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Ballot questions all about money Representatives say change in state budget process would hurt rural counties By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Maryland voters will have two referendum questions on the general election ballot on Nov.3, with one asking whether to amend the state budget process and the other one whether to legalize sports betting. The first referendum question asks whether the General Assembly should have the power to increase,
decrease or add items to the budget as long as it does not exceed the budget total set by the governor. As it stands, the General Assembly can only decrease spending in the budget presented by the governor. Both Delegate Wayne Hartman (R-38 C) and Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38) oppose the measure. Hartman said the General Assembly has a history of spending more money than what is available. He added that it would give delegates from more populated areas, such as Baltimore or outside D.C., more power over rural jurisdictions. “We [rural areas] really could use
a lot of funding because the larger number of delegates on the other side of the bridge, if they had the ability to move money and change the budget completely, could take funds from rural areas like ours,” Hartman said. He also criticized that the General Assembly only voted for the amendment at the last minute while it was adjourning early because of the covid-19 pandemic. Carozza agreed that the legislature has overspending issues, adding that in a 10-year period, the General Assembly increased spending by 153 percent. However, that 10-year peSee CAROZZA Page 5
By Ally Lanasa Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Once again, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s consolidated transportation program leaves out improvements to State Route 90 and State Route 589. Maryland Deputy Transportation Secretary Sean Powell met with Worcester County Commissioners on Wednesday to discuss the draft FY 2021-26 consolidated transportation program, which details the Maryland Department of Transportation’s six-year capital budget. The Hogan administration will invest $13.4 billion in Maryland’s transportation network over the next six years. Officials also discussed the Maryland Transportation Authority’s $2.8 billion in additional investments in Maryland’s toll roads and bridges. See STATE Page 4
OC City Council ready to resume in-person sessions By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Ocean City Council meetings will be in person once more, the council decided Tuesday afternoon. “We have done several things to make this happen,” City Manager Doug Miller said. Miller said the City Hall chamber room’s air units and filtration systems had been enhanced and the council’s dais had been socially distanced. See CITY Page 2
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City Council will meet in person Continued from Page 1 Additionally, seats also were moved around and taken out, reducing the number of available seats from 96 to about 30. “Masks will be required for all persons in the room except for when talking,” Miller said, although the council president would be exempt. People testifying Doug Miller before the council would be required to wipe down the table with a sanitation solution once they are done speaking. For this year’s swearing in of the new councilmembers, scheduled for Nov. 5, Miller said that it would be limited to family members.
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County approves budget moves By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Worcester County Commissioners approved several end-of-year budget transfers, as well as the reserve for encumbrances for fiscal year 2020 during their meeting last Tuesday. Combined, various departments requested a total of $364,645 to cover unforeseen expenses. Miller said the council meetings could resume immediately or be delayed until after the election. The council voted to begin in-person meetings next Monday, with Councilman Dennis Dare absent. Mayor Rick Meehan asked Miller to separate some chairs in pairs, so that couples could sit together.
The largest expense was $81,123 from the sheriff’s office for uniforms. The amount did not go unnoticed, as County Commissioner Chip Bertino asked why that much was needed for uniforms. Harold Higgins, chief administrative officer, suggested that the sheriff’s office might have changed Harold Higgins uniforms. “That’s an awful lot of money on top of whatever the budget was for uniforms in a single year,” Bertino said. The department was originally allocated $24,674. After amending the motion, commissioners voted to approve the budget transfers, except for the sher-
iff’s office until they learn why $81,123 was needed. In a statement, the sheriff’s office said its uniform vendor went out of business and the department bought 460 replacement uniforms. “The original plan was to phase these uniforms in over two years, but when covid-19 occurred, it was decided to have all personnel receive sets,” the department said. “This would and did reduce possible exposure at dry cleaners.” Commissioners next approved the reserve for encumbrances for the end-of-the-year audit, which totaled $3,042,998. These funds are set aside for contracts and purchase orders that will be fulfilled at a later period.
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State highway money also hurt by covid-19 Continued from Page 1 With revenue down because of the covid-19 pandemic and cash flow changes as projects were completed, this draft consolidated transportation program required $1.9 billion in cuts to the capital program. The Maryland Department of Transportation is also reducing its FY 2021 operating budget by $98 million to respond to the continuing revenue decline. “What you’re going to feel here on the Eastern Shore is less road maintenance, longer grass with less mowing and impacts to our System Preservation Program in all departments,” Powell said. Powell then highlighted bikeway grants made possible through Maryland Department of Transportation’s Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program. In September, the department announced $3.78 million in FY 2021 grants to support bicycle safety and access across the state, including two grants for Worcester County. “A $60,000 grant [is] for the town of Snow Hill to conduct a feasibility study to determine possible routes for improved bicycle access. The plan is to connect parks, the commercial district and schools to the Pocomoke River,” Powell said. “Also, a $79,700 grant is for the town of Ocean City to develop a
strategic plan and design to complete Ocean City’s bicycle network.” Tim Smith from the Maryland State Highway Administration said projects were advanced while practicing social distancing and following health protocols. Smith explained how less traffic on the roadway earlier this year allowed crews to expand hours of lane closures and make more progress on construction projects without affecting Maryland drivers. In January, the State Highway Administration completed the $73 million fourth phase of U.S. Route 113 dualization, north of Snow Hill. In Ocean Pines, crews completed the $4.5 million intersection improvement project at U.S. Route 50 and State Route 589 in August. “This summer, we completed a $2.8 million intersection work at Healthway Drive there at [Atlantic General Hospital at U.S. 113 and State Route 346]. I want to thank our community partners at Atlantic General Hospital for their support as we were able to deliver these safety improvements,” Smith said. “This spring in Ocean City, we completed construction of a key $3 million shared use path on U.S. 50 in West Ocean City. That’s really going to help bicyclists and pedestrians travel more safely near the U.S. 50 corridor.”
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In addition, the Maryland Transportation Authority Planning and Program Development Director Melissa Williams discussed bay bridge projects underway. Williams said the Maryland Transportation Authority anticipates publishing a Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement and identifying the agency’s Recommended Preferred Corridor Alternative this fall, then hold public hearings in early 2021. “The Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision are scheduled for 2021,” she said. Ongoing and future bay bridge improvements include westbound deck rehabilitation for center and left lanes and the crossover automated lane closure system. The new bay bridge crossover automated lane closure system “will allow maintenance crews to implement and discontinue two-way traffic operations at the bridge more safely and quickly,” Williams said. “The automated lane closure system includes in-pavement lighting, automated gates, dynamic message signs and overhead lane-use signals,” she continued. “Project work, such as conduit boring and installation, have already begun on the Eastern Shore. In the fall of 2022, when two-way or lane closures on either bridge are in place, travelers will begin the transition to using the new lane closure system with gates and dynamic message signs as they get on or off of the bay bridge on the Eastern Shore.” In 2023, drivers will begin the transition to the new lane closure system on the western shore and the cone and barrel system will no longer be used on either side of the bay bridge. The western shore automated lane closure system will be constructed under a separate contract with notice to proceed expected in summer 2021, Williams added. Heather Murphy, director of the Maryland Department of Transportation Office of Planning, also discussed $6.5 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds that the Tri-County Council is receiving to support transit operations and/or capital needs for Shore Transit in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As well, the town of Ocean City will receive $2.3 million in federal CARES Act funds to support operations and/or capital needs of The Beach Bus,” Murphy said. “Due to the sharp decline in transportation revenues, state matching funds for local transit projects are not available in this year’s [Consolidated Transportation Program],” Murphy continued. “Certainly, [the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transportation Authority] will be coordinating closely with our local transit operators and discussing the availability of local matching funds and to apply the CARES funds to provide that
matching federal funds, so that everybody is able to receive the federal funds that they need.” Administrator Christine Nizer from the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration, who serves as Gov. Larry Hogan’s Highway Safety Representative, discussed the Hogan administration’s recent announcement of more than $48,000 for Worcester County agencies to address highway safety. The recipients are the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and Health Department, as well as police departments in Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Berlin. Additionally, Administrator Ricky Smith from the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Aviation Administration said that the agency intends to provide $2.35 million to regional airports across Maryland. Ocean City Municipal Airport will receive $369,000 in state aviation grant assistance for land acquisition and obstruction removal. The airport received 100 percent FY 2021 federal grant assistance of $2.6 million for runway safety area improvements as well. Worcester County Commissioner Anthony “Chip” W. Bertino Jr. called in to ask if construction along the State Route 589 could be limited with additional lights. “I just ask that if we have construction projects that are going forward, that if there is a way to have singular access off [Route] 589 for multiple projects, it would be tremendously helpful for the flow of traffic and hopefully reduce the number of stoplights that are needed along the corridor,” Bertino said. Tim Smith agreed to review it and suggested working with the county about the planning. With the delay of capital projects because of covid-19, Bertino assumed the expansion of State Route 589 and State Route 90 or the Route 50 bridge would be further delayed. “The Route 90 project not only facilitates traffic in Ocean City under normal circumstances, but under emergency circumstances it’s a vital roadway and it does need to be dualized,” said Mayor Rick Meehan. “In case of emergency evacuation, we are really at risk without the dualization of Route 90.” Joseph Mitrecic, president of the Worcester County Commissioners, reiterated the mayor’s statements. “I would like to say that the Worcester County Commissioners [and] the town of Ocean City still remain steadfast that Route 90 dualization must be completed before we talk about putting a new bridge on Route 50,” Mitrecic said. “And [Route] 589, of course, needs to be done at the same time as Route 90.” Before the meeting adjourned, Meehan expressed his gratitude for the continuation of grants for the Ocean City bus, the airport and the campus project at 65th Street.
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Carozza, Hartman oppose budget question Continued from Page 1 riod was over 100 years ago from 1905 to 1915. “What this proposed amendment now in 2020 does, is to remove that authority that the governor has to control the state budget. . . and would by its [General Assembly’s] track record, increase spending,” Carozza said. She added that the governor is in the best position to manage the budget because he or she runs the state government. More specifically, Carozza voiced a concern that money would be moved away from the rainy day fund. “Back in 2016, the General Assembly reallocated $80 million that was supposed to go to the rainy day fund,” Carozza said. “They basically repurposed it and sent it to other current spending.” She said that the rainy day fund is
especially important with the covid19 pandemic and the financial strain it has created. The proposed amendment would not take effect until 2024. As for the second question on the ballot, Marylanders can vote whether to legalize sports betting. The referendum would give the General Assembly the green light to start creating the frameM. Carozza work, such as where sports betting could take place. Hartman and Carozza both support this measure. Hartman said that underground sports betting already happens in Maryland. “The other side of this is all of our neighboring states, including the District of Columbia, had or have re-
cently voted for sports betting,” Hartman said. He said legalizing sports betting would keep Maryland money in Maryland. In addition, that money could help a state budget suffering from the covid-19 pandemic, as well as the General Assembly’s push for increasing the public education budget. Earlier this year, the legislature passed Wayne Hartman a multi-billion dollar education spending bill, but Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed it. If sports betting is approved, officials say the revenues are intended to fund public education. “We have challenges and there’s no way to pay for some of the educational priorities and so forth the General Assembly has expressed interest in, so I don’t see any negatives to it,”
Hartman said. He added that he’d seen revenue predictions of $18 million, and even as far as $40 to $100 million. “It’s not a huge windfall for the state, but with the tough budget times we’re going to be facing, every dollar counts,” Hartman said. Carozza agreed that Maryland is losing money to other states that have legalized sports betting, adding that the surrounding states average about two percent of gaming revenue from sports betting. If applied to Maryland, the state would have $7.3 million for its share of the gross revenues, which would presumably fund public education. “It’s important that we do have a lock box and target those funds for education, especially with covid-19 really putting a strain on budgets at every level — municipal, county, state and federal,” Carozza said.
OC employees to get extra day off as thanks By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) With the Ocean City Council’s formal approval, City Manager Doug Miller will work on creating an employee appreciation day of sorts for city staff who worked extra hours during the pop-up car rally weekend. Councilman Matt James introduced the idea during last week’s
council meeting. “Because of how weird this year has been, whether it’s covid-19-related issues or with the popup rally event that we Matthew James had, I think a lot of the employees would appreciate a little something extra,” James said.
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Miller said after speaking with department heads, they had decided that they would be excluded from the extra time off. “This is part of what we do and we shouldn’t get an extra day,” Miller said. “It’s more the … boots on the ground type.” This will give employees a total of four personal days to use, although the extra day off would have to be
taken advantage of within a certain timeframe, likely a six-month window. According to the meeting agenda, the extra day was estimated to cost $133,995, although James later clarified that this was inaccurate as many of the positions would not need to be backfilled, or covered, meaning it would essentially be cost neutral.
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Sense of passion, urgency necessary on City Council By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Councilman John Gehrig is not afraid of a bad idea, in fact, he would rather be told his idea is terrible than to not hash it out at all — a frustration that has built, and now bubbled over, during his tenure on City Council. “I have learned that there’s a lot to it [being a councilman],” Gehrig said. “I learned that it requires a lot of listening, learning and asking questions. You can’t be afraid to raise your hand in class.” Gehrig graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor of science degree in marketing, and went on to create his own marketing company, D3 Corp. He formerly served as the Ocean City Chamber of Com- John Gehrig merce’s president, and is a member of the tourism and recreation and parks committees. “I think business skills are required at the council level. Otherwise, we rely on taxes and fees as the fallback,” Gehrig said. His tenure began four years ago in 2016, when he filed last minute and then bulldozed his way onto the council garnering the most votes that year and edging out incumbent Doug Cymek. Over the years, Gehrig said he felt that there was a lack of urgency among his peers. While the resort has grown, so too has its expenses, and city officials have lamented that fact on several occasions. Gehrig said he has sent countless emails and spreadsheets filled with revenue-generating ideas and ways to finance them through tourism and marketing funds, but received little to no response. He referred to a recent council meeting during which councilmembers chided him for violating the Maryland Open Meetings Act, rather than commenting on his proposals. Under the act, business correspondences, with particular focus on emails, between a quorum of council members are disallowed, as it blocks the public from participation and knowledge of the subject matter. The proper protocol would have been to ask the council president or city manager to include the topic in a meeting. ““I tried gently working with the group to express reason … and patience and it’s not our will, it’s not our nature, it gets nowhere,” he said. “ That approach has not worked, so now I’m taking it all public. It’ll all be in council meetings [and] it will all be through the press.”
Gehrig said he would rely on the public to put pressure on the mayor and council to take more action. “If the ideas stink, then the public will tell me [it] stinks,” Gehrig said. “If they’re good or need to be perfected or they can be combined with someone else’s idea — I mean that’s the purpose of brainstorming. We don’t do that. We just don’t do it, and we constantly say, ‘Woe is me, what bad luck.’” Gehrig said this lack of action and sense of immediate need has exacerbated the city’s problems, particularly early June criminal activity and popup car rallies. “We have no urgency, we don’t have passion,” Gehrig said. “I don’t live that way. I live like I’m on fire. I want the most out of every minute of my life and I live with some urgency.” Gehrig said this passion was both his greatest strength and weakness, as it gave him the drive needed to tackle problems, but also could lead him to making rash decisions. Nevertheless, he hopes to spread this energy among his peers, if he is reelected. “Everything we do is reactionary, so we’re dealing with the symptoms of the problem and we’re not dealing with the problem,” Gehrig said. He used the recent, and ongoing, electric bicycle ban as an example. The council chose to ban the bicycles on the Boardwalk, although the ordinance must go through one more round of votes, based on safety and enforcement concerns, despite police saying there have been no electric bicycle-related incidents. Gehrig questioned why the council was focused on banning electric bicycles and not the plethora of other, perhaps, more pressing issues, such as the pop-up car rallies, excessive noise, marijuana smoking and open displays of profanity. “We have to hire more police officers at a cost of more than $1 million a year because we didn’t do our job 10 years ago when H2Oi (pop up rally) was solvable,” he said. He said at the time, he had recommended repurposing the tourism fund and using a piece of it to find promoters to fill the city with guests the city wants. “The only weakness of a mob is that it’s a mob,” Gehrig said. “If we can constrict the inventory and fill the town, say 75 percent, then it’ll be harder for them to get rooms, the remaining rooms will be more expensive.” The idea fell on flat ears, he said, and now the situation had escalated into a crisis. Some of his ideas, or those he has advocated for, have gained ground in the past year. For instance, Gehrig has been avid about hiring a “salesperson” to attract See USE Page 7
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Past actions strengthen council bid By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Amidst a pandemic, Councilman Tony DeLuca’s usual door-to-door campaign strategy will not be viable. That’s why this year, DeLuca is relying on his six-year record to convince constituents to reelect him once more. Over the last six years, DeLuca said the biggest lesson he learned was that, unlike a business, it takes much more time for city government to solve issues and implement solutions. “In business, when you make a decision it’s effective the next day or the next week,” DeLuca said. “The time process for government is just unbelievable.” DeLuca obtained a bachelor of science degree in business at the University of Baltimore, and later obtained his master of business administration degree at Johns Hopkins University. He went on to work for Yum! Brands-KFC as its franchise team coach for 46 years before retiring in 2008. He said that experience helped him develop his leadership and problem-solving skills. Since his initial tenure in 2014, when he took over for Joe Mitrecic who left to become a county commissioner, DeLuca has made one promise to Ocean City residents — no raise in property taxes, period. “My biggest strength is never voting for a tax increase,” DeLuca said. “If you look at the record, there’s only myself, and one other person who is not running this time, who can make that statement for property taxes.” However, as many city officials have said, Ocean City’s expenses continue to grow at a rapid pace and new revenue streams will be needed. One of DeLuca’s solutions is to raise the room tax by either .5 or 1 percent, which could generate an additional $1.6 million and $3.2 million, respectively. Not only would this generate revenue, but also keep Ocean City at a lower rate than competitors. For example, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties room taxes are 7 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively. Aside from property taxes, DeLuca has focused the last six years on is-
sues such as public safety and cleanliness, and he serves on the bike, green and transportation committees. He mentioned the council’s recent decision to approve the hiring of 10 new full-time officers as one of his public safety efforts. “I’m pushing hard for us to attack the hiring of more seasonal officers, public safety aides and reserves,” DeLuca said. “I think they can really set the pace on the Boardwalk for behavior.” How these officers will be financed remains to be seen, and Police Chief Ross Buzzuro and Capt. Tony DeLuca Mike Colbert have stressed that it would be almost impossible to maintain the seasonal programs at current and past levels, which prompted the fulltime officer request. Another achievement DeLuca points to is his effort to improve bicycle safety and ridership in the resort. This included directing bicycles off of Coastal Highway and into designated bike lanes, creating more bicycle paths through easement agreements and adding lights on bicycles. Bicycle use in the resort is high,
particularly with Ocean City’s seasonal influx of foreign student employees under the J-1 Visa program. Since the program’s inception in 2018, the bike committee has put more than 1,000 lights on bikes. Through its efforts, the committee received an honorable mention from the League of American Bicyclists’ for its Bicycle Friendly Community award. He hopes to achieve a bronze designation next year. DeLuca also recalled his involvement in having a median fence installed along 13 blocks of Coastal Highway to deter jaywalking and prevent further deadly accidents. The bike committee had been formed in 2012 in response to an uptick of pedestrian-vehicle collisions. “I really pushed for the median and to light it up, the median and side streets,” DeLuca said. “To date, knock on wood, there hasn’t been one death since that thing has been up there.” DeLuca also referenced his work as part of the Ocean City Green Team, which focuses on environmental efforts, particularly its Adopt Your Beach/Street program, through which volunteers collect litter in streets and on the beach, and the cigSee DELUCA Page 8
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Use bit of tourism, marketing dollars to ‘sell’ Ocean City Continued from Page 6 more promoters to Ocean City, and the city is currently developing the position. Additionally, he has pushed for a county-city sports complex, which also gained momentum this year and County Commissioner Joe Mitrecic informed the council earlier this year that he would come to city officials in December to talk about the project. Nevertheless, Gehrig said with such high stakes more needed to be done. “I live here, this is extremely personal, maybe it’s even a little selfish,” Gehrig said. “I don’t want my kids to get out of high school and leave [Ocean City] … it is so rare when we think about where we live and how few places have what we have, and to watch it decay it makes me want to cry. So I am on fire.” Gehrig and Councilman Tony DeLuca are joined by Dan Hagan, Nicholas Eastman and Frank Knight, Councilwoman Mary Knight’s husband, in the race for City Council. The election will take place on Nov. 3, at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bus transportation to the convention center will be free.
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Council, P+Z and OCDC must meet By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Ocean City’s zoning and non-conformity regulations have been both a blessing and a curse, according to Councilman Dennis Dare. As he explains in his white paper, city officials, along with the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) and the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission, conducted a comprehensive rezoning of the downtown area in 2002. This rezoning resulted in overlay districts and pyramidal zoning becoming the new norm for the area. “Zoning is a tool that local governments use to set the rules for development,” Dare said. “We have pyramidal zoning in Ocean City and like a lot of things it’s a two-edged sword.” Pyramidal zoning assigns levels of preference to each zone. A factory, for instance, would be zoned industrial, while a townhouse project might fall under the multi-family, or R2, designation. But because R2 is preferred over industrial, an R2 project can be built in a less preferred district like industrial, but not the other way around. While this makes development
rather simple, Dare said it can lead to conflicts. “[Say] you have a commercial zone and you have a hardware store there and next door they built condominiums, which is residential,” Dare said. “But then the hardware store sells and becomes a restaurant with outdoor dining and … everybody in the condominium complains about the activity.” This is somewhat addressed through the overlay districting, but Dare said more needs to be done. Dennis Dare Nonconformity presents its own set of challenges. Nonconformity is essentially when the government allows a property to maintain its property under the same conditions that it was built under, and not adhere to current code regulations. “The fear was if you had a hotel with 50 rooms — and no parking places — burn to the ground, the new zoning code required that you had one parking spot for every room,” Dare said. “Well, if your hotel went property line to property line, there’s
no space to put those parking spaces.” Although its original intent was to allow devastated properties to be rebuilt after catastrophic events, nonconformity’s interpretation became looser, Dare said, and was applied to redevelopment in general. “The good news is that it allowed for redevelopment, but the bad news is that it wasn’t necessarily good for the end users,” Dare said. He recalled when a property on the Boardwalk had been purchased, but it was shy 20 parking spaces needed under the code. “They got that [parking nonconformity] certified by the town,” Dare said. “Then they tore down the existing property and built a hotel and the hotel didn’t provide those 20 parking spaces because it was nonconformity.” This created issues down the road, as guests became irate with the lack of parking. To solve this, the hotel bought an adjacent property and converted it into a parking lot. One solution Dare presents in his white paper is a fee-in-lieu-of-parking program, where any nonconforming redevelopment would have to pay to provide for public parking elsewhere, such as a parking garage. However, Dare said he did not have many answers to offer, rather he wished to see city officials, the development corporation and the planning and zoning commission to meet once more and take a comprehensive look at the city’s zoning code. “I cannot remember since I’ve been on the council, eight years, that the mayor and council sat down with the Ocean City Development Corporation to discuss issues, and the same is true with the planning commission” Dare said.
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DeLuca commits to no raise in tax Continued from Page 7 arette butt collection project. He hopes to continue these efforts if he is reelected. Where DeLuca sees himself fall short, “I like people to get to the point and not ramble,” he said. “Some of the detail and rambling is really frustrating.” This year, DeLuca, as well as Councilman John Gehrig, will be challenged by four new faces: Frank Knight, who is married to departing Councilwoman Mary Knight, Peter Buas, Dan Hagan and Nicholas Eastman. DeLuca said his experience in budgeting, strategic planning and other governmental responsibilities put him above the new contenders. “Two years ago, four years ago, a couple of councilmen said they weren’t going to raise taxes and they did,” DeLuca said. “It’s easy for new people to come in and say, ‘Here is what I’m going to do,’ but I have a proven record.” Nevertheless, two new faces will join the council, as Councilwoman Knight and Councilman Dennis Dare have elected to not run for reelection. As for how he will fit in with the new council, “I think one of the biggest strengths of the council is the diversity,” DeLuca said. “If you look at the people on the council, there’s really no one on the council that thinks alike. I love the fact that everyone is an independent thinker and comes from different backgrounds. I look forward to looking at new ideas and new things coming on the council.” In-person voting will take place on Nov. 3, at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free bus transportation to the convention center will be provided.
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Council must keep closer eye on finances brought the City Council up to date on resort government’s finances Tuesday. “Fiscal year 20 (which ended on June 30) was a good year financially for the town,” Bireley said. “It was better than [Budget Manager] Jennie Knapp and I had anticipated.” This would be favorable for the city, as good finances meant favorable credit ratings from the three major bond rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Global Rating, Moody’s and Fitch Group. “The general fund balance increased by over $2 million in fiscal
Good credit rating and past season success fortify city against covid-19 for FY21 By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Ocean City officials will have to keep a close eye on its finances, as a summer plagued by covid19 means diminished revenues and the need to cover that decline by drawing on a melange of sources that includes the city’s fund balance and grants. City Finance Director Chuck Bireley
year 20,” Bireley said. Budget Manager Jennie Knapp said this stemmed from additional property tax, corporation tax, gain on investments and unexpected grants, which totaled $1.3 million, coupled with reductions in expenditures. These expenditures included salary and benefits, contracted services, energy and supplies, many of which were related to the city scaling down because of covid-19. “At the end of the day we had $88.7 million in revenue and $86.6 million in expenses,” Knapp said.
Knapp said the city currently has a little more than $23 million in fund balance, with $10 million more than the required 15 percent threshold. She said, however, that the bond rating agencies look for a median level of fund balance when assigning credit ratings. For double and triple A ratings, unassigned fund balance must be between 24.5 percent and 29.4 percent, respectively. “So that means that for credit rating purposes we should be falling between See PANDEMIC Page 10
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Pandemic hits transportation revenues hard Continued from Page 9 $21 million and $25 million,” Knapp said. “For that reason we feel we could use an additional $2 million of fund balance in fiscal year 2021 to get us through the challenges of this fiscal year.” The city currently has a double A credit rating. “The fact that we added to our fund balance is going to be in our benefit for when they rate our next bond rating,” Knapp said. As for fiscal year 2021, Knapp said she is still missing key data, such as August room tax. As of Monday, the city would need to cover $257,790 of reduced revenues. These reductions include July and August parking ($1 million), Sunfest ($445,000), recreation programs ($104,310) and July room tax ($429,650) totaling $2 million. Much of this would be covered by additional revenue — grants, parking fines and bonfire fees — as well as expense reductions. To cover the remainder, Knapp presented three options to the council: reduce funds allocated for street paving, eliminate storm drain cleaning and reduced street paving, or just take it from the fund balance. Knapp recommended the last op-
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By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Ocean City officials will pay less than expected this fiscal year to hire 10 full-time officers, after agreeing to split the hirings between January and July and delaying the purchase of additional patrol vehicles. A definitive answer as to how these officers will be paid for remains in question, although ideas have been pitched. The major reason behind the additional officers requested had been the police department’s seasonal officer program, which has suffered from a decline in interest. Increasing responsibilities, tied specifically to growing special events, also had been part of the police’s original pitch to the council. “Where we are now is about a 70-75 percent decrease [in applicants],” Police Chief Ross Buzzuro said. Ross Buzzuro According to police data, in 2013 the police department vetted 574 applicants and hired 73 — in 2020, 158 applied and 33 were hired, Buzzuro said. Perhaps the greatest factor in dwindling recruitment numbers is growing nationwide anti-police sentiment derived from accusations of police brutality. Capt. Mike Colbert said this sentiment was apparent in higher education, as well, as criminal justice programs have seen diminishing interest, according to professors with whom local police work closely. National outcry over police brutality has resulted in calls for higher hiring and training standards, which comes with a higher price tag, increased liability and requires longer testing and training periods. This year’s recruitment could prove even more challenging, as covid-19 could prevent police from making its standard rounds of college and university visits. Last year, police visited 78 institutions. Covid-19 also presents other problems, such as elimination of testing and training sites, restricted space to adhere to social distancing and travel restrictions. To combat this, police had requested 10 full-time officers, with the plan to eventually reach 33 additional officers within a three- to five-year period. One full-time officer is equal to three seasonal officers, Buzzuro said. “That’s a hypothesis,” Buzzuro said about the projected officer demand. “That’s a pretty good educated guess based on the data and our experience.. We may not need to meet that number as we progress. I don’t think
it’s going to go above that number.” Buzzuro clarified that the ratio only accounted for experience, and did not take into consideration visibility that comes with a robust seasonal program and other pros and cons. “There are some disadvantages to less officers,” Buzzuro said. “... You’re going to lose a degree of depth and visibility.” Councilman John Gehrig said the conversation had been about not only adding full-time officers, but also revamping the seasonal and public safety aide programs. With that in mind, he asked Buzzuro if his plan was to eliminate 30 or so of those seasonal positions to supplement the full-time officers. Buzzuro said police did not want to turn away seasonal officers or safety aides, but simply did not believe the department could recruit a sufficient number to match that of previous years. “We have a number of 146 right now, we just don’t conceivably believe that we’re going to get anywhere near that,” Buzzuro said of next year and years to follow. Budget Manager Jennie Knapp said it would not necessarily be a loss of 30 seasonal officers, but rather it would be a reallocation of unfilled positions. “They budget for 80 and we’ve been hiring in the 50 range,” Knapp said. “All we’re going to do is take those 30 positions out of the budget. [We’re] not going below that 50 that we’ve been hiring, but actually taking that 30 that we haven’t been [hiring].” Eliminating those 30 positions would result in about $268,000. Gehrig asked if the police could use other tools such as cameras, Boardwalk patrol vehicles and drones to increase the police’s eye over the resort. “It starts and ends with additional personnel to get the job done,” Buzzuro said. While such tools increase the police’s watch over the resort, dealing with troublemakers require actual personnel. Buzzuro then mentioned the increase in special events, from 50 in 2010 to more than 100 now, as another issue. Councilman Mark Paddack said he understood the police department’s growing pains, and said the city should redo the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) study done 15 years ago that helped quantify the need for additional personnel. Gehrig inquired about overtime, and Knapp said the city currently spends $800,000 in overtime for the police patrol division. June accounts for roughly $300,000, while September, October and May accounted for about $240,000. See SEASONAL Page 13
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Mayor Tyndall begins his first meeting by honoring Williams By Ally Lanasa Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) New Berlin Mayor Zackery Tyndall honored his predecessor, Gee Williams, on Tuesday with a proclamation and a shadow box presenting a gavel and sound block. Gary Moore of Anchor Wood Creations said the shadow box was built with locally reclaimed wood. “The walnut that I used for the frame on it is from a walnut tree that had fallen on Burley Street and based on the size of the tree, it was like 180 years old,” Moore said. “So, the tree was older than Berlin has actually been incorporated.” The town department heads also expressed their gratitude for Williams’ service to Berlin as mayor for over a decade. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity to serve this town as mayor for the last 12 years. It’s only been 12?” Williams joked. “It’s been a very interesting journey every step of the way. Very interesting, but very rewarding. And I want everyone to know that I wish the new mayor and council and everyone who lives, works and visits Berlin all the best.” Tyndall was sworn into office on Tuesday by Susan Braniecki, clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Tyndall, in turn, then swore in Jay Knerr as the At-Large Councilmember, Jack Orris as the District 2 Councilmember and Shaneka Nichols as the District 3 Councilmember. During the meeting, District 1 Councilmember Troy Purnell nominated District 4 Councilmember Dean Burrell as the council vice president. The new mayor and council agreed and determined the council
vice president would serve a two-year term. “According to the town charter, the council has the ability to make its own rules in order of business and, of course, this would come under that,” said David Gaskill, the town attorney. “So, the council can suggest a twoyear term, a four-year term or no term.” Burrell was absent for the meeting. The mayor and council was scheduled to approve the meeting minutes from Sept. 28. “But it takes three members to be able to approve the minutes for that previous session, and since Councilmember Burrell is absent, that will be postponed until our next meeting,” Tyndall said. During the allocated time for departmental reports, Ivy Wells, the town’s economic and community development director, announced that in lieu of the annual Christmas parade, Berlin will be holding a holiday house decorating contest. “Some of the awards that we’ve come up with are, they’re actually named after Christmas characters. So, we’ll have the Clark Griswold Award, which will be the brightest house. The Kevin McCallister Award will be the most creative house, and the George Bailey Award will be the most traditional. And then the best house will get the Charles Dickens Award.” Berlin residents must sign up to participate. “The only thing I have to say is ‘thank you,’ and I look forward to working with the new members and the more senior members of this council, our staff and the people of Berlin,” Tyndall said.
(Above) Zackery Tyndall was sworn in as the new mayor of Berlin by Susan Braniecki, clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, on Tuesday. Then, Tyndall swore into office the three elected officials. Pictured, from left, are District 2 Councilmember Jack Orris, District 3 Councilmember Shaneka Nichols, Mayor Tyndall and At-Large Councilmember Jay Knerr. (Left) Tyndall presents his predecessor, Gee Williams, a shadow box made of locally reclaimed wood to display his gavel and sound block. ALLY LANASA/OCEAN CITY TODAY
Seasonal officer program suffers decline of interest Continued from Page 12 “I do not believe overtime hours will go down if you add 10 police officers,” Knapp said. Gehrig then asked whether hiring the 10 officers could be split between fiscal years — five beginning in January and the next half in July. This proved doable and Buzzuro and Colbert expressed confidence in the ability to get 10 officers, give or take, in the academy by January. The police would be willing to hold off on purchasing extra patrol cars, as well. This would mean the initial cost would drop. The cost per officer is $113,760, which includes base salary, health and
benefits and a one-time cost to equip the officers. With only five added in January, this would bring the initial cost down to $568,800, compared to the $1.3 million originally projected. In terms of fiscal year 2021, this would mean $284,400 from January to the end of June. As for how all of this would be paid, while nothing was set in stone, Councilman Tony DeLuca suggested ideas such as raising room tax by either .5 or 1 percent, which would generate $1.6 million and $3.2 million, respectively; reduce overtime pay; divert room tax revenue toward public safety; investigate grant opportunities; and selling surplus properties.
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Crabs-To-Go, located at the intersection of Route 50 and Route 589, had an expansion project reviewed by the Worcester County Technical Review Committee during their meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
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By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) The Worcester County Technical Review Committee reviewed two projects during its meeting Wednesday — the reconstruction of Mad Fish Bar & Grill in West Ocean City and an addition to Crabs-To-Go on the intersection of Route 50 and 589 After experiencing major fire damage in August 2019, Mad Fish, which has been closed since the fire, is proposing an 11,302 square-foot openair facility. Since the floor-to-floor area and not public area was less than 10,000 square feet, it was allowed to be reviewed as a minor site plan and will receive approval by the Technical Review Committee. In June, the Worcester County Planning Commission approved a proposal for a 13,775 square-foot building. It has already received approvals for off-premise parking and a
waiver for the loading space. Keith Iott, the architect, said that this is the first phase in that proposal. The building will contain food service, a bar, an ice cream parlor and a tour service, as well as outdoor seating. The parcel was allocated 40 sewer equivalent dwelling units, but will require one additional. The restaurant will also need to apply for 40 water equivalent dwelling units. The Crabs-To-Go project would add 1,755 square feet to the existing building. Since it is a minor site plan, it will be reviewed and approved by the Technical Review Committee. The building has eight sewer equivalent dwelling units, but will need 16 total. Project approval is subject to the Board of Zoning Appeals approving variances associated with the outdoor seating. It will then next move to a site plan review.
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368 cases were listed for the Ocean City 21842 zip code, 118 in the Snow Hill 21863 zip code and 179 in the Pocomoke City 21851 zip code. A zip code must have at least eight cases to be listed. A total of 1,002 people have been released from public monitoring. Worcester has conducted 25,443 coronavirus tests. As of Wednesday afternoon, three patients with coronavirus were in Atlantic General Hospital’s medical/surgical unit, according to Toni Keiser, vice president of public relations at the hospital. Hospital staff have cared for six patients who have come off a ventilator. Atlantic General has discharged 67 patients with coronavirus who are recovering. As of Thursday, next door Wicomico had 2,259 cases, and Sussex County in Delaware has 7,328 cases as of Wednesday. The county health department has two free testing sites: Pocomoke City on Walnut Street and the West Ocean City Park N’ Ride. The testing is for adults at least 18 years old and ID is required. The Ocean City convention center on 40th Street had testing in the second half of the summer and there are no concrete plans to hold more at that location. Testing is available for Worcester County residents only at the Pocomoke location on Tuesdays and See SEVERAL Page 15
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Pocomoke or West Ocean City, call 410-632-1100, ext. 1119. To treat patients, Atlantic General is asking for plasma donations from coronavirus survivors. This is for a Mayo Clinic study through the Blood
Bank of Delmarva. The first patient transfusion took place on April 24. Donors must have tested positive for the virus and have been symptom-free for 28 days. Those who have been symptom-free for 14 days may also donate if they have tested negative. People who suspect they may have the virus should call their primary care providers or the health department. The Worcester County Health Department has a hotline Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to determine if a person should be tested. Call 410-632-1100 and select
option eight. For general information on the coronavirus call the health department 24/7 at 410-632-4321 or visit worcesterhealth.org. View updates from Atlantic General at atlanticgeneral.org/patients-visitors/covid-19updates/. To track Maryland cases, visit coronavirus.maryland.gov/. To report a restaurant or bar for not following safety guidelines, call environmental health at 410-3523234. To donate plasma, go to delmarvablood.org/cpdonor or call 1-888825-6638.
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Endless Summer Cruisin’ smooth ride for all in OC By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) A few rainy days did not stop car enthusiasts from flocking to the resort this past weekend for the 23rd annual Endless Summer Cruisin’, as organizers celebrated another successful year. “We were quite pleased with the turnout and the weather,” said Bob Rothermel, owner of T.E.A.M. Productions and co-producer of the event. “The forecast looked good, there were a couple of days of craziness in terms of rain, but all in all, we were happy to get the thing going and bring the cars to town.” Rothermel said 2,200 participants officially registered for the event, which was about 300 shy from last year’s 2,500. Nevertheless, as always, Rothermel said many came sans registration. “We could certainly feel a good presence of cars,” Rothermel said. Coming so shortly after the pop-up rally, there were concerns of repeat bad behavior, but Rothermel said the weekend went smoothly and the Special Event Zone regulations worked. “From our standpoint, it ran smoothly,” Rothermel said. “There’s still a learning curve for participants and visitors to town in understanding the breadth and depth of what a Special Event Zone means … but many of these things had to be done in order to ensure the safety for everyone involved.” Under the Special Event Zone, the city’s speed limit is reduced to 30 mph, fines are increased and certain actions become punishable by arrest. The regulations went into effect last Tuesday, but it was not until Thursday that hot rods, classics, trick trucks and more began to flood the resort. According to police data, this past weekend saw 36 arrests and 32 vehicles towed, compared to 26 arrests made last year.
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More than 2,000 vehicles participated in the 23rd annual Endless Summer Cruisin’ this past weekend, filling the resort with cars of all shapes, colors, sizes and the sound of roaring engines. A car parade on the Boardwalk took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning.
Endless Summer Cruisin’ is one of the largest car shows of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region. Rothermel previously told Ocean City Today that it had been initially tied to the Springfest festival, but soon grew large enough to hold its own and became another reason for guests to visit the resort outside of the summer season. “This event is welcomed by the business community, especially this time of year,” said Nancy Schwendeman, interim executive director of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce.
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Snow Hill officially buys riverboat Weber highlights marketing aspects, including onboard commercial kitchen, full bar By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Snow Hill is officially the owner of the Black Eyed Susan, a 111-foot paddle wheel boat. Gary Weber, Snow Hill town manager, said the final cost for the used vessel was $324,900, and that new boats run up to $4 million. Weber and Tom Perlozzo, director of recreation and parks, economic development and tourism, brought the idea before Worcester County Commissioners in August. The commissioners gave the idea the green light, and two weeks ago, voted to approve a $400,000 no-interest loan to the town to buy the sternwheeler. Whether the CARES Act money can be used toward the riverboat is still in question. Perlozzo and Weber have both pitched the riverboat operation as an economic driver for Snow Hill and Pocomoke. “This is the opportunity to revitalize not one but two downtown areas that have been struggling, honestly,” said County Commissioner Joshua Nordstrom. “Everyone seems to want
to try to figure out how to make our downtowns vibrant again.” He said the attraction would create jobs, revenue and something unique for locals and visitors to do. Weber has said that the riverboat can be used for trips up down the Pocomoke River, dinner cruises, and for live entertainment. “It’s really a floating restaurant,” Weber said. “It has a commercial kitchen and it also has a fully outfitted bar.” The double-decker boat can hold 100 people on the main deck and 50 on the second deck. Weber added that it has handicapped accessible bathrooms and Joshua Nordstrom has foldable walls. He said the riverboat recently passed the Coast Guard inspection and will receive repairs and cosmetic work before making its way to Snow Hill as early as December. “We want it to look beautiful coming up because we want to invite the governor, we want to invite the commissioners, we’re going to invite Senator (Mary Beth) Carozza to be on this boat when it pulls into port,” Weber said. Another step is to complete a request for proposals for operators. Weber said they are specifically looking for an operator with experience in the hospitality industry. “We want a combination [of trips], we don’t just want somebody who is
going to do dinner parties and dinner activities that are cost-prohibitive to the citizens of Snow Hill and Pocomoke,” Weber said. He said he hopes to bring both locals and tourists from Ocean City to the southern end of the county. “We’re hoping to have some trips back and forth between Pocomoke bringing people from the north, stopping here in Snow Hill and going to Pocomoke, taking advantage of their downtown and the Discovery Center and shops as well,” Weber said. He added that a benefit to the riverboat is that 50 new homes are going up in Snow Hill that will bring in more local Gary Weber dollars. “Population is the key, but you have to have a lovely place for this population to want to relocate to,” Weber said. Nordstrom said that he thinks the local population will want to use the boat. “We’re going to want to reserve it for their special functions, parties, weddings, retirement gatherings, really, there’s lots of opportunities,” Nordstrom said. Weber compared the revitalization of Snow Hill and Pocomoke to Berlin - it needs to grow in population and economic opportunity. “We’re riverfront towns and yet . . . this will be the first time in many decades that we will have a vibrant, active river,” Weber said.
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OCFD looks to repair vessel, motor blown during service By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) After seven years of service, the Ocean City Fire Department’s fire-rescue boat has blown an engine, prompting the department to look at repair options that could cost more than $100,000. The Moore Fire 32 vessel, of Moore Boats, has two 350 horsepower diesel engines, is 32 feet in length, has a resting Will Savage draft of 18.5 inches, but needs just seven inches of water under it when it’s riding on plane. It also has the ability to pump 1,250 gallons per minute to aid in fire extinguishing. “We have various other fire and rescue equipment on board, including basic medical supplies, we have a radar … [and] a sonar,” Assistant Fire Chief Will Savage said. Savage said the fire department began discussing purchasing the boat more than a decade ago. “We had a marine program which consisted of a smaller jon boat [flat bottom) and a 20-foot jon boat,” Savage recalled. Those had been purchased in order to deal with street flooding and assist in evacuations, as well as tackle flames inaccessible by firetrucks via the resort’s waterways, Savage said. However, these jon boats became insufficient, as calls for service began to increase significantly. “We got some consultants to study our needs and challenges, and then in 2009, we established a formal workgroup [consisting of] members of our own department, as well as the Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Coast Guard,” Savage said. In 2013, the Moore Fire 32 vessel was purchased for approximately
$540,000. Savage said the funding came from a Maryland Department of Natural Resources waterway grant, the city and private contributions and donations made by Moore Boats. “The main purpose of the boat is to mitigate fire rescue and emergency medical incidents on our local waterways, which would include our surface rescue swimmers and our dive team,” Savage said. “We also have the capability to support hazmat operations, which would typically be handled through either our fire marshal’s office, Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office, emergency management or the Coast Guard.” Additionally, with the boat’s low draft, it has the capability to traverse shallow waters, and is built to endure seasonal conditions making it a yearround tool. The boat’s activity was cut short, however, this summer. “On Aug. 9, we received a call for service at 12:34 p.m. through Maryland Natural Resources Police,” Savage said. “We were dispatched to a parachuter down in the ocean in the area off of Assateague Island, approximately .5-1 mile offshore.” Savage said it was during the ride to the parachuter that one of the motors blew out. Additionally, the call turned out to be a dud — witness accounts conflicted and none of the responding agencies found the parachuter. Savage said another work group was formed to discuss the boat’s future, and four options were considered. The first option was to strip the boat and sell the parts. However, Savage said this idea had been scrapped early on, as the boat was only a few years old and in usable condition. “It would be a disservice to our See TOTAL Page 20
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As for funding the repair, Savage said the department had applied for another $50,000 waterway grant, which would be matched by the city. While it’s too soon to predict the total cost, “I don’t have any conclusive answers for an end number, but my guess would be higher than $100,000,” Savage said. The remaining cost would go through the normal budgeting process, Savage said, and those wishing to donate money to help finance it could do so to the fire department’s volunteer division, as well.
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By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Bicyclists of all ages can enjoy riding on the Ocean City Boardwalk during the inaugural Semper Fi Bike Ride on Sunday, Oct. 18. Participants can ride from the inlet parking lot to 27th Street and back anytime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Registration will begin at the south end of the Boardwalk at 8:30 a.m. and go until 2:30 p.m. The event, hosted by RGF Environmental Group, the Town of Ocean
City and First State Marines, will benefit the Semper Fi & America’s Fund, an organization dedicated to helping wounded and ill members of the armed forces and their families. The cost for individual riders is $35, or $45 which will include a Tshirt. A group or family of four can register together for $120, or $160 with T-shirts. Attendees can pre-register online or register that day. Bob Broderick, Honor Guard and member of the First State Detachment Marines, said that a golf tour-
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Conservation groups, coastal communities earn key victory By Josh Kim Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Coastal communities can rest easy for now, after bipartisan lawsuits and time killed the federal government’s plan to blast the Atlantic Ocean with sound waves in search of oil and natural gas. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), signed off on the Trump Administration’s plan to let five companies conduct the seismic blasting back in November 2018. Seismic blasting involves the use of airguns that shoot compressed air into the seafloor in regular intervals If the plan had proceeded, it would have been the first time these sonic waves would have touched the Atlantic seafloor in more than 30 years. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sets the maximum sound level for airguns at 160 decibels — nearly the equivalent of a plane taking off or a shotgun being fired. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), humans begin to suffer damage to their hearing once sound levels reach 80-85 decibels for sustained periods of time. Immediate pain for humans is clocked
in around 120 decibels. For sea creatures, seismic blasting can result in hearing loss, feeding and breeding disruptions and can sometimes physically injure or kill animals, such as zooplankton or larval krill. Additionally, a seismic pulse travels far, with a 2013 study finding it can cover 115,831 square feet of water. These ramifications are among the reasons the federal government faced intense bipartisan backlash. In December 2018, nine state attorneys general and several conservation groups filed lawsuits against the Trump Administration in an effort to protect endangered whales, primarily the North Atlantic right whale, and other marine animals. The seismic blasting proved so unpopular that President Donald Trump eventually backed away from the move — in September, he signed an executive order extending a moratorium on drilling in the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and up the Atlantic up to South Carolina. As reported by The Washington Post’s Darryl Fears and Dino Grandoni, essentially, the lawsuits dragged out for so long that the permits, with a November expiration date, would expire before any conclusion could be reached. As a result, National Marine Fish-
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eries Service Director Donna Wieting said in a court declaration dated Nov. 28 that her organization had neither the authority nor the intent to renew the permits. Even if the opposite were true, in order for the companies to seek access to the sea once more, each would have to restart the months-long permitting process. Conservation groups see the news as a victory to a long two years. “The Surfrider Foundation is thrilled with the dismissal of this lawsuit since seismic testing is a dangerous and dis-
ruptive practice incompatible with a healthy ecosystem,” said John Weber, Surfrider Foundation Mid Atlantic regional manager. “Seismic blasting represents the first step towards offshore oil drilling, which is a harmful and polluting activity that puts our natural resources and coastal economies at risk. The Surfrider Foundation will continue to stand with the hundreds of communities, thousands of businesses, and millions of citizens who oppose oil and gas development off the Atlantic coast.”
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Maryland parks see record-high visitation To date this year more than 17 million guests stopped by outdoor state facilities By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Maryland state parks have received over 17 million visits so far this year, according to the governor’s office, and Assateague State Park is no exception to the increase in visitors. Although most state parks will receive a much higher number of visitors
this year, Angela Davis, park manager at Assateague, said that the park’s numbers will be a little skewed since it was closed from March until mid-May. “For June, July, August and into September, our visitorship is up over 36,000 visitors during that time period from 2019,” Davis said. There have been 6,000 more campers than last year in that same time period, according to Davis. She said once the park opened in May, visitorship grew in June, exploded in July and August and has stayed high past Labor Day when it
typically decreases as the school year begins. Davis said it’s been good to have visitors who might not have been to the state or national park before. “We want them [parks] to be available and to be a great place to visit for everybody,” Davis said. “Probably the downside is that it increases impact on the resource, so it’s more people crammed into the state space . . . the crowded conditions can sometimes take away from the natural experience.” She said many area residents have come to the park in the early morning
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Assateague State Park saw an influx of visitors this summer, especially July and August, as people looked for safe activities during the coronavirus pandemic.
or evening to avoid miles of traffic at peak visit times. Davis added that higher crowds typically means an increase in trash and advised visitors to act responsibly and to do their research on the park rules before visiting. “It’s a good idea to do a little bit of homework about what are the rules and what is safe as far as staying a safe distance from the horses, at least 40 feet, not feeding or petting or . . . and making sure that you’re driving at a safe speed,” Davis said. She said driving safely is especially important as it gets darker earlier. As for covid-19 impacts, Davis said that safety and budget issues have caused shorter office hours, as well as canceling interpretive programs and guided hikes and other trips. The nature center has also been closed. “Our staff are required to wear masks in all of our facilities or when they cannot socially distance outdoors with visitors or other staff members,” Davis said. “We have masks required for any of the public facilities that are open to visitors, which really just now are the restrooms.” The park also has enhanced cleaning protocols for facilities. To learn more about the state park, go to dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/eastern/assateague.as px.
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McQuaid recognized in MPT special program By Ally Lanasa Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Worcester County Teacher of the Year Christina McQuaid was honored alongside all the 2020 Maryland Teacher of the Year nominees on Oct. 8 during a 30-minute program on Maryland Public Television. “I love to build relationships with students by starting with the families through constant communication, home visits and letting them know that I am there for them with C. McQuaid more than just academic support,” McQuaid said during the broadcast. “This is a critical part of building relationships, especially in a time when those connections are needed now more than ever.” McQuaid, who teaches fifth grade English-language arts and social studies at Pocomoke Middle School, said being the 2020 Worcester County Teacher of the Year has been a unique experience for her. “A lot of the activities that normally we would do have been done very differently through Zoom, through meetings, through emails [and] through Facebook,” she said. “It’s been exciting, and I’m looking forward to everything that’s coming.”
Although the traditional dinner banquet could not be held because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, McQuaid said the Maryland Teacher of the Year Special program was special indeed. “I really wasn’t expecting them to be able to do anything of that nature,” she said. “They went out of their way to make sure that all teachers were recognized and that they got an experience they could remember.” McQuaid defines a teacher of the year as an educator who takes extra time to be supportive, effective and interactive in the community and their students’ lives. “I try to attend as many of the community events as I can,” she said. “We’ve done a couple home visits. I’ve even gone to the [YMCA] and set up help with kids that needed it … of course taking all the precautions that we need to take. It’s a matter of really reaching out and communicating with the families. It’s making sure that the parents know that I am here with their questions and that they can write me about anything, whether that be technology or academics or just social issues. We have families going through things. I want them to know that our school and our community [are] there for them.” McQuaid added that she strives to make a personal connection with each student, whether he or she is engaged
in virtual learning or in-person instruction. “[That] has been my goal this year, so that they know I’m there for them,” she said. Since more county public school students were brought back to campuses on Monday, McQuaid said she is almost at half capacity in each class. “Today I had 100 percent attendance,” McQuaid said on Monday. “It made my day.” She said students have been active in their education online and in-person. “They really want to learn. They want to be there, and they’re going to do what it takes to do it,” McQuaid added. McQuaid is in her ninth year at Pocomoke Middle School. She has been teaching for 18 years in various areas, including Accomack County, Virgina, Somerset County, Wicomico County and Anne Arundel County, Maryland. “I don’t plan on ever leaving Worcester,” McQuaid added. “It’s definitely my home.” As an educator and a parent of two children in the county school system, McQuaid is impressed by her colleagues. “I have had the privilege of working lots of other places, and I had no doubt that Worcester was going to step up,” she said. “I had no doubt in my mind about that but watching everyone step up has been a true privilege. The inno-
vation that they have come up with, the outstanding rigor that they’re keeping, while keeping such compassion in their teaching even virtually and with kids in the classroom and keeping up on it, it has been just an amazing experience.” Finalists for the 2020-21 Maryland Teacher of the Year award were Wyatt Oroke, an English-language arts teacher for seventh and eighth grades at City Springs Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore City; Caitlin Fregelette, a physical education and health educator for grades ninth through 12th at Calvert High School in Calvert County; Jena Ehmann, a reading specialist for grades pre-k through fifth at Winfield Elementary School in Carroll County; Chelsea Jones, a seventh grade science teacher at Elkton Middle School in Cecil County; James E. Ball, a science, technology and industry and art instructor for grades ninth through 12th at North Point High School in Charles County; Christine Hurley, a library media instructor for grades sixth through eighth at Boonsboro Middle School in Washington County and Hemalatha Bhaskaran, a science teacher for grades ninth through 12th at James M. Bennett High School in Wicomico County. State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon announced Oroke as the 2020-21 Maryland Teacher of the Year.
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PAGE 26 McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, MD 20707 www.mwc-law.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 912 CEDAR ST. POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Christopher Larmore, dated February 2, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4868, folio 375 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 2, 2020 AT 1:00 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $14,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 5% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, and front foot benefit charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost
Ocean City Today / Public Notices of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #19-603134). Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-10/15/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, MD 20707 www.mwc-law.com
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OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 74 WHITE HORSE DR. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Donald A. Rudkin, dated April 24, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4915, folio 715 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on NOVEMBER 2, 2020 AT 1:01 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $10,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the
rate of 5.25% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, and front foot benefit charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #19-602486). Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-10/15/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, MD 20707 www.mwc-law.com
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OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 307 13TH ST., UNIT #B3 F/K/A 307B ST. LOUIS AVE. OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Donald K. Marchand a/k/a Donald Kirk Marchand, dated August 10, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4769, folio 565 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on
OCTOBER 16, 2020 OCTOBER 19, 2020 AT 12:00 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester County, Maryland and described as Unit No. 63 in "Royal Palm Townhouses", a horizontal property regime and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $18,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 7.5% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, and front foot benefit charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. (Matter #18-600833). Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204
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TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF TIME-SHARE INTERVALS IN THE LIGHTHOUSE POINT VILLAS CONDOMINIUM OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND By virtue of a Claim of Lien recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, and pursuant to the Order of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, Case No. C-23-CV-20-000227, he undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the Lighthouse Point Villas Condominium building located at 14409 Lighthouse Avenue, the following described property located in the Town of Ocean City, in the Tenth Election District of Worcester County, Maryland, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 AT 9:00 A.M. Units
Time Intervals
2 3 4 4 8 11 11 12 12
15 18 5 48 45 16 40 13 32
Each time interval being one week per year of the corresponding unit, each unit being part of the Lighthouse Point Villas Condominium, including an undivided interest in the common elements thereof, as established pursuant to a Condominium Declaration and ByLaws recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, and subsequent Declarations of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions as to each condominium unit, and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records. The property 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 warranties or guarantees. A secured party may bid and shall be excused from deposit requirements. The Trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the full amount of sale per time interval will be required at the time of sale, such deposit to be in cash or check. Cost of all recordation and transfer taxes and all other incidental settlement costs shall be borne by the purchaser. The date of settlement shall be fifteen (15) days after final ratification by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, time being of the essence; otherwise, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser, or in any manner designated
by the Trustee; or, without forfeiting deposit, the Seller may exercise any of its legal or equitable rights against the defaulting purchaser. For more information, call: James E. Clubb, Jr., Esq. Trustee 410-289-2323 OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 7 CLUBHOUSE DRIVE BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Patricia B. Poist and Richard Poist, dated January 30, 2009 and recorded in Liber 5198, Folio 364 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $625,500.00, and an original interest rate of 3.46%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, on October 20, 2020 AT 3:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A deposit of $42,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as
of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to postsale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest. Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery, Christianna Kersey, and Kevin Hildebeidel, Substitute Trustees Mid-Atlantic Auctioneers, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.mid-atlanticauctioneers.com CGD File #: 455909 OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ Peter S Buas, Esquire Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison, LLP 3509 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Office Phone: 410-289-3553 Office Fax: 410-289-4157 Annunziata N. Zito-Weinle 22 Patapsco Ave.
PAGE 27 Baltimore, MD 21222 Plaintiff v. James Shih, Trustee, The Shih Family Trust c/o James Shih, Trustee 10850 Nantucket Terrace Potomac, MD 20854 Worcester County, Maryland Treasurer's Office Government Center, Room 1105 I W. Market St. Snow Hill, MD 21863 Unknown owner of property described as Item No. 70, Account No. 01009249, Property description 1/2 AC N SIDE NEW BRIDGE RD S OF POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06259/00347, Assessed to Shih Family Trust, James Shih Trustee, The Unknown Owner's heirs, devisees, and personal Representatives and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns, or successors in right title and interest All persons that have or claim to have any interest in the property described as Item No. 70, Account No. 01009249, Property description 1/2 AC N SIDE NEW BRIDGE RD S OF POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06259/00347, Assessed to Shih Family Trust, James Shih Trustee. Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND Case No.: C-23-CV-20-000200
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property described below and located in Worcester County, sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester and the State of Maryland to the plaintiff in this proceeding: Item No. 70, Account No. 01009249, Property description 1/2 AC N SIDE NEW BRIDGE RD S OF POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06259/00347, Assessed to Shih Family Trust, James Shih Trustee. The Complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this 22nd of September, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester, County, ORDERED, That notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general circulation in Worcester County once a week for 3 successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by the 21st day of November, 2020, and redeem the property described above and answer the Complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances. Beau H. Oglesby Judge, Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy
PAGE 28 Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ Peter S Buas, Esquire Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison, LLP 3509 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Office Phone: 410-289-3553 Office Fax: 410-289-4157 Annunziata N. Zito-Weinle 22 Patapsco Ave. Baltimore, MD 21222 Plaintiff v. Robert S. Elmer 605 Second Street Pocomoke City, MD 21851 Worcester County, Maryland Treasurer's Office Government Center, Room 1105 1 W. Market St. Snow Hill, MD 21863 Unknown owner of property described as Item No. 27, Account No. 01018361, Property description 67' X 98' X 65' X 96 S SIDE 212 MAPLE ST POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06260/00001, Assessed to Robert S. Elmer, The Unknown Owner's heirs, devisees, and personal Representatives and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns, or successors in right title and interest All persons that have or claim to have any interest in the property described as Item No. 27, Account No. 01018361, Property description 67' X 98' X 65' X 96 S SIDE 212 MAPLE ST POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06260/00001, Assessed to Robert S. Elmer. Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND Case No.: C-23-CV-20-000199
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property described below and located in Worcester County, sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester and the State of Maryland to the plaintiff in this proceeding: Item No. 27, Account No. 01018361, Property description 67' X 98' X 65' X 96 S SIDE 212 MAPLE ST POCOMOKE, Deed Reference: 06260/00001, Assessed to Robert S. Elmer. The Complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this 23rd of September, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester, County, ORDERED, That notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general circulation in Worcester County once a week for 3 successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in
Ocean City Today / Public Notices this Court by the 22nd day of November, 2020, and redeem the property described above and answer the Complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the plaintiff a title, free and clear of Beau H. Oglesby Judge, Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ Ryan T West, Esquire West and West, P.A. 12 William Street Berlin, Maryland 21811 Office Phone: 410-629-7000 ZST RENTALS, INC. 207 West Federa1 Street Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 Plaintiff v. EFREM L. PHILLIPS 26497 Mt. Joy Road Millsboro, Delaware 19966 Defendant and CAROLYN V. PHILLIPS 26497 Mt. Joy Road Millsboro, Delaware l 9966 Defendant and CHARLES CARMACK 35998 Zion Church Road Frankford, Delaware 19945 Defendant and STEVEN W. RAKOW, as Trustee 5700 Coastal Highway, Suite 305 Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Defendant and WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND I West Market Street, RoolJ1 ll 03 Snow Hill Maryland 21863 Defendants Serve on: Roscoe Leslie, County Attorney I West Market Street, Room 1103 Show Hill, Mary land 21863 and ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE ORC.LAIM TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PROPERTY located in Worcester County, Maryland, described as Parcel Number 01020366, LOTS 718, 720 & 722 SHORT ST, 512 BONNEVILLE AVE & 509 5TH ST, Assessed to Efrem L. Phillips, and Carolyn V. Phillips, Deed Reference 4818/110 Defendants, and UNKNOWN OWNER OF PROPERTY located in Worcester County, Maryland, described as Parcel Number 01-020366, LOTS 718,720 & 722 SHORT ST, 512 BONNEVILLE AVE & 509 5TH ST, Assessed to Efrem L. Phillips, and Carolyn V. Phillips, Deed Reference 4818/110, the unknown owner's heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title,.and interest Defendants. IN THE CIRCU1T COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY
MARYLAND CASE NO.: C-23-CV-20-000234
ORDER OF PUBLICAT10N
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property lying and being in the Town of Pocomoke in the First Election District of Worcester County, sold by the Collector of!axes for the County of Worcester: Parcel Number 01020366; Property Description LOTS 718,720 & 722 SHORT ST, 512 BONNEVILLE AVE, & 509 5TH ST, Assessed to Efrem L. Phillips and Carolyn V. Phillips. A more particular description of the property appears in the land records of Worcester County in Liber 4818, Folio 110. The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this 24th of September, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, ORDERED, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general circulation in. Worcester County, Maryland, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this 24th of November, 2020, and redeem the property described above or answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the Plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances. Beau H. Oglesby JUDGE True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ Ryan T West, Esquire West and West, P.A. 12 William Street Berlin, Maryland 21811 Office Phone: 410-629-7000 ZST RENTALS, INC. a Maryland corporation 207 West Federal Street Snow Hill Maryland 21863 Plaintiff, vs. SARAH AMES 310 W. Green Street Snow Hill Maryland 21863 Defendant, and ROBERT A. BENSON, Trustee 209 East Main Street Salisbury Maryland 21803 Defendant, and WADE H. INSLEY, III, Trustee P.O. Box 109 Salisbury Maryland 21803 Defendant, and THE BANK OF DELMARVA a Delaware corporation Defendant, Serve on: Wade H. Insley, III P.O. Box 109 Salisbury Maryland 21803 and
OCTOBER 16, 2020 WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND a Maryland municipal corporation Defendants, Serve on: Roscoe Leslie, County Attorney 1 W. Market Street Room 1103 Snow Hill Maryland 21863 and ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PROPERTY located in Worcester County Maryland, further described as Parcel Number 02031353, LOT 3 5019.01 SQ FT., 216 S. ROSS ST. H WILLIAMS SUBDIV, Assessed to SARAH AMES, Deed Reference 5411/0319, Defendants, and UNKNOWN OWNER OF PROPERTY located in Worcester County Maryland, further described as Parcel Number 02031353, LOT 3 5019.01 SQ FT 216 S. ROSS ST. H WILLIAMS SUBDIV, Assessed to SARAH AMES, Deed Ref. 5411/0319, the unknown owner's heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns, or successors in right, title, and interest, Defendants. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND CASE NO.: C-23-CV-20-000226
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property lying and being in the Town of Snow Hill in the Second Election District of Worcester County, sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester and the State of Maryland to the Plaintiff in this proceeding: Parcel Number 02031353; Property Description LOT 3 5019.01 SQ FT 216 S. ROSS ST. H WILLIAMS SUBDIV; Assessed to SARAH AMES; Deed Reference 5411/0319. The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this 24th of September, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, ORDERED, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general circulation in Worcester County, Maryland, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by the 24th of November, 2020, and redeem the property described above, and answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the Plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances. Beau H. Oglesby JUDGE True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________
OCTOBER 16, 2020 Kathryn A Whitehead, Esquire 109 Camden Street, P. O. Box 4520 Salisbury, Maryland 21803 Office Phone: 410-543-2240 C.D. HALL, INC. 442 Linden Avenue Pocomoke City, MD 21851 Plaintiff a. ROBERT S. ELMER 209 Walnut Street Pocomoke City, Maryland 21851 Mailing address: 605 Second Street Pocomoke City, MD 21851 and ALL PERSONS THAT HAVE OR CLAIM TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS 63' x 104' N SIDE 209 WALNUT STREET, POCOMOKE and WORCESTER COUNTY c/o Maureen L. Howarth, Esq, Government Center, Room II 03 One West Market Street Snow Hill, Maryland 21853 and STATE OF MARYLAND Serve on: Attorney General of the State of Maryland 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CASE NO. C-23-CV-20-000212
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property sold by the Collector of Taxes for Worcester County and the State of Maryland to Plaintiff in this proceeding: Parcel No. 01018388, 63' x 104' N SIDE 209 WALNUT ST POCOMOKE, Assessed to: Elmer, Robert S. The full description of the property is recorded in a Deed, dated October 14, 2013, recorded in the Land Records for Worcester County, Maryland, in Liber S.V.H. No. 6260, Folio 001, et seq. The Complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this 24th of September, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County ORDERED, That notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having general circulation in Worcester County once a week for three (3) successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by the 24th of November, 2020, and redeem the property and answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting the Plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances. Beau H. Oglesby JUDGE True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________
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NOTICE
OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 18420 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF COLLEEN BROWN Notice is given that Joan B. Montaldi, 206 Gloxina St., Encinitas, CA 92024, was on September 23, 2020 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Colleen Brown who died on August 8, 2020, with a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 23rd day of March, 2021. 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. Joan B. Montaldi Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: October 01, 2020 OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ Michael B Mathers, Esquire Webb, Cornbrooks, Wilber, Vorhis, Douse & Mathers, LLP 115 Broad St., P. O. Box 910 Salisbury, Maryland 21803 Office Phone: 410-742-3176 Pocomoke City Plaintiff v. Captain Investments III, LLC et al, and All Persons Having or Claiming to
Have Any Interest in the Property Known as: 28 1/2' x 78' S Side Market St. Booth Restaurant Pocomoke City, MD SDAT Tax ID: 01-017519 Defendants In The Circuit Court For Worcester County Case No. C-23-CV-20-000066
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the property known as 28 1/2' x 78' S Side Market St. Booth Restaurant, Pocomoke City, Maryland in Worcester County, Maryland, the tax sale certificate dated May 17, 2019 for which was sold by the Collector of Taxes for the State of Maryland and Worcester County to Pocomoke City: DESCRIPTION of the property appears on the Collector's Certificate of Sale as follows: List Number 16 Parcel Number: 01017519 28 1/2' x 78' S Side Market St. Booth Restaurant The Complaint states among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid. It is thereupon this day of 24th of September, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, ORDERED, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this Order in the Ocean City Digest a newspaper of general circulation in Worcester County, Maryland, once a week for 3 successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property described above to appear in this Court by 24th of November, 2020, and redeem the property described above and answer the Complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the properties, and vesting in the Plaintiff title free and clear of all encumbrances. Beau H. Oglesby Judge of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/1/3t _________________________________ RAS CRANE, LLC 11900 PARKLAWN DRIVE, SUITE 310 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 (844) 442-2150 DAVID A. ROSEN Substitute Trustee, et al, Plaintiffs, v. ANTHONY MAMMANO SANDRA MAMMANO Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-19-000154
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this 30th day of September, 2020, that the sale of the property in this case, 146th Street, Building 411B, Unit 131,
PAGE 29 Ocean City, MD 21842, reported by Eric D. VandeLinde, Substitute Trustee, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 2nd day of November, 2020, provided a copy of this Notice be inserted in the Ocean City Digest, a newspaper published in Worcester County, Maryland, once in each of three (3) successive weeks on or before the 26th day of October, 2020. The report states the amount of sale to be $157,805.65. Susan Braniecki Clerk True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/8/3t _________________________________ Raymond D Coates, Jr 6200 Coastal Highway, Suite 300 Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Office Phone: 410-723-6000 ROBERT HUDSON 58 Lookout Point Berlin, MD 21811 Plaintiff vs. ESTATE OF BARRY CARLTON PARSONS Personal Representative: BRENDA LAWS 29252 Channel Drive Selbyville, DE 19975 Defendant and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Holder of Deed of Trust Resident Agent: CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820 Baltimore, MD 21202 Defendant and WORCESTER COUNTY Roscoe R. Leslie, Esq. One West Market Street, Room 1103 Snow Hill, MD 21863 Defendant and ALL PERSONS THAT HAVE OR CLAIM TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PROPERTY SITUATE IN WORCESTER CO., MD. DESCRIBED AS: 2.062 Acres Near North Side Peerless Road North of Showell, known as 12014 Saturn Lane, Bishopville, MD, Tax Account # 05013283 Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. C-23-CV-20-000242
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in and to the following property, lying and being situate in the Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland, sold by the Collector of Taxes for the County of Worcester and State of Maryland, to the Plaintiff in this proceeding: Account No. 05013283, 2.062 Acres Near North Side Peerless Road North of Showell, known as 12014 Saturn Lane, Bishopville, MD; Deed
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PAGE 30 reference: 12141132, said property being assessed to Barry Carlton Parsons. The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for the redemption have not been paid. It is, thereupon, this 1st of October, 2020, the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, ORDERED that notice be given, by the insertion of a copy of this Order in some newspaper having a general circulation in Worcester County, Maryland, once a week for three successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by the 30th day of November, 2020, and redeem the property known as 2.062 Acres Near North Side Peerless Road North of Showell, 12014 Saturn Lane, Bishopville, MD and answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances. Brian D. Shockley Judge True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-10/8/3t _________________________________
NOTICE
TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 18442 Notice is given that the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster County, PA appointed Alan L. Raush, 680 Central Manor Rd., Lancaster, PA 17603; Glenn C. Raush, 104 Troy Berg Rd., Lancaster, PA 17603; and Marilyn K. Welch, 2010 Franklin Road, Washington Boro, PA 17582 as the Executor/Executrix of the Estate of Russell G. Raush who died on November 7, 2019 domiciled in Pennsylvania, USA. The Maryland resident agent for service of process is Terri Bradford whose address is 32 Quarterstaff Place, Berlin, MD 21811. At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester. 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
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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. Alan L. Raush Glenn C. Raush Marilyn K Welch Foreign Personal Representatives Terri Westcott Register of Wills One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of Newspaper: Ocean City Digest Date of first publication: October 08, 2020 OCD-10/8/3t _________________________________
NOTICE
OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110 of the Code of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Zoning Ordinance for Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for Ocean City, Maryland in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: October 22, 2020 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(2)(b) requesting a reinstatement of the special parking exception BZA 2479 #17-09400005 to waive four (4) required parking spaces in order to change use of the 2nd and 3rd stories to house a maximum of 20 employees. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 65 of the Skyline Development I Plat; further described as located on the northwest corner of Sunset Drive and Philadelphia Avenue and known locally as 2701 Philadelphia Avenue, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. APPLICANT: SHIREEN RAMADAN – (BZA 2568 #20-09400016) at 6:10 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(2)(b) requesting a special parking exception to waive five (5) parking spaces for a new 460 square foot restaurant carryout addition, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-94(3)(a) requesting a special yard exception for said addition to encroach into the required front yard leaving a 7.5” setback, no closer than the principal structure already exists. The site of the appeal is described as the East
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Side of Philadelphia Avenue, Lots 1,2,3,4, & 5, Block 81 of the Sinepuxent Beach Company Plat, and known locally as 28th Street Pit & Pub, located at 2706 Philadelphia Ave, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. APPLICANT: SONYA LEE LLC – (BZA 2569 #20-09400017) at 6:20 P.M. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(1), Powers, of the Code, an appeal has been filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 110-92(b) requesting an appeal to the zoning administrator’s interpretation of the definition of bay and bow window with a window seat (Section 110-905). The site of the appeal is described as Lot 12, Block 20, Section A of the Fenwick Island City Plat; further described as located on the south side of 141st Street, and known locally as 15 141st Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland. APPLICANT: L. HUNTER KUSER & GISELLE A. KUSER-AHNERT – (BZA 2570 #20-09300001) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall. Alfred Harrison, Chairman Maureen Howarth, Attorney OCD-10/8/2t _________________________________
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. G. Ronald Jobson Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: October 08, 2020 OCD-10/8/3t _________________________________
ERIC T. FIFER ESQ. HASSANI, FOCAS & FIFER, P.A. 22 WEST PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, STE. 606 TOWSON, MD 21204
RE: Real Property Conveyance: Parcel 6680, Lots 11, 12, 13A
NOTICE
OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 18449 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF BARBARA JEAN JOBSON Notice is given that G. Ronald Jobson, c/o Hassani, Focas & Fifer PA - 22 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 606, Towson, MD 21204, was on October 05, 2020 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara Jean Jobson who died on September 3, 2020, with a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 5th day of April, 2021. 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
TOWN OF OCEAN CITY
ORDINANCE 2020-12
Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, that an ordinance was introduced for first reading at their meeting of October 5, 2020. Second reading is scheduled for October 19, 2020. A complete text of the ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842, or online at oceancitymd.gov in the October 5, 2020, agenda packet. This ordinance authorizes the conveyance of real property in the corporate limits of Ocean City being known as Parcel 6680, Lots 11, 12 and 13A to Wenzlaff Family, LLLP. This conveyance is part of a property exchange effort to construct a new water treatment plant in the 66th and 67th Street block. OCD-10/15/1t _________________________________
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ORDINANCE 2020-13 RE: Closure and Conveyance of Alleys in between 66th Street and 67th Street Bayside Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, that an ordinance was introduced for first reading at their meeting of October 5, 2020. Second reading is scheduled for October 19,
OCTOBER 16, 2020 2020. A complete text of the ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842, or online at oceancitymd.gov in the October 5, 2020, agenda packet. This ordinance authorizes the closing and conveyance of certain alleys in between 66th and 67th Street bayside, Block 117. This closure and conveyance to Wenzlaff Family, LLLP, is part of a property exchange effort to construct a new water treatment plant in the 66th and 67th Street block. OCD-10/15/1t _________________________________
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ORDINANCE 2020-14 RE: Real Property Purchase: Parcel 6671, Residue of Lot 24 and Parcel 6677, Lot 14A Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, that an ordinance was introduced for first reading at their meeting of October 5, 2020. Second reading is scheduled for October 19, 2020. A complete text of the ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842, or online at oceancitymd.gov in the October 5, 2020, agenda packet. This ordinance authorizes the purchase, through a land exchange, of real property within the corporate limits of Ocean City known as Parcel 6671, reside of Lot 24 and Parcel 6677, Lot 14A. This purchase, or land exchange, is part of an effort to construct a new water treatment plant in the 66th and 67th Street block. OCD-10/15/1t _________________________________
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ORDINANCE 2020-15 RE: E-Bikes on the Boardwalk Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, that an ordinance was introduced for first reading at their meeting of October 5, 2020. Second reading is scheduled for October 19, 2020. A complete text of the ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842, or online at oceancitymd.gov in the October 5, 2020, agenda packet. This ordinance amends Chapter 90, entitled Traffic and Vehicles to prohibit all classes of
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NOTICE
OF PROPOSED CHANGE IN ZONING WESTERLY SIDE OF STEPHEN DECATUR HIGHWAY SOUTH OF SNUG HARBOR ROAD
ment of Development, Review and Permitting, Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Room 1201, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. (except holidays), at (410) 632-1200 as well as www.co.worcester.md.us. WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-10/15/2t _________________________________
NOTICE
TENTH TAX DISTRICT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND
OF PROPOSED CHANGE IN ZONING
Pursuant to Section 1-113 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, Rezoning Case No. 426 has been filed by Mark S Cropper on behalf of David Lane and Susun Rowe Lane, property owners, for an amendment to the Official Zoning Maps to change approximately 1.74 acres of land located on the westerly side of MD Route 611 (Stephen Decatur Highway), south of Snug Harbor Road in the Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland, from A-2 Agricultural District to C-2 General Commercial District. The Planning Commission has given a favorable recommendation to the rezoning application. Pursuant to Sections 1-113 and 1114 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, the County Commissioners will hold a
SOUTHERLY SIDE OF ST. MARTIN’S NECK ROAD EAST OF ARAMIS LANE
PUBLIC HEARING on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 AT 11:00 A.M. IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING ROOM WORCETER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER – ROOM 1101 ONE WEST MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863 At said public hearing the County Commissioners will consider the rezoning application, the staff file on Rezoning Case No. 426 and the recommendation of the Planning Commission, any proposed restrictions on the rezoning, other appropriate restrictions, conditions or limitations as may be deemed by them to be appropriate to preserve, improve, or protect the general character and design of the lands and improvements being zoned or rezoned or of the surrounding or adjacent lands and improvements, and the advisability of reserving the power and authority to approve or disapprove the design of buildings, construction, landscaping or other improvements, alterations and changes made or to be made on the subject land or lands to assure conformity with the intent and purpose of applicable State laws and regulations and the County Zoning Ordinance. Maps of the petitioned area, the staff file on Rezoning Case No. 426 and the Planning Commission’s recommendation, which will be entered into record at the public hearing, are on file and available to view electronically by contacting the Depart-
FIFTH TAX DISTRICT WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Pursuant to Section 1-113 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, Rezoning Case No. 428 has been filed by Mark S Cropper on behalf of YK Enterprise, LLC, property owner, for an amendment to the Official Zoning Maps to change approximately 2.88 acres of land located on the southerly side of St. Martin’s Neck Road, east of Aramis Lane in the Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland, from E-1 Estate District to A-2 Agricultural District. The Planning Commission has given a favorable recommendation to the rezoning application. Pursuant to Sections 1-113 and 1114 of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, the County Commissioners will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 AT 11:00 A.M. IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING ROOM WORCETER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER – ROOM 1101 ONE WEST MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863 At said public hearing the County Commissioners will consider the rezoning application, the staff file on Rezoning Case No. 428 and the recommendation of the Planning Commission, any proposed restrictions on the rezoning, other appropriate restrictions, conditions or limitations as may be deemed by them to be appropriate to preserve, improve, or protect the general character and design of the lands and improvements being zoned or rezoned or of the surrounding or adjacent lands and improvements, and the advisability of reserving the power and authority to approve or disapprove the design of buildings, construction, landscaping or other improvements, alterations and changes made or to be made on the subject land or lands to assure conformity with the intent and purpose of applicable State laws and regulations and the County Zoning Ordinance. Maps of the petitioned area, the
PAGE 31 staff file on Rezoning Case No. 428 and the Planning Commission’s recommendation, which will be entered into record at the public hearing, are on file and available to view electronically by contacting the Department of Development, Review and Permitting, Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Room 1201, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. (except holidays), at (410) 632-1200 as well as www.co.worcester.md.us. WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-10/15/2t _________________________________
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Amendment to Worcester County Water and Sewerage Plan and Expansion of the Mystic Harbour Sanitary Service Area to add the properties at 10208 Thoroughfare Farms Road The Worcester County Commissioners will hold a concurrent public hearing to consider applications filed by Hugh Cropper and Steve Engle, on behalf of Steve Hoffman, owner, for a proposed amendment to the Worcester County Master Water and Sewerage Plan and an expansion of the Mystic Harbour Sanitary Service Area. The application for amendment to the Water and Sewerage Plan seeks to add the subject properties to the Mystic sewer planning area on the property shown as Parcels 168, 252, and 295 on Worcester County Tax Map 26, located on the north side of Old Bridge Road. The applicant also proposes the sanitary services area for the project be designated for a sewer planning category as an S-1 (Present to 2 years) within the Mystic Harbour sewer planning area. The Worcester County Planning Commission reviewed the proposed Water and Sewerage Plan amendment at its meeting of July 2, 2020 and found it to be consistent with the Worcester County Comprehensive Plan and the zoning category for the subject property. The County Commissioners will also evaluate the proposed expansion of the sanitary service area in accordance with the provisions of Section PW 5-305 of the Public Works Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland and the staff reports. The PUBLIC HEARING on these applications will be held on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 at 10:30 A.M. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Room 1101 – Government Center One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 The case file for this application may be reviewed on the on the County Website at http://www.worcester.md.us. Questions may be directed to Robert Mitchell, Director of Environmental Programs, by calling 410-632-1220,
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Sports betting will help schools. Sure. Sports betting. The argument for allowing it in Maryland is something like the Sonic fast food commercial that says, “Sonic’s got it, others don’t,” except it’s the other way around: “Delaware has it, Maryland doesn’t.” If that’s the best rationale proponents of sports betting can offer for approving this ballot question in the Nov. 3 election, there’s something wrong with the plan. Forget also the pledge by advocates that profits from sports betting would be used to support education. Considering that every single gambling initiative in Maryland, going back to the state lottery in the 1970s, was at some point promoted as a source of funding for education, this state’s schools should have money coming out of the windows of cash warehouses, and still have enough to pursue a newschool-of-the-month program. But no. It never quite worked out that way, despite the good intentions of legislators and administrations that saw gambling as a relatively painless way — taxpayer-wise — to pay for something vital to this state’s well-being. As for the argument that Maryland is losing money to gambling-happy Delaware, of course it does. But it probably loses a great deal more in retail sales tax, as shoppers from counties bordering that state know sales tax is one thing that Delaware doesn’t have. And yet, no one is saying, we must help Maryland’s retail shops, which are losing business to their neighboring competitors. Our biggest objections to gambling has always been that the people who can afford it the least seem drawn to the fantasy of winning big. Beyond that, how people distribute their disposable income is entirely up to them, as long as it doesn’t affect the welfare of others. Neither do we see any particular harm in legalizing sports betting, since people who enjoy it will find a way, here or elsewhere. That’s the better argument for legalizing this form of gambling. If people are doing it anyway, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be able to do it here. Just don’t present the proposal in altruistic wrapping paper, and except the public to embrace it like it’s the answer to our problems.
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Funny so hard to find
It’s been tough lately to find something amusing to write about, or, to phrase it more correctly, it’s been tough to find something amusing about which to write. But no matter how you put it, 2020 has been about as funny as a spider in your underwear. Covid-19? Not funny. The economy? Not funny. National politics? Decidedly not funny. Pop-up car rallies? Not funny, although it could be if, By instead of a beach, we had a Stewart cliff: “Hey, watch me spin ou-
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And remote learning? Not that funny, because it’s been around for as long as there have been windows in schools. Years ago, in fact, one of my teachers sent my parents this note: “As long as your son is more interested in staring out the window, the chances of him learning anything are remote.” Seriously, it wasn’t my fault that I found some things more interesting than others. Teacher: “If 3x = 2 and 3x/3 = 2, what is x? Me: Look everyone! That dog’s whizzing on the fourth-grade swing set. Hahahahahaha! With 2020’s teaching being done via Zoom, however, such student observations suffer from the lack of an audience. It’s hard to be disruptive when you’re the only one in the room. Ditto the inevitable funny noise, a semi-frequent occurrence in
sixth-grade classrooms around the world. And here’s something else that’s not funny: Dr. Anthony Fauci, our leading expert on infectious diseases, is saying we might have to forego the big family Thanksgiving dinner this year to keep from passing the coronavirus along with the mashed potatoes at the table. That’s sad news for the many people who like those family get-togethers so they can pick apart their relatives on the way home at a safe social distance. But the tragedy of a non-Thanksgiving would be much worse for the people who work in the marshmallow and sweet potato industries, both of which count on that holiday dinner as their one-time big sales event. Thanksgiving is, after all, the only time of the year that people will swear they like that spud-mallow, or marsh-potato, combination. And for the businesses involved, it’s kind of a wham, bam, thank-you yams on their bottom lines. Without Thanksgiving, my guess is all these marshmallows, little ones, preferably, will have to go into the nation’s strategic marshmallow stockpile for use in emergencies. See? As hard as I tried, even that wasn’t funny, and it’s because we all know that a great many people make their livings by raising marshmallows on puffy little farms out in the Midwest somewhere. As I say, 2020 hasn’t given us much to laugh about, just like a spider in your underwear. But a spider in someone else’s underwear? Now, that would be funny. With luck, maybe it will happen to someone we don’t like in 2021.
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Letters to the editor Mayor and Council not transparent Editor, When I first learned of the scope of the Ocean City Public Works and Transit Facility Upgrades or “Campus Plan,” I questioned the excessive cost estimates associated with this massive undertaking. When the bids were opened in early 2018, total costs for the Campus Plan rose from an estimated $25.4 million to $35.8 million. The cost of the five-story employee parking garage alone increased 34 percent, up from an estimated $8 million to almost $10.7 million. To their credit, the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) scrapped plans for the garage. However, in its place the M&CC approved a surface parking lot with guardhouse and security controls, saving nearly $3.8 million in town costs. I wanted to know where this savings was being spent. In March of 2019, I attempted to obtain answers to my questions regarding increased costs. When I could not get answers from Public Works, I tried to figure it out on my own.
I soon surmised that it was being absorbed by the other increases in cost. For example, the administration building which was estimated to cost $4.8 million came in at bid over $7.8 million, up over 60 percent. I also wanted to know why the town pursued building the service facilities and Public Safety storage building which rose from an initial combined estimate of $2.3 million to over $8 million. Initially, the town was to pay $212,000, but after the bids were opened our costs increased to over $3.2 million. I noted that the formula changed from a 95 percent Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA) share with a 5 percent town share, to a revised MTA/town split of 60/40 percent. I questioned why the M&CC would pursue construction of these projects when they had scrapped plans for the employee parking garage due to an exorbitant increase. In March of 2019, I spoke before the M&CC bringing these questions and issues, and my verbal cost analysis presentation to them. I also raised the matter of where the displaced impound lot would be placed and the costs associated with
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it. When I finished speaking, no one challenged my analysis; not then or since. The mayor said that they would have Hal Adkins, director of Public Works, view the video of that meeting and get back to them, so that they could provide answers to my questions. Over 15 months went by, and I still had not heard from anyone. After reading an article in a local newspaper published in July, 2020, on the progress of the campus plan construction, I sent an email to Hal requesting to know just what is being paid for with the $11,000,000 in bond proceeds that the town sold in January of 2018, for the town’s portion of the campus plan. Again, I inquired about the status of the impound lot and costs involved. For two more weeks, I received no answers to my latest questions. On July 20, 2020, I went to the M&CC meeting prepared to speak about my lack of answers and to express my frustration about receiving no feedback. Prior to speaking, Hal handed me an apparent revised “Project Cost Analysis” spreadsheet that frankly raised even more questions. After reviewing the information, I wrote two letters to Hal in August of 2020, requesting specific answers to questions and noting observations. I sent copies of both letters to the M&CC, as well as to the city manager. Now, after 19 months, I have still not
heard from anyone within the Town of Ocean City regarding my initial inquiries, nor my recent questions. Earlier this year, I filed complaints with Maryland’s Open Meetings Compliance Board about the M&CC’s failure to conduct public business in open sessions on another matter. The Compliance Board found that the City Council had consistently violated the Open Meetings Act on multiple occasions over an eighteenmonth period. This M&CC has a horrible record when it comes to transparency. I am convinced that too much public business is conducted in closed sessions. The M&CC’s refusal to answer questions about the finances related to the campus plan is another example of their cavalier attitude about openness and transparency. On Nov. 3, we have a municipal election. Change cannot come fast enough! Vincent dePaul Gisriel Jr. Ocean City
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OP directors sourcing replacement for Tuttle By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) After selling his home in barely a week’s time, Director Steve Tuttle told the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors last week he would resign after the group’s next meeting on Oct. 17. OPA President Larry Perrone said selecting a replacement for Tuttle, who was elected in 2018 and is up for reelection in 2021, would take place
just after the next regularly scheduled board meeting on Oct. 17. “I’ll have to schedule a closed session meeting … so we can have those discussions and then make a decision,” he said. “It won’t be until after the October meeting.” Perrone said it was still premature to talk about potential candidates to fill the seat. “I’m assuming different members of the board will bring forward indi-
Berlin celebrates modified Oktoberfest this Saturday By Ally Lanasa Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) “Oans, zwoa, drei, g’suffa!” as the Bavarians say during Oktoberfest. It’s also an expression local beer lovers might employ — “One, two, three, drink!” — during the ninth annual Oktoberfest in Berlin this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The town will celebrate a socially distanced Oktoberfest in addition to its annual Fall Sidewalk Sale. Admission is free. “All of the modifications that were made by Mayor (Gee) Williams and the Director of Economic Development Ivy Wells will stand for Oktoberfest,” said newly elected Mayor Zackery Tyndall. Oktoberfest is Tyndall’s first town event as mayor since he was sworn into office on Tuesday. “I would hope that we could still have a decent turnout because it is an economic driver for our small businesses,” Tyndall said. “I also hope that everybody wears their masks and practices social distancing measures that are recommended by the governor’s office.” Wells said everything will be spaced out throughout town to permit social distancing. “Tables will be outside for the sidewalk sale and there will be no parking on Main Street or the side streets (roads will not be closed to traffic though),” she said. “We’re calling this a mingle and move event! We will have hand-sanitizing stations and lots of places all over town to enjoy your Oktoberfest eats and sweets.” Big Al Reno from Ocean 98 radio will be spinning Oktoberfest music throughout the day, Wells added. Baked Dessert Cafe on Bay Street will offer pretzels, strudel and German Chocolate Cake, while The Atlantic Hotel on South Main Street will sell grilled bratwurst with sauerkraut and whole mustard gravy on a pretzel hoagie roll served with cup o’ Bavarian lentil soup, fish & chips, cod, slaw and tartar. Island Creamery, 120 N. Main St., will have a German Chocolate Cake flavored ice cream.
J&M Meat Market & Grille, 101 William St., will set up a tent on the corner of its parking lot, serving knockwurst sausage and sauerkraut, beer brats, pulled barbecue chicken sandwiches, chips, deli pickles, chocolate chip cookies, brownies and soft drinks. Gilbert’s Provisions, 116 N. Main St., will offer brats, and The Buzz Meadery will sell apple “cysers,” a type of mead made with apple cider and honey, at a tent next to Baked Dessert Café. It will have traditional apple cyser and spiced apple cyser available. The Atlantic Hotel and Fins on Main Street will use their outdoor bar space to sell beer. Sisters Wine Bar, 113 N. Main St., will have wine tastings from 12-3 p.m. East and Main Shore Supply and Apparel on North Main Street will host an Oktoberfest beer tasting along with discounts on apparel. In addition, Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., is hosting a soup and bake sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be vendors on the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum lawn during the festivities, including Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Young Living, Arbonne, Artisan Aromas, Norwex, Usbourne Books and DVTD/Premier Designs. For the Fall Sidewalk Sale, Stuart’s Antiques on Pitts Street is offering 10 to 50 percent off everything in its back room and half price on all ginger snap necklaces, rings, earrings and bracelets. This includes both large and petite snaps. In addition, all fine jewelry will be 10 to 25 percent off. House will have a patio sale in front of the shop, 111 Artisan’s Way, with discounts on décor and furniture. Beach Gypsy, 15 William St., is having specials up to 70 percent off as well as giveaways, while Beach Memories on North Main Street is offering 15 percent off jewelry and special Oktoberfest bracelets and necklaces. Bruder Hill, 25 Commerce St., will have a buy one, get one free sale on See FALL Page 36
viduals that they would like to have considered then we’ll vote on it,” he said. Perrone said with Tuttle seated as a director until next weekend, ample time remained to find a new member. “His letter said his resignation is effective after the board meeting on [Oct.] 17,” he said. “We have to have candidates that are inSteve Tuttle terested in completing Steve’s term.” The final vote totals from the board election this August favored incumbents Doug Parks (2,206) and Dr. Colette Horn (1,801) over Stuart Lakernick (1,149) for a pair of openings. When asked if Lakernick would be an obvious next in line selection, Perrone said the question remains open. “There’s quite a bit of precedent,” he said. “There have been replacements quite often, but there’s no requirement for us to put that third person on the board.” Board member Frank Daly concurred with that sentiment. “There is no requirement that you consider or take the next highest number of votes in the election to fill a vacancy,” he said. While Lakernick is under consider-
ation, other, yet unnamed, candidates have been proposed. “Stuart sent a letter to the board and said he was interested in filling the vacancy,” he said. “There are, that I am personally aware of, three other people that would be interested in filling the vacancy.” From his perspective, Daly said the replacement candidate selection process boils down to two core questions. “The first question is what do you know, what is your level of support and what is your ability to work on current initiatives in front of the board,” he said. Daly said among the current top topics are short-term rental regulations, annual budget planning, succession planning for the general manager and drainage improvements. “The second question is what initiatives would you put before the board if you’re named to the board,” he said. “It boils down to continuity of working on these initiatives and bringing up new initiatives.” Daly said the largely unnamed pool of candidates should provide a suitable interim director. “They all have impeccable credentials,” he said. “You couldn’t make a bad choice in terms of someone who is intelligent and can help the community.”
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Fall Sidewalk Sale offers markdowns on clothes, jewelry Continued from Page 35 summer clothing while Bruder Home on North Main Street will offer 50 percent off select items. In addition, Health Freedom, 12 Artisan’s Way, will have 10 percent off all Health Freedom house-made products, such as pain salve, massage oil, Epsom soak, topical roll-on and organic hemp nervine tea blend. Artists booths, including Love Letters design studio, will be set up near House and Health Freedom. Also, Bleached Butterfly, 3 Pitts St., will display a fall photo backdrop for the festivities. During the event, The Greyhound Independent Bookstore and Fine Arts Gallery, 9 S. Main St., will host book signings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Pamella A. Russell, the author of “Adventures of the Saci Kids: A New Home,” Ellen Krawczak, author of “Ollie Gives a Hoot,” and Karen St. James, the novelist of “Ocean Pines.” Although Oktoberfest officially ends at 5 p.m., Don Hall and The Main Street Blues with special guest Hal Chernoff will keep the festivities going at Sister Wine Bar with a performance from 7-9 p.m. For more information, visit https://fb.me/e/4KTSmFdH4.
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OCtoberfest amended for covid-19 By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) While numerous events have been postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, one that will carry on is OCtoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 24. At Sunset Park in downtown Ocean City from 1-4 p.m., attendees can taste a variety of local beers, purchase food from the Street Kitchen truck and enjoy music by Full Circle Duo. To make the event safer, the beer festival will look much different than in the past. Attendees must register by Monday, Oct. 19 for contact tracing purposes. Participants can buy either a 12beer or a 24-beer table, rather than individual tickets, according to Ann Hillyer, CEO of Shore Craft Beer. “The styles of beer are the same, so if you buy a 12-beer table, every half hour you get two different beers delivered to the table,” Hillyer said. A 24-beer table will get double of the same beers as the 12-beer table. A 12-beer table costs $260 and a 24beer table is $300. Some participating breweries are Burley Oak, Evolution Craft Brewing, Tall Tales, Backshore Brewing, Crooked Hammock, Big Oyster Brewery and Blue Earl Brewing. Most breweries will have representatives
on hand to talk with each table at the event. Hillyer said that every half hour, a table will also get six additional tasters, so there are 18 different flavors. Some of those will include Hoop Tea from Backshore Brewing, mead from Buzz Meadery and a hard seltzer from Sinupuxent Brewing. The beers will be delivered in cans or bottles for participants to pour on their own, while the tasters will be delivered in disposable cups. Tables can have up to six people, and if a party has less than six, it will not be put together with another group. Attendees can bring home unopened cans or bottles of beer. “It’s a 250-person maximum and when they get to the event, they tell us what their table number is and their name, we check them off the list and they go directly to their table,” Hillyer said. “We give them their bag, which will have their T-shirt, their pint glasses and different things in them.” Before being seated, attendees will have their temperature taken. Each group will have a designated time to be seated, starting at 12:30 p.m. There will be hand sanitizing stations and masks are required. Hillyer said the same rules for a restaurant apply at the festival – guests cannot eat or drink unless they are seated and may not take off their masks unless they are eating or drinking. All attendees must be 21 and over. For the food truck, attendees will have an order form to fill out and turn in to Street Kitchen. When the order is ready, Street Kitchen will call the group. While at the festival or in advance, groups can also purchase tickets for a 30-minute cruise with OC Bay Hopper. Tickets are in groups of four to five or four to six for $40-$50 depending on the seating selection. Participants
will receive a beer while on the cruise. “It’s an opportunity to enjoy the world class beauty that we have here with the world class beer,” Hillyer said. For $15, people can buy a wristband that will give them special discounts at participating bars, restaurants and breweries all weekend, as well as a facemask that says ‘Will remove for Shore Craft Beer only.’ The wristband is also available for those not attending the festival. Wristbands will be sold at the event, but Hillyer recommends buying them before so they can be mailed. “The Princess Royale [on 91st Street] is having sort of a German Oktoberfest after our festival in their atrium,” Hillyer said. “They’ll give anybody wearing the wristband free pretzels and free sausages.” The wristband will also get wearers a free appetizer at Evolution Craft Brewing in Salisbury. Like past festivals, there will be hotel packages, but this year, the festival tickets are sold separately. Some participating hotels are the Clarion on 101st Street, Aloft on 45th Street, the Residence Inn near 61st Street and Dunes Manor on 29th Street. Even with all the changes for this year’s festival, Hillyer is excited for all the breweries to come together. “It’ll be the most fun thing to do in the entire mid-Atlantic region that weekend,” Hillyer said. Proceeds from the festival will go to the Ocean City Development Corporation. To buy tables and hotel packages, visit shorecraftbeerfest.com/. Shore Craft Beer, the Ocean City Development Corporation and Salisbury University recently received a grant from the Rural Maryland Council to conduct research on tourism, craft beer and a sense of place to identify more local opportunities.
OCtoberfest beer festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Sunset Park in downtown Ocean City. Tickets must be purchased by Monday, Oct. 19.
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Annual Halloween ‘Spook Out’ party in OC this Sunday By Elizabeth Bonin Staff Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Children and adults can dress up in Halloween costumes and play carnival-style games during the annual “Spook Out” party hosted by Ocean City Recreation and Parks on Sunday, Oct. 18. Recreation Supervisor Kim Allison said covid-19 precautions will make this year’s event a little different. For instance, it will take place outside at Northside Park on 125th Street on Ballfield #1. From 1-3 p.m., families can play games such as tossing bean bags, hitting a target, or pulling a number out of a witch’s cauldron for a prize. All games will be Halloween-themed. “It’s just always traditionally been such a great family event because there’s something for everyone to do because all ages can do any of the games that we have available,” Allison said. The costume contest will look different this year as well, she said. “We are adding a hashtag photo contest instead of our traditional costume contest,” Allison said. There will be Instagram hotspots set up for participants to take a picture and then add #OCSpookOut to a social media post to enter the contest. The winner will be announced the next day and receive a prize. All families can also take home arts and crafts activities. “We don’t have the area for everyone here to social distance well enough to do the arts and crafts here, but you will be given arts and crafts to take home with you and some coloring pages,” Allison said. Everyone 6 and older must wear a facemask, and Allison added that Halloween costume masks do not count. All game equipment will be sanitized and there will be hand sanitizer available for guests. “We had to cancel a few things – like the hayride we can’t have this year – but hopefully it’ll still be a fun day for everyone to come out and enjoy some Halloween fun,” Allison said. Entry to the event is free, although Recreation and Parks asks that each group bring one bag of individuallywrapped candy per child, as it will be used for the game prizes. For more information, call the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department at 410-250-0125 or visit https://ococean.com/events/halloween-spook-out2020.
Ocean City Recreation and Parks will celebrate its yearly Halloween “Spook Out” party, Sunday at Northside Park on 125th Street on Ballfield #1.
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Seafood au gratin can be served as side or appetizer By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) What does creamy mac and cheese, tortilla chips smothered in spicy nacho sauce and luscious cauliflower au gratin have in common? If you guessed a decadent cheese sauce, you are correct. A cheese sauce is actually a bechamel sauce (white sauce) flavored with cheese. For those who are not familiar with a bechamel sauce, it is one of the French classic “mother sauces” that is commonly used in French cuisine. The basic ratio of a bechamel sauce is three ounces of fat (butter) to three ounces of flour to form the roux. This ratio of roux will thicken up to a quart of milk. It is imperative to have the correct ratio of butter to flour. The butter coats the flour and helps prevent lumps. However, too much fat can split the sauce and result in an oily mess. Adjustments to the amount of roux and dairy will directly affect the texture
of you sauce. In addition, the types of dairy will also affect the thickness of your sauce. For example, one might decide to use half milk and half cream as opposed to milk. A whisk is mandatory. There is no way a large spoon can compete with the series of wire loops that are unique to a whisk. Finally, remove your bechamel sauce from the stove before you add your cheese. If you add the cheese to the sauce and it should come to a boil, the cheese will split and your sauce will become grainy. There is one little secret when making a basic bechamel sauce. If for some reason you cannot dissolve all of the lumps, simply strain it through a mesh strainer and continue with your recipe. Over the years, au gratin has lost some of its popularity. One reason is au gratin recipes are time consuming, and they are generally presented as a side dish. But au gratin dishes can easily be turned into an appetizer. As residents of the Eastern Shore, we love our seafood. Seafood au gratin served with toasted baguette slices is
sure to be a hit with family and guests. If your taste buds fancy cheese and seafood, you will enjoy this first course. The following recipe calls for shrimp, scallops and crabmeat. Purchase frozen shrimp and scallops to cut down on the cost. Frozen scallops and shrimp are perfectly acceptable: remember, they are going to be combined with other ingredients and cooked in a thick, velvety sauce. In addition, 51-60 count shrimp are smaller and less pricy. You will be cut-
ting the shrimp in half and there is no reason to buy large, more expensive shrimp. Crabmeat is optional and lump should be your only consideration. I am a huge fan of claw meat, but it will get lost in the richness of the au gratin. Five cups of seafood may sound like a lot, but the proteins will shrink as they are cooked, especially the shrimp. You do not want your guests searching for morsels of seafood. See SEAFOOD Page 39
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Seafood dish perfect for special occasions Continued from Page 38 Scallops and shrimp contain a considerable amount of natural juices, so it is important to cook them partially before adding them to the au gratin mixture. By precooking them, you are able to remove the excess liquid. Otherwise, your creamy au gratin will become soupy. Dry sherry or white wine is a must. Sherry is a classic pairing with cheese and seafood, but has a very pronounced essence to it. If you are not used to cooking with it, add it gradually. Seafood base will accent the seafood in this dish, but the addition of chicken base will give your cheese sauce more depth of flavor. Seafood and chicken base can be purchased on Amazon and are very affordable. The holidays are around the corner; it’s a good idea to have seafood, chicken and beef base on hand. The art of entertaining is embellished with surprises. Seafood au gratin is perfect for special occasions. The cooler temperatures of the fall and winter are a great opportunity to expand one’s menu with au gratin dishes. Seafood au gratin is mouthwatering and makes for a memorable course. Enjoy!
Seafood Au Gratin Ingredients 3 cups shrimp (51 to 60), cut in half 2 cups bay scallops 2/3 cup lump crabmeat (optional) 7 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 large cloves garlic, minced 1/3 cup sweet onion, finely chopped 1/3 cup combined red, yellow and orange bell peppers, finely diced 1 stalk celery, including the leaves, finely chopped 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup half and half 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon each seafood and chicken base 4 ounces mascarpone cheese 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 2 cups assorted cheeses such as Monterrey Jack, Pepper Jack and white cheddar 3 tablespoons dry sherry or dry white wine 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice ¼ teaspoon white pepper, ground nutmeg 1/8 to ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/8 teaspoon ground mustard kosher salt to taste 3/4 cup unseasoned panko breadcrumbs toasted baguette slices or favorite
crackers 1. Remove shells and cartilage from crab meat and shrimp. Rinse shrimp and scallops in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. 2. In a small sauté pan over medium heat, sauté scallops and shrimp for about 4 minutes in 2 tablespoons butter. Remove proteins and place on a plate lined with paper towels. 3. Wipe small sauté pan clean with paper towels. Add 2 tablespoons butter and cook garlic, onions, peppers and celery over medium-low heat until vegetables are soft. Strain to get rid of any excess liquid. 4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 5. In a medium sauce pan (with a heavy bottom) over medium-high heat, add the remaining butter (3 tablespoons) and combine with flour to form a roux. Gradually add half and half and milk, and whisk until lumps are dissolved and sauce is thickened, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add seafood and chicken base, sherry and lemon juice and mix well. 6. Remove pan from heat, add mascarpone, mozzarella and assorted cheeses and blend until thoroughly incorporated. Add remaining seasonings and proteins. This is the time to taste
the au gratin and adjust seasonings if necessary. 7. Place seafood au gratin in an 8inch by 8-inch casserole dish. Sprinkle panko on top and bake for 25 minutes. Finish off under the broiler for an extra crispy coating. Allow seafood au gratin to sit for 5 minutes and serve with toasted baguette slices or favorite crackers. Secret Ingredient – Learning. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
Correction A key ingredient was mistakenly omitted for the Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Pie recipe in the Oct. 9 issue. Missing was 8 ounces of cream cheese for the filling. For step three of the filling: in a bowl, add peanut butter, cream cheese and one-third of the egg mixture and beat until fully combined. Add the next third, and again blend until fully mixed. Add the last third and mix well. For the entire recipe, visit oceancitytoday.com.
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Christmas mart planned outdoors at AUMC this Sat. By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Oct. 16, 2020) The Atlantic United Methodist Church’s holiday bazaar will take place outdoors this year because of covid-19. The 42nd annual event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the church parking lot on Fourth Street. Masks are required. “We started in January making decorations,” said Brenda Wimperis. “[Because of covid-19] we had to reinvent our annual Christmas bazaar. We started planning in May an outdoor event.” The outdoor mart will include Christmas Home Place decor, “Take and Make” holiday items, jewelry and baked goods. Carryout lunch will be offered and includes church member Joe Cain’s vegetable beef soup, chicken salad sandwiches and assorted desserts. All proceeds from the event, hosted by Martha Circle, benefit the charities and organizations supported by Atlantic United Methodist Church, which include its Friday soup kitchen, Diakonia, Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, the Cricket Center and Wreaths Across America. “It all goes to local charities. They need it more than ever now,” Wimperis said. “Our goal is to continue to be able to support them.” The church’s thrift shop will also be open. Parking will be available in the lot across the street from the church. For more information, call the church at 410-289-7430. Rain date is Saturday, Oct. 24.
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Pictured with some of the Christmas items available during the Atlantic United Methodist Church holiday bazaar this Saturday, from left, are Jackie Sterling, Peggy Timmons and Brenda Wimperis.
Making Strides car parade Oct. 24 By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Oct. 16, 2020) For the past nine years, Maryland Making Strides Against Breast Cancer has hosted a walk on the Boardwalk to support breast cancer research and awareness. Over 700 walked or ran in the Ocean City event last year and several hundred spectators were also on hand. Because of covid-19 and social distancing guidelines, the walk and several other events have been canceled this year. Instead of a walk this October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month – there will be car parades in three Maryland locations, including Ocean City. “It’s disappointing, but I think we’ll have some new participants be-
cause it’s a drive and you don’t have to walk,” Mary Bellis, senior community development manager, Northeast Region, American Cancer Society Inc., said. “We’re hoping for a safe, fun event.” Online advance registration for the Ocean City Boardwalk car parade on Saturday, Oct. 24, is available at www.makingstrideswalk.org/oceanci tymd. Teams raising $100 or more can bring up to three cars. There is a $50 minimum donation for individuals who would like to participate. Participants can begin arriving at the inlet parking lot at 7:30 a.m. “There’s plenty of space in the inlet parking lot to social distance,” Bellis said. The parade will begin at 9 a.m. Participants are encouraged to wear pink and decorate their cars. Prizes
will be awarded for the best decorated cars. “It’s a rare opportunity to drive on the Boardwalk,” Bellis said. In addition, supporters can make a donation of $25 to have a tribute sign displayed along the Boardwalk during the car parade in honor or memory of a friend or loved one who has had cancer or in support of a cancer caregiver. Money raised will benefit the American Cancer Society, breast cancer research, programs and services. For more information about the car parade or other activities, contact Bellis at Mary.Bellis@cancer.org, OceanCityMDStrides@cancer.org or call 410-749-1635. To learn more about the American Cancer Society, visit www.cancer.org or call 1-800227-2345.
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Worcester Prep boys’ soccer team tops Holly Grove, 2-1 By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Oct. 16, 2020) The Worcester Prep boys’ soccer team pulled out a 21 victory over the Holly Grove Eagles on Wednesday in Berlin. The game was played on the middle school field, because of standing water on the varsity field from Jon Adkins Monday’s rain. “It’s a smaller field. Our touches were a little sloppy. It wasn’t a great first half,” said Prep Coach Jon Adkins. “Playing on a different field threw us off. We love our field. We haven’t lost on our field since last September.” The visiting Eagles scored first, about 13 minutes into the game. The Mallards answered, about six minutes later. Sophomore Logan Ginnavan scored off a junior captain Brice Richins pass. During the halftime break, the
players discussed how they took Holly Grove a little too lightly in the first half, and if they played better in the second half they should come away with the victory, Adkins said. “They knew what they had to do,” he said. With about 12 minutes remaining in the game, freshman Dylan McGovern’s shot from about 20 yards out found the back of the net. “Holly Grove was a very tough opponent. We played better in the second half,” Adkins said. “We’re definitely a second-half team. It’s been our story all season.” Prep goalie Jack Gardner, a sophomore, stopped eight Holly Grove shots. “We have a young team. We’re learning,” Adkins said. “We responded and we got the ‘W.’” Worcester will host the Delmarva Christian Royals on Friday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in Berlin. The Prep squad’s two seniors – captain Ibby Khan and Vishnu Mohan – will be recognized.
Wor. Prep golf squad adds another mark in win column By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Oct. 16, 2020) The undefeated Worcester Prep golf team scored another victory on Wednesday at Nutters Crossing in Salisbury. “The team played well today and they continue to improve,” said Prep Coach Don McMullen. The Prep team talDon McMullen lied a 190. Leading the Mallards was freshman Vanesska Hall. Her score of 43 earned her medalist honors for the day.
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Senior captain TJ Bescak (44), senior Hunter Gentry (50) and junior Riley Schoch (53) also contributed to the win. The Salisbury School finished in second place with a 218, followed by Gunston (234) and Salisbury Christian (250). The last regular-season match will be held at Nutters Crossing on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. The Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship match is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. on Worcester’s home course, GlenRiddle Golf Club in Berlin.
Correction In an article titled “Judlee land sale moves to appraisal stage of process” a photo of a building unrelated to the sale was mistakenly used. No buildings are involved in the proposed sale, which entails only a vacant piece of unused city-owned property. Ocean City Today apologizes for the error.
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Several Worcester Prep XC runners record PRs in meet By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Oct. 16, 2020) The Worcester Prep boys’ cross country team won last Thursday’s meet on its home course, while the girls’ squad finished in second place. “I’m super proud of everybody … a lot of kids beat their PR. We can’t really ask for anything better than that,” Prep Coach Jenn Corron said. “We had a couple kids shave a minute-plus off Jenn Corron of their PR. “I think we’re really coming together as a team,” she continued. “The seniors have emerged as leaders. We have a lot of sophomores and juniors that are really up and coming for next year, so we’re pretty excited about that.” The Prep boys’ squad scored 15 points in the victory. The Salisbury School took second with 49 points. Prep senior Graham McColgan crossed the finish line first overall, completing the race in 18:37.3. He dropped about a minute and 10 seconds off his best time. “I was like 30 seconds faster than my last meet, so I was definitely happy to see improvement,” he said. “It’s definitely my favorite course. I always do pretty good here.”
Also scoring points for Worcester were seniors Connor Carpenter (second, 19:25.6) and Ethan Griffith (third, 20:20), sophomore Riley Moyer (fourth, 20:24.3) and junior Nick Hearne (fifth, 20:25.6). “We look good. The competitiveness of all the [Worcester] boys definitely is great,” McColgan said. “They push each other. Everybody on the team has somebody who is close to them who they compete with, so that’s great.” The Salisbury School won the girls’ competition with 14 points. Worcester scored 26 points for second place. Prep sophomore Caitlyn Hoen came in first place in the girls’ race. She crossed the finish line in 22:45.8. “I got my PR so I’m pretty happy … [by about] 1 minute and 30 seconds,” Hoen said. “I like [Worcester’s] course. There’s a good variety of sun and shade, so you can relax a little bit, and we get to practice on it.” For the second straight week, Hoen and McColgan won their races. Also scoring points for the Prep squad were seniors Natalie Foxwell (seventh, 26:20.5) and Caroline Anderson (eighth, 27:59.9) and junior Sydney LamsonReich (10th, 29:49.5). “I’m just trying to be really encouraging,” Hoen said. “They all look really good and they have a lot of potential. I’m really excited to see where we are by the
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Worcester Prep senior Graham McColgan and sophomore Caitlyn Hoen lead their cross country races last Thursday in Berlin. Both came in first place.
end of the season.” Worcester will host Thursday’s meet at 4 p.m. “I’m happy to be running. We’re definitely happy just to have a season. All sports that we have at Worcester luckily the season is happening,” McColgan said. “It’s super exciting and I definitely want to go out with my best year yet.” Hoen agreed. “I’m extremely grateful that our
school is allowing us to have a season this year. I’m really excited that we could be out here,” Hoen said. “I just want everybody to keep doing their best. I got my PR today … I’m shooting for 22:30 by the end of the season.” Both McColgan and Hoen are hoping their teams can win Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championships again this year. The ESIAC meet is Thursday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. in Salisbury.
Dining Guide ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ■ RESERVATIONS: Reservations accepted ________________________________
DOWNTOWN
South end to 28th Street ■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, inside The Courtyard by Marriott 410-289-7192/7191, www. captainstableoc.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Breakfast served Monday through Friday, 8-11 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner served 7 days a week, 5-9 p.m. Featuring seafood, steaks and poultry. Early Bird served Monday through Friday, 5-6 p.m.; daily chef specials. ■ COINS PUB & RESTAURANT 28th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-524-3100, www.coinspub.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Causal dining atmosphere for families. Crab cakes, hand cut steaks, fresh seafood. Everything homemade. Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. and early bird 4-6 p.m. Daily specials. ■ THE DOUGH ROLLER S. Division Street and Boardwalk 410-2893501; 3rd Street and Boardwalk 410-2892599 $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. for S. Division Street and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday for 3rd Street. Breakfast served daily at 3rd, 41st, 70th and WOC. Carryout available at all locations. Order online for 41st, 70th and WOC at www.TheDoughRoller.com. ■ FISH TALES BAR & GRILL 22nd Street, bayside 410-289-0990, www.oc-
fishtales.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Home of the Bumper Tables. Waterfront restaurant with American pub eats and seafood, plus a dock bar and playground on the sand. Closing, last day Oct. 18.
MIDTOWN
29th to 90th streets ■ BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7575, www.bjsonthewater.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Entire dining menu served Thursday through Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., year-round. Dine in or carry out. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Bayside venue with deck seating. Serving pub grub and seafood. ■ THE DOUGH ROLLER 41st Street and Coastal Highway 410-5249254; 70th Street and Coastal Highway 410524-7981 Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday. See description under downtown location. ■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB 56th Street, Ocean City 410-723-5600, www.johnnyspizzapub.com $ | Kids’ menu | Full Bar Featuring homemade pizzas, 18 gourmet pizzas, a variety of calzones, subs, burgers, sandwiches and jumbo wings with 20 different sauces. Open everyday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dine in, pickup, carryout and delivery. ■ PGN CRAB HOUSE 29th Street, Ocean City www.pgncrabhouse.com $$ | Beer & wine Known for their famous steamed crabs. Indoor dining. Casual seasonal seafood stop for
steamed crabs, with all-you-can-eat specials. Also take outs available. ■ SEACRETS 49th Street, Ocean City 410-524-4900, www.seacrets.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood. Outdoor dining.
UPTOWN
91st to 146th streets ■ BREAKERS PUB 10100 Coastal Hwy./Clarion 410-524-3535 $ | Full bar Open daily, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Happy Hour, Sunday through Friday, 4-7 p.m. 9 Hi-Def TVs. ■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT Inside the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel at 101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535, www.clarionoc.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Oceanfront dining at its finest; featuring fresh seafood, beef, daily specials, children’s menu and a full-service bar. Winner of the Wine Spectator’s “Award of Excellence” for 15 years. Open daily, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Dine-in or curbside carryout. ■ REEF 118 118th Street, in the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condos, Ocean City 410-524-1000, www.carouselhotel.com $-$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Serving breakfast, Friday through Sunday 7-11 a.m. Featuring a breakfast buffet or special order from the regular menu. Enjoy our delicious 3 Course Dinner for $25 served every Friday and Saturday, 4-9 p.m. with the choice of appetizer, entree and dessert.
WEST OCEAN CITY ■ THE DOUGH ROLLER West Ocean City, 12849 Ocean Gateway 410213-7655 Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. See description under downtown location. ■ SHRIMP BOAT 9724 Stephen Decatur Hwy., West Ocean City 410-213-0448 $-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Beer & wine Orange Crush, frozen cocktails, steamed crabs and shrimp, full menu, appetizers, fresh seafood and more, Open Wednesday through Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dine-in - inside and outside, carryout and delivery.
OCEAN PINES ■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB 11019 Manklin Meadows Lane, Ocean Pines 410-208-1212, www.johnnyspizzapub.com $ | Open everyday, noon to 8 p.m. for dining, pickup, carryout and delivery. Pizza and wings. ■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB 1 Mumford Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410641-7222, www.OPyachtclub.com $$-$$$ | Full bar The Ocean Pines Yacht Club offers casual coastal cuisine for lunch and dinner in a beautiful bayfront setting. Fresh seafood, signature drinks, live music and more. Open Thursday through Sunday at 11 a.m. ■ CLUBHOUSE BAR AND GRILLE 100 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean Pines 410-6417222, oceanpinesgolf.org/dining $$ | Full bar With sweeping views of the 18th hole, the new Clubhouse Bar and Grille serves freshly prepared breakfast and lunch items. Full bar. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, weather permitting.
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Spend more time in water to improve surfing technique By Dave Dalkiewicz Contributing Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Note: The following is not meant to be offensive in any way. Me: Bless me father for I have sinned. It’s been a year and a half since my last confession. These are my sins: My surfing has been terrible. There are other sins as well, but they do not pertain to this article. Priest: Why has it been so long since your last confession? Me: The covid-19 virus has gotten in the way. Priest: That’s a valid reason. Firstly, my son, terrible surfing is not a sin, but I do have some advice to hopefully help with your problem. Me: Thank you father. I’m paying strict attention. Priest: My advice for you would be to spend more time in the water. Me: Thank you father. I now feel so much better. Most sports/teams have coaches and advisors on most any level from pee wee baseball on up to the highest professional levels. I’m sure that Mike Trout, LeBron James and Tom Brady all have their off days and slumps, but there are coaches and exercises and various apparatus to help with weak points or problems in their performance. So too with surfing, at least on the higher levels, where it can, ostensibly, be afforded. Surfing has its uniqueness, though, in that the actual “playing field” is subject to constant change.
It is also very individualistic, not at all team oriented. Granted, one could hire a coach or advisor or attend a camp of some sort, but a surfer with years of experience might get to thinking that they are certainly familiar with the basics and nuances of the sport/activity and simply need a bit more time and effort to get back to at least an enjoyable level. Thus, the notion of more water time, more time spent in the water. I’m sure there are certain exercises and therapies one could apply to help in the endeavor, but it’s been said that the only thing to do to help one’s surfing is to go surfing and I believe that there’s a lot of truth to that. So there it is, more time spent in the water. It’s like most anything else. The more it’s done the more familiar one becomes and the less that it’s done the harder it is to get back to a level of any kind. It’s simple, really, and yet so difficult and frustrating. One step at a time as one friend has suggested and also good advice I might add. Spend more time in the water, once again, rather simple, whatever it takes to accomplish the task. Heck, a shower is probably needed anyway! Just the joy of being in the water should be enough. Me: Bless me father for I have sinned. Priest: Once again it is not a sin, though your penance, my son, is to spend more time in the water. – Dave Dalkiewicz is the owner of Ocean Atlantic Surf Shop in Ocean City.
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Worcester Prep freshman Madilyn Nechay, right, controls the ball for her team during last Friday’s game against Saints Peter and Paul in Berlin.
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Austin Bren was the winner of the Junior Men’s U 18, Junior Men’s Longboard U18, Open Longboard and Open Shortboard competitions during the Eastern Surfing Association Delmarva District’s fifth contest of the season, held on Sept. 5. For the full list of winners and more information about the association, visit https://delmarva.surfesa.org/results.
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REAL ESTATE REPORT
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Lenders seek verification of cash deposits in accounts
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By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) Cash may be king in a sellers’ market, but buyers need to understand that the same is not true with financial institutions. So, if you don’t have all of the cash funds readily available already in a banking institution and need to get a mortgage, buyers should have a strong understanding of how lenders treat deposits. You can get cash from anywhere and deposit it into your account. But, when purchasing a home, you will have to prove that you received the cash through legal sources and that it is in fact your income versus a loan. Accordingly, the lenders will verify any money you have on hand (in addition to your income). In addition, if you have any cash deposits that are actually loans, these get added to your debt-to-income ratio (your income compared to your expenses ratio). Down-payment gifts are allowed by most lenders — you may just have to prove that it is a gift and not a debt
that you would need to repay. It can be difficult to prove where cash deposits came from, but some ways include a gift letter signed by all parties, including the donor and receiver. Fortunately, lenders only review the last 60 days of transactions in your account, so deposits prior to that time do not usually need to be accounted for. Deposits of $10,000 or more will have to be reported to the IRS whenever they take place. If the source of a cash deposit will be difficult to prove, you may be better off not depositing the money. And, if you are unsure of the situation with the money you are hoping to deposit, check with your lender before putting it into your account. Although utilizing cash deposits when buying a home is not forbidden, they may present some challenges so it’s essential to understand the importance of always having documentation of the source of the funds when using cash. Lauren Bunting is a licensed Associate Broker with Atlantic Shores Sotheby’s International Realty in Ocean City.
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Joins TidalHealth Anastasiya Deem, a certified registered nurse practitioner, has joined TidalHealth as a care provider at the TidalHealth Primary Care office in Ocean Pines, where she is accepting new patients. Deem received her Doctor of Nursing PracAnastasiya Deem tice, Family Nurse Practitioner Certification from Salisbury University. During her time there, she also gained leadership experience during a DNP project, “Nurse-Led Advance Care Planning in Primary Care.” This project was to implement evidence-based, nurse-led advance care planning discussions with patients living with chronic conditions in a primary care setting. She is also the leader of the “Communication-Education about Advance Directives” strategic planning subcommittee at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. Deem previously worked at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional as a registered nurse starting in 2010, and joined Patient Care Management as a care coordinator in 2014. She later became an accredited case manager
in 2016, thus is very familiar with outpatient resources in this area. She is board certified in family medicine by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. To request Deem as a primary care provider, call 410-912-6104. Carolyn Macuha, a certified registered nurse practitioner, has joined TidalHealth as a care provider at the TidalHealth Primary Care office in Berlin, where she is accepting new patients. Macuha graduated with honors and received her Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certification from Regis Carolyn Macuha College in Weston, Massachusetts in May 2020. She completed her Master of Arts in Nursing Administration at the University of Makati in 2013 and graduated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Cum Laude) at Far Eastern University in 2010. She is passionate about providing holistic care with a focus on good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. She is board certified in family medicine by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Macuha was born in the Philippines, where she worked as a Neurology ICU nurse. In 2005, she received a National Award from the Republic of the Philippines, and earned a Chief Girl Scout Medal when she led and coordinated a community project on health and sanitation. Macuha and her family moved to the Eastern Shore four years ago. To request Macuha as a primary care provider, call 410-641-3794.
Welcome Wor-Wic Community College recently welcomed Jaime Wilson of Berlin as adult education instructional coordinator. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury University. Wilson began teaching in 2000, Jaime Wilson and previously worked for Wor-Wic as a developmental math instructor for four years.
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Zumbathon event to benefit Believe in Tomorrow, Relay (Oct. 16, 2020) The inaugural “Move to Give So Others Can Live!” Zumbathon charity event is slated for Oct. 16-17 and Nov. 1, in Ocean Pines. Every year ZUMBA designates October as “Party in Pink” Month to celebrate life by giving hope to breast cancer patients and survivors. This year due to covid-19, ZUMBA for the Cure is including other cancers as well. ZUMBA instructors will host three energy-packed events at the Ocean Pines Community Center. Participants for these “parties” do not have to be ZUMBA students or dancers. All that is necessary is a desire to move and groove to the music. Proceeds from these events will go to Relay for Life of Northern Worcester County and Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House by the Sea in Ocean City. Each day will have two 45-minute sessions, with a half-hour break in between. The Friday, Oct. 16 event will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Saturday event is from 2-4 p.m. The Sunday, Nov. 1 Zumbathon will run from 10-12 a.m. The cost is $10 per session in advance ($15 at the door), $15 for both sessions on one day, or $40 for all six sessions. Everyone is encouraged to wear pink. Sessions will take place inside and outside, with instructors including Sherry Stephens, Kathy Redden, Charlotte Moore, Joyce Landsman, Carla Ennals and Angie Barton. There will be door prizes, a raffle and refreshments. Since the number of allowed participants is limited, those interested are encouraged to sign up in advance. Call or text 410-726-2604 or email zumbajoyceoc@gmail.com.
OC Art League closes building (Oct. 16, 2020) The Art League of Ocean City has been notified that an individual who was last in the building on Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3, has tested positive for covid19. Out of an abundance of caution, the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94 Street will be closed through Friday Oct. 16, while the building is cleaned and for staff testing results to come in. Online classes and events will continue as scheduled. All in-person classes will be cancelled through Friday, Oct. 16. For updates and additional information, visit www.artleagueofoceancity.org.
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Scholarship McDaniel College has awarded student Andrew Mathews of Berlin, an Educator’s Legacy Scholarship valued at up to $100,000. Mathews is a graduate of Stephen Decatur High School. Children with a parent or guardian who has at least four years of current and consecutive full-time employment at a K-12 school or community college can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College. Any service qualifies, such as teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses or support staff, etc. There is no limit to the number of Educator’s Legacy Scholarships awarded by McDaniel. The $25,000 annual scholarship (or $20,000 per year for commuter students) is renewable each year to students who maintain continuous enrollment and satisfactory academic progress.
Fundraiser The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City will host a fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., when Charity Dudley of Mobile Hair Services will provide haircuts outside at 98 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines. All proceeds will benefit the Kiwanis Club. The cost is $15 per person
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WORLD WAR II over 12 and $7.50 for children under 12. Masks are mandatory. Call Mobile Hair Services at 410533-3788 to schedule an appointment. Only checks made out to the Kiwanis Club of Ocean Pines will be accepted.
Assistance Worcester County GOLD, Inc. (Giving Other Lives Dignity), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides emergency assistance for Worcester County residents, is accepting requests for financial assistance. All requests for assistance come from GOLD’s community partners in the Worcester County offices of; Department of Social Services, Board of Education, Health Department, and Maryland Access Point. For those who do not have a current caseworker with one of these agencies, contact 410-600-5783 for children in the home; 410-632-9915 for no children in the home. Ask for Intake Services.
New student Buffalo State recently announced that Jaclyn Gallagher of Berlin, has joined its college community as a first-year, full-time student. Gallagher is part of a freshman class of more than 1,600 students in upstate New York.
Roosevelt weighs third term versus retirement in ’40 By Joseph E. Moore, Esq. Contributing Writer (Oct. 16, 2020) This week, 80 years ago, the 1940 presidential campaign was in the “home stretch.” Franklin Roosevelt, in 1940, had served the traditional two terms which every President, since George Washington set the tradition, in 1797, had honored. Beginning with his landslide victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932, he had led the country through the worst depression in its history. Now, however, even though the Depression was easing somewhat, (unemployment was still more than 17 percent), the world was in turmoil. The tyranny of Nazi Germany was predominant throughout Europe, and Imperial Japan was dominating the Asian-Pacific region. England, in early spring, was hoping to avoid the fall of France. If not, it would be in danger of standing alone against total European domination by Adolf Hitler. Roosevelt, however had two problems. Even the majority of Democrats, at first, opposed a third term and the fear of involvement in the European war was prevalent. Therefore, being the masterful politician that he was, FDR stayed silent. There was even a political cartoon that See WORLD Page 46
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WORLD WAR II Continued from Page 45 depicted Roosevelt as the Sphinx, with a cigarette poised jauntily in his mouth, with the smoke rising to form a question mark. Still, he held his counsel. One of the strong indicators of his real intention was the simple fact that he was not grooming a successor. While several old “New Dealers” were still advisors to the President, some of them, indeed, had ambitions to be the anointed one. Roosevelt’s closest and most astute advisor, Louis Howe, had died in 1936, and Postmaster-General James Farley and Vice-President John Nance Garner (“Cactus Jack”), opposed the third term possibility and both were covetous of the nomination. Other “New Dealers” who were interested were Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Attorney General Robert Jackson and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace. Harry Hopkins, now the closest man to FDR, was suffering an increasingly debilitating illness, which disqualified him, although he would remain one of the most important advisors and counselors to FDR all through World War II. It should be noted that, in the early and mid-20th Century, presidential campaigns bore little or no resemblance to the marathon campaigns of today. Conventions happened in early summer, which chose the candidates, as state primaries were held in the Democrat delegate selection only from March 12 to June 27, 1940. The Republicans held theirs from March 17 to May 17. Only a few of the Republican candidates entered the primaries, including Thomas E. Dewey, the “Boy Wonder” Governor of New York, and Senators Robert A. Taft, (“Mr. Republican”), and Arthur Vandenburg. Delegates were elected, but the actual party candidate was chosen at the respective conventions. Those who were committed to a candidate (most were not) were so committed only upon the first ballot. Any early or earnest campaigning was thought unseemly and unacceptable. In the meantime, however, international events intervened. On May 10, 1940, what had been labeled the “Phony War” in Western Europe ended, with a new and frightening warfare called “Blitzkrieg” (Lightning War) overrunning Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and encroaching into the north of France. Britain sent the British Expeditionary Force to the Continent and the war was now raging. Thus, the stage was set for the conventions in one of the most significant elections in history. On June 24, in Philadelphia, the Republican Convention got under way. Leading up to that day, the potential candidates arrived in Philadelphia, most by train. One arrived at the 30th Street Station literally penniless, as Wendell Willkie had left his wallet behind in New York and only the generosity of the newspaper correspondents allowed him to purchase his ticket. Willkie, however, was no pauper. Although raised poor in Indiana, he was a lawyer by profession, and had ascended to the presidency of a significant utility com-
pany, Commonwealth and Southern Corporation. He was a longtime Democrat but he had split with FDR over the construction of the dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority, which brought cheap electricity to numerous families throughout the region. He had switched parties and gained national prominence in opposing that creation, as being an unfair intrusion of the government into the business of privately owned utilities. That was the breaking point and he now sought the nomination against much better-known Republicans. He prevailed, however, being nominated on the sixth ballot over Sen. Taft, after a remarkable “We Want Willkie” movement erupted. But, where was the President? With the Republican convention in the books, all eyes turned to Chicago. Still, with only five days to go before the convention convened there was no word from the White House. History now reports that since the untoward events in Europe, FDR wanted the nomination very badly, except, aware of the shattering of tradition, he wanted to be drafted, not seen as an active candidate for the nomination. So, on the very eve of the convention after sending Harry Hopkins to Chicago to work his wonders, the president went cruising on the presidential yacht (while on the yacht, Sam Rosenman, his speech writer, polished up his acceptance speech!). Therefore, when in Chicago, Hopkins let it be known that the president would accept a convention draft, the delegates erupted in the old chant, “We want Roosevelt!” and the deal was done. The convention was not without controversy, however, as Roosevelt decided to dump “Cactus Jack,” and to engineer the nomination of Henry Wallace, an unpopular figure due to his liberalism and, somewhat cult-viewing ideas. Many political operatives did not know Wallace and other rejected candidates such as Postmaster-General Farley were grumbling. Roosevelt risked an outright revolt, so he sent Eleanor to the convention floor to give a speech and rally the faithful with at least a live Roosevelt present. When the roll call for the vice-presidential nomination began, the outcome was not certain. Roosevelt listened carefully by radio at the White House, and the mood was tense. Roosevelt instructed Rosenman to draft a speech where, if his choice were rejected, he, also, would decline the nomination! One must pause to consider whether this was done in a fit of pique, or just as an egotistic statement of having it totally his way. Wallace was opposed by Speaker of the House William Bankhead, a seasoned and well-known politician. As the voting progressed, Roosevelt’s White House Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Edwin (“Pa”) Watson was near tears as he recognized the risk in losing the Wallace bid. In the end Wallace prevailed, but only by a majority of 77 votes out of 1,100. Back in Washington, Roosevelt prepared to give his acceptance speech, the first for a third-term candidate in history. It was a barn burner, and he emphasized that even though, “I yearn to go back to Hyde
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Park,” as Commander-in-Chief, he could not shirk his duty at this time of portending crisis. Further, by knowing Willkie’s pro-British sentiment, he was free to advocate aid to that besieged ally, recognizing that Britain’s struggle was, indeed, that of the U.S. “We face one of the great choices of history. It is the continuance of civilization as we know it versus the ultimate destruction of all that we hold dear-religion against Godlessness; the ideal of justice against the practice of force; moral decency versus the firing squad; courage to speak out and to act versus the false lullaby of appeasement.” Cheers echoed through the Convention Hall. Then, it was over. The gauntlet was thrown down. Roosevelt announced that he would not campaign, but he faced two hurdles. He wanted to reinstate the draft, and he wanted to respond to Winston Churchill’s desperate plea for 50 destroyers to bolster the Royal Navy. In those matters, which became critical to both Britain’s survival and America’s readiness for World War II, history smiled — as Willkie opposed neither. He chose not to make those issues campaign issues which would have divided the electorate, and Congress. During the summer, the destroyer deal had morphed into a “Ships for Caribbean Bases” deal, which gave America the appearance of not engaging in a giveaway, but Roosevelt needed Willkie’s help. He enlisted William Allen White, the influential editor of the Emporia Kansas Gazette who became the intermediary and again Willkie responded to the challenge, and the deal eventually passed Congress. As the election campaign was heated up, hundreds of “Willkie for President “clubs rose throughout the country. His Midwestern style of a “good ol’ boy” was a marked contrast to the president and appealed to many, perhaps weary of the patrician nature of the chief executive. A vigorous campaigner, Willkie spoke of the need to create jobs, using private business investments, while carefully avoiding criticism of popular New Deal reforms. Roosevelt, however, was well aware that Willkie supported aid to the Allies, as the war increased in intensity in western Europe, and this allowed the President to avoid the strident accusation of the “America First” organization claim, best echoed by Sen. Burton K. Wheeler that, if elected, Roosevelt would, “plow under
every fourth American boy.” Nevertheless, the campaigns wore on through the summer with Willkie tirelessly campaigning on the “Willkie Special” train, while the president kept the aura of Commander-in-Chief foremost in the country’s view. Willkie revived Republican strength in the Midwest through his energetic campaign and was not a pushover. He relentlessly criticized “New Deal” incompetence and railed against the break in the two-term tradition. As the polls came in, he also began to accuse FDR of “secretly” taking America into war. Many Americans, however, still stung by the Great Depression, blamed Big Business for their misfortunes, and Willkie was a product of Wall Street, notwithstanding his Midwest roots. It was an image he could not shake, and it cost him significantly, not to mention FDR’s tremendous popularity. Near the end of the campaign, he had “speeched” himself hoarse leaving two iconic images of him. In one, he is motoring, a bit disheveled, in an open car through his hometown of Elmhurst, Indiana, on Election Day. In the other he recorded a speech where he, frog-voiced and weary, implored voters to get out the vote. Election day, November 5, 1940, saw yet again, a Roosevelt victory. With a voter turnout of 62.5 percent, FDR got 54.7 percent of the vote to Willkie’s 44 percent, with 449 electoral votes from 38 States,to Willkie’s 82 Electoral votes from 10 States. Footnote; Willkie became an important ally of the president in aiding in the War effort as an emissary to Great Britain among other matters. He died October 8, 1944 For further reading: Five Days in Philadelphia; the Convention of 1940; Charles Peters Together We Cannot Fail; FDR and the American Presidency; Terry Go/way No Ordinary Time; Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in World War II; Doris Kearns Goodwin The Borrowed Years; 1938-1941 America On The Way To War; Richard Ketchum Next week: Hitler’s Visit With Franco - Worse Than A Visit To The Dentist! Mr. Moore writes from Ocean City, Maryland, where he is a partner in the law firm of Williams, Moore, Shockley and Harrison, LLC. He can be contacted at: jmoore@whmsh.com
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Over 1.1 million ballots mailed to voters for election (Oct. 16, 2020) The Maryland State Board of Elections (Board) announced this week that it has shipped more than 1.1 million ballot packets to voters for the 2020 presidential general election. To expedite delivery to voters, ballot packets are being shipped to Maryland and then entered directly into the local mail stream as firstclass mail. Ballots will continue to be sent to voters via the Postal Service as ballot applications are received and processed. There is still time for eligible voters to request a mail-in ballot. Applications for mail-in ballots were mailed to eligible voters in August and September. Applications must be received by local boards of elections by Oct. 20. Voters are encouraged to leave five business days for their application to reach their local board of elections. Voters may also request a mail-in ballot via the Board’s online system by visiting elections.maryland.gov and clicking “Request a Mail-In Ballot.” The board voted to update the contingency plan for the electronic pollbooks. This change was necessary to reflect the use of election day vote centers, instead of neighborhood polling places. On election day, the local boards of elections must provide another way to check in voters in case the electronic pollbooks fail to work as expected. The back-up options are either a laptop with the list of eligible voters in that jurisdiction or a printed list of eligible voters. A similar contingency plan is in place for early voting. Voters can drop off voted ballots at ballot drop boxes or vote centers. Before returning a voted ballot, voters must place the ballot in the envelope that accompanied it and sign and seal the envelope. A list of 2020 voting center locations can be found by visiting elections.maryland.gov and clicking “Voter Centers.” S u p p o rt Yo u r Lo c a l Re s t a u ra n t s !
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Domestic Police arrested Page H. Adams, 43, of Ocean City, after she allegedly hit her husband on Sunday. According to a police report, police went uptown and met with Adams’ husband, who told police that he and his wife had argued because she had kissed another man. He told police that earlier that day, he and his wife went to a bar, where he saw the man she had kissed, prompting the couple to leave. At their home, the argument escalated into a physical altercation and he allegedly slapped his wife in the face after she had repeatedly kicked his leg and stomach. Police reported seeing a small cut on his jaw and slight swelling in his face. Adams allegedly exhibited signs of intoxication, and told police that although she typically instigated fights that had been the first time her husband had struck her. She changed her story multiple times about whether or not she had hit her husband, police reported. Police arrested Adams and charged her with second-degree assault.
Repeat Police arrested 24-year-old Nyrien G. Fenwick, of Washington D.C., twice last week, after he allegedly ran two stop signs in one day. Early last Thursday, police on patrol near South First Street reported seeing a vehicle run a stop sign and conducted a traffic stop. Upon contact with the driver, Fenwick, police reported smelling cannabis coming from his vehicle. Another officer was on site to assist. Fenwick and his passenger were ordered out of the vehicle, and police reported frisking Fenwick, while another officer searched the vehicle. An officer reported finding a springassisted knife in Fenwick’s pocket and arrested him for possessing the weapon and issued him a traffic citation. Later that afternoon, police stopped Fenwick again for running another stop sign. He was arrested and charged with two counts of failure to yield at an intersection, and single counts for negligent driving and displaying an expired registration plate.
Double arrest Timothy J. Harper, 43, and Ashley N. Garrett, 22, of Newark, Delaware, were arrested last Saturday after the two allegedly assaulted each other. Police reported going to a downtown hotel early that morning after an occupant called about a fight occurring at another unit. On site, police reported hearing yelling before Garrett opened the door.
After separating the two, police reported that Harper immediately claimed Garrett had hit him, although he did not want to seek charges against her. Police reported that Harper’s right eye was red with bruising around it. He told police that they had argued because Garrett had wanted to look at his phone, which led to him grabbing Garrett’s phone and throwing onto the street. After he threw her phone, Garrett allegedly punched him in the face and he denied striking her back, police reported. Garrett was less inclined to speak to police, although she did say that Harper “wrestled” around with her, according to police. Police arrested Garrett for domestic assault, but during a search police reported that Garrett had several injuries, such as scratches and bruising. Police arrested Harper, as well, and charged the two with second-degree assault, adding a malicious destruction of property charge for Harper.
Assault Police arrested Christopher Mcguirk, 26, of South Glens Falls, New York, after he allegedly assaulted two people last Saturday. Police reported going to a 16th Street hotel that evening and meeting three people in the lobby, one of whom had a visible injury on his chest. One of the witnesses told police that he, Mcguirk and a woman were sharing a hotel room. He told police he saw Mcguirk throw the woman’s phone off the balcony of their hotel unit, which prompted him to confront Mcguirk. He said Mcguirk left the hotel room and so the alleged victim attempted to prevent him from coming back in, but Mcguirk grabbed him by the shirt and chest prompting a fight. The woman, who was in a relationship with Mcguirk, told police that after confronting him about cheating on her, he slapped her head, took body wash and sprayed it on her head and into her mouth, before smashing her belongings, police reported. Police found Mcguirk outside of the hotel running away from staff and detained him nearby. He told police the other male had struck him first and that he needed to get back to his car because his service dog was in the vehicle. Police charged him with two counts of second-degree assault, and one count of malicious destruction of property.
Fight Police arrested James P. Piotrowski, 26, of Baltimore, after his alleged involvement in a fight last Saturday. Early that morning, police reported seeing a fight take place at a downtown gas station parking lot.
Police reported seeing seven men fighting, one of whom took a shovel and shattered a car windshield. The window breaker fled, with several of the men in pursuit, but when police arrived on site, they found Piotrowski kicking someone on the ground. Piotrowski attempted to flee, but police caught him, although he allegedly pushed an officer in the process. Police arrested and charged him with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of resisting arrest.
Police pursuit in Pocomoke leads to 17-hour ordeal (Oct. 16, 2020 A Worcester County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for traffic violations on Oct. 10, and a short pursuit followed, ending in Pocomoke City. The suspect then fled into a residence and the deputy, assisted by members of the Pocomoke Police Department, attempted to place the suspect under arrest. Erle Tatterson The suspect, Erle Curtis Tatterson of Pocomoke, produced a firearm and pointed it at law enforcement. Law enforcement then took cover and the suspect exited the residence and fired his weapon one time, but hit nothing. The suspect then entered the residence and began a 17-hour standoff. Deputies were assisted by the Pocomoke Police Department, Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police, Snow Hill Police Department, Ocean City Police Department, Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office, Worcester County Department of Emergency Services, Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, Princess Anne Police Department and the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. Negotiators were able to establish contact with Tatterson, who eventually surrendered peacefully. Tatterson was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital for an evaluation. Members of the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation assisted with a search and seizure warrant of the residence. Continued investigation of the incident resulted in a warrant being issued charging Tatterson with two counts of first degree assault. Tatterson was taken into custody on Oct. 13, without incident and taken before a District Court Commissioner, who ordered him held without bond. Tatterson is currently being held at the Worcester County Jail.
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HOROSCOPE ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 This week you may feel more rooted in the past than the present, Aries. Feeling nostalgic for old times, including the people and places of your past, is healthy.
TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 People move in and out of your social circle. It’s a natural transition that everyone experiences. Embrace opportunities to meet new and interesting people.
GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, if you take a trip down memory lane at some point, don’t be surprised if family members dominate your thoughts. Think about rekindling a lost relationship.
CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you may run into an old flame over the course of the week. In preparation, be sure to leave the house looking your best. This will help boost your confidence.
LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 You may feel that life has gotten a tad dull, Leo. It is time to do something about that. Try a new restaurant. Engage in a new hobby. Connect with new friends.
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Spirituality and religion may be on your mind, Virgo. You may want to figure out how to embrace your values and beliefs, as they can improve your life.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Waking up feeling optimistic and energized is a great thing, Libra. On top of it you may be surprised to find that someone has a crush on you. Go out if you’re single.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, if restlessness sneaks up on you, look for new opportunities to add a bit of excitement. It could be taking an online course in a subject that interests you or a vacation.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Something you read in a book may prove to be an “ah ha” moment for you, Sagittarius. You may have a new perspective on life and be excited to make changes.
CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you may be feeling that someone close to you is ill or not himself or herself. These intuitions will not cease until you check out the situation for yourself.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, a desire to learn new things may be very strong for you right now. It is never too late to return to school and finish a degree or to begin pursuit of a new one.
PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, don’t take love too personally this week, especially if your romantic partner has been playing it cool. Things will come around.
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OBITUARIES WARREN H. MUMFORD Selbyville Warren H. Mumford, age 99, of Selbyville, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, at home. He was born on May 20, 1921 in Bishopville, and was the son of the late Curtis and Eva Kate (Hearn) Mumford. He was a 1938 Warren Mumford graduate of Buckingham High School and then joined his brothers, Charles, Isaiah, William and Dale at Mumford Sheet Metal Works that Charles started in 1933. He served in World War II in the Army and went from Italy to Germany in the Timber Wolf Regiment of the 78th Lightning Division. He was discharged on June 6, 1946 and married, Agnes Long on Dec. 28, 1946. He was a charter member of the Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department, lifetime member of the Mason Dixon V.F.W. Post 7234 in Ocean View, member of the Lions Club (44 years perfect attendance) and received the Melvin Jones International Presidents Certificate of Appreciation in 1982. He was a member and former trustee of Salem United Methodist Church. He was a board of director of the former Bishopville Bank and Maryland State Bank. Warren and Charles built the first world’s largest frying pan for the third annual Delmarva Poultry Industry Chicken Festival in 1950. In 1988, Warren and his son, Stuart, built the second world’s largest frying pan for D.P.I. He also received the D.P.I. Medal of Achievement Award in 2002. On Aug. 6, 1997, a fire destroyed the plant and the three remaining brothers, Warren, Dale and Isaiah decided to retire and turn the business over to their children. They continued to go every day to the business. He loved to play golf, fish, relax on the beach and gardening. He is survived by two sons, Jeffrey W. Mumford and wife, Paula, of Selbyville, and Stuart W. Mumford and wife, Donna, of Bishopville; four grandchildren, J. Scott Mumford (Elise), Wendy E. Bartlett (Tim), Walter W. Mumford (Aimee) and William S. Mumford (Kelly); seven greatgrandchildren, Jacob Wuwert, Jessi Kate Bartlett, Anna Mumford, Macie Mumford, Parker Mumford, Lila Mumford and Alex Mumford; and numerous, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Agnes Mumford, in 2014; brothers, Charles, William, Isaiah, Dale and Ollie Mumford; and sisters, Bert Cullen and Mary Davis. The family would like to give special thanks to his neighbor, Susan Bunting, and his caregivers, Sharen Andersen, Doria Cortez, Darryl Shilles, Norma
Gibbs, Cindy Riordan and Dave Hastings. “What a wonderful man who left behind a legacy.” A kind, gentle, hardworking man, love and respected by many. A graveside service was held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Bishopville Cemetery, with Pastor David Hudson officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to: Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 350, Bishopville, Maryland 21813 or Home of the Brave Foundation, 6632 Sharps Road, Milford, Delaware 19963. Condolences may be sent by visiting www.bishophastingsfh.com. DOROTHY MATILDA PRUITT HUDSON Berlin Dorothy Matilda Pruitt Hudson, age 93, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at her home. Born in Friendship, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy Pruitt. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Hudson, Dorothy Hudson Sr., in 1995. She is survived by her son, Willis W. Hudson, Jr., and his wife, Durene, of Berlin. She was an adored grandmother to Carrie (Rick), and great-grandchil-
dren, Andy and Olive. Also surviving is a sister, Geraldine Mitchell of Berlin, and a brother, Dale Pruitt. There are numerous nieces and nephews. Also preceding her in death were brothers, Jack Pruitt and Howard Pruitt, and sisters, Mabel Rhodes, Doris Donoway, and June Livingston. Mrs. Hudson was a graduate of Buckingham High School, and had worked as a secretary for Berlin Milling until retiring. An active member of Friendship United Methodist Church, she was a member of the choir, and a Sunday school teacher. Community minded, she was a past member and treasurer of the Junior Board Auxiliary at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, past board member and secretary of E. Bowen and Frances Hyde Quillen Foundation, and a board member of Hudson Health Service. Most important to her though, was her family whom she loved most dearly. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother and will be greatly missed. The family would like to send out a special thanks to her caregiver, Doris Louis. A funeral service was held on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at Friendship United Methodist Church. Pastor Pam Ward officiated. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery.
A donation in her memory may be made to: Friendship United Methodist Church, Music Dept., C/o Lou Taylor, 12329, Vivian St. Bishopville, Maryland 21813. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. CAROL LEE PATSCHORKE Ocean Pines Carol Lee (Ashley) Patschorke, age 76, of Ocean Pines, Maryland, (formerly of Baltimore) passed away Oct. 1, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her beloved husband of 57 years, Fritz Richard Patschorke; daughters, Linda Geiwitz and husband, Warren, and Mary Lee Sewell and husband, Kevin; sons, Michael Patschorke and wife, Jody, and Thomas Patschorke and wife, Michelle; seven grandchildren, Emma, Brandon, Erin, Timmy, Trevor, Ryan and Abby; brother, Robert L. Ashley; sister, Barbara Bowerman; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Lawrence and Rita (Uzmed) Ashley. Carol loved spending time with her grandchildren, enjoyed the beach, playing cards and mahjong with her girlfriends and creating stained glass. She was a kind, loving person who will Continued on Page 50
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OBITUARIES Continued from Page 49 be greatly missed by all those whose lives she touched. Memorial service (also available virtually) will be held at The Community Church at Ocean Pines in Berlin, Maryland on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733 Salisbury, Maryland 21804. Arrangements with Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin, Maryland. Condolences may be shared with her family via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com. WILLIAM L. FUHRER Selbyville William L. “Bill” Fuhrer, 88, of Selbyville, Delaware, and formerly of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin, Maryland. He was born on July 5, 1932 in Grove William Fuhrer City, Pennsylvania, and was the son of the late Stanley and Anna (Orr) Fuhrer. Bill was raised in Dalmatia, Pennsylvania. He worked in farm fields from a young age, including the former East Malta Farms Dairy. He graduated from the former Mahanoy Joint High School in 1950 and was valedictorian of his class. He played multiple sports including baseball, basketball, soccer and football. He then attended The Pennsylvania State University. During his senior year, his father, Stanley, passed away and he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (1953-1956). He was assigned to Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. While on active duty in the Marine Corps, Sgt. Fuhrer was one of two Marines credited with the creation of a revamped supply ordering process. He also served a portion of his tour as an instructor at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Bill worked 27 years (1957-1992) for the former Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Upon the Bell System breakup in 1984, he continued with AT&T for eight more years, giving him 35 total years of service. While at the telephone company, he left his mark on many projects he was asked to manage and handle. Highlights of his career include working on the first mobile telephone sales team in 1957, being part of a team of three based in New York City that wrote and implemented a management sales training course for the Bell System in 1967, and his creativity and leadership as head of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Communications Account with Bell and AT&T. Bill was a 57-year member of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Cumberland. He was highly active in church life, including serving as
president of Church Council and volunteering as an usher/head usher for 40-plus years. He also served for many years on BSA Troop 82’s committee. Himself a Life Scout, he enjoyed spending time at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation during spring and fall camporees and summer camp, especially since he would wear his Marine Corps campaign hat and carry his swagger stick proudly. Bill served New Cumberland, Pennsylvania and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in several county republican committee roles including committeeman, chairman of the Rules Committee and for 35 years, and judge of Elections for the 2nd Ward/3rd Precinct in New Cumberland. He was dedicated to community service, being a 40-year member of the Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg and a 60-year member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Harrisburg, A.A.S.R. He also belonged to the Harrisburg Masonic Lodge #629 and Zembo Shrine, and he was a lifetime member of The American Legion. Bill was a loving husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and great grandfather. His sense of humor was legendary. He was trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent as well as extremely wise, respectful, patient, generous and considerate. He was a man you could count on. His word meant everything. He loved baseball and football and was an avid, lifelong New York Yankees and Penn State Football fan. He enjoyed Philadelphia Phillies baseball with his son, Bill, and became a fan of that team as well. Of all the places he traveled, whether it be on business or with his wife, his favorite destination was Ocean City, Maryland. This is where he, Wanda, and Bill began vacationing and building relationships in the late 1960s. He loved his wife, Wanda, with all his heart and soul, and missed her terribly after her passing. He often told a story of early in his career at Bell when he was told to report to Miss Wolf regarding paperwork he wasn’t filling out properly… he got a huge smile on his face when he would say that he’s been reporting to Miss Wolf ever since. He loved his son, Bill, at times to exhaustion. They shared a dynamic camaraderie. He was a father, friend and confidant, and was still sharing wisdom with him until the end. Later in life, he was thrilled when his family expanded, including his son Bill’s wife, Shera; daughter, Heather; and son, Kingston. He loved Shera and Heather deeply, and Kingston was the apple of his eye. Surviving Bill is his son, William B. Fuhrer (wife, Shera L.) of Selbyville, Delaware; a granddaughter, Heather L. Lorusso; a great-grandson, Kingston Lee Lorusso; and a sister, Audrey J. Brosius.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Wanda A. (Wolf) Fuhrer; sisters, Arlene A. Fuhrer and Barbara M. Lupold; and his brother, Robert S. Fuhrer. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Cumberland, with Pastor Jennifer Richards officiating. Interment followed in Churchville Cemetery, Oberlin. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Bill’s name to his church, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 530 Bridge Street, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania 17070. EDITH ANN BRENNAN Ocean Pines Edith Ann (Edie) Brennan of Ocean Pines, died on Oct. 12, 2020. Edie was a star in the field of real estate and a star of the local stage. Her real estate career spanned more than 40 years. She was the first woman “on the line,” working for Boise Cascade selling lots in Ocean Pines in the early to mid-70’s. She and one other Realtor sold almost all of the units at the Capri con-
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OBITUARIES Continued from Page 50 dominium in Ocean City right after it was built. She received many accolades over the years including Realtor of the Year in 1985, the Coastal Realtors Lifetime Achievement award in 2015 and the National Realtor EmerEdith Brennan itus award in 2018. Edie loved getting to know her clients and she took pride in delivering professional service. She was most recently an associate broker with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services/PenFed Realty. She entertained audiences with the Ocean Pines Players as a lead actor and she worked behind the scenes as a director. She was involved with more than 50 productions. She loved musicals and singing. She was also a past president of the community theater group. Her favorite role was that of Gypsy Rose Lee. Edie is survived by her husband, James Bentley (Jim) Adcock; a daughter, Amy Brennan and son-in-law, Ron Ohringer; and two grandsons, Casey and Derek Ohringer. Edie was very close with her nieces, Marilyn Wellington (Mark), Amber Burgess (Randy) and Katrina McDonald, and all of their children. Edie was also a step-mom to Jim’s children, Jason Adcock and Jessica Dziemburski (Bob), and grandmother to their children, Makenna and Kara Dziemburski. Edie was preceded in death by her mother and father, Marilyn Miller DeHoff and Albert Bixler DeHoff, and her sister, Kristy McDonald. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care in gratitude for their love and good care of Edie (http://www.coastalhospice.org).
A celebration of life for Edie will be held in the future. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com. LOUIS S. PARSONS, III Ocean City Louis S. Parsons, lll, age 62, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, of pancreatic cancer. A native of Ocean City, he was the son of the late Capt. Louis S. Parsons, Jr. and Laura Hudson Parsons. He is survived by his beloved sister, Laura Suzanne Parsons Berry Louis Parsons III and her husband, Charles, of Sabillasville, Maryland. Louis was a 1976 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School, and later earned his bachelor’s degree from Towson University. He was member of the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, past member of Dunes Club of Maryland, the Nabb Research Center at Salisbury University, and a member of Atlantic United Methodist Church. He enjoyed photography, gardening and traveling, taking an adventurous seven-month solo trip around the world, visiting numerous countries. His favorites were Egypt, Kenya and Thailand. A graveside service was held on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at Jerusalem Cemetery in Parsonsburg, Maryland. Rev. Terry Fort officiated. In lieu of flowers, a donation in his memory may be made to the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, 813 S. Atlantic Ave., Ocean City, Maryland 21842, or the Jerusalem Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 53, Parsonsburg, Maryland 21849. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.
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Calendar Fri., Oct. 16 WITTY FIBER FRIENDS Meeting via Zoom, 10:00 AM. Bring your lap work and join the group as they knit, crochet and embroider. All are welcome. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org
BERLIN BOOK OF THE MONTH Meeting via Zoom, 1:00 PM. Featuring “Herland” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Copies of books are available in advance at the Berlin branch, 410-641-0650. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org
ZUMBA FOR THE CURE Ocean Pines Recreation & Parks Gym, 235 Ocean Parkway, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Zumba For The Cure is a fun exciting way to support Relay For Life and Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House by the Sea. There are three dates to choose from (Oct. 16, 17 and Nov. 1) and two sessions each date. Social distancing guidelines adhered to that is why space is limited. $10 each session or $15 for both on same day. Raffle, refreshments and door prizes. No need to be a Zumba student. Just want to move and groove so other may live. Joyce, zumbajoyceoc@gmail.com, 410-7262604
GREEN MARKET Fridays through Nov. 27 - Trimper Rides under the Ferris Wheel, 600 S. Atlantic Ave., 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Local Farmers Market featuring fresh everything and more from our local farmers. The market is agriculture based only. There will be live music and weekly drawings. Sally Kneavel, Sally@Trimperrides.com, 410289-8617, http://TrimperRides.com
Sat., Oct. 17 ZUMBA FOR THE CURE Ocean Pines Recreation & Parks Gym, 235 Ocean Parkway, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Zumba For The Cure is a fun exciting way to support Relay For Life and Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House by the Sea. There are three dates to choose from (Oct. 16, 17 and Nov. 1) and two sessions each date. Social distancing guidelines adhered to that is why space is limited. $10 each session or $15 for both on same day. Raffle, refreshments and door prizes. No need to be a Zumba student. Just want to move and groove so other may live. Joyce, zumbajoyceoc@gmail.com, 410-726-2604
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CALENDAR Continued from Page 51 Shepherd’s Nook Parking Lot, 11227 Race Track Road, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Featuring table top decorations, linens and things, new and gently used clothing, gift/boutique table, potpourri, ornaments/wreaths/trees and a children’s table with books and toys. Masks and social distancing are required. Rain date is Oct. 24.
‘HAIRY’ KIWANIS FUNDRAISER
Charity Dudley of Mobile Hair Services will be providing haircuts outside under a covered porch at 98 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The cost is $15 for adults and $7.50 for children 11 and younger. For an appointment, call 410-533-3788. Only checks made out to the Kiwanis Club of Ocean Pines will be accepted. Masks are mandatory.
FRIED CHICKEN DINNER
New Hope United Methodist Church, 7338 New Hope Road, 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM. Menu includes mashed potatoes, greens, string beans, biscuit and dessert. Cost is $13 for adults. Drive thru pick up only. 410-543-8244 or 443-235-0251
Saturdays - White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Shop for everything from fresh local produce to unique handmade artisan goods. Open to the public.
Sun., Oct. 18 SEMPER FI BIKE RIDE FUNDRAISER
Berlin will feature its annual Fall Sidewalk Sale plus Oktoberfest food all throughout town plus outside bars at the restaurants, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. https://www.facebook.com/events/1163 576207357490
OCTOBERFEST SOUP AND BAKE SALE
EMPTY BOWL PROJECT - BOWL MAKING
Join the group for a virtual Walk with a Doc on the Atlantic General Hospital Facebook page, where there is a short presentation by a doctor on a current health topic, 9:00 AM. Participants can then walk wherever they like and share a selfie on social media with the hashtag #walkedwithagh.
BERLIN OKTOBERFEST
Meeting via Facebook, 2:00 PM. Mark Millikin, author of “The Joy and Heartache of Our 1960s Music,” discusses how the rock ‘n’ roll revolution affected his Baltimore upbringing and changed the world. http://www.worcesterlibrary.org
the bots together, decorate them and see what they can do. For ages 8-12 years. Register: www.worcseterlibrary.org.
ONGOING EVENTS OCEAN PINES HALLOWEEN CONTESTS
VIRTUAL MARYLAND SAFE BOATING COURSE
The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks are have a Virtual Pumpkin Carving Contest and a Virtual Costume Contest. Simple snap a photo and email it to bjarman@oceanpines.org by Oct. 25. Photos must include name, age and contact information. Submitted photos will be posted on the Recreation and Parks Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OPRecandParks) where voting will occur from Oct. 26 through noon on Oct. 30. Winners will be announced Oct. 30 and may pick up a goodie bag during the Trunk or Treat event scheduled that evening.
Wed., Oct. 21
Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, 809 S. Atlantic Ave., is offering a variety of events, Oct. 10-16. There will be free admission for all Delmarva locals. A fall photo opportunity in front of the shark display and anchor. A free program, “History of our Surfman,” will be held Monday through Friday at 1 p.m. All Things History Store will offer discounts on a wide variety of books, DVDs and apparel. The museum will also be accepting nominations for the Annual Spirit Award for those who have helped preserve local history. 410-289-4991, https://www.ocmuseum.org/history
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Sponsored by the First State Detachment of the Marine Cops League, the event is open to all ages, 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM. The ride takes place along the Ocean City Boardwalk from the Inlet parking lot to 27th Street and back. Participants can bring their own bikes or reserve a rental from Bike World. Proceeds benefit the Semper Fi Fund. Also featuring live music from One Night Stand, DJ Stevie J, games and prizes for best decorated bike, biggest fund-raising team and best youth Halloween costume. Pre-register or make a donation at www.firststatemarines.org or register the day of the event, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the south end of the Inlet parking lot. For more information, visit Marines At First State Detachment Facebook page. websergeant@firststatemarines.org, http://www.firststatemarines.org
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The meeting will be held via conference call, 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM. Dial 605-4725789, wait for voice command, then press 944874. TOPS is a weekly support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. Berlin group No. 169. Rose Campion, 410-641-0157
Tues., Oct. 20 This is an interactive class offered by the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, held Oct. 20, 21 and 22, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Everyone is welcome. Those attending and passing the test will receive a Maryland Boating Certificate which is NASBLA approved and valid in all states. Cost is $20. Checks should be made payable to USCGAUX 12-05 and mailed to P.O. Box 1682, Berlin, MD 21811. Payment via PayPal is also accepted. Register: Barry Cohen, 410-935-4807 or CGAUXOC@gmail.com.
OCEAN CITY HISTORY WEEK
KEEPING ANNA’S DREAM ALIVE In front of Stevenson United Methodist Church, 123 N. Main St., 10:00 AM 4:00 PM. Visit the vendors on the Taylor House Museum lawn. Vendors include Peach, Color Street, Mary Kay, Saci Kids Books, Usbourne Books, Pampered Chef, Young Living and more.
OC Center for the Arts, 502 94th St., 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. Bowl-making session using raw clay where you can shape and imprint your own design. No experience is necessary, and all materials are included in a $25 fee. Proceeds benefit the Diakonia food bank and the programs of the Ocean City Art League.
OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS MART
Atlantic United Methodist Church, 105 4th St., 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Featuring Christmas Home Place Décor; bakery delights and gifts; vintage and new jewelry; take and make holiday items; and carryout lunches including vegetable beef soup, chicken salad sandwiches, cupcakes, brownies and drinks. The thrift shop will also be open. Credit cards accepted. Proceeds support local missions. Parking available in lot across street. Masks are required. Rain date is Oct. 24. 410-289-7430
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AUTHOR SIGNINGS AND BOOK SALES
OC Center for the Arts, 502 94th St., 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Decorating session where you embellish an already-made bowl hand-produced on the wheel by Robbie Johnson. No experience is necessary, and all materials are included in a $25 fee. Proceeds benefit the Diakonia food bank and the programs of the Ocean City Art League.
Greyhound Indie Bookstore, 9 S. Main St., 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Pamella A. Russell will be selling and signing her chapter book “Adventures of the Saci Kids: A New Home,” target age 9-12 years. Both paperback and hardback copies will be available. For more information, visit http://www.sacikids.com. Karen St. James will also be signing and selling her book, titled “Ocean Pines.” For more information, call 863-667-8432.
Northside Park, Ballfield #1, 200 125th St., Ocean City, MD, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Goblins, witches, princesses and characters of all ages can join in on the fun. There will be loads of candy, games, crafts, balloons, snacks and activities. Admission cost is one full bag of individually wrapped candy per child. Masks are required for those 6 and older. Rain date is Oct. 25.
EMPTY BOWL PROJECT - BOWL DECORATING
Ocean Pines Community Center parking lot, 239 Ocean Parkway, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Volunteers from AARP and Kiwanis will be collecting donations for our military. Items needed include baby wipes, body wash/shampoo, dental hygiene products, razors, deodorant (nonaerosol), gum, granola bars, small bags of peanuts, packs of hot chocolate, instant oatmeal, 5 oz. cans Chef Boyardee pasta, powdered drinks, trail mix, beef jerky, Ramen noodle bricks, sunflower seeds, lip balm, Kleenex, pens, cards and puzzle books. To donate just drive up, stay in your car, pop the trunk and someone will pick up your donations.
THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN
Meeting via Zoom, 2:00 PM. Author Lisa See talks about her book, “The Island of Sea Women,” at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. Watch the recording. http://www.worceseterlibrary.org
Residents are invited to join the free walking tour and walk from Oct. 1-31 at any of the 43 identified public walking routes and trails or choose their own paths. Register at https://tinyurl.com/LS-Walking-Tourregistration. The first 100 to submit a phot of themselves walking will receive a T-shirt. All walkers are asked to take a selfie photo along their walks and submit for a chance at a prize. Info: JustWalkWorcester.org, Somersettrailmix.com or WalkWicomico.com.
ALL-VIRTUAL SAND CASTLE HOME TOUR
The tour kicks off on Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. and runs through Oct. 15. Tickets cost $30 and include unlimited access for two weeks to the tour site, plus opportunities to win daily door prizes. Tickets and tour preview: www.SandCastleHomeTour.com. Proceeds benefit The Art League of Ocean City.
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Meeting via video call, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. For survivors and current patients battling breast cancer. Women Supporting Women, 410-548-7880
Thurs., Oct. 22 WIGGLE BOT STEM MEET UP
Mon., Oct. 19
LOWER SHORE WALKING TOUR
Meeting via Zoom, 4:30 PM. Pick a kit up at the library, watch the Wiggle Bot video on Facebook and meet up on Zoom to put
CONFERENCE CALL BINGO
Held every third, fourth and fifth Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. Call 410632-1277 (access code 0151394#)
50PLUS BOOK BUS
Every Wednesday, the bus rotates between north and south Worcester County, with books, puzzles, auto tapes and Census 2020 help. Check Facebook.com/wor50plus for more details.
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Indoor Estate Sale Oct 16-17, 9am to 3pm at 5 The Point, Ocean Pines. Large items must be removed by 3pm on the 18th.
Do you have an old bicycle not being used? It could mean a world of difference to a hard-working international student. We are looking to get as many bikes as possible. Your donation will be taxdeductible. Contact Gary at 443-975-3065.
Hiring For Boat Yard Work. Mechanical ability a plus. Duties include cutting grass, shrink wrapping, blocking boats. Call Harbor Marine 410-213-2296. Med Tech. CPR, first aide certified. Must be able to pass background check. Drug free facility. Full time position 7pm-7am, and every other weekend. Email resume to truittsandy@yahoo.com or call 443-880-7341.
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CLARION RESORT FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL OCEANFRONT
VOTED
WINNER of the Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence for 15 Years and The Best of Excellence Award for 10 years!
2019
10100 COASTAL HIGHWAY • 410.524.3535 WWW.CLARIONOC.COM
OCEANFRONT DINING Open Daily 7am - 10pm • 410-524-7500
Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Daily $1295 & $1695 Dinner Specials 5-10pm • Plus Lite Fare & Steamer Specials 1 lb. Crab Legs
with an Ear of Corn
2295
$
2 lbs. Crab Legs with 2 Ears of Corn
3995
$
1 Dozen Steamed Clams
1495
$
1 lb. Steamed Shrimp
in Old Bay® & Onions
2295
$
½ lb. Steamed Shrimp ½ lb. Crab Legs
with an Ear of Corn
2295
Sautéed Mussels
$
1495
$
CURBSIDE CARRY-OUT ~ Full Menu Available 20% Off Bottled Wines with Purchase of a Meal See Menus @ Horizonsoc.com • 410-524-7500 DINE-IN or TAKE-OUT
Prix Fixe Menu
Appetizer & Entrée $35 or Appetizer, Entrée & Dessert $40
LIVE MUSIC Friday & Saturday, October 16 & 17 7pm - Midnight
FIRST CLASS and
DJ DUSTY 6AM - ‘TIL
Happy Hour Drink Prices & $7 Food Specials
NFL Game Days Home of the Ravens Beach Bash! SUNDAY 1pm - ‘til closing Wings Special (all flavors available) Tacos (Chicken or Fish)
MONDAY 4pm - ‘til closing
Polish Sausage, Jumbo Hot Dog, Hamburger or Grilled Chicken Sandwich
THURSDAY 4pm - ‘til closing
Wings Special (all flavors available) Fried Clam or Oyster Basket
All patrons must wear a mask at all times unless seated, must practice 6-foot social distancing and may not dance. Thank you for following CDC Regulations.