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Ocean City planning commissioners approved a site plan this week for a Dairy Queen to move into the former Gold Coast Beer, Wine & Liquors building in front of the Gold Coast Mall on 114th Street. See story on page 16.

Paisley concert canceled — again Country star’s second shot at performing in OC ends for undisclosed reasons

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A Brad Paisley concert set for June on the beach in Ocean City is no longer happening.

Officials with event organizer Special Event Productions Inc. announced recently on their website that “unforeseen circumstances” forced cancelation of the Sunday, June 12, concert.

“All tickets will be refunded through the original point of sale be-

ginning March 14 … If you purchased your tickets through Ticketmaster please contact Ticketmaster,” the site said. “Refunds for tickets purchased through the Roland E Powell Convention Center Box Office, please go to the box office.”

This was the second time a Paisley concert did not happen as planned. He was originally set to perform on the beach during the Jellyfish Festival on Labor Day weekend but a few weeks before he was set to take the stage, organizers postponed it. They said at the time that the concert would be rescheduled, and it was for this June, but now that date has also been scrapped.

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By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) The Worcester County Commissioners kicked off county budget season during their Tuesday meeting with general discussions over the requested FY23 operating budget.

While they heard municipal requests at their previous meeting, Tuesday’s meet- Chip Bertino ing overviewed the county’s departmental requests, which currently total $229 million, approximately $11 million more than the general fund revenue estimate.

Commissioner Chip Bertino at the onset made a motion for a new approach to the budget this year — that See COUNTY Page 4

Ocean City Police continue to see decrease in calls Most police activity down, except for weapons, DUIs

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) The Ocean City Police Department, in February, continued to see a decrease in calls when compared to those before the pandemic began in 2020, though some categories like weapons violations and DUI arrests continue to increase.

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NASA Wallops launched a Northrup Grumman Antares rocket into space on Feb. 19, as part of the 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. This week, Worcester County officials discussed economic development that is expected to come from the partnership of NASA and aerospace manufacture Rocket Lab. One estimate for money generated by the jobs and population Rocket Lab could create is more than $1 billion, regionally.

Wallops development could spur Worcester’s economy

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A new addition to the Wallops Flight Facility has Worcester County officials hopeful for tourism and economic opportunities throughout the county and especially in the Pocomoke area.

Aerospace manufacturer and small satellite launch service provider Rocket Lab is partnering with NASA to put its new “Neutron” rocket’s first launch pad and production facility at Wallops.

“We’re looking at 240 jobs initially

— just within Rocket Lab itself,” said Melanie Pursel, Worcester County’s director of tourism and economic affairs. “But you also have, if you’re bringing a spouse, they’ll be introduced into the local workforce as well.”

Pursel met with regional partners at Wallops earlier this week and said the plan is to launch the first “Neutron” rocket this year and then get to work on the “state-of-the-art” manufacturing facility.

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County wants school funding law examined Continued from Page 1 the department heads come to the commissioners with their own ideas of how to reduce their departments’ requests.

“I think it would be a more productive session, knowing that we have an $11 million shortfall that needs to be closed, for department heads and all those who come before us to discuss how they’re going to close that deficit and not talk to us about why we need to increase the budget to meet expenses that have been allocated,” Bertino said. “I know that’s a little different from what we’ve normally done, but I think it would be a little more productive. We all have skin in the game and the department heads should have the opportunity to demonstrate how they would handle this.”

The motion passed 7-0.

Right on the heels of that motion, Bertino initiated another in which the county would hire legal counsel to look into the “unfair” requirement by the state Board of Education that the county add $1.8 million to its “Maintenance of Effort” funding.

The maintenance of effort standard employed by the state since 1984 dictates that counties maintain the per-pupil level of funding from one year to the next. The law was en-

acted to prevent counties from cutting per-pupil school expenditures to balance their budgets.

“We have continually had to pay that,” Bertino said. “We’ve had to allocate that additional money, to make sure it’s $1.8 million. Over the past five years, it’s been $10 million. It’s not right. And we continue to be the recipient of this unfairness.”

Commissioner Josh Nordstrom echoed Bertino’s stance and added that he’d like to see the county’s elected state officials come before the commissioners to discuss the “proliferation of these unfunded mandates that they ask county taxpayers to pay for and ask us to make the difficult decisions about.”

Commissioner President Joe Mitrecic, while empathizing with his colleagues’ frustration, pointed out that what’s good for Worcester may not be good for Somerset and Wicomico counties, whom the county’s delegation also represents.

“I support it 100 percent. It affects the nonresident taxpayers of my district, and my district, the heaviest, to be honest with you, and I agree that it is an unfair formula,” Mitrecic said.

“I don’t think that suing the state would be a productive move for this.

We still need to work. Certainly, there’s an election coming up … We

would be better off taking a diplomatic approach, although it’s gotten us nowhere yet. We’d still be better seeing how the elections turn out in the fall. It may move us forward, quicker and diplomatically, than with a lawsuit — my personal opinion.”

Bertino’s motion for hiring legal

counsel passed 5-2 with Mitrecic and Commissioner Ted Elder in opposition.

Budget work sessions begin next week with the Board of Education on Tuesday. The following week on March 29, the Commissioners will hold the first work session with county departments and agencies.

Police service calls decline in February for second year Continued from Page 1 mission with the monthly stats on Monday. They showed the number of calls from officers and citizens dropped from 1,788 in February 2020 to 1,570 in February 2022. Of those calls last month, 1,141 were from officers and 429 were from citizens.

Overall, the top 25 calls for service decreased in categories such as checking on the welfare of individuals, assisting citizens, responding to activated alarms, thefts, and DWI investigations and arrests.

But other topics saw increases: controlled dangerous substance violations went from 15 to 30 between

2020 and 2022; animal complaints jumped from 10 to 26; and traffic stops climbed from 472 to 565.

The department made 89 custodial arrests, or 18 more than the same period in 2020, and issued two criminal citations.

When it came to drug arrests and citations, the numbers were almost identical to those in February 2020.

DUI arrests, on the other hand, increased from 13 to 19, and weapons arrests tripled from three to nine.

Of the weapons taken off the street, five were firearms, one was a knife, and the others could have been things like pepper spray, electronic stun guns, or baseball bats.

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Continued from Page 3 $1.04 billion impact economically (in this area),” Pursel said.

The potential economic development is catching the attention of numerous officials and organizations across the Eastern Shores of Virginia and Maryland. Pursel said the meeting this week was attended by representatives from both states, including representatives for U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st), U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University.

The plan is to engage regional tech schools as well.

“If you’re in the 8th grade, by time the place is built, you could start working toward that (future) now,” Pursel said.

And the facility will need more than tech workers, Pursel said. The facility will also generate construction, logistics and IT jobs.

On the northern end of Worcester, Pursel pointed out that rocket launches at Wallops are often easily visible from Ocean City.

She said her department plans to work with Rocket Lab to market their positions — both construction and tech — to draw people to the

county. “(There’s a benefit with) not only the job but the lifestyle,” Pursel said.

“I can see people living in Pocomoke.

Broadband is coming and that was always a holdback, but now the downtown is becoming more vibrant. A lot is going on in the southern end in Worcester that we feel, once this facility is underway, we’re going to work to drive people to relocate to Worcester County.”

Country concert would have been in June on beach Continued from Page 1 Paisley is a solo country artist known for an array of hits. He has been part of the country music scene for more than two decades, snagging a number of awards including three Grammys, two American Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards and 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, along with securing a number of other accolades and accomplishments.

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Pickleball ambassadors call for more courts

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) In the name of saving Ocean City’s tourism industry, ambassadors for “the fastest growing sport in the U.S.” want resort officials to make the installation of more pickleball courts a top priority.

United States Pickleball Association Ambassador Barbara Johnson and her husband, Ocean City Pickleball Ambassador Pete Johnson, gave members of the city’s Recreation and Parks Committee an earful about the growing popularity of the all-ages sport, and the city’s lack of adequate space to accommodate games and players, at a meeting Tuesday.

“We know people just about everywhere and we listen to people, and people talk to us too because we’re ambassadors, and what I’m getting

from everybody is, people say, ‘I’m not going to buy a place in Ocean City — there’s no pickleball. If I’m going to spend money on a place to spend at least my summer, I want to be able to play,’” Barbara Johnson said during the meeting. “And people say, ‘if I’m going on vacation I’m not going to Ocean City — there’s no pickleball.’”

Despite a handful of indoor and outdoor courts across the resort, Johnson said Ocean City is well behind the curve when it comes to supporting the surging sport, and she believes both tourism and home-buying are dwindling as a result.

“Ocean City is known as a pickleball desert,” she said.

The Johnsons are avid pickleball players who split their time between Baltimore County and a home on 131st Street. The sport is essentially a

cross between tennis and ping pong that uses special nets and poles and a wiffle-style ball. People of all ages, from older grandparents to their young grandchildren, gather for games, which are typically played on smaller tennis courts, or really anywhere with a flat asphalt surface.

During their presentation, the couple said one tennis court can accommodate four pickleball courts.

Under their ambassador titles, the Johnsons promote games, talk with municipal officials, and look for space and money to locate facilities and launch pickleball programs, which brought them to Tuesday’s rec and parks meeting.

Rather ironically, the couple’s comments were heard over the steady ping of pickleballers playing on the city’s indoor courts outside of the

meeting room in the rec center at Northside Park.

Susan Petito, the city’s director of recreation and parks, said the building on 125th Street has 12 courts. She also said that Gorman Park on 136th Street has one dedicated court, where the Johnsons prefer to play, along with a tennis court that can be used for pickleball as well.

Petito said officials are also beginning to line out courts within the Ocean City Tennis Center on 61st Street for pickleball, and that four courts are planned for downtown.

And while space across the resort is limited, Petito and Recreation Superintendent Kate Gaddis said staff members are dedicated to finding more places for courts to meet the demand that they agreed exists.

“I think we’re doing everything we can with the resources we have,” Gaddis said.

She added that she hears daily that the Northside Park indoor facility is “the best in the area.” But she recognized that players have been forced to wait for long periods to play, a problem that was exacerbated during covid that she said should see some relief now.

“It’s a great, great problem to have and the staff works their butt off putting pickleball out there,” she said.

The Johnsons said they have experienced the wait times at the indoor courts and heard from other players who have had the same issues.

They also said that Ocean City is losing players to neighboring towns like Virginia Beach, which recently began planning a large pickleball facility, and Atlantic City. Barbara Johnson said the beachside New Jersey city has bounced back from being a “dump” with pickleball offerings that include hosting the biggest indoor tournament ever.

Not to mention Ocean City’s neighbors up the road in Delaware.

Johnson said 91 pickleball courts exist in the short stretch between 144th Street and Indian River, and while some are private, others are not, and far exceed Ocean City’s court numbers.

Johnson added that pickleballers who own property in Ocean City are frustrated that they are paying taxes and not getting what they want for their investments.

“I understand you’re trying to make Ocean City a year-round destination, I’m telling you, if you’re going to do that, you need pickleball,” Johnson said. “We need to be forward-thinking here. Ocean City’s going to get … outpaced by all of these areas around here that are putting up pickleball because they know it’s the biggest thing that’s ever hit this country in terms of sports.

They’re all making plans to do that and we’re not.”

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Sport’s popularity highlighted during recent rec meeting

United States Pickleball Association Ambassador Barbara Johnson and her husband, Ocean City Pickleball Ambassador Pete Johnson, spoke to members of the city’s Recreation and Parks Committee Tuesday about the popularity of the sport and the lack of spaces to play across the resort compared to neighboring towns.

serves as chairman of the rec and parks committee, said that he and the other committee members would “brainstorm ideas” to better accommodate pickleballers and assured that support for the sport is tp of mind.

Petito and Gaddis also pointed out that while pickleball is very popular, residents and tourists play other sports and activities as well, including tennis. In turn, recreation offocials cannot focus solely on pickleball.

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Tents are set up at a past Springfest in the inlet parking lot. Ocean City council members could save $20,000 on an outdoor tent rental contract for Springfest, Sunfest and the Winterfest of Lights if they choose the lowest bid that came in.

Tent bids, budget, auditor among council discussions

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) Ocean City government may save $20,000 on a tent rental contract for three big events this year.

At a work session Monday, Councilman Lloyd Martin, standing in for Council Secretary Tony DeLuca, and City Manager Terry McGean opened bids from three companies vying to serve as the sole outdoor tent provider for Springfest, Sunfest and the Winterfest of Lights.

The bids came from EIS Group, Allied Party Rentals and J.V. Chujko Inc., and ranged from $343,000 to more than $734,000. The lowest bid came from J.V. Chujko for $343,000, which was $20,000 less than the $363,000 budgeted for the contract.

Council members voted to forward the bids to staff members for review and a recommendation.

The company that wins the contract will provide all of the tents for the city-sanctioned outdoor events.

The first is Springfest on May 5-8.

The downtown festival typically serves as the official-unofficial kickoff to summer and is set to come back in full force this year after a cancelation in 2020 and socially distanced version last year.

Sunfest, which has been held near the end of September for years to celebrate the end of summer, is scheduled several weeks later this year on Oct. 20-23. Similar to Springfest, the event features booths and entertainment at the end of the Boardwalk in the inlet parking lot.

Closing out the year, the holiday Winterfest of Lights is set from Nov. 17 through Dec. 31 at Northside Park.

The event has remained popular, even since covid, as organizers were able to create a more socially distanced trek in both 2020 and 2021 by eliminating the tram that drove spectators through the displays.

Advertising paying off In response to a request on Tuesday for a budget amendment that includes more revenue from room taxes and parking for the current fiscal year, Councilman John Gehrig pointed out the benefits of putting money into adverting and tourism.

“I’m just saying this for the public because there’s not a will among the council to discuss raising property taxes, that revenue will probably never be realized,” Gehrig said of the more than $2 million revenue boost.

“Tourism is our business and the investment tourism is yielding allows us to pay our bills.”

Other details within the budget amendment, which council members moved to Monday’s regular meeting for final approval, included added funds received since the budget was adopted, changes to pension expenses, a list of new expenses in select departments and changes to capital projects,.

Internal auditor named After a drawn-out selection process, City Council members approved the hiring of Payroll Specialist Karin Scott as the city’s next internal auditor.

The position has been open since March 2021 following the retirement of the previous auditor. According to staff reports, the first search for a replacement began in May. Fifteen candidates applied, five of whom — two internal, three external — were invited to interview.

The three external candidates declined interviews and the internal candidates were interviewed last June, but the hiring decision was put on hold to generate “a more robust pool of talent.”

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Taxis and ride shares impose surcharge due to pricey gas

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) As gas prices continue to fluctuate, soaring to record highs, yet slowly feathering back down, Ocean City officials are reminding cab drivers that the fares charged to passengers can be raised $1 to help with fuel costs.

City Attorney Heather Stansbury told members of the Ocean City Police Commission on Monday that a resolution was established in 2012 that said if the cost of gas exceeds $4 per gallon, cab drivers can charge an additional dollar.

The resolution came back up for review in 2021 and stayed in place.

The cost per gallon in Ocean City is lingering around $4.11 to $4.20, so cabbies can implement the $1 fare on their own.

Councilman Lloyd Martin said he received a call from someone asking if the measure was still in place, which is why the topic was discussed during the monthly police commission meeting.

Council President Matt James said if the price continues to go up, maybe even reaching $5 per gallon, he would be in favor of increasing the amount cabbies can charge to cover fuel.

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making changes to help with rising gas costs.

Uber Technologies, Inc. announced last week that it plans to help drivers out by implementing a 55-cent surcharge on every ride and 45-cent surcharge on every delivery.

“We know the unprecedented spike in gas prices and rising energy costs have affected how much money you’re taking home,” Uber said in an email to drivers on March 11. “To help, we’re rolling out temporary fuel assistance on Wednesday, March 16, for all drivers and couriers, including those with electric vehicles.”

The company also said 100 percent of the surcharge will go to the driver, meaning if a driver completes 40 rides in a week, they will get an extra $22, or if they make 40 deliveries in a week, they will get an extra $18.

Uber will reevaluate the situation in 60 days.

Lyft also imposed a 55-cent surcharge.

For everyone else, Gov. Larry Hogan announced last week that he is working with legislative partners to implement an emergency suspension on the gas tax and suspend automatic increases.

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cents per gallon. As a result of the discussions, Gov. Hogan and lawmakers agreed to a 30-day pause on the tax.

At the time of the announcement, the Board of Revenue Estimates reported an increase in the state’s record budget surplus.

“Today’s incredible revenue estimates increase our already record surplus and reinforce the fact that Maryland continues to have one of the strongest recoveries in America,” Gov. Hogan said. “This report further

proves that we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to advance substantial tax relief for our families, small businesses, and retirees. People across the country are being squeezed by surging inflation on everything from gas to groceries—Marylanders, especially our retirees, deserve and need this relief.”

Since the beginning of the week, gas has dropped nearly 10 cents at many gas stations in the Ocean City area.

Tram ride card may return in ’22 Continued from Page 8 and another group of applicants submitted interest. Four of them were invited to interview and two declined.

But just before the chosen applicants were set to come in for interviews in the fall, Gehrig asked to pause the search.

The request came during a council meeting in mid-October where he had a heated discussion with Budget Manager Jennie Knapp about to whom the new hire should report. At a meeting in January, Gherig softened his stance on the subject after clarifying the annual duties of a separate, external auditor that aligned more with his budgetary questions.

The search for the internal auditor resumed in January, but the external candidates from the fall were no longer available.

The post went up for a third time Jan. 31 and three external candidates were invited to interview, two of whom accepted. Those candidates were interviewed, and an internal candidate from the first search was re-interviewed, and search committee members narrowed the choices down to two finalists. The city manager and human resources director interviewed both, and ultimately recommended the hiring of Scott, the internal candidate.

McGean said during Tuesday’s work session that Scott “did very well” during the interview process and stood out above the other candidates.

The internal auditor’s duties in-

clude preparing a multi-year strategic audit plan; detailing audit work papers and providing reports and recommendations; providing ongoing assessment of the city’s internal controls; reviewing financial records, reports, documentation and operating procedures; and examining working funds.

The salary range for the position is $67,400 to $86,445.

Tram unlimited ride ticket may return At a meeting March 22, members of the city’s Transportation Committee will discuss bringing back an $8 unlimited tram ride card that was eliminated during the height of the pandemic.

After not running in 2020, officials brought back the Boardwalk trams with some contingencies last year, one of which being the elimination of some practices, like the unlimited ride card, to reduce interactions between drivers and passengers.

Bringing back the deal is on the agenda for next week’s committee meeting, along with updates on recruitment and retention of bus and tram drivers, tram operating hours for Springfest and Sunfest, reviews of bus ridership and deployment schedules, and an update on the hiring of a new transit manager.

The meeting is set for 9 a.m., Tuesday, March 22, at the administrative conference room in the public works building.

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Carozza, Hartman support state gas tax relief efforts

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) With gas prices roiling motorists all over the state, the Maryland General Assembly this week has been looking at suspending the state’s gas tax, which could result in a $0.37 per gallon reprieve for 30 days.

Del. Wayne Hartman (38-C) doesn’t think it goes far enough.

“Today (Tuesday) the elimination of the gas tax bill moved Mary Beth through the (Ways Carozza and Means) committee.

We offered amendments to get it to 90 days — it’s about $100 million a month in the gas tax and now with a $7.5 billion surplus, there’s certainly a lot Wayne Hartman more we can do than that one month.”

Hartman said the 90-day amendment did not pass but “we need to do more.”

Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38) cosponsored the bill’s Senate version.

“With gas prices the highest they have been in seven years and inflation at a 30-year high, we need to stop the automatic gas tax increase,” she said in a statement.

With the House and Senate about to swap bills early next week, there could be quick movement on that front.

Hartman said that the Republican caucus also offered multiple amendments on an abortion bill heard on the House floor last week that provides $3.5 million in funding for training abortion providers. One such amendment addressed a requirement

where insurance companies will have to pay 100 percent of abortion services including no copay. The amendment, Hartman said, would give the same financial assurances to “those who choose life.”

“Why don’t we do the same, considering all the expense they’ll have in raising that baby? And there’s no parental consent required,” Hartman said. “I offered an amendment on the floor requiring parental consent, citing the Democrats’ logic for juvenile justice reform that a (teenager’s) brain is not developed enough (for such reasoning).”

“Using that argument, how can we have these (minors) making these decisions without having a parent or guardian involved to maybe talk them through the finances or the decision, how it’s going to affect so many people?”

Meanwhile, Carozza spent the previous week working on repealing the “Netflix Tax,” legislation so dubbed for the new 6 percent sales tax on digital content, which includes streaming services, and digitally downloaded content, which encompasses tools like QuickBooks and Microsoft Office.

Senate Bill 735 would “call for a complete repeal of the Netflix Tax and would return $100 million per year to Maryland’s working families,” Carozza’s statement read.

Carozza also signed on to the contentious Curriculum Transparency and Publication Act, which would require the state’s school systems to post the curriculum of every class taught. Carozza defended the bill in her statement saying that the pandemic caused more parents to become more active in their children’s education, making it only natural they’d want more access to schoolwork.

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State reps exploring possible shrimp fishery Legislation required first to ensure new venture doesn’t interfere with other markets

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A new shrimp fishery could be coming to Maryland, which would have direct benefits along the lower Eastern Shore.

Last year, the state’s General Assembly approved legislation that allows the Department of Natural Resources to establish parameters for a shrimp fishery “pilot program” for certain commercial licenses.

During the ensuing year, there has been some confusion about just how DNR could and should extend such authority, leading to twin bills in the Senate and House this year intending to clarify DNR’s roles and powers to adopt regulations.

The bills have progressed through their respective committees and readings and will swap houses in next

week’s larger legislation exchange.

“A lot of people don’t realize there’s even a shrimp industry in Maryland,” said Del. Wayne Hartman (R-38C), one of the House bill’s cosponsors. “My understanding of the bill, it’s trying to redefine the way they’re going about harvesting the shrimp so that it’s not caught up by other legislation which only allows a technique of netting at a certain distance.”

“I’m very supportive of it. Anytime we can create a new industry to help Maryland’s economy or promote a resource we have here, to me it’s a good thing.”

On the Senate side, the bill — sponsored by Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38) — received support via in-person testimony from local fishermen, including Sonny Gwin, who operates a commercial vessel out of West Ocean City.

Gwin testified, “We would like the opportunity to participate in this new fishery as well as the opportunity to fish

in the areas where the shrimp are located. We also believe that the data that could be collected in this fishery would be valuable, not only in the shrimp fishery but could give insight into future stock shifts in other fisheries.”

In a statement, Carozza stressed the importance of exploring new avenues in today’s economic climate.

“During current uncertain times with supply chain issues and food shortages, our commercial seafood harvesters consistently provide local, relatively inexpensive, unprocessed food choices,” she said. “But watermen are taking a risk when beginning to engage in a new fishery. They deserve our support in making this pilot program a workable, flexible alternative.”

The move to establish a shrimping fishery in Maryland follows recent trends in the region. In 2019, Virginia began experimenting with a shrimp

fishery by granting a handful of fishermen licenses to trawl for white shrimp off the coast of Virginia Beach.

Historically, the shrimp enjoyed on the east coast has typically been imported from other places, even as far as southeast Asia.

Shrimp can be found in muddy marshes, which make the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal bays ripe regions to explore. To fish them commercially, the state will need to ensure the necessary measures to do so are legal and don’t interfere with other fisheries.

“This is something that happens in more of our bays from what I understand than something that happens (off the coast),” Hartman said. “It’s something that’s trying to define the equipment that’s used in the process of shrimping so that that doesn’t get caught up by current legislation.

Resort crews to check water valves in town through April

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) Ocean City Public Works crews will spend the next roughly month-and-a-half checking to make sure most of the water valves throughout the resort are in working order.

City Manager Terry McGean said the work is performed every 10 years, with the last check done in 2012.

A note from city officials said crews expect to finish the check by April 30 and that the work will not af-

fect the public.

Crews will locate, test, and map the town’s 1,750 potable water valves, as well as valves to 1,200 fire hydrants.

According to the city’s website, the municipal water system is made up of 22 production wells, three treatment plants, five elevated water storage tanks and one ground storage tank.

The system is designed to service the elevated population in the summer and a smaller number of customers in the off season.

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Bus contractors bring fight to commissioners

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) The Worcester County Bus Contractors Association has made its desire for what it considers fair compensation known in recent weeks. On Tuesday, representatives brought their argument to the County Commissioners meeting.

For the 2022-23 school year, the WCBCA is asking for an additional $1.29 increase to hourly wages up to $26.29 per hour — $80,110 total for the county — and an additional 18 cents per mile in maintenance reimbursement — $223,560 total for the county. The organization calculates the costs based on its 69 bus drivers.

Currently, the county Board of Education has agreed to a total increase of $175,121 for the 2022-23 school year for the 69 bus drivers. The organization’s total request — $303,670 — would raise the increase to $478,791, or about $6,939 per bus driver.

“While this may at first glance seem excessive, it is important to know that a school bus contractor from Worcester County nets an estimated 28 to 33 percent of the total gross income if everything goes right,” said Lori Thompson, acting WCBCA secretary. “We are at a crossroads where it is no longer economically sustainable for Worcester County school bus contractors to continue

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Thompson outlined how repairs on school buses — the responsibility of the bus driver — can wipe out one’s income. She stressed that their buses are not “old or outdated.” She compared driving in Worcester County and driving in Montgomery County, remarking that it doesn’t matter where one drives because maintenance remains the same.

Commissioner Chip Bertino, while thanking Thompson for the “respectful” presentation, questioned some of her comparisons.

“We’re not on the other side of the bridge,” he said. “I don’t think the comparison to the other side of the bridge works. We are here on the Eastern Shore. If you want to drive a bus over there, I certainly understand that but we have to live in the reality that we exist here on the lower Eastern Shore.”

At one point, Commissioner Josh Nordstrom said he’d like to hear the Board of Education’s reasoning behind its denial of the contractors’ request, prompting Bertino to interject that the commissioners were not holding court nor a negotiation.

“I don’t think it’s fair truthfully to have a negotiation at our meeting. I don’t think it’s right and I think that’s what it’s going to develop into even if members of the Board of Ed come up and speak,” Bertino said.

“I think this is the wrong forum for that. I don’t think this discussion should be had here. The elected Board of Education had these conversations and, quite truthfully, I think we’re setting a very bad precedent for this body to then have this going back and forth, Josh.”

Commissioner Ted Elder spent 30 years behind the wheel of a school bus and about 20 as president of the WCBCA. After the meeting, he said the contractor had “very legitimate concerns.”

“They’ve never had any health insurance (benefits),” Elder said. “They say it’s because (the bus drivers) are independent contractors but yet they aren’t treated like independent con-

WCBCA members hold up signs during Tuesday’s Worcester County Commissioners meeting in support of the organization’s request for better compensation. The organization says the requests represent a necessary and fair solution to mounting costs for bus drivers, who are more often than not responsible for the maintenance of the buses they drive.

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tractors. There are no negotiations for contracts or anything done by the contractor’s association. They’re never involved. (The schools) just rewrite the contracts whenever they feel like it, throw it in front of them and say, ‘Here, you have to sign this.’ That’s the way they deal with it normally.”

“These 1-percent increases the last few years are catching up, along with the maintenance on these buses. As I stated today, I could buy a whole set of (fuel) injectors for what one injector costs nowadays and (compensation) just hasn’t kept up at all.”

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“That’s one of the things — they’ve always tried to stifle us whenever I was president of the contractor’s association,” Elder said. “They always encourage us not to say anything publicly and not to go in front of the commissioners. We did it one time at least 25 years ago and we were successful in those days but I don’t know what they’ll do now.”

The commissioners will hold an open budget work session on March 22 with the Board of Education. President Joe Mitrecic invited the WCBCA to attend.

Gold Coast Mall.

The liquor store moved onto bigger and better things last summer when it took up residence inside a former dollar store space that adjoins the mall. With it, the interior and exterior got a makeover and now the same is happening at the old location.

After some discussions about parking and bike racks, planning commissioners approved the Dairy Queen site plan request nearly unanimously. Commissioner Palmer Gillis abstained from the vote because he works for the company doing the renovations.

The Dairy Queen will feature a drive-through, which will be added, and all of the typical elements of the classic chain fast food ice cream establishment. The commissioners made sure to add a requirement for bike racks beside the building to accommodate the resort’s bicycle-heavy seasonal community.

Today, crews are working at the site behind a fence that they set up completely around the property. Zoning Administrator Kay Gordy said Tuesday that some work has already begun.

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AGH in ‘a much different place’ with covid

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) With zero covid inpatients for the third consecutive week, Atlantic General Hospital is in “a much different place” than it was two years ago when cases began circulating across the country.

On March 19, 2020, Worcester County reported its first positive covid case, a man in his 30s, recovering at home. Over the following weeks and months as cases were counted, more people ended up in the hospital. And with no vaccination available and so many unknowns regarding transmission, symptoms and severity, heath care officials took significant precautions.

“Literally I had nurses that would go home and strip down in their garages or on their porches and take

their clothes off before they would go in their house to not expose their families. That’s just an example of the great amount of fear around the illness,” said Matt Morris, the vice president of patient care services at AGH, in reference to the early days of the pandemic.

As the days went on, hospital staff members adapted to new protocols and precautions that helped them through the proceeding surges. Most recently, the omicron surge at the beginning of the year shot covid patient numbers up higher than they had ever been at AGH, but Morris said officials were better equipped to handle the challenge than they would have been two years ago.

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As of Thursday, hospital staff members were not treating any covid patients and the case incidence rate for Worcester County was reported as low according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

“We are currently in our third week with no COVID positive inpatients at AGH,” said Heather Snyder, the infection prevention manager at Atlantic General Hospital, in an email Thursday. “We are thankful for this reprieve and the ongoing efforts both locally and nationally to continue with mitigation strategies to support this decline.”

Morris said more than 92 percent of hospital staff members are vaccinated and everyone is 100 percent masked every day.

He also said that Atlantic General offocials were able to avoid declaring crisis standards of care during the pandemic, unlike other state hospitals, and reopened to visitors soon after the original shutdown.

“After we vaccinated our associates, we never closed our doors again to the community and stayed open while many organizations locked down visitation for many months during the successive surges of covid,” Morris said.

In today’s post-covid world, Morris said hospital staff members are prepared for any successive surges associated with potential new variants. And barring another outlier like omicron, national health officials have said that covid may no longer be classified as a pandemic.

“I think the evidence I’ve seen from the CDC and from the national level is that currently people are discussing this as being endemic, meaning that we’re at that phase where we’re going to live with it as it is typical to the flu,” Morris said. “However, there is a big asterisk on that if there is another variant that we haven’t seen that could be difficult, like omicron.

Weekly vaccine numbers, testing info, and more: • As of Wednesday, Maryland providers administered more than 11.4 million covid-19 vaccines for a total of 95 percent of residents 18 and older with at least one dose. The percentage of residents 5 and older with at least one dose was 90.7 percent.

• As of Thursday, a total of 73.95 percent of the county’s population had received at least one covid vaccine and 67.51 percent were fully vaccinated for a total 13,832 vaccines.

• Atlantic General staff members administered nine shots in the last week.

• Atlantic General Hospital hosts vaccine clinics for patient ages 5 and older from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at its pharmacy in the main lobby of the hospital. All three types of vaccines are offered.

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Weekly covid numbers: • As of Wednesday, Worcester County’s covid-19 positivity rate was 2.29 percent with a total of 8,606 cases reported since March 2020.

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Church retiring, on to next chapter

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) West Ocean City’s county commissioner is ready to “smell the roses.”

That was the phrase Worcester County Commissioner James “Bud” Church used often in discussing his decision to retire from his position of the last 20 years when his term expires later this year.

Church, 80, whose District 3 also includes Assateague Island, everything east of Route 611, all of South Point and parts of Berlin, said he’s talked to the political hopefuls who will run for his vacant seat and said part of his decision was the notion that it’s time to infuse some fresh blood into the commissioners’ chambers in Snow Hill.

“And it’s time for Bud Church to say, ‘Here’s an empty seat’ and here’s an opportunity for one or two or three people to throw in and seek the position. I wish them all well,” Church said.

“You realize there’s time for someone else to come in with new ideas and a lot more energy. Not that I didn’t have all the energy I needed to do the job, but an opportunity for someone else to do it. It’s time for Bud Church to take some time off and smell the roses.”

A former president of the Worcester County Board of Education, Church first became interested in a seat on the board of commissioners when his district was formed and it’s been under his watch

ever since.

He ran against Susan Wenzlaff, the daughter of beloved late Ocean City Mayor Roland “Fish” Powell in what he described as a “good, clean race.”

“I was always interested in a county commissioner position but (this area) was always pretty much at-large and then they developed a district that was just perfect for what I thought was an opportunity to run,” Church said. “I talked to my wife and she said, ‘Don’t hesitate. If this is something you want to do, jump in.’”

“When they developed that district, it intrigued me to take a shot at it and 20 years later I’m happy that I did.”

True to his background, ensuring a quality public school system has been a focal point for Church throughout his five terms.

“I think my biggest interest and focus when I first got elected and — it hasn’t changed much — is the school system,” Church said. “I spent 10 years on the school board, I’ve had five grandkids go through the school system, I’ve gone through the school system — I just thought that was a major interest point for me. I wanted to do whatever I could to promote the system and help with funding, and not just for the main education support. I always wanted to support the ancillary things like football, baseball, I wanted kids to have those opportunities too. But my main focus was on the curriculum, hiring the best teach-

ers available, having the best superintendent we can have, having the best principals.”

His fellow commissioners will remember him for his one-of-a-kind personality and his commitment to Worcester.

“Bud’s always been Bud. He’s always been committed to the county and making sure things are right for the county,” Commissioner Diana Purnell said. “If I needed advice from him, Bud always gave me direct answers and he’d tell me when I had to make up my mind. But Bud was always very good. He’s an excellent person to work with, has a crazy sense of humor but he’s a very nice person to work with.”

Purnell brought up the relationship Church had with her late husband, Commissioner Jimmy Purnell, and said that relationship carried over to her as a commissioner.

“He always supported me if it was something for the community,” she said.

“Bud would always support. And I have to appreciate that. And I do — as a businessperson, a commissioner and just as a person in general, Bud was always a very nice person to me.”

Commissioner Ted Elder wished the best for his retirement.

“He’s been gold, somebody you can always talk to,” Elder said. “You can reach out to him and even if you don’t agree with him, (work something out).

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After five terms and 20 years as a Worcester County Commissioner, Bud Church is ready to “smell the roses,” he says. He will give up his District 3 seat at the end of the year. Church has been the first and only commissioner in his district, having won the first election for the chair in 2002. The area was considered at-large before.

He’s a good guy.”

Church will continue being involved with Bud Church Realty in Ocean City but also pointed to the job that his son and company vice president Ken Church have done over the last decade-plus. His grandson is also in the company.

After he gives up his seat, he said he and his wife, Allyson, plan to do a bit of traveling but “nothing major.”

“It’s time for Bud Church to smell the roses and I think it’s perfect timing,” he said. “I’ve had several calls (about my decision), I’ve told them all the exact same thing, there just comes a time where you need new blood.”

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Brittany and Stanislav Belash, left, and Carl Mione and Carl Mione III pose in front of the 67th Street location of Mione’s Pizza in Ocean City. Carl Mione and his wife, Angie, are turning ownership of the restaurant over to Brittany and Stanislav, their daughter and son-in-law.

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By Jack Chavez Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) Generations of the Mione family have worked behind the counters of Mione’s Pizza since the first location in West Ocean City opened in 1998.

Now, Carl and Angie Mione’s daughter Brittany Belash and her husband, Stanislav, have the chance to own and run their 67th Street location.

Belash, 32, started young and cut her teeth in the family business. She is of the third and most recent working generation of the family, along with 26-year-old sister Amber Mione and 20-year-old brother Carl Mione III. “A lot of customers know me from pumping sodas and wiping tables from when I was little. Now they’ve watched me grow up, get married, have kids, so a lot of customers have grown up with me. I’m so proud to take on the family business,” she said.

When Mione’s opened, it was originally run by Carl and Angie Mione along with Carl’s parents, Anthony and Marianne Mione. Carl and Angie were already well into adulthood at that point, so there wasn’t so much of a celebrated passing-of-the-torch moment when his parents took a step back about 10 years ago as there is this time around. Carl always had a say in the business operations, after all. With his now-adult children, it’s different.

But he’s excited to see what they can do.

“I know (the restaurant) is in good hands,” Carl Mione said. “I mean, they’ve been with us since the beginning. So I have all the confidence in the world that they’ll carry on the same recipes and maybe make improvements that they want to do. I have all the confidence in the world.”

Belash echoed her father’s sentiment. With an eye toward the future, she said she and her husband are looking to innovate but also preserve

the restaurant’s appeal.

“All the recipes are going to stay the same,” she said. “It’s my grandfather’s recipe. The sauce, the dough, everything is going to stay the same because it’s my grandfather’s recipe and I would never dare to change that. I don’t want anyone to worry about changing the recipes, because they’re my family’s.”

And it won’t be just her running the show. “(Stanislav) and I met in 2009 and have been together ever since,” Belash said. “He’s been a part of the restaurant, working alongside my parents, working with my dad and my grandfather, explaining the family traditions, legacy, recipes — he’s not brand new to this, either. He’s been working in the restaurant pretty much since we’ve been together and we’re just so proud to be taking on the family business. We want to make our family proud, taking it on and see what we can do.”

Some changes have already been implemented. Last week, they started offering table service, which Belash says has been received warmly by guests who are enjoying being able to sit and relax instead of walking back and forth in a busier counter-service restaurant.

Still, the restaurant’s marquee specialty will be their pizza made with the family’s own sauce recipe and imported Italian cheese. They’ll still offer strombolis, calzones, subs, salads, classic Italian entrees and cannolis made in-house.

Belash pointed out how similar the family is moving along from generation to generation. Her parents had three kids, to whom they are now bequeathing control of the restaurant, and she and her husband have three young children — ages 5, 3 and 9 months — to whom she hopes one day to pass the reins.

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OC tourism staff will address fees

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A request from Mayor Rick Meehan to look at Ocean City government’s fee structure for renting out public space for private events is headed to tourism officials for their opinions.

Councilman John Gehrig, the chairman of the city’s Recreation and Parks Committee, initially thought that the discussion would fall under the purview of the rec department.

However, following a recent restructuring that moved special events under the tourism department umbrella, rec and parks is no longer part of the equation.

Gehrig explained those details when Councilman and rec and parks committee member Mark Paddack brought up the subject at a committee meeting Tuesday.

At a council meeting last week, Meehan suggested revisiting the city’s special event fee structure while discussing approval of a request from the organizers of the annual Beach 5 Sand Soccer Tournament to add an August date to their summer schedule.

For decades, the group has rented a portion of the beach downtown to run a two-day youth soccer tournament on a weekend in June. The event has grown in popularity over

the years, and Meehan determined that the organizers were walking away with hundreds of thousands of dollars for a comparatively minimal fee to rent the beach.

In turn, he asked council members to consider changing the fees before approving the request for the extra tournament date. He compared the tournament to one that Virginia Beach promotes that brings in enough money to support the town’s recreation expenses.

On Tuesday, Paddack floated the idea, at Meehan’s request, of looking

into some profit-sharing options for long-term events like the soccer tournament.

Gehrig pointed, though, out that the comparisons between the local sand soccer tournament and the Virginia Beach event are not apples to apples because the latter promotes the event, while Ocean City simply rents out the beach.

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Worcester drops weight of finals

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) The Worcester Public Schools Board of Education unanimously agreed to a policy change that weighs final exams less toward students’ course grades.

Under the district’s current policy, final exams count as 20 percent of a student’s final grade, but after Tuesday night, the exams will only count as 10 percent.

Annette Wallace, the district’s chief operating and academics officer, told board members on Tuesday that former superintendent and cur-

rent school board member Jon Andes asked the district to review the final exam policy a few months back.

The school board, Wallace said, fully agreed and put together a committee to discuss the policy.

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New retail store moving to Hatland on 81st

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) The Hatland store in 81st Street has sold its last cap and a new retail spot is coming to the twostory corner building.

In November, Avraham Sibony, the owner and operator of numerous properties in the resort area, bought the now-shuttered Hatland store at 8103 Coastal Highway. He said during a board of zoning appeals meeting last week that he plans to put in some type of new retail establishment, like a surf shop or candy store. Sibony’s real estate holdings include several Sunsa-

Changes would affect all events Continued from Page 23 about fees, and the fees would then apply to everybody.”

Susan Petito, the city’s director of recreation and parks, said she asked Tom Perlozzo, the city’s director of tourism and business development, whether the rec and parks committee should discuss the matter. She said that he told her no, following the recent shift of all special events duties to the tourism department. Members of the tourism department and committee will address it instead.

New ownership for Mione’s Pizza Continued from Page 22 like they’re sitting at our family table.

We don’t want to change anything but still modernize a little bit and otherwise simply make people feel like part of our family,” she said. “Maybe eventually getting my kids in here and doing the same thing and instilling the work ethic that I have and my husband has with our own children and maybe seeing them grow up in the restaurant as well.”

tions stores, the Taphouse restaurants and 45th Street Village properties and the Francis Scott Key Resort.

At the zoning board meeting March 10, Sibony received approval for a parking exception that was needed to expand the first floor retail space, and eliminate the second floor of the building in exchange for higher ceilings. The change reduces the overall square footage of the space and piggybacks on a parking exception that was already granted for a retail use in the 1990s.

Zoning Administrator Kay Gordy said the building was constructed in 1985 as a bank savings and loan. In 1993, it became a retail clothing store, and the owner at the time asked for a waiver of 11 parking spaces, which was a little more than one-third of the requirement. In 1996, a special parking exception was requested and granted to expand the retail use to more than just clothing.

Sibony said he plans to have about five employees on site at a time at the

new store and is providing 14 parking spaces on site, which will include a space for a manager. While zoning board Commissioner Brian Shane expressed concerns about the other employees needing spaces as well, Sibony said that he plans to hire J1 foreign workers, who do not typically have vehicles, to work in the shop.

Commission Chairman Chris Rudolf also pointed out that the lot is not usually filled.

“For what it’s worth, every time I’ve gone by there in the peak season I’ve never seen a packed parking lot,” he said. “Granted that may change with the new usage of this property, but I think the empty chairs in the chamber here tonight speak to that.”

Gordy said she received one inquiry from a nearby property owner about the parking request before the meeting, but resolved the issue before it began.

The Hatland store operated inside the building from 2015 until recently

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Plans to welcome a new tenant to the shuttered Hatland store on 81st Street gained traction this week with the approval of plans to eliminate the second floor and expand the first. The new owner said the specific tenant is not established yet, but will likely be some sort of surf or candy shop.

closing its doors. Before that it was a Tshirt Factory.

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The equitable interest is a right in equity that may be protected by an equitable remedy, but any remedy would require a court case to resolve any disputes.

During a real estate transaction, the seller still holds title, but a buyer

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While being named on a deed as the owner and holding legal title is the true and enforceable ownership of a property, if you have given someone else equitable title by way of entering into a contract of sale, your ownership and rights may be restricted.

Equitable title establishes a person’s financial interest in a property.

Most commonly, this is used when an investor has put a property under contract and begins to market the property, either for lease or for sale, before taking legal title. Investors who do this regularly are referred to as wholesalers.

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Or, if written where a purchase assignment is allowed, the investor can assign his original purchase contract with the seller to the end-buyer, and the end-buyer actually closes by taking over the wholesaler’s responsibility for the original contract.

If you are the buyer of an investment property that is being sold under equitable interest or through assignment prior to an actual transfer of legal title, there should be full disclosure to all parties explaining that the seller does not have legal title.

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OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 10341 NEW QUAY ROAD OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Joan E. Spine, dated June 24, 2011 and recorded in Liber 5716, Folio 250 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $673,500.00, and an original interest rate of 5.060%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863, on March 29, 2022, AT 3:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A deposit of $48,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. 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. At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest. All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, 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

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TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to postsale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest.

Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery, Christianna Kersey, and Kevin Hildebeidel, Substitute Trustees E.T. Newell & Co 912 E. 25th Street, Baltimore MD 21218 410-366-5555 www.melnicknewell.com CGD File #: 457545 OCD-3/10/3t _________________________________ I. William Chase 1190 W. Northern Parkway, Ste. 124 Baltimore, MD 21210 Phone: 410-433-4100 Towerslaw@towerslaw.com WILBARGER, LLC P.O. Box 2367 Denver, Colorado 80201 Plaintiff Vs. ALICE LEE DOUGLAS P.O. Box 104 Stockton, Maryland 21864 and UNKNOWN OCCUPANT residing at 5541 Stockton Road Stockton, Maryland 21864 and

THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER Serve on: Roscoe Leslie County Attorney 1 W. Market Street, Room 1103 Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 And all other persons having or claiming to have an interest in 5541 Stockton Road, Stockton, District 08, Account number 004005 Defendants.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY Case No.: C-23-CV-22-000043

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property 5541 Stockton Road, District 08, Account Number 004005, assessed to the Alice Lee Douglas, and sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester and the State of Maryland to the Plaintiffs in these proceedings: 5541 Stockton Road, Stockton District 08, Account Number 004005 The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid, although the required time for filing a Complaint has elapsed.

It is thereupon, this 23rd of February, 2022 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 once a week for three successive weeks, warning all persons interested in said property to be and appear in this Court by the 25th day of April, 2022 to redeem the property, 5541 Stockton Road, District 08, Account Number 004005, and answer the Complaint of or thereafter a final decree will be rendered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property and vesting in the Plaintiff, WILBARGER, LLC, a title free and clear of all encumbrances, except for gound rents.

Beau H. Oglesby JUDGE True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-3/3/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19086 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA M. FORINGER Notice is given that Pamela Estes, 522 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, MD 21811, was on February 17, 2022 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Patricia M. Foringer who died on November 30, 2021, 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

MARCH 18, 2022 of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 17th day of August, 2022.

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.

Pamela Estes 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: March 3, 2022 OCD-3/3/3t _________________________________ SUSAN S. TILGHMAN SEIDEL, BAKER & TILGHMAN, P.A. 110 NORTH DIVISION STREET SALISBURY, MD 21801

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19106 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF RENEE LAUER GREENE Notice is given that Stacie Greene Brown, 302 6th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842; and Gretchen Greene Hancock, 306 6th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842, were on February 28, 2022 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Renee Lauer Greene who died on January 30, 2022, 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 28th day of August, 2022.

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:

MARCH 18, 2022 (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.

Stacie Greene Brown Gretchen Greene Hancock Personal Representatives 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: March 03, 2022 OCD-3/3/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19105 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW PHILLIP ABRUZZO Notice is given that LeighAnn Abruzzo, 1381 Dublin Circle, Apt. 104, Fort Meyers, FL 33908, was on February 25, 2022 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Matthew Phillip Abruzzo who died on February 5, 2022, without a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 25th day of August, 2022.

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE The motor vehicles described below have been abandoned. The owners and lien holders are hereby informed of their right to reclaim the vehicles upon payment of all charges and costs resulting from the towing, preservation, and storage of the vehicles.

The failure of the owners or lien holders to reclaim the vehicles within three weeks of notification shall be deemed a waiver by the owners or lien holders of all rights, title and interest and thereby consent to the sale of the vehicles at public auction or to have it otherwise disposed of in a manner provided by law.

These three weeks of notification began on March 3, 2022.

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All vehicles will be sold at auction on-line at www.govdeals.com. For details call 410-723-6643.

AUTH: Ross Buzzuro Chief of Police OCD-3/3/3t ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

LeighAnn Abruzzo 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: March 3, 2022 OCD-3/3/3t _________________________________ AYRES JENKINS GORDY & ALMAND P.A. VICTORIA L. O’NEILL ESQ. 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY SUITE 200 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE

TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 19109 Notice is given that the Supreme Court of Bermuda appointed Leslie Paul Grant, 1 Cricket Lane, Upper Apt., Sands, MA 03 Bermuda; and Tracy Tene Grant, 1 Cricket Lane, Lower Apt., Sands, MA 03 Bermuda, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Theresa Merie Grant who died on August 22, 2021 domiciled in Bermuda.

The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Victoria O’Neill whose address is 6200 Coastal Highway, Suite 200, 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 the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worces-

ter 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.

Leslie Paul Grant Tracy Tene Grant Foreign Personal Representatives 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: March 03, 2022 OCD-3/3/3t _________________________________ JILL M. ODIERNO ESQ JILL ODIERNO, P.C. 11032 NICHOLAS LANE - A202 BERLIN, MD 21811

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19093 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF LAURA JEANNE GULYAS Notice is given that Heather Margaret Gulyas, 196 Blue Top Road, Lot 1, Jacksonville, NC 28540, was on March 02, 2022 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Laura Jeanne Gulyas who died on

December 2, 2021, 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 2nd day of September, 2022.

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.

Heather Margaret Gulyas 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: March 10, 2022

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OCD-3/10/3t _________________________________ JENNIFER E. BORSONI, ESQ. 2500 WALLINGTON WAY, SUITE 102 MARRIOTTSVILLE, MD 21104 SMALL ESTATE

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 19113 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DENNIS WILLIAM LEONARD Notice is given that Bronwyn Dee Leonard, 610 Salt Spray Road, Ocean City, MD 21842, was on March 03, 2022 appointed personal representative of the small estate of Dennis William Leonard who died on November 12, 2021, 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 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 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 cred-

itor 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.

Bronwyn Dee Leonard 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: March 10, 2022 OCD-3/17/1t _________________________________

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: March 24, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2) and (3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(3)(a) and Section 110-95(1)(a)

OCEAN CITY TODAY

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requesting a special yard exception and/or variance to enclose an existing covered, screened in porch closer than 10’ to the adjacent dwelling units in reference to Section 110422(1)(i). The site of the appeal is described as Parcel 6837, Lot 13B, Section A, of the Warren’s Park CoOp Plat, further described as located on the north side of Bay Overlook Lane, and locally known as 18 Bay Overlook Lane, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: ANN SYKES – (BZA 2611 #22-09500003) 6:10 P.M. 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 a variance to allow a required second means of egress stairway in the side yard setback of a corner lot, providing a minimum 3foot setback instead of 5 feet as required by code. The site of the appeal is described as Tax Map 0111, Parcel 4220, Lots 1-12 of the Village Market Condominium Plat; further described as located on the east side of Philadelphia Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets, and locally known as the Village Market, 18001822 Philadelphia Avenue, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: HARRY HOW FOR PHOENIX PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLC – (BZA 2612 #22-09500002) 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 Maureen Howarth, Attorney OCD-3/10/2t _________________________________ PINDER PLOTKIN LLC JASON A. PLOTKIN ESQ. 7602 HARFORD ROAD BALTIMORE, MD 21234

NOTICE

TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 19119 Notice is given that the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida appointed Connie R. Elksnis, 919 Brookedge Avenue, Port St. Lucie, FL 34983 as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Dennis C. Elksnis who died on April 06, 2021 domiciled in St. Lucie County, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Jason A. Plotkin whose address is 7602 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21234.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County and Wicomico 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

MARCH 18, 2022 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.

Connie R. Elksnis 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: March 17, 2022 OCD-3/17/3t _________________________________ SMALL ESTATE

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 19130 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF MARION DONALDSON ALEXANDER AKA: MARION LOU ALEXANDER Notice is given that Mildred Vondola Alexander, 114 Parkside Circle, Berlin, MD 21811, was on March 11, 2022 appointed personal representative of the small estate of Marion Donaldson Alexander who died on February 22, 2022, 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 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 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.

Mildred Vondola Alexander Personal Representative True Test Copy Register of Wills for Worcester County

MARCH 18, 2022 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: March 17, 2022 OCD-3/17/1t _________________________________

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Planning and Zoning Commission in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2022 At 6:00 pm Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 5, Conditional Uses, a request has been filed under the provisions of Section 110-514(22), Uses permitted by Conditional Use in the LC-1, Local Commercial, Zoning District, to permit an interior tenant fit-out with an amusement use that the Mayor and City Council may approve in keeping with uses specifically permitted in the LC-1 district. The site of the request is described as Lots 3A, 4B, and 5B, a portion of Block 124 of the Isle of Wight Plat; further described as located on the west side of Coastal Highway between 59th and 60th Streets, and locally known as 5909 Coastal Highway, Unit 2B, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: CAPTIVE ESCAPE ROOMS (FILE #21-12100002) At 6:15 pm Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 5, Conditional Uses, a request has been filed under the provisions of Section 110-514(24), Uses permitted by Conditional Use in the LC-1, Local Commercial, Zoning District, to allow the rental of small displacement vehicles, listed as Segways, electric scooters, One Wheels, hoverboards, and Slingshot vehicles on an hourly and daily basis; along with retail clothing and merchandise. The site is described as Lot 137 of Parcel 3258 and Lot 138 of Parcel 3259 of the Neptune Development Plat; further described as located on the southwest corner of Herring Way and Philadelphia Avenue, and locally known as 2109 Philadelphia Avenue, Unit C, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: SHIELD WALL LLC C/O ROBERT & ALICIA JENKINS (FILE #22-12100003) At 6:30 pm CODE AMENDMENT #1 (E Existing language in bold, proposed language additions in italics)

Ocean City Today / Public Notices To consider amending Code Section 110-2. Definitions. Family: Family. For the purpose of maintaining the character of the single-family residential district and to provide affordable housing in other districts, the following definitions apply in the districts as noted: (1) R-1, single family residential, and MH, mobile home districts.

The term “family” means an individual or two or more persons who are related by blood, adoption or marriage living together and occupyinga single housekeeping unit with a single culinary facility, including caregivers employed and residing on the premises, or a group of not more than four six persons living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with a single culinary facility on a cost-sharing basis.

(2) R-2A, low density multiplefamily; R-2, medium residential; R3, general residential; all commercial districts; and the mixed use and overlay districts. The term “family” means an individual or two or more persons who are related by blood, adoption or marriage living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with a single culinary facility, or a group of persons not exceeding the number of occupants allowed by building and housing code regulations living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with a single culinary facility on a cost-sharing basis.

APPLICANT: PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (FILE #22-14100002) CODE AMENDMENT #2 (E Existing language in bold, proposed language additions in italics) To consider amending Code Section 110-934. Joint use and off-site facilities. (a) All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot or located and maintained not more than 600 feet from the building or use served. (b) In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, such parking spaces shall be established by a covenant or agreement to be recorded in land records of the county, as parking space to be used in conjunction with the principal use and shall be reserved as such through an encumbrance to be valid for the total period the use or uses for which the parking is needed are in existence. A certificate of recording shall be furnished to the department. (c) A portion of a commercial mixed-use project’s on-site or off-site parking requirement may be satisfied by using tandem (stacked) parking. These tandem parking spaces must be reserved for a specific use and managed by a valet parking service, with no more than one space stacked behind another.

APPLICANT: PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (FILE #22-14100003) CODE AMENDMENT #3 (E Existing language in bold, proposed language additions in italics) To consider amending Code Sec-

tion 110-334. Uses permitted by conditional use.

The following uses are permitted by conditional use in accordance with article II, division 5, of this chapter: (1) Exposition centers or fairgrounds.

(2) Hospitals and sanitariums, but not animal hospitals.

(3) Institutions, educational or philanthropic, including museums, art galleries and libraries.

(4) Banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies and similar institutions and offices, both business and professional.

(5) Off-street parking spaces for uses on property zoned R-3, LC1, BM, and I-1.

(6) Bicycle rental to general public in connection with hotels and motels on the premises containing 20 or more guestrooms or suites.

(7) Public utilities or public service uses not otherwise regulated by the public service commission, including buildings, treatment plants, pumping or regulator stations, substations, and principal transmission lines, but not including distribution and collection systems.

(8) Small wind energy systems pursuant to the provisions of section 110-883.

(9) Farmer’s markets.

APPLICANT: PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (FILE #22-14100004) CODE AMENDMENT #4 (E Existing language in bold, proposed language additions in italics) To consider amending Chapter

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PAGE 31 110, entitled Zoning, to amend the definition of Employee housing, onsite, to Employee housing, accessory; and to add the definition of Employee housing, non-accessory Also, to allow both in multiple zoning districts as a permitted use and in several residential zones as conditional use permits. These amendments and additions will also include performance standards that are applicable to zoning, building and life safety codes.

APPLICANT: PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (FILE #22-14100001) No oral or written testimony will be accepted after the close of the public hearing.

Public hearings that are not completed at one meeting may be continued without additional advertised notice provided the Commission Chairperson announces that the hearing will be continued and gives persons in attendance an opportunity to sign up for written notice of the additional hearing dates.

For further information concerning this public hearing, please contact the Department of Planning and Community Development, Room 242, City Hall, 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842. Phone 410-289-8855.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PAM GREER BUCKLEY, CHAIRPERSON MAUREEN HOWARTH, ATTORNEY OCD-3/17/3t _________________________________

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Calendar Fri., March 18 BERLIN BOOK OF THE MONTH: ‘NORMAL PEOPLE’ BY SALLY ROONEY Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 2 p.m. This is the story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes the reader from that first conversation to the years beyond. Facilitated by Gail Samis. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

HOME, CONDO & OUTDOOR SHOW PLUS ART AND CRAFT FAIR Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission cost is $7 for adults; $6 for seniors (55 yrs. and older) & students (14-22 yrs.); & free to children (13 years and younger), military, police and fire with ID. https://oceanpromotions.info 410-213-8090

’IRISH’ YOU LUCK SCAVENGER HUNT Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Use your research skills and the Dewey Decimal System to find all 10 clues. Names will be entered in a special drawing. For ages 8 year and older. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

SURVIVAL SPANISH: ‘HOTEL SCENARIOS’ Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 2-3 p.m. Offering four classes that focus on conversational Spanish. The third class will be all about hotel scenarios. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

FRIED CHICKEN DINNER Berlin Fire Co Headquarters, 214 N. Main St., Berlin. 4:30-7 p.m. Four pieces of fried chicken (breast, wing, thigh, leg), homemade mac & cheese, string beans and a roll for $12. Carry out.

FISH DINNER Bowen United Methodist Church, 8323 Newark Road, Newark, 4:30-7 p.m. Platters cost $10 and include flounder filet, macaroni and cheese, green beans, cornbread and dessert. Beverage included for those who dine-in.

Sat., March 19 AARP TAXAIDE Northside Park, 200 125th St., Ocean City, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. AARP Foundation Tax Aide is offering tax preparation free of charge to the citizens of the lower shore. The group is IRS certified Tax Preparers. Appointments: 443-373-2667 or

www.aarp.org/taxaide.

HOME, CONDO & OUTDOOR SHOW PLUS ART AND CRAFT FAIR Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission cost is $7 for adults; $6 for seniors (55 yrs. and older) & students (1422 yrs.); & free to children (13 years and younger), military, police and fire with ID. https://oceanpromotions.info, 410-2138090

20th century Worcester County’s past.

Register: germantownschool@gmail.com or Karen Prengaman, 443-235-9803.

ROSENWALD SCHOOLS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION Germantown School Community Heritage Center, 10223 Trappe Road, Berlin, 10 a.m.-noon. Part of a series of lectures that highlight African American perspectives of 20th century Worcester County’s past.

Register: germantownschool@gmail.com or Karen Prengaman, 443-235-9803.

VIRTUAL WALK WITH A DOC Visit the Atlantic General Hospital Facebook page at 9 a.m., where there will be short presentation by one of the hospital’s providers. Then walk and share your selfie on social media with #walkedwithagh.

NAACP’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM Meeting information is on the Worcester County N.A.A.C.P. Facebook page. Meeting ID: 82154389487; Passcode: 796386.

Info: 443-944-6701.

CRAFTY SATURDAY: WELCOME SPRING! Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m. Celebrate the new season and make some crafts to take home. For children 4 years and older. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410632-2600

DRIVE-THRU FRIED CHICKEN DINNER New Hope United Methodist Church, 7348 New Hope Road, Willards, 11 a.m. Drivethru pick-up only. Menu includes: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, greens, string beans, roll and dessert. Cost is $14. Info: 410-543-8244 or 443-235-0251.

GENEALOGY RESEARCH Germantown School Community Heritage Center, 10223 Trappe Road, Berlin, 10 a.m.-noon. Part of a series of lectures that highlight African American perspectives of

10TH ANNUAL ST. JOSEPH’S DAY FESTIVAL Saint Andrews Hall, 205 W. 145th St., Ocean City, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Food choices

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BOAT SHOW Working the cash raffle booth to support scholarships for the students at Stephen Decatur High School during the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club’s boat show last month, from left, are Larry Campbell, Christina Dolomount and Robert Grimm at the convention center on 40th Street. To date, the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club has given in excess of $2 million in scholarships.

BELL RINGER Seven-year-old Mckenna Birckhead-Thompson continues to serve her community. She joined her family for a second year to ring the Salvation Army bell in support of its Red Kettle Society campaign at the SAMS Club in Salisbury. She is an ardent community advocate, collecting canned food and distributing books to support the community. She is pictured with her mother, Nicolle, and aunt, Janeen Birckhead.

SUPPORTING LAKELYN Students and faculty participated in “Wear Pink” day at Worcester Preparatory School on Feb. 14, to support the family of Lakelyn Draheim, of Berlin. In January, the 4-year-old was diagnosed with DIPG (Diffuse Infiltrative Pontine Glioma) Stage 4, an inoperable brain tumor. She is currently undergoing pinpoint radiation treatment at the Children’s National Hospital located in Washington D.C. Senior Camden Rayne is Lakelyn’s dance teacher.

She partnered with WPS Volunteers to start a fundraiser to help send the Draheim family to Disney World. In doing so, students and faculty were asked to wear pink and donate $2 each to the cause. WPS raised nearly $5,000 for the family. To learn more about Lakelyn’s story, visit at www.caringbridge.org/visit/lakelyndraheim or follow the Facebook page “Lakelyn Strong-Defeating DIPG.” Pictured are Lower School grades Pre-K – 1 students.

BOOKS PROVIDED The Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee of Worcester County and the Democratic Women's Club of Worcester County recently donated copies of "Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement,” by Robert P.J. Cooney Jr., to the Worcester County Public Libraries and Worcester County Public Schools. Pictured, are Linda Linzey, left, and Susan Buyer, right, co-chairs of the Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee; with Jennifer Ranck, director of public libraries.

FOOD DONATION Worcester County employees in February collected nonperishable foods to donate to the Snow Hill Food Bank to help fight hunger. To kick off the food drive on Feb. 1, the Worcester County Commissioners presented a proclamation recognizing February as National Canned Food Month to Snow Hill Food Bank representatives Nick Carter and Rosalee Mason and county employees serving on the Worcester County Wellness Committee.

WPS SCIENCE FAIR Worcester Preparatory School’s third grade class presented a variety projects during the Jan. 14 Science Fair. In preparation, each student wrote their own testable questions for a science experiment to show all the parts of the scientific method. After forming a hypothesis, they were required to design an experiment to collect data and draw conclusions based on their results. Madelyn Bobenko’s Science Fair experiment, The Influence of Activities on a Pony’s Heart Rate, was a show stopper.

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CALENDAR Continued from Page 33 will feature such Italian staples as ravioli and meatballs, minestrone soup, zeppole and other breads and cakes. There will be Italian music, merchants and an auction.

Admission is free.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY GOLF & DINNER Bayside Resort Golf Club, 12021 N. Haven Drive, Selbyville, 11:30 a.m. Foursome team scramble format. Sit-down pairing of fine food and high-end Irish Whiskey at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit Semper K9. Register: http://www.delmarvawhiskey.com/golf.

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and Democracy” from “The Road to Serfdom” by Friedrich Hayek. The group meets twice a month. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

SUPER POWERED STEM: OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CHALLENGE Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 4:30 p.m.

Building trust, teamwork and a new sense of adventure. Some awesome activities perfect for any outdoor explorer. For ages 7 years and older. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

T.O.P.S. OF BERLIN - GROUP #169 MINDFULNESS YOGA WITH LIZY Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 12 p.m.

Featuring guest Lizy Maratea who will be demonstrating yoga poses and a story for children, ages 4-8 years, and their families to learn about mindfulness. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

Atlantic General Hospital, Conference Room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 56:30 p.m. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a weekly support and educational group promoting weight loss and living a healthy lifestyle. Rose Campion, 410-6410157

WOMEN ON THE EASTERN SHORE FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET Saturdays - White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shop for everything from fresh local produce to unique handmade artisan goods. Open to the public.

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 5:30 p.m.

Purnell Museum Director and Curator Cindy Byrd will talk about women on the Eastern Shore as a celebration of Women’s History Month. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

FREE PLATFORM TENNIS LESSONS Saturdays - Ocean Pines Racquet Center, 11443 Manklin Creek Road, 9:30 a.m. All abilities welcome and equipment will be provided. oppaddle2020@gmail.com or 516-508-0313.

Sun., March 20 HOME, CONDO & OUTDOOR SHOW PLUS ART AND CRAFT FAIR Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 10:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Admission cost is $7 for adults; $6 for seniors (55 yrs. and older) & students (14-22 yrs.); & free to children (13 years and younger), military, police and fire with ID. https://oceanpromotions.info, 410-213-8090

Mon., March 21 DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB OF WORCESTER COUNTY GENERAL MEETING Ocean Pines Community Center - Assateague Room, 235 Ocean Parkway. Refreshments beginning at 9:30 a.m., meeting at 10 a.m. Speaker will be Amber Green, Executive Director, Fenix Youth Project. All are welcome.

DELMARVA WOMEN’S A CAPELLA CHORUS Mondays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

All ladies that love to sing invited. Contact Mary, 410-629-9383 or Carol Ludwig, 302-242-7062.

Tues., March 22 STORY TIME ‘SPRING CRAFTS DAY’ Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and fingerplays. Take-home activity included. For 2-5 year old children. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

’50s and ’60s. A $5 donation to benefit Veterans. Participants show proof of vaccination or wear a mask. delmarvahanddance@gmail.com, 410-208-1151

Wed., March 23 BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP Surgical patients meet via Zoom. Contact the Bariatric office at 410-641-9568.

Thurs., March 24 STORY TIME: ‘POM POM PANDA GETS THE GRUMPS’ Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m.

Find out why Pom Pom is so grumpy. Take. home activity included. For ages 2-5 years. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

STORY TIME ‘FLOWER GARDEN’ STORY TIME: ‘SPRING’ Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and rhymes all about Spring. For ages 2-5 years. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

JOB SEARCH WORKSHOP Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 3-5 p.m. Drop in to receive one-on-one guidance from library staff to strengthen your resume and help with your job search. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-6322600

’STAND WITH UKRAINE: THE GUIDE’ FILM FUNDRAISER Sun & Surf Cinema, 14301 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 6 p.m. A special release of “The Guide,” the 2014 Ukrainian entry to the Academy Awards for best foreign film.

All money from ticket sales will go to the Ukraine Relief Fund. Tickets: www.foxshowtimes.com.

FREE SQUARE DANCE LESSONS Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway, 7-9 p.m. Held Wednesdays, March 23 through April 20. New students, singles and couples welcome.

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Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 10:30 a.m.

Stories, songs and rhymes. For ages 2-5 years. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

BEEKEEPING Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., p.m. A real time glimpse into a live honey bee colony with Crystal Lehmanking, local Master Beekeeper. Register: www.worcesterlibrary.org under “Events” or call 410-957-0878.

ZUMBA FOR ALL LEVELS Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 4:30 p.m. Join certified Zumba instructor Joyce Landsman for an hour of movement. These classes uplift and improve mood. Register: www.worcesterlibrary.org under “Events.” 410-632-2600

PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE CLINC Atlantic Health Center, 9714 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 6-8 p.m. This clinic is for those ages 5 years and older. Registration is required: www.agh.care/vaccine.

BEACH SINGLES Thursdays - Join us 55 plus at Harpoon Hanna’s, 39064 Harpoon Road, Fenwick Island, DE, 4-6 p.m. Info: 302-436-9577 or BeachSingles.org

STORY TIME ‘BIRDS AND NESTS’ Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and crafts about the life cycle of birds. For ages 2-5 years. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410-632-2600

IPAD BASICS Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Stop by the library to learn the basics of iPads. www.worcesterlibrary.org, 410632-2600

SAFE BOATING COURSE Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

AARP Foundation Tax Aide is offering tax preparation free of charge to the citizens of the lower shore. The group is IRS certified Tax Preparers. Appointments: 443-3732667 or www.aarp.org/taxaide.

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 6-9 p.m.

Held March 22-24, 6-9 p.m., this 9-hour course satisfies state requirements nationwide. Cost is $20. Free to middle and high school students. Registration: email ocpsabc@gmail.com. Info: ocusps.org.

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Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30 p.m. The group will examine an excerpt “Planning

Tuesdays - Selbyville Elks Lodge 2173, 13324 Worcester Highway, Bishopville, 5:30-9 p.m. Dance to the sounds of the

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HERZOG FEATURED Barbara Herzog was named the Pine’eer Craft Club of Ocean Pines’ March crafter of the month.

After retirement in 2019, Herzog and her husband moved to Ocean Pines and she joined the Pine’eer Craft Club. She loves to sew and was influenced by her mom making her clothes. When she was 19, her parents took her shopping for her own sewing machine and she has been sewing ever since. Herzog uses her mom’s sewing machines, which has expanded her ability to produce more professional finishes and seam construction. She has made clothing for her family as well as home décor. For the last several years, she has enjoyed making children’s clothing, primarily dresses for girls. She recently ventured into making infant clothing, including Bummies (diaper covers).

To see the items Herzog has created and those of other crafters, visit the Artisan Gift Shop located in White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines. The shop is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Currently the gift shop is seeking new crafters who would like to sell their handmade items. For more information, contact shop managers Diane Denk at dianedenk@comcast.net or Kimberly Perrone at perrone4499@gmail.com.

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The 38th annual Home, Condo, and Outdoor Show will return to the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street this weekend, featuring over 100 vendors selling things like home improvements, arts and crafts and pet adoptions.

Home, Condo, and Outdoor Show returns for 38th year

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) Looking to build, renovate, or spruce up your home? If so, you might want to check out the 38th annual Home, Condo, and Outdoor Show at the Roland E. Powell convention center on 40th Street this weekend.

Jeanette Trimper, the owner of Ocean Promotions, said this week that the Delmarva’s largest home show will feature over 100 vendors, including home builders, window treatments, bathroom remodeling professionals, counter specialists, furniture, photography companies, and woodworking.

“We have a little bit of everything,” she said, adding that people will even be able to adopt a pet at the Home Show this weekend.

Along with the vendors, there will be an arts and craft fair which includes free drawings, door prizes, and an up to $50,000 Temple Bat Yam 50/50 cash raffle drawing.

Some of the vendors include Chesapeake Home Services, Coastal Bath Co., Donaway Furniture, Hen-

lopen Candle Works, Hillbilly’s Jerky and Oasis Travel.

Other vendors include Boy Scout Troop 2173, Patriot Firearms Training, Fellowship of Christian Farmers, Int’l., Stanley Steemer, T-Mobile, Voter Registration, Town Cats, Inc., and Two Pups LLC. Although the show will not occupy the entire convention center, it will occupy halls A and B. Still, Trimper said everything will be spread out.

This is the second year since the covid-19 pandemic began that the show has taken place.

According to Trimper, the show was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. The show returned in 2021, though it was smaller than 2019.

She explained that businesses had a hard time finding people to work in 2021 and builders had trouble finding materials.

With 112 vendors this year, the show is beginning to return to its glory, though some may have hesitations about attending.

“Some people are still worried See VENDORS Page 38

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Food waste program gets donation

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) Environmentally minded restaurant owners with an idea to convert food waste to compost received a $1,000 check from the Sierra Club on Tuesday to expand its program, allowing more restaurants to participate in the program.

Josh Chamberlain, the founder and executive director of Go Green OC, and Garvey Heiderman, the director of compost operations and owner of The Hobbit Restaurant on 81st Street accepted the check while laying out the future of their program.

“Four years ago, Garvey and I started what seemed like an impossible task: the foundation for a citywide compost program here in Ocean City,” Chamberlain said during a press conference at Heiderman’s restaurant. “Since the inception, the incredible program has diverted nearly 100,000 pounds of food waste, and it all started here at The Hobbit Restaurant.”

Chamberlain said over the past year, nearly 40 restaurants have expressed interest in composting and just in the past six months, numerous people from across the country have asked about the composting efforts.

“The word is definitely getting out about our efforts,” he said.

The idea is to take food waste from restaurants and convert it to compost that is usable instead of sending it to

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Josh Chamberlain, left, and Garvey Heiderman, founders of Go Green OC, said their goal for 2022 is to divert 500,000 pounds of food waste from the waste stream and have it converted into clean, usable compost. In 2021, Go Green OC was able to divert 100,000 pounds of food waste in a limited time with only five restaurants.

Covanta, a waste-to-energy incineration operation in Pennsylvania.

Compost is made of three key ingredients: browns — dead leaves, twigs, branches; greens — grass clippings, vegetable waste and coffee grounds; and water.

It not only has excellent agricultural benefits, but also is phenomenal in preventing runoff, as it has great moisture retention.

Heiderman told Ocean City Council members last November that a four-week pilot program in 2018 resulted in nearly 2,000 pounds of food

waste, with every dinner generating 1.23 pounds of food waste.

The pilot program was expanded with the support of City Council members and involved five restaurants: The Hobbit Restaurant, The Bonfire Restaurant at 70th Street, Dough Roller on 70th Street, Real Raw Organics at 34th Street, and Annabelle’s BBQ and Creamery at 64th Street.

Go Green OC’s goal for 2022 is to divert nearly 250 tons of food waste from the garbage stream, or the See GO Page 39

Vendors to be spread out for show Continued from Page 37 about covid,” Trimper said. “We have plenty of space between vendors, and we’re still making it safer for people who want to come.”

The Home Show will take place

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Communication difficulties arise this week, Gemini. Someone can coach you into getting your point across with sufficient finesse. Seek a communication mentor.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, there may be some passionate discussions coming up this week with family members. Everyone wants his or her point of view to be heard.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you need to be flexible, especially over the next few days. People may put you to the test with a perceived unwillingness to compromise, but cooperate when possible.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, in order to reach a destination you have in mind, you may have to rethink the route you’re taking. A direct course just may not be the way to go in this instance.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Always be honest with yourself and others, Libra. That means being true to you and never putting on masks just to hide others from how you are truly feeling.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you want to do things for others out of the goodness of your heart, and you will not need anything in return. Good deeds are their own reward.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, dining out too many days in a row may leave you feeling sluggish. Reassess your eating habits and commit to making more meals at home for a bit.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, recognize that not everyone has your best interests at heart. Others’ intentions may not be sinister, but your own interest and the interest of others may not align.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Sometimes you are a bit proud and do not like asking for or accepting others’ help, Aquarius. You deserve the breaks that others are willing to offer you, though.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 This is a good time of the month to nurture loved ones, Pisces. Play with your kids or sit and chat with an elderly relative who needs you.

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Women’s health organization in Berlin names new director

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(March 18, 2022) Joann Manole has been named the new executive director of the Grace Center for Maternal and Women’s Health in Berlin.

“I am humbled and honored to be working for such an amazing nonprofit organization,” Manole said.

She took over the leadership reigns at the center following the January board meeting. In addition to her over 33 years of experience in health care management, she has also served on Joann Manole the board and steering committees for several nonprofit organizations in northern New Jersey and New York.

Manole and her husband recently relocated to Sussex County from New Jersey. She holds a B.S, in Art Therapy from Long Island University, a Therapist Track Certificate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine and has done Masters course work in addictions counseling, cognitive reha-

bilitation and recreation therapy.

With her strong business and health care background, Manole has much to offer the Grace Center. She has established several goals for herself as she begins what she hopes will be a long and mutually rewarding tenure as the executive director.

She aspires to increase community awareness of services offered, facilitate the growth of the organization’s donor base, tap into other resources for funding and develop a strategic plan for how Grace Center will continue to thrive and meet the community needs.

The Grace Center for Maternal and Women’s Health is a nonprofit organization located in Berlin. Assistance is provided on many levels including, but not limited to: prenatal and postpartum education, parenting and relationship skills building, limited ultrasound examinations, support groups for women with addictions, post-postpartum depression and pregnancy loss counseling, job training and placement as well as an avenue to earn a Maryland high school diploma.

Go Green OC makes 2022 plans

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CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, Located in The Courtyard by Marriott 410-289-7192/7191 / Captainstableoc.com Every Friday: Phil Perdue on Piano, 5-9 p.m.

COINS 28th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-289-3100 / www.coinspuboc.com March 19: Dust N’ Bones, 8 p.m.

Every Sunday: Free Bingo, noon to 3 p.m.

Every Tuesday: Trivia Night

March 19: Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; Liquid A, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Stealing Savanah, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

March 24: Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m.

THE VIEW AT THE CAMBRIA HOTEL 13 St. Louis Ave., Ocean City 443-856-4158 / https://www.choicehotels.com/maryland/oceancity/cambria-hotels/md310 Every Tuesday: Karaoke, 7-11 p.m.

OCEAN CLUB 101st Street, Ocean City Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort 410-524-3535 / www.ocbeachresort.com March 18-19: On The Edge, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

BAYVIEW BAR & GRILLE 2nd Floor Residence Inn 61st Street, Ocean City 410-723-2222 / www.ResidenceInnOC.com Every Friday: Karaoke w/Donnie, 6-9 p.m.

Every Sunday: Bar Bingo w/DJ Rupe, 5-8 p.m.

SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay, Ocean City 410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com March 18: DJ Tuff, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Steal The Sky, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

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With more food waste diversion being planned, Chamberlain and Heiderman plan to ramp up operations.

“We bought a box truck this year that will allow us to haul out materials,” Heiderman said.

He also said more restaurants are being added to the mix.

Starting this year, the Bayside Skillet at 70th Street, Mother’s Cantina at 28th and 78th streets, Longboard Cafe at 67th Street, Macky’s at 53rd Street, and Fish Tales at 21st Street will join the program to help Go Green OC reach its goal of diverting 500,000 pounds of food from the stream.

In addition to the new restaurants,

the organization plans to roll out collection receptacles for pizza boxes, which are non-recyclable but can be converted into compost.

“None of this would be possible without the support of Ocean City, who greenlit the pilot program last year,” Chamberlain said. “The city now pays Ocean Compost on a perton basis to remove food waste.”

Councilman Peter Buas spoke highly of the program’s goal of converting food waste into compost.

“It’s a win-win for everyone,” he said.

Along with the pizza box and new restaurants, Go Green OC produced a two-and-a-half-minute training video in 10 different languages to show how the program works.

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Ocean City Power Squadron holding boat safety classes ON GUARD

This photo of a blue heron was taken on Assateague Island earlier this year.

PHOTO COURTESY FRANK ROSARIO

(March 18, 2022) The Ocean City Power Squadron, a unit of the United States Power Squadrons, will present a three-night comprehensive safe boating course beginning on March 22 at the Ocean Pines library.

This nine-hour course will be given on three nights, Tuesday through Thursday, March 22-24 from 6-9 p.m, and includes a review and exam on the last night.

There is a $20 fee for the course material. Middle and high school students can take the course, including material, for free.

Registration information can be obtained by e-mailing ocpsabc@gmail.com.

Anyone born after July 1, 1972, is required to satisfactorily complete a safe boating class to operate a recreational vessel or personal watercraft in Maryland (Jan. 1, 1978 in Delaware). Successfully completing this class also satisfies state requirements nationwide.

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

Statistics show that in 82 percent of boating fatalities, the captain had no formal boating education. The Ocean City Power Squadron encourages all boaters to complete a boating safety class.

seafood, small plates, desserts and cocktails.

■ RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT 61st Street Bayside/2nd Floor @ Bayview Bar & Grill, Ocean City 443- 664-7043 $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Bayfront dining with a casual atmosphere.

Specializing in burgers, flat breads, crab cakes, shrimp burgers and full dinner specials. Happy Hour daily, 4-7 p.m. Open everyday, 4-10 p.m.

■ SEACRETS 49th Street, Ocean City 410-524-4900, www.seacrets.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open Thursday and Friday, 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. with Island atmosphere. Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

Online. Weekends until 10 p.m. for lunch and dinner.

■ SOPHIA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Inside the Gold Coast Mall, 11405 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City 410-723-5188 $$ | Kids’ menu Open Wednesday through Monday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Serving appetizes, salads, subs and soup of the day. Many specialty pizzas with premium toppings or made to order. Calzones and a healthy line of low carb alternatives along with a wide variety of Italian entrée dishes. A La Carte fresh vegetables and wonderful homemade desserts.

Call for take-out or delivery. Formally Three Bros. Pizza.

Dining Guide ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ■ RESERVATIONS: Reservations accepted —————————————

DOWNTOWN

South end to 28th Street ■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, inside The Courtyard by Marriott, Ocean City 410289-7192, www.captainstableoc.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Breakfast and lunch served Wednesday through Friday, 8-11 a.m. and Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon. Dinner and lite fare served Thursday through Sunday, 5-9 p.m., featuring seafood, steaks and poultry. Daily chef specials.

■ COASTAL SALT 16th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-973-7258, www.coastalsaltoc.com $$-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Coastal Salt is a new American restaurant with an emphasis on fresh, locally caught seafood with a unique culinary twist. Open Thursday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. for lunch and dinner.

■ COINS PUB & RESTAURANT 28th Street Plaza and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-289-3100, www.coinspuboc.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Casual dining atmosphere for families.

Soups, salads, crab cakes, hand cut steaks, fresh seafood, scallops, fresh soft crabs, and specialty dishes. Happy hour daily, 3-6 p.m. with food and drink specials. Early bird daily, 4-6 p.m. with special dinner menu.

Closed Mondays. Open Tuesday through Friday at 3 p.m., Saturday at noon and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Dine in or carry out.

■ CORAL REEF RESTAURANT & BAR Oceanfront and 17th St. in Holiday Inn & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612, www.coralreefrestaurant.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Enjoy our hearty homestyle breakfasts starting at 7 a.m. daily. Lunch and dinner offering light fare of soups and salads along with our house specialty Scallops St. Croix, along with ribs, Cuban pork and steak selections.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER S. Division Street and Boardwalk 410-2893501; 3rd Street and Boardwalk 410-2892599, www.TheDoughRoller.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar An Ocean City family tradition since 1980.

Offering breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Buttermilk pancakes, fresh handmade dough pizza and Italian dinners. We have something for everyone!

■ HARBOR WATCH 806 S. Atlantic Ave., Inlet Ocean City 410289-5121, www.harborwatchrestaurant.com $$-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Bringing Ocean City the freshest seafood, an award-winning Raw Bar along with certified Angus Beef. Great view of the Ocean City Inlet and Assateague Island. Call for Banquet information. Hours are Thursday, 49 p.m. and Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

■ THE VIEW RESTAURANT AND BAR AT CAMBRIA, OC Located in the Cambria Hotel, 13 St. Louis Avenue, Ocean City 410-280-1645 or 410520-4541 Open to the public with a new full menu, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Happy Hour each day from 3-9 p.m. Open 7 a.m. daily until midnight Fridays and Saturdays and until 10 p.m. all other days. Enjoy overlooking the bay with fresh baked pastries on premise. Wounder appetizers, salads, sandwiches, entrees and flatbreads.

MIDTOWN

29th to 90th streets ■ 32 PALM Located in The Hilton,32nd Street, Ocean City 410-289-2525, www.32palm.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open Sunday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Bar and lounge. Western Caribbean cuisine with a mix of traditional Eastern Shore favorites.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER 41st Street and Coastal Highway 410-5249254; 70th Street and Coastal Highway 410-524-7981, www.TheDoughRoller.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Online ordering See downtown locations for description.

■ LONGBOARD CAFÉ 6701 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City 443-6645639, www.longboardcafe.net $$-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Classic and creative American dishes and cocktails are showcased in a festive, surfthemed setting with weekly specials. Featuring burgers, tacos, prime rib, seafood and more. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays. Dine-in and curbside pick-up.

■ MARLIN MOON Located in the Double Tree Hotel, 3301 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-1201, www.marlinmoonocmd.com $$ Sunday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Restaurant and bar with fresh

UPTOWN

91st to 146th streets ■ BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH 12601 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City 443-6642896, www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Opens at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and noon to 10 p.m., Friday through Sunday. Louisiana-style cooking with specials for Valentine’s Day and Fat Tuesday Specials. Featuring surf and turf, fantastic chicken dishes, seafood gumbo, fried catfish, jambalaya prime rib and many more.

Champagne and desserts.

■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, BREAKERS PUB & LENNY’S BEACH BAR & GRILL Inside the Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort, 101st Street, Ocean City 410-5243535, ocbeachresort.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving beach-inspired dishes in our oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breakers Pub. Horizons: Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed Monday through Wednesday. Breakers Pub: Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner including light fare and steamer specials.

■ NORI SUSHI BAR & GRILL Inside the Gold Coast Mall, 11403 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City 443-880-6258 $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Serving daily small plates, soups, salads, sandwiches, fried rice, entrees and desserts. Also, a full menu of Nori’s Premium Rolls, Nigiri and Sashimi with fresh classic hand roll combos. Full-service bar with wine, beer and cocktails. Offering inside dining and take out, 7 days a week, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Delivery via Door Dash

WEST OCEAN CITY ■ COASTAL SMOKEHOUSE 12513 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-390-5998, coastalsmokehouse.com $$-$$$ | Full bar with 18 TVs Coastal Smokehouse caters to the steak and barbecue expert inside of us all with a menu that tours the nation's hottest barbecue destinations and a top-notch bourbon list with which to wash it all down. Open 7days a week for lunch and dinner from noon to 11 p.m.

■ OC CHOPSTICKS Asian Bistro 12741 Ocean Gateway, Suite 890, West Ocean City (Outlets Ocean City) 410-8011111, www.occhopsticks.com $$ | Beer | Premium Sake Offering a wide array of authentic Chinese, Japanese and Thai food. Dine-in and carryout. Lunch specials. Dinner and lite fare.

Sunday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

OCEAN PINES ■ CLUBHOUSE BAR AND GRILLE 100 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean Pines 410641-7222, oceanpinesgolf.org/dining $$ | Full bar With sweeping views of the 18th hole, the new Clubhouse Bar and Grille serves freshly prepared breakfast and lunch items. Full bar. Open daily, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting.

■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB 1 Mumford Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-641-7222, www.OPyachtclub.com $$-$$$ | Full bar The Ocean Pines Yacht Club offers casual coastal cuisine for lunch and dinner in a beautiful bayfront setting. Fresh seafood, signature drinks, live music and more. Open Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m.

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St. Joseph’s Festival returns to OC, Saturday (March 18, 2022) Two years after covid caused cancellation of the annual Ocean City St. Joseph’s Festival, the the popular event returns this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Inside St. Andrew’s Hall, located at Sinepuxent Avenue and 144th Street, the aroma of home-cooked Italian foods including, minestrone soup, pasta, meatballs, sausages, fried dough specialties, breads, cakes and muffins will greet visitors. These items are all from the kitchens and recipes of local Italian-American home cooks.

Admission is free to the festival, which is sponsored by the Ocean City Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Italy. Proceeds are used to fund scholarships and charitable causes.

Food may be the essence of this annual celebration, but it is not the only attraction. As in past years, the St. Joseph’s Festival will feature raffles for over-stuffed gift baskets, silent auctions with local bargains from restaurants, shops and grocery stores, the sale of specialty Italian items, and St. Joseph articles for sale.

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In addition, attendees can bid on items from professional sports teams, as well as team-themed gift baskets.

All of this will come with a backdrop of Italian music provided by Baltimore’s Mario Monaldi band.

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.

Its goals include increasing awareness of the Italian culture and contributions of Italian Americans to the progress of the United States, helping the community through charitable

contributions, and promoting Americanism based on absolute loyalty to the Constitution.

Today Ocean City Lodge 2474, with almost 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 many young men and women who travel from Italy every summer to work in Ocean City and the surrounding resort areas.

Ukrainian Oscar-nominated film to be shown at theaters (March 18, 2022) Fox Theatres will participate in a nationwide effort, “Stand With Ukraine: The Guide,” a special release of “The Guide,” the 2014 Ukrainian entry to the Academy Awards for best foreign film.

The film will be available to view at the Ocean City theater, Wednesday, March 23, at 6 p.m. at Sun & Surf Cinema, 14301 Coastal Highway. All of the money from ticket sales will go

to the Ukraine Relief Fund.

“We are honored to be part of an industry-wide movement to help the relief efforts for the citizens of Ukraine,” said Donald Fox, president of Fox Theatres.

In ‘The Guide,’ an American boy and blind musician are thrown together by fate amidst the 1930’s Russian subjugation of Ukraine. The See FILM Page 42

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Worcester Prep students to compete in Junior Olympics (March 18, 2022) Worcester Preparatory School students, Jude and Gabriella Damouni and Anna Mumford, will participate in the Mid Atlantic Junior Olympics, March 1720, in York Pennsylvania.

In December, representing Mako Swim Club, Gabriella Damouni and Mumford attended Keystone Aquatics Arena Holiday Cup Championship in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where both girls competed against the top swimmers in the country in their age group.

From the meet, they qualified for the Eastern Sectional Zones Divisional Team, which is made of the top swimmers from the Mid-Atlantic area spanning Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, DC, and Vir-

ginia. They also both qualified for several events in the Junior Olympics, including all different lengths from 50-yard freestyle to 1,650 freestyle, and 100 backstroke.

“These girls excel in school at Worcester Preparatory, and all the rigor it gives them, as well as outside of school in their swimming,” Gabriella’s mom, Helen said. “If they were not on deck ready to swim, they were studying and catching up on schoolwork in the car or at the hotel.”

A month later at the Friends Central Aquatics Distance Challenge, the girls along with Jude Damouni, reached another milestone while they swam 1,650yards.

All three students completed the mile swim, a total of 66 laps, in less

Worcester Preparatory School students representing Mako Swim Club, from left, Anna Mumford, and Gabriella and Jude Damouni, will participate in the Mid Atlantic Junior Olympics, March 1720, in York Pennsylvania.

than 20 minutes with Anna finishing in 18:25, Jude in 18:33 and Gabriella in 19:25. This again qualified the girls Junior Olympics, and now Jude as

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Anna is ranked 11th and Gabriella 58th nationally in their age group.

Jude is ranked 225th nationally for his age group.

In the Mid-Atlantic region, Anna is ranked second and Gabriella 11th among the girls, and Jude is ranked 30th among the boys.

In February, the three competed at the Double Last Chance Meet and qualified for additional events for the Junior Olympics. The races were for highly qualified swimmers in their respective age groups.

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Film ticket sales support Ukraine Continued from Page 41 “Terror Famine” of the 30’s is incredibly current given the attempts of Russia to once again crush the independence and freedom of their neighbor, Ukraine.

The film is presented in Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles.

All of the ticket sales will go to the Ukraine Relief Fund that has been established in cooperation with Human & Civil Rights Organizations of America, Inc. (HCROA).

The HCROA is managing donations and ensuring they reach organizations working effectively in Ukraine and countries supporting Ukrainian refugees.

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Swimmers focus on regionals and nationals Continued from Page 42 While there, Anna also qualified for more senior championship events. It takes an extremely talented swimmer to qualify for the senior championship before the age of 15.

Jude and Gabriella are on the brink of doing so while competing at the Junior Olympics.

Currently, Anna’s tally for Senior Champs is the 200-, 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events. She will race girls who range in age from 1430 years old.

“I love being with my friends, practice and pushing my limits and meeting other awesome swimmers,” Anna (class of 2027) said.

Also, during this meet Jude qualified for the 200 free and the 100-yard butterfly, Gabriella qualified for the 50-yard butterfly and the 400-yard IM, and Anna qualified for the 200yard backstroke and the 400-yard IM for Junior Olympics.

“I am very excited to be going to Junior Olympics and national championships,” Gabriella (class of 2027) said. “My coach always tells me that

there is no such thing as adding time, but setting a new goal to beat that time. I feel so honored that I got into Zones, and I am so excited for future competitions and hanging out with all my friends. I feel like I had such high goals and when I hit them, I was so happy.”

Jude looks forward to future competitions, and one day competing in the Olympics.

“I think what helped me reach my accomplishments was my drive and practice. My drive is wanting to be

better than my current self because if I don’t worry about my competitors then I can focus on myself and train at my best every day,” Jude (class of 2026) said. “Comparing my times to last year or even a few months ago, I have seen major improvements because of my hard work and the push that my teammates and I give each other whether it is in practice or at an actual meet.”

Both Jude and Gabriella agree that their mom is their biggest fan.

“She is always the first one to con-

gratulate me on dropping time, and she always pushes me to do better,” Gabriella said. “She is an amazing mom and I don’t know what I would do without her.”

Competing on a swim team would not be possible without their mom, Jude added.

“She takes us everywhere and always supports us in our meets,” he said. “I am really looking forward to Junior Olympics and the national championships meet in Florida with her.”

In order to achieve dean’s list status, a full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 Quality Point Average during the semester.

Hood College: Samantha Hill (’22) and McKayla Staley (’25), both of Berlin.

The dean’s list recognizes degreeseeking students who completed at least six semester hours of Hood work

with at least a 3.5 semester GPA. Dickinson College: James van Kuilenburg, Berlin, a junior history and women’s, gender & sexuality studies major; Drew Haueisen, Snow Hill, a sophomore quantitative economics and mathematics major.

All students earning a position on the dean’s list must have a gradepoint average of 3.7 or above on a 4.0 GPA scale for the semester.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Twist on traditional meatballs

By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (March 18, 2022) The sparkling rays of the shimmering sun graces the Eastern Shore. Peace and serenity bring out the natural goodness for all to enjoy.

It will not be long before vacationers flock to the sleepy resort and the hustle and bustle will once again reign supreme.

A much-needed stroll along the beach beckons me to be one with myself. Even though my footprints are the only impressions along the sandy shore, there is much to see.

Each passing wave is filled with miraculous wonders. One just has to be willing to see how blessed we are.

The Atlantic Ocean seems endless and I must take in this mesmerizing sight. Thoughts of my father instantly come to the forefront. It has been seven years since his passing.

Sorrow could fill my sand bucket, but I choose to make him proud. Memories do not fade; they are the waves of the future.

During dad’s fight against cancer, his taste buds changed. I guess age and chemo have a way of altering one’s menu; seafood became his favorite meal.

I have friends coming over this weekend. I want to come up with a creative dish that would have tickled dad’s fancy. Maybe this thought process is a way to keep him near to me.

I happen to notice a group of dolphins dancing in the near distance, all of a sudden inspiration is before me. Tuna meatballs and seafood marinara sauce over angel hair pasta sounds intriguing, but will it work?

The deconstruction of a tuna meatball will give me guidance.

Should I use fresh or canned tuna is the first question that comes to my mind. Canned tuna will certainly work but fresh tuna has more flavor and moisture. The dense consistency and natural wetness of the tuna flesh will make a great tasting meatball.

Tuna does not have any fat, so it is important to add extra flavor to the tuna. Garlic, onions, parsley, basil, oregano and parmesan cheese will be key to the tuna and breadcrumb mixture.

One might be wondering why not use seasoned breadcrumbs. I prefer to season the breadcrumb mixture myself, this way the flavoring components are exactly the way I want it.

A good sear is imperative for tasty tuna meatballs. Tuna does not have the consistency that ground beef has, so contrast in texture is essential.

A good marinara sauce should always have a touch of chicken base. This simple addition gives the sauce more depth of flavor. But the addition of tuna meatballs means seafood base should be considered.

Tomato sauce contains a lot of acid. A few pinches of baking soda will solve this problem and not change the flavor profile. The sauce will start to foam which means the baking soda is working.

The last topic to consider is the type of pasta.

Angel hair is light and is a good foundation for the delicate meatballs. Remember, the tuna meatballs are the star of the dish.

This sounds delicious and I know it will work. I am pleased with the dish and know dad would have loved it.

As I leave this sanctuary of solitude, the sound of the crashing waves is a reminder of their eternal path. It is then that I realized dad will always be a part of me. Enjoy!

Tuna Meatballs and Seafood Marinara Sauce over Angel Hair Pasta Tuna Meatballs 8 ounces fresh tuna 1 egg 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 2 large cloves garlic, minced ½ cup sweet onion, finely chopped 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian parsley 1 ½ tablespoons dried basil

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Man dies after driving into Pocomoke River Snow Hill resident crossed parking lot before plunging vehicle into local waterway

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A man died Friday after driving a vehicle off of Route 12 and into the Pocomoke River in Snow Hill, according to police.

A press release from the Maryland State Police said a preliminary investigation found Robert Jarrell, 73, of Snow Hill was driving south on Route 12 when he crossed over the northbound lanes for “reasons unknown.”

After changing lanes, the GMC Denali Jarrell was driving crossed over a roadside parking lot before heading into the Pocomoke River, where the vehicle became submerged by water.

Emergency service personnel arrived at the crash scene near the Pocomoke River Bridge in Snow Hill, just after 11 a.m.

Police said a witness reported that the Denali was “fully submerged in the middle of the Pocomoke River.”

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on arrival, was the only person in the car.

The Salisbury City Fire Department Dive Team responded to the scene and tended to the submerged SUV. Ocean City Police Department Deputy of Communications Ashley Miller said members of the department’s dive team also assisted at the crash.

Although the preliminary investigation was included in the press release, State Police are looking at all factors involved in the crash, saying “all possible cases are being considered.”

Along with State Troopers from the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack and the OCPD, Worcester County Sheriff’s Department deputies, and Snow Hill Police responded to the crash.

Also responding were officers from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and members of the Ocean City and Snow Hill fire departments.

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Crew members from the Salisbury Fire Department’s dive team assisted with rescue efforts after a man drove his vehicle into the Pocomoke River in Snow Hill last Friday. The driver and sole occupant, Robert Jarrell of Snow Hill, died in the accident.

One dead in fiery Berlin car crash State Police say inclement weather factored into spin off Route 113 Saturday

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A Snow Hill man died on Saturday morning after the vehicle in which he was a passenger spun off Route 113 and caught fire.

Wilbert J. Harmon, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by emergency personnel.

A press release issued by the Maryland State Police said the Berlin

Barrack responded to a report of a single-car crash near Route 113 and Georgetown Road in Berlin at approximately 6:15 a.m. that day. When troopers arrived, a Ford Crown Victoria was in the center median and engulfed in flames.

A preliminary investigation conducted by State Police determined the driver, Miguel Carrion, 33, of Snow Hill was traveling north on Route 113 when the vehicle spun off the highway and into the trees before coming to a rest in the center median.

Carrion was transported to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital

in Salisbury and treated for his injuries.

Inclement weather, police said, may have contributed to the crash, though the exact cause was still under investigation.

The accident forced troopers to shut down all northbound lanes of Route 113. Members of the State Highway Administration assisted with redirecting drivers away from the scene.

Along with State Police and Highway Administration officials, crews from the Berlin Fire Company and Showell Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the crash.

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Judge clears stun gun victim of all but disorderly conduct

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (March 18, 2022) A Wicomico County Judge who filled in at Worcester County District Court last week dropped all but one charge against a Cecil County, Maryland man who was subdued with an electric stun gun by Ocean City Police last June.

Snippets of videos surfaced last summer of police officers aim- Taizier Griffin ing stun guns at 18year-old Taizier Griffin as he was taking off his backpack on the Boardwalk. Griffin was then shot by one of the tasers before getting apprehended.

Events leading up to the conclusion, according to police reports, suggested Griffin was told by officers that vaping was illegal on the Boardwalk, but he continued to vape.

Another video clip surfaced on the internet of a similar event just six days prior, when a member of the Ocean City Police Department rammed his knee into Brian Everett Anderson, 19, of Lancaster, Pennsyl-

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vania multiple times after he was told not to vape on the boards.

Anderson pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Friday, March 11, and was sentenced to probation before judgement.

Griffin also had his day in court on Friday, March 11.

The case was heard by Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge W. Newton Jackson III in Worcester County as he was filling in at the courthouse.

Griffin pleaded not guilty to all eight charges he faced.

Of those eight charges, he was found not guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, resisting arrest, obstructing and hindering an investigation, and concealing a dangerous weapon.

Charges of failing to give proper identification and failing to obey law enforcement were combined into one charge of disorderly conduct, of which Griffin was found guilty.

He was ordered to pay $257.50 in fees that day.

Griffin’s attorney, Malcolm P. Ruff of the Baltimore law firm, Murphy, Falcon, & Murphy filed an appeal of the court costs on Monday.

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DUI hit-and-run James Paul Coleman, 37, of Salisbury was arrested by Ocean City Police at approximately 11:30 p.m. last Saturday near 50th Street and charged with DUI, open container and leaving the scene of an accident involving damage.

Police said Coleman backed into an SUV, got out to inspect the damage, and drove away.

An officer who watched Coleman depart the scene called in his license plate to headquarters, and he was pulled over a short time later.

Police said they found Coleman to be under the influence of alcohol and had two open cans of beer on the center console of the vehicle.

Second-degree assault Paul Alexander Dunford, 24, of Pittsville was arrested by Ocean City Police at approximately 1:45 a.m. last Sunday near Eighth Street and Philadelphia Avenue and charged with second-degree assault, obstructing and hindering an investigation, and disorderly conduct.

An officer reported that he saw Dunford and another man get into an altercation, but he never saw the men exchanging punches.

The officer who witnessed the scuffle said he watched the other man walk away and then sent other members of the police department of his description. At the same time, another officer detained Dunford and asked him to sit on the sidewalk.

“Get that motherf*****. He punched me in the mouth,” Dunford reportedly said to police. “I’m on your team. I’m law enforcement…Help a brother out.”

Dunford told police he was in a restaurant and started talking with a woman who said her boyfriend would get mad if he saw them talking to each other. That’s when the other man walked up, Dunford explained, and asked him to stop hitting on his girlfriend before the man punched him in the mouth.

The other man told police a similar story, though he said Dunford was trying to dance with his girlfriend. When the man approached, he told police, Dunford pushed him away and he retaliated by punching Dunford in the mouth. Neither man wanted to press charges.

Just as police were finishing their investigation, Dunford was seen standing nearly a foot away from a police sergeant who was trying to calm him down.

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Letters to the editor Gun show not in line with ‘family environment’ Editor, The town council’s approval of Ocean City Adventure Fest raises many questions. Is this the kind of event that Ocean City wants to support?

The mayor and council, and Tourism Director Tom Perlozzo talk about wanting to project a familyfriendly atmosphere — please explain how a gun show supports that image?

Mr. Perlozzo states that this event will saturate the town with 1,000 police officers in town, but what exactly does that mean?

During that event would they be working for the Ocean City Police Department? If not, then they are just 1,000 tourists, and would have no authority to play a role in any official law enforcement capacity?

Would there be an understanding with the event promoter, regarding the role of these event attendees?

If any of these 1,000 off-duty police officers decide to confront the car rally attendees, then what happens?

Will the Ocean City Police Dept. be responsible for arresting any off-duty police officers, and what will that look

like?

If the police department is expressing concerns about Ocean City Adventure Fest then what exactly is the point of the event?

We have beautiful, clean, free beaches, great family attractions, restaurants and many local amenities, this event does nothing to highlight the strengths of Ocean City, nor does it bring the families that we hope to attract to our town.

Melissa Reid Berlin

Town spending too much on tourism Editor, The Mayor & City Council (M&CC) of the Town of Ocean City are about to adopt FY22 Budget Amended #1.

We just learned that there is an additional amount of room tax collected totaling $1,520,000 which is earmarked for advertising. This raises the current advertising budget from just under $8.3 million to over $9.8 million.

Any funds not spent this fiscal year will carry over into FY23.

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Prior to beginning the petition drive, I wrote in an earlier letter to the editor, “Based on the trend of room tax increases over many years, and based on the increased formula found in the new ordinance, a conservative estimate is that funds dedicated to the broad category of “destination marketing,” which includes advertising, will be in excess of $8.7 million in FY24 and over $9.5 million in FY25.”

The $9.8 million for advertising now in the amended budget already exceeds my conservative estimates for the future.

This insane amount of money for tourism advertising is the result of a flawed ordinance adopted in 2007.

We have long passed the point of diminishing returns when it comes to these expenditures.

Ordinance 2021-24 only exacerbates the situation. Who knows how high the advertising budget will climb in the years to come? Hopefully, the voters will have a say on this issue in November.

We also just learned that the M&CC now have in excess of $15.9 million in unassigned reserve funds, over and above their 15 percent reserve policy.

It is the equivalent to 17 cents on

the current property tax rate. Thus, the M&CC could have cut the property tax rate by over 37 percent for the current budget year, while still maintaining adequate reserves.

Hopefully, major changes will be made on election day.

Vincent dePaul Gisriel Jr. Ocean City

‘One Pill Can Kill’ opioid crisis worsening Editor, “The fentanyl crisis is getting worse, not better. Fake pills with deadly amounts of fentanyl are popping up everywhere. It’s in fake Xanax and Percocets, it’s being laced in cocaine and ecstasy. A single pill can kill,” Families Against Fentanyl founder James Rauh, who lost his son to fentanyl poisoning (from a Feb 5 article on Foxnews.com) said.

I attended an information session sponsored by Worcester Goes Purple and the Worcester County Sheriff’s office. The event, entitled “One Pill Can Kill” was aimed at educating parents of school-age children about the dangers of fentanyl poisoning.

Sadly, there were no parents in attendance. There were sessions in Snow Hill, Pocomoke City and Berlin also and very few, if any, parents, attended those either.

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School funding protest pointless Once again, Worcester County government finds itself in familiar territory: another budget season of more “want” than “have.” This time, the county’s departments and outside beneficiaries of its annual spending want about $11 million more than the county expects to receive in revenue.

At one time, this large variance between requests and the financial and political realities of budgeting might be looked on as disturbing. But not so much these days, as the commissioners have always worked it out, and fairly smoothly at that.

The one bump in the road this year, however, has nothing to do with the people, departments, organizations and local governments that have appealed to the county for money.

No, this time it is the state law that requires the county to maintain the same level of school funding, on a per-pupil basis, as it did the year before. It’s a fairly simple statute written decades ago to ensure that counties don’t balance their budgets or keep taxes low by cutting education spending.

It's called “Maintenance of Effort,” and it applies equally to every public school system in every jurisdiction in the state.

That’s why the decision this week by a commissioner majority to hire lawyers to look into the fairness of Maintenance of Effort is pointless. Worcester challenged the law once before a decade or so ago, and that went nowhere, so there’s no reason to believe that this attempt will turn out any differently.

Commissioners Joe Mitrecic and Ted Elder said as much when they voted against the majority. Protesting this requirement might look good on paper — or in the paper, for that matter — but the reality is the county’s legal team would have to bring down the state’s entire school funding structure to accomplish anything.

Further, sympathy in Annapolis for Worcester’s financial circumstance is not exactly abundant, considering that this county has the state’s third lowest property tax rate and the lowest county income tax.

As flawed as the state’s school funding formula might be as it relates to the tiny share Worcester receives, the county can’t do much about it. And trying to get out of the Maintenance of Effort requirement, isn’t just impractical, it’s impossible.

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One tough decision

Sometimes, it’s just so difficult to decide what to write about when I have two compelling choices, and this is one of those weeks.

When faced with a pair of equally compelling stories, I’m forced to call on my understanding of the market and decades of editing and writing experience to make a selection, and even then I sometimes struggle.

So, which of these two actual stories is best: Giant Spiders Invade East Coast or Nurses With Guns.

The problem here is that both these stories sound like By the main feature at the driveStewart in movie circa 1960.

“Coming Soon: Nurses Dobson With Guns! No More Hearts and Flowers For These Nightingales! It’s Guns and Glory! (see previews for how well the uniforms fit).”

I’m telling you, 13-year-old boys would have been all agog over that back in the day, as concern with plot, dialogue, cinematography and such didn’t rank that highly on their movie-ranking checklist.

“Wow! That movie was fantastic. This one nurse was really ...

“Yeah, well I thought the dialogue was a little stilted.”

Yeah, no, that’s not happening.

Now take our other possible B-movie feature: “Giant Spiders Invade.”

The thing about this entry is that giant spiders really are invading the East Coast, and my guess is the Syfy Channel already had a giant spider feature in the works, along with sequels: Giant Mutant Spiders Invade, Mega-

Giant Spiders Invade, Mecha-Giant Spiders, and Mecha-Spiders vs Mega-Spiders.

All are thrilling, I am sure, especially if you’re just knocking off from a long day of sniffing gas tanks (note: don’t do that).

As it happens, the giant spiders have arrived via shipping containers from Asia, where they enjoy a quiet and happy life of keeping the pet population in check.

Just kidding. They don’t do that, because their fangs are so tiny they are harmless.

Okay, maybe they’ll wrap up the occasional 13-year-old boy and put him in storage for later, but there are plenty of them. Just kidding again. They are harmless, really.

Now, about those nurses with guns. This has been discussed for at least the past 10 years, and it’s come up again out in the Midwest courtesy of some wobble-wigged legislator who believes nothing says health care like a Glock 22 with a 15-round clip.

Of course, there would be the occasional variation.

“So, Mr. Jones, did we take our meds this morning? No? Well, Mr. Jones, do you see what I have strapped to my hip? Why yes, you are correct. That IS a .44 magnum Smith & Wesson, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off. You've got to ask yourself one question, Mr. Jones. Do you want to take your meds? Well, do ya?”

Nevertheless, I’m still conflicted about picking just one of these incredibly attractive topics. I’ll wrestle with it a little more before making a decision, and hope that in the meantime I see a story about spiders with guns.

Yeah, that’s it, spiders with guns running around in tight little uniforms. Oh, the possibilities.

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POLICE/COURTS Continued from Page 47 A woman who walked up told Dunford to be quiet because the officer was trying to help him, but instead, Dunford smacked the sergeant’s hands away and he was arrested.

Dunford resisted arrest, according to police, and it took “approximately four officers” to place him in handcuffs.

“Bro, you gotta let me go. I’ll get fired,” Dunford told police.

Drug possession Franklin Benjamin Owens, 52, of Horntown, Virginia was arrested by Ocean City Police at approximately 5:45 p.m. last Friday near Third Street and St. Louis Avenue and charged with possession of drugs other than marijuana.

Police stopped Owens for several traffic violations and said he appeared to be under the influence of drugs.

Officers asked Owens if he had any drugs or weapons, court documents read, and he said no before consenting to a search.

According to the police report, the search resulted in officers finding a plastic baggie with white residue consistent with cocaine, a small off-white crystallized rock substance on the driver’s seat that appeared to be crack cocaine, and a clear glass pipe with

WORLD WAR II burn marks under the driver’s seat where Owens was sitting.

Bar fight Jaden Allen Brady, 21, of Williamsport, Maryland was arrested

by Ocean City Police at approximately 10:45 p.m. last Friday near the south end of the Boardwalk and charged with first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault.

Police responded to reports of an assault with a beer bottle at a pub and saw another fight taking place on Talbot Street as they arrived. and a request for more officers was made.

At Talbot Street, officers spotted a man with a cut above his eye, wearing a green shirt that was covered in blood. Police said the man was trying to push his way to Brady, claiming he had struck him in the head.

Brady told police that when he was in the pub, the man attacked his mother, though he did not say how. In response to the attack on his mother, Brady said he punched the man.

When pressed by officers to remember how he hit the man, Brady said he could not and that he “sort of blacked out.”

The girlfriend of the man who was assaulted was also interviewed by police, and she said the cut on her boyfriend’s head resulted from Brady hitting him on the noggin with a beer bottle.

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Harold Ralph Snead, 37, of an unknown location was arrested by Ocean City Police at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday March 9 near Second Street and charged with third-degree burglary, two counts of fourth-degree burglary, and destruction of property.

According to court documents, police were on patrol near Second Street when they heard glass shattering. As police searched the area they were alerted to a hallway motion detector and front door motion detector set off at a nearby hotel.

The front entrance of the hotel was unlocked, and broken glass was spotted on the north side of the building.

Police setup a perimeter around the building and said when Snead walked by they saw had fresh blood on his arms and legs. Officers told Snead to stop, but instead he ran and was detained a short time later, according to court documents.

Police said he told officers he was an addict and had been released from jail earlier that day. Despite asking to be held longer and taken to a rehabilitation facility, Snead said in the report, the judge ordered his release.

Snead admitted to police that he burglarized the hotel, but it was to get their attention and get the medical attention he needed. He was taken to Atlantic General Hospital for further evaluation.

America targets Japanese with concentration camps

By Peter Ayers Wimbrow III Contributing Writer (March 18, 2022) This week 80 years ago, Congress enacted legislation that made, " . . . it a misdemeanor knowingly to disregard restrictions made applicable by a military commander to persons in a military area prescribed by him as such, all as authorized by an Executive Order of the President." In testimony before Congress, in support of the legislation, Gen. John L. DeWitt, Military Commander of the Western Defense Command, said, "I don’t want any of them [persons of Japanese ancestry] here. They are a dangerous element. There is no way to determine their loyalty . . . it makes no difference whether he is an American citizen. He is still a Japanese. American citizenship does not necessarily determine loyalty . . ..

But we must worry about the Japanese all the time until he is wiped off the map." (Emphasis supplied) On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi had crashlanded his Zero on a small island named Ni’ihau in the Hawaiian Islands chain. Since the Native Hawaiians living on the small island could not understand the Japanese pilot, they sent for their neighbor Ishimatsu Shintani, who had been born in Japan but was married to a native Hawaiian, to translate.

At the time, the Hawaiians did not know that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. When the two Japanese spoke in their native tongue, Mr. Shintani realized there could be a big problem and quickly left.

The Hawaiians — still in the dark — did not understand and sent for Mr. and Mrs. Yoshio Harada, who, although born in Hawaii, were of Japanese ancestry and also spoke Japanese. The first Hawaiian on the scene, Hawila Kaleohano, had retrieved the pilot’s papers, which being in Japanese, were indecipherable to him.

The pilot desperately wanted to retrieve them, but Mr. Kaleohano would not release them. Ultimately, the Hawaiians learned of the attack and kept the pilot under guard. It was at that point that Mr. and Mrs. Harada lost their minds and attempted to free the pilot, attacking and overpowering the lone guard who had been posted outside of their residence.

They then proceeded to Mr. Kaleohano’s house to retrieve the documents. The upshot was that the escape attempt failed, the pilot was killed and another Hawaiian — Bene Kanahele — seriously wounded. But there it was — Americans of Japanese heritage had turned on their country

and assisted the enemy, which had just completed its, "...unprovoked and dastardly attack..." on the United States of America.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, on Feb. 19, 1942, which authorized military commanders to designate "military areas" at their discretion, "...from which any or all persons may be excluded."

Executive Order 9066 had come at the insistences of Gen. DeWitt and California Attorney General Earl Warren, who would later be elected governor of that state, and later still appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Gen. DeWitt had reported to the president that, although no acts of sabotage — or terrorism as it would now be called — by Japanese-Americans had been confirmed, this only proved, "... a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken." (Emphasis supplied) As a result of the order, ultimately, all Japanese and Japanese-Americans were removed from the coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington, and placed in internment camps.

On March 24, 1942, Gen. DeWitt issued Public Proclamation No. 3, which declared an 8 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew for, "...all enemy aliens and all persons of Japanese ancestry," within the military areas. Both Gordon Hirabayashi and Lt. Minoru Yasui were charged with violating that curfew. Mr. Hirabayashi was also charged with failing, " . . . to report to the Civil Control Station on May 11 or May 12, 1942, as directed, to register for evacuation from the military area."

On May 3, 1942, Gen. DeWitt had issued Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34, ordering all people of Japanese ancestry, whether citizens or non-citizens, to report to assembly centers for transport to the camps. Mr. Hirabayashi was convicted on both counts and received a sentence of three months for each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

Both Mr. Hirabayashi and Lt. Yasui were citizens of this country, born in this country, of Japanese parents. Mr. Hirabayashi was born in Seattle in 1918, had never been to Japan and, " . . . was educated in the Washington public schools and, at the time of his arrest, was a senior at the University of Washington . . ."

Lt.. Yasui was born in Oregon in 1916, " . . . attended the public schools . . ., attended the University of Oregon, from which he received A.B. and L.L.B. Degrees; ... was a member of the Bar of Oregon, and a second lieutenant in the Army of the United Continued on Page 51

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WORLD WAR II Continued from Page 50 States, Infantry Reserve; ... had been employed by the Japanese Consulate in Chicago, but had resigned on Dec. 8, 1941, and immediately offered his services to the [U.S.] military authorities . . ." Instead of accepting his offer of service to his country, Lt. Yasui was sentenced to one year in prison.

The Supreme Court of the United States issued opinions in the two cases — Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81, 84, 92 (1943) and Yasui v. United States, 320 U.S. 115, 116, 117 (1943). Mr. Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone authored both for a unanimous court, although there were three short concurring opinions in Hirabayashi.

The Hirabayashi court based its decision on the government’s power to wage war, saying that the Congressional Act and the Executive Orders, " . . . were each an exercise of the power to wage war conferred on the Congress and on the President as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, by Articles I and II of the Constitution."

The holding and language of Hirabayashi would go on to form part of the foundation of the Bush-era philosophy — Government can do whatever it wants, including torture, extrajudicial imprisonment and assassination, during a time of war, and the protection of the country overrules any individual constitutional protections.

Mr. Justice Robert Jackson, in his dissenting opinion, in Korematsu v.

United States, 323 U.S. 214, 243, 246 (1944), warned that when the courts pervert the constitution to sustain such an infringement on an innocent citizen’s liberties, then the principle has been validated, "...for all time..." and awaits, "...the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of an urgent need."

(Emphasis supplied.) Interestingly, Mr. Korematsu filed amicus curiae briefs in Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466(2004) and Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426(2004), which challenged the illegal detentions in the U.S. prison in Guantanamo, Cuba.

Charles Fahy was solicitor-general and argued the cases before the Supreme Court. It was later determined that he, intentionally, withheld the findings of the Office of Naval Intelligence, which would have undermined the government’s case, because that office found that most Japanese-Americans were not an actual security threat and that the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission had found that the allegations of communication espionage were "without merit." The Acting Solicitor-General, Neal Katyal, conceded his office’s "ethical lapse" on May 24, 2011.

Between 110,000 - 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes, jobs, and businesses, and sent to the "relocation

centers." At least two-thirds of those people were United States citizens.

Many of the remaining had been prevented from obtaining citizenship because of laws that blocked Asian-born nationals from applying.

And although one would think that the United States had enough problems feeding and housing 110,000 people, most of whom were citizens, and most of the rest wanting to be, it imported people of Japanese heritage from Latin American countries to incarcerate! But the government drew the line at incarcerating the 150,000 citizens of Japanese heritage living in the Hawaiian Islands. That was just too many!

In Korematsu and Ex parte Endo, 323 U.S. 383, 294, 304 (1944), the Supreme Court, on Dec. 18, 1944, issued two more opinions addressing this sad state of affairs. In an opinion

by Mr. Justice Hugo Black, the Korematsu Court, using tortured logic, upheld the constitutionality of the executive orders and the congressional act and affirmed Mr. Korematsu’s conviction for failing to leave an "Excluded Area."

Although the court was beginning to be troubled by this situation, the majority felt constrained by the previous opinions in Hirabayashi and Yasui. Even so, for the first time, there were dissents. In addition to Justice Jackson, Justices Owen J. Roberts and Frank Murphy dissented, and Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter concurred.

In the Endo case, Mitsuye Endo had filed a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, alleging that she was being held illegally in the, euphemistically titled, Tule Lake War Relocation Center. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied her requested relief and she appealed.

The high court reversed and ordered the petition be granted and further, that, "Mitsuye Endo is entitled to an unconditional release by the War Relocation Authority." The government had conceded, "... that appellant is a loyal and law-abiding citizen,...[and]...that she [was] not even suspected of disloyalty."

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The Court, citing Congress’ intent to prevent sabotage and espionage, held that, "A citizen who is concededly loyal presents no problem of espionage and sabotage," and could not, therefore, be detained under that act.

Mr. Justice Murphy’s dissent recognized the racial motivation for the orders, laws and court opinions. He decried, "...the abhorrent and despicable treatment of minority groups..."

The justice noted that, "All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land."

When Mr. Justice Murphy described the government’s action as falling, "...into the ugly abyss of racism...," it was the first instance in which that term had been used.

Decades later, the convictions of Messers Hirabayashi, Korematsu and Lt. Yasui were vacated. President Gerald Ford rescinded Executive Order No. 9066 on Feb. 19, 1976. The following year, President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating the Commission on War Time Relocation and Interment of Civilians, which commission was to study Executive Order No. 9066.

It found that, "...Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity...," and that the governmental actions were based on, " . . . race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership." The commission recommended an official governmental apology and restitution of $20,000 to each of the survivors.

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by President Ronald Reagan. President George H. W. Bush signed an appropriation bill authorizing those payments on Nov. 21, 1989. Each of the surviving internees received payments of $20,000 and a letter of apology.

Next week: Demyansk Mr. Wimbrow writes from Ocean City, Maryland, where he practices law representing those persons accused of criminal and traffic offenses, and those persons who have suffered a personal injury through no fault of their own. He can be contacted at wimbrowlaw@gmail.com.

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OBITUARIES JAMES MCCULLEY POOLE Selbyville James McCulley Poole, age 81, of Selbyville, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.

Mr. Poole was born in Washington, D.C. and was the son of the late Lawrence R. and Sarah (McCulley) Poole.

He was a retired James Poole butcher and owned and operated Germantown Meats.

He is survived by two sons, James Michael Poole and wife, Jennifer, of

Bishopville, and Kevin M. Poole and wife, Bethany, of Berlin; one sister, Patricia Cooper of Maryland; and five grandchildren, Connor M. Poole, Christopher M. Poole, Devin M. Poole, Chase Poole and Mason Castannares.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia E. Poole in 2018, and a brother, Dick Poole.

Services will be held at a later date.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation, 10320 Old Ocean City Blvd., Berlin, Maryland 21811.

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

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THOMAS L. ONETO Ocean Pines Thomas (Tom) L. Oneto, age 91, passed away at home on March 3, 2022.

Tom was married to Ellen Mary for almost 75 years. He was the proud father to 10 children: Elena, Anna (deceased), Adrienne (Alexander), Elissa, Vincent, Paul, Mary Claire (Victor), Christopher (Donya), Francesca (Kevin) and Thomas S.; a proud grandfather to 17 grandchildren; and a proud great-grandfather to six great-grandchildren.

Aviation was close to Tom’s heart.

As a young man, he obtained his private pilot’s license, instrument rating, ground school and flight instructor ratings.

He went on to achieve a commercial pilot and flight instructor certificate and ratings. He taught flight school and then became an airline pilot.

He managed his own consulting firm specializing in training curriculum and accident reconstruction until his retirement in 1996.

One of the many memorable experiences Tom had in his life was flying the original seven Mercury astronauts between Langley Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral in addition to other locations in the United States.

His career path also included

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senior administrative positions in various aviation associations plus authoring many aviation operations, maintenance, and training manuals.

He was a monthly contributing author to Aviation Digest until his death.

As past president of the Ocean City Aviation Association, Tom was instrumental in obtaining the historic Huey helicopter, which is now on display at the Ocean City Municipal Airport.

A private ceremony was held on March 10. Donations in his memory may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor. Letters of condolences can be sent to the family via www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Continued from Page 48 given a lot of information regarding the dangers of fentanyl. The following are some of the facts we learned: 1. Fentanyl is laced into OTC medications as well as prescription drugs such as Zanax and Percocet, as well as illegal drugs that are not fatal, but become so with the addition of Fentanyl.

2. Fake pills are being mass-produced and sold as legitimate prescription pills to deceive the American public.

3. Fake prescription pills are easily accessible and are often sold on social media making them available to anyone with online access (we were also given a handout entitled “Fifteen Apps Parents Should Know About”).

4. As little as 2 mg of fentanyl can be lethal.

5. In 2021, there were 60 opioid overdoses in Worcester County — 10 of them were fatal.

6. Preteens and teens experimenting with drugs are the most at risk.

One time is all it takes to end a life if a person receives a counterfeit pill or a laced drug.

Young people today are more atrisk than ever before. Adults who work with them (teachers, counselors, first responders, etc.) are extremely concerned about their mental and emotional health. These issues make young people much more vulnerable.

I encourage parents to please contact Debbie Smullen at Worcester Goes Purple (410-870-5161) to obtain the information we were given at the session. Please start a dialogue with your friends, neighbors, church members and co-workers. And please, please talk to your kids about this.

We parents and grandparents have been bombarded by one crisis after another for the last two years, but this is one crisis we simply must address.

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“Their stick skills are on point, they came into the season in shape, everything kind of seems to be clicking, but I don’t want to jinx anything,” Stephen Decatur Coach “Hoffy” Hoffman said. “Really, we seem to be kind of strong all over, at least from what I’ve seen so far. We probably have, in my opinion, what will be the best attack in the Bayside.” Pictured, left, is freshman Owen Sperry, and senior captain, goalie Collin Fohner.

Decatur boys’ lax team ‘strong all over’ field ‘We probably have, in my opinion, what will be the best attack in the Bayside’

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (March 18, 2022) Stephen Decatur Coach “Hoffy” Hoffman is pleased with what he’s seen so far from the members of the boys’ lacrosse team during preseason.

“Their stick skills are on point, they came into the season in shape, everything kind of seems to be clicking, but I don’t want to jinx anything,” he said. “Really, we seem to be kind of strong all over, at least from what I’ve seen so far. We probably have, in my opinion, what will be the best attack in the Bayside.

“Austin Airey is back this year – he was at Worcester Prep last year – and came back for his senior year. He started for us as a freshmen. Jeff Eichelberger, who had a huge year for

us last year; and Lance Adams, who had another great year for us last year; so those are our three starting attackmen,” he continued.

Thirteen of the 22 players on the team are seniors. Twelve played last year, when the team went 5-3.

Three of those wins were in double overtime. The season “Hoffy” Hoffman came to an end in the 2A East Region II finals, with an 11-8 loss to Parkside.

“They’re determined. With this many seniors, they’re really focused on leaving their mark,” Hoffman said.

“We have a talented young class that came up too.”

Team captains are seniors Eichelberger, Luke Bahlman (midfield), Collin Fohner (goalie) and Joe Buxbaum (defense).

“They’ve done a good job. We made Luke a captain last year along with Joe

Buxbaum and Jeff Eichelberger, and they’ve all come along way,” Hoffman said. “It was nice to have them to be mentored by some of the older captains last year also, which I think really prepared them to step up to lead on the field and off the field.”

Bahlman said he is hoping to be more of a vocal leader this year.

“We have a lot of freshmen this year, so I’m trying to show them the ropes and guide them,” he said.

“We’ve got a lot of talent on this team, so I’m hoping to lead it past regionals this year … I grew up playing lacrosse with everyone here. We all know our strong suits and where we can improve, and it definitely helps the team chemistry.

“Hopefully we can make it to states, but we’ve got to take one week at a time, one game at a time,” he continued. “It will take hard work, dedication and making sure everyone’s committed to the team, everyone’s ready and locked in.”

Hoffman said that although the team graduated some key players, the guys this year have done a good job filling in those roles.

“I’d love to go deep in the playoffs, win the region title. We don’t really set a bar other than being successful throughout the whole season,” Hoffman said. “There’s going to be losses I’m sure at some point in there, but I think that these guys out of any group they’ve really bounced back. Last year we had a phenomenal season. We went deep in overtime three times and they were prepared for it and this is the same group of guys that I feel are going to be prepared for it again this year. Even though we lost some key players, I feel we’ve had the right guys step up into those positions so that we’ll be able to continue the success from last year.”

Decatur will play on the road against the Queen Anne’s Lions in its season opener, next Friday at 5:30 p.m.

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“We only graduated four and we’re retuning so many, so we’re ready to roll,” Stephen Decatur Coach Lindsay Owens said. “We have very high expectations as far as the coaching staff for our players and we tell them … Last year being our first year with all new coaches, we threw a lot at them so this year were expecting them to pretty much pick up where they left off and add new things.”

Players, pictured, from left, are seniors Hannah Short, Megan Wheeler and Kira DiPietro, and junior Mia Kemp.

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (March 18, 2022) With a new coaching staff last season, the members of the Stephen Decatur girls’ lacrosse team adapted well to the changes and they were successful in accomplishing what was being asked of them.

“We only graduated four and we’re retuning so many, so we’re ready to roll,” Coach Lindsay Owens Lindsay Owens said. “We have very high expectations as far as the coaching staff for our players and we tell them. We’re very honest with them [that] ‘this is what you can achieve if you put our talent together, our skills together and jell as a team and we should be in really good shape.’”

Of the 24 players on the team, 18 competed in 2021, when the Lady Seahawks went 7-1. They lost in the 2A East Region II finals, 8-4, to Easton.

“We definitely have a lot of experience, lot of skill, and they’re able to handle all the plays and new strategy that we’re sending to them,” Owens said. “Last year being our first year with all new coaches, we threw a lot at them so this year were expecting them to pretty much pick up where they left off and add new things.

They’ve been able to pick up everything that we’ve been throwing at them, which is pretty cool.”

Owens said the players are a closeknit group, but added, they also have their own personalities.

“And when they come together, it’s just like a melting pot of personalities and it’s what makes us unique,” she said. “We have a little bit of everything and we hope to continue to grow as the season goes on.”

The squad will be led by senior captains Malery Andrews (midfield/defense), Darby Moore (attack/draw), Emma Meyer (defense) and Meredith Eitel (defense).

“We’ll look for those four to lead the team – they’re kind of our spokesperson for the team, the liaison between the coaches and the players – but we also have an amazing group of 10 seniors this year,” Owens said. “We also have a great group of juniors that have been on the team, so really, we’re looking for those 18 returning varsity members to really step up and help lead.”

Owens said the team is fighting through some injuries, so having a larger pool of varsity players is beneficial. Girls will have to fill in, while the injured players recover.

“My goal this year is to win more than 50 percent of all the draw controls … draw controls control the game. Whoever wins more draws, basically they have more possession in the game. That’s my part,” Moore said. “Overall, I’ve been playing lacrosse since I could walk and being a varsity starters four years and playing with a lot of the girls I know what See COACHING Page 55

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (March 18, 2022) The Stephen Decatur baseball team relied heavily on younger players last year as the starting lineup consisted of mostly underclassmen. Many of them have returned this season and are joined by some new players.

There are 20 players on Coach Rich Ferro’s roster, 12 of whom are varsity veterans, competing in 2021 when the team went 11-2 and captured the 3A South Rich Ferro Region II championship - its first since 2015. After winning the regional title, Decatur lost in the next round, 3-2, to 3A East Region II champ, Atholton.

Pitching and defense are the squad’s strong points again this year.

“We’re able to pitch, we’re able to play defense so it comes down to hopefully we can put the ball in play more often then we did last year,” Ferro said. “We’re faster, with a little bit of experience, and the group of new kids they play the same way, so we’re pretty fortunate … Pretty much, playing faster in terms of not going station to station, we’re looking to move on balls in the dirt, anticipation. I guess what it comes down to is playing more athletic.

“That’s the thing. Just not playing like robots, not saying I have to do A, B, C, [but] have some variability,” he added.

Ferro said the goal is to compete at a high level and be the last team standing. After three weeks of preseason, the team is coming along well.

“It’s a work in progress. Some days are better than others, but we’re very fortunate to have a really good group of guys here that like each other, they want to be around each other, they want to learn. We’ll just see how it is when adversity strikes if we’ll be the same group – if we stay together and get better from it or start complaining and make excuses, which I’m hoping we don’t,” Ferro said. “This is the most athletic group we’ve had in a long time – lot of football players, wrestlers. They’re just an athletic group of kids.”

Ferro said several players have stepped up as leaders.

“The good thing about these guys, they kind of regulate themselves,” he

Continued from Page 54 needs to be said, I know how to say it, I have the experience, I can take control on the field … I think I’m just someone the girls look to.”

Moore likes what she sees on the field, so far.

“Offense is looking really good compared to last year. We are definitely moving the ball, we’re using each other more, I feel like overall we have a better team atmosphere,” she said. “It’s not so many individuals, it’s a lot of team players. We have a great relationship … Everyone loves everyone.”

Decatur kicks off the season on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. against Cape Henlopen in Berlin.

“They’ve just been so excited to have a normal season. They’re ready,” Owens said.

“I just want everyone to have fun and enjoy it,” Moore added. “My brothers played [for Decatur] so I’m the last one in the family, so I want to leave something behind. Overall, I think this is our year, we can do it.

We have the heart, we have the skill, if we come together we’ll have a great season.”

“We’re able to pitch, we’re able to play defense so it comes down to hopefully we can put the ball in play more often then we did last year,” Coach Rich Ferro said. “We’re faster, with a little bit of experience, and the group of new kids they play the same way, so we’re pretty fortunate …

They’re just an athletic group of kids.” Pictured are juniors Brooks Kendall (above) and Stephen Wade (right).

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added. “There’s a bunch of guys that have roles, so we let them kind of regulate themselves.”

Helping to lead the group, include seniors, catcher Ashten Snelsire and Logan Tapman (utility), and juniors, pitcher Luke Mergott and short stop Ryan McLaughlin.

“I’ve been starting short stop for two years, so I think I’ll be able to control the field [and] help the younger kids, showing them how do things the right way. I think I’m a good leader, vocally, and hopefully I can lead with my experience,” McLaughlin said. “This year we’re really good. We have a lot of depth.”

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McLaughlin said the ultimate goal is a state championship, but the team will take it one game at a time.

“It will take every single one of our players on the team, we all have to do our best and if one person doesn’t do so well we have to pick them up,” he said.

Decatur will open the season on its field in Berlin, Tuesday at 4 p.m. against North Caroline.

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Decatur tennis squads return many veterans

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (March 18, 2022) Both the Decatur boys’ and girls’ tennis teams return a number of players who led their lineups last year.

Six of the 12 boys on Coach Steve Berquist rosters are veterans. The team will be led by senior captain Noah Fisher, the 2021 2A state tennis champion. It was Decatur’s first state individual male tennis title since 1998. He also won 2A East Section II and 2A East Region titles.

“I’ve been looking forward to the season for awhile. I can’t wait to play. Personal, my goal is to get back to Steve Berquist states, but that’s one match at a time. For the team, hopefully we can make it to the Bayside Conference championship,” Fisher said. “The boys’ team is great.

They show a lot of Jamie Greenwood promise this year and I’m excited to play with them. I just want to help them play to the best of their abilities, I want them all to have fun, which is the most important thing. All four years I’ve been here it’s just been about having fun.”

Berquist said his top four players in the lineup – Fisher, senior Ben Johnson and sophomores David Janney and Matt Beck – are “strong and solid players.”

Fisher and Johnson are captains.

“That’s what you need because the top four can play doubles too,” Berquist said.

In addition, senior Ethan Hansford has played doubles the last few years, and his experience at third doubles helps round out the lineup.

“Having a senior in that spot is really clutch,” Berquist said. “Three seniors in the top five spots is big. We have some depth. We have a lot of experience and they’re hungry.”

The coach said the players are determined to be successful.

“We lost to Bennett 4-3 the last few years. We’re trying to get over that hump and we’re tying to play for the Bayside [Conference title],” Berquist said. “With Noah it makes it a reachable goal … a lot of the kids hit during the offseason. They put time in and you can tell because they’re playing at a high level, and the team is reaping the benefit.”

Berquist said practices have been going well and the players are motivated.

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“Three seniors in the top five spots is big. We have some depth. We have a lot of experience and they’re hungry,” Coach Steve Berquist said of the boys’ team. “We have a nice blend of veterans and new players, and we have no seniors so we’ll be good for next year too,” Coach Jamie Greenwood said of the girls’ squad.

Pictured are senior Noah Fisher and junior Ridgley Lake.

“They came into the season focused,” Berquist said.

The boys’ team finished 5-1 last season.

The Lady Seahawks went 3-3, with a very young squad. There are 12 girls on the team this year and seven of them competed in 2021.

“We have a nice blend of veterans and new players, and we have no seniors so we’ll be good for next year too,” Coach Jamie Greenwood said.

“We have some girls that played a lot last year so that will definitely benefit us, and adding [junior] Ridgley Lake [a transfer from Georgia] is a bonus.”

Greenwood said the girls have been working hard to improve and get ready for the first match, scheduled for Tuesday against the Wicomico Indians at 4 p.m. on Decatur’s courts.

“They’re anxious to play. We’re just fine-tuning a few things,” Greenwood said. We’ve got good team chemistry. The veterans are accepting the new girls in.”

He will look to junior Sarah Tarr to lead the team because she has the most varsity experience.

“We had a discussion and she’s up for it,” Greenwood said. “She’s done a good job, she has a great personality, good character and she gets along with all the girls. She can show the younger girls the way.”

“Because I’ve played our competition before, I think I can help them with the way that some schools play and with calling scores too, especially, and just some little stuff I’ve learned along the way,” Tarr said.

“I’m so excited. I’ve been looking forward to this the entire year. It’s my favorite time of year, just practice and getting to hit with everyone is so much fun for me.”

Tarr said everyone has improved since preseason began three weeks ago.

“The returning girls I’ve definitely noticed they’ve gotten a lot better and the newer girls are all really good, but there’s always room for improvement,” Tarr said. “We’ve got a lot of good players, so I think we have a really good chance this year. We need to try our best, and come in with a

positive attitude as well. That’s really important.”

Greenwood was working on finalizing the lineup this week. Tarr and Lake will be the top seeds along with junior Grayce Kilian.

“There’s a lot of potential. I think we’ll be competitive,” he said. “We have a lot of matches in a short time – two to three matches a week and if it rains, we could have four matches … Hopefully with our years of experience and the addition of new players we’ll win some matches and the Bayside South Conference.”

Number of new participants join SD track and field teams

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (March 18, 2022) The Stephen Decatur outdoor track and field program saw a good turnout during preseason, with nearly 30 girls and just over 40 boys participating.

“We have a very big team this season,” said Coach Brenda Hommel.

“Normally we have about 30 girls and about 30 boys for 60 total, so we have more boys this year. We’re deep all around, which is great.”

Most of the athletes competing are new to track and field, Hommel said.

“We’re trying kids at different events. My goal is to help everyone find their niche … and help build the program up. We’re very young – we

have lots of freshmen – and unseasoned, so we need to find what events they can excel in,” she said. “We’ll probably be shifting kids around a lot. It’s a nice group. I’m looking forward to getting to know the kids.”

Nine of the 29 girls participating are freshmen, and there are only three seniors, Hommel said. Of the 41 boys on the squad, 17 are freshmen and there are nine seniors.

“We’ll see how we do. Adding another coach will help a lot,” Hommel said.

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“We have more speed than last year [on the boys’ side]. The girls’ team has more seasoned distance runners,” Coach Brenda Hommel said. “The field events we’re still figuring out. We’ll see how competitive we’ll be once the kids get comfortable with their events.”

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“He holds a few records for Decatur. We’re fortunate to have him with his expertise to help improve those athletes,” Hommel said.

From what Hommel has seen during practices, the boys’ squad will be solid in the sprint events, while the girls’ team looks stronger in the distance races.

“We have more speed than last year [on the boys’ side]. Brenda Hommel The girls’ team has more seasoned distance runners,” Hommel said. “The field events we’re still figuring out. We’ll see how competitive we’ll be once the kids get comfortable with their events.”

Hommel said several athletes have stepped up as leaders for their respective squads.

Senior Tristan Dutton, who is battling a stress fracture, has competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track since he was a freshman. Pending his injury, he plans on participating in the one- and two-mile races and in relay events.

“I will help lead the team by giving them as much advice as I can, especially during meets if I’m not able to compete. I just want to try to help them,” he said. “The team right now we’re looking good. I’m very excited

because it’s my last year, my last time I can be a part of this team and I just want to have fun. Personally, I’d like to go under 4:40 in the mile if I can get everything set with my injury, and for the team goal, I really want to try to win Baysides.”

Sophomore Ethan Justice (800 meters/mile/relays) is also an allaround seasoned runner. In addition, Hommel said she will look to senior Zimere Handy to lead in the sprints.

Hommel will rely on junior Carolina Novelli (distance/relays) and seniors Avery Braciszewski (sprints/mid-distance/relays) and Miah Schwind (sprints) to lead the girls’ squad.

“Carolina has done all three seasons and we’ll depend on her for leadership. Avery has a strong personality and she takes the reins,” Hommel said. “Miah is committed. We’ll look to her to help with sprints.”

“I’m a senior now, so it’s time to take charge and just get these girls in the right mindset because running for four years you learn how much of it is really mind over matter [and also] teaching these girls to have a positive attitude toward it … A lot of these girls are really determined,” Braciszewski said. “My goal is to have fun. That’s really what it’s about, and team goal is to build a good dynamic because a lot of the seniors are leaving and we’re going to need some of the juniors to step up and lead the younger kids and also give them tips.”

The first track meet of the season is Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Salisbury.

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (March 18, 2022) The Stephen Decatur softball team returns talented players from last season and several new girls have joined the program who are also skilled.

“Right now there’s just some uncertainty because there’s some hungry underclassmen, there’s some freshmen and sophomores that are really competing at a high level and they’re hungry to play,” Coach Scott Kurtz said. Scott Kurtz “Some seniors are looking over their shoulder and realizing I better get moving because they’re nipping at my heels. I think right now there’s just some nervous tension and some internal competition that’s playing itself out.

“Competition can be healthy, it can motivate every girl to work harder, and sometimes it can stress you out … but no matter how it shakes out, we’re going to need all 12 girls quite often throughout every game to get this team to where we’re trying to go,” he added.

There are 12 girls on Kurtz’s roster.

Nine were on the 2021 team – seven played and two were injured – that finished with a 10-2 record. The squad lost, 5-1, in the 3A South Region II championship to Chesapeake.

“The goal is always the same – we want to be at or better than where we were last year. We lost the region final to Chesapeake so that’s the benchmark,” Kurtz said. “We unfortunately didn’t get to play in the Bayside championship last year because they didn’t have it. We set our sights on the Bayside first, then we set our sights on the regional championship. We believe we

have the talent to get us there. If these girls can come together, take it seriously, work hard and play as a team, sky’s the limit.”

Kurtz expects pitching to be strong again this year and bats to be active.

“We had phenomenal pitching last spring and we return all our pitchers.

Pitching should be solid. It hasn’t been there yet, but it’s early. I think it’s going to get there, we just have to tighten some things up,” Kurtz said.

“We have the potential for a very active hitting lineup. Everybody has their moments in practice here and there, we just haven’t put it together yet … We have a lot of power, we have a lot of high-percentage, on-base hitters, smart batters that can get on base with walks. One through 12 have all very active bats.”

Leading the group will be senior center fielder Alexa Eisemann, 2021 Bayside Player of the Year. She finished last season with five home runs and a .667 batting average, As well as, senior Skylar Griffin, who struck out one of every three batters she faced last year.

“I feel like the girls really look to Alexa and Skylar. They’ve been [on the team] for four years. All but one of the seniors is in their fourth year,” Kurtz said. “Alexa and Skylar would be the two we hope to rely on. The other girls can lead in their own different ways.”

“I think a huge part is showing them sportsmanship, because a lot of these girls they’re already talented and they know how to play. It’s showing them the right attitude,” Eisemann said. “I’m looking forward to the season. Hopefully, I can go out with a bang … We’re really going to have to work together as a team and be able to rely on everyone to do their part and See DECATUR Page 58

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“She’s just an incredible athlete.

She sort of hit her stride midway through last year’s season,” Kurtz said of Eisemann. “A few games things weren’t working and I saw her take a hold of the team in a circle and start leading. She sort of is that glue, that central figure that all the girls know they can count on and rely on. When she speaks they listen. She can command a team.”

Decatur will open the season with three non-conference games, which Kurtz said is a blessing and a curse.

“None truly affect the south Bayside so we almost get three games to see what’s working and what’s not working, but we also don’t want to use those as, let’s learn and make mistakes,” Kurtz said. “We want to be refined and hitting our stride from day one, but the nice thing is if we were to have some mistakes or some letdowns we would catch those things before we come back around that second week

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“There’s three phases to the game – pitching, fielding and hitting – and we want to elevate all three. If we don’t elevate all three then we will plateau at where we were,” Coach Scott Kurtz said. If these girls can come together, take it seriously, work hard and play as a team, sky’s the limit.” Pictured are junior Sarah Smith, left, and sophomore Leah Simpson.

[of the season].”

Decatur will host the North Caroline Bulldogs in its season opener on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Berlin.

“There’s three phases to the game – pitching, fielding and hitting – and we want to elevate all three. If we don’t elevate all three then we will plateau at where we were,” Kurtz said. “We know

that on this side of the bridge you can sometimes skirt by with a little bit of a lackadaisical attitude, sometimes three-quarters of your effort can get you through, but we learned last year that’s not going to cut it when you get on the other side of the bridge.

“We would like to take care of business through our season and be able

to host and make people come through us and play at home in front of a crowd,” he continued. “We understand now – especially the girls who have been here – what it takes on a daily basis to be able to play at the level we know we have to play at if we’re going to get out of our region and play on.”

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