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AUGUST 14, 2015
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Capt. Steve Richardson and angler Cheryl McLeskey celebrate by winning WMO – Page 39
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Car events could get big muffler Proposed measure would ban parking lot parties as vehicles roll past on highway
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EXCELLENT BEEHAVIOR A pollen-laden bumble bee takes flight from a rose of sharon blossom shortly after Sunday morning breakfast. Researchers say bumble bees play a greater role in plant pollination than honey bees, which are experiencing a severe decline in population for reasons yet unknown.
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2015) With fall automotive event season looming, resort government is looking to pass three ordinances that could address the increasing problems associated with uncouth spectators along Coastal Highway. What can only be described as a ‘This is to veritable trifecta address a of anti-buffoon problem that legislation was is a growing reviewed this week by the city’s concern ... Police Commisduring these sion, with the insort of tent of limiting special the disturbances events.’ caused by those who congregate along the roadways to drink, accost passing vehicles, scatter garbage and act generally boorish. “This is to address a problem that is a growing concern ... during these sort of special events,” said Mayor and acting City Manager Rick Meehan. Likely the most pointed of the proposals is legislation that would prevent any “public nuisance use” of See PARKING Page 3
Those 200 beach rescues? All in days’ work, or two Really, says Beach Patrol Capt. Butch Arbin, it was what they routinely see
By Kara Hallissey Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2015) Nearly 200 rescues from Sunday through Monday may seem high, but according to Ocean
City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin, it’s not even one rescue, per guard a day with about 110 beach patrol members scoping the 10-mile beach during the summer months. “Of the 200 rescues, very few were serious and most were preventive rescues,” Arbin said. “Ninety-five percent of rescues we make on a yearly basis are rip current-related.”
Beach Patrol members made dozens of rescues on Sunday morning before they came on duty with some being serious due to a lateral current dissipating overnight and allowing a path for rip currents to become a problem, he added. “We had a test for lifeguards in the water on Saturday and it was rough, but no rip currents,” Arbin said.
“Sunday was the first beautiful day of the weekend and a couple hundred thousand people come out to the beach.” A boogie boarder became caught in a rip current as lifeguards were arriving Sunday morning and it swept the victim a half a mile offshore. Two plein air artists participating See RIP Page 5
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