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Officers escort Payne Prasnikar to a waiting Ocean City Police Department van following an Aug. 3 crash at 120th Street.

Five apprehended in Fri. robbery, chase and crash ZACK HOOPES & NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writers

City Council have expressed concern over littering and an activist group has begun to press not only the health concerns involved, but also the image problem they believe the town faces from smoking and cigarette butt disposal.

(Aug. 10, 2012) Sarah Jean Gryskevicz’s parents and aunt watched in District Court in Ocean City on Monday as a judge ordered her bail, and that of three other suspects in Friday’s armed robbery of the Raceway Citgo, to remain at $250,000.

After her parents said goodbye to her and her aunt mouthed, “I love you,” they left the courtroom and Gryskevicz put her hands to her face and cried.

“As an aunt, I really love her,” her Aunt Dawn, who requested that her last name be withheld, said outside the courtroom. “We all feel bad about the situation and we apologize to everybody.

“We believe she is innocent throughout it all. She’s a victim,” she said. “Whether it was peer pressure or coaching. She might have been coached to do these things.

“The Sarah we know at home is a lovable, smart teenage girl and a great mother.

“I feel she got the rotten end of the stick,” Dawn said. “They’re all at fault, but they were two girls with two boys who were packing. If there’s justice, they should take that

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Anglers aboard Canyon Runner cheer as Jamie Greer’s 70.5-pound wahoo takes over first place in the division on Tuesday, the second day of the 39th annual White Marlin Open. The fish, if it remains in first place, has a potential payout of $16,000. The team also weighed Dave Dunton’s 236-pound bigeye tuna, which, as of Thursday morning, was in second place in the division.

If it holds the second-place spot, the tuna is estimated to be worth $58,000. See full story on Page 39.

City leaders continue to question littering and smoking as increasing image problems ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) The city’s beach and Boardwalk smoking question — often discussed, but never acted on by city officials — could be gaining new momentum as members of the

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Council sides with Boardwalk artists amidst growing crunch ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (August 10, 2012) The Ocean City Council moved Monday to instruct the Ocean City Police Department to allow a pair of Boardwalk artists to sell wares the department had previously disallowed, after hearing a testimony from the two women that highlighted what officials admitted was a “fine line” and an “extremely grey area” for Boardwalk artists in wake of a court decision against the city earlier this year.

Local cosmetologists Tricia Ortel and Leah Gostomski appeared before the council to, Ortel said, “demonstrate our art … so that we can return to the Boardwalk.”

The duo explained that they had been asked to leave the boards by police, following complaints from Boardwalk stores who were selling hair accessories similar to the ones Ortel and Gostomski make as part of their street performance.

Ortel said that she had spoken with Lt. Mark Pacini, the department’s patrol commander for the Boardwalk.

Pacini, she said, had asked the pair to vacate, more out of necessity than of any murky legal standing the OCPD may have over Boardwalk artists.

“With the phone calls he was receiving, he was kind of in a stuck situation,” Ortel noted. “The harassment [from adjacent businesses] had just gotten to a certain point.”

City officials have been wary of overregulating Boardwalk street performers since a recent lawsuit. Last June, after the council passed an emergency ordinance requiring Boardwalk performers to register daily at City Hall, spray paint artist Mark Chase filed suit in U.S. District Court claiming that his First Amendment rights had been violated.

This past September, an injunction was granted that sided largely with Chase in his right to produce and sell “expressive materials,” although it did allow the city to restrict artists from setting up shops in certain locations that posed an emergency access issue. Since then, many Boardwalk merchants have complained about Chase’s paint fumes affecting their business.

Ortel and Gostomski contended that their work, however, was art of suitable expressivity and should be allowed regardless of conflict with storefront business. The pair produces feathered hairpieces for Boardwalk patrons, accepting only tips and donations for their craft. They stressed the artisanal nature of their work, an aesthetic that takes extensive training to master, and a considerable amount of arcane skill.

Ortel even plucks the feathers from the rooster hides herself.

Although similar to hairpieces that are sold commercially on the Boardwalk, Ortel said her work is created on the spot for specific customers, much like painters who do impromptu caricatures.

“This is not a resell item, and not an item that has been premade,” Ortel said. “If you go to a salon, you could get something that would be pre-colored and pre-tipped. This is something that’s being designed right there.”

“I think there was a misconception that we were selling [a manufactured product],” Gostomski added.

Although supportive of Ortel and Gostomski themselves, council members continued to express, as they have in the past, the fear that the recent court decision has opened up the Boardwalk to excess.

“I hate to see more and more [street performers], but I don’t know there’s any way that we could exclude you,” said Councilwoman Margaret Pillas.

She noted that artists often have a competitive advantage over storeowners, who have to factor in their overhead costs, including the notoriously high Boardwalk rent.

Council Secretary Lloyd Martin echoed the concern. “We do need to protect the people who do work and pay rent on the Boardwalk,” he said.

Councilman Doug Cymek was likewise concerned about a “ripple effect” with street artists and asked City Solicitor Guy Ayres if the OCPD had been in contact with him regarding their ability to “make a determination that this doesn’t meet the definition [of expressive materials].”

“The police have contacted me about this [Ortel and Gostomski] and some

guy making hats out of wreaths,” Ayres responded. “I’m assuming that if they’ve decided to make them stop, they would’ve made the hat guy stop as well.”

Mayor Rick Meehan, however, said he was supportive of Ortel and Gostomski’s work as being comparatively less intrusive than others, obliquely referencing the ongoing tension between the city and Chase.

“If it’s for the right of expression and display of your art, quite frankly I think this fits the category more than a lot o the other things up there,” Meehan said, noting that hair feathers “don’t put out any fumes.”

“As far as complying with the intent, with being there and being able to move if you need to move and not having a fixed structure or shop, you’re meeting it much better than some others,” Meehan added. “I know the fine line that we walk, but honestly I think this fits the test a lot more than other things, and I support it.”

Although a full review of the situation would have to wait until the summer season ends, the council agreed that the OCPD needed to be as informed as possible on the situation.

“Maybe we can get a memo from the department and Lt. Pacini on this, because it’s going to explode up there are they need to know what to do,” said Councilman Joe Hall. “There will be people up there doing everything they can to circumvent this.”

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The topic of banning, or at least curtailing, smoking on the city’s beaches and Boardwalk was last raised in June, when Terry Steimer of the Ocean City Surfrider Foundation asked the council for its continued support of the foundation’s cigarette butt receptacle program. The initiative has seen 200 disposal containers placed on the beach, in order to combat the annual influx of butts to the city’s otherwise pristine sand.

Although supportive of Steimer’s efforts, the council gave the impression that the receptacles were ‘too little, too late’ in addressing the root of the problem. “I think it’s a feel-good [to have the receptacles],” said Mayor Rick Meehan.

“It’s a minimal success, but it points out that it is an issue.”

“We need to consider being a smokefree beach … it’s just the way the country is going,” Meehan continued.

Steimer said the program has cleared over 39,000 cigarette butts from the beach. But how many more than that are gathered up in the city’s sand sweeping machines is unknown.

This week, Councilman Brent Ashley also noted what he said was an increase in not just cigarette butts, but also the general littering problem downtown.

Ashley said he had spoken with Police Chief Bernadette DiPino, who said that Ocean City Police Department officers have handed out only three citations for

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littering so far this year. But in one case, a littering incident resulted in violators being picked up for other outstanding crimes.

“If we had more enforcement of the littering law, it might lead to [the discovery of] more violations of things that we’re not aware of,” Ashley said.

Resort resident David Fox, however, wants local government to go further and this week said he has been in touch with the American Nonsmoker’s Rights Foundation regarding Ocean City. He also met with City Manager David Recor to propose a change. Although the ANRF is primarily concerned with health issues regarding second-hand smoke, Fox said he also understood the city’s concern with image and cleanliness.

“You can’t get the butts out of the [Boardwalk] boards, and the filters do not biodegrade,” Fox noted. “It’s an addictive problem.”

However, Fox said that singling out the littering aspect of smoking would be more difficult than simply banishing the practice.

“Based on what I’m seeing, that [littering enforcement] is going to be harder to do than a total ban. We’ve got this voluntary butt container thing now and it’s not working,” Fox said.

Fox noted that Bethany Beach began a smoking ban some years ago, and said he had spoken with police there who said they needed to hand out “only a

couple citations,” and that the policy was fairly self-enforcing.

Fox also linked cigarette littering to what he said was the resort’s greater image issue. “Ocean City has lost its family friendly atmosphere,” he said.

“Other places, other beaches, are banning smoking and putting out the riffraff, and what’s happening is that Ocean City isn’t following suit, so those elements are gravitating here instead.”

To this end, Fox pointed to the ANRF’s most recent list of municipalities with smoke-free beach laws, which numbers 130 jurisdictions. Although extensive, the list also indicates Ocean City’s unique position as a beach that is in between two different social areas of the country.

Beach smoking is widely banned on the west coast, particularly in California. Prohibitions are also common through much of New England. A dozen New Jersey beaches have banned smoking as well, but as one moves farther south, the trend dies abruptly.

Other than two jurisdictions in South Carolina, no place in America’s southeast prohibits beach smoking, a fact that goes hand-in-hand with the generally higher-than-average rates of smoking found in America’s traditional ‘Deep South’ states. A 2011 Gallup poll revealed that proportions of smokers in America range from a low of 11 percent in Utah to a high of 29 percent in Kentucky.

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During the past two weeks, detectives from the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation have been called to three incidents of burglary and theft.

The suspect in these cases is specifically targeting golf clubs and breaks in after the businesses have closed for the day. Detectives were able to link the three cases together because of several very unique methods the suspect uses while committing the crimes.

Each golf course in Worcester County has been notified and directed to take specific precautions because of

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If anyone has information that could relate to the ongoing cases in Worcester County, they are asked to contact the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation at 410-352-3476.

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into consideration.”

Gryskevicz, who turned 19 on July 27, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and the other three suspects in court, Payne Stewart Prasnikar, 21, of Stillwater, Pa., Antonio Lee Suarez, 18, of Allentown, Pa., and Aliya Jasmine Hill, 17, of Edwardsville, Pa., all shackled and in handcuffs, were taken back to the Worcester County Jail after the bond review.

All face charges of armed robbery, two counts of first-degree assault, use of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and reckless endangerment.

Gryskevicz also faces 22 traffic charges.

One day before her birthday, she posted on Facebook, “The life I’m stuck in I wish I could change.”

It changed last Friday.

Gryskevicz was behind the wheel of a 1998 Chevy Malibu when two men, later identified as Prasnikar and Charles Richard Conden III, 19, of Edwardsville, Pa., entered the Raceway Citgo at the intersection of Route 50 and Route 589.

Conden approached the counter and pointed a silver handgun at the clerk’s head, according to charging documents of the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation. Conden told the clerk to give him the money while Prasnikar waited at the entrance. Witnesses told investigators that Prasnikar indicated that he was concealing a handgun.

After stealing an undetermined amount of money and the cash register itself, Conden and Prasnikar left the store

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The Chevy Malibu, at left above, driven by Sarah Jean Gryskevicz, crashed head-on into a Lexus R330 when she attempted to make a right turn onto 120th Street last Friday afternoon. (At right) An Ocean City police officer keeps watch over 19-year-old Gryskevicz, after she was nabbed and handcuffed on the beach at 119th Street.

and got into the Chevy that was parked in the parking lot. Suarez and Hill were in the car with Gryskevicz.

According to the charging documents, Gryskevicz, Suarez, Conden, Hill and Prasnikar all discussed and planned the robbery earlier.

Gryskevicz drove east on Route 50 toward the resort. Ocean City police, monitoring the Maryland State Police calls, were aware of the vehicle and an officer spotted it traveling north on Coastal Highway at about 70th Street. Police pursued the vehicle, which was traveling at more than 80 miles per hour on the high-

way. They learned later that the car had been stolen in a robbery in Pennsylvania.

Conden was able to flee from the car near 100th Street, but the others remained inside.

When the suspects attempted to make an abrupt right turn onto 120th Street, their Chevy Malibu collided head-on with an approaching Lexus R330.

The four occupants fled the vehicle.

One male and one female ran toward the beach at 120th Street. The other two, while also running toward the beach, ran directly into a man standing outside the side entrance of the Crabcake Factory.

The man, referred to by Crabcake Factory patrons as “Jim” or “Coach D,” happened to be a former District of Columbia police officer who now works in school athletics and lives in Calvert County. A summer resident of Ocean City, Jim was waiting for his girlfriend, a Crabcake Factory server, to finish her shift.

“They ran right into me. I really didn’t have a choice,” Jim said. “So I grabbed hold of them and said, ‘Bulls**t you’re leaving! You were just in an accident.’ I didn’t know about the other stuff. If I’d had known they were in an armed robbery, I’d have just let them leave. I’m too old for that stuff.”

Jim was able to hold the male suspect by his shirt, which began to tear off as the suspect struggled. Thinking the female suspect would be easier to catch later on, Jim released her and was able to restrain the male against the side of a parked car.

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Head-on collision occurs yards from 120th St. outdoor dining However, Crabcake Factory General Manager Eric Morris arrived just in time to see the female suspect flee.

“I came downstairs when I heard the crash,” Morris said. “We just installed a new fan system above the door and I honestly thought it had just fallen off. That’s why I came out.”

Morris ran after the female suspect due south, where they entered the Carousel parking garage on 118th Street.

A sort of cat-and-mouse game ensued.

“I could tell she was winded, and she slowed down. So I slowed down too, but followed her,” Morris said. He spotted her hiding behind a parked truck, and yelled at her to stay put, but she continued to flee. Morris later spotted her behind some shrubbery near the garage’s exit.

Unbeknownst to Morris, however, he had successfully flushed the suspect toward an off-duty police officer from Pennsylvania, who had apparently seen the incident and followed Morris toward the garage. When Morris began to pursue the suspect again, the officer was able to restrain her.

“He comes around and tackles her, and yells, ‘I’m a PA cop,’” Morris said. “So I was like, ‘Hey, all yours.’”

Following the capture of the first two suspects, OCPD officers began to search the beach for the other two. According to witnesses, the two suspects began running south in front of the beachfront condos, but eventually slowed to a walk as if they were beachgoers.

“They walked right through the crowd, all nonchalant,” said a woman who was on the beach at the time.

However, beachgoers who had seen the suspects initially running were able to point them out to police officers, who were able to apprehend them.

The scene at 120th Street appeared to be under control by shortly after 6 p.m.

Crabcake Factory diners and other passersby watched as one male suspect in handcuffs, with plastic bags covering each hand, was escorted by two officers to an OCPD van.

OC City Manager David Recor, who arrived on the scene briefly thereafter, said he was impressed with the fast and relatively smooth capture. “Some good work was done here today,” Recor said. “It’s impressive that they were taken in this quickly.”

Recor also said that the two occupants of the Lexus were taken to the hospital with not insignificant, but comparatively minor, injuries. Morris said that he had checked on the occupants of the vehicle, one older woman and one younger woman. One appeared to have sustained a shoulder injury, but said she would be fine.

Police appeared to have also recovered a weapon and ammunition.

“We do understand there is a handgun in the car,” said Worcester County Bureau of Investigation Detective Michael Lupiwok.

Witnesses on the porch of the Crabcake Factory said they had seen police remove several rounds of ammunition from the pockets of the suspect whom Jim had detained. “He yelled at me, ‘I wasn’t with

them,’” Jim recalled. “But heck, he was the one with all the bullets in his pocket.”

Lupiwok said the suspects would be questioned at Ocean City’s 65th Street Public Safety headquarters. “We [the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation] will handle the criminal matters, both outside and in OC, and the OCPD will handle the multiple traffic offenses that we expect to file as well,” he said.

Conden, the suspected gunman who bolted from the car near 100th Street, was captured Monday morning near WilkesBarre by Pennsylvania State Police.

Before coming to Ocean City, Conden and another man shot out the door of a prominent businessman’s multi-million estate in Lehman Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The two walked around inside the house, but left after about five minutes because of the sound of a burglar alarm. Nothing was taken.

According to Pennsylvania police, a 90-year-old woman was at home at the time of the burglary. She barricaded herself in a closet.

Pennsylvania police believe that burglary could be related to a robbery that occurred earlier that morning at a convenience store in Kingston Township.

In that crime, two men with bandanas over their faces pulled handguns on store employees as they demanded cash and cigarettes.

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Resort council anticipates further marketing debate in fall ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) The Ocean City Council may be gearing up to revisit the same muddled debate from two years ago that saw the city stick with its current marketing contractor, MGH Advertising, despite concerns about transparency and the efficacy of staying the course when it comes to the city’s tourism promotion.

At this week’s council meeting, Councilwoman Margaret Pillas noted that City Manager David Recor has been regularly providing council with information on upcoming contract decisions, one of which she noticed was MGH’s agreement with the city to continue managing the resort’s marketing efforts.

“We need to have some discussion about that contract that’s coming up now,” Pillas said. “I appreciate that you [Recor] alerted us to this, not just this contract but any that are coming up.”

MGH’s contract will expire at the end of 2012, given that the agency was granted a two-year extension in December 2010 after some acrimonious discussion in the fall.

MGH’s agreement with the city is fairly comprehensive, and authorizes the agency to make advertising and media buys throughout the Mid-Atlantic on the city’s behalf, mainly concentrating on the metro areas of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey/New York City.

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Tourism Director Donna Abbott also reported that the agency has expanded the city’s reach into what is known as the HLLY (Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York, Pa.) marketing sector.

MGH also masterminds the city’s media content itself, which, for the past three years, has centered around the character of Rodney the Lifeguard, who acts as if he is rescuing people from the ocean when, in reality, he is actually rescuing them from their mundane office or home tasks and bringing them to the resort.

The debate over the 2010 renewal, as well as the approval of MGH’s specific marketing program the following spring, centered largely on transparency. Councilman Joe Hall, in particular, questioned

why the council was given little opportunity to discuss MGH’s proposed advertising strategies openly with the business community and propose changes.

Last month, during Abbott’s review of MGH’s recent work, Hall also asked why the agency was asking to remove $40,000 of marketing research from its budget of more than $3.5 million, and instead put the money towards increased buys of airtime. Hall said he would like to see a clearer breakdown of exactly what the agency was spending on TV and radio spots.

Hall also suggested that the agency should be “moving beyond Rodney,” although MGH President Andy Malis expressed the opinion in April 2011 that “Rodney has legs for at least another year.”

In a letter to Ocean City Today at the time, Malis contended that much of the agency’s secrecy was due to trade competition.

“The agency had a very unique idea that, if it were to be reported publicly, could have been ‘stolen’ by a competitive destination, or the early release of the idea by the press would diminish the amount of publicity we could achieve for the town,” Malis said. “Clearly, we would like to avoid all of the negative possibilities from discussing creative ideas in public.”

This week, Pillas’ observation caused those who had been more supportive of MGH’s work to note what they see as the agency’s relative success.

“I think somebody is doing a good job getting people here,” said Council Secretary Lloyd Martin. “I think the town has done a great job of giving them [visitors] free stuff ... people want to be in Ocean City and it’s working.”

Councilman Brent Ashley, however, cautioned that the city’s growth in room and food tax revenues was not to be taken as an absolute success.

“Even though they’re up, you have to remember that if the Demoflush numbers [the city’s population measure that uses water consumption] have been less, it means there’s less people and you’re charging them more,” Ashley said.

He also pointed to the city’s slump in numbers last August, the one hiccup in its steady statistical recovery that is often attributed to the loss of a weekend from Hurricane Irene. “Even though we had a bad weekend, we had perfect weather all damn summer. It should’ve been well past the mark before that,” Ashley said.

Mayor Rick Meehan said that he had more of a “glass is half full” approach than Ashley, given what he said were the most recent numbers showing June room tax revenue increased 14.5 percent, and food tax 7 percent.

“People are here because of the deals.

That room tax has gone up because of increased occupancy, not increased rates,” said Meehan.

Pillas said she simply wanted a full discussion of MGH’s approach for the public’s sake. “We don’t want complaints about this on down the road,” she said.

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At the same time, however, the state of Delaware has also ramped up its gaming allowances. In a move that Delaware legislators described as “protecting this revenue source for the state” against intrusion by neighboring states and “keeping Delaware at the forefront of new and better gambling options, Gov. Jack Markell passed the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act in June.

One of the act’s major components is the allowance of electronic sports betting, and two Fenwick locations — Smitty McGee’s and Harpoon Hanna’s — have received licenses to do so. With sports betting just across the state line, and the lucrative NFL season approaching, some North Ocean City sports bars are worried about the impact.

“It’s definitely a negative impact on the Maryland bars that can’t have it,” said Jeff Edwards, owner of JC’s Northside Pub on 127th Street in Ocean City.

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(Aug. 10, 2012) Worcester County, and Ocean City in particular, looks poised to become a battleground in the Mid-Atlantic gambling arms race, as Gov. Martin O’Malley released on Tuesday his proposed legislation for the state’s special session on gaming expansion.

This second special session of the General Assembly this year — the first was in the spring to hammer out a budget —began Thursday, with floor debates on the administration’s expanded gambling bill expected next week.

But as expanded as the state’s gambling could become, it would remain a step behind neighboring Delaware’s program, which will have sports wagering in place in time for the pro football season.

During the Maryland legislature’s regular sessions this spring, state lawmakers debated extensively – but were unable to agree upon – an expansion to the state’s sanctioned gambling facilities. Maryland law currently provides for five gambling sites, including the Ocean Downs raceway in Berlin.

But some, including the governor, pushed for the authorization of a sixth

site in Prince George’s county, as well as allowances for table games such as baccarat and craps. The current Maryland statute only allows for “video lottery” facilities, which consists mainly of electronic slot machines and, particularly at Ocean Downs, electronic horse race betting.

News of the possible expansion was greeted with trepidation in Ocean City.

When announcing its priority issues in January, just before the beginning of the regular session, the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce stated that it had no position on the topic, but noted that Ocean City business were initially unsupportive of the 2008 slots referendum.

The chamber also said that gambling held the double-edged sword of drawing crowds to the area, but also potentially reducing their disposable income that might otherwise be spent on the Boardwalk or island restaurants.

“From a business perspective you can look at it as an additional form of entertainment,” chamber Executive Director Melanie Pursel said at the time. “The hotels are trying to do packages with the casino, such as arranging bus trips.”

O’Malley’s proposal for this month’s legislative session, released this week, appears to be an attempt to ensure – or assure, as it may be – that the state will be enhancing local business and not simply siphoning off of Ocean City’s alreadyestablished tourist draw by offering unfairly advantaged amenities.

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STORMWATER PROJECT FUNDS AWARDED IN OC Ocean City has awarded the Sea Aire Condominium on 140th Street a check for $750 to help cover the cost of installing an infiltration pit.

Multi-family and commercial properties built before 1985 are eligible for Stormwater Retrofit Cost Share Program funds. Pictured are Donn Glidden and Boyce Longshore, residents of the Sea Aire Condominium.

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Levinthal to discuss Rackliffe House, South Point archeology (Aug. 10, 2012) Archeologist Aaron Levinthal will lead a presentation on the archeology of the Rackliffe House and the South Point area on Friday, Aug. 10, at the Assateague Island Visitor Center.

Sponsored by the Rackliffe House Trust, “Shell Middens, Trading Posts, Colonial Plantations, British Raiders and Pirates” will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the public is invited. A tour of Rackliffe House will follow.

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Health department offers free ‘Lifestyle Balance’ program (Aug. 10, 2012) Get fit, lose weight, and improve health during a free 16week program offered Mondays and Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m., beginning Aug. 20, at the Worcester County Health Department in Snow Hill.

The Lifestyle Balance program is proven to be effective in reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases, assisting in weight loss, maintaining a healthy body weight, and decreasing the risk for heart disease and stroke.

Since the health department began offering Lifestyle Balance in July 2009, participants have lost a combined total of more than 1,700 pounds and have noticed improvements in blood pressure, body fat and cholesterol levels.

When asked about the effectiveness of the program, recent participants have said, “I am so thankful for this program.

I truly believe it helped to save my life” and “This program has improved my health significantly, I feel.”

The free group sessions are led by coaches trained by the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program. Instructors include a certified exercise physiologist, certified nutritionist and health educator.

Each session includes education and physical activity. All participants receive a personal lifestyle change coach who assists them with goal setting, progress, and overcoming barriers. Participants also receive incentives such as step counters, resistance bands, exercise videos and cookbooks.

After the initial 16-week core program, groups will continue to meet once a month for six months.

The Worcester County Health Department is located at 6040 Public Landing Road. For additional information about the program or to enroll, call 410-632-0056.

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Mary Bokinsky, a bartender at Duffy’s Tavern on 130th Street, said that she was hopeful the bar’s Keno offerings, which she said were the highest-revenue machines in Ocean City, would help it to keep gamblers less interested in pro football, which is somewhat of a niche market when it comes to betting.

“It’s like putting in an Italian restaurant next to a Mexican place,” she said.

“They only complement each other.”

Edwards said he was used to having to “stay ahead of the curve,” given the island’s already competitive bar scene.

“There [are] 300 liquor licenses in a 10-mile stretch here,” he said. “You’ve always had to get creative and stay creative.”

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Representatives from Delmarva Power, the electricity service that supplies the Eastern Shore peninsula, appeared before the commission to appeal for a conditional use of their property that encompasses the block between 137th and 138th Streets and Derrickson and Sinepuxent Avenues.

Half of the property currently contains a power substation, which has been there since 1974, and Delmarva Power had previously purchased the four homes on the other half of the block and demolished them to make way for an expansion of the station.

Doing so, however, requires the company to appear before P&Z. The block is currently zoned as a “2a” residential area, of which utilities are a conditional land use. Conditional uses are ones that are permitted in a given zone, but must be specifically approved by the city before they can be implemented, as they may have an impact on the intended function of the district.

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Radiation from electromagnetic fields has been known to cause problems in other electronics. This is why passengers have to turn off their cell phones during trips on airplanes with sensitive electronic instruments. But, although hypotheses are frequently tested, no studies have yet shown a definite relationship between EMF waves and human health issues.

But Vince Gisriel, a former Ocean City Councilman who lives less than a halfmile away from the substation, said he was concerned that Delmarva power was installing equipment that would increase EMF levels. Estimates of new readings, measured in milligauss, showed “a doubling from 10 to 20 on the residential side [the side of the substation that faces homes], and on the south side it went up 8.5 times from 2 to 17,” Gisriel said.

Smith said that readings were expected to be higher at the southeast corner, since the capacitors for the SVC would be located at that corner of the substation.

Gisriel also said that across from the southeastern corner of the substation is an Elks Lodge, where people might be at risk.

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“Since that was already determined in 1974 with the initial substation, the use is appropriate if you can show that it would not be more adverse on the neighborhood [than it has been since 1974].”

Delmarva Power public affairs head Jim Smith stressed that the expansion was needed to install a Static Var Compensator at the facility. “In layman’s terms, it’s a booster pump,” he said.

Smith told the commissioners that Ocean City’s power comes entirely from plants far to the north, and flows down through Delaware. The company has no lines running across the Chesapeake. Because the transmission is so long, and because Ocean City’s population fluctuates rapidly, the grid is often unable compensate quickly enough, resulting in voltage drops and spikes. The SVC would compensate for that.

“We have, in our town facilities, seen some damage from voltage drops,” testified City Engineer Terry McGean. “We’ve had variable frequency drives at the wastewater plant get burned up, same thing with some of our air conditioning equipment at the convention center. Folks at home might just see the lights dim or the TV blow out, but for us it can be a lot worse.”

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County OKs rezoning request for Burbage property NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer

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Even though property owner Jack Burbage, who also is chairman of the hospital’s board of directors, has said there is no guarantee that a medical campus would be built on the property, that possibility was very much a part of the presentation to the commissioners during the public hearing.

Toni Keiser, vice president of public relations for Atlantic General Hospital, said a medical facility on the Burbage property “would provide much needed services.”

There is only one board-certified pediatrician in Worcester County and more are needed. She said people now have to take a day off from work and have to pull children out of school for a day to see a doctor in Salisbury.

“We believe this location is ideal,” Keiser said.

Michael Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, said the aging populations means that more people will be seeking healthcare and the Burbage property presents the “best opportunity” he has seen for the hospital to expand.

Boggs told him that there are many vacant spaces on Route 589, such as in Pavilions and Pines Plaza, that could be used, but Franklin said,” Mixing retail and medical is not ideal.”

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(Aug. 10, 2012) In a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners approved the rezoning request for a developer’s property to be changed from agricultural to general commercial and at least one voted for the change because of the likelihood that a medical facility will be built there. The actual rezoning takes place at a future meeting.

According to the county code, changes in zoning may be made only in two circumstances: if it is determined that a mistake was made in the original zoning or if a change has been made in the character of the neighborhood.

Commissioner James Purnell said he was voting in favor of the change because of the proposed medical usage. He said it if were not for good-paying future jobs, he would not vote for the change. So if Atlantic General Hospital were not interested in expanding there, his vote would have been in opposition and the zoning would have remained agricultural.

“It is time for us to get real. This is a total opportunity to lower the unemployment rate,” Purnell said.

Commissioners’ President Bud Church also liked the prospect of Atlantic General Hospital having a medical campus at the 30-acre site adjacent to Ocean Pines’ south side.

“I think it would be an asset for all of Worcester County,” Church said. “I think it best serves the citizens of Worcester …”

Church, who is a member of the board of directors of the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation, the hospital’s fund-raising arm, said, when the land was zoned agriculture several years ago, he thought then that it should have been zoned commercial.

Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw said there were valid points on each side and added that the rezoning change “will open the door for a lot of things.”

Commissioner Madison Bunting was the only one of the four who voted in favor of the change who did not mention the prospect of jobs. He made the motion for the property to be rezoned because of a change in the character of the neighborhood, which he said was because of the Casino at Ocean Downs and the future 60-lot subdivision to be built by developer Marvin Steen. His motion also stipulated that the property would have no connection through King Richard Road in Ocean Pines.

Casting votes against the rezoning were Commissioners Judy Boggs, Virgil Shockley and Louise Gulyas, who, in order to vote on this issue, ignored her doctor’s orders to have continued bed rest following major surgery just a few weeks ago.

All three maintained there had been no mistake in zoning and that there had been no change in the neighborhood. Shockley and Boggs tried to tell the others that jobs were not a reason to rezone the property.

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Body found in Snow Hill ditch Ocean City Beach Patrol’s first employment testing set for Sat. identified as Keith Gordon Sixty-year-old had been missing since early May NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) The body found July 29 in a water-filled ditch in Snow Hill was identified Tuesday as Keith Allen Gordon, who had been missing since May 9.

The identification was made from a prosthetic hip, for which Gordon had surgery in June 2000, according to a press release issued by the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation. The

cause of death is pending toxicology reports.

Gordon, 60, who reportedly had a history of disappearing for a week or more, lived not far from where his body was found.

A man who lived nearby found Gordon’s head and detectives found the rest of his remains about 20 yards away in the same ditch, which is near the end of Woodland Court.

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(Aug. 10, 2012) The Ocean City Beach Patrol will hold its first pre-employment physical skills evaluation for the next summer season on Saturday, Aug. 11 in Ocean City with an additional opportunity on Saturday, Sept. 1.

Beach patrol officials said there are no pre-certification requirements and experience in ocean rescue is not necessary. Those meeting-qualifying standards are eligible for appointment to a Beach Patrol Surf Rescue Academy, which will be conducted in Ocean City next May and June.

The academy is eight days long and all training and certifications will be provided while candidates are paid $12.99 per hour and $14.07 after probation 2012 pay rates.

Registration for the test will begin at 10 a.m. with orientation and a full day of testing starting at 11:30 a.m. A beach patrol sign will be posted at Dorchester Street and the Boardwalk. Candidates with late August and September availability will be given priority consideration for appointment to a surf rescue academy.

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Although pre-registration is not required, officials said it does help for planning purposes and will save applicants time during registration. To preregister for the test, log on to www.ococean.com/ocbp and click on the “register for upcoming tests” link under Site Updates.

For additional information, men and women 16 years of age and older (must be 17 prior to first day of work next season) should click on the Jobs button or contact the Ocean City Beach Patrol at 410-289-7556.

For applicants under 18 years of age, a legal guardian must attend and remain at the test during the entire process. All candidates must provide acceptable proof of age (driver’s license, birth certificate or U.S. passport) or they will not be allowed to participate.

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Not your tax dollars at work on film grant Two weeks ago, the Ocean City Council agreed to grant $100,000 to the producers of a movie to be filmed in Ocean City, and almost immediately some homeowners began to ask whether this was the right thing to do with their tax dollars.

The answer is simple: these weren’t their tax dollars.

The money comes not from property taxes, but from the increase in the room tax that the Ocean City’s hotel industry requested in 2008 specifically to market the resort.

Up until that time, Ocean City’s room tax was 4 percent, but concerned about the stingy budget local government had set for marketing and advertising as compared to other resorts, the industry fought for and received a half-percent increase in the rate, provided the additional revenue would be used to boost promotional spending.

In essence, the lodging community is using its own money on this and other promotional endeavors, although it can only do so with the council’s approval. In some respects, that is the problem.

The reason advertising spending was kept so low prior to 2008 is because Ocean City’s elected officials knew many voters incorrectly assumed that spending on tourism marketing did not benefit them and therefore opposed it.

That political risk management and fear of taxpayer criticism by elected officials also explains their reluctant approval of the movie grant two weeks ago … even though it does not involve one cent of property tax revenue, but comes out of the $300,000 allocated to the Tourism Advisory Board via the advertising budget treasury.

Whether the movie, “Ping Pong Summer,” works well at the box office or is lost among other small independent films isn’t the point. What matters here is that the money being spent only exists because businesses campaigned for the right to generate it themselves. As a result, they deserve to have some say in how it is allocated.

This time, elected officials heard what they were saying and did just that.

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Collective bargaining rights supported Editor, I support the town of Ocean City’s employees to have collective bargaining rights. I live in Ocean City and work for an employer in Salisbury. I do not believe that my living at the beach would be possible without the well established work rules and wages that my union negotiated for myself and my fellow brothers and sister co workers in my union.

I am involved in my union and have been for a number of years, doing what I can to make a difference for my work group. I proudly signed the circulating petition a few months back when it was around. I am very thankful indeed to have my job and I am thankful that I am able to reside in this lovely beach town called Ocean City.

Unionized employee, Doug Antos Ocean City

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Bigger problems than second-hand smoke Editor, Here we go again. I know second-hand smoke is bad, as I am a smoker. Everyone writes about smoking, but the biggest problem in Ocean City is never talked about. What is that? The classic cars. Take a reading on what they do to your air quality; it’s off the charts. They will not ban them for one reason and everyone knows

why — money. So if it comes to health or money, guess who wins? Of course, money.

Do your own test: get behind the cars at a red light. Better turn off your air and close the windows.

So, if I can put up with the cars, you can put up with a smoker.

John Shipley Ocean City

Cost savings clarification Editor, In a recent letter to the editor, [Ocean City] Council member Brent Ashley asked the question, “…if the city is able to provide all services and function efficiently for $6 million less and with over 100 fewer employees, why was the $6 million being spent in the first place and why did the city provide salaries and benefits so long for so many extra employees at the taxpayers’ expense?”

I would like to answer his question.

First of all, it should be clarified that the $6 million in cost savings was not accomplished simply by reducing the number of employees by 100, since the costs associated with 100 employees would actually be less than $500,000. Rather, the savings resulted from the more than 100 cost-cutting measures that were mostly brought forward by town employees and approved by the then mayor and City Council.

While Council member Ashley

states that “years of bloated budgets and excessive hiring” led to recent financial reforms, I look back and see a community that grew and transformed into the town we have now. Our employee population grew because we greatly expanded the convention center, doubled the size of Northside Park and increased our recreational opportunities. We acquired the Wastewater Treatment Plant and collection facilities from Worcester County and assured the town the control of a basic infrastructure. We built Eagle’s Landing Golf Course and grew our Special Events Department into a premier organization that offers events daily during the season and many weekends yearround.

Our public safety personnel increased from 158 employees in 1997 to 200 in 2012 to keep pace with the growth in property and number of lives for the police, fire and emergency medical personnel to protect.

So, one could say that the growth in the number of employees was “excessive,” but I would say it was responsible and needed to accommodate a growing Ocean City over the last 20 years.

We were able to reduce the number of employees by making conscious decisions in what we did and how we did it.

The biggest reduction in our workforce was in the Public Works Department, where the decision was made to transition from a department that was Continued on Page 21

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By Stewart Dobson Seeing how much business Chick-Fil-A generated when its owner voiced his opinion on a controversial topic and now that Papa John’s CEO has chimed in with his 14 cents worth on another one, I’ve been thinking that, in the interest of my shareholders, I should do something similar.

The owner of Chick-Fil-A, as we all know, recently said he did not support same-sex marriages, as opposed to, apparently, indistinguishable-sex marriages and same-old-sex marriages.

The result was that conservatives, except for conservative vegetarians, showed their Chick-Fil-A support by buying everything except the utensils, while liberals, vegetarians included, went after his nuggets.

Papa John’s CEO, meanwhile, said the price of pizza would go up by as much as 14cents because Obamacare would force the company to cover a bunch of its uninsured workers, an argument that sent conservatives scurrying to buy pizza with red sauce, while causing liberals to hold out for blue.

Since many of the positions I’ve taken over the years have cost us money, it seems to me that what I should do is aim for bigger, more provocative and more profitable issues.

That’s why I am now officially in favor of banning funny-looking people from this town, because it is bad for our family image. After all, a funny-looking family will only beget other funny-looking families, thus keeping good-looking families away from our shores out of concern that they might be exposed to second-hand funny-looking.

It is to be expected that someone will misconstrue my new position as a swipe at the newest smoking ban proposal. That is not the case. A smoking ban would be good, especially on the Boardwalk in that it would allow strollers a smoke-free view of the dirty T-Shirts, but, unfortunately, a lot of funny-looking people as well.

That’s the real problem, because there are ways around a smoking ban: you could be a performance artist who blows smoke in the shapes of little animals and therefore protected by the First Amendment.

On the other hand, there is no way around funny-looking. You either are or you aren’t.

So I’m calling for the creation of human design guidelines to be enforced by the zoning office. As all things work in the zoning world, a good many of us will be grandfathered in and will be allowed to remain funny-looking for the rest of our lives, providing we don’t try to upgrade our appearance, in which case we would have to abide by the funny-looking zoning regulations.

I believe this is the answer to our problems. One, it will improve our image overall, and, two, normal-looking people will flock to my business to show their support, while those who don’t, well, are obviously funny-looking.

manned and equipped to perform major infrastructure construction projects to a department that is now rightsized so employees can perform routine maintenance and repairs on our infrastructure. When major work is needed, we now contract out for it. With the build-out of the town, our major infrastructure is in place, and it was time to transition to a smaller work force that is needed more for maintaining that infrastructure than for large construction projects.

Also in Public Works, we abandoned sending our solid waste to the landfill and instead converted to a waste-to-energy solution. After the metal recyclables are removed, our solid waste is now incinerated to create electricity.

This process allowed for the elimination of an entire department of employees, vehicles and equipment, saving in

excess of $1 million a year.

We reduced services, and that allowed for fewer personnel and related cost savings. For example, we reduced our off-season solid waste collection from twice per week to once per week.

We reduced bus service in the off-season. We saved $250,000 by bidding the town’s electricity. We offered new employee health insurance options, thus reducing health insurance costs for both the town and the employees.

The right-sizing of our workforce was enabled largely due to the retirement incentive program offered to about 74 employees. A total of 38 employees participated in the program, and it allowed us to move many other employees around from position to position and from department to department. We were able to save their jobs while benefiting from their experience and knowledge in a more productive

structure. Many employees took on additional responsibilities as the town worked to right-size.

I trust the above answers the question and gives the public a better insight into how the town transitioned during the downturn in the economy.

Dennis Dare Ocean City Editor’s Note: Dennis Dare retired in September 2011, after 30 years as city manager for the town of Ocean City.

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Sheriff’s Office awarded grant for sex offender monitoring (Aug. 10, 2012) The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office applied for and has received a grant award of $8,510 from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.

This grant will help fund the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office monitoring support compliance of local sex offenders who are required to register or re-register with the Maryland Sex Offender Registry. This program benefits Worcester County by ensuring sex offenders are in full compliance as required by Maryland law and providing reassurance to county residents.

Grant funds help support the two parttime detectives who work to keep track of

multiple offenders in Worcester County, Sheriff Reggie T. Mason stated.

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is required to reimburse law enforcement annually for processing registration statements, fingerprints, photographs, and for performing community notification requirements.

The Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository Maryland Sex Offender Registry Unit has determined the amount of reimbursement to the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office is $15,000 for 75 active registrations, according to Mason.

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This dragonfly stopped to rest Sunday morning while playing with two others at a North Gate home in Ocean Pines.

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land that is there now. They do not want concrete parking lots and lights in place of the farmland.

Several people opposing the rezoning said more medical facilities are not needed because developer Palmer Gillis is building a medical complex near the Ocean Pines North Gate.

“Why do we need two?” Ocean Pines resident Jeff Knepper said. “We’ll end up with one mostly empty.”

Others reiterated that there is no guarantee a medical facility would go there, or

if it does go there, space would remain for other uses.

“Whatever he can build and rent, that’s what will go on the property,” Ocean Pines resident Randy Romblad said.

In addition to doctors’ offices, permitted uses in the general commercial district include hotels and motels, bars and nightclubs, laundry businesses, veterinary clinics or kennels, including outside pens and runways, car washes, tattoo establishments, commercial parking lots and parking garages, funeral homes, contractors’ shops and self-storage centers.

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facilities that much more vulnerable.”

Another resident, Donna Moulton, also accused Delmarva Power of being somewhat disingenuous about how much of an EMF increase would actually be seen.

“Everything went higher, particularly in the northwest [in the opposite direction of the capacitors],” Moulton said. “I believe we should have specific readings taken again, so we know what we’re starting with. There’s a big variation in readings depending on where exactly you stand.”

Moulton also said Delmarva Power was giving ambient readings, and provided no numbers in terms of hourly exposure. She told the commissioners that the national average of EMF exposure is one milligauss every 48 hours.

“We would like to see some sort of guarantee from the city or the power company that we aren’t going to have some sort of health problems 15 or 20 years from now,” said resident Richard Hansen.

Adding to his problems with Delmarva Power’s approach, he said, was that “those houses were bought and knocked down before this was even discussed. When we asked about EMF, we were told that it would delay getting everything done. So was this a done deal before we even came in?”

Delmarva Power, however, retains its own EMF researcher, Dr. William Bailey.

Bailey testified that, despite any difficulties in getting EMF readings, “that does not mean that the levels anywhere around the substation are even close to the international standard.”

“You also have to realize that a statistical correlation does not mean causality, unless completely controlled,” Bailey said.

The fact that long-term, controlled EMF studies on humans would be impossible to do is the reason that recommended EMF limits vary wildly between studies.

But even in lab animals, exposure to EMF strengths several times the normal limit produces no discernible health problems, Bailey said.

Gisriel, however, countered that the World Health Organization’s own reports note that low-level effects may be technically impossible to discover. “Unfortunately, these studies are less useful for telling the difference between low level effects and no effect at all,” Gisriel read from a WHO memo. “Even if a large study shows no association, we can never be sure that there is no relationship, and therefore negative results are always less convincing than strong positive ones.”

The commission moved to recommend approval of the conditional use to the City Council. Commissioner Peck Miller expressed some reservations about Delmarva Power’s façade upkeep, noting that the current chain link fence and shrubbery are rather shoddy.

The company’s plans call for a 15-foothigh sandstone-tinted concrete wall, as well as extensive landscaping, but Miller cautioned that they would need to follow through. “You can’t just plop some trees in and call it a day,” he said.

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OBITUARIES Edwin ‘Ned’ McIntosh OCEAN PINES — Edwin “Ned” McIntosh, 88, of The Parke at Ocean Pines and Berlin, departed this life on Wednesday, Aug.1, 2012, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Elaine; six children, Bethann McIntosh-King and her husband, Johnpaul, of E. McIntosh Guerneville, Calif., Bob McIntosh and his wife, Sabra, of Berlin, Amy McElrath and her husband, Lee, of Reston, Va., Lynne Spenia and her husband, John, of Bumpass, Va., Tom McIntosh and his wife, Mickie, of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Jim McIntosh and his wife, JoAnne, of Austin, Texas. “Pop-Pop” will be missed by his seven grandchildren, Parker and Duncan McIntosh, Sean

McElrath, Rachel Spenia, Jordan McIntosh, and Ian and Megan McIntosh.

In addition to being a devoted husband, father and grandfather, Mr. McIntosh was a veteran of WWII, having served on the USS Yorktown, an accomplished author and playwright, and the coach of many Little League championship baseball teams.

A private memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Coastal Hospice at the Lake, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802 or to a favorite charity. Arrangements are being handled by Burbage Funeral Home of Berlin.

James E. Hyland BERLIN — James Edward Hyland, 82, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Vincent Hyalnd and Catherine

Veronica Monagham Hyland. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna E. Cooper Hyland, in 2006. He is survived by his son, James E. Hyland II and his beloved companion, Geraldine C. Lloyd.

Mr. Hyland had been a Baltimore City firefighter and was an Army veteran. He had also been a volunteer at the Roxanna Fire Department.

Cremation followed his death. No formal services are planned at this time.

Arrangements were handled by Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Wayne C. Hollingshead OCEAN CITY — Wayne C. Hollingshead, 72, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. Born in Woodbury, N.J., he was the son of Ruth Olsen Smith of Berlin. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Dianne Searl Hollingshead, and children, Michelle Lee Janyska and her husband, Chris, of Holly Springs, N.C., and W. Scott Hollingshead and his wife, Kathleen, of Newark, Del. He was adored grandfather to Emma, Abigayle, Molly, Lillianna Janyska of Holly Springs, N.C., and Katherine Hollingshead of Newark, Del. Mr. Hollingshead grew up in the Gloucester County area, graduating from Glassboro High School in 1957. He received his associate’s degree in electrical design at Salem Community College.

He worked at E.I. DuPont Company in the engineering department for 30 years, retiring in 1998. During his years at DuPont, he traveled all over the world to the different plant sites working in electrical design.

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After retiring, Mr. Hollingshead and his wife, Dianne, moved to their beach home in Ocean City. He was an avid golfer and loved spending time on the course and talking golf. He loved spending time with his five granddaughters in Ocean City.

A graveside service was held Thursday, Aug. 9, at Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro, N.J. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made in his memory to Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, 1317 King St., Alexandria, Va. 22314.

Arrangements were handled by Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

Edna A. Rickards DELMAR, Del. — Edna Alice Rickards, 82, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at the Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Berlin, she was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ruth Jane Donaway Townsend, and by her husband, Charles Caleb Rickards.

She is survived by her children, Linda Payne and her husband, Ron, of Iron Station, N.C., Ginger Wilkinson of Salisbury and Eric Rickards and his wife, Marsha, of Salisbury; four grandchildren, Matt Gray, Charles Niblett, Erica Tyvela and Chad Rickards, and four great-grandchildren, Brittany and Alyssa Gray, Olivia Tyvela, and Nathan Griffith.

Also surviving are her sisters, Mary Dinges of Berlin and Louise Butcher of Florida, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Russell Townsend, and sis-

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Mrs. Rickards was a beloved mother, grand and great-grandmother and homemaker. She was a member of the Boggs-Disharoon American Legion Post 123 Ladies Auxiliary in Berlin.

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Richard Henry Sommers BERLIN — Richard Henry Sommers, 76, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Chicago, Ill., he was the son of the late Jacob Sommers and Ida Pollack Sommers.

Mr. Sommers served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War with distinction. He had worked as a postman and also for the Army Corps of Engineers. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, American Legion, Knights of Columbus and the VFW. He is survived by his wife, Sharon K. Sommers; three sons, David Sommers and his wife, Lynn, Thomas Sommers

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John K. Whitney OCEAN CITY — John Kenneth Whitney, 81, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at the Salisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Alvin and Gertrude Ward Whitney. He was a United States Army veteran and had worked as a manager for Churchill Liquor Distributors in Arbutus, Md. He was a life member of the Ocean View VFW and member of the Ocean City Elks Post 2645. Cremation followed his death. No formal services are planned. A donation in his memory may be made to St. Martha’s Episcopal Church, 117 Maplewood St., Bethany Beach, Del. 19930.

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DNR offers late waterfowl hunting season proposals (Aug. 10, 2012) The proposed 20122013 late waterfowl hunting season dates and bag limits are now available. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will accept public comment on the proposed regulations through Aug. 14 and will announce the finalized results in early September.

“We are pleased to offer a variety of opportunities for hunters to continue the great tradition of waterfowl hunting in Maryland,” said DNR Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto. “Our proposed seasons and bag limits are designed to maximize recreation while maintaining sustainable waterfowl populations.”

This year’s eastern mallard population, at 838,000, is large enough to allow a liberal duck hunting package in the Atlantic flyway states. As a result, DNR is proposing a 60-day duck season with a six-bird daily bag limit for 2012-13.

“Although breeding habitat for ducks was generally less favorable this year in some areas of the north-central U.S. and prairie region of Canada, the conditions in eastern Canada were quite good, allowing for a liberal harvest scenario,” said Peditto.

“Additionally, there are several exciting opportunities being offered in this season’s proposals, including an overlapping of the duck and migratory goose seasons during the prime winter split.”

DNR is proposing three significant changes to the waterfowl hunting regulations this year: n For youth hunters and their adult mentors, DNR is offering the second youth waterfowl hunting day on February 9, about two weeks after the regular waterfowl season closes.

“We pushed back this second youth hunting day in response to the substantial input received in 2011 to hold one of the youth waterfowl days in late winter,” said DNR’s Waterfowl Project Leader Larry Hindman. n The second change, of interest to most diving duck hunters, will increase the proposed daily bag limit for scaup from two to four per day.

“The breeding scaup estimate has increased since 2006 and reached 5.4 million birds this spring, a 22 percent increase over last year’s estimate,” said Hindman.

The canvasback daily bag limit will remain one canvasback per day during the full 60-day regular duck season. n The third change, welcome news to Maryland goose hunters, would expand the season length for Atlantic population Canada geese from 45 to 50 days. The 2012 spring breeding pair survey of AP Canada geese totaled 190,300 pairs, similar to the 2011 index of 216,000 pairs.

“The habitat and weather conditions on key AP goose breeding areas along the Hudson Bay coast appeared to be average this year, a meaningful improvement over the poor conditions of 2011,” said Hindman.

DNR will hold a public meeting to collect comments at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13, at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills.

Hunters can view and comment on the proposed dates and bag limits online at dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/lwfchart.asp

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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer The city Planning and Zoning Commission discussed the following issues at the Tuesday, August 7 2012 meeting:

Parking lot approval The commission approved a request by Ocean Harbor Holdings to continue to use its property on Coastal Highway between 25th and 26th Streets as a temporary parking lot through September of this year.

Despite the commission’s desire that the lot be improved with paving and other infrastructure, the company’s attorney, Joe Moore, said the city uses the lot as a construction staging area during the off-season and would destroy any improvements with the movement of heavy machinery.

This year, he said, water main installation and Boardwalk renovation will both be staged on the lot, with several tons of pipe and lumber.

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“This is the reason we can’t comply with an improvement to make it look like a proper parking lot,” Moore said.

During the summer, the lot is used for tourist parking, and Commissioner Lauren Taylor questioned “whether or not people who are paying taxes for their parking businesses are being hurt by this being allowed to operate the way it is without meeting regulation.” She added that she was uneasy with a seemingly “permanent temporary situation.” Commissioner Peck Miller agreed that the lot should be improved, but there was no way around the city’s capital project needs.

“I think it would be appropriate to ask next year for some improvements, but I don’t think the city’s going to be done with this for a while,” he said.

being held in limbo until landscaping could be finalized. The commission had previously asked Moore to add greenery to conceal the relative eyesore of the walk-in cooler and restroom that had been added to the back of the store.

By the time of the meeting, however, Moore had already completed his landscaping work and it was deemed suitable.

“You were concerned about the finished product and what it would look like,” said Zoning Administrator R. Blaine Smith. “I knew from the site plan that it would be landscaped and, in fact, I went by the project today and it has been well done.”

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The commission gave preliminary approval for a plan to construct a retail and office space building on the current site of the parking lot on the northwest corner of Philadelphia Avenue and Dorchester Street, owned by Christopher Reeves.

Although Reeves is not in a financial position to build the structure currently, the plan was submitted in order to meet the two-year deadline for

The commission gave its final approval for the site plan of Seacrets owner Leighton Moore’s new liquor store in the parking lot of the establishment around 50th Street.

Although the building already existed for another use, it is being renovated and the plan was

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reinstating previous parking exemptions after having demolished the previous structure.

“They would like to redevelop the property in a way that would take advantage of their parking credits,” said Zoning Administrator R. Blaine Smith. The new number of spaces would not be near enough to meet current city requirements, but most downtown areas are intentionally grandfathered in.

Smith also said that concerns about curb cuts to enter the lot caused him to request the building be moved to the north side of the property, with the parking area on the south. However, Ocean City Development Corporation Executive Director Glenn Irwin said that this was a poor choice from an urban design perspective. Irwin and Smith were confident, however, that the layout could be suitably reconfigured if the structure was actually built.

“We’re okay with the preliminary site, as long as it can come back to us so that the building can

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As part of the budgeted improvements to Northside Park, the city will be constructing a semi-enclosed exercise area for public use.

“It’s actually going to be a fitness center, outside, but there will be a cover over it,” Mayor Rick Meehan said. “It’s going to be a great asset to the park. No charge, it’ll be free, a first come, first serve thing.”

Councilman Brent Ashley noted that he had been contacted by several local contractors, who experienced parking difficulties when servicing downtown homes and businesses. Unable to constantly feed the meter, many had been getting parking tickets.

Council Secretary Lloyd Martin said he had heard similarly, although it was his impression that contractors were often unable to find parking close enough to bring in their equipment, and thus parked outside of designated spaces where they were given a ticket.

The idea was raised for the city to have some sort of permit system where longterm residents and workers could pay for parking rights in advance.

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The council approved a sole source purchase — in which proposals are not sought, but a single vendor is approved without competitive bidding — for sludge grit pumps for the city’s wastewater treatment operation.

“The reason for the sole source request is twofold,” said Deputy Director of Public Works Jim Parsons, “with one reason being that the Dorr-Oliver type pumps have given us excellent service for 40 years, and there’s only really one distributor in the country for them. Also, if we go with the same manufacturer, we don’t have to do any of the costly re-piping or conversion work.”

The council approved the opening of bids to seek a design firm to consult with the city about upcoming renovations of the Hugh T. Cropper Inlet Parking Lot. City Engineer Terry McGean said he was uncertain what kind of changes would ultimately be made, but that he had discovered that new toll technology was complex and worth having a parking system expert investigate on the city’s behalf.

McGean noted that the one attendantless, credit card-only turnstile that is currently at the lot has worked very well, and more would likely be coming — although manned booths would probably not be disappearing entirely.

(Aug. 10, 2012) The Ocean City Council discussed the following issues at the Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 meeting:

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Nomination period open for stormwater management awards (Aug. 10, 2012) Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Smart, Green & Growing Award for sustainable infrastructure and innovation in stormwater management. Nominations are due by Aug. 31. Winners will be recognized at the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Clean Water Innovations Tradeshow in October.

The award recognizes groups, organizations, county and municipal governments and projects that have fostered the creation of new approaches to address the impact of stormwater runoff pollution in Maryland. Stormwater runoff is surface water that flows off roofs and pavement

after a storm. When the ground fails to soak in the runoff, it channels pollutants such as pesticides, sediment, bacteria, pet waste and trash into local waterways.

Stormwater management practices help control pollution through the use of nonstructural and/or structural techniques that intercept runoff from developed areas, filter and treat the runoff and discharge it a controlled rate.

The Maryland Department of the Environment will consider activities or projects that demonstrate the effectiveness of new and innovative technologies; increase public awareness of stormwater impacts; encourage the use of approaches such as

environmental site design or low impact development; and highlight cooperative efforts to restore Maryland’s streams, watershed and water quality.

In 2011, the MDE honored the city of Rockville and town of Edmonston with the Stormwater Management Award.

Rockville renovated the 6-acre College Gardens Park, creating a functional stormwater management facility with aesthetic features and restored sections of stream.

Because of the project, stormwater is treated from 79 acres that were previously untreated.

Edmonston’s Green Streets project addressed flooding and stormwater runoff

problems in the town and included a bioretention area and pervious surfaces.

It also included street trees, LED lighting and bike paths.

Both projects received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants through the MDE. Nomination forms for the Smart, Green & Growing Award are available on the MDE Web site, www.mde.state. md.us, and may be submitted by e-mail to adiaczok@mde.state.md.us or by mail to Maryland Department of the Environment, Office of Communications, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, Md. 21230, Attention: Adrienne Diaczok.

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Worcester educator charged in theft from teachers association Former treasurer agreed to make restitution of more than $400,000 NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) The Worcester County Teachers Association kept mum about thefts committed by its former treasurer, but detectives learned of the thefts, started their own investigation and arrested a Stephen Decatur Middle School teacher last week.

The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation said in a press release that Denise Owens, 58, of Ocean Pines was in charge of all the financial transactions of the Teachers Association and was the appointed treasurer from 2006-2009.

As treasurer, she had full access to all of the association’s bank accounts and is accused of writing numerous checks to herself and others. She also allegedly made withdrawals from the bank account and used the money she stole for personal issues and to pay off debt. The thefts happened during each year that she served as treasurer, the press release stated.

The Maryland State Education Asso-

ciation discovered that the Worcester County Teachers Association had fallen into arrears in its state dues and confronted Owens, according to an email this week from the state association.

Owens promptly resigned her position as treasurer and agreed to make restitution.

The state association then triggered a full investigation, including a forensic audit, which was submitted to a bonding company.

The investigation determined that the stolen funds were owed to the Maryland State Education Association and the National Education Association rather than the Worcester County Teachers Association and the local dues money was not part of the mishandled funds, the email said.

The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation said that the audit showed the local teachers association was short $433,784.52.

Instead of notifying law enforcement about the crime, the association’s attorneys in Annapolis and Owens agreed to have her begin paying restitution.

Detectives with the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation arrested Owens on Aug. 3 and charged her with a theft scheme of more than $500 and four counts of thefts of more than $500.

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Company to rehire man who stole from its clients NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) A 24-year-old Ocean City man who stole from clients of the heating and air conditioning business that employed him was sentenced last week to two years in jail.

On Dec. 26 last year, a 63rd Street resident noticed that his front door was unlocked and the sliding glass door was Nicolas Lupo slightly ajar. He went on to find that missing from his unit were a Blu-Ray player, a DVD player, a 28-inch flat-screen television and a 40-inch flat-screen television.

During their investigation, detectives with the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation learned that Nicholas William Lupo had pawned both televisions in Salisbury. He pawned the 28-inch television

for $35 and he pawned the 40-inch television for $40.

Detectives also learned that Lupo had worked at the unit where the televisions were stolen. To enter the unit for work, he obtained a key from a property management company. Instead of returning the key, he kept it and went to the unit another day and stole the televisions.

Public defender Angela Huffman said her client is addicted to opiates and is serving time in jail for two other thefts. He stole items to support his addiction and the three thefts occurred in the same time frame, she said.

One of those thefts was on Dec. 22, when Lupo stole $5,000 from a West Ocean City residence while he was doing work there for the heating and air conditioning company.

In Circuit Court in Snow Hill on Aug. 2 for the Dec. 26 crime, Lupo entered an Alford plea to the charge of third-degree burglary. In an Alford plea, the defendant

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does not admit guilt, but acknowledges that the prosecution has sufficient evidence for a conviction.

In exchange for the guilty plea, the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office did not prosecute other charges against him.

After hearing the facts of the case, Judge Brian Shockley found Lupo guilty and sentenced him to two years in jail, with all but five months and 28 days suspended. After his release from jail, he will be on supervised probation for 18 months, he must pay a $150 fine and make restitution of $1,000 to the owner of the 63rd Street residence where the items were stolen.

He must also undergo evaluation for alcohol and drug abuse and complete Drug Court, a rigorous program involving intensive counseling, frequent court appearances and strict regimen.

“The court needs to be concerned about the victims in Worcester County and the safety of the community,” Shockley said.

Huffman said Lupo will be working for the same heating and air conditioning company after his release from jail, but he would no longer be going to residences.

He will be working in the company’s shop.

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A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man was charged Aug. 1 with felony theft after police saw him carrying a box of money that belonged to a beach stand vendor at 19th Street and the beach.

Ocean City Beach Patrol officers broadcast a description of the container, described as a tool or tackle box, plus Shane Trump a description of three suspects.

A policeman on his way to 19th Street saw a group of people matching the description given by the beach patrol. One was carrying a box covered by a towel. He asked if he could see the box and it appeared to be the stolen tackle box.

The beach stand vendor identified the box as the one stolen from him.

The man holding the box, Shane David Trump of Johnstown, was determined to be the only suspect.

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that the bottles were at the shoreline where children were playing and they could have been hurt by the bottles.

Police charged Pineda-Munoz, David Salvador Cerritos-Rosa, 30, and Elias CubiasRosa, 36 with littering.

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Handgun in vehicle A 27-year-old Pottstown, Pa., man and his 26-year-old wife were charged Aug. 5 with having a handgun in a vehicle after Ocean City police found a gun in a U.S. Army bag in the car’s trunk.

Police noticed two people sleeping in the car at Third Street. The car’s engine was running.

The police woke up the two people and one of them, Debi Jo Musser, 26, said she owned the vehicle.

Soon thereafter, Raymond Perry France, her husband, walked up and said he was the driver.

When police asked France for consent to search the vehicle, he said no. When someone exited the vehicle, however, a police officer saw a container of marijuana fall onto the car seat and permission to search was no longer necessary.

A search of the vehicle revealed a .40 caliber handgun in an Army bag in the trunk.

Musser said the gun belonged to her and that she had just come from the range.

Police charged both with having a handgun in a vehicle, but a District Court commissioner found no probable cause for the charge against France.

Littering with beer bottles Ocean City police charged three Herndon, Va., men Aug. 5 with littering on the beach after

Dangerous weapon An 18-year-old Connecticut man was charged Aug. 3 with having a concealed deadly weapon.

When Ocean City police went to 119th Street because of an alleged assault, a man gave an officer a switchblade he said he found on the ground.

Matthew M. Weber said the knife was his and that someone on the Boardwalk gave it to him.

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they uncovered bottles of beer in the sand.

Police went to the beach at First Street because of reports of men walking near blankets and taking photographs of bags.

One of the men, Sabino Pineda-Munoz,

54, said they were looking for his lost wallet.

Police saw a cooler in the ground covered with sand where the three men had been sitting on the beach. They dug the cooler out of the sand and found six empty beer bottles and two full beer bottles. The police noted

Ocean City police charged a 29-year-old Pennsylvania man with having a concealed deadly weapon after they found a fighting knuckle in his vehicle.

Police stopped the vehicle at Caroline Street and Baltimore Avenue on July 31 because the driver, Joseph Anthony Miller, of Conshohocken, was not wearing a seatbelt.

Motor vehicle theft An officer with the Berlin Police Department conducted a traffic stop Aug. 1 at Route 113 and Franklin Avenue. A check revealed the vehicle was reported stolen in New York.

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Berlin burglar sentenced to10 years in prison NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) A 23-year-old man who hid under the bedcovers and played ‘possum’ after he broke into a Berlin house was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison.

Kyle Barton Brittingham of Perryville, Md., was found hiding in a closet in the home by his brother-in-law’s mother.

“It’s difficult to conceive of something more frightening than to wake up and discover someone has broken into your home and hidden in a closet,” Judge Richard Bloxom said in Circuit Court in Snow Hill on Aug. 2.

“When he’s not on drugs, he’s a wonderful human being,” defense attorney David Preller Jr. said of his client.

Brittingham, an electrician, was not being a wonderful human being Dec. 3, 2011, when he broke into the woman’s Evans Road house. She awoke and looked around to see what was happening. Opening a closet door, she saw Brittingham crouched inside.

The woman contacted her son, who lives next door, and said the man “looked just like Kyle,” Deputy State’s Attorney Abigail Marsh said in Circuit Court in Snow Hill on Aug. 2.

She knew Kyle Brittingham because he had been staying next door with her son and his wife, Kyle’s sister. The couple had taken him into their home in an attempt to help him with his problems.

The son went to Brittingham’s room,

but he was not there. He then went next door to his mother’s house. His wife, who had also seen that her brother was not in his bed, followed her husband outside.

When she went back inside her house, she went to her brother’s bedroom again and that time, she found him under the covers, where he was pretending to be sleep, Marsh said. Muddy slippers were on the bedroom floor.

Later, a K-9 unit tracked the burglar from the house next door to the house where Brittingham was staying. Footprints in the mud matched the tread on the slippers.

It was learned that he entered the house with a key he should not have had.

He had helped the woman put up a Christmas tree on Dec. 1 and had watched as she used a lock box to get her key.

In court, Brittingham pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and after a reading of the facts of the case, Judge Richard Bloxom found him guilty.

Unlike many defendants in court who have no friends or relatives in court for support, Brittingham could see more than a dozen friends and family members in the courtroom. More than a few had tears in their eyes as Preller said Brittingham was addicted to heroin.

Preller said Brittingham had attempted to rob a woman in Cecil County.

He was found guilty in July 2010 of conspiracy to commit robbery and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but six months suspended. He was on proba-

tion when he committed the Berlin burglary.

Brittingham’s family, Preller said, did not want him to just sit in a cell; they want him to get treatment for his drug addiction. Preller asked Judge Richard Bloxom to order an evaluation to see if Brittingham could be accepted into a substance abuse program. Following completion of the program, he could remain in jail to complete his sentence.

Brittingham then apologized to his family.

“All my criminal history stems from my drug addiction,” Brittingham said.

A licensed practical nurse who sponsored Brittingham in a 12-step program after he got out of jail the last time, said he had done well for about six months. He had a good job, a girlfriend and a car.

“Then he stopped going to meetings and stopped calling me,” she said. “He broke up with the girl, lost his job and relapsed.”

Sitting in jail would make Brittingham deteriorate and he needs drug treatment, she said.

Bloxom sentenced Brittingham to 10 years in prison to be served consecutively to any other sentence and he suspended five years of that sentence. After his release from prison, he will be on supervised probation for five years. He also noted that jails are full of addicts and he said he would consider a motion for an evaluation to determine if Brittingham would be suitable for treatment outside the prison facility.

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Former resort bar employee pleads guilty to May thefts NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) A former employee of a Boardwalk bar pleaded guilty last week to theft and four counts of firstdegree burglary.

While working at the bar on May 5, Zachary John Manley stole a woman’s purse and then offered to sell the cell phone and credit cards inside it to one of the bartenders.

Ten days later, Manley, 24, of Pittsville, broke into a residence on Adkins Road near Berlin and stole a 42inch flat-screen television, a computer and jewelry with a value of $9,925. He tried to pawn some of those items in Salisbury.

On May 17, he broke into residence on Worcester Highway where he stole a flat-screen television, a jewelry box, a valuable coin and other items. He tried to pawn the coin in Salisbury.

On May 18, he broke into a residence on Brantley Road in Pocomoke where he stole an Xbox, jewelry and other items. That same day, he burglarized another residence on the same road. In that case, he stole a 32-inch flat-screen television and a jewelry tin.

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Investigation continues into armed robbery in West OC NANCY POWELL ■ Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) When deputies from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office answered an alarm from a West Ocean City business last Friday, they had to force open a locked door and then found a clerk tied up and on the floor.

The clerk at Lids at 12741 Ocean Gateway told police he had been beaten and robbed at gunpoint.

Called in by the Sheriff’s Office, detectives from the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation interviewed the clerk, who said he was taking out the trash when a light-skinned black man with dread-

locks, dressed in black clothing confronted him.

He said his assailant placed a gun in his back and ordered him to go back inside the store. Once inside, the clerk said, the man forced him to lock the door and bound his hands and feet together and beat him repeatedly.

Once he was incapacitated, the clerk said, the man stole cash and numerous hats from the store before leaving.

The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate this case. Anyone with information related to this case is asked to call the detective bureau at 410-352-3476 or the Lower Shore Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776.

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Manley and two other people leaving her home in a Honda. She gave police a description of the car, which was spotted by a deputy of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. Several of the stolen items were inside the Honda.

In Circuit Court in Snow Hill on Aug. 2, Assistant State’s Attorney Steve Rakow told Judge Brian Shockley that he wanted a pre-sentence investigation because of Manley’s criminal history. Rakow also

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Julie Guyer, Manley’s defense attorney, said her client had been “extremely challenged throughout his life” because of his drug addiction. She asked for an evaluation to determine if Manley could be considered for substance abuse treatment as part of his sentence.

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OC Lax Classic four-day event begins Aug. 16 LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor

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Alex Davis, left, and Mike Hannon, members of the 39th annual White Marlin Open Harbour Island Marina dock staff, lift Dave Dunton’s bigeye tuna, which weighed 236 pounds, off the Canyon Runner on Tuesday.

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Angler Bill Woody, second from left, caught the only qualifying white marlin Wednesday after three days of weigh-ins. (Right) Dock hand Alex Davis’ gloved hand can be seen measuring the length of Woody’s fish before taking it off the boat.

FINAL DAY OF WHITE MARLIN OPEN TODAY As of Wednesday night, only one qualifying white marlin weighed LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Aug. 10, 2012) After three days of weigh-ins, at the close of the Harbour Island Marina scale Wednesday night, only one qualifying white marlin had been brought to the 14th Street dock during the 39th annual White Marlin Open.

Monday, the first day of the weeklong fishing tournament, 10 boats out of the 253 participating headed offshore. Just when it looked like no fish would be weighed that day, Keep Er Wet arrived at the Harbour Island Marina scale at 9:08 p.m., seven minutes before it was set to close, and Ronnie Hall’s 56-pound tuna was weighed.

White Marlin Open organizers and spectators expected Tuesday’s weigh-ins to be busy as 243 boats fished. After opening the scale at 4 p.m. the first boat reached the dock at 6:06 p.m. It was the Milling Around with a 61-pound yellowfin tuna.

The Stream Weaver, with a white marlin on board, was next to the scale. Unfortunately, Tommy Garner’s 68.5-pound white marlin did not meet the tournament minimum of 70 pounds. Anglers aboard the Stream Weaver also released

five whites that day.

Twenty-five minutes later, the crowd got a treat when ALURE brought a large bigeye tuna to the dock. Jay Yeager’s fish, which took him about 45 minutes to boat, tipped the scale at 202.5 pounds.

The Amarula Sun, an 82-foot Viking—the largest boat in the tournament—followed with a wahoo to weigh. Peter Katsarelis’ wahoo registered 66.5 pounds, good for first place in the division. But minutes later, Canyon Runner arrived with a bigeye tuna and a wahoo. Jamie Greer’s wahoo weighed in at 70.5 pounds to take over the top spot. The fish could potentially bring in $16,000, while Katsarelis’ wahoo is estimated to be worth $3,000 if it remains in second place.

The numbers on the scale rose as Canyon Runner angler Dave Dunton’s bigeye, which took him two hours and 20 minutes to reel in, was hoisted up. It finally stopped at 236 pounds and Dunton became the new leader in the tuna division.

“It was a pretty tough fight,” he said. “[The fish] fought hard and dove I can’t tell you how many times.”

Dunton said he thought to himself, “This fish might beat me,” but his teammates encour-

aged him to find the strength and energy to keep fighting it.

Krazy Salt’s arrived to the marina around 8:15 p.m. with a dolphin. Brian Gill’s fish weighed 27.5 pounds and took over first place in the dolphin division.

At 9:14 p.m., one minute before the scale officially closes each tournament day, the Got Game came to the dock with a dolphin.

Doug Ortlip’s fish weighed 27.5 pounds to tie for first place. The potential payout for Gill’s fish is $9,000, while Ortlip’s dolphin could bring in $7,000.

At 9:30 p.m., tournament organizers were told the Storm Trouble was on its way to the scale with a blue marlin on board. The fish, caught by Jeff Wright, weighed 456.5 pounds, just shy of the 500-pound tournament minimum.

On Wednesday, 238 boats traveled offshore. An hour and a half into the weigh-ins the Right Hook arrived with a bigeye tuna. Norman Pulliam’s bigeye, which tipped the scale at 238 pounds, jumped into first place in the tuna division, edging out Dunton by two pounds.

If Pulliam’s fish, which he fought for about three hours, holds the top spot, it is estimated to be worth $324,000, while Dunton’s tuna could bring

in approximately $58,000. Tra Sea Ann was in third place as of Wednesday night, with Christian Manetta’s 229-pounder. If it remains in third place, the crew could be awarded an estimated $24,000.

The Blew Bayou out of Ocean City, docked at 6:20 p.m. on Wednesday to weigh a white marlin. William Woody’s white weighed 72 pounds. Several whites were brought to the dock that day, but as of Thursday morning, it was the only one that met the 70-pound Open minimum. If no other qualifying marlin are weighed, the potential prize money for Woody’s fish is $900,000.

The third-place dolphin came in on Wednesday. Chad Baker, fishing on The Natural, reeled in a 27-pounder, possibly worth $14,000.

The Longfin had the only shark of the tournament after three days of weigh-ins. Craig Dengler’s 126.5 mako could earn him and his teammates $4,000.

The final fishing day of the Open is today (Friday). Weighins are from 4-9:15 p.m. at Harbor Island Marina on 14th Street. A total of 253 boats are participating in the tournament, which has a payout of more than $2.3 million.

(Aug. 10, 2012) Stephen Decatur High School Girls’ Lacrosse Coach Bob Musitano, who will again head the Ocean City Lacrosse Classic, scheduled for Aug. 16-19, said the resort tournament, Vail’s Lacrosse Shootout and Lake Placid’s Summit Lacrosse, are the three major competitions teams want to attend annually. Last July, U.S. Lacrosse magazine named in its Championship Edition Vail, Colo., Lake Placid, N.Y. and Ocean City as places that “remain can’t-miss destinations on the summer lacrosse tour.”

During the first year of the Lacrosse Classic, four teams took to the field behind Ocean City Elementary School for competition.

This year, the 19th annual OC Lax Classic, co-founded by Jimmy Huelskamp, Rob Sartorio, Dave Cottle and Greene Turtle owner Steve Pappas, will feature more than 2,500 players on 109 lacrosse teams from across the country.

As the event continues to grow, it has been considered the largest adult lacrosse tournament in the country. Musitano said the event is expected to draw between 7,500 and 10,000 people this year.

“It’s definitely a destination tournament. It’s a great chance for families to have a nice vacation,” Musitano said. “Husbands or wives will play lacrosse for two or three hours and then they’re done for the day.”

The 11 Masters (35 and older) teams and eight Grandmasters (45 and older) squads will get the lacrosse action started on Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Worcester County Athletic Complex off Route 113 in Berlin. Play will continue throughout the weekend at Northside Park on 125th Street in Ocean City.

The 52 Men’s Elite/Open squads will also begin play on Thursday in Berlin. The division consists of collegiate and postcollegiate athletes as well as professional lacrosse players.

There are 33 women’s teams, which consist of players 18 and older with at least one year of college ball under their belt.

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Ladies-only fishing tourney benefits American Cancer Society LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Aug. 10, 2012) Female anglers will be at the center of attention next week as hundreds are expected to participate in the 19th annual Capt. Steve Harman’s Poor Girls Open, Aug. 16-18.

Women enjoy fishing in the tournament because it benefits a worthy cause — breast cancer research, said co-director Earl Conley. Proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society and earmarked for breast cancer research and program development, under the “Pink Ribbon Classic” — a series of local events that benefit the organization.

Many women participate in the event annually, including cancer survivors. Although it is a competition, there is camaraderie among the ladies anglers.

“It’s a unique event. It just seems that when you’re fishing for a cause, everybody is more enthusiastic,” Conley said. “A lot of the participants have been touched by cancer in some way.

The cost to enter the tournament is $450 per boat for up to three anglers.

Other anglers may be added at $50 each (six-woman crew maximum per boat).

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams with the most billfish release points. Anglers who boat the three heaviest tuna and dolphin will also received cash prizes.

There are added entry levels for billfish releases, tuna and dolphin. Girls 16 and

younger may compete in the junior angler division.

“The white marlin bite has been phenomenal the last week or two. I’ve heard tuna and dolphin [bite] has slowed down a bit, but they’re still out there. They’re just scattered around more now,” Conley said Monday.

Registration for the tournament will begin at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Bahia Marina, 22nd Street on the bay. A captains’ meeting will follow.

Anglers may fish one of the three days: Thursday, Aug. 16, Friday, Aug. 17, or Saturday, Aug. 18. Weigh-ins will take place daily, from 4-7:30 p.m., at the marina.

Pink Ribbon merchandise will be for sale and auction items will be set up near the weigh-in scale in the Bahia Marina/Fish Tales parking lot for anyone who wants to bid. There will also be a 50/50 raffle. Donations will also be accepted.

An awards luncheon is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 19, at the Marlin Club in West Ocean City.

Since 1999, money raised during the tournament has been donated to the American Cancer Society and earmarked for breast cancer research and program development. While some of the money is used for research on a national level, the remainder stays in the area to assist in local breast cancer awareness and patient programs and services.

The competition has grown since its inception — eight boats participated in the first tournament and in 2011, 88 vessels

The Give it Away team took top honors in the tuna division of the 18th annual Capt. Steve Harman’s Poor Girls Open, last year. Devynn Maurer’s fish weighed 51.6 pounds and was worth $7,480. The ladies also released three white marlin and one blue and took home and additional $15,671.

carried 403 female anglers offshore. A total of $81,390 was paid out to the 2011 winners. Last year’s attendance was up from the 79 boats and 361 anglers that fished in 2010 when $75,720 was awarded to the top teams.

In 2011, the Harman family presented the American Cancer Society with a check for $54,000.

Approximately $10,000 of the donation came from money raised during Fish Tales’ summerlong cornhole competition, as well as its “Clamming for a Cure” contest. The total donated by the Harman family through

tournament and other events over the past five years has surpassed the $250,000 mark.

In 2004, the tournament was renamed to honor the founder of the event, the late Capt. Steve Harman. He and his wife, Pam, started the Poor Girls Open in 1994 to provide women with an opportunity to compete for prizes and money in a ladies-only tournament and to raise money for local charities. Harman died in February 2004, so organizers thought it was appropriate the tournament be renamed in his memory.

For more information about the event, call Bahia Marina at 410-289-7438.

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More than 100 marlin released during ‘Heel & Reels’ tourney LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Aug. 10, 2012) According to catch reports, a total of 114 white marlin and one blue were released during the fourth annual Ocean City Marlin Club “Heels & Reels” Ladies Tournament, held Aug. 3-4.

“A couple boats probably didn’t even turn in their catch reports because there were boats with 10, 11 and 12 releases and they knew they wouldn’t win,” said Franky Pettolina, Marlin Club president and co-director of the tournament with Amanda Shick.

Shick fished aboard Pettolina’s boat, the Last Call, on Aug. 3, and hooked her first white marlin. It is a tradition that when an angler catches his or her first billfish to jump into the water. When the Last Call returned to Sunset Marina, Shick leaped off the back of the boat, assisted by Pettolina, to celebrate her accomplishment.

“Releasing my first white marlin on the charter boat, Last Call, was one of the coolest things I’ve ever had the chance to accomplish,” Shick said. “Seeing those magnificent fish with my own eyes and the adventure in the catch and release was absolutely extraordinary. An experience I will never forget. I can see why sportfishing to some is not only a hobby, but a lifestyle.”

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Women’s games will begin Friday, Aug. 17, at Northside Park and on the Fourth Street fields.

The “King Neptune Division” of Super Grandmasters, ages 50 and older, was added last year “for guys who are getting older, but still want to play in the tournament,” Musitano said. Four teams went head-to-head in 2011. This year, there are five teams in the division.

All of the team will compete in at least four games, with a maximum of seven.

Championship matches for all divisions will be played Aug. 19, at Northside Park. The top eight teams in the Men’s Elite division will also compete in a “Braveheart” mini tournament Saturday night, Aug. 18. Each team will have a face-off player on the field and a goalie. The first to score advances.

Musitano said spectators will see highlevel lacrosse being played in more than 200 games during the four-day event.

“Competition will be really tough,” he said. “We’re looking forward to having a good tournament.”

Proceeds from the Classic and donations will go back to the community in the form of scholarships for high school lacrosse players who intend to continue playing in college as well as toward recreation department programs. Last year, five $1,000 scholarships were awarded to student-athletes at Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin. A $1,000 donation also went to the new Stephen Decatur field house.

Many former students from area high schools including Stephen Decatur and Worcester Prep will participate in the Classic. For more information about the Lax Classic, visit www.OCLaxClassic.org.

The Last Call crew released three whites that day.

“About eight to 10 girls caught their first marlin during the tournament, so that was pretty cool,” Pettolina said.

White marlin, sailfish and spearfish releases were worth 100 points each, while blue marlin and swordfish releases earned anglers 150 points.

The Ravaganza crew threw back 12 whites to win the release division and $10,260. Anglers aboard Reel Joy released 11 white marlin, good for second place and $2,376. The Reelentless team cut 10 whites loose to finish in third place.

The group was awarded $1,584.

The Slaughterhouse crew earned first and second place in the tuna division with Corky Shirk’s 51.4-pound and Kim Baer’s 31.8-pound yellowfins. They received $9,180.

Anglers fishing aboard Moore Bills swept

the dolphin division with 36.2-, 17.8- and 12.8-pounders caught by Brittany Vacousky, Karen Connelly and Darlene Peters, respectively. The team took home $5,850.

With 600 points, the top junior angler of the tournament was Brooke Schmeusser, who fished aboard the Reelentless. She was presented with a plaque.

Twenty-eight boats carried female anglers offshore for the competition, and a total of $29,250 was awarded to the winners.

“I’m very happy. We had great fishing and good weather both days,” Pettolina said. “All around, it was a really great tournament. It was a big success and I think we’ll see it grow for next year.”

A portion of tournament proceeds will be donated to the Marlin Club Auxiliary’s Bertha Holloway Scholarship Fund for Worcester County high school students who plan to attend college or a trade school.

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Lady anglers aboard Grande Pez released five marlin during the fourth annual Ocean City Marlin Club “Heels & Reels” tournament, held Aug. 3-4.

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Last year’s event raised more than $119,000 for the foundation.

Event organizers are still accepting sponsors and players to make this year’s tournament the most successful ever.

Team foursomes cost $1,000. Golfers will have a choice of two formats during the 1 p.m. tournament: Best Ball on Newport Bay and Scramble on Seaside.

The title sponsor for the AGH Fall Golf Classic will again be Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condominiums, but other sponsorship opportunities are still available.

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EWGA presents tournament to benefit Wounded Warriors (Aug. 3, 2012) The Eastern Shore Chapter of the Executive Women’s Golf Association will present the Patriot Golf Tournament on Friday, Aug. 10, at Ocean City Golf Course. The co-ed event, which benefits the Wounded Warriors Project, will include 18 holes of golf, a box lunch, a pig roast at the awards banquet, a “Believe in Heroes” gift bag, and prizes in both the men’s and women’s divisions.

The tournament will follow a scramble format.

The Wounded Warriors Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors.

Tens of thousands of wounded warriors receive support each year through pro-

grams and services designed to nurture the mind and body, and encourage economic empowerment and engagement.

Whether through caregiver retreats, combat stress recovery programs, career and education services, or adaptive sporting opportunities, WWP empowers warriors with the tools essential to not just survive their injuries, but to thrive and achieve personal and professional success.

This organized event will donate percent of the net proceeds to WWP and the wounded service members they proudly serve.

To register a team or to become a sponsor, contact Ruth Jones, tournament chairwoman, at 410-860-1494 or rpjones54@verizon.net.

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Low-cost fixes when preparing a home for sale LAUREN BUNTING ■ Contributing Writer

SUNSETGRILLE: expansion complete LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Aug. 10, 2012) Each year, Sunset Grille in West Ocean City receives some sort of upgrade or improvement, which could certainly be one of the reasons it was named 2011 Maryland’s Favorite Restaurant during the 57th Annual McCormick & Company Stars of the Industry Awards, presented last May by the Restaurant Association of Maryland.

This year, the restaurant, on Sunset Avenue overlooking Sunset Marina, has doubled in size with the addition of “The Bridge” rooftop bar and firstfloor dining area. The original Caribbean island-themed restaurant, which opened in 2004, is 90 feet long and the addition measures 92 feet.

“It’s been in the works a few years and this year we finally got it started,” said owner Buddy Trala.

The upstairs “bridge,” named after the top of a boat from which a captain directs operations, features seating for approximately 90 guests. A large bar was built in the center of the upstairs area and is surrounded by dining tables, high tops, couches and gas fireplaces. He hopes to offer live entertainment, such as one- or two-piece bands, in the near future. Trala said he also plans to add more couches and lounge furniture for the fall season.

Patrons have a view of the entire marina as well as Assateague Island and the Ocean City inlet.

“It has an open, airy feeling and a relaxed atmosphere up there,” Trala said. “You can go up there and have a cocktail before or after dinner, see the boats come in [to the marina] and just relax.”

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(From top) Sunset Grille owner Buddy Trala stands behind the new rooftop bar. Sunset Grille, overlooking Sunset Marina in West Ocean City, has doubled in size with the addition of “The Bridge” rooftop bar and dining area below it. The upstairs “bridge,” named after the top of a boat where captains direct operations, features seating for approximately 90 guests, with a large bar surrounded by dining tables, high tops, couches and gas fireplaces.

Downstairs, tables have been set up for dining. Several flat screen televisions line the back wall and there is a wood fireplace on each side of the dining area, which seats about 60.

(Aug. 10, 2012) Preparing your home for sale can seem like a daunting task. However, there are some quick fix tips that won’t break the bank, but will help you bank more when you sell.

■ Avoid dated tubs and tile: Bathrooms sell houses, but dated tile and rusty tubs don’t. You can try painting it yourself, but tile and porcelain require special epoxy paints. For approximately $300-500 per tub, you can hire a professional to complete your tub makeover, and it’s ready to use in just a day or two. They can coat the tub and the tile all in one application.

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Paint the walls a neutral color, and choose matching bedding.

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Retailers prepare for state sales tax week, Aug. 12-18 (Aug. 10, 2012) Maryland consumers can save money next week when shopping local retailers for their back-toschool clothes and footwear needs. As part of Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tax Free Week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from Sunday morning, Aug. 12, to midnight Saturday, Aug. 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they will not be charged state sales tax for most clothing and shoes priced under $100. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tax Free Week has been a great success for the last two years with retailers reporting double digit sales increases for the week. It has also provided real savings to families and allowed retailers to compete with retailers in Pennsylvania and Delaware and those online where sales taxes are not collected,â&#x20AC;? said Patrick Donoho, president of the Maryland Retailers Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shoppers have become much savvier during these economic tough times. They expect competitive pricing, while also looking for added value in service, convenience and the whole shopping experience.â&#x20AC;?

Local retailers are adapting and competing for consumers every day.

Each dollar spent at local retailers supports the community in which it is located through their community support, taxes paid to the state, a locality and jobs. Retailers are the largest private sector employer in Maryland with more than 400,000 friends and neighbors working in the retail industry.

The average person with children in kindergarten through grade 12 will spend $688.62 on their children, up from $603.63 last year, according to the National Retail Federation. The study estimates that parents will spend an average of $246.10 on clothes and $129.20 on shoes. In addition, the study says that this year 84.8 percent of consumers with school-aged children say the economy will impact their spending plans in some way. A copy of the study is available online at www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Ne ws&op=viewlive&sp_id=1405.

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Knott new DEF executive director (Aug. 10, 2012) The board of directors of the Delmarva Education Foundation has selected Rota L. Knott to serve as its new executive director. Knott began work July 23, replacing Katherine A. Harting, who has retired. DEF is a nonprofit organization that helps residents of Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties find money to continue their Rota Knott education. Its mission is to improve college access and success for residents of the lower Delmarva Peninsula. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are excited about the experience and talent that Rota Knott brings to DEF and at the same time we will miss Kat Hartingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong leadership,â&#x20AC;? said Michael Pennington, board president.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;surtaxâ&#x20AC;? are $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married taxpayers. This new â&#x20AC;&#x153;surtaxâ&#x20AC;? will amount to a 3.8-percent increase in the marginal income tax rate for affected taxpayers. The tax of 3.8 percent is calculated on net investment income for the year or the amount by which modified adjusted gross income exceeds the threshold amount. There are many other items that affect this calculation or are exempt from this calculation. â&#x2013; LOOKING AHEAD Employers and taxpayers alike should prepare for sweeping changes in taxes and health care in coming years. The time to plan is now. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Stern, CPA/PFS is the managing partner for PKS & Company, P.A., Certified Public Accountants, with offices in Salisbury, Ocean City and Lewes, Del. Visit www.pkscpa.com or call 410-546-5600.

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been living with, look on sites such as craigslist.com or call your local warehouses to try to put together a more appealing set of appliances. Of course, stainless steel is probably the favorite, but all white is always a safe bet. â&#x2013; Save money on granite countertops: Granite countertops are a huge selling feature, but they are costly. If you visit your local granite dealerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remnant yard, you can save big bucks, especially if you can find a weekend warrior to do your installation for you. â&#x2013; Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget your outdoor living spaces: Add appeal and the sense of space by giving your outdoor space new life. If you have a deck, sand the wood, then stain it with a semi-transparent stain that will last a long time, but still allow the rustic, grainy look to show through. Furnish it for entertaining so prospective buyers can visualize the party. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lauren Bunting is a member of the Coastal Association of Realtors and a licensed REALTORÂŽ with Bunting Realty, Inc. in Berlin.

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HAMPTON INN & SUITES GRAND OPENING The Hampton Inn & Suites, located at 43rd Street and the bay, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, July 13. Rick and Wendy Laws celebrated with their family, friends and many fellow hoteliers were in attendance as well. The Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce, Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, Ocean City CVB, town of Ocean City mayor and council members, City Manager David Recor, Sen. Jim Mathias and many local business owners were on hand to welcome the addition of this hotel to the Ocean City business community.

General Manager Jill Douglas and her staff at The Hampton Inn & Suites also led tours.

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Ocean City Flooring representative completes course Michael Twining of Ocean City Flooring has completed Mohawk University for floor covering industry professionals. The course is part of a continuing professional development curriculum sponsored by Mohawk Industries, one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of carpeting.

Twining was selected for the course because Royal Plus Flooring is one of a group of specialty floor covering stores that carry Color Center Products, a Mohawk-brand carpet for homes and business.

The four-day curriculum presented in July focused on ensuring customer satisfaction.

Courses stressed product knowledge, manufacturing technologies, design, fashion, installation techniques, the value of ongoing commitment to customer service and emerging business trends.

RE/MAX Premier Properties names top July agents Broker Dr. Carl E. Ortman of RE/MAX Premier Properties has announced the company’s top July producers.

The top Listing Producer was Marlene Ott of the Ocean Pines office. Top in sales with more than $1,000,000 last month were Ott of Ocean Pines, Pam Price of Salisbury, Holly Campbell of Salisbury and Edie Brennan of Ocean Pines.

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Bridge, tables have been set up for dining. Several flat screen televisions line the back wall. There is a wood fireplace on each side of the dining area, which seats about 60.

Construction on the addition began in March. It opened just in time for the July 4 weekend. Until last week, the bridge would only be open on weekends and close during the week so some final details could be completed.

As of last Friday, it is now open daily.

“Everybody loves it. The view from up there is incredible,” Trala said.

During construction of The Bridge, the restaurant’s kitchen and prep areas, outside deck and dining room were also expanded, and bathrooms were added upstairs. The outside storage and refrigeration area was also enclosed.

Sunset Grille’s full menu is available throughout the entire property.

With the additional space, Sunset Grille is now more equipped to host private parties. Trala said people have already been booking space for their upcoming special events, and valet parking will soon be offered for the restaurant and marina. Several events, including wine tastings, are being planned for the fall.

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For the second consecutive year, some of the world’s greatest athletes will converge in Ocean City for the first leg of the nationwide Dew Tour

(Aug. 10, 2012) The countdown to Dew Tour action is on as workers this week began building a vertical ramp, Mega 2.0 ramp, skateboard bowl and a BMX park, along with the rest of the venue that will contain the “Dew Tour Experience” booths, activities and concert stage. The Pantech Beach Championships action, scheduled for Aug. 16-19, will unfold on the beach, adjacent to the Boardwalk, just north of the pier in downtown Ocean City.

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task. A lot of work goes into putting it all together,” said Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan. “If you take a picture on the first day [of construction] and the last day, it’s quite an accomplishment erecting everything on the beach.”

On April 20, Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group, announced a four-year renewal of its partnership with Mountain Dew, along with

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the 2012 Dew Tour schedule — Ocean City is stop No. 1. The Ocean City Council in January set aside Aug. 16-19, for the East Coast leg of the 2012 Dew Tour, as requested by the tour’s planners, and town representatives had been awaiting confirmation.

“I thought it was a tremendous event last year and we’re very excited the Dew Tour is coming back to Ocean City. I think Ocean City is a perfect location for the Dew Tour,” Meehan said. “It’s a very much anticipated event by a lot of people. It was a great event last year and I think it will be even better this year.”

Meehan attended several of the resort competitions last year, when the tour made its Ocean City debut. He said for a first-time resort event of that magnitude, everything went better than expected. Meehan presented a special award to Brazilian Pedro Barros, winner of the skate bowl contest.

“The athletes are just fantastic.

They interact with fans and the kids look up to them. They’re role models,” Meehan said. “It’s very See OCEAN on Page 50

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2012 CONFIRMED ATHLETES ■ SKATE VERT: Pedro Barros, Marcelos Bastos, Sam Beckett, Mitchie Brusco, Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Ron Gomes, Juergen Horrwarth, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Danny Mayer, Alex Perelson, PaulLuc Ronchetti, Tom Schaar, Jono Schwan, Elliott Sloan, Adam Taylor, Lincoln Ueda.

■ SKATE BOWL: Pedro Barros, Sam Beckett, Charlie Blair, Bob Burnquist, Kalani David, Dalton Dern, Sandro Dias, Benji Galloway, Omar Hassan, Ben Hatchell, Willis Kimbel, Andrew Langi, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Zach Miller, Nolan Munroe, Michael O’Friel, Michael Owen, Alex Perelson, Steven Pineiro, Austin Poynter, Ben Raybourn, Tom Remillard, Josh Rodriguez, Tom Schaar, Sky Siljeg, Alex Sorgente and Josh Stafford.

■ SKATE LEGENDS BOWL: Steve Alba, Steve Caballero, Eddie Elguerra, Jeff Grosso, Christian Hosoi, Tony Magnusson, Chris Miller, Lance Mountain, Pat Ngho and Duane Peters.

■ SKATE MEGA 2.0: Jake Brown, Bob Burnquist, Mitchie Brusco, Jagger Eaton, Ron Gomes, PierreLuc Gagnon, Andy Macdonald, Edgar Pereira, Tom Schaar, Adam Taylor and Elliott Sloan.

■ BMX PARK: Kyle Baldock, Brett Banasiewicz, Drew Bezanson, Andy Buckworth, Vince Byron, Diogo Canina, Pat Casey, Austin Coleman, Scotty Cranmer, Rob Darden, Daniel Dhers, Brandon Dosch, Dennis Enarson, Ryan Guettler, Ben Hennon, Josh Harrington, Chase Hawk, Chad Kerley, Harry Main, Ryan Nyquist, Kevin Peraza, Garrett Reynolds, Daniel Sandoval, Jeremiah Smith, Mike Spinner, Morgan Wade, Ben Wallace, Zack Warden, Mark Webb and Gary Young.

■ BMX VERT: Jamie Bestwick, Vince Byron, Austin Coleman, Chad Kagy, Mykel Larrin, Steve McCann, Dennis McCoy, Kevin Robinson, Simon Tabron, Jimmy Walker, Zack Warden and Coco Zurita.

■ BMX MEGA 2.0: Vince Byron, Austin Coleman, James Foster, Chad Kagy, Steve McCann, Anthony Napolitan, Kevin Robinson, Colton Satterfield, Morgan Wade and Zack Warden.

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genuine. It adds something to the event being able to interact with the athletes. It makes it even more entertaining.”

Ocean City was the first of four stops during the tour’s 2011 season and its first beachfront venue. A vertical ramp for skate and BMX competitions, a skate bowl and a BMX park were set up on the beach, along with a festival village, between Dorchester and Talbot streets. Qualifying rounds of the Pantech Open took place July 21, and were free to attend. Tickets sold out for the July 22-24 competitions, but the festival village was free all four days. The Pantech Open set a Dew Tour attendance record by drawing approximately 73,000 fans during its four-day run.

“From the record-setting attendance to the incredible success of the musical component in 2011, Ocean City was a major

success for the Dew Tour,” Dew Tour General Manager Chris Prybylo said in April, when it was announced Ocean City would be the first tour stop in 2012. “In addition to being a perfect fit for our beach venue, we’ve also developed great partnerships with the entire Ocean City government, including the mayor, City Council and the town of Ocean City staff. We have incredible relationships with local businesses, and the fans showed tremendous support.

We’re ready to build on that for 2012, and to say we’re excited to return is an understatement.”

Athletes competed in extreme heat as area temperatures reached triple digits last year, and the oppressive humidity made it feel as hot as 115 degrees at times. BMX rider Dennis Enarson, a California native, was one of those athletes. He placed second in the BMX Park event.

“Ocean City was really fun and having

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The Dew Tour announced last week the music line-up set to perform during the Pantech Beach Championships. It will feature nine musical acts, the biggest lineup in Dew Tour history.

Performers scheduled to take the Lupe Fiasco downtown stage are RAC DJ, Theophilus London, Lupe Fiasco, Rites of Ashes, The Perfects, Vital, DallasK, Two Fresh and Wolfgang Gartner. All performances will be free for the public to attend, with special viewing areas available to Premium Pass holders.

the course right on the beach was cool,” he told Ocean City Today in April. “I’ll definitely be back, for sure. It was my first time [in Ocean City] and I can’t wait to come back.”

The tour has been reshaped this year to showcase action sports in three largescale, premium and “grand-slam” style events. The 2012 Dew Tour locations are Ocean City, Aug. 16-19; San Francisco, Oct. 18-21; and Breckenridge, Colo., Dec. 13-16.

Dew Tour representatives worked closely for several months with a number of athletes to determine the best mix of sports and disciplines at each stop this year. When the Dew Tour originated eight years ago, it filled the role of introducing action sports to a wide audience, through multiple events across the country, Prybylo said.

In the future, the Dew Tour will fill a different need, bringing action sports to

n THURSDAY, AUG. 16: RAC DJ, 8:30 p.m. n FRIDAY, AUG. 17: Theophilus London, 9 p.m.; Lupe Fiasco, 10 p.m. n SATURDAY, AUG. 18: Daytime Lineup: Rites of Ashes, 3 p.m.; The Perfects, 3:45 p.m.; Vital, 4:30 p.m.

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the next level with bigger, better events, he said.

“Our beach, city and mountain theme provides a fresh and exciting direction for the sports to progress, and each of the three events will draw inspiration from the host city to create its own identity,” Prybylo said. “The voices of the athletes and industry members we’ve held panels with have helped guide the development of the new model, and we’re looking forward to it all coming together.”

Events scheduled for Ocean City include Skate Vert and Skate Bowl, which were showcased last year. New to the event line-up is Skate Legends Bowl and Skate Mega 2.0 competitions. BMX Park and Vert events will take place again this year in the resort along with the new BMX Mega 2.0. Events kick off Thursday evening with the GoDaddy Surf Expression Session.

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Dew Tour events free to spectators; Premium Pass secures seating competitions that are popular with the athletes, and fit well with the beach setting in Ocean City. We’re always working to help progress and grow the sports we represent,” Prybylo said Tuesday.

“Adding Mega 2.0 allows our Skate and BMX Vert athletes to showcase their abilities in a new discipline that will be very exciting for spectators. Fans will be able to watch the Mega 2.0 competitions right from the beach. We had a great response to our Skate Bowl Legends Jam in Portland, Ore. last year, and it made sense to bring it to Ocean City to reflect the community’s commitment to bowl skating.”

Also, nine musical acts — the biggest line-up in Dew Tour history — will be feature throughout three days, Aug. 16-18.

The festival village has been expanded this year and will now be the “Dew Tour Experience,” with more booths and activities to reflect a true experience of the action sports lifestyle and culture.

Admission is free for all competitions and concerts, although a limited number of premium passes are available online at http://dewtour.com.

“We wanted to make the Dew Tour Pantech Beach Championships accessible to everyone. With free admission, fans can enjoy the competitions, concerts and the ‘Dew Tour Experience’ with all of our partners,” Prybylo said. “Fans will be able to catch the action live on our big screens from inside the ‘Dew Tour Experience’ as well. We always aim to build on the success of past years. With more competi-

WHAT’S A ‘PREMIUM PASS?’ A limited number of premium passes are now available for purchase online at http://dewtouroc.com. Premium Pass tickets are limited and guarantee fans a seat for that day’s competitions as well as Dew Tour swag and exclusive Dew Tour souvenirs. For events where seats are unavailable, such as the concert on the beach and the Mega 2.0 contest, a special section will be reserved for ticket holders.

Premium passes cost $60 for Thursday’s events and $100 each for Friday, Saturday and Sunday events.

tions and more music, we’re expecting to see a lot of Dew Tour fans Aug 16-19.”

Premium Pass tickets guarantee fans a seat for that day’s competitions as well as Dew Tour swag and exclusive souvenirs. Premium passes cost $60 for Thursday’s events and $100 each for Friday, Saturday and Sunday activities.

“There is a lot of buzz around town regarding the return of the Dew Tour and we are very excited to once again play host to this exciting event,” said Donna Abbott, Ocean City’s tourism and marketing director. “With free admission this year to all of the competitions, I would imagine we will see an increase in attendance.”

The Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC and NBC Sports Network and streamed live on dewtour.com. The Dew Tour Pantech Beach Championships will be showcased across 11 broadcast hours on NBC and NBC Sports Network and an all-new digital platform with live streaming, exclusive behind the scenes and indepth content on dewtour.com. The new

broadcast platform will offer coverage each of the four days and more live Dew Tour coverage over NBC and NBC Sports Network than any previous year, according to www.allisports.com.

The Dew Tour Pantech Beach Championships will air live on NBC Sports Network Friday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 18 on NBC at 1 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 19 on NBC at 2 p.m. Additional broadcasts on NBC Sports Network will be Aug. 16 at 11 p.m.; Aug. 18 at 11 p.m.; Aug. 19 at 11 p.m. and Aug. 25 at 12 a.m.

The coverage Ocean City will receive before and during the Dew Tour is priceless.

“The amount of TV coverage Ocean City got last year was incredible. It generated a huge amount of exposure for Ocean City that you can’t buy,” said Susan Jones, executive director of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association.

Abbott heard nothing but positive comments following the 2011 event, in-

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cluding how great the town looked on national television. The Dew Tour Pantech Open broadcasts were made available in more than 200 million households in more than 50 countries. According to the Demoflush statistics, which uses wastewater flows to estimate the city’s population, approximately 321,323 people were in town over the 2011 Dew Tour weekend (Saturday and Sunday average) — a 7percent increase from the same weekend in 2010.

“Certainly there is a positive impact on our economy with an event of this magnitude, but it also brings the town increased exposure with the national television coverage. Last year’s Dew Tour brought the town over 900 million impressions (number of views an ad can receive), which is tremendous in terms of promoting Ocean City,” Abbott said. “I do plan on attending this year as I did last year. These athletes are amazing to watch. I also look forward to seeing the expanded Dew Tour Experience and the festival village that looks to be even bigger and better this year.”

Added Jones, “We’ve received a lot of phone calls from people coming to Ocean City for the Dew Tour this year. We’re looking forward to hosting the athletes and spectators.”

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21 to April 19) As eager as you are to take on that new challenge, it would be best to temper that spurt of “Ram”-bunctious energy until you have more facts to back up your decision to move.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a good time for hardworking Bovines to take a break from their hectic onthe-job schedules to bask in the unconditional love and support of friends and family.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Pay attention to what you hear in the workplace. You could pick up some hints about possible changes. Meanwhile, a new infusion of creative energy sets in by week’s end.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Try to be more flexible in dealing with a suddenly difficult situation, whether it’s on the job or in the home. Others might have some good points to offer.

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LEO (July 23 to August 22) You might think you’re not getting the royal treatment you deserve. But be careful not to become a royal pain by complaining about it. Be patient and allow things to work out.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Watch that penchant for being superjudgmental at work. It might create a bad impression with someone whose decisions could determine the course of your career.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You’ve been your usual busy-bee self, gathering nectar wherever you can find it. But now’s a good time to kick back, relax and just enjoy smelling the roses.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) That pesky personal situation seems to be improving. But change comes slowly, so be patient. Expect someone to bring more positive news by week’s end.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Whoa! Ease up on that hectic pace you’ve been putting yourself through. Take time to recharge your energy levels before going full gallop again.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Try to be intrigued, not intimidated, by the issues you’re suddenly facing, and you’ll be ahead of the game. Don’t be afraid to demand answers to your questions.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) New associates freezing you out of their inner circle? Never mind. Put a warm smile on that friendly face of yours, and you’ll soon thaw them all down to size.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your wise guidance helps colleagues agree to compromise and move forward. Meanwhile, there are still vital issues you need to deal with in your personal life.

BORN THIS WEEK: You enjoy being free with your emotions, but you also can exercise disciplined focus. You would make a fine artist.

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County Fair begins today,continues through Sun. LISA CAPITELLI n Assistant Editor (Aug. 10, 2012) An assortment of activities for all ages is scheduled this weekend during the Worcester County Fair at Byrd Park in Snow Hill.

“We have a lot of different things going on,” Cindy Morris, 4H program coordinator and fair board member, said of the three-day event. “It’s a family affair.

There’s something for everybody, and it’s free. There are not too many things you can go to for free.”

Depending on the weather, Morris said, as many as 12,000 and as few as 3,000 people have attended the fair in past years. Many will visit all three days because there are so many activities offered.

Approximately 5,000 guests visited the fair grounds in 2011, though organizers had to cut the fair short on the last day because of a storm.

Today’s (Friday’s) activities will kick off with a horse show at 8 a.m. It is also Safe Kid’s Day at the fair and county agencies will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tonight’s cake and pie auction is always one of the highlights of the fair.

Though people have bid several hundred dollars for a cake or pie in the past, Morris said they typically go for around $30 or more. The bidding will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The auction is a fundraiser for the fair.

Approximately 20 or more cakes and pies are typically auctioned off.

Other Aug. 10 events include a chain-

Katie Phillips of Gumboro, Del., hangs out with her goats, Pearl and Maybell, during the 2011 Worcester County Fair at Byrd Park in Snow Hill.

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APPEARING LIVE 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILL 9636 Stephen Decatur Highway West Ocean City 410-213-9204 Aug. 10: Walt Farozic, 6-10 p.m.

Aug. 11: Mike Bennett, 6-10 p.m.

Aug. 12: Louis Wright, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Walt Farozic, 4-7 p.m.

Aug. 15: John LaMere, 4-7 p.m.

Aug. 16: Chris Button, 4-7 p.m.

ADOLFO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 13th Street and the Boardwalk in the Beach Plaza Hotel 410-289-4001 Aug. 10: Rhonda Apple and Dale Britt (dinner hours) BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay 410-524-7575 Aug. 10: Mood Swingers, 9 p.m.

Aug. 11: Chest Pains, 9 p.m.

Aug. 15: Ginger CARIBBEAN BAR & GRILL Just off the Boardwalk at Second Street, above the Plim Plaza 410-289-0837 Aug. 10: Dave Sherman, 1-5 p.m.; Pompous Pie, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Aug. 11: Mood Swingers, 1-5 p.m.; Jackson Holiday Band, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Aug. 12: No Byscuyts, 1-5 p.m.; Murphy’s Law, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Aug. 13: Dave Sherman, 1-5 p.m.; Tim Cyphers & The Animal, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Aug. 14: Murphy’s Law, 1-5 p.m.; Back Seat Becky, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Aug. 15: Darin Engh, 1-5 p.m.; Remy & Smooth, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Aug. 16: Full Circle Trio, 1-5 p.m.; Ginger, 7:30-11:30 p.m.

COCONUTS BEACH BAR & GRILL 37th Street oceanfront 410-289-6846 Aug. 10: Darin Engh, 1-5 p.m.; DJ Honu, 6-9 p.m.

Aug. 11: Kevin Poole and Joe Mama, noon to 4 p.m.; Old School, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 12: The Chest Pains, 4-8 p.m.

Aug. 13: Bob Wilkinson & Joe Smooth, 2-6 p.m.

Aug. 14: Randy Lee Ashcraft Duo, 2-6 p.m.

Aug. 15: Chris Button & Joe Mama, 1-5 p.m.; Michael Bennett, 6-9 p.m.

Aug. 16: Kevin Poole and Joe Mama, noon to 4 p.m.

COTTAGE CAFÉ Route 1, Bethany Beach, Del. 302-539-8710 Aug. 10: 1+1 Featuring Aaron Howell, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 11: Marcus & Rachel, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Every Tuesday: DJ Bump, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

DE LAZY LIZARD First Street on the bay 410-289-1122 Aug. 10: Blake Haley, 2-6 p.m.; Keith & Steele, 7-11 p.m.

Aug. 11: Patty Reece, 2-6 p.m.; Relicoustic, 7-11 p.m.

Aug. 12: Ken Heeter, 2-6 p.m.; Relicoustic, 7-11 p.m.

Aug. 13: Chris Button Duo, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 14: The Solution, R. Ashcraft 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 15: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 10 p.m.

Aug. 16: Paul Lewis, 2-6 p.m.; Tim & the Animal, 7-11 p.m.

FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay 410-524-5500 Aug. 10: Kevin Poole, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Hook, 9 p.m.; Animal House, 10 p.m.

Aug. 11: Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Groove, 9 p.m.; Animal House, 10 p.m.

Aug. 12: Jazz Brunch w/Everett Spells, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Joe Mama and Johnny Mojo, 6-9 p.m.; DJ Wood, 9 p.m.; Separate Ways, 9:30 p.m.

Aug. 13: Deck Party w/DJ Batman, 5:30 p.m.; DJ Rob Cee, 9:30 p.m.; The Loop, 10 p.m.

Aug. 14: DJ Hook, sunset Aug. 15: Shaun Hopper, 8 p.m.; Euro Night w/ DJ Rob Cee, 10 p.m.

Aug. 16: DJ Groove, 9 p.m.; Steve Ports Duo, 5-9 p.m.; Hot Tub Limo, 10 p.m.

GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside 410-723-6762 Skye Bar Aug. 10: Live music, 4-8 p.m.; DJ Groove, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 11: Live music, 4-8 p.m.; DJ Rob Cee, 10 p.m.

Aug. 12: Live music, 4-8 p.m.; DJ, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 13: DJ Wax, 10 p.m.

Aug. 14: DJ BK, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 15: DJ Joey Capo, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 16: DJ Wax, 10 p.m.

HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846 Aug. 10: Red Solo Cup Night w/DJ Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 11: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 12: Opposite Directions, 2-6 p.m.; DJ BK/DJ Bigler, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 13: Deck Party w/Blake Haley, 4-8 p.m.; DJ Billy T, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 14: DJ Rupe, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 15: John LaMere/The Stims, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 16: Opposite Directions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

S.T.O.R.M. Seacrets: Friday and Saturday, Aug. 10-11, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

HIGH STAKES Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 Aug. 10: DJ Zman Aug. 11: DJ Rupe Aug. 16: Lowercase Blues HOUSE OF WELSH 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 888-666-0728 302-541-0728 Every Friday: DJ Norm, 3-6 p.m.; Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

Every Saturday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

Every Sunday: Tony Vega, 6-10 p.m.

Every Monday: DJ Norm, 6-9 p.m.

Every Wednesday: DJ Norm, 6-9 p.m.

JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside 410-524-7499 Aug. 10: Tommy Edwards, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 11: How, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Every Thursday: DJ Batman, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

M.R. DUCKS 311 Talbot St. 410-289-9125 Aug. 10: Johnny Bling, 4-9 p.m.

Aug. 11: Freshly Squeezed, 4-9 p.m.

Aug. 12: Tranzfusion, 4-9 p.m.

Aug. 15: DJ Batman, 6-9 p.m.

45TH STREET TAPHOUSE/ OC STEAMERS 45th Street Village 45th Street and Coastal Highway 443-664-2201 Aug. 10: Marc and Friends, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 11: Dave Hawkins, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 12: DJ Rupe, 2-5 p.m.; Honu, 8 p.m. to midnight Aug. 13: Honu, 8 p.m. to midnight Aug. 14: Brant Quick, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Aug. 15: Chris Button, 8 p.m. to midnight Aug. 16: Michael Smith, 8 p.m. to midnight OC TRADING CO. 401 S. Baltimore Ave., Somerset Plaza 443-664-2512 Every Friday: Rock & Roll, Reggae Jam, 7-9 p.m.

OCEAN CLUB NIGHTCLUB In the Horizons Restaurant In the Clarion Fontainebleau Hotel 101st Street and the ocean 410-524-3535 Aug. 10-12: Arizona Aug. 13-18: Power Play Lenny’s Beach Bar & Grill Aug. 10-11: On the Edge Aug. 12-19: Arizona OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB Mumford’s Landing Road 410-641-7501 Aug. 10: Overtime Band, 7-11 p.m.

Aug. 11: Jettstream, 7-11 p.m.

Aug. 12: Tommy Edward, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 15: Family Fun Night w/DJ poolside, 6-8:30 p.m.

Aug. 16: Shaun Hopper, 6-9 p.m.

SEACRETS 49th Street and the bay 410-524-4900 Aug. 10: Big Bang Baby, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; S.T.O.R.M., 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Tuff, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Cruz, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

JETTSTREAM Ocean Pines Yacht Club: Saturday, Aug. 11, 7-11 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Jim Long Band, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Davie, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 11: Joe Bachman & the Crew, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; S.T.O.R.M., 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Second Majesty, 6-10 p.m.; DJ Tuff, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Cruz, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Mike-T, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Jim Long Band, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 12: Lifespeed, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Tuff, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Jim Long Band, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Davie, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 13: Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Tuff, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; DJ Davie, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Collie Buddz, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 14: The Benjamins, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Anthem, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Cruz, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Mike-T, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aug. 15: Anthem, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Table Ten, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Cruz, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.;

DJ Mike-T, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Burnt Sienna Aug. 16: Johnny Drama, 10 p.m to 2 a.m.; Anthem, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Table Ten, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Tuff, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Cruz, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; DJ Mike-T, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SHENANIGAN’S Fourth Street and the Boardwalk in the Shoreham Hotel 410-289-7181 Aug. 10-11: Off the Boat, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 12-13: Cutting Edge Dueling Pianos, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 15-18: Marty McKernan, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

SMITTY MCGEE’S Route 54 West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 Every Tuesday: Let’s Do Trivia, 7 p.m.

Every Thursday: Randy Lee Ashcraft, 8 p.m.

Every Friday: Randy Lee Ashcraft and the Saltwater Cowboys, 8 p.m.

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Swiatek and Mark Kuznik of Baltimore, above, participate in the Ocean City Parrothead Club’s eighth annual Kid’s Crab RoundUp at Northside Park’s lagoon pier on 125th Street last Saturday. (Right) Alex Hill, 7, of Cherry Hill, N.J., holds a crab he caught during the event.

Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum Curator Sandy Hurley, above right, and Assistant Curator Diane Knuckles organize Children’s Day at Sunset Park on South Division Street, Aug. 5. (Left) Jean “Bean” Keagle gives her husband, Boz Jefferson, a hug last Saturday on the Sunset Marina dock in West Ocean City.

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Joe Britvch, above left, and Don Schaefer of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary demonstrate how to tie nautical knots during Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum Society’s Children’s Day at Sunset Park on South Division Street, Aug. 5. (Left) Members of Berlin Boy Scout Troop 225 volunteer their time during the event.

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Bite-sized cake pops are perfect portion dessert for every guest FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Children and adults can enjoy mini treat on a stick DEBORAH LEE WALKER ■ Contributing Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) Company will be arriving in a few days. So much to do and so little time. Hours of cooking translates to quickness on the feet. The kitchen is the keeper of many keepsake memories. I pick up a container of flour and tears signify emotions are surfacing.

Years ago I was on acting scholarship at Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles and New York City. I was invited by Anna Strasberg to study in London. At the time, flying coast to coast weekly was challenging but the thought of grappling with customs

seemed a bit overwhelming, so I opted to continue my studies in the U.S. Emotional recall is the basis for Strasberg’s method acting and sense memory is one way to get to that state.

The recall of emotional events can be triggered by physical sensations. This process takes much training and is controversial; however, I am thankful I had the opportunity to study at the Institute and this particular teaching has remained a part of my life.

Time has become so complicated and I miss the simplicity of being a child. Innocence is full of mysterious wonders and it is a pity that stress and financial obligations shadow the true essence of being.

Serenity is essential for peace of mind.

There is no question the kitchen is my

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The kitchen never rests, even when it is empty. Ancestors keep a watchful eye and make sure the past is never forgotten.

Flour is a finely ground and sifted product of any of various edible grains.

But I guess my schooling at Strasberg influences me to look at it differently. The silky powder instantaneously sprinkles my inquiring mind with images of my grandmother, Nanny Coon. This vibrant woman is no longer with us, but her huge smile mirrored how much she cherished family and life itself.

It is strange as a young child how the simplest moments remain with you forever. Holidays meant making the rounds for each side of the family. The old red Chevy racked up miles, but she didn’t mind. Dad took good care of her and she

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The trip from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore seemed an eternity, but dad’s heaviness on the gas peddle did help.

Looking out the back window mirrored what a diversified world was upon us. But as a little one, I did not comprehend the communal differences or the connotations of social order in general. All I knew was I could not wait to jump out of the car, run to the front door and be the first to be embraced by my grandmother.

Silence does not mean one has no memory. Looking back, maybe it is just the opposite. I miss Nanny Coon very much and know her wisdom is with us.

She was an accomplished baker and I am sure she is thinking to herself, when are you going to have the courage to bake a fabulous cake? I must confess, this particular feat is not included in my repertoire of culinary accomplishments.

But if stupendous cake-making is not your forte, do not fret. Cake pops are fun and the current trend. The small bite-size proportion makes it a perfect dessert for children and adults. Enjoy!

Cake Pops 1 package of boxed cake mix 1/3 cup of frosting 1 pound of hard candy that will melt popsicle sticks any type of edible decorations wax paper or parchment paper 1. Bake cake according directions and allow to cool completely.

2. In a large bowl, crumble cake.

3. Add frosting and mix well.

4. Chill cake dough overnight.

5. Shape dough into small balls.

6. Melt candy over medium heat and stir occasionally.

7. Dip end of popsicle stick into the melted candy, then insert into cake ball.

Place in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. Adding the melted candy to the popsicle stick acts like a glue and helps the cake stick to it. Let it rest for a few minutes.

8. Dip the cake pop into the melted candy. Place cake pops upside down on a baking sheet lined wax or parchment paper.

Before it dries completely, add decorations and continue to allow cake pops to dry.

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Clamming event benefits Maryland Coastal Bays Program LISA CAPITELLI ■ Assistant Editor (Aug. 10, 2012) Those who didn’t have the opportunity to participate in the 39th annual White Marlin Open, held Aug. 610, can still enjoy the water and a competitive experience this weekend.

The fourth annual White Clam Open, created in 2009 as a spoof on the White Marlin Open, one of the largest billfish tournaments in the world, will take place Sunday at Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill, where participants will set out in search of clams in the bay.

“If you can walk in the water and wiggle your toes, you can find some clams,” said Pam Stansell, who owns the 54th Street bayfront restaurant with her husband, Macky. “It’s just so funny to watch.

It’s catch and release with clams. Clams don’t even move fast.”

“This White Clam Open is an event which really shows the philanthropic Pam Stansell’s sense of humor. She created this event as a spoof to the White Marlin Open, which is why this event always falls on the last Sunday of tournament week,” said Sandi Smith, development and marketing coordinator for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program. “Pam has played a significant role in environmental efforts to protect our bays for many years through working with and volunteering for both bay groups. She wanted to create a fun filled family event on the bay to raise funds for the bays.”

Registration for the fourth annual event will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday. The clam search will start at noon. The cost is $5 and participants, who must be 21 or older, will receive a complimentary Clamato Bloody Mary.

Competitors will use their toes or rakes to locate clams buried in the sand. Clammers can use their own rake or rent one from Macky’s.

The person who gathers the most bivalves, and the one who finds the biggest, will have their pictures take with the contest trophies, which will remain on display at the restaurant. Every clam collected will be returned to its home after the competition.

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and dancing, Williams blacksmith and ironworks and meat and dairy goat, beef and swine shows.

New to the entertainment line-up is the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team, who will perform from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

From 1-3 p.m., there will be a jam session with musician George Hall. Musicians are invited to take their instruments and join in.

Talent shows featuring adults and children are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

Prizes will be awarded to the top performers.

Snow Hill Mennonite Church will lead a service at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Also scheduled for Sunday are the Breyer Model Horse Show and music by Country Crossroads and the Homeland Singers. The vintage motorcycle show is back and will take place on Sunday as well, from 12:303:30 p.m. Another new fair event is a cornhole tournament at 1 p.m. on Aug. 12.

The cost is $10 for a team of two.

There will be a variety of food available daily, and craft vendors will also be on hand.

Youngsters in 4-H and Future Farmers of America in Snow Hill and Berlin started the Worcester County Fair in 1951.

The first few fairs primarily featured displays of agricultural products grown by club members and other various hand-

On Saturday, the Worcester County Fair will host a classic car and truck show, gun fights by the Del Rio Rangers and Native American storytelling and dancing, as well as livestock shows featuring dairy goats.

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The fair is open today and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit www.worcestercountyfair.com or call 410-632-1972.

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DINING GUIDE ■ CREDIT CARDS: V-Visa, MC-Master Card, AEAmerican Express, DIS-Discover ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ________________________________ ■ 19TH HOLE BAR & GRILLE, 9936 Stephen Decatur Highway, West Ocean City 410-2139204 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual and family-friendly, featuring great American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner at affordable prices. Happy hour day 3-7 p.m. Entertainment Wednesday through Sunday. Sunday brunch with Louis Wright.

■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2525 / www.ocmdrestaurants. com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, gourmet and tasty liquid desserts.

■ ADOLFO’S, 13th Street, on the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-4001 / www.ocadolfos.com / $$ / V-MC-AE / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Northern and southern Italian dishes, prepared fresh daily.

Quiet, intimate atmosphere for couples, room for large families or choose to enjoy our outside seating with views of the ocean.

■ BJ’S ON THE WATER, 75th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open year-round. Entire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days a week. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No cover. Available for parties and banquets. Indoor and outdoor dining.

■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR, 94th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3983 / www.bluefishoc.com / $-$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take out and delivery available. Open Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon.

■ BROTHER’S BISTRO, 12th Street and the Boardwalk, in the Howard Johnson Hotel, Ocean City 443-664-6763 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Enjoy the spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean from our dining room inside and out. Handmade brick oven pizza, pasta, subs and salads. Live music. Open year-round.

■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT, 15th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Family-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott. Open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

■ CINNABON, Ninth Street and Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-1268 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Homemade ice cream, real fruit smoothies, fresh baked Cinnabons and coffee.

■ DEVITO’S ITALIAN DELI AND SUB SHOP, 143rd Street, Ocean City 410-250-1122 / $ / VMC / No reservations required / Italian cold cuts pizza, sandwiches and subs for lunch and dinner.

■ DOUGH ROLLER, 4 Ocean City locations / DoughRollerRestaurants.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AEDIS / Children’s menu / Casual family dining serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast served daily at Third, 41st and 70th Street locations. Dayton’s fried chicken served at South Division Street by the Inlet.

■ DUFFY’S TAVERN, 130th Street, Montego Bay Shopping Center, Ocean City 410-2501449 / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Unique Irish tavern serving the best steaks, seafood and overstuffed sandwiches. A local’s favorite with authentic Irish specialities, including shepard’s pie

and corned beef and cabbage. Outdoor seating available. Open for lunch and dinner.

■ EXPRESS CAFE, 4 Somerset St., Ocean City 410-289-1202 / www.ocexpresscafe.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Espresso bar, homemade sandwiches, crepes and fresh salads.

■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR, 60th Street on the bay, Ocean City 410-524-5500 / www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted in the dining room only / Children’s menu / Full bar / Upscale restaurant on the bay. Casual fine dining, fresh fish, prime rib and seafood. Lighter fare menu served on our decks or inside.

■ FAT DADDY’S, 82nd Street, Ocean City 410524-8228 / 216 S. Baltimore Ave., Ocean City 410-289-4040 / www.fatdaddysOCMD.com / $$$ / V-MC / No reservations required / Beer available / Family owned since 1995. Famous subs, pizza, deli sandwiches, wings and garden salads. Delivery, dine in or carry out.

■ FRESCO’S, 82nd Street, Ocean City 410524-8202 / www.ocfrescos.com / $$-$$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / On the bay, serving seafood, steaks and pasta in an intimate atmosphere.

Reservations highly recommended.

■ GALAXY 66 BAR & GRILLE, 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / $$-$$$ / V-M-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Contemporary restaurant offering light fare and full entrees. Award- winning wine list, signature drinks and cocktails.

■ GIUSEPPE O’LEARY, Sunset Avenue, West Ocean City 410-213-2868 / www.submarinaoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Beer, wine / Featuring homemade Italian and Irish cuisine in a cozy atmosphere. Open Tuesday-Sunday. Happy hour, Tuesday-Friday, 4-7 p.m.

■ GREENE TURTLE NORTH, 116th Street, Ocean City 410-723-2120 / www.thegreeneturtle.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / The Turtle, est. 1976, is an Ocean City tradition with a friendly staff, great food and something for everyone! Menu favorites are homemade crab cakes, kids’ menu, salads, burgers, wings and more!

Featuring weekday lunch specials and happy hour, 50 high-def flat screen TVs, game room, gift shop, carry out, party trays, nightly drink specials, Keno, MD lottery, DJs with dance floor.

Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., year-round.

■ HALL’S SEAFOOD & STEAK, 60th Street, Ocean City 410-524-5008 / www.Halls-OC.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Serving Ocean City’s finest breakfast buffet and all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. Open 7 days a week, all summer.

New menu serving old favorites and new treats.

■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-213-1846 / www.ocharborside.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfront dining, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and “Original Orange Crush.” Entertainment nightly.

■ HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, Del. www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com / $$ / VMC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and all-you-can-eat Alaskan crab legs. Open year-round.

■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF, 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Elegant dining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine. Seafood, tropical salsas, grilled steaks, pork chops, grilled pineapple, banana fritters, entree salads.

■ HIGH STAKES BAR & GRILL, Route 54, Fen-

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wick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 / $-$$ / V-MAE-DIS / No reservations required / Carry-out available / Full bar / Casual dining, daily happy hour and daily food specials. Live entertainment.

■ HOOTERS, 123rd Street, Ocean City 410250-7081 and 5th Street, on the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410-289-2690 / www.hootersofoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS. World-famous Hooters girls welcome you seven days a week. Hooters offers Wingfest, with 50cent wings and awesome drink specials, from 36 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hooters Girl Bikini Fashion Show every Wednesday, 4-6 p.m. on the bayside deck, with $2 domestic drafts, $4 Twisted Teas and Fireball whiskey specials. Burgers, soups, salads, sandwiches and full bar.

Hooters girls, hot wings, cold beer = always a winning combination.

■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, 101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535 / www.clarionoc.com / $-$$ ($20-45) / V-MC-AEDIS / Reservations accepted / Open tables / Children’s menu / Full bar / Proud to have Chef Shawn Reese creating beach-inspired dishes in both oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breaker’s Pub. New all-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., features many favorites, as well as exciting new creations with a local flare. Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet open yearround and AUCE prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet available most weekends.

■ HOUSE OF WELSH, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island, Del. 1-800-311-2707 / www.houseofwelsh.net / $, $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Specializing in steaks and seafood. Open daily. Happy hour all day and night. Entertainment Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Casual attire.

■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB, 56th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7499 / www.johnnys56.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Pizza, subs, wings, salads, beer, live music, high definition TVs, surf, movies, BlueRay. ■ JR’S THE ORIGINAL PLACE FOR RIBS, 61st and 131st streets, Ocean City 410-250-3100, 410-524-7427 / www.jrsribs.com / $$ / V-MCAE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / The place for ribs since 1981.

Family-friendly dining. Angus steaks, jumbo lump crab cakes, prime rib, seafood, chicken. Early bird.

■ JULES FINE DINING, 118th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3396 / www.ocjules.com / $$, $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Local fare, global flair. Fresh seafood year-round, fresh local produce.

■ LAYTON’S, 16th Street, Ocean City 410-2896635 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Breakfast served all day, featuring pancakes, french toast and breakfast sandwiches. Daily lunch specials. Carryout available. Established in 1959.

■ M.R. DUCKS, 311 Talbot St., Ocean City www.mrducks.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Burgers, fresh fish sandwiches along with other bar food favorites. Come by boat, car or bike. Always a cool drink waiting for you. Live entertainment on weekends.

■ OC WASABI, 33rd Street, Ocean City 410524-7337 / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / No children’s menu / Beer, wine / Sushi in a traditional Japanese atmosphere. Specializing in teriyaki and tempura.

■ P.G.N. CRABHOUSE, 29th Street, Ocean City 410-289-8380 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Beer, wine / The Kaouris family has been serving the finest crabs, seafood, steaks and chicken to Ocean City locals and visitors since 1969.

■ PHILLIPS CRAB HOUSE, 20th Street, Ocean City 410-289-6821 / www.phillipsseafood.com /

$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / The original Phillips, serving the finest seafood since 1956. Complete with all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, a la carte menu and carryout counter. Daily early bird specials and plenty of free parking.

■ PHILLIPS SEAFOOD HOUSE, 141st Street, Ocean City 410-250-1200 / www.phillipsseafood.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Just minutes to the Delaware line. All-youcan-eat seafood buffet, a la carte menu and carryout counter. Daily early bird specials and plenty of free parking.

■ PONZETTI’S PIZZA, 144th Street, Ocean City www.ponzettispizza.com / $ / MC / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Italian dinners, subs and homemade pizza. Happy hour Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m. Sports bar, live music on weekends. Light fare served till 1 a.m. Carry out available.

■ REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410524-5252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Tableside flambé dining.

Casually elegant, cuisine prepared tableside in the European tradition. Private dining rooms.

Eclectic chef’s specials accompanied by an award-winning wine list.

■ SEACRETS, 49th Street, Ocean City 410524-4900 / www.seacrets.com / $$ / V-MC-AEDIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

■ SHENANIGAN’S IRISH PUB, Fourth Street and the Boardwalk, in the Shoreham Hotel, Ocean City 410-289-7181 / www.ocshenanigans.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Sit back and enjoy our two-fisted sandwiches and our frozen drink favorites, all from our oceanfront deck or our fine dining room. Always kid friendly with our special children’s menu. Live entertainment with no cover charge. So sing along … you’ll find an open Irish invitation. Late-night menu available.

■ SMITTY McGEE’S, 37234 Lighthouse Road, West Fenwick Island, Del. 302-436-4716 / www.smittymcgees.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / No children’s menu / Full bar / Casual. Big menu, including hot wings and drinks.

■ THE COTTAGE CAFE, Route 1 (across from Sea Colony), Bethany Beach, Del. 302-5398710 / www.cottagecafe.com / $, $$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Seafood, kids’ menu, happy hour specials. Lunch and dinner daily. Breakfast buffet on weekends.

■ THE STERLING SEAFOOD GRILL & OYSTER BAR, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocmdrestaurants.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Fabulous raw bar serving the freshest raw oysters and clams, steamed shrimp, crab legs, mussels and oyster stew, made to order. “Fresh off the grill” items include rockfish, tuna, mahi mahi and salmon. Happy hour specials daily, 4-6 p.m.

■ WHISKERS PUB, 120th Street, OC Square, Ocean City 410-524-2609 / www.whiskerspub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Old World saloon-type feel, Whisker’s is famous for its Certified Angus® burgers and delicious casual fare, as well as its entertaining atmosphere and photo lined walls of famous and infamous “whiskers.” Enjoy flat screen TVs to watch your favorite sports. Open year-round, 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., serving lunch and dinner daily. Happy hour every day 4-7 p.m. Nightly food specials.

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‘Battle on Bay’ proceeds will benefit local woman, P.J. Aldridge Foundation (Aug. 10, 2012) Veteran paddle boarders and those who are still newbies to the sport will compete Sunday, Aug. 19, during a “Battle on the Bay” at Fager’s Island on 60th Street.

The public is invited to attend the day’s action, which will begin at 10 a.m. with a 6-mile elite SUP race and a 3mile recreational SUP race.

“We’re hoping to make this the biggest race to date on the Eastern Shore,” said event organizer Dawn Ehman, owner of OC SUP & Fitness.

Once everyone completes the race, a Dash for Cash and Kids’ SUP race will follow around 11:30 a.m. Each race will be based on individual time.

“The sport of SUP racing has definitely grown and I’m hoping to get even more people involved by hosting a sprint race and a kids’ race,” Ehman said.

Entry fees cost $50 for the 6-miler, $40 for the 3-miler and $10 for the kids’ race and Dash for Cash, a short sprint to be determined the day of the race. The race fees include a swag bag and a ticket for food and drink. Cash prizes will be awarded to the elite rac-

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Partial proceeds from the Battle on the Bay will benefit Carol Kerstetter, above, a local paddleboard enthusiast who was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

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Vendors will be on site and raffles for prizes will be awarded throughout the See WILLEY on Page 78

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OC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: ball fields 1, 2 and 3, Northside Park.

Info: 410-250-0125.

FRIDAY, AUG. 10 WHITE MARLIN OPEN 2012 — Harbour Island, 14th Street and bay. Spectators can watch fish weigh-ins, 4-9 p.m., free of charge. More than 300 boats vying for more than $2 million in prize money. Registration fee for participants.

Info: Jim Motsko, 410-289-9229, www.whitemarlinopen.com or JMotsko289@aol.com.

BEACH BASH I STREET HOCKEY — Northside Park, 200 125th St. in Ocean City. Facility usage: west gym. Info: 410-250-0125.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST — VFW, Post 8296, 104 66th St., bayside in Ocean City, 8-11 a.m. A $5 donation for all-you-can-eat pancakes or 2-22, two eggs, two pancakes and two bacon, includes coffee and juice. Bloody Marys cost $3.

Info: 410-524-8196.

MOVIES ON THE BEACH — Ocean City beach at 27th Street, 8:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Take a blanket and enjoy a free, general audience movie on 16-foot projector featuring “The Muppets.” Info: 410-250-0125 or http://ococean.com.

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EAST COAST CHALLENGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: east gym. Info: 410-250-0125.

About a dozen automobiles are on display at Somerset Street Plaza in downtown Ocean City on Aug. 5, during the OC Cruzers Car Show. The next bi-monthly car show is scheduled for Aug. 19, from 2:30-6:30 p.m.

BINGO — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410-5247994. Questions: Ron Munley, 410-603-7345.

RAFT-UP — Meet at YC Day marker 2 at 5 p.m.

Captain is Fred Stiehl, Power Squadron. Attendees call 410-641-6533.

FLEA MARKET — St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 10301 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 410-524-7474 or www.stpetersoc.com.

PRESENTATION BY ARCHEOLOGIST — Assateague Island Visitor Center. Archeologist Aaron Levinthal will discuss “Shell Middens, Trading Posts, Colonial Plantations, British Raiders and Pirates,” archeology of the Rackliffe House and South Point. Tour of Rackliffe

House will follow. RSVP requested: Jim Rapp, 443-614-0261 or dlitedirector@comcast.net.

SATURDAY, AUG. 11 EAST COAST CHALLENGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: east gym. Info: 410-250-0125.

SUNDAY, AUG. 12 SUNDAES IN THE PARK — Northside Park, 200 125th St., Ocean City, 7-9 p.m. Free concert by The Regal Beagles. Children’s entertainment featuring Tootsie the Clown. Create your own ice cream for a small fee. Take a chair or blanket.

Info: 800-626-2326 or http://town.oceancity.mmd.us/sep.html.

FREE TO BREATHE DELMARVA 5K RUN/WALK, 1 MILE WALK AND KIDS’ DASH Cape Henlopen High School, 1270 Kings Highway, Lewes, Del. Registration and check-in at 6:30 a.m.; warm-up and rally at 8 a.m.; 5K Continued on Page 64

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tions to the Red Knights and their efforts. Info: www.vintagemotorcycleday.com.

OUT&ABOUT Continued from Page 63 run/walk at 8:30 a.m.; Kids’ dash, presentation of awards at 10:15 a.m. Register the day of the event at the cost of $25 for adults and $10 for children age 12 and younger. Proceeds benefit the National Lung Cancer Partnerships. Register: www.FreeToBreathe.org.

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST BUFFET — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City, 9 a.m. to noon. With coffee and juice. Cost is $8 for adults, children 11 years and younger eat at half price. Info: 410-524-7994.

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE DAY 2012 — Byrd Park, just off West Market Street, in Snow Hill, noon to 3:30 p.m. All of the bikes entered must be at least 20 years old. First- and second-place trophies and prizes awarded. Registration at noon, judging at 2 p.m., trophies awarded at 3 p.m. No fee for participants and spectators.

There will be a donation drop box for contribu-

EAST COAST CHALLENGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: east gym. Info: 410-250-0125.

OC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: ball fields 1, 2 and 3, Northside Park.

Info: 410-250-0125.

BEACH BASH I STREET HOCKEY — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: west gym. Info: 410-250-0125.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL — Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., Berlin, Aug. 12-17, 6:15-8:15 p.m. For children entering prekindergarten through fifth grade. Featuring skits, music, recreation, crafts, science discovery and food. Info: Kathy Davis, 443-235-6761. Sponsored by Buckingham Presbyterian Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Stevenson UMC.

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4TH ANNUAL WHITE CLAM OPEN — Macky’s Bayside Bar and Grill, 54th Street and the bay, Ocean City. Registration begins at 11 a.m., clamming starts at noon and weigh-in begins at 1 p.m. For $5 entry fee, participants can win bragging rights and get their name on the perpetual trophy for the “Biggest Bivalve Bucketed,” and for the most clams bucketed.

Participants also receive a complimentary Clamato Bloody Mary. Benefits the Maryland Coastal Bays Program. Event open to those 21 and older. Games and prizes for the little “clammers.” Info: www.Mackys.com or Sandi Smith, 410-213-2297, Ext. 107.

MONDAY, AUG. 13 DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Sweet Adeline Chorus, under the direction of Carol Ludwig, meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, White Horse Park. Women interested in learning and singing in a barbershop format are welcome.

Info: 410-208-4171.

HAND DANCING — House of Welsh, 1106 Coastal Highway, Fenwick, Del. Free lessons from 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-10 p.m. No cover charge.

Info: DC Hand Dance Club, 302-541-0728.

OCEAN PINES CAMERA CLUB MEETING — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, AUG. 14 DEMOCRAT CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS GRAND OPENING — 11033 Cathell Road, 3 p.m. Congressional candidate Wendy Rosen will be on hand to celebrate the event. Info: Ted Page, 410-352-3749.

CRAB NIGHT — Knights of Columbus, 9901 Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) every Tuesday, 5-7 p.m. Steamed crabs, steamed shrimp, corn on the cob, homemade crab soup, fried flounder, broiled or fried crab Continued on Page 68

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KID’S CRAB ROUND-UP Lucas Repinski, 5, and Dani Botdorf, 8, both of Virgina Beach, left, search for crabs during the Ocean City Parrothead Club’s eighth annual Kid’s Crab Round-Up at Northside Park’s lagoon pier on 125th Street last Saturday. The purpose of the crabbing day, which drew 86 children ages 12 and younger from 10 states, including Alaska, was to educate children about Maryland blue crabs, how to respect them and the environment they live in. OCPHC volunteers set up a “corral” to contain the Maryland blue crabs, donated by Elliott’s Seafood of Berlin, so children could hook them successfully.

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OCEAN PINES PLANT CLINIC — Ocean Pines library, lobby, 11107 Cathell Road, every Tuesday, 1-4 p.m., through Sept. 25. Got plant problems or bugs? Take bagged samples by and let the expert Master Gardeners find solutions to your questions. Info: Penny McGrath, 410-641-5570 or plantladyop@aol.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15 MOVIES ON THE BEACH — Carousel Resort Hotel and Condominiums, 118th Street and oceanfront in Ocean City, 8:30 p.m. Take a blanket and enjoy a free, general audience movie featuring “Dolphin Tale.” Info: www.ococean.com/events.

CONCERT ON THE BEACH — Ocean City beach at North Division Street, 8 p.m. Featuring The Bopcats. Take a blanket or chair. Info: 800-6262326.

OC LACROSSE CLASSIC — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: Soccer field, West Lagoon field, fields 1, 2 and 3. Info: 410-250-0125.

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 138th Street across from Fenwick Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30 p.m. A $1,000 jackpot available, food, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. No one under 18 years allowed in the hall during bingo. Info: 410-250-2645.

DELMARVA HAND DANCING CLUB — Meets every Wednesday at Skyline Bar & Grille at The Fenwick Inn, 138th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City. Beginner and intermediate lessons, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dancing until 9 p.m. Jitterbug, swing, cha-cha to the sounds of the ’50s, ’60s and Carolina beach music. All are welcome. Discounted food and drink prices. Info: www.delmarvahanddancing.com, info@delmarvahanddancing.com or 302-9347951.

HOLLY CENTER AUXILIARY CANTEEN BOUTIQUE SALE — Holly Center, Canteen Building, 926 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Great bargains; men’s and women’s designer watches, bracelets, earrings, pocketbooks, scented botanical fragrance oils, home accents and a variety of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel. Back to school specials, fill a bag for $3, baked goods and other food items.

Benefits the people living at the Holly Center.

Info: Marlina Belote, 410-572-6204.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 16 DEW TOUR — Inlet, downtown Ocean City. Watch the world’s top action sports athletes compete in events like the skate and BMX vert, skate bowl, BMX park, surf and the new Mega 2.0 contest. All for free. Also, autograph signings, concerts on the beach and special giveaways. Premium passes include a guaranteed seat for that day’s competitions, Dew Tour swag and exclusive souvenirs.

Special sections will be reserved for events where seats are unavailable, like concerts on the beach and the Mega 2.0 contest. Premium Passes may be purchased at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center box office from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; Ticketmaster.com; or by calling 1-800-551-7328. For schedule of events, athlete bios and photos of Dew Tour stars, go to DewTourOC.com. Info: 800-OC-OCEAN. FREE CONCERT ON THE GREEN — Lighthouse Sound Golf Club, 12723 St. Martins Neck Road, Bishopville, 6-9 p.m. Take a lawn chair and enjoy music of Full Circle. Games for kids and food and beverages available. Info: 410-352-5250 or www.lighthousesoundrestaurant.com/oceancity -maryland-special-events.

Randy Lee Ashcraft & Saltwater Cowboys (beach country). Take own seating. Info: 800-626-2326, 410-250-0125 or http://oceancitymd.gov/Recreation_and_Parks/specialevents.html.

MOVIES ON THE BEACH — Princess Royale, beach at 91st Street, 8:30 p.m., weather permitting. Take a blanket and enjoy a free, general audience movie featuring “How to Train Your Dragon.” Info: 410-250-0125 or http://ococean.com.

OC LACROSSE CLASSIC — Northside Park, 200 125th St., in Ocean City. Facility usage: Soccer field, West Lagoon field, fields 1, 2 and 3. Info: 410-250-0125.

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7 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-436-9577; Kate, 410524-0649; or www.beachsingles.org.

THE 50-50 RULE — Berlin Senior Center, 10129 Old Ocean City Blvd., Berlin, 11 a.m. The 50-50 Rule refers to the average age when siblings are caring for their parents (50) as well as the need for brothers and sisters to share in the plans for care (50/50). Topics such as caring for a parent, family inheritance, finances and end-of-life issues such as estate planning. Info: 410-641-0515.

ONGOING EVENTS

PINE’EER CRAFT CLUB OF OCEAN PINES MEETING — Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 9:45 a.m. Project will be a trinket box for the cost of $2. Reserve kits: Nancy, 410-208-1979. This meeting will be the annual indoor picnic with subs furnished by the club and desserts provided by the board.

DUCK RACE CHANCES FOR SALE — Duck Race to be held Aug. 24, at Frontier Town pool, 8430 Stephen Decatur Highway, Berlin, 6 p.m.

Chances cost $5 per duck entry. First prize is $1,000, second $300 and third $200, plus more non-cash prizes. Picnic before the race at 5 p.m. for $8.50 per person. RSVP: Kiwanis Club of Ocean City-Ocean Pines, 410-208-0479

by Aug. 22. Proceeds for scholarships.

BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach Singles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at Clarion Hotel, 10100 Coastal Highway in Ocean City, 4-

‘OUT OF THE DARKNESS’ SUICIDE AWARENESS WALK — Ocean City Boardwalk at Caroline Street, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. Benefits Ameri-

can Foundation for Suicide Prevention. To register, support a walker, or make a pledge or donation, visit www.outofthedarkness.org and search for the Ocean City event. There is no registration fee or minimum amount of pledges to participate.

Ceremonial walk will feature memorial activities, local exhibitors and guest speakers. Senator Jim Mathias will deliver opening speech. Info: 443614-7992 or choosetolive@jessespaddle.org.

RED CROSS DAY AT JOLLY ROGER — Jolly Roger Amusement Park, Ocean City, Aug. 26. Tickets cost $27.50 and may be purchased by contacting John Culp at John.Culp@redcross.org or 410-7495331. Tickets include unlimited use of Splash Mountain and unlimited golf (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), unlimited amusement rides (2-6 p.m., some restrictions apply), an activity area with water basketball and volleyball, two food stands, two ice cream gazebos, a sun deck with lounge chairs, and full bath and locker room facilities. A $60 value. Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross.

BATTLE ON THE BAY — Fager’s Island, 60th Street and the bay, Ocean City, Aug. 19. Paddle boarders, veterans and newbies, compete. Sixmile elite SUP race and a 3-mile recreational SUP Continued on Page 71

SURFERS HEALING — Ocean City beach at 37th Street, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. One-day surf camp for children with autism. Info: 301-915-6100 or www.surfershealing.org.

SUNSET PARTY NIGHTS — Sunset Park at South Division Street, bayside, Ocean City, 7-9 p.m. Admission to park is free. Beverages, including beer, available for purchase. Entertainment provided by

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Entry fees cost $50 for the 6-miler, $40 for the 3miler and $10 for the kids’ race and Dash for Cash and include a swag bag and a ticket for food and drink. Cash prizes awarded to the elite racers.

An Answer Board by Willey Surfboards awarded to the winner of the kids’ race. Vendors on site and raffles awarded throughout the afternoon. Register: eventbrite.com and search Battle on the Bay. Benefits Carol Kerstetter, a local paddle board enthusiast battling cancer and the P.J. Aldridge Foundation. Info: Dawn Ehman, 443-865-3109 or dawnehman@yahoo.com. Also raffle tickets now available to win a standup paddle board, valued at $950. Tickets cost $10 each or $40 for five tickets and are available at World Gym Ocean City, 67th Street, bayside and the day of the race.

ART EXHIBIT — Ocean City library, upper level, 10003 Coastal Highway, through Sept. 30. “We Are All Connected #2” by Teri Edgeworth on dis-

play. Colorful and lush scenes of both ocean and bayside. Info: 410-524-1818.

SQUARE DANCE WORKSHOP — Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, Wednesdays, 7:15-9:15 p.m. All are welcome.

Lessons for beginning dancers will be starting in mid September. Two first nighters are planned for Sept 12 and 19, which are free of charge to give interested people a taste of what square dancing is all about. Info: 410-208-6777.

THE SHEPHERD’S NOOK THRIFT SHOP — Community Church at Ocean Pines, 11227 Racetrack Road. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Accepting donations of gently worn clothes and small household items.

PINE’EER CRAFT AND GIFT SHOP OPEN — Pine’eer Craft and Gift Shop, White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines. Shop will be open Aug. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop features handcrafted home decor, jewelry and fashion accessories created by members of the Pine’eer Craft Club.

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OCEAN CITY HOTEL WEEK — Participants will offer a variety of deals including free night stays and tiered discounts for multiple night stays during the promotion, Aug. 19-30. Info: 800626-2326, Ext. 2, inquire@ocvisitor.com or www.oceancityhotelweek.com.

NEGRO LEAGUE EXHIBIT — Julia A. Purnell Museum, 208 W. Market St., Snow Hill, now through Oct. 31. Temporary exhibit of Negro League memorabilia. Admission costs $2 for adults and 50 cents for children ages 5-12.

Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Info: Claire Otterbein, mail@purnellmuseum.com, www.purnellmuseum.com or 410-632-0515.

ARTS ON THE DOCK — Ocean City Fishing Center Marina docks, 12940 Inlet Isle Lane, West Ocean City, every Thursday, through Aug. 23, 4-7 p.m.

Local artists showcasing their work. Info: Jennifer Blunt, 410-213-1121 or www.ocfishing.com.

FREE FAMILY PROGRAMS — Ocean City LifeSaving Station Museum, south end of the

Boardwalk, 813 S. Atlantic Ave. Offering free programs Monday through Saturday, through Aug. 25, 10-10:30 a.m. Mondays feature the Ocean City Beach Patrol; Tuesdays, “Ocean City Before Condominiums”; Wednesdays, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary with knot tying; Thursdays, All About sharks; Fridays, “Storm Warriors,” geared for children ages 8-14; and Saturdays, Aquarium Room feeding. Info: www.ocmuseum.org, 410289-4991 or sandy@ocmuseum.org.

BEACH LIGHTS SPECTACULAR — On the beach at North Division Street, Ocean City, every Sunday, through Sept. 2. Show times are 9:30 p.m., 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Free, eightminute show featuring lasers, lights and special effects displayed on a giant 5 story beach ball choreographed to action packed music. Info: http://ocbeachlights.com or 410-798-6304.

BEACH FIREWORKS — North Division Street, Ocean City, every Tuesday, through Aug. 28, 10 p.m. Free fireworks show choreographed to music. Final show will be Sunday, Sept. 2. Info: www.ocbeachligths.com.

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(Aug. 10, 2012) It might surprise you to know that for the most part, the basic equipment used by the Ocean City Beach Patrol today is very similar to what was used 80 years ago both in form and in function. In 1949, the beach patrol began using the galvanized steel rescue buoys that were designed by the late Capt.

Robert S. Craig. The torpedo-shaped devices were used until the modern, orange plastic buoys that you see guards using today, started to take their place in 1982.

Over the years, the uniform shorts have also changed with the styles of the day, and whistles have gone from metal to plastic.

However, the biggest change in equipment is in the vehicles used to bring rescuers to an emergency scene and to transport injured patients and rescued victims to safety, particularly the ATV fleet (all terrain vehicle) and PWCs (personal watercraft).

In 1978, the beach patrol received two of the first generation ATV trikes (three wheelers) from the police department.

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During a joint exercise between the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ocean City Beach Patrol, rookie lifeguards learn to make rescues in the inlet while veteran surf rescue technicians act as the victims. The beach patrol PWC provided additional safety and support.

important tasks; therefore, each of them must be a veteran member of the Ocean City Beach Patrol. They must complete a specialized training course that includes emergency vehicle operations, emergency response, protocol/procedures for transporting patients during emergencies, beach driving safety, vehicle care and maintenance. During training, they practice maneuvering the ATV through an obstacle course and over a dune crossing with a back-boarded “patient.” Each trainee must take a turn as the driver, the patient on the backboard and the medic following behind tending to the “patient.”

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came an effective method of transportation for supervisors on the beach. By 1985, the patrol used five ATVs, or “quads,” as the main form of transportation for the sergeants who supervised each area of the beach.

As the needs of the patrol and its operations have changed over time, the number of available ATVs has increased. This has reduced the area of coverage for each area supervisor and decreases the response time to an emergency. It also places an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) closer to a potential patient.

In addition to transporting supervisors, ATVs are used to support many of the activities that make up today’s beach patrol.

We use them to move personnel, support training and certification activities, replace or reposition guard stands, and support many of the on-the-beach special events (air show, boat race, fireworks, etc). But, the most important role played by the ATVs remains unchanged. They are the best method of bringing rescue personnel to an emergency scene, and for transporting injured beach patrons off the beach.

Each beach patrol ATV is equipped with a radio that links the operator to Ocean City Communications, rescue buoy, first aid equipment and an AED. Beach patrol supervisors on quads respond to hundreds of emergency calls each year. They have deployed their AEDs many times — twice within one minute of receiving a call for help — and had several successful resuscitation efforts just this summer with multiple successful deployments in the past several years.

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(Aug. 10, 2012) The Barefoot Gardeners will present its first flower show, Gifts by the Sea, from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, at St. Mathew’s By-The-Sea Church in Fenwick Island, Del. The show will feature horticulture specimens grown by club members, 16 unique designs focused on coastal living and community educational exhibits. All flower enthusiasts are invited to attend the free show.

“I am very excited for the Barefoot Gardeners’ first flower show,” said Karen Dudley, president of the club. “I had no idea how much we all would learn from putting together this show, and I really hope that people who come see it will learn something new, too. All of the members have worked very hard,and have shown me how creative they are — and working with them has been the highlight of my experience in planning this show. It is going to be fantastic.”

The show will be judged, and in a Small Standard Flower Show format. The Barefoot Gardeners Club is a member of the Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Awards will be distributed under the NGC Standard System of Awards.

St. Mathew’s By-The-Sea is located at the corner of Coastal Highway and Dagsboro Street in Fenwick Island. For more information on the show, or the Barefoot Gardeners, call Dudley at 302-436-2223.

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only 28 such programs nationwide.

Money donated to the organization through the White Clam Open will help support its programs, which include improving water quality, restoring and preserving habitat and educating the public about the ecological beauty and value of the coastal bays.

“Last year alone, the Stansells sent us $1,500, plus the $345 entry fees. They have been very generous to MCBP and take pride in running their restaurant with such environmentally initiatives such as biodegradable cups,” Smith said.

Since the White Clam Open’s inception three years ago, $4,500 has been raised for the MCBP. “This year, MCBP will be gearing up for two new outreach initiatives, which include a seal appeal program partnership with the Marine Mammal Rescue Program and a Terrapin Turtle Awareness Campaign partnering with area businesses, [where] proceeds will go toward these programs,” Smith said.

Although the contest is only for adults, children are invited to take part in a “Clamival,” during which Maryland Coastal Stewards will lead youngsters through games and activities.

Macky’s will not only have its extensive Sunday Bloody Mary bar set up, but a special menu, featuring a variety of calm dishes, will be offered as well. White Clam Open T-shirts will also be for sale.

For more information, call Macky’s at 410-723-5565 or Sandi Smith at 410-2132297, Ext. 107.

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(Aug. 10, 2012) Suicide is the fourth-leading cause of premature death in Worcester County. Nationwide, a person dies by suicide every 15 minutes, claiming more than 34,000 lives each year.

To raise awareness about suicide and mental illness, the Jesse Klump Memorial Fund, Worcester County Health Department and Core Service Agency, Atlantic General Hospital and other local partners will present the first “Out of the Darkness Community Walk”

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Foelber of Ocean Pines announce the marriage of their daughter, Katrina, to Gregory Caravelli, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Caravelli of New York, N.Y.

Open house Buckingham Elementary School will hold an open house Thursday, Aug. 23, from 1-3 p.m. to help parents and children become more familiar with the school.

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Sun so hot last week,it fried Kemp’s brain $5 greeting cards cause he likes what they say. He couldn’t tell you the price of a loaf of bread. Worrying ’bout money just ain’t his thing.

Trust me, it was hotter than hell at the Irish-American picnic at Fiesta Park last Sunday. Even the breeze was 100 degrees, no matter the height. Boiling, toiling, foiling or just meandering around, I found Lou and Grace Jenkins, Lulu McNulty, Mayor Rick, Kate, Rick’s daughter, Kelli with the cutest little ball of energy, her son, Brentley, the Dares, Roartys, Krachs and Martins, and our very personable Knights Auxillary President Rita Salerno, and cousin, Joan DeMarco.

Those last two are about to meet their local counterparts, sisters Mary Ellen O’Brien and retired judge Theresa Nolan. These four “gals “make me look like a slacker when it comes to circulating and socializing with folks around our fun town. Trust me, if they don’t know you, they will within minutes of crossing their path.

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Writer hoped to blame Aug. 3 column on hon IRISH KEMP ■ Contributing Writer (Aug. 10, 2012) Not to worry folks, salvation is just around the bend. In need of a scapegoat, I was hoping that someone would ask me if Skip wrote last week’s column. The sun was so hot it totally fried the brain.

Would you believe after all these years, a guest actually used a guest towel? How weird is that?

Wanna know what this dumb broad is really bent outta shape about? Of course you don’t, but I’m gonna tell you anyway. I’ve really flipped when I asked Skip to help get rid of the vast accumulation of nuts, bolts, nails, screws, tools and weird looking stuff with funny sounding names that he had stashed in the garage for 60plus years. How discombobulating for a guy is that? What was I thinking? Trust me, folks, a wife’s hassle is a man’s castle. His typical response over the years was, “I’m gonna need that bolt if the deck falls off” or “That box wrench probably is worth a fortune these days.” This from my guy who buys

Needs Somebody Sometime” come to mind often these days.

Real estate gurus have brought “village living” to a new level. An ideal solution for the adult-plus, so they say. Especially for folks who dread the thought of nursing homes or having to move out of the area to live with family. For years I’ve talked about such a setup.

Perfect sites for some wise and wealthy entrepreneur to set up senior self-help villages would be the seldom-used tennis court adjoining Jim and Helen Geslois’s big house and the deserted 94th Street Mall. The more able bodied occupants could help one another with grocery shopping, doctor visits, etc.

Keeping us off the streets and corners is what it’s all about. City bus transportation to Sunset Park shows and other local events would be good. We will gladly pay the fare. Not true the rumor that we’re free loaders. They say it takes a village to raise a child.

Sharing good and bad times with peers, in the midst of folks of all ages and stages of life, could be the ideal solution for this second childhood stage of life. To help ourselves or for neighbors helping neighbors, options are far and few between.

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A few of the partiers at the Delmarva-Irish American Club’s recent picnic at Fiesta Park in uptown Ocean City.

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Senator Jim Mathias, left, and Worcester County Commissioner Bud Church celebrate Louise Gulyas’ birthday at the Ocean City MAC Center.

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Willey Surfboards’ ‘Answer’ will go to kids’ race winner Continued from Page 61

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Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum Curator Sandy Hurley, above, assists children with picking out sharks teeth to take home with them during the museum society’s Children’s Day at Sunset Park on South Division Street, Aug. 5. (At left) Seven-year-old Brody Bushnell and his 4-year-old sister, Hailey, of Ocean City, search for buried treasure during downtown event.

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Spectators are welcome to purchase food and drinks throughout the afternoon.

To register for the event, go to eventbrite.com and search Battle on the Bay. Early registration is encouraged.

Proceeds for the family-friendly event will benefit Carol Kerstetter, a local paddle board enthusiast who was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and the P.J. Aldridge Foundation.

Sponsors for the event include OC SUP & Fitness, Fager’s Island, Willey Surfboards, Atlantic Shoals, WPA, Coastal Surf Supplies, Walk on Water, K-Coast, Flamingo Hotel, Ruark Golf and Chauncey’s.

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FULL TIME Y/R EMPLOYMENT

BEACH STAND JOBS - Work on the Beach renting umbrellas and chairs. FT/PT. Call 410-7260315

Capital City Nurses Healthcare Services is now hiring exceptional CNA’s for PT one-on-one homecare. Applicants must have min. 1 yr. exp.

To apply, contact Courtney Lai via email clai@capitalcitynurses.com or pickup app at 1323 Mt. Hermon Road, Ste. 5B, Salisbury, MD 21804.

Atlantic Health & Fitness Center in Ocean Pines is looking for Experienced Personal Trainer and a Fitness Registration Specialist. This position involves new member recruitment and ongoing interaction with members, including assistance with program development. Fitness experience is preferred. Full and part time positions are available. Candidates must be available to work nights and weekends. We encourage our team to lead members by example so a passion for health and fitness is preferable.

PLEASE FAX CONFIDENTIAL RESUME TO 410-208-3632 OR EMAIL TO ATLANTICPTREHAB@ AOL.COM

ESTHETICIAN • NAIL TECH. Zen Spa on Rt. 54, Fenwick Island. Clean and positive environment. Call Stacey: 302-2451536

FRONT DESK CLERKS - Experience necessary. Weekends a must. Must be able to work all shifts. Send resume to 410213-9776.

Condo Cleaners Needed Ocean City, Saturdays thru October 443-373-3345

Wanted Exp. Appliance Installer - Responsibilities include removal of old appliances and installation of new units.

Work in OC and surrounding areas. Call 410-430-9492.

CHIEF ENGINEER Mgmnt/Supervisor w/3 years min. experience required.

Apply in person with Resume: Mon.-Fri., 8am-4pm Quality Inn & Suites Beach Front 3301 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City, MD EOE

Century Taxi - Now hiring taxi drivers for day & night shift. Call Ken @ 443-235-5664 leave message

Dunkin Donuts Now Hiring

Hiring Y/R, F/T Delivery Drivers and Servers Top Pay, Good Money for a Hard Worker Come in for interview on Wednesday at 11am., 5600 Coastal Hwy.

Assistant Manager and Crew Members In our Ocean Pines and West Ocean City locations.

Please apply online at: www.delmarvadd.com

HOUSEKEEPERS - for Ocean City hotel. Experience required.

Must be able to work until 7pm on weekdays. Weekend availability a must. Fax resume to 410-213-9776.

The Princess Royale Hotel & Conference Center Located at 91st St. Oceanfront, Ocean City, MD

• PM Line Cook • Front Desk/Reservations Clerk (year round) • Housekeeping Supervisor Experience Required (FT-year round)

• Housekeeping Houseman (FT-year round) • Room Attendants (FT-year round) Applicants may apply online at www.princessroyale.com and click on the job link or in person Mon.-Fri., 9am to 4pm

$8/hr. + tips Cashier/Phone Help. $5/hr. + tips Pizza Delivery Drivers.

Stop in @ 81st anytime to do application. 410-208-1317

Seasonal: Line Cook Year Round: Bartender, Sous Chef/Lead Line Cook, Servers, Banquet Housestaff, Guest Service Agent Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel Attn: Human Resources Dept.

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

Graphic Artist applicants must be experienced in QuarkXpress, adobe photoshop and adobe acrobat. looking for person with great attention to detail, well organized and ability to meet stringent deadlines.

Send resume and samples of your work to: Ocean City Today, P.O. Box 3500, Ocean City, MD 21843 or e-mail your resume to sdobson@oceancitytoday.net

P/T, Y/R Pool Attendant and Y/R, P/T PM Line Cook Please apply in person, Dunes Manor, 2800 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD. 410-289-1100

Great Pay at a Beautiful Resort Location!

GOLF SHOP ATTENDANT 20-30 hours/week. Seasonal through December 1.

Full Time Rental Coordinator Leading Real Estate Company has an opportunity available in its Ocean City Rental Office for a Rental Coordinator, MD real estate license required. Position requires excellent communication and computer skills. Must be customer service oriented. Call Dana Flickinger at 800-226-8095 for an application.

EOE Principals Only Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.

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

Employment Opportunities:

SOMERSET JEWELERS - now hiring all shifts. Seasonal thru mid-Oct. Exp. pref. Apply in person 412 S. Boardwalk, Ocean City, MD.

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Legal Secretary: Busy Ocean Pines law firm has an immediate opening for a motivated and experienced legal secretary. Experience in Estate Planning, Wills and Corporate matters and prior experience in preparation of Real Estate Settlements is preferred. Proficiency in word processing, written and oral communication skils necessary. Please send resume to: P.O. Box 739, Ocean City, MD 21843.

Please call or apply in person from 9am - 4pm daily.

31806 Lakeview Drive; Selbyville, DE 19975 302-436-3200 - Bob “Preserving jobs, building relationships” Renaissance Healthcare, a leading provider of skilled nursing services in Sussex County is seeking compassionate, supportive, flexible and organized talent to fill immediate openings for: Nursing positions: CNAs FT/PT ALL SHIFTS & WEEKENDS

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Harbor Healthcare, located in Lewes, DE, is seeking a dedicated professional to perform hands-on HR related duties at the professional level and carry out tasks in some or all of the following areas: employee relations, regulatory compliance, payroll, training, employment and benefits programs. More details available on www.Careerbuilder.com

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Min of 3 yrs. LTC AND/OR HEALTHCARE HR mgt exp required.

Exp. with employment law, other government and healthcare compliance regulations is preferred.

Exp. with payroll and ADP system strongly preferred.

Please forward your resume along with salary requirements to: Email: www.careers@cadiahealthcare.com Fax: 302.645.5793 Selected individual must successfully complete background investigation and drug test.

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Year Round 1BR/1BA Apt. on 43rd St. $600/month + utils. (hot water included).

Call Dale 443-736-5589 or dale@ocrooms.com

For Rent Off Season - Waterfront 4BR/3BA, Fenwick Island. $1200/mo. + utils. No smoke/ pets. Go to www.vrbo.com/ 81099 for more info call Lynne at 410-250-6300.

Y/R Ocean Pines 3BR/2BA. All appliances, C/A, gas heat. No pets/no smoking. $1000/mo. plus sec. deposit and utilities.

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YR 2/3BR Rental in Berlin. No pets. Utils. incl. Call 410-4223375, 410-641-0079.

One acre lot in Bishopville.

Well already installed $49,000.

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Fenwick, Bayview Landing 3BR/2BA/loft, morning room, 1-car garage, pool, clubhouse.

2.5 miles to beach. $1,250.

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Yearly & Seasonal Rentals We Welcome Pets 7700 Coastal Hwy 410-524-7700 www.holidayoc.com

WINTER RENTALS OPENS AUG. 18th Month to month. Blue Turtle Apts. on 57th St., oceanside.

2BR/1BA, fully furn., kitch., lvg. rm. Elect. & cable incl. $575-$600 depending on one or two persons. 2 person max. No pets. No smoking inside. Quiet required. $300 sec. dep. required to hold till it opens.

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Furnished Winter Condo Large, 2-story, 3BR/2BA, bayside, OC. W/D, DW, off street parking. No pets. $850/mo. + util. Sec dep. Call Sandy 201410-1094 or 201-288-0500 x230.

YR 1BR/1BA on 28th Street w/canal view. Avail. Aug. 10th. $750/mo + utilities. Call 443880-0510.

OC Winter Rental - 1 bedroom Efficiency Apt. Fully furnished. $650/mo. Utilities included.

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Legal Notices Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 209 TRIMPER AVE., UNIT #12 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Michael B. Stambaugh, dated October 23, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4804, folio 384 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on AUGUST 24, 2012 AT 2:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit Number 12 in the “Yellow Bird Condominium”, Tax ID #10-297400 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. All public charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive the foreclosure, including water/sewer charges, real property taxes, ground rent, condo/HOA dues, whether incurred prior to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges or condo/HOA fees have been advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date of sale at the time of settlement. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.

If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, at-

torney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees’ file number 28147.

Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, John A. Ansell, III, Stephanie Montgomery, Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-8/9/3t ___________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 74 BIRDS NEST DR. A/R/T/A 74 BIRDNEST DR. OCEAN PINES A/R/T/A BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Christine W. Wenker dated September 19, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4585, Folio 172 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $288,750.00 and an original interest rate of 3.875% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on AUGUST 28, 2012 AT 2:10 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $30,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There

will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser. Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any.

Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale 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 the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest.

Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-8/9/3t ___________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 220 S. WASHINGTON ST. SNOW HILL, MD 21863 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from James M. Bowman dated September 20, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4789, Folio 430 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $176,000.00 and an original interest rate of 6.875% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, Snow Hill, on AUGUST 15, 2012 AT 2:00 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully de-

scribed in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in cash, cashiers check or certified check is required at time of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current real property taxes will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All past due property taxes paid by the purchaser. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All transfer taxes shall be paid by the Purchaser. Purchaser shall pay all applicable agricultural tax, if any.

Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale 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 the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest.

Howard N. Bierman, Jacob Geesing, Carrie M. Ward, David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees OCD-7/26/3t ___________________________________ CHARLES T. CAPUTE CHARLES T. CAPUTE, LLC 1006 S. WASHINGTON STREET EASTON, MD 21601-4303

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 14794 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DONALD ROSS FISHER SR Notice is given that Calvina Wainwright Fisher, 12912 Lake Place, Ocean City, MD 21842, was on August

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Legal Notices 01, 2012 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Donald Ross Fisher Sr who died on May 2, 2012, 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 1st day of February, 2013.

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.

Calvina Wainwright Fisher Personal Representative True Test Copy Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: August 09, 2012 OCD-8/9/3t ___________________________________

TOWN OF OCEAN CITY

CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 2012–2 A CHARTER AMENDMENT INITIATED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY PURSUANT TO THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE XI -E OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND AND ARTICLE 23A, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, TO AMEND SECTION C -404, ENTITLED MEETINGS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE SUBJECT MATTER AND TITLE TO THE SECTION OF THE CHARTER TO BE AMENDED HEREBY IS §C -404, ENTITLED MEETINGS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE EFFECT OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT IS TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF COUNCIL. THE SUBJECT MATTER

TO BE DELETED BY THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE DOUBLE PARENTHESES. THE SUBJECT MATTER TO BE ADDED IS UNDERSCORED. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, ENACTED, AND ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY THAT SECTION C 404, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: § C -404. Meetings of Mayor and Council.

The newly elected Mayor, together with the newly elected Councilmen and the incumbent Councilmen shall meet at 7:30 p.m. on the Thursday in November ((October)) immediately following the election, for the purpose of organization. At said organizational meeting, the Councilmen shall elect one (1) of their members as President, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Council and shall preside at meetings of the Mayor and City Council. The Mayor and Council shall appoint one (1) member of the Council to serve as Secretary. After such organizational meeting, the Council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once each month. Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk - Treasurer upon the request of the Mayor, Council President or a majority of the members of the Council.

Except for those meetings permitted to be closed under state law, all meetings of the Mayor and Council shall be open to the public, and the rules of the Council shall provide that residents of the town shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any municipal question.

All appointments to city boards, commissions and committees, and the confirmation vote thereon, shall be made at open public meetings.

RESOLVED this 10th day of July, 2012 to be effective the fiftieth day hereafter unless on or before the fortieth day from the date hereof a petition signed by twenty percentum (20 %) of the qualified voters requesting this Charter Amendment be submitted on referendum be presented to the legislative body by delivery to the Clerk.

OCD-7/19/4t ___________________________________ Michael Scott Cohen Substitute Trustee 213 Washington Street Cumberland, MD 21502 (301) 724-5200 MICHAEL SCOTT COHEN, ET AL. Substitute Trustees vs.

ERLE C. TATTERSON Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-00032

NOTICE Notice is hereby given, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, this 20th day of July, 2012, that the foreclosure sale of the real property and improvements thereon located at 2035 Bypass Road, Pocomoke, MD 21851 ARTA 2035 Bypass Road, Pocomoke City, MD 21851, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee(s), be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 20th day of August, 2012; provided a copy of this No-

tice be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in Worcester County, Maryland, once in each of three successive weeks, before the 13th day of August, 2012.

The Report states the sale price for said property is $39,000.00.

Stephen V. Hales CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-07/26/3t ___________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 961-6555 Jacob Geesing, et al.

4520 East West Highway, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

ANGELA P. RANKIN MATTHEW S. RANKIN 1 Franklin Square, Unit #A-1 Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-12-000272

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 25th day of July, 2012, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 1 Franklin Square, unit #A-1, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by Howard N. Bierman, Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 27th day of August, 2012, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 20th day of August, 2012.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $194,000.00.

Stephen V. Hales Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Stephen V. Hales Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, Md. OCD-8/2/3t ___________________________________ AYRES JENKINS GORDY & ALMAND, PA JAMES W. ALMAND 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY SUITE 200 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

Timothy I. Auman Foreign Personal Representative Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: August 02, 2012 OCD-8/2/3t ___________________________________ Architecture/Engineering Renovation of Public Restrooms

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Town of Berlin Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Council of Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland at Town Hall, 10 William Street, Berlin, Maryland 21811 until 2:00 PM, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 for the Architecture/Engineering for the Renovation of Public Restrooms located in the Town of Berlin, at which time the proposals will be opened publicly and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on Monday, August 20, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the Council Chambers of Berlin Town Hall. Potential Bidders may obtain the Request for Proposals by contacting Mary Bohlen, Town of Berlin, 10 William Street, Berlin, MD 21811.

Phone: 410-641-4314.

E-mail: mbohlen@berlinmd.gov. EOE OCD-8/9/1t ___________________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 14787 Notice is given that the Orphans’ court of Lebanon County, Pa. appointed Timothy I. Auman, 2330 Quentin Road, Lebanon, PA 17042 as the Executor of the Estate of Karen J. Auman who died on March 11, 2012 domiciled in Pennsylvania, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is James W. Almand whose address is 6200 Coastal Highway, Unit 200, Ocean City, Md. 21842.

At the time of death, the decedent

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

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Use of ATVs by beach patrol has gradually increased over years ON GUARD Continued from Page 72

the same way as a paramedic or fire engine would. ATVs that were once mostly used for supervision and secondary response have evolved into an integral part of all beach patrol operations.

While use of ATVs has gradually increased over the years, 2008 saw a tremendous jump in use of another type of emergency response equipment, the personal watercraft. The beach patrol has used many types of vessels over the years, from oar-powered dories, to inflatable rubber boats with outboards, to today’s personal watercraft.

When PWCs first came onto the scene in the 1980s, they were fairly small and lightweight compared to the modern jet skis used by the patrol. As they increased in horsepower, size and weight, they became more difficult to transport and maneuver on land. While early models could be trailered onto the beach and launched by two or three guards, modern skis weigh 800 pounds and were more easily launched from the boat ramp in West Ocean City.

The added time and resources required for launching the rescue watercraft made them more difficult to deploy on a regular basis.

In 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard helped OCBP solve deployment problems by allowing us to install a floating boat dock for two rescue watercraft at Station Ocean City. Since the station is only two blocks from beach patrol headquarters, we now have quick access to the PWCs. The floating dock system allows a single operator

to launch a PWC in under a minute. All of our PWCs have rescue sleds attached to the stern, allowing distressed swimmers to climb onboard quickly, safely and with little effort. The new dock has allowed us to deploy additional rescue craft patrols in a more efficient manner.

During a nine-day period in July 2008, the beach patrol made an unprecedented 2,070 rescues. It was during this time that rescue watercraft proved their true value. As guards responded to distressed swimmers and backed each other up on the beach, other guards on rescue watercraft were able to help cover those rescues, pull victims from rip currents, and to fill gaps in coverage created by multiple-victim rescues.

There is no doubt that having the watercraft deployed during this busy time helped us to prevent tragedies and save lives.

In addition to saving lives, the beach patrol’s rescue watercraft plays crucial roles in events such as the Ocean City Air Show and powerboat races. They are used to assist the Fire Marshal’s office by securing a safety perimeter on the bay surrounding the fireworks launching area at Northside Park. They also are used to provide support and safety for training and qualifying tests in the ocean. In recent years, our watercraft have been first on the scene for plane crashes, parasailing incidents and boating accidents.

With high maneuverability, quick response time and proximity due to our deployment, we have assisted the USCG with closing cases without their need to respond by confirming that what was called in by a civilian was in fact a dead horseshoe crab

and not a swimmer in distress or a piece of floating debris.

Additionally, with the high number of inexperienced pleasure boaters who think coming in close to the beach to wave to friends or family on the beach is a fun thing to do, our patrols often serve as safety educators explaining that operating inside the breaking waves or too close to swimmers is not only dangerous, but also illegal and helps prevent serious boating accidents.

All of our operators are certified surf rescue technicians and have several years of experience with the beach patrol.

They also must complete a nationally recognized safe boater’s course, and go through specialized training that involves launching, patrolling, performing water rescues, beaching, vessel care and maintenance. As with our ATV operators, all of the rescue watercraft operators must re-certify every year.

As you can see, although these motorized rescue units are considered recreational vehicles for the general public, these have both become integral components helping us fulfill our mission.

These modern additions to the beach patrol’s standard operating procedures have complimented the long-standing use of more traditional equipment such as whistle, flags and the lifeguard’s buoy.

The combination of traditional and updated procedures and equipment have allowed us to continually meet the demands and safety needs of a growing and changing beach population while providing both a safe and enjoyable beach experience for all our residents and visitors.

n Captain’s note: The United States Coast Guard, Station Ocean City is a great resource and partner of the beach patrol.

Not only have they allowed us to deploy two rescue watercraft from their secured waterfront for several years, they allowed us to add a third floating dock for this season and are serving as a landing zone for the Maryland State Police helicopter that we have been training with as rescue swimmers.

They also assist us in our training exercises and are our primary backup for rescues in and around the Ocean City Inlet and any case involving search and recovery.

Another little known role that the beach patrol has is its request to train others in our area of expertise. Each season, we train several selected Ocean City Police officers to operate our ATVs so they may be used to patrol the beach throughout the night. These patrols have prevented numerous types of criminal activity on our beaches and help to maintain a safe atmosphere throughout Ocean City.

When Baltimore City Police needed a training program for its officers that would be operating quad tracks they asked us to develop it and then sent their officers to Ocean City to complete the training. Our use of rescue watercraft has generated interest in our knowledge and skill and as a result has been used in videos about proper use of a PWC, have trained the PWC guides working in and around the Ocean City water sport rental industry and has even led to our training of Army Corp of Engineer PWC operators.

Legal Notices in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(5) requesting a special use exception to allow outdoor display of merchandise incidental to the on-premise use. The site of the appeal is described as Parcel B, Block 102, Ocean Bay City Plat, further described as located on the west side of Coastal Highway at its southwest intersection with 82nd Street, and locally known as T-Shirt Factory, 8103 Coastal Highway, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: BK MERCHANDISING – (BZA 2350 12-09400014) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in

City Hall.

Alfred Harrison, Chairman Heather Stansbury, Attorney OCD-8/9/2t ___________________________________

PUBLIC NOTICE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF BERLIN, MARYLAND ELECTRIC RATE DECREASE APPLICATION On August 1, 2012, the Mayor and Council of the Town of Berlin, Maryland filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission, an application for a proposed 4.85% decrease in rates based on the budgeted fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. Berlin’s previous rate change application proposed a $400,000 increase to base rates and occurred in 2003.

Berlin has achieved a decrease in its expenses by reducing the number of employees, refinancing its outstanding loans, and by effectively dispatching its

owned generation to reduce costs.

Berlin has also reduced its purchased power costs and to lock in savings for the next several years so as to effect a cost reduction for all rate classes.

Berlin’s existing non-residential rates are not competitive, however, with rates of utilities in surrounding jurisdictions. Applying the recent cost savings measures to Berlin’s nonresidential classes moves all rates toward parity, but parity is still not achieved. The non-residential rates are still subsidizing the residential rates even with the proposed rate reduction.

Therefore, Berlin is seeking a $270,000 decrease (on an annual basis) effective with bills rendered on and after September 1, 2012 to be directed to the non-residential rate classes. The Town’s non-residential rates are not competitive with rates in surrounding jurisdictions.

The non-residential customer classes will experience a rate decrease of 11.48% based on the budgeted fiscal

year ending June 30, 2013. However some rate classes will experience smaller decreases than the average and some more than the average. The adjustments are based on analysis of the Town’s costs of providing service for each rate classification.

The request also includes modifications to the terms and conditions in the Tariff, including provisions for street light offerings not previously incorporated.

Any person desiring to comment on the rate change should file their views with the Maryland Public Service Commission before September 1, 2012.

The full rate application may be examined at the Commission’s office or at the Town’s office at 10 William Street, Berlin, Maryland.

For further information, interested parties may contact the Commission at 800-492-0474 or Mr. Anthony J. Carson, Jr. Berlin Town Administrator, at (410) 641-4144, or at acarson@berlinmd.gov.

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