors). Lunch is provided. RSVP: 410-548-7880.

SIT N’ STITCH Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. Drop-in and join the group for an afternoon of knitting, crocheting and other needle arts. Bring your own materials. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

STEAM PM ‘CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING’ Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 3:45 PM. Children 6 years and older, drop in between 3:45-5 p.m. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

PM. Dance to the sounds of the ’50s and ’60s music. A $5 donation to benefit Veterans and local charities in the Delmarva region. Members and guests. dance@delmarvahanddancing.com, 410-208-1151, http://delmarvahanddancing.com

ting the pieces of the puzzle together while doing African American genealogical research. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

OC/BERLIN ROTARY CLUB MEETING Wednesdays - Residence Inn by Marriott Ocean City, 300 Seabay Lane, 6:00 PM. 302-540-2127

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 AM. Shape stories and activities for young children. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

WEDNESDAY BINGO

COLOR ME CALM

Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 13708 Sinepuxent Ave. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., other bingo supplies at 5 p.m. and bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $14 for basic package of 25 games. 410-250-2645

Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 2:00 PM. An adult coloring session. Colored pencils, gel pens and felt tips will be available. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

FREE WELLNESS WORKSHOPS

Thurs., Feb. 20 2020 RELAY FOR LIFE KICKOFF

Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 4:00 PM. Join the group for a mocktail party with light refreshments and figure out who killed the butler. Register: 410208-4014. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

Old Pro Golf, 6801 Coastal Highway, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Open to anyone who would like information on Relay For Life. Golf compliments of Old Pro Golf.

Pizza and snacks available for purchase.

RSVP: Jessie, Jessie_wolfe@hotmail.com. Info: www.relayforlife.org/northworcestermd

VICTIMS AND INFORMATION RESOURCE

PINE’EER CRAFT CLUB MEETING

Berlin library, 13 Harrison Ave., 5:00 PM. A representative from the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center will offer information and referrals for local resources to anyone who might have questions after experiencing crime. Stop in to speak with an attorney. http://www.worcesterlibrary,org

Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 10:00 AM. Refreshments served at 9:45 a.m. Project for February is to be announced. All are welcomed.

MURDER MYSTERY MOCKTAIL PARTY

KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER OP/OC Wednesdays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway. Doors open at 7 a.m., meeting begins at 8 a.m. 410641-7330, http://www.kiwanisofopoc.org

DELMARVA HAND DANCE CLUB Wednesdays - Ocean City Elks Lodge, 13708 Sinepuxent Ave., 5:30 PM - 9:00

STEAM STORYTIME ‘LET’S EXPLORE SHAPES’

ing lot on Route 1 in Lewes at 7:15 a.m. and at the Ocean City Center for the Arts at 8 a.m. The bus will arrive back at approximately 7 p.m. The cost is $65 and includes the bus, entrance to the museum, water and snacks. Tickets are available at the Arts Center, by calling 410-524-9433 or online at artleagueofoceancity.org/bus-trip-to-baltimore-museum-of-art/.

STORY TIME ‘WINTER’ Snow Hill library, 307 N. Washington St., 10:30 AM. For 2 to 5 year old children. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY Pocomoke Library, 301 Market St., 2:00 PM. This one-hour workshop will address some of the issues African Americans face when doing family history research. Attendees will be taught genealogy basics and resources to assist in put-

NAACP FEBRUARY MEETING North Worcester County MAC Senior Center, 10129 Old Ocean City Blvd., 6:00 PM. Executive Board meeting starts at 6 p.m. with 7 p.m. guest speaker, Debbie Smullen of Worcester Goes Purple. 443944-6701

Free workshops dealing with hypertension, chronic pain self-management, chronic disease self-management, diabetes, fall prevention and cancer. If you would like to register for one of these workshops or you would like more information about bringing any of the workshops to your business or group, contact Jill at MAC, 410-742-0505, Ext. 159. A new workshop, titled “Building Better Caregivers” has been added. It’s a free, 6week workshop for caregivers of those with TBI, PTSD, dementia and other conditions that affect memory.

BEACH SINGLES

BOOK A LIBRARIAN

Thursdays - Harpoon Hanna’s, 39064 Harpoon Road, Fenwick Island, DE, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Beach Singles, 45 years and older, meet for happy hour. Info: 302-436-9577, 410-524-0649 or BeachSingles.org

Through February, contact your closest library branch to schedule a personal appointment for help with resumes, job applications, E-Reader or basic computer skills. www.worcesterlibrary.org

GRIEF SUPPORT Thursdays - Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 11:00 AM. Coastal Hospice provides grief support and education.

Participants work together to help each other navigate through grief at their own pace. Free and open to the public. Nicole Long, 443-614-6142

ONGOING EVENTS ART LEAGUE OFFERS BUS TRIP The Art League is sponsoring a bus trip to the Baltimore Museum of Art on April 15.

The bus will pick up at the Lowe’s park-

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Classifieds now appear in Ocean City Today & the Bayside Gazette each week and online at oceancitytoday.com and baysideoc.com.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

MAINTENANCE Immediate position available for year-round Restaurant Maintenance Personnel. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC & LPgas knowledge required. Prior experience with restaurant equipment necessary. Great opportunity with benefits. Send resume to: REST. MAINTENANCE, PO Box 160, Ocean City, MD 21843, romeara@harrisongp.com, or drop off your resume at Harrison Group, 106 N. Baltimore Ave.

Hiring ALL Positions!!

Full time & Part time To apply go to: www.mygcjob.com

ALL POSITIONS

for busy glass & sunroom company Carpentry and Window Installation experience a plus.

Front Desk/Customer Service/Office position; computer experience required.

FCS Financial Capability Educator Full‐Time, 12‐month, professional‐track faculty position in Worcester County, MD. Master's degree preferred. Salary commensurate with experience; base salary of $38,663.

For more information and to apply, go to: https://ejobs.umd.edu.

Paid Holidays, Benefits, & Insurance

PREMIER

When offered employment, the successful candidate will be required to obtain a clean background check by the State of MD and FBI before beginning work assignment.

Apply on site: 33937 Premier Dr., Unit 1; Frankford email resume to: jessica.workman@mediacombb.net or call Jessica, M-F, 8am-4pm: 302.732.3101 GLASS & SCREEN, INC.

EEO/AA Closing Date: February 24, 2020

WANTED

is now accepting applications for the following positions:

Cooks, A/V Staff, Painter, General Maintenance, P/T Distillery Tour Guide For more details or to apply, please go online to www.seacrets.com/employment

NOW HIRING!!

Production Crew for our WOC kitchen facility $14-$16/hr.

Apply online at: www.delmarvadd.com

Ocean Resorts Golf Club is now accepting applications for Part Time Seasonal Clubhouse and Maintenance positions.

Flexible hours. Golfing privileges included.

Applicants must apply in person at

Come Join Our Winning Team!

PM Restaurant Manager We are looking for an experienced and detail oriented person for our busy and diverse Food & Beverage operation. The candidate must prioritize cleanliness, quality service, and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: staff training, efficient operation scheduling, and adherence to established controls and standard operating procedures. This position reports to the Food & Beverage Director.

Call Carl For Interview 443-880-3092

Competitive salary with full medical & benefit package.

or HOLDING OPEN INTERVIEWS:

Email resume to jobs@carouselhotel.com or come in and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory pre-employment drug testing and background check.

February 15th through March, Apply Saturday & Sunday, 11am-2pm

HELP WANTED

Ocean City Law firm has a position for a Real Estate Settlement Processor. Experience with the Title Express Program preferred but not required. Monday through Friday 9:00 to 4:30. Salary will be based on qualifications.

To apply, please send resume to Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison, LLP 3509 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842

University of Maryland Extension seeks

*Salaried Position w/ Health Insurance and Profit Sharing for the Right Person*

HELP WANTED

REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCESSOR

Agent Associate (Position 125246)

FOR THE BEST JOB IN TOWN! •SOUS CHEF •EXP. LINE COOKS

HELP WANTED

54th Street, OCMD (Behind Chauncey’s Surf Shop)

410-723-5565

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE

Ocean Resorts Golf Club,10655 Cathell Rd., Berlin, MD. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

WANTED

FOR THE BEST JOB IN TOWN! •FLOOR MANAGER

*Salaried Position w/ Health Insurance and Profit Sharing for the Right Person* Call Carl For Interview 443-880-3092

or HOLDING OPEN INTERVIEWS: February 15th through March, Apply Saturday & Sunday, 11am-2pm 54th Street, OCMD (Behind Chauncey’s Surf Shop)

Come Join Our Winning Team!

Maintenance Professionals We are looking for skilled individuals to join our maintenance and building department. Experience in plumbing, electrical, painting, drywall and carpentry highly desired. Certifications are a plus. Prior hotel experience is preferred, but not mandatory.

We offer an excellent compensation and benefit package commensurate with experience and skill level.

Email your resume to jobs@carouselhotel.com or come in and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE

*Interviews begin February 15th - March, Apply Saturdays & Sundays 11am-2pm Holding Open Interviews For:

• Servers• Bus Staff •Host/Hostess •Kitchen Staff •Security 54th Street, OCMD (Behind Chauncey’s Surf Shop) 410-723-5565

Online

410-723-5565

AWESOME PEOPLE!

Come by and join our 2020 Family!

Classifieds 410-723-6397

ssifieds la C r u o Y r e Ord

NOW HIRING

Work At The BEACH...

Work With The BEST!!

Top wages, excellent benefits package and free employee meal available to successful candidates.

Employment Opportunities: Year Round, Full/Part Time: AM Hostess, Room Attendants, Server

Free employee meal and excellent benefits.

Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel Attn: Human Resources Dept.

10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 Phone: 410-524-3535 Fax: 410-723-9109 EOE M/F/D/V

www.oceancitytoday.com

Convenient, quick, no waiting, no calls ~ Days, nights and weekends

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

HELP WANTED Immediate opening with good pay. Need experienced full time high-rise restoration specialist that can caulk, patch concrete, pointing. Please call office 443-507-5096

AUTOMOTIVE POSITIONS We are a full Tire & Service Center that has been in business for 36 years. We have a clean, completely remodeled work environment with State of the Art equipment.

We are now hiring for: - Technicians - Service Advisers We offer many benefits including company matched retirement plan, health insurance reimbursement, employee discounts and more!!!!!

We have locations in Ocean Pines, Long Neck and Clarksville.

Exc. Pay & Benefits!

302-228-2353

Town of Ocean City, Maryland What are you doing this Summer? Be a part of our team! Drive the beach bus!

Paid CDL Training is available. Applicants must be 20 years of age and have an acceptable driving record.

Apply electronically at oceancitymd.gov

Become a Better You in 2020!

To Order Product Call Christine 443-880-8397 or email: snowhillavon@ comcast.net To Become an Avon Representative Sign Up at www.

ChristinesBeautyShop.com

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HELP WANTED

RENTALS

HIRING ALL POSITIONS!!

YR Ocean Pines. Large 2 story. 3BR, 2.5BA, screened porch, fireplace, oversized garage. No smoking, no pets. Good credit. Security deposit plus utilities. $1495 per month. 301-509-6515 Year-Round Rental Available in West Ocean City. 2BR, 1BA. Call 1-877-289-1616 for more information.

WINTER WEEKLY RENTALS Pool Front Room ..$199/wk Family Room ........$235/wk 2BR Apartment.....$315/wk 3BR Suite .............$400/wk Burgundy Inn 1210 Philadelphia Ave. 410-289-8581

We Welcome Pets 7700 Coastal Hwy 410-524-7700 www.holidayoc.com

RAMBLER MOTEL

1 Office/Retail Space & 1 Warehouse Unit available in West Ocean City.

Call 443-497-4200

House and Rental Clean Out, small and local moving, and removal of junk and furniture.

Also, will clean out garages/ sheds. 302-222-7297, 302422-9390.

YARD SALE YARD SALE

Do you have an old bicycle not being used? It could mean a world of difference to a hard-working international student. We are looking to get as many bikes as possible. Your donation will be taxdeductible. Contact Gary at 443-975-3065.

Warehouse and Household Clean Out Southern States Building, 115 Broad Street, Berlin.

Feb. 14 & 15, 8am-til.

Classifieds 410-723-6397

Spacious, climatecontrolled corner office with beautiful views, available in Class A office building. Use of Conference Room and reception area, in a modern, well-maintained building, in prime mid-town Ocean City location.

Call 410-524-3440 for appointment.

9942 Elm Street, WOC (Behind Starbucks) Sleeps 4, $250 per week Manager onsite 410-213-1764 WILLARDS

STILL MEADOWS 2BR TOWNHOUSE Accepting Applications

SERVICES SERVICES

Central AC/Heat & major appliances in each unit.

Laundry & Playground on site. This institute is an equal opportunity provider & employer.

Please call 410-835-2951 TDD/TTY 1-800-738-2258

FIRST TIME HOME BUYER READY. Everything inside is new!! 2-story, 3BR Home.

Ten minutes to beach, shopping and schools. $239,000.

Call Howard Martin Realty 410-352-5555.

RENTALS

Summer Rental Available May 10th-Sept. 10th. 312 Sunset Dr. 2BR/1.5BA, newly remodeled, big kitchen/living area. Sleeps up to 6. $13,500/season, you pay utilities. Security deposit $2,000.

Call 410-428-7333. www.SunsetTerraceRentals.com

$950 4BR, 2BA Single Family Starting at $1450

3BR, 1.5BA Single Family Starting at

Available Winter Seasonal Rentals @ www.hilemanrealestate.com

CALL US TODAY! 410-208-9200

DONATIONS

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

REAL REAL ESTATE ESTATE

Yearly & Seasonal Rentals

SERVICES

Berlin: 225 sq. ft. Office Space, $350/mo. includes utilities. 120 sq. ft. Storage Sheds, each $95/mo.

Call 410-726-5471.

Full time & Part time Stop by our location on 52nd street! or call 443-664-2825

RENTALS RENTALS

COMMERCIAL

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Opportunity zones equal less capital gains tax for investors

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Local Realtor and entrepreneur Michael Nolen is taking advantage of the national opportunity zone program, and the Ocean City Development Corporation hopes to see more investors follow suit.

“I first learned about it [opportunity zone program] in the fall of 2018 working with a client who was buying land for development of a business he had. I found it as kind of a niche as a real estate agent to promote that [opportunity zone pro- Michael Nolen gram] because a lot of agents aren’t really familiar with it,” Nolen said.

The opportunity zone program was developed three years ago under the 2017 Tax Glenn Irwin Cuts and Jobs Act. “It’s a federal program — that downtown Ocean City is eligible for from the inlet to 33rd Street — for investors to put capital assets in, and they get some relief if they hold on to that investment property for a long time,” said Glenn Irwin, Ocean City Development Corporation executive director.

The program boosts economic development by offering what is essentially a tax break to property owners who maintain a business in an economically-distressed community for a set amount of years – typically at least 10.

“Let’s say I bought a property for $250,000, and over a course of 10 years,

with appreciation and any depreciation on any of the assets there, let’s assume that I could sell the property for $350,000,” Nolen said. “With $100,000 of gains, if I were to sell the property in a normal real estate investment, I would take capital gains [tax] on that … [In an opportunity zone] for every year that I hold the property, my capital gains liability to that $100,000 gets reduced, [and] after 10 years my capital gains responsibility could be next to nothing.”

Maryland has 149 designated opportunity zones, and Worcester County is home to three: Snow Hill, Berlin and Ocean City.

Nolen said he was drawn to Ocean City’s opportunity zone because of its vacation rental market, its pedestrianfriendly design and its historic atmosphere.

“I enjoy downtown. I like what it has, I like the historic feel to it,” Nolen said.

In December 2019, Nolen bought 209 Dorchester Street, unit B, and began $80,000 worth of renovations the weekend of Dec. 6.

Because Nolen’s project is relatively small in scale — typically opportunity zone investments range in the millions — the process was rather simple for him to reap the capital gain tax benefits. He filed an LLC for real estate and then acquired the property using an investment loan from the Bank of Ocean City.

Come tax-filing season, Nolen will simply check off a box stating his business, and the resulting tax savings, are part of an opportunity zone.

“We’re looking to offer a hotel-like stay to our guests, to take advantage of experiencing downtown,” Nolen said.

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Due to its location downtown, this 209 Dorchester Street condominium unit is eligible for opportunity zone tax incentives under the federal government’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Part of the renovation work will be funded through the Ocean City Development Corporation’s green building initiative fund.

“We [OCDC] gave him [$7,500] to put in new Energy Star-rated windows and doors, and actually I think he’s putting an insulated garage door in and some other stuff,” Irwin said.

Nolen said he expects the condominium to be ready for business by March.

Despite its small scale, Irwin said the Dorchester project could act as a catalyst

in attracting more investors to downtown Ocean City.

“I’m hoping this becomes almost like a pilot project to make people aware of this new program, and that downtown is eligible for investors to do similar projects,” Irwin said.

For more information on opportunity zone investing, check out Nolen’s blog at: myrealestatespot.com.

To apply for the Ocean City Development Corporation’s green building initiative funding, visit ocdc.org or call 410-289-7793.

OC Chamber of Commerce biz expo, Feb. 20 (Feb. 14, 2020) The Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce will hold its 13th annual Business Marketplace Expo on Thursday, Feb. 20, at The Grand Hotel & Spa on the Boardwalk at 21st Street.

This event will feature over 65 vendors, and is open to everyone.

Ocean Downs Casino is the event title sponsor and The Grand Hotel & Spa is the venue and food sponsor.

There will be something for everyone at the event, whether guests are looking for a particular type of service or local merchandise to purchase.

In 2018, the chamber added “The Marketplace,” an area of local goods that

attendees can purchase on site. Many of the vendors offer special deals for those in attendance. Company representatives are also onsite to answer any questions and to assist guests.

The expo offers an assortment of vendors from very diverse group of services, including HVAC and plumbing, home improvements, flooring, marketing and promotional products, web design and social media, health and wellness, education, banking , aerial advertising, mini golf, catering and events, amusements, employment and payroll services.

In addition, in the Marketplace, guests can expect to find local goods that include food, clothing, accessories and

décor.

Attendees will also be able sample complimentary appetizers provided by The Grand Hotel and Spa, as well as a happy hour-priced bar.

Door prizes will be up for grabs donated by local businesses. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and a grand prize donated by Berlin Walmart.

Many vendors will hold individual drawings as well.

In addition, members of the business community can register for the seminar focusing on the latest paid leave and overtime compliance regulations.

To register and for more information, visit www.OceanCity.org/events.

The guest speaker will be attorney Doug Desmarais from the law firm of Smith & Downey, P.A., who is well versed in all facets of labor law and focuses his practice on all aspects of labor and employer/employee relations, general litigation, ERISA litigation and business immigration.

The expo is free to attend and open to the public. No pre-registration for attendees is required. Only vendors must preregister for expo.

Business owners who would like information on becoming a vendor, or to learn more, contact Lisa Layfield, events director, at 410-213-0144, ext. 104 or email Lisa@OceanCity.org.

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REAL ESTATE REPORT

Three agency relationship types in Maryland

By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) There are three kinds of agency relationships in Maryland: seller agency, buyer agency and dual agency.

When working with buyers, real estate agents must handle buyers as either a customer or a client, and the difference is: • A client is a buyer or seller who has entered into a written agency agreement and is represented by an agent. The agent provides advice and also owes the client duties of reasonable care, loyalty, disclosure, confidentiality, diligence and accounting.

• A customer is a buyer or seller who has not entered into a written agency agreement and is not represented by an

agent. A customer must be treated honestly and fairly and agents must disclose material adverse facts known to the agent.

Seller agency is the “traditional” agency relationship where the listing agent represents the seller under a written listing agreement and owes the seller duties of reasonable care, loyalty, disclosure, confidentiality, diligence and accounting.

Subagency is another type of seller agency where the seller authorizes the listing company to allow real estate agents from other companies to show the home to buyer customers, or buyers

who have not entered into a written buyer agency agreement.

So, simply put, if you are a buyer and you do not enter into a written buyer agency agreement with your real estate agent, he/she is working as a subagent.

And, in this scenario, the listing agent and subagent both represent the seller, while the buyer remains unrepresented.

As specified above, buyer agency is created through a written buyer representation agreement, and the buyer agent owes the buyer the duties of reasonable care, loyalty, disclosure, confidentiality, diligence and accounting.

Additionally, the buyer agent should disclose any material facts or information about the property, which are rea-

sonably known to the buyer agent.

Dual agency is a relationship in which the real estate broker or the broker’s designee (the “dual agent”) assigns one real estate agent affiliated with the broker to represent the seller (the seller’s “intracompany agent”) and another agent affiliated with the broker to represent the buyer (the buyer’s “intra-company agent”).

Intra-company agents are required to provide the same services to their clients that agents provide in transactions not involving dual agency, including advising their clients as to price and negotiation strategy.

— Lauren Bunting is a licensed Associate Broker with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin.

Coastal Hospice welcomes OC Art League announces Patrick for fundraising role new ’20 board of directors (Feb. 14, 2020) Tammy Patrick has joined Coastal Hospice as director of advancement.

Her responsibilities include designing and implementing effective fundraising programs as well as donor recognition and relations.

She will work closely with Bob Miller, direc- Tammy Patrick tor of business development, to oversee the marketing and branding of Coastal Hospice.

“We are thrilled to have Tammy on board as our new director of advancement,” said Alane Capen, president of Coastal Hospice. “She brings a broad spectrum of experience that will benefit our fundraising efforts. Her extensive background in event planning is especially important as we celebrate our 40th anniversary and undertake many fundraisers throughout the year, including the upcoming Taste of Finer Things in April.”

Patrick brings a wealth of knowledge of the nonprofit sector from her most recent role as development officer for the

Atlantic General Hospital Foundation.

Prior to that, she spent much of her career as a restaurant and business owner.

Patrick studied accounting at Salisbury University and currently resides in Berlin with her two sons, Connor and Carson.

She is heavily involved in the wellness community in Worcester and Wicomico counties and supports many local nonprofits.

For more information, Patrick can be reached at 410-742-8732, ext. 515.

Founded in 1980, Coastal Hospice is a nonprofit health care organization that cares for individuals facing life-limiting conditions but do not want to be defined by them, and instead want to remain as active and engaged as possible during the final chapter of their lives.

Coastal Hospice cares for patients in their own homes, as well as in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake and the new Stansell House.

The organization also provides “palliative” care which treats the symptoms and relieve the pain of a terminal illness

(Feb. 14, 2020) The Art League of Ocean City announces its new board of directors for 2020 and welcomes new member, Maryellen Rosenblit.

John Sisson continues as board president, Marian Bickerstaff as past president, Barbara Patrick as first vice president, and Laura Jenkins M. Rosenblit as second vice president.

Rafael Correa continues as treasurer, Emily Schwab as recording secretary, and Judy Tremellen as corresponding secretary.

Also returning to the board are members Jamie Albright, Katy Durham, Nancy Fortney, Sandy Gillis, Joseph Mitrecic, Jan Perdue, Ryan Wilde and Gayle Widdowson. or injury so that patients can enjoy the time remaining.

Learn more about Coastal Hospice at www.coastalhospice.org and follow on Facebook and Instagram.

Joining the group is Rosenblit, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Delaware and Maryland. A transplant from Washington, D.C., she grew up vacationing in Ocean City, and after graduating from Indiana University with a business degree in marketing, made Ocean City her home.

Rosenblit is actively involved with local schools, the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and Coastal Association of Realtors, as well as the Art League.

“For the past three years, I have had the pleasure of selecting the 10 homes featured each year on the Art League’s Sand Castle Home Tour,” Rosenblit said.

“This community-wide event in the fall is always well attended and enjoyed. I look forward to taking on new responsibilities as an Art League board member.”

The Art League of Ocean City is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting artistic expression and appreciation for the creative arts in the community.

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Worcester Youth welcomes CASA Director Jerrona Smith (Feb. 14, 2020) Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services welcomes new CASA Director Jerrona Smith.

A native of the Eastern Shore, Smith graduated from Delmar Sr. High School and attended the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor’s in human services management.

Jerrona Smith She then attended Wilmington University, where she earned her Master of business administration, concentrating on organizational leadership.

Smith spent many years traveling from destination to destination through deployments and transitions with her family, while her husband served in the U.S. Navy.

Her last part of the “Navy journey” was in Groton, Connecticut, where she was introduced to the CASA program. She volunteered for many years, working with and advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the court system, which gave her insight to how necessary and important the CASA program is.

In her spare time, she enjoys leisurely walks along nature trails with her grandson, as well as engaging in her amateur photo skills, while pursuing to take it all in – from the warmth of the sunshine,

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sounds of wildlife in the brush, to the smells relative to the Eastern Shore, and as many visuals that she can capture.

She then takes it back to home sweet home where she releases her creative juices, allowing them to freely flow into her interior design skills.

She is thrilled to join the team at Worcester Youth, with a strong voice to advocate for those who cannot otherwise speak for themselves. It is her desire that Worcester Youth’s CASA Program be that beacon of light for the children, families and the community the organization serves.

More information is available at www.gowoyo.org, or by calling 410-6414598.

Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a nurturing community in which children are well cared for, where the opinions of young people are valued, where adults are empowered to live healthy, productive lives and where all are valued members in the community.

Worcester Youth helps people of all ages with a broad spectrum of services that include mental health counseling, youth and adolescent enrichment programs, advocacy for abused and neglected children, and empowerment programs for those who are less fortunate.

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The festivities will kick off with a ribbon cutting follow by a $1,000 donation presented to Stephen Decatur High School.

Gordmans is part of the Stage community of stores that is delivering a whole new shopping experience, with favorite brands at prices lower than department stores.

In addition, customers can ship their Amazon orders to the in-store Amazon counter for fast, flexible and secure package pick-up.

As part of the festivities, Gordmans will be offering giveaways, free gifts to the first 100 guests in line at the grand opening, an opportunity to win a $50 gift card or a scratch card revealing a text code for a $5 shopping card.

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OP Players’ new officers and board (Feb. 14, 2020) The Ocean Pines Players, coming off a successful and active 2019 season, held its annual meeting on Jan. 11 and elected new officers and an expanded board of 11 directors.

Elected president of the community theater group was Jerry Gietka of Ocean Pines.

Kathy Wiley of the River Run Community was elected vice president, and Ocean Pines residents Mary Ellen Chilcoat and Steve Haberger were named treasurer and secretary, respectively.

The new board consists of Gietka, Wiley, Chilcoat and Habeger, joined

by Carol Aikman, of Ocean Pines; Patricia Diniar, Berlin; Karen McClure, Ocean Pines; Patty Jo Moore, Ocean Pines; Judy Nelson, Ocean Pines; Ed Pinto, Ocean City; and Dorothy Shelton, Ocean Pines.

McClure is the immediate past president. She served in that post for almost seven years.

The Players are in the process of developing its 2020 season.

In 2019, the group performed two stage productions and a children’s Christmas production.

It also teamed with the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum to perform an original production on the Boardwalk on Monday mornings in July and August about four women

hotel owners with grit and business sense who helped turn a sleepy Ocean City into the thriving tourism center it is today.

The other productions were a Tribute to Elton John on the 50th anniversary of his first album, “Empty Sky,” and the zany comedy, “Assisted Living, the Musical,” by Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett, both of which were performed on the stage in the community room of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Ocean

City.

Finally, partnering with Berlin’s Red Doors Community Center and local children actors, the troupe performed Ken Ludwig’s ‘“Twas the Night Before Christmas,” that was based on the original classic poem.

The Ocean Pines Players is a local, all-volunteer, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization. For more information or to join, follow the Ocean Pines Players on Facebook or visit www.oceanpinesplayers.com.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Continued from Page 53 West Ocean City and Ocean Pines offices were ranked as the top sales office for units sold in Worcester County, according to local MLS ranking reports.

These three offices combined helped over 1,000 home buyers and sellers with their needs in 2019.

The following sales professionals will be recognized for their achievements and contribution: Chairman’s Circle Diamond - Top .5 percent of 1 percent in BHH Franchise, Carol Proctor Team - Ocean City Chairman’s Circle Platinum - Top 1 percent, Team Moran West Ocean City Chairman’s Circle Gold - Top 2 percent, Ed Balcerzak - West Ocean City President’s Circle - Top 5 percent, Jeffrey Messick and JD Wells - Ocean City Leading Edge Society Top 8 percent, Celeste Dodson - West Ocean City, Jeannie Betten - Ocean City Honor Society - Top 14 percent, Mechelle Nichols, Kathy Panco, and Marcy Thiele, all of Ocean City The Ocean Pines Players new board of directors poses for a photo.

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Community stewards sought to ‘Keep Worcester Clean’ Goal to beautify Worcester with litter-free unmanned recycling stations, byways (Feb. 14, 2020) Worcester County Government is calling on all community stewards as it embarks on a Keep Worcester Clean campaign.

The overall goal is to beautify Worcester County by keeping byways and unmanned recycling stations clean and litter free.

Therefore, it is reaching out countywide to establish public and private partnerships to encourage community stewardship, to increase awareness about options available to the public for properly disposing of trash and recyclables, and to discourage illegal dumping by both residents and visitors.

Incidences of individuals who illegally dump trash, household furniture and other debris at the unmanned recycling centers, along county roadways, and in other public places have increased in recent years.

Cleanup efforts require substantial time, manpower and resources, resulting in hefty costs. Ultimately, taxpayers must shoulder these costs.

Litter dumped illegally on roads, recycling centers, or anywhere in society

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other than designated sites, isn’t just an eyesore, it’s a hazard to the environment, the economy, and human health.

Those who dump litter in recycling bins spoil recycling efforts, as the aluminum cans, newspapers, cardboard, and plastics, once contaminated by litter, are no longer recyclable and must instead be landfilled.

Thus, the efforts of the county and all community stewards to limit waste through responsible reuse are thwarted.

Here are a few tips to help keep Worcester County clean.

• Dispose of only approved recyclable items – plastics, cardboard, glass, metal cans and papers/newspapers – at any of the county’s five unmanned recycling stations, which are located in Bishopville, Whaleyville, Ocean Pines, Walmart in Berlin, and Public Landing.

• Hire a private trash hauler to pick up your trash or purchase a homeowner convenience center permit. For the HOCC permit cost of $100, which is for the first two vehicles in the same household, residents and property owners may dispose of household trash at any of the HOCCs, which are located in Berlin, the Central Landfill in Newark, Pocomoke, and Snow Hill.

• Properly secure truck or cargo

loads containing trash and debris.

• Report the illegal dumping of trash, household furnishings, and other debris at recycling stations and littering along county roadways to the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office or your local law enforcement agency.

A 2009 “Littering behavior in America” report conducted by Keep America Beautiful found that “The vast majority of people properly dispose of trash in receptacles.”

What is startling is the finding that one in five trash disposals, or 17 percent, ended up as litter that was dumped intentionally.

Worcester County Government is working to increase public awareness about littering and its damaging effects and to reduce or eliminate instances of illegal dumping and littering.

To learn more about recycling and solid waste operations in Worcester County, visit www.co.worcester.md.us/departments/publicworks/waste.

NEW PRESIDENT The Ocean City Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy at its January meeting installed a new president and executive board. Pictured is newly-installed President Vincent Mollicone of West Ocean City, and outgoing President Vito Potenza of Ocean Pines.

PAGE 56 Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE

OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 63 WHITE HORSE DR. OCEAN PINES, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Nancy A. Shipley dated June 19, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4785, folio 294 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 21, 2020 AT 3:15 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #03-078558.

The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.

If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title,

Ocean City Today / Public Notices the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest.

If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale.

Trustees’ file number 65323.

The property will be sold subject to a 120 day right of redemption by the Internal Revenue Service.

Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE

OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10465 GOLF COURSE RD. OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Matthew Brown and Colleen Brown dated October 20, 2017 and recorded in Liber 7104, folio 374 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on FEBRUARY 14, 2020 AT 1:00 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #10-008239.

The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and

with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $42,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/ sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property.

Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.

If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest.

If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale.

Trustees’ file number 75996.

Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2020 OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 Diane S. Rosenberg Mark D. Meyer John A. Ansell, III Maurice OBrien Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiff(s) v.

Patricia Ann Griffiths 11500 Coastal Highway, Unit 118 Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000139

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 23rd day of January, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of 11500 Coastal Highway, Unit 118, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 24th day of February, 2020, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in a weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 17th day of February, 2020. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $239,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ James E. Clubb, Jr., Esq. 108 N. 8th Street Ocean City, Maryland 21842 THE QUARTERS TIME-SHARE OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff v.

NED A. GARRETT Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CASE NO. C-23-CV-19-000367

NOTICE

ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County this January 27, 2020, that the foreclosure sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as Series of Weeks “C”, Unit No. 205, The Quarters Condominium, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by James E. Clubb, Jr., Substitute Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before March 2, 2020, provided a copy of this order be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks, before February 24, 2020.

The Report states the amount of

FEBRUARY 14, 2020 the sale to be $1,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-1/30/3t _________________________________ Buas 3G Properties, LLC 3509 Coastal Hwy Ocean City, MD 21842 Plaintiff v.

James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust 10850 Nantucket Terrace Potomac, MD 20854 Worcester County, Maryland Treasurer's Office Government Center, Room 1105 1 W. Market St. Snow Hill, MD 21863 Unknown owner of property described as Item No. 80, Account No. 01010689, Property description LOT NW SIDE BOSTON SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD S OF POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06259/00363, Assessed to James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust, The Unknown Owner's heirs, devisees, and personal Representatives and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns, or successors in right title and interest Unknown owner of property described as Item No. 83, Account No. 08002878, Property description 77'x152 'x64 'x144' TAYLOR LANDING RD GIRDLETREE, Deed Reference: 06288/00140, Assessed to James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust, The Unknown Owner's heirs, devisees, and personal Representatives and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns, or successors in right title and interest All persons that have or claim to have any interest in the property described as Item No. 80, Account No. 01010689, Property description LOT NW SIDE BOSTON SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD S OF POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06259/00363, Assessed to James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust All Persons that have or claim to have any interest in the property described as Item No. 83, Account No. 08002878, Property description 77'x152'x64'x144' TAYLOR LANDING RD GIRDLETREE, Deed Reference: 06288/00140, Assessed to James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND Case No.: C-23-CV-19-000362

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following properties described below and located in Worcester County, sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester and the State of Maryland to the plaintiff in this proceeding: Item No. 83, Account No. 08002878, Property description

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Ocean City Today / Public Notices 77'x152'x64'x144' TAYLOR LANDING RD GIRDLETREE, Deed Reference: 06288/00140, Assessed to James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust Item No. 80, Account No. 01010689, Property description LOT NW SIDE BOSTON SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD S OF POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06259/00363, Assessed to James Shih, Trustee, Shih Family Trust The Complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid.

It is thereupon this 29th of January, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester, County, ORDERED, That notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general circulation in Worcester County once a week for 3 successive weeks, warning all persons with interest in any of the properties to appear in this Court by the 4th day of April, 2020 and redeem any of the properties described above and answer the Complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the properties, and vesting in the plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances. The aforementioned properties may be redeemed individually or collectively.

Beau H. Oglesby Judge, Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

WILLIAM A. YOUNG, SR. SUE TAYLOR YOUNG 205 6th Street Pocomoke City, MD 21851 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000224

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 28th day of January, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 205 6th Street, Pocomoke City, MD 21851, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 2nd day of March, 2020, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 24th day of February, 2020.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $105,600.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

FRIEDA SADOFSKY BRUCE (DECEASED) 51 Offshore Lane Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000246

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 28th day of January, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 51 Offshore Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 2nd day of March, 2020, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 24th day of February, 2020.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $165,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR (OR) BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND IN THE ESTATE OF: JOHN EBERSBERGER JR. AKA: JOHN M. EBERSBERGER JR. ESTATE NO. 18148

NOTICE

OF JUDICIAL PROBATE To all Persons Interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by John T. Ebersberger, 804 Severn Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403 and Charles M. Ebersberger, 1787 Beachfield Road, Annapolis, MD 2409 for judicial probate of the will dated 07/22/2016 and for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at Worcester County Court House, Court Room 4, One W. Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863 on

02/11/2020 at 10:00 a.m.

This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent time.

Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills.

Terri Westcott Register of Wills One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Phone: (410) 632-1529 Newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Publication Date: 02/06/2020 OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

Town of Berlin, MD Mayor and Council

NOTICE

of a Public Hearing Monday, February 24, 2020, 7:00 PM Mayor and Council Chambers, 10 William Street, Berlin, MD Pursuant to the Town of Berlin, MD Code Sections 108-214 and 108215, the Mayor and Council of the Town of Berlin, MD will hold a Public Hearing to consider a request for a Change in Zoning Classification received from Delmarva Property Management, Inc. during its regularly scheduled meeting to be held on Monday, February 24, 2020 at 7:00 PM. The subject properties are identified as Worcester County Tax map Number 25, Parcels 0004 and 0461, consisting of approximately 26.67 acres in total and lie on the northerly side of U.S. Route 50 and the westerly side of Maryland Route 818 (North Main Street extended). The parcels are currently zoned M1A Industrial District and are proposed to be changed to B-2 Shopping District.

The Berlin Planning Commission passed a unanimous motion to recommend this rezoning to the Mayor and Council at its meeting held on January 8, 2020.

OCD-2/6/2t _________________________________

NOTICE

TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 18152 Notice is given that the Commonwealth Court of Centre County, PA appointed Pamela Kay Spannuth, 15212 Wild Meadow Place, Leo, IN 46765 as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Doris Myers Roberts who died on December 01, 2019 domiciled in Pennsylvania, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Carson H. Roberts Jr. whose address is 164 Clam Shell, Ocean City, MD 21842.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against

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the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

Pamela Kay Spannuth Foreign Personal Representative Terri Westcott Register of Wills One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of Newspaper: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: February 06, 2020 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 18149 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF LOUISE REBECCA HELLBACH Notice is given that Patricia R. Cavero, 333 Kingston Circle, Sykesville, MD 21784, was on January 27, 2020 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Louise Rebecca Hellbach who died on January 11, 2020, with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 27th day of July, 2020.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates:

(1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Patricia R. Cavero Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: February 06, 2020 OCD-2/6/3t _________________________________ SMALL ESTATE

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 18150 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH ANN HOFFMAN Notice is given that Mary Campbell, 923 Poplar Ave., Springfield, TN 37172, was on January 27, 2020 appointed personal representative of the small estate of Elizabeth Ann Hoffman who died on January 23, 2020, without a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice. All persons having an objection to the probate of the will shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within six months after the date of publication of this Notice.

All persons having claims against

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the decedent must serve their claims on the undersigned personal representative or file them with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Thirty days after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within thirty days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not served or filed within that time, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Mary Campbell Personal Representative True Test Copy Register of Wills for Worcester County Terri Westcott One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: February 06, 2020 OCD-2/6/1t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND The Town of Ocean City is requesting name and contacts of contractors capable of providing maintenance services for Stormwater Management (SWM) Best Management Practices (BMP) such as Pervious Paving, Rain Gardens, Ponds, Infiltration Trenches, Phragmites Removal, etc.

Town staff will periodically require residents and businesses to perform maintenance on Stormwater BMP’s. This typically leaves the Town residents and businesses with a difficult search for contractors to perform the work. This request is for the purpose of developing a list of contractors for distribution to those Town residents and businesses who are required to perform maintenance and are searching for a contractor. This list of contractors will also be posted on the Town’s website.

If interested, please complete the “Request for information for SWM Maintenance Contractors” form and email to Gail Blazer with the Town’s Engineering Department.

It is noted that this request does not represent a bid on any Town projects. Bids for Town projects are solicited via a project specific public bidding process. A valid Ocean City

FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Business License will be required to be included on this list.

Provide completed form to: Gail Blazer Environmental Engineer Town of Ocean City, Maryland GBlazer@oceancitymd.gov OCD-2/13/2t _________________________________ LONG, BADGER AND SHELLER, LLP JOHN P. CUSTIS, ESQ. 124 E. MAIN STREET SALISBURY, MD 21801

NOTICE

TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 18169 Notice is given that the Circuit Court of Accomack County, VA appointed William L. Nelson Jr., P.O. Box 69, Accomack, VA 23301 as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ellen N. Nelson who died on February 09, 2019 domiciled in Virginia, America.

The Maryland resident agent for service of process is John P. Custis Esq. whose address is 124 E. Main Street, Salisbury, MD 21801.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

William L. Nelson Jr. Foreign Personal Representative Terri Westcott Register of Wills One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of Newspaper: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: February 13, 2020 OCD-2/13/3t _________________________________

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Adult Mental Health Targeted Case Management Services for Worcester County Local Behavioral Health Authority The Worcester County Commissioners are currently seeking proposals from qualified providers able to provide mental health Targeted Case Management (TCM) services for eligible adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Further informa-

FEBRUARY 14, 2020 tion and instructions to bidders are provided in the Request for Proposals (RFP) package which may be picked up from the Office of the County Commissioners, Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street - Room 1103, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, obtained online under the “Bids” dropdown menu in the lower right hand side of the home page at www.co.worcester.md.us or by calling the Commissioners’ Office at 410-632-1194 to request a package by mail. Interested Bidders are encouraged to attend a Pre-Bid Proposal Conference on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 9:00 am to be held at the Health Department Office in Snow Hill, 6040 Public Landing Road, Room 231, Snow Hill, MD 21863. Sealed proposals will be accepted until 1:00 PM, Monday, April 27, 2020 in the Office of the County Commissioners, Room 1103 Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Envelopes shall be marked “Proposal for Adult Mental Health Targeted Case Management Services” in the lower left-hand corner. After opening, proposals will be reviewed by an evaluation committee and a recommendation of award will be made to the County Commissioners at a future meeting. In awarding the proposal, the Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all proposals, waive formalities, informalities and technicalities therein, and to take whatever proposal they determine to be in the best interest of the County considering lowest or best proposal, quality of goods and work, time of delivery or completion, responsibility of consultants being considered, previous experience of consultants with County contracts, or any other factors they deem appropriate. All inquiries shall be directed to Jessica Sexauer, Director of Local Behavioral Health Authority, at 410-6323366.

OCD-2/13/1t _________________________________ AYRES, JENKINS, GORDY & ALMAND, P.A. SUITE 200 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 HIDDEN HARBOUR II CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION c/o Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy & Almand, P.A. 6200 Coastal Highway, Suite 200 Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Plaintiff vs.

Kimberly A. Labarre 138 Wild Oak Road Severna Park, MD 21146 Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MARYLAND FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CIVIL CASE NO. C-23-CV-19-000346

NOTICE

ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland this 4th day of February, 2020, that the

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Ocean City Today / Public Notices foreclosure sale of Hidden Harbour II Condominium, Unit F-124, 12301 Jamaica Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland, made and reported by Ryan D. Bodley, Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 9th day of March, 2020, provided a copy of this Order is published in a newspaper of general circulation in Worcester County, Maryland, once in three successive weeks, before the 2nd day of March, 2020.

The Report states that the total proceeds from the sale of the property to be Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00).

Susan R. Braniecki CLERK, CIRCUIT COURT True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-2/13/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110 of the Code of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Zoning Ordinance for Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for Ocean City, Maryland in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2) and Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(3)(a) and Section 110-95(2) requesting special yard exceptions to portions of the front yard setbacks (on a corner lot) that extend beyond the nonconforming placement of the existing mobile home and a variance to the required rear yard to provide a 3’ setback instead of 5’ as required by Code to construct a new stick-built single-family dwelling unit. The site of the appeal is described as Lot G9 of the Isle of Wight Trailer Park Plat; further described as located on the southeast corner of Fisherman Lane and 24th Street (entrance to Isle of Wight Coop), and locally known as 2312 Fisherman Lane, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: JOSEPH C. FASSIO (JAY) – (BZA 2545 #20-09400001) at 6:10 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-95(1)(a) requesting an after-the-fact variance to the side yard setback to allow an

existing pergola to remain with a maximum setback of 4.5’ instead of 5’ as required by Code. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 55A of the Hitchens-Trimper Development Plat; and further described as located on the west side of S. Canal Street at the Isle of Wight Bay, and locally known as 3509 S. Canal Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: O. PALMER GILLIS III – (BZA 2546 #20-09500003) at 6:20 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-95(1)(a) requesting an after-the-fact variance to permit a planter retaining wall to remain in the 15’ Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area setback in accordance with Section 30-554(d)(3), with any mitigation being at a rate of 3:1. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 41, Parcel 3429 of the Mallard Island Plat; further described as located on the east side of Teal Drive, and locally known as 1504 Teal Drive, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: KITCHEN FANCY LLC – (BZA 2547 #20-09500004) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall.

Alfred Harrison, Chairman Heather Stansbury, Attorney OCD-2/13/2t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

KAREN E. SUTTON KENNETH R. SUTTON 710 142nd Street Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000342

Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-2/13/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

VELMA DAWN FORSYTH (DECEASED) THOMAS M. BEEKER (DECEASED) 3001 Atlantic Avenue Unit 402 Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000177

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 5th day of February, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 3001 Atlantic Avenue, Unit 402, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 9th day of March, 2020, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 2nd day of March, 2020.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $263,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-2/13/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 4th day of February, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 710 142nd Street, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 9th day of March, 2020, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 2nd day of March, 2020.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $312,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy

SUMMARY NOTICE

OF BOND SALE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY $7,000,000* General Obligation Municipal Purpose and Refunding Bonds of 2020 (Tax-Exempt) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mayor and City Council of Ocean City (the “City”) will receive electronic bids via PARITY® for $7,000,000* General Obligation Municipal Purpose and Refunding Bonds of 2020 (Tax-Exempt) (the “Bonds”) until 10:30 a.m. local Ocean City, Maryland time on: Thursday, February 27, 2020 or on such other date as may be selected by the Mayor. The Bonds will be dated as of the date of delivery

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and will mature on January 15 in the years 2024 through 2040, inclusive, as more fully described in the Notice of Sale.

No bid for less than all of the Bonds will be considered. The Bonds will be awarded based on the lowest interest cost to the City, determined in accordance with the true interest cost (TIC) method. All bids must be accompanied by a good faith deposit in the amount of $140,000 payable by wire transfer to the City, or by a check or surety bond, as provided in the Notice of Sale.

Copies of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Notice of Sale relating to the Bonds may be obtained from the office of the Finance Director of the City, located at City Hall, 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland 21842, or from Wye River

Group, Incorporated, 522 Chesapeake Avenue, Second Floor, Annapolis, Maryland 21403 (410-267-8811).

OCD-2/13/1t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 18173 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF CHARLES WILLIAM ROGERS Notice is given that Timothy Charles Rogers, 610 Wises Grove Road, New Brighton, PA 15066, was on February 04, 2020 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charles William Rogers who died on February 04, 2020, with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 4th day of August, 2020.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020 the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Timothy Charles Rogers Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: February 13, 2020 OCD-2/13/3t _________________________________

SUMMARY NOTICE

OF BOND SALE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY $1,120,000* General Obligation Municipal Purpose Bonds of 2020 (Taxable) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mayor and City Council of Ocean City (the “City”) will receive electronic bids via PARITY® for $1,120,000* General Obligation Municipal Purpose Bonds of 2020 (Taxable) (the “Bonds”) until 10:45 a.m. local Ocean City, Maryland time on: Thursday, February 27, 2020 or on such other date as may be selected by the Mayor. The Bonds will be dated as of the date of delivery and will mature on January 15 in the years 2021 through 2024, inclusive, as more fully described in the Notice of Sale.

No bid for less than all of the Bonds will be considered. The Bonds will be awarded based on the lowest interest cost to the City, determined in accordance with the true interest cost (TIC) method. All bids must be accompanied by a good faith deposit in the amount of $22,400 payable by wire transfer to the City, or by a check or surety bond, as provided in the Notice of Sale.

Copies of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Notice of Sale relating to the Bonds may be obtained from the office of the Finance Director of the City, located at City Hall, 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland 21842, or from Wye River Group, Incorporated, 522 Chesapeake Avenue, Second Floor, Annapolis, Maryland 21403 (410-267-8811).

OCD-2/13/1t _________________________________

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County, resort need counseling Like any other squabbling couple, the governments of Worcester County and Ocean City should go to counseling.

As is the case with many other partners quarreling about money, neither side is blameless, and, as for those assertions that the issue is about fairness, that’s just wrapping paper applied for purposes of appearance.

Nothing demonstrates this divide better than this week’s clash between the mayor and City Council and the county’s economic development-recreation-tourism department super chief Tom Perlozzo, who requested $25,000 to help stage an obstacle course race a mile-and-a-half out of town.

Employing the “what-do-we-get-out-of-it?” rationale, the council agreed to help only if the event is moved in town on the beach. That’s understandable from the perspective of the mayor and council, who continue to chafe at resort government’s subsidization of the county’s obligation to provide fire and emergency medical services for West Ocean City.

City Hall also has a long-standing beef with the county about getting so little return on the millions upon millions of dollars resort taxpayers contribute to the county’s treasury.

From the county’s point of view, however, Ocean City pays more because it has more. The county commissioners also answer to a larger constituency beyond Ocean City, with much of it situated in less economically fortunate areas, where voters resent what they see as Ocean City’s selfishness.

Just as Ocean City asks why its taxpayers should bear so much of the county’s fiscal burden without getting much back, the county’s other tax jurisdictions wonder why they should contribute more to benefit a district that has twice as much as they do combined.

Perlozzo, unfortunately, has to navigate these angry waters.

Too much focus on Ocean City could cost him support at the county level. If, on the other hand, he helps to build mainland commerce along the coast, thus reducing the county’s dependence on Ocean City, the resort could see that as an effort to siphon off some of its business.

He can’t win, but neither will the county or Ocean City if he doesn’t. Clearly, some marriage counseling is in order.

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No Oscar watching here

I didn’t watch the Oscars last week, because I don’t care who other people say did a great job.

That’s their opinion, not mine, because I wouldn’t know.

The only movies I watch feature car chases, explosions, tracer bullets and start with a warning that viewer discretion is advised.

Okay, I might have watched a little of the red carpet action, but that’s only because I’ve always wondered how I’d look in a little someBy thing slit up the side.

Stewart Just kidding. I can’t wear cocktail dresses because I’d Dobson wipe my hands on them like I do my jeans.

“Oh my, God! He just got Cheetos dust all over the $10,000 Valentino!”

Besides, if I were so inclined and I did show my legs in public, I’d be besieged by fad diet outfits to turn pro, because people wouldn’t be able to eat for weeks: “Lose up to 10 pounds a week guaranteed!

Just one look at this pair of knobby pins before each meal and lose weight fast! Call now to order.”

But no, I didn’t look at the red carpet stroll either, because, one, I don’t care what other people wear, and, two, I can’t stand commentators who appear to have been looking at my legs for the past year.

Some of them are so skinny I suspect they have second jobs hanging on a stand in the corner of an anatomy lab.

I’m sorry, but the only time I do well with bony is when I’m picking them out of fried

white perch. I also suspect that if I were to say, “Hey, nice clavicles,” I’d get sued.

But back to movie matters, what I find particularly annoying is the all-too-frequent advisory, “may contain strong language.”

What do they mean “may?” There’s no “may” about it. Either it has strong language or it doesn’t, and what I really don’t get is why so much of that sort of thing is now commonplace in movies.

I mean if 1942’s “Bambi,” were to be remade today, the female fawn, Faline, would say of young Bambi, “He’s kind of ^%$# bashful, isn’t he, Momma?”

Further, if the book sequel, “Bambi’s Children,” were to be adapted for the big screen, it would contain a least one scene that showed where little deer children come from. And then we’d find out how Thumper got his name.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not offended by profanity and have been known to employ it regularly myself. But these days it’s usage is so common that it’s hard work to come up with something that has real impact.

“Hey, you *&^%$!

“Good morning to you too, sir!”

Besides, why would I find movie profanity entertaining after spending eight hours a day in the middle of the real thing?

“Hello? Production?”

“Yes, *&^%$!, what do you &^%$# want now?”

Again, just kidding. The truth is it’s usually the other way around.

As for whether I will ever watch the Oscars, chances are slim. After all, I’ve seen the “Dirty Dozen,” “The Magnificent Seven” and “The House of Flying Daggers” 45 times each.

What else could there possibly be?

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Local family moves forward after house fire Occupants safely escaped, but belongings charred and cat requires medical care

told Ocean City Today. “Unfortunately, our house and almost all of our belongings caught fire and were either destroyed or ruined.”

The family, Gwen and Evelyn CordBy Josh Kim ner, Sam Rich, and Evelyn and Sam’s 1Staff Writer year-old daughter, Norma Rich, are (Feb. 14, 2020) A local family is look- unscathed, but family cat Annie susing for help after losing their belongings tained injuries, and will require followin an early morning house fire in the up medical care.

Little Salisbury neighborhood on MonFamily friend Brittany Mariner day. posted a request for donations on her “On early Monday morning, Feb. 10, Facebook page Monday morning, and we, by the grace of God, woke up to the told Ocean City Today that the Cordner smell of smoke,” the Cordner family family has received an abundance of baby clothing for Norma since then.

Mariner said rather than money, the Cordner family asked for gift cards from stores such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot in order to buy essentials, as they prepare to find a new home.

“We have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of love JOSH KIM/OCEAN CITY TODAY and support from our The Cordner family’s Caribbean Drive home went ablaze on Monday, family, friends and Feb. 10. Although the family escaped safely, many of their belongings community,” the famdid not make it, and they are looking for donations, a family friend ily said. “We want to told Ocean City Today. thank everyone that

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Evelyn Cordner, Sam Rich and their 1-year-old daughter, Norma Rich, were able to escape unscathed from a fire that took place at their home on Monday, Feb. 10. The family is looking for gift card donations to stores such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot, as they find a new home.

has already helped us. Any donations that are made will go toward renting a storage unit, vet bills for our cat that survived with injuries, necessities for our one year old and basic needs.”

To donate gift cards to the Cordner family, mail it to Brittany Mariner at P.O. Box 1005 Berlin. Windmill Creek

Vineyard and Winery, located at 11206 Worcester Hwy, Berlin, will also be hosting a fundraising event for the cat’s medical expenses this weekend, so check out the winery’s Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/Windmillcreekvineyard/

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Immigrant detainee center puts $4.5 million in coffers Continued from Page 1 ters. If passed, the bill would require Worcester County to terminate by next October its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep illegal immigrants in jail.

As of August 2019, the Worcester County Detention Center in Snow Hill houses 141 detainees, according to Worcester County Warden Donna Bounds. The county receives $87.11 per inmate per day, totaling $12,282.51 per day and nearly $4.5 million for the year. That revenue goes toward the county’s general fund.

The Worcester County Commissioners sent a letter to the Eastern Shore Delegation on Friday. Feb. 7, asking them to oppose the legislation.

“Our annual budget for the Worcester County jail relies heavily on revenues from ICE to support our operations,” the letter reads. “Specifically, ICE revenues in FY19 contributed $5.1 million toward our total jail budget of $9.2 million. Prohibition of these services and the resulting loss of revenues would be devastating to the operations of the Worcester County jail.”

Both Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R38) and Delegate Wayne Hartman (38-C) oppose the legislation.

“Making Maryland a sanctuary state would threaten public safety and put Maryland and Worcester County at risk of losing millions of federal dollars,” Carozza said. “I will continue to oppose all efforts to make Maryland a sanctuary state.”

Area sheriffs attended a press conference Tuesday night to voice their concerns about the bill. Wicomico Sheriff Mike Lewis said that Maryland as a sanctuary state would be “a haven for drug dealers, drug distributors and drug traffickers. It’s not going to happen on our watch,” according to Carozza.

“Sanctuary state bills in general — they’re not allowing the local law enforcement to share information with

our federal homeland security officials, so it directly impacts public safety,” Carozza said.

Hartman said there were many unknowns with the bill.

“If there’s an illegal immigrant that has committed a crime somewhere else, what benefit does it have to us to have them on the street and tying government’s hands as to what questions can be asked of them?”

Hartman said.

The other two counties that detain illegal immigrants are Frederick and Howard counties. The House will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 25 and the Senate will have its hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Another bill that will directly affect the county is the Blueprint for America’s Future – Implementation, which was derived from the Kirwan Commission recommendations. The commission calls for a multi-billion-dollar revamping of state education.

Worcester County, which is rated as the wealthiest county per capita in the state by Kirwan standards, would have to budget an added $5.3 million for public schools in 2030. The state contribution would grow by $7 million for a combined $12.3 million increase in 2030 school spending for Worcester public schools.

Meanwhile, Wicomico County, ranked 22nd by Kirwan standards in per capita wealth, would receive an extra $73.8 million from the state and the local contribution would increase by $9.4 million.

According to Hartman, Kirwan will cost $4 billion a year in full effect over 10 years, with $2.8 billion on the state and $1.2 billion on the local counties. He said that unless there’s a significant change to the funding formula and mandates, he’ll have a hard time supporting the bill.

“We had a meeting with the local superintendents of the schools and they have concerns because this doesn’t give the local jurisdictions, such as Worcester County superintendent,

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The restricted traffic configuration made necessary by the State Highway Administration’s repair work on the Route 50 Bridge is expected to end in early March.

Bridge repairs near completion Continued from Page 1 Tuesdays with just a few hours of single-lane closure in the morning,” Rager said.

Looking ahead, Rager said the administration may need additional lane closures on the bridge for steel repairs next winter, and, as always, the administration is looking to plan

this work off-season to minimize traffic and tourism disruption.

“Motorists are reminded that the bridge is an active work zone — please obey the 35 mph speed limit and be alert for workers crossing traffic lanes and construction vehicles entering and exiting the work zone,” Rager said.

the ability to take increased funding and use it where they see fit,” Hartman said.

More specifically, Hartman said he doesn’t think increasing teacher salaries will help retention rates. Instead, he’d like to see the state and local administration empower teachers to have more discipline and control over classroom environment.

“There’s so many times that the administration doesn’t support the teachers as far as disciplining students,” Hartman said. “Students are sent to the office only to be sent back to the classroom.”

He added that there are rumors in Annapolis that the two jurisdictions that will shoulder the heaviest impacts, Baltimore City and Prince George’s County, may receive amendments.

“If the state was serious about education, they would value every student in Maryland the same regardless of where they come from,” Hartman said.

There will be a joint hearing for the House and Senate on Monday, Feb. 17, involving the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee.

There will also be an opportunity for the public to offer testimony and amendments, which Carozza anticipates will draw a crowd of community representatives.

“I would expect that there will be significant proposals to address the deficiencies in Kirwan, including the need to increase local authority, flexibility and local affordability, as well as proposals that I’m working on that would address the classroom and school environment when it comes to structure and discipline,” Carozza said.

Both elected officials have previously said that the Kirwan funding formula unfairly rates Worcester as the wealthiest of counties.

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POLICE/COURTS Continued from Page 24 to sit, but Burke reportedly ignored the order and proceeded to expose his genitalia to the officer again.

Burke then allegedly attempted to run from police, but a combination of intoxication and the position of his pants caused him to fall.

Police arrested Burke, who faces charges for disorderly conduct, indecent exposure and obstructing and hindering an arrest.

Drugs Berlin resident Kevin Francis McNellis II faces multiple drug-related charges after police found cocaine in his possession during a traffic stop.

On Sunday, Feb. 9, police reported seeing a Toyota Avalon enter a downtown motel parking lot, and then McNellis exiting the vehicle and entering a unit.

Approximately two minutes later, McNellis left the unit and reentered the vehicle.

Police reported following the vehicle for three blocks, and pulled it over for speeding.

An officer spoke with the driver, and was about to let the two go but decided instead to ask to search the vehicle.

The officer reported finding an open can of beer that Nellie allegedly admitted was his.

Police arrested McNellis for the open beer can and conducted a body search.

According to the court document, police found a black straw used for snorting cocaine, a plastic bag filled with cocaine and $280.

During a police interview, McNellis told police that he had gone to the motel and sold 3.5 grams of cocaine.

McNellis faces charges for possessing an open container of alcohol, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a narcotic with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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A fatal crash involving this flatback rollback occurred between the intersection of Routes 113 and 818 on Thursday, Feb. 6. Police are currently investigating the cause of the crash.

Berlin PD investigating fatal crash

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) The driver of a S10 Chevy pickup who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Berlin last Thursday has been identified as Johnie Derrickson, 73, of Parsonsburg.

Although the circumstances of the accident remain unclear, what is known that his pickup collided with a large rollback truck at the intersection of Routes 113 and 818 just south of town.

The driver of the truck was Robert Kressman, 58, of New York. Kress-

man was not injured in the collision and refused medical treatment at the scene.

Lt. Robert Fisher of the Berlin Police Department estimates the results of the investigation take anywhere from two or three weeks, or perhaps longer.

Guilty of reckless endangerment

By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) A Worcester County Circuit Court jury last Thursday found Harrisburg, Pennsylvania resident Harold Rafael NunezDominguez, 19, not guilty of firstand second-degree assault or attempted murder, but guilty of reckless endangerment.

Nunez-Dominguez was involved in a midnight brawl at Caroline Street and the Boardwalk on June 9, 2019.

According to a police report,

Nunez-Dominguez stabbed two juveniles, 15 and 17, respectively.

The younger of the two victims was sent to Peninsula Regional Medical Center, while the older one was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

The jury deliberated for four days before handing its verdict, and Nunez-Dominguez will be sentenced on April 3.

A pre-sentencing investigation will be conducted before NunezDominguez’s sentencing.

Harold R. Nunez-Dominguez, 19, was found guilty of reckless endangerment last Thursday, Feb. 6.

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Berlin approves annex of 100K-sq-ft property Agreement between owners and town for land on Route 50 to begin redevelopment

By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) An agreement to annex more than 100,000 square feet of property into the Town of Berlin was approved by the Berlin mayor and Town Council meeting on Monday.

The land is on the south side of Route 50 and the east side of Seahawk Road. The process began last December when the Planning Commission approved the request.

There are 104,811 square feet eligible for annexation, according to a memorandum from Oct. 24 last year.

A McDonald’s restaurant once stood on the property, as did a Harley Davidson dealership, according to Planning Director Dave Engelhart.

The land is designated as a C-2 Commercial zone in Worcester County, according to the annexation memorandum. If approved, the area would be rezoned to B-2 Shopping District within Berlin’s town limits.

“The area is within 2 acres, it is

[across] from the town, and the purpose of the annexation is, frankly, to allow the property to have a use,” attorney Joseph Moore, of Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison in Ocean City, said. “The intended use of the property … is an AutoZone property.”

Moore added that the properties would be connected to the town sewer.

As for the expense the property owners would bear the responsibility, he said.

The property owners would also pay ready-to-serve fees associated with the allotted equivalent dwelling units.

“These uses on the property are not residential, they are commercial, which brings us to our request that you would allow the rezoning of B-2 for the zone,” Moore said.

Moore also presented a letter of approval from the Worcester County Commissioners regarding the annexation of the properties.

Robert Mitchell, director of environmental programs for Worcester County, served as Moore’s witness for the annexation proposal.

The annexation was passed by a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Zach Tyndall opposed.

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Attorney Joseph Moore, front, and Director of Environmental Programs Robert Mitchell explain to the Berlin mayor and Town Council on Monday why the property should be annexed.

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Council ties event support to its relocation Continued from Page 1 its borders.

County Recreation and Parks Director Tom Perlozzo replied that it was his goal to garner more hotel stays in Ocean City.

“We felt like this particular event is certainly in the correct image and the correct demographics that Ocean City portrays, so it’s our efforts — Ocean City is in Worcester County last time I checked — to bring those kinds of events here,” Perlozzo said.

Perlozzo said he spoke with Susan Jones, Ocean City Hotel-MotelRestaurant Association executive director, about creating special hotel-business packages. He also told the council that his department had considered holding the event on Ocean City’s beach, but that strong winds and sand could irritate and

harm participants.

The next best thing, Perlozzo said, was to have the event as close to Ocean City as possible, within arm’s reach of the resort’s amenities.

That failed to satisfy council members.

“In your application to TAB (Tourism Advisory Board), and I quote, ‘With being held at Seaside Christian Academy, we anticipate people will gravitate toward adjacent shops and restaurants within the outlets and continue play at Baja Amusements,’ [you] kind of lost me there,” Councilman Dennis Dare said.

Perlozzo pointed to members of the business community who had expressed interest in working with the county on the race, such as Dean Langrall of Jolly Roger Amusements.

Tourism Advisory Board Chair-

man Steve Pastusak also mentioned the event’s brand power, with more than 80,000 likes on Facebook. He contended that securing the Great Inflatable Race would be another step toward making Ocean City a sports/outdoor activity destination.

“I’d like to add … after we have the race, we could certainly identify maybe the opportunity to come back into Ocean City,” Perlozzo said. “It is our intention not to come back before TAB. We’re looking at this as a selfsustaining event, but to get things off into the races, we reached out to TAB and said, ‘Look, we’re willing to take the $40,000 additional risk, if we can drive some business into Ocean City’.”

But council members remained unconvinced.

Dare and Councilwoman Mary Knight argued that the event would draw more participants if it were held on the beach, and that the sand was a non-issue.

Knight referenced the Spartan Race, which drew more than 3,500 participants to the resort.

“When I was at Spartan, everyone was so excited to be in Ocean City, and they beat their numbers being on the beach,” Knight said.

Another potential location several council members mentioned was Northside Park at 125th Street.

Only Councilman John Gehrig defended Perlozzo’s request, saying it was time for the city and county to overcome their differences and work together.

“At some point, I believe this body needs to get over ourselves, and our legacy mindset of city v. county,” he said. “We need to partner with the county, we need to build bridges with the county … We all win, we have to have confidence in ourselves that people will want to be in Ocean City.”

Perlozzo echoed Gehrig’s sentiment.

“I want you to know that when I go to an event to recruit these promoters to come to Ocean City, there are a lot of amenities inside corporate limits that are not available to bring someone in,” he said.

He recalled meeting with a lacrosse promoter who had 500 teams and who would book 14,000

room nights.

“We have the land, [but] they’re still going to stay in Ocean City because we have the beach. I just implore you to understand that there’s always two sides.”

Much is at stake, Perlozzo continued, if the two governments failed to set aside their conflicts.

“We had the opportunity to bring USA volleyball. Do I want to do that in Snow Hill? No. I have men’s and women’s volleyball that want to come here in August, Olympic year,” he said.

Perlozzo reminded the council that despite being a county employee, his work also benefited the resort.

“I think you really should do the event year one, if we make money you can have the money — we don’t need your money. I don’t see the risk … I’d be better off countywise putting them in hotel rooms in an unincorporated town, but I want to put them on the beach, I want to put them here.”

Despite Perlozzo’s statement, the majority of the council remained adamant that the race had to be held in Ocean City.

There was also a spat between council members Mark Paddack and Gehrig, after the latter revealed his company, D3 Corp, would be aiding in booking hotels for participants.

Gehrig originally said he would abstain from the vote, but changed his mind and said he would vote and donate all revenue earned from the bookings to charity.

“Did I just hear you correctly [that you have a conflict of interest]?” Paddack asked. “We just sat here and had a conversation for 35 minutes, and now we’re finding out that you are conflicted, and you’ve been speaking, and you said you’re going to abstain and now you’re going to vote and say, ‘I’m going to give the money back to charity.’ That’s wrong. You say what we’re doing is wrong? That’s wrong.”

With the council not budging, Perlozzo said he would look into moving the event to Ocean City, which he said was possible with the funding somewhat secured.

“We have a conference call set up today with the promoter … [and] we’ll know in a week,” Perlozzo told Ocean City Today.

Clarification Last week’s article on the indictment of Jarrett Wise on child pornography charges said he was a former Ocean City police officer. He served with the department from July 1993 to August 2000, according to departmental records.

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WORLD WAR II

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by Royal destroyers KMS Altmark stopped by British Navy, rescues POWs

By Sam Ghaleb Contributing Writer (Feb. 14, 2020) Eighty years ago, this week, the German supply ship KMS Altmark was sighted by two separate Hudson aircraft from RAF Coastal Command. One hour later Capt. Philip Vian, the famous and dashing Royal Navy dePhilip Louis Vian stroyer leader, at the head of a small squadron of destroyers, intercepted the German ship.

The Altmark was in company with two Norwegian destroyers in Norwegian waters. Despite this, Vian ordered the destroyers Ivanhoe and Intrepid to board the German ship.

This led to a series of actions in which the Royal Navy destroyers were able to free 299 survivors captured by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the closing months of Continued on Page 75

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IN MEMORIAL First responders and area residents raise an American flag at half mast in support and memory of Lt. Colonel Paul Voss of the United States Air Force.

Voss lost his life in Afghanistan two weeks ago. His body was escorted by police from Dover Air Force Base and traveled through Worcester County on Tuesday, Feb. 11, before making its way to his hometown in Virginia.

Area residents stand in memory of Lt. Col. Paul Voss of the United States Air Force on Route 113 near Ocean Pines on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Several Ocean Pines staff members, including General Manager John Viola, attended the event.

PHOTO COURTESY JOSH DAVIS

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OBITUARIES FRANK JOSEPH GEPPI Berlin Frank Joseph Geppi, age 90, died on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Frank D. Geppi and Catherine Gutman Geppi.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Zoltowski Frank Geppi Geppi, and son, David W. Geppi.

He is survived by his children, Steven Geppi and his wife, Kathy, Gary Geppi, Timothy Geppi and his wife, Debra, and Kevin Geppi and his wife, Kelli, Susan Crownover and her husband, Tom, Kathy Liddle and her husband, Rick, and Carleen Geppi.

There are 20 grandchildren, 19 greats, and one great-great grandchild.

Mr Geppi was a United States Marine Corps veteran, and had been a Baltimore City firefighter for 27 years.

As a Berlin resident, he also served in the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department. He was an avid Ravens fan.

A memorial service was held on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

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BARRY EWELL FISHER Chincoteague Barry Ewell Fisher, 87, of Chincoteague Island, Virginia, passed away on Jan. 31, 2020, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, on Oct. 27, 1932, to the late Floyd and Mary Elizabeth (Ewell) Fisher.

He was a graduate of Chincoteague High School Class of 1951, where he was vice president of his class and played football.

He served in the United States Coast Guard as a senior chief boatswain mate for 23 years.

He served in the Vietnam War, was stationed in Ocean City, as officer in charge and ended his military career as drill instructor at Cape May, New Jersey, in 1974.

He loved football so much that he played for the United States Coast Guard team.

After retirement from the Coast Guard in 1974, he never gave up his love of water, so he did some sea clamming and gill netting.

In 1975, he founded and operated Fisher Marine Construction, which his son, Dean, still carries on today.

He was a member of American Legion Post #159 and Accomack Masonic Lodge #243.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife of 47 years, Shirley Louise (Bloxom) Fisher.

Mr. Fisher is survived by his loving spouse of 18 years, Margaret “Peggy” Jones Fisher of Chincoteague; two sons, Garry Fisher and his wife, Beth, of Chincoteague, and Dean Fisher and his fiancé, Desiree McDermott, of Chincoteague Island; three granddaughters, Kathryn Carpenter and her husband, Daniel, of Virginia Beach, Lauren Bowden and her husband, Stephen, of Chincoteague Island, and Christine Bair and her husband, Jon, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and three great-grandchildren.

He was respected and loved by his step-children, Leslie Hirth and husband, Douglas, Toni Belmont (dec.), and Sean Daisey and wife, Lynn, all of Pennsylvania; nine step-grandchildren, and 16 step-great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at the Chincoteague Church of God, Chincoteague Island, with the Rev. John Thorne and Pastor Kevin Stanley officiating.

Burial was in the John W. Taylor Memorial Cemetery in Temperanceville, Virginia, with full military honors.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Riverside Shore Hospice, 25379 Lankford Highway, Suite A

Onley, Virginia 23418, or American Legion Post #159, 4023 Main Street Chincoteague Island, Virginia 23336.

Condolences may be made online at www.salyerfh.com.

LILLIAN T. PAUCIELLO Selbyville Lillian T. “Bunny” Pauciello, age 73, of Selbyville, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 at her home.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Lillian C. (Wassel) Goughan.

She had worked as a retail clerk and was a member of St. Luke Catholic Church in Ocean City.

She is survived by her friend, Terri L. Nicholson of Bethany Beach; her aunt, Doris Shaughnessy, and several cousins.

She was preceded in death by her two daughters, Denise M. Mattern and Donna M. Truitt.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 at BishopHastings Funeral Home in Selbyville, Delaware.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to: Coastal Cats, P.O. Box 1125, Bethany Beach, Delaware 19930.

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

JOHN LEE DAVIS Bishopville John Lee (Jack) Davis, 74, of Bishopville, Maryland, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

He is survived by his loving wife, Kathleen Ellen Davis.

His son, Christopher Davis, tragically died one day later in an automobile accident.

Jack Davis He is also survived

by Christopher’s children, Arias Abbruzzi Davis, Chiara Abbruzzi-Davis, River AbbruzziDavis, Thomas Kelly, Noah Davis and Paxton Davis; his sister, Bonnie Faulk and husband, David; niece, Jenepher Esser and husband, Tom; grandnephews, TJ and Toby; and grandniece, Bonnie Esser; nephew, David Faulk and his wife, Samantha; and grandnephews, DJ and Caleb.

Other family members include Linda and John Barris, Keith Barkley, Edward Walters and a host of cousins.

He was predeceased by his father and mother, John and Isabel Davis.

Jack had been an enthusiastic member of Ocean City Volunteer Fire Department, and active in the Ocean City Cruzers Classic Car Club.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and never left his last assignment in Ocean City, Maryland.

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WORLD WAR II Continued from Page 72 1939, when it sunk nine ships in the south Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

The Altmark was a German fleet supply ship and tanker that had been used to support the Admiral Graf Spee on her commerce raiding sortie in the South Atlantic in 1939. Prior to the battle of the River Plate, the captain of the Admiral Graf Spee, Hans Langsdorff, decided to transfer the 299 British prisoners of war to the Altmark.

After the battle, the Graf Spee sailed to Montevideo harbor in Uruguay, where she released her remaining prisoners. The British government learned of the remaining prisoners, and began to hunt for the Altmark. The initial search failed because the Altmark remained in the South Atlantic for two months after the destruction of the Graf Spee, only beginning her journey home on Jan. 22.

She successfully crossed the North Atlantic, and passed between the Faeroe Islands and Iceland gap without being discovered. However, on Feb. 15, the British learned that the Altmark had just passed Bergen on the west coast of Norway.

Under international law, the British seamen onboard the Altmark should have been released into Norwegian custody when she stopped in Bergen.

Instead, they were hidden below decks

in storage lockers and even in empty oil tanks, while the Norwegians conducted two limited searches of the ship.

Fortunately, the British had a squadron of several destroyers patrolling off the Norwegian coast, under the command of Capt. Vian of the destroyer Cossack. He was ordered to make the interception of the Altmark his first priority.

At just after 1 p.m., on Feb. 16, 1940, the Altmark was sighted. One hour later the German ship was intercepted. The first boarding attempt failed, and the Altmark successfully made her way into Jössing Fjord, a mile-and-a-half-long steep- sided fjord.

At 4.10 p.m. that same day, Capt.

Vian followed the Altmark into the fjord, where he found the Norwegian torpedo boat Kjell, and demanded they order the Germans to hand over the prisoners. The Norwegian response was that the Altmark had been searched twice at Bergen, and had found to be an unarmed ship. She was therefore allowed to use Norwegian territorial waters.

Vian withdrew outside territorial waters, and consulted with the Admiralty. At this point, Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, intervened. Churchill told Vian to tell the Norwegians that if they did not agree to escort the Altmark back to Bergen

with a joint Anglo-Norwegian guard, he would seize the Altmark himself!

Vian, on the Cossack, re-entered Norwegian waters at 10 p.m. The Norwegians turned down the British request, and so Vian prepared to board.

The Altmark attempted to escape, and ran aground. Vian took the Cossack alongside, grappled with the Altmark, and boarded her in a way that would have been familiar to Adm. Lord Nelson in the 18th century. After a brief fight, the German crew either surrendered or escaped to land. The British then searched the Altmark, and much to their relief, found the 299 British prisoners hidden below decks, as well two heavy and four light machine guns.

Someone called out “The Navy’s Here!,” and the cry became famous in Britain. The prisoners were then transferred onto the Cossack, and the Altmark was allowed to resume her journey back to Germany.

Inevitably, the British action provoked a diplomatic protest from Norway, although both Britain and Germany had breached Norwegian neutrality. The general British attitude was that a failure to act would have set a dangerous precedent, suggesting that the Germans could use neutral waters for warlike purposes.

Norway was always viewed by Germany as a strategic asset — a neutral Norway was considered to be in its

best interest. When Norway issued a declaration of neutrality on Sept. 1, 1939, the German response came on Sept. 2.

The Germans stated that they would respect Norwegian neutrality as long as that neutrality was maintained in an uncompromising manner. The German view was that if that neutrality was not maintained in such manner or if a third power violated Norwegian neutrality, Germany would be forced to protect its interests by ways and means dictated by the situation at the time.

Germany also gave a clear warning that it would not tolerate a tilt of Norwegian neutrality towards the Western Allies. Britain and France, however, did not issue an immediate response to the Norwegian declaration of neutrality. Ultimately, the British government announced it would respect Norwegian neutrality, in case of war, but it also considered a German attack on Norway would be an attack on Great Britain.

The Altmark incident led Hitler to believe that Great Britain could no longer be trusted in regard to the neutrality of Norway. Because of this, Hitler gave the order to Großadmiral Erich Ræder, chief of the German Kriegsmarine, to prepare and execute “Operation Weserübung” — the invasion of Norway.

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OBITUARIES Continued from Page 75 dog Frisco, and his 1969 Chevelle.

There will be no service at this time. A celebration of Jack’s life will be planned in the near future to take place near his beloved Ocean City, Maryland, where he lived for over 50 years.

The family plans to start a fund to assist Christopher’s surviving minor children, Noah (9) and Paxton (5).

CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH DAVIS Mars Hill Christopher Joseph “Chris” Davis, 50, of Mars Hill, North Carolina, was killed in an auto accident the night of Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, while on his way home from work, having just learned of his father’s passing the night before.

Chris grew up in Ocean City, MaryChris Davis land, and is a graduate of Stephen Decatur High school.

He is survived by his mother, Kathleen Davis; his children, Arias Abbruzzi Davis, Chiara AbbruzziDavis, River Abbruzzi-Davis, Thomas Kelly, Noah Davis and Paxton Davis; and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Heck.

He is also survived by his aunt, Linda Barris; uncle, John Barris; and cousins, Keith Barkley and Edward

Walters.

He was predeceased by his father, John “Jack” Davis.

Chris’ life was devoted to all of his children, his parents, and the life he was building in Mars Hill.

There will be no service at this time. A celebration of Christopher’s life will be planned in the near future to take place near Ocean City, Maryland.

The family plans to start a fund to assist Chris’ surviving minor children, Noah (9) and Paxton (5).

VIRGINIA REISTER Ocean City Virginia “Ginny” Reister passed away Feb. 8, 2020 at her home, surrounded by family.

Born in Baltimore on Nov. 18, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Birdell Clemens.

She is survived by her sons, Henry Clay Reister IV, Dr. John Ginny Reister Reister (Jean) and Joseph Reister (Stacy); eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Henry Clay Reister III, and her sister, Carole Ferguson.

Ginny attended Goucher College in 1955 and received a B.A. in Eng-

lish. She also attended East Tennessee State University in 1987 and received a M.ED. (Exercise Physiology).

Ginny had a passion for aquatics from being a Red Cross water safety instruction trainer to providing aquatic therapy.

Ginny enjoyed reading, gardening, traveling, cooking, swimming and community service.

She started the Ocean Pines Nature Center, the Ocean Pines Swim Team, and was the Ocean Pines Aquatics director. She also served on numerous committees.

In 1981, she and her husband were awarded the Ocean Pines Citizen of the Year Award, in 1992 the Aquatic Council Honor Award, and also the Daily Times Unsung Hero Award.

Having lost her husband and sister to cancer and surviving breast cancer herself, Ginny volunteered at Woman Supporting Woman.

In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to: Women Supporting Woman, 1320 Belmont Avenue, Suite 402, Salisbury Maryland 21804.

A celebration of life will be planned at a later date. Condolences may be shared with the family via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

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

RAYMOND PAUL WHITTENBERGER, JR. Ocean City Raymond Paul Whittenberger, Jr., age 72, of Ocean City, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 at Macky and Pam Stansell House of Coastal Hospice in Berlin.

Paul was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and was the son of the late Raymond Paul and Beverly R. Paul (Bullock) WhittenWhittenberger, aberger Sr. Jr. He was a retired Anne Arundel County police officer and Worcester County District Court commissioner.

Paul was a member of American Legion Post #166 in Ocean City and Community Church at Ocean Pines.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1967 through 1970 and was deployed to Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the TET Offensive.

He is survived by his wife, Christina D. Whittenberger; two daughters, Kelly I. School (Jeffrey) of Columbus, Ohio and Rebecca J. Kalchthaler of Ocean City; a sister, Joyce Birely (Richard) of Annapolis, Maryland; a brother, Gerald Lockhart (Gilly) of Edgewater, Florida; a sisterin-law, Cecelia Whittenberger of Columbus, Ohio; eight grandchildren, Ashleigh, Devon, Amber, Derrick, Kelista, Amine, Bryce and Ethan and 10 great-grandchildren; and two cousins, Richard Bullock of Corpus Christi, Texas and Gary Bullock (Nell) of Conway, South Carolina.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Jon Whittenberger.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Community Church at Ocean Pines. Friends may call one hour before the service.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to: Community Church at Ocean Pines, 11227 Racetrack Road, Berlin, Maryland 21811, or Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Maryland 21802.

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

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The Stephen Decatur wresting team was dominant during Wednesday’s 2A East Region dual meet championship in Berlin. Decatur captured its second consecutive regional dual title. In addition, senior captain Jagger Clapsadle, standing third from left, earned his 147th victory to tie the school record for most career wins.

Dominant Decatur wins regional dual title Senior Jagger Clapsadle earns 147th career victory in meet, ties school record

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) The Stephen Decatur wrestlers again showed their strength and power on the mat, easily winning their second consecutive regional dual title on Wednesday in Berlin.

“Dominant. They were just dominant,” said Decatur Coach Todd Martinek. “We really set the tone from the beginning to the end.”

The undefeated Decatur squad was seeded No. 1. The Seahawks faced the fourth-seeded Queen Anne’s Lions in the semifinal round and won, 62-12.

Senior Shamar Baines (120 pounds), junior captain Nico D’Amico (132), sophomores Noah Reho (145) and Alex Koulikov (152) and junior T.D. Ortega (285) pinned their opponents.

Senior DJ Taylor (16-1) and junior

James Parana (19-2), earned techni- career wins. cal-fall victories at 182 and 160 “It’s really exciting. I’m still workpounds, respectively. ing toward my ultimate goal of being Junior Micah Bourne scored a a state champ,” Clapsadle said. “I just major decision, 12-3, at 170 pounds. try to wrestle hard every match.”

Senior captain Jagger Clapsadle “He’s got a lot of matches still to go outscored his 126-pound opponent, this year. He’ll beat it pretty good,” 6-5. Senior Kyle ElMartinek said. liott won his 138Miller (106), pound match, 5-3. ‘We really set the tone from the Koulikov (152), Senior Austin Bourne (170), Taybeginning to the end.’

Miller (106) and lor (182) and freshDecatur Coach junior Johnny Hofman Logan Intrieri Todd Martinek man (195) won by (113) pinned their forfeit. opponents.

The secondBaines topped seeded Kent Island Buccaneers bat- his 120-pound competitor, 12-1. tled the third-seeded Parkside Rams D’Amico (132) and Elliott (138), on the other mat. Kent Island won, outscored their opponents, 9-1 and 52-21.

13-2, respectively.

Decatur and Kent Island battled Reho shut out his 145-pound comfor the 2A East Region dual title, but petition, 3-0, and Parana won his it was no contest. The Seahawks came 160-pound match, 5-2. out on top, 57-6.

Kent Island forfeited the 195Clapsadle started it off for Decatur, pound match to Hofman. winning his 126-pound match, 13-7.

“I’m really proud of the team. They It was his 147th career victory. It really stepped it up,” Clapsadle said. ties him with Andy McKahan (2013“We looked good. We just got to 2017) for the school record for most stay healthy for a few more days

[and] make weight again,” Martinek said. “I don’t think there’s many teams that really want to wrestle us.

I wouldn’t.”

Decatur will compete for the 2A state dual championship on Saturday at North Point High School in Waldorf.

Decatur is the No. 1 seed and will face No. 4 Sparrows Point in the semifinal round at noon. Secondseeded LaPlata will battle No. 3 Glenelg in the other semifinal round.

The winners will go head-to-head for the championship at 4 p.m.

“We’ve just got to keep focusing on what we need to get better at and make weight,” Martinek said. “If everybody does their job, hopefully we come home with another state title on Saturday. That’s our goal. I’m excited. I’m looking forward to Saturday. I’d like to go right now.”

Decatur captured the 3A East Region dual meet championship – the team’s first since 2011 – last year. Decatur also won the 3A state dual title. The last time the squad had won a state dual championship title was in 2008.

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REGIONAL DUALS (Left) Stephen Decatur sophomore Alex Koulikov battles Queen Anne’s Jacob Westfall in the 152-pound match, during the 2A East Region dual meet semifinals on Wednesday in Berlin. Koulikov pinned him. (Right) Decatur senior Austin Miller works to pin Kent Island’s Jack Hooks during their 106-pound match in the regional finals, and was successful.

Several Decatur indoor track athletes place top 8 at meet

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) While several Stephen Decatur indoor track athletes won ribbons for placing eighth or better during the 3A Central Region meet, held Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, only one has advanced to the state championship.

“Regionals went well. I think we did overall about what I ex- Jody Stigler pected,” said Decatur Coach Jody Stigler.

Over the years, Decatur has traditionally participated in the east region. This season the school was in the central division.

“The central region was comparable to the east,” Stigler said. “The east may be a little stronger in some events and the central in others. It also varies from year to year.”

Decatur junior Zachary Fuchsluger placed the highest during regionals. He finished in third place in the high jump, recording a height of 5 feet 6 inches.

Freshman Taya Price tied for fifth place with Towson sophomore Shania Williams in the high jump. They both jumped 4 feet 8 inches.

Decatur’s 3,200-meter relay team of seniors Caroline Gardner and Alyssa Romano, junior Mary Mergott and freshman Julia Carlson came in sixth place (11:18.96).

Samuel Oates, a junior, placed seventh in the 55-meter hurdles event (8.73 seconds). Freshman Kai Ross took seventh in the pole vault (9 feet).

Fuchsluger will be the lone Decatur representative at the 3A state championship, slated for Tuesday at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, beginning at 4 p.m.

Although he thought he could have done better, Fuchsluger was pleased with his overall performance at regionals.

“I was a little nervous. Overall, I liked how I performed in only my second time at regionals,” he said.

Fuchsluger said he has jumped 5 feet 6 inches consistently all season. He made the height on his second attempt at regionals.

Fuchsluger was close to getting 5 feet 8 inches, but just came up a bit short.

PHOTO COURTESY JODY STIGLER

Several Stephen Decatur indoor track athletes won ribbons for placing eighth or better during the 3A Central Region meet, held Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover. Pictured, in back, from left, are juniors Sam Oates and Zachary Fuchsluger, freshman Kia Ross and junior Mary Mergott, and in front, senior Caroline Gardner, freshman Julia Carlson and freshman Taya Price.

“Just little mistakes … just little things I need to fix and clean up so I can get higher,” Fuchsluger said.

He also said he underestimated his high jump abilities.

“After the first round I realized I could compete. We were all on the same level,” he said. “I didn’t realized how good I was doing until it was down to three of us.”

Once everyone attempted 5 feet 6 inches, there were only three competitors left, Fuchsluger said, so he knew he was going to states.

“I was really excited,” he said.

He was able to pick up some tips, talking to some of the other high jumpers during regionals and watching their technique.

“A lot of it came down to speed and how fast they run up to the bar,” he said.

This will be his first time competing at states. Fuchsluger said he is excited, but also a little nervous because he doesn’t know what to expect.

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Zachary Fuchsluger headed to states in high jump event Continued from Page 78 6 inches. He would love to clear 5 feet 8 inches.

“I need to stay calm and not get nervous,” Fuchsluger said. “I’m grateful to be able to go.”

“I think Zach had a good year and really improved from beginning to end,” Stigler said. “We are going to be working on some minor technical tweaks between now and next Tuesday.”

To be successful at states, Stigler said Fuchsluger can’t get overwhelmed by the

moment.

“The starting height will be higher than he is used to and the competitors will be challenging, but he needs to focus on what he is doing and work toward obtaining his PR at the state meet,” Stigler said.

“I told him that I would be happy if he gets his PR regardless of what place he gets.”

PHOTO COURTESY JODY STIGLER

Stephen Decatur junior Zachary Fuchsluger will compete in the 3A indoor track state championship high jump event on Tuesday in Landover.

Decatur defense best of season in game against QA

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) The Stephen Decatur boys’ basketball team picked up back-toback wins on the road earlier this week.

Decatur traveled to Centreville to play the Queen Anne’s Lions on Monday. The Seahawks won, 75-57.

“We played very well. It was probably the best defensive game we had all year,” said Decatur Coach BJ Johnson.

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SD accomplishes mission, Seventeen SD swimmers to gets revenge after first loss compete in regional meet Continued from Page 79 The Seahawks played man-to-man defensive most of the game, he said. Late in the game they went into a zone defense.

Johnson said his team rebounded the ball well, limiting the Lions to just one shot each time.

“And on offense, we made our shots,” he said.

Decatur led 23-5 at the end of the first quarter. At halftime, the Seahawks were on top, 46-23.

After three quarters, the Berlin squad held a 59-37 advantage.

Senior captain Drew Haueisen led Decatur with 25 points and 15 rebounds.

Senior Churchill Bounds chipped in with 13 points and eight rebounds. Senior Theo Hobbs added 11 points.

This was Bounds’ first game back with the Seahawks.

After playing for Decatur for three seasons, Bounds transferred to Bishop Walsh in Cumberland, Maryland, at the beginning of this school year. He came back to Decatur in December, Johnson said, but there is a 45-day rule before he could participate in basketball.

He then practiced with the team for five days before competing in his first game, Johnson said.

“Churchill adds another dimension on the boards. There’s a little bit of an adjustment, but he played with the guys last year,” he said. “It’s nice to have him back.

He can score and he helps with rebounds.”

Standing at 6 feet 10 inches is another benefit.

The next day, Decatur headed to Mardela Springs to battle the Mardela Warriors.

“They beat us in Berlin. They stole one from us, so we own them,” Johnson said Tuesday morning. “We’re going to go and get revenge tonight.”

The Seahawks accomplished their goal, winning 73-63, but it wasn’t easy,

Johnson said.

“The kids fought and stuck with the game plan and were able to pull it out,” he said.

Decatur outscored Mardela, 17-11, in the first quarter.

“We got off to a pretty good start,” Johnson said.

The Warriors scored 24 in the second quarter, while Decatur tallied 18. At halftime, the game was tied, 35-35.

“It was back and forth. Mardela shot the ball well,” Johnson added. “[Our] defense played pretty well. They were playing at home and the ball was just bouncing their way.”

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led 56-52.

“Mardela was up, but we stuck with the game plan,” Johnson said. “When they came off the floor [at the end of the third quarter] I told the kids we’re going to win the game.”

Decatur had a big fourth quarter, scoring 21 points and holding its opponent to seven.

“The same shots they were making earlier in the game they were missing late in the game,” Johnson said. “We were rebounding, only giving them one shot, then we’d go down on the other end and execute on offense.

“We wore them down,” he added.

“Our bench was deeper. We played multiple kids.”

Haueisen had 24 points and nine rebounds. Bounds contributed with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Hobbs scored 12 pounds and senior DaCameron McAfee had 11 rebounds and six points.

Decatur will host the James M. Bennett Clippers, today, Friday, at 5:30 p.m.

Haueisen is two points shy of 1,000.

When he scores those on Friday, the game will be stopped and he will be recognized and presented with a ball.

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) Seventeen Stephen Decatur swimmers – nine boys and eight girls – will compete in the 3A2A-1A East Regional meet at the Arundel Swim Center, Saturday at 3 p.m.

Eight of the Seahawks have participated in the regional meet before.

Decatur’s boys’ team came in second place last year and the girls’ squad finished in Steve Deakyne third.

Decatur boys who will compete in the regional meet are senior captain Richard Poist, juniors Caleb Vaxmonsky, Jack Slaysman, Adison Hommel, Jonathan Franklin, Patrick O’Halloran, Gideon Plamondon and Nick Cardamone, and freshman Gavin Stearn.

“I think they look good,” said Decatur Coach Steve Deakyne. “They’re coming off a strong performance at Baysides.

The Decatur boys’ team came in second place at the Bayside Conference championship meet on Feb. 1.

Seven of the 10 schools competing in the regional meet also participated in the Bayside championship.

“We should be in the top two,” Deakyne said. “Generally, the top teams in the Bayside are the top teams in the region.”

Poist and Vaxmonsky won regional titles last year in the 100-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle, respectively.

“We need to continue what we’ve been doing in practice and drop more time,” Deakyne said. “I’m looking forward to Saturday. I think we have a really good shot to do well.”

The Lady Seahawks finished in

third at the Bayside meet, and Coach Kristina Watts hopes the girls will place in one of the top spots at regionals.

“With only three different teams, it’s almost Bayside round two,” she said.

Watts said she used the Bayside meet results to make her lineup for regionals.

“I changed a handful of events to hopefully get them to place better and have the Kristina Watts best chance to go to states,” she said.

Decatur girls who will participate in the regional event are senior captains Kylie Hamby and Mikayla Denault, sophomores Gracie Coker and Emma Sperry, and freshmen Natalie Canham, Emma Coyman, Kayden Hamby and Katelyn Pizlo.

“The girls have been working hard.

They’re listening and putting in the effort we need on their part,” Watts said.

“This week is crunch time. They’re focusing on all the little things.”

To be successful, Watts said when the Seahawks arrive at the regional meet they need to “turn on their racing mindset.”

“As long as they’re ready to race and to do whatever they can to beat the girl next to them, then they’ll do well,” she said. “And, they need to be positive.”

The top three finishers in each regional event will advance to the 3A2A-1A state championships, Saturday, Feb. 22, at Eppley Recreation Center on the University of Maryland College Park campus. In regional meets, individual competitors or relay teams that have the next top-12 statewide times will also qualify for states.

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Mallards battle back, win by 4 over Eagles one on the road,” said Prep Coach Keith Geiger.

Worcester led 18-7 at the end of the first quarter.

“We got off to a great start,” Geiger said. “Mason [Brown] had four threes, and we were playing good defense.”

Lady Mallards ‘playing their best basketball right now’ lards with 24 points. She also had five steals and four rebounds.

Senior captain Emily Copeland chipped in with 12 points, five steals and four rebounds.

Worcester earned the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference standings. The Prep squad will host the third-seeded Salisbury Christian Jaguars on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Berlin for the conference semifinals match.

Worcester beat Salisbury, 63-25, and 49-27 during the regular season.

If the Mallards win, they will compete for the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship on Friday, Feb. 21.

“I think we look great,” McDermott said. “They’re playing their best basketball right now.”

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and that opened things up more for us.”

Brown, a junior, led Worcester with 26 points. He also had five assists and four rebounds.

“He had a great game,” Geiger said.

“He’s just been playing better and better. He was feeling it tonight.”

Sophomore Brice Richins contributed 12 points and four rebounds.

“It was a fun game to watch,” Geiger said. “They battled back and kept their composure until the end.”

Worcester finished as the third seed in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference. The Mallards will travel to Salisbury on Wednesday to play the second-seeded Salisbury School Dragons at 4 p.m.

Worcester won the first matchup with Salisbury during the regular season, 48-32. Salisbury earned a 63-38 victory in the second.

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) The Worcester Prep girls’ basketball team outscored the Holly Grove Eagles, 55-22, in Westover, on Monday.

The Lady Mallards shut out their opponent, 19-0, in the first quarter.

“We came out really strong and aggressive,” said Prep Coach Brian McDermott. “They were ready to get the win.”

At halftime, Worcester led 26-9. By the end of the third quarter, the Mallards held a 43-11 advantage.

“They did a good job of applying pressure to Holly Grove and making them turn [the ball] over,” McDermott said.

“They played together and played really well as a team.”

Sophomore Lily Baeurle led the Mal-

Holly Grove changed up its defense in the second quarter and it was successful. The Eagles outscored the Mallards, 11-1, in the second. At halftime, the Berlin squad held a 19-18 advantage.

“It took us a while to adjust to their defense,” Geiger said.

During the halftime break, Geiger said they discussed how to break open Holly Grove’s zone and how to best get inside.

Holly Grove put 11 points on the board in the third quarter, while Worcester netted eight. At the end of the quarter, the Eagles were ahead, 29-27.

“The third quarter we still didn’t quite get the hang of it, but by the fourth quarter we got the idea and we were looser,” Geiger said. “When we get down in the third quarter, we have the confidence we can come back. Then we fight back in the fourth. They seem to play better when it’s a tough game.”

The Mallards chipped away at the Eagles’ advantage in the fourth quarter.

With about five minutes remaining in the game, the Berlin squad went on a 178 run.

The Prep team scored 22 points in the fourth, while Holly Grove had 16.

“We made smarter decisions with the ball, we ran our offense more effectively, we put pressure on them and forced them to make plays on defense,” Geiger said. “A couple of their guys fouled out

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) The Worcester Prep boys’ basketball team edged out the Holly Grove Eagles, 49-45, in a tight battle on Monday in Westover.

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Feb. 14, 2020) The Stephen Decatur girls’ basketball team had to fight for the victory on Monday, while Tuesday’s match the Lady Seahawks won easily.

Decatur hosted the Queen Anne’s Lions on Monday and came from behind to win, 51-40.

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Stephen Decatur sophomore Nadia Bullock makes a shot during Monday’s game against Queen Anne’s in Berlin. She led Decatur with 17 points and 16 rebounds in the 51-40 win.

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pier for them. The girls needed that,” said Decatur Coach Scott Kurtz. “We challenged them to get intense and play hard and they stepped up.”

The Berlin squad led 17-8 at the end of the first quarter.

“The first quarter went well.

Queen Anne’s really didn’t use their center too much because she was coming off an injury,” Kurtz said. “We saw the matchups, the matchups favored us and we were able to get a nice little cushion. About halfway through the first quarter she came in Scott Kurtz and we had to adjust and I think our girls were reluctant because we hadn’t played against somebody with that type of inside presence before so a lot of our offensive sets were there, but you could see the girls second guessing [if they] should shoot [feeling they might get blocked].”

Queen Anne’s scored 12 in the second quarter and held Decatur to one point. At halftime, the Lions held a 20-18 advantage.

“We started [the game] strong, then when [Queen Anne’s center, Kendal Moxley] came in she was a difference maker and that held true pretty much all the way through to the halftime basically,” Kurtz said.

“We just could not get anything going offensively.”

During the halftime break, the Decatur coaching staff told the girls they have to want it more.

“We basically just said it’s going to take effort,” Kurtz said. “We can’t change who we are, you can’t shy away from going into the paint, you still have to attack the hoop.”

Decatur started to chip away at Queen Anne’s lead, but after three quarters, the Lions were ahead, 2924.

Decatur freshman Mayah Garner

tied it up, 35-35, with a little over three minutes left in the game.

Freshman Shelby Rosemond hit a three shortly after to put the Seahawks on top, 38-35, and the team continued to extend its lead from there.

“The third quarter they were starting to get it going and then in the fourth quarter we found a different gear,” Kurtz said. “We had just put some new defense in and wanted to try it. It was the perfect time to try it and it turned into energy and offense and then steals, and they fed off it.

We fouled a lot too, but they were smart fouls – fouls going for the ball.”

Decatur put 27 points on the board in the fourth quarter and held Queen Anne’s to 11.

Sophomore Nadia Bullock led Decatur with 17 points, 16 rebounds and two steals.

Garner chipped in with 13 points, five rebounds, six blocks and three steals. Senior captain Sarah Engle scored nine.

The next day, Decatur traveled to Mardela Springs to play the Mardela Warriors. The Seahawks trounced their opponent, 73-8.

“We were proud of our team defense. Whether it was a press or just half-court, the girls played disciplined and intense,” Kurtz said. “Offense was balanced. They turned steals into layups with good passing up the floor.”

Decatur outscored Mardela 30-0 in the first quarter. The Seahawks led 49-2 at halftime and 59-2 at the end of the third.

Rosemond led the Berlin squad with 17 points and seven steals. Bullock (eight rebounds), junior Jessica Janney (five rebounds) and Garner scored 10 points each.

Engle added seven points, seven assists and three steals.

Decatur will take a trip to Easton on Tuesday to play the Warriors at 5:30 p.m.

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Stephen Decatur freshman Mayah Garner battles for the ball with two Queen Anne’s players during Monday’s game in Berlin. She had 13 points, five rebounds, six blocks and three steals in Decatur’s 51-40 victory.

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